:00:10. > :00:14.This is BBC World News Today with me, Zeinab Baddawi. At the special
:00:14. > :00:17.court in the Hague, Charles Taylor, the former President of Liberia, is
:00:17. > :00:22.found guilty of aiding and abetting crimes by rebels in neighbouring
:00:22. > :00:28.Sierra Leone. Having considered all the evidence and the arguments of
:00:28. > :00:32.the parties the trial chamber unanimously finds you guilty.
:00:32. > :00:37.are live from the Hague and we'll be asking is this finally justice
:00:37. > :00:40.for the people of Sierra Leone. Activists in Syria say up to 70
:00:40. > :00:44.people have been killed in an explosion in the city of Hama,
:00:44. > :00:47.which they blame on government forces.
:00:47. > :00:52.Convicted of contempt of court - but Pakistan's prime minister walks
:00:52. > :00:55.free from court after receiving a token sentence.
:00:55. > :00:59.Also coming up in the programme: Body-builder, film star and
:00:59. > :01:09.politician. We'll be talking to the ex-governator, Arnie Schwarzenegger,
:01:09. > :01:18.
:01:18. > :01:21.about his latest passion - the Hello, and welcome. The former
:01:21. > :01:24.president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, has been found guilty of
:01:24. > :01:30.aiding and abetting war crimes committed by rebels in neighbouring
:01:30. > :01:33.Sierra Leone. This is the judgement of the Special Court in the Hague.
:01:33. > :01:41.My colleague Lyse Doucet has been there all day, watching the final
:01:42. > :01:46.chapter of this trial reach its conclusion.
:01:46. > :01:53.As you can see, the sun is beginning to set Hom what has been
:01:53. > :01:59.a cold, wet and windy day here in The Hague. But at the special court,
:01:59. > :02:02.more palpable was the propound sense that history was being made.
:02:02. > :02:08.But former Liberian President Charles Taylor became the first
:02:08. > :02:12.lead to 2 p indicted, tried and convicted by an international
:02:12. > :02:18.tribunal. And what a horrific charge list it is. He has been
:02:18. > :02:22.found guilty of 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
:02:22. > :02:31.It is an important moment in the course of international justice but
:02:31. > :02:36.from start to finish the trial has been shrouded in controversy.
:02:36. > :02:42.The special court for Sierra Leone is sitting in open session for
:02:42. > :02:45.judgment in the case of Charles Taylor... It has been a landmark
:02:45. > :02:50.day in international justice. Charles Taylor came to court known
:02:50. > :02:54.that he may go to prison for the rest of his life. Taylor was
:02:54. > :03:00.President of Liberia. He is charged with waging war in neighbouring
:03:00. > :03:08.Sierra Leone. No one disputes that forces created terrible atrocities
:03:08. > :03:13.there. Civilian populations were to rise, many had their limbs hacked
:03:13. > :03:18.off by Misha Taser. But the question before the court was do it
:03:18. > :03:23.Charles Taylor or to those crimes? There is insufficient evidence to
:03:24. > :03:27.find beyond reasonable doubt... was cleared of directly or print
:03:27. > :03:36.the atrocities but the judge asked him to stand to hear that he was
:03:36. > :03:40.guilty of aiding and abetting or 11 crimes listed in the charge. The
:03:40. > :03:44.judges said the rebel forces had supplied Taylor with diamonds from
:03:44. > :03:50.cerulean's minds. In return he had given them arms and ammunition in
:03:50. > :03:56.the full knowledge that they would commit crimes against civilians. In
:03:56. > :04:02.2010, the supermodel Naomi Campbell, to whom Taylor had allegedly gifted
:04:02. > :04:09.cut diamonds, was briefly called to give evidence. Taylor said that he
:04:09. > :04:13.should be immune from prosecution. Prosecutors see the judgment as a
:04:13. > :04:20.great step forward in their fight against the immunity that heads of
:04:20. > :04:23.state have often enjoyed. It is a very important case for the people
:04:23. > :04:28.of Sierra Leone, who demanded that this court be created so they might
:04:28. > :04:33.have a measure of justice. It is a very important day for the victims
:04:33. > :04:38.to have some measure of justice for the terrible suffering. Britain has
:04:38. > :04:43.been intimately involved. British troops into veined in Sierra Leone
:04:43. > :04:47.in May 2000 and helped end the war. The last Labour government agreed
:04:47. > :04:51.that should Taylor be convicted Britain would taking into a British
:04:51. > :04:57.jail and foot the bill for his imprisonment. Sentence will be
:04:58. > :05:01.passed next month. Taylor might appeal. He has nothing to lose,
:05:01. > :05:08.since otherwise his journey from presidential palace to British jail
:05:08. > :05:12.is nearly over. This special court for Sierra Leone
:05:12. > :05:17.was established 10 years ago. In 2003, the first prosecutor was the
:05:17. > :05:23.man who signed and then a unsealed the indictment against Charles
:05:23. > :05:27.Taylor. He was here today for the verdict. When we were investigating
:05:27. > :05:31.and reviewing the indictment, I made sure that at least two of the
:05:31. > :05:36.charges we could prove beyond reasonable doubt before I even
:05:36. > :05:40.signed the indictment, so I knew the day was going to come.
:05:40. > :05:44.would the first prosecutor for the special court for Sierra Leone.
:05:44. > :05:47.Today, the chief defence for Charles Taylor said this was a
:05:47. > :05:50.disappointment because the prosecution was not able to
:05:51. > :05:55.establish that Charles Taylor was the mastermind and that he had
:05:55. > :05:59.command and control. I think at this moment we need to step back.
:05:59. > :06:05.This is about justice for the people of Sierra Leone, who have
:06:05. > :06:13.suffered greatly. We are taught me at the murder, rape and mediation
:06:13. > :06:22.of 1.2 human beings. Putt Group mutilation. We are talking bed him
:06:22. > :06:25.being found Gruchy has charged -- guilty. What to say to the people
:06:25. > :06:30.in Sierra Leone who said the money would be better spent in helping
:06:30. > :06:34.them? I told them as to why I was there, to seek justice for them
:06:34. > :06:37.before court of law. They understood that. They understood I
:06:37. > :06:43.was not going to be giving them money, I was going to be doing
:06:43. > :06:46.another type of justice, the true justice of finding, in an open and
:06:46. > :06:54.fair trial, those who bought the greatest this possibility for war
:06:54. > :06:59.crimes and crimes against humanity. You will know how political list
:06:59. > :07:03.trialist, and many supporters of Taylor are very angry. The worry
:07:03. > :07:07.this could have a negative consequence? It is important for
:07:07. > :07:10.free people to express themselves unable to that. But I think at the
:07:10. > :07:16.end of the date things will come down and people will realise that
:07:16. > :07:20.the wall of law is more powerful than the rule of the gun. They have
:07:20. > :07:25.a right be disappointed, for whatever reason, but at the end of
:07:25. > :07:30.the day I think peace will move forwards. Former prosecutor of
:07:30. > :07:35.David Crane. There were ready scenes in the capital of Liberia
:07:35. > :07:40.today, people shouting, we want Taylor! His supporters there say
:07:40. > :07:47.this is a very political trial. But in Freetown, the couple of Sierra
:07:47. > :07:52.Leone, there was rejoicing. So many people were affected by the civil
:07:52. > :07:56.war in the 1990s and this represents some kind of closure. My
:07:57. > :08:01.colleague Mark Doyle, who covered the civil war in the 1990s, return
:08:01. > :08:04.there and he has been speaking to Brima Sheriff of Amnesty
:08:04. > :08:10.International and asked her about the implications of the trial for
:08:10. > :08:19.the rest of Africa. As a legal expert, what does this kind of bird
:08:19. > :08:26.it mean? This Berdych, no doubt, has been able to transfer that four
:08:26. > :08:33.states, does not matter who you are, you can be brought to justice for
:08:33. > :08:37.its events that you commit. Is it winners justice because Sierra
:08:37. > :08:43.Leone won the war with the help of the British and America? I do not
:08:43. > :08:48.want to sit on the pass perspective, I want to see it from the fact that
:08:48. > :08:53.thousands and thousands of people suffered in this country. There are
:08:53. > :09:00.still very visible signs of the war. There are still amputees on the
:09:00. > :09:04.street. But it think it has moved beyond this. The process is very
:09:04. > :09:11.clear and the defence and the prosecution had the opportunity to
:09:11. > :09:21.present their strong arguments. They you have the due at least from
:09:21. > :09:27.Freetown. From the special court at Sierra Leone, they hope they will
:09:27. > :09:31.have reached a milestone, the first such court to reach its mandate.
:09:31. > :09:35.Charles Taylor has been remanded in custody. We spoke to his leading
:09:35. > :09:40.defence lawyer who was quite coy about whether they would appeal,
:09:40. > :09:50.but an appeal is expected. So the story of Charles Taylor will
:09:50. > :09:50.
:09:50. > :09:54.continue to resonate in West Africa and beyond for some time to come.
:09:54. > :09:57.Now, a look at some of the day's other news.
:09:57. > :10:01.Seven people are reported to have been killed in a series of
:10:01. > :10:04.explosions in Nigeria. The fatalities happened in blasts at
:10:04. > :10:07.two newspaper offices, in the capital, Abuja, and the northern
:10:07. > :10:10.city of Kaduna. There's since been another explosion in Kaduna -
:10:10. > :10:13.officials are blaming the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which
:10:13. > :10:23.issued a warning last month to journalists not to misrepresent its
:10:23. > :10:30.views. Reports are coming in of a suicide
:10:30. > :10:36.car or attack in Iraq, some 60 kilometres from bite at. Report
:10:36. > :10:41.from the police say 18 people were killed and more than 50 wounded.
:10:41. > :10:46.The widows and children of Osama Bin Laden are leaving Pakistan.
:10:46. > :10:49.They will travel to Saudi Arabia. They had been living with the Al-
:10:49. > :10:53.Qaeda leader of one he was in Pakistan, before his death. At
:10:53. > :10:56.Pakistani court had ordered they were in the country illegally. The
:10:56. > :10:58.British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, has denied that the
:10:58. > :11:01.businessman Neil Haywood was working for the intelligence
:11:01. > :11:05.service MI6. Police in China launched a murder investigation
:11:05. > :11:08.after Mr Haywood was found dead in a hotel - they've been checking his
:11:08. > :11:18.links with the Chinese politician Bo Xilai, who's since been sacked
:11:18. > :11:21.
:11:21. > :11:25.from his high-profile job as governor of Chong-ching.
:11:25. > :11:29.. More survivors of Anders Breivik's alleged bomb attack in
:11:29. > :11:31.Oslo - which killed eight of his 77 victims - have been giving evidence
:11:31. > :11:34.at his murder trial. Outside the courtroom, around 40,000 people
:11:34. > :11:37.joined a protest against Breivik, singing a children's song which
:11:37. > :11:41.he'd earlier described as Marxist brainwashing.
:11:41. > :11:44.Some of the handful of United Nations observers in Syria have
:11:44. > :11:48.visited the scene of a major explosion in the city of Hama.
:11:48. > :11:51.Activists accuse government forces of killing up to 70 people there.
:11:52. > :11:55.But state television says the the explosion happened at a house being
:11:55. > :12:05.used as a bomb factory by the opposition. Jim Muir has more from
:12:05. > :12:06.
:12:06. > :12:16.Beirut, in neighbouring Lebanon. It was clearly an massive explosion
:12:16. > :12:21.on the south side of Hama. Several buildings were brought down,
:12:21. > :12:27.leaving the scene of huge devastation. There were desperate
:12:27. > :12:31.attempts to retrieve the wounded and dead from the rubble. Activists
:12:31. > :12:36.called it a massacre. They said the area had been hit by a government
:12:36. > :12:42.missile spike or rocket attack, with at least 13 children among the
:12:42. > :12:45.dozens of victims. State television also called it a massacre but said
:12:45. > :12:49.the blast was caused by an accidental explosion in a building
:12:49. > :12:56.being used as a bomb factory by what it called on to terrorist
:12:56. > :13:04.groups. There are two United Nations observers permanently
:13:04. > :13:11.stationed in Hama. Perhaps they can establish what really happened.
:13:11. > :13:15.Violence was reported in many other areas as well, including at her
:13:15. > :13:20.township just out Damascus to the north-east with a long history of
:13:20. > :13:25.defiance. Activists say it is surrounded by government tanks and
:13:25. > :13:29.under constant fire. Un monitors have been here so full-time, but
:13:29. > :13:35.the FA hearing continues. In this process we have a role of the
:13:35. > :13:41.escalating the situation. We do that and we did that yesterday in
:13:41. > :13:46.Duma, by maintaining our presence on the ground, patrolling the area.
:13:46. > :13:50.Unless the UN monitors are actually there, government forces seem to be
:13:50. > :13:55.pursuing their campaign against rebel fighters as if there were no
:13:55. > :14:01.ceasefire. The French are already losing patience. TRANSLATION:
:14:01. > :14:05.Either this mediation works or it does not. If it does not we cannot
:14:05. > :14:09.continue to allow ourselves to be ignored by this regime which has
:14:09. > :14:15.added to none of the six points of the Kofi Annan plan. It is
:14:15. > :14:20.something of a race against time. There are still barely a dozen UN
:14:20. > :14:30.monitors on the ground. It may take more than a month to get the first
:14:30. > :14:31.
:14:31. > :14:34.100 in. Meanwhile, the violence Pakistan's prime minister, Yousuf
:14:34. > :14:37.Raza Gilani, has been convicted on contempt charges at his country's
:14:37. > :14:39.Supreme Court, but he received only a nominal sentence, which means he
:14:39. > :14:42.walked free from Court. Mr Gilani was found guilty for disregarding
:14:42. > :14:52.an earlier court order to re-open a corruption case against President
:14:52. > :14:55.
:14:55. > :15:04.Zardari. Orla Guerin reports from Islamabad. Arriving at the Supreme
:15:04. > :15:09.Court on Judgement Day. A shower of petals greeted Yousaf Raza Gilani.
:15:09. > :15:16.Flanked by fellow ministers, he headed for court number four, and a
:15:16. > :15:20.case that many observers say is politically motivated. The charges
:15:20. > :15:25.relate to one old corruption probe in Switzerland against President
:15:25. > :15:28.Asif Ali Zardari. The minister defied an order to reopen the
:15:28. > :15:33.investigation, insisting the President had immunity as head of
:15:33. > :15:37.state. In court, this long-running legal battle came to a speedy
:15:37. > :15:41.conclusion. The Prime Minister was convicted of concerned, but given a
:15:41. > :15:48.token sentence, imprisoned for the duration of the hearing. Minutes
:15:48. > :15:53.later, he walked out, a guilty man, but a free man. The Prime Minister
:15:53. > :16:00.is now leaving the court. He has just been convicted of consent. He
:16:00. > :16:07.can appeal, and the process could go on. This is quite a day in
:16:07. > :16:10.Pakistani politics. A sitting prime minister convicted by the Supreme
:16:10. > :16:14.Court. Mr Galley still has questions over his head. There
:16:14. > :16:18.could be moves in Parliament to disqualify him. The government has
:16:18. > :16:28.a majority there, and is already planning to challenge the
:16:28. > :16:38.conviction. The Prime Minister, the Cabinet and the Alliance have
:16:38. > :16:39.
:16:39. > :16:45.decided to appeal less -- this. Me and my team have been authorised to
:16:45. > :16:50.prepare the appeal. So there are more legal moves ahead, but Yousaf
:16:50. > :16:54.Raza Gilani had reason to look pleased to date. He escaped a jail
:16:54. > :17:04.term, and he may well managed to hang onto his job until elections
:17:04. > :17:06.
:17:06. > :17:09.are called, probably later this year. The media tycoon Rupert
:17:09. > :17:11.Murdoch has apologised for not keeping a close enough eye on his
:17:11. > :17:15.UK media organisations at the Leveson inquiry into press ethics.
:17:15. > :17:18.On the second day of his evidence, Mr Murdoch said he's convinced
:17:18. > :17:28.there was a cover-up of phone hacking at the News of the World
:17:28. > :17:28.
:17:28. > :17:33.newspaper which was hidden from both him and senior executives.
:17:33. > :17:36.Rupert Murdoch was whisked into court thought they two of his
:17:36. > :17:40.evidence. His first appearance focused on his links with British
:17:40. > :17:45.prime ministers. This time, it was on the more specific question of
:17:45. > :17:50.phone hacking. The judge was curious how the media mogul had not
:17:50. > :17:56.got wind of what was going on at the News of the World. Quite apart
:17:56. > :18:06.from the commercial side of it, you would really want to know, as you
:18:06. > :18:06.
:18:06. > :18:09.yourself puts it, what the hell was going on, because the news media
:18:09. > :18:14.was your doormat printing was running through your veins, I think
:18:14. > :18:23.somebody said. We are poor Murdoch took that opportunity to apologise.
:18:23. > :18:31.I have to admit some papers are closer to my heart than others, but
:18:31. > :18:37.I also have to say that I failed. That may be. A I am very sorry
:18:37. > :18:40.about it. I recognise that. Although he was sorry for his lack
:18:40. > :18:43.of oversight, he still reserved most of the Blair thought others.
:18:43. > :18:50.He accused the police have not investigated properly, and he
:18:50. > :18:58.pointed the finger at those below him who he said get the truth from
:18:58. > :19:07.him. There is no question in my mind that maybe even the editor,
:19:07. > :19:11.but certainly beyond that, someone took charge of a car that up.
:19:11. > :19:20.was the first time Rupert Murdoch had used the phrase caught up in
:19:20. > :19:24.connection with this scandal. -- cover up. He said that phone
:19:24. > :19:34.hacking would be a blot on his reputation for the rest of his life,
:19:34. > :19:57.
:19:57. > :19:59.but insisted he was kept in the dark by his editors. Ukraine has
:19:59. > :20:01.begun the construction of a new shelter to seal the devasated
:20:01. > :20:03.Chernobyl nuclear plant, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the
:20:03. > :20:10.Hollywood star who broke into politics, served as California's
:20:10. > :20:13.governor up until last year. His extraordinary life reads like a
:20:13. > :20:16.film script, from migrant to millionaire, actor to politician
:20:16. > :20:20.and now environmental campaigner, who's reviving his acting career.
:20:20. > :20:27.We'll be speaking to him live in a moment. First, let's take a quick
:20:27. > :20:33.look at his career. Bakery in body-building began in
:20:33. > :20:42.the basement of his parents' home in Austria. -- a career in body-
:20:42. > :20:45.building. His first win was Mr Junior Europe. He invested
:20:45. > :20:55.Competition winnings in property and in a body-building equipment
:20:55. > :20:59.company. It was a natural step from lifting weights to Movies, and he
:20:59. > :21:03.became an international superstar. And, of course, there was the
:21:04. > :21:11.Terminator. The next project, politics. Whereas for him to get
:21:11. > :21:15.elected but in California, -- where else for him to get elected but in
:21:15. > :21:20.California. The financial crisis hit California hard. The state is
:21:20. > :21:25.the eighth largest economy in the world. A physical state of
:21:25. > :21:31.emergency was declared, and the state project was slashed. -- a
:21:31. > :21:40.fiscal state of emergency. He tried to make the environment hipper, and
:21:40. > :21:46.to this day, he is passionate on green issues. Arnold Schwarzenegger
:21:46. > :21:56.joins us now, live from Los Angeles. Have you made the environment
:21:56. > :22:01.hipper, do you think? I have been part of several crusades in my life.
:22:01. > :22:06.When I started the fitness crusade, winning the first championships in
:22:06. > :22:11.body-building, Mr Universe, Mr Weld, I said that one day there would be
:22:11. > :22:15.more gymnasiums around the world than supermarkets. That is what
:22:15. > :22:22.happened. There is now more gymnasiums than ever before, more
:22:22. > :22:32.training equipment have been sold than ever before. Everyone is now
:22:32. > :22:32.
:22:32. > :22:42.working out. When I stumbled into this environmentally situation when
:22:42. > :22:43.
:22:43. > :22:50.I was governor, I saw the power we have as the state -- we have as a
:22:50. > :22:54.state. All great movement started on the ground. I became passionate
:22:54. > :23:03.about it and so we can have a tremendous impact as a state, and
:23:03. > :23:11.we did. We did historic things. Now, I want to inspire the rest of the
:23:11. > :23:16.world. I want to inspire the world not to wait for the rest of the
:23:16. > :23:20.world. Are people in California really convert? You see lots of
:23:20. > :23:27.gas-guzzling cars and people switching on air conditioning. You
:23:28. > :23:34.still have a long way to go. Just so you know, we have made a
:23:34. > :23:40.commitment, we have 20 % renewables. We have created a million so low
:23:41. > :23:47.roofs. Our governments buildings are energy efficient. We have
:23:47. > :23:51.committed to reducing our greenhouse gases by 2020, by 25 %.
:23:51. > :24:00.Great Britain was one of our great examples and inspirations. There is
:24:00. > :24:04.a lot of great action going on in California. California has become
:24:04. > :24:10.40 % more energy efficient than the rest of the United States. If the
:24:10. > :24:14.rest of the United States did the same thing, we could close a 75 %
:24:14. > :24:20.of our coal-fired power plants. There is a long way to go. This is
:24:20. > :24:28.a process over the next few decades. It is important that the rest of
:24:28. > :24:37.the world participate. I think your Prime Minister said it is very
:24:37. > :24:47.important to produce in expensive energy -- in expensive energy,
:24:47. > :24:48.
:24:48. > :24:56.rather than just green energy. course, a fossil fuels are a lot
:24:56. > :25:03.cheaper than renewable energy is. There are financial incentives for
:25:03. > :25:13.corporations and countries to invest in green energy is. Let me
:25:13. > :25:16.
:25:16. > :25:20.ask you this. Let me briefly say, it is important to recognise when
:25:20. > :25:24.we stopped using horses and began to use cars and trucks 100 years
:25:24. > :25:30.ago, it was also more expensive. Yes, it is expensive, but that does
:25:30. > :25:34.not mean we should not do it. The future is green energy and so on.
:25:34. > :25:39.That does not mean we should turn our back on fossil fuels, because
:25:39. > :25:45.we still make them. We must only switch over. Given how important
:25:45. > :25:51.you say this errors, look at a Republican presidential campaign. -
:25:51. > :25:58.- given how important you say this is. It is not featuring anywhere.
:25:58. > :26:03.Mitt Romney has hardly mentioned a Green economy. I would not
:26:03. > :26:08.concentrate so much on the presidential campaigns. I think
:26:08. > :26:13.Congress has a very low approval rating. The reason why his because
:26:13. > :26:23.there is no action in Washington. Democrats and Republicans are not
:26:23. > :26:24.
:26:24. > :26:29.working together. They are stocked in the ideology -- stock. They have
:26:29. > :26:33.to get together with the President and work out an energy future, work
:26:33. > :26:43.on something that is a plant. Right now, the United States does not
:26:43. > :26:45.
:26:45. > :26:53.really have an energy plan. They do not know what the future holds.
:26:53. > :27:03.Thank you very much. Thank you. I'll be back! Cannot say better
:27:03. > :27:05.
:27:06. > :27:15.We have had another day of very heavy downpours. That will continue
:27:15. > :27:25.into tomorrow. We have low pressure across central areas of the UK at
:27:25. > :27:27.
:27:27. > :27:37.the moment. Here, it is a cloudy start to Friday. Showers was soon
:27:37. > :27:39.
:27:39. > :27:46.start to develop. More northern areas will brighten up. The
:27:46. > :27:51.southern counties of England, showers will again develop wild lay
:27:52. > :28:01.-- widely. They will be some gusty winds. A pretty grey afternoon
:28:01. > :28:09.force many essential areas. For Northern Ireland and Scotland, a
:28:09. > :28:16.chilly start. Northerly winds will develop. We will see heavy showers