:00:00. > :00:08.This is BBC World News Today, with me, James Menendez.
:00:09. > :00:14.Radovan Karadzic is found guilty of genocide and crimes
:00:15. > :00:20.against humanity, during the Bosnia war of the 1990s.
:00:21. > :00:22.A UN tribunal sentences the former Bosnian Serb leader
:00:23. > :00:30.The Chamber hereby sentences you, Radovan Karadzic, to a single
:00:31. > :00:36.sentence of 40 - four zero - years of imprisonment.
:00:37. > :00:38.Salah Abdeslam, the Paris attacks suspect captured in Brussels,
:00:39. > :00:45.says he will no longer fight extradition to France.
:00:46. > :00:47.Also coming up, we celebrate the astonishing skills of Dutch
:00:48. > :00:53.footballing genius Johan Cruyff, who has died at the age of 68.
:00:54. > :00:56.And we look at why the Pope is more popular than any political
:00:57. > :01:16.Guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity -
:01:17. > :01:19.the verdict on the former Bosnian Serb leader
:01:20. > :01:22.Radovan Karadzic, who was today sentenced to 40 years in prison
:01:23. > :01:25.by the international tribunal in the Hague.
:01:26. > :01:29.The genocide was the massacre of thousands of Muslim men and boys
:01:30. > :01:31.at Srebrenica - a deliberate policy of extermination,
:01:32. > :01:38.And among the other war crimes, the murderous siege of Sarajevo that
:01:39. > :01:43.Allan Little covered the Bosnian War extensively for the BBC
:01:44. > :01:47.and was at the Hague to hear the verdict.
:01:48. > :01:58.It is the most symbolically-charged war crimes verdict in Europe
:01:59. > :02:00.since the Nuremberg Trials after World War II.
:02:01. > :02:03.Radovan Karadzic had presented himself through the trial as a man
:02:04. > :02:09.In Sarajevo, the judge said, his forces, called the SRK,
:02:10. > :02:14.deliberately sniped at and bombarded civilians.
:02:15. > :02:16.They fired at children playing in the street.
:02:17. > :02:25.Karadzic knew about it and bore individual criminal
:02:26. > :02:30.The chamber is convinced that the SRK conducted a campaign
:02:31. > :02:32.of sniping and shelling inside Sarajevo with intention to,
:02:33. > :02:40.among other things, terrorise the civilian population there.
:02:41. > :02:42.Elsewhere, hundreds of thousands of non-Serbs were forcibly
:02:43. > :02:50.expelled from their homes in a campaign cleansing to carve out
:02:51. > :02:54.Thousands of men were held in camps in deplorable conditions.
:02:55. > :02:55.There were mass murders, beatings, rapes.
:02:56. > :02:58.It was organised and systematic extermination.
:02:59. > :03:03.A crime against humanity, the judge said.
:03:04. > :03:08.In July 1995, his forces murdered 8,000 Bosnian Muslims.
:03:09. > :03:10.It was an attempt, the judge said, at
:03:11. > :03:17.Karadzic agreed to the killings and, for this, he was guilty of genocide.
:03:18. > :03:20.The accused shared the intent that every able-bodied
:03:21. > :03:24.Bosnian Muslim male be killed, which the chamber finds amounts
:03:25. > :03:36.to the intent to destroy Bosnian Muslims there, as such.
:03:37. > :03:38.Among the many victims of those killings were the father,
:03:39. > :03:43.the mother and the younger brother of Hassan.
:03:44. > :03:45.He survived only because he worked as a translator for the Dutch
:03:46. > :03:49.He was in court today to hear the verdict.
:03:50. > :03:51.The genocide ruling is important for the
:03:52. > :03:55.prevention of any potential future genocide.
:03:56. > :03:57.Either in that region or in the world.
:03:58. > :03:59.It is the best way to prevent future genocide,
:04:00. > :04:01.through international justice and to have
:04:02. > :04:08.For the bereaved, who live their lives in the shadow
:04:09. > :04:14.of the crime, the sentence did not seem appropriate to their loss.
:04:15. > :04:16.TRANSLATION: I do not think anything.
:04:17. > :04:20.There has been killing and I have been left alone
:04:21. > :04:27.without anyone in this world. I am speechless.
:04:28. > :04:33.21 years after he was first indicted, Radovan Karadzic finally
:04:34. > :05:02.Count five, murder, a crime against humanity.
:05:03. > :05:04.Quarter of a century ago, he seemed above
:05:05. > :05:06.accountability, acting with impunity.
:05:07. > :05:15.Tonight, he knows he is likely to spend
:05:16. > :05:26.Earlier, I spoke to Alan Little, who is still in The Hague,
:05:27. > :05:50.analyst who lives in Belgrade. What has the reaction been near? So far,
:05:51. > :06:00.there has been no official reaction. The only reaction we have here is
:06:01. > :06:17.from people. There has been to rallies in the city, one against the
:06:18. > :06:23.verdict and one in favour of it. We await government reaction tomorrow.
:06:24. > :06:30.How much more nationalist sentiment support is therefore Radovan
:06:31. > :06:45.Karadzic? There are two kinds of support. There is the focal one, we
:06:46. > :06:49.have thousands of people came out on the street, but also the quieter
:06:50. > :07:00.one, which I believe is the position of the Serbian government. The Prime
:07:01. > :07:06.Minister was in support of Radovan Karadzic when he was arrested eight
:07:07. > :07:16.years ago. There has been no official reaction yet. Not yet. Some
:07:17. > :07:22.people are saying that the failure to issue any statement as a quiet
:07:23. > :07:34.measure of support for Radovan Karadzic. The end of the war was
:07:35. > :07:46.also marked to the? Yes, this marks the start of the Needle bombing
:07:47. > :08:00.which ended the Kosovo war. We had the big commemoration, together with
:08:01. > :08:11.representations from other regions and the reaction from the Prime
:08:12. > :08:13.Minister was, whatever the reaction or alleviate it will be, it will not
:08:14. > :08:29.undermine the Republic of CRB. The UN's Special Envoy
:08:30. > :08:31.for Syria Staffan de Mistura says there is common ground
:08:32. > :08:33.between the Syrian Government and the opposition at
:08:34. > :08:35.peace talks in Geneva. He was speaking as the process goes
:08:36. > :08:38.into a scheduled recess. Mr de Mistura said there had been no
:08:39. > :08:41.walk-outs and no breakdowns at this He said he hoped that
:08:42. > :08:46.when the indirect talks resume in April, the sides would begin
:08:47. > :08:49.to tackle the difficult question The main Syrian opposition group
:08:50. > :08:52.said the ground had been prepared for that discussion, but it urged
:08:53. > :08:55.Russia to use its leverage The two sides are deeply
:08:56. > :08:58.divided on the future of the Syrian President
:08:59. > :09:18.Bashar al-Assad. It is a case clearly interfered for
:09:19. > :09:29.90 days. What has been achieved that is, I believe, nothing. It has been
:09:30. > :09:45.an exercise in showing off political and military power, which is
:09:46. > :09:57.shameful. This is regrettable. However, the people in general want
:09:58. > :10:01.to have some sort of level of each so that they are not viewed as being
:10:02. > :10:18.dependent on them. For the very latest note on the
:10:19. > :10:22.attacks in bail jumper, we can no join Ben Barone. In the centre of
:10:23. > :10:26.the city, you can see people coming here to express their grief and
:10:27. > :10:39.anger. You can see the display behind me.
:10:40. > :10:41.Police in Belgium are still piecing together the evidence
:10:42. > :10:45.There are reports that there may now be two suspects on the run.
:10:46. > :10:49.EU ministers have been meeting in the city for emergency security
:10:50. > :10:53.talks amidst some criticism of intelligence agencies in Belgium.
:10:54. > :11:00.This has added to this year from some people that there could be
:11:01. > :11:07.other attacks, but we have held that the threat level has been lowered.
:11:08. > :11:15.The state broadcaster is saying that Salah Abdeslam who was wanted in
:11:16. > :11:20.connection with the attacks in France and is in custody at the
:11:21. > :11:26.moment, they are seen he is no longer planning -- was planning a
:11:27. > :11:31.powerless stale attack with other accomplices. That is the claim from
:11:32. > :11:57.the state broadcaster. Taylor and served with silence. Even
:11:58. > :12:04.today, in this day of mourning, the Prime Minister was being offered
:12:05. > :12:09.resignations. He refused but promised a full investigation. The
:12:10. > :12:13.government will do absolutely everything it can to shed light on
:12:14. > :12:23.the attacks and everything which may have contributed to them. There's a
:12:24. > :12:28.twin challenge. The country is still in mourning, but he has to also
:12:29. > :12:34.oversee an ongoing investigation. Most of all, could more have been
:12:35. > :12:41.done to stop the men who did this carrying out the deadly attacks? At
:12:42. > :12:48.least one of the men had been linked to the attacks had the Europe
:12:49. > :12:54.weighed arrest warrant out on him. The first piece of new information
:12:55. > :12:59.contains the attack in the metro station. Police are noticing the
:13:00. > :13:06.other looking for a second unidentified man carrying a large
:13:07. > :13:09.bank since speaking to him just before the blast. They are still
:13:10. > :13:16.searching one of the airport attackers. They have identified one
:13:17. > :13:24.of the other attackers, one on the left, who the bill me the bombs
:13:25. > :13:30.which were used in friends. This was the aftermath five years ago in a
:13:31. > :13:38.raid in which he shot a policeman in the leg. He served prison time, but
:13:39. > :13:42.brokers brought conditions to travel to the Middle East. Turkey
:13:43. > :13:47.brokers brought conditions to travel well-informed that he had been
:13:48. > :13:49.detained at the border, but the Belgian government decided to take
:13:50. > :13:54.no further action. I Belgian government decided to take
:13:55. > :14:04.resignation. The Prime Minister has refused. The one man who couldn't
:14:05. > :14:06.answer many questions, Salah Abdeslam, will not cooperate with
:14:07. > :14:09.the police, according to his lawyer. Abdeslam, will not cooperate with
:14:10. > :14:13.He wants to go to France, Abdeslam, will not cooperate with
:14:14. > :14:17.will explain himself, he says. In Abdeslam, will not cooperate with
:14:18. > :14:17.the meantime, Abdeslam, will not cooperate with
:14:18. > :14:25.have been done to prevent Abdeslam, will not cooperate with
:14:26. > :14:35.atrocities and put him in still at large straight again?
:14:36. > :14:40.Here, interior ministers from the European Union have been meeting in
:14:41. > :14:46.emergency session to try and talk about ways to respond to what
:14:47. > :14:48.emergency session to try and talk happened here. They want to improve
:14:49. > :14:53.cooperation between the various European intelligence agencies and
:14:54. > :15:01.police forces of the European Union states and whether they need to do
:15:02. > :15:06.more to tighten borders. In terms of the interior minister and the
:15:07. > :15:12.justice minister here, they have admitted that mistakes were made by
:15:13. > :15:18.the security forces in the run-up to both the attacks in France and
:15:19. > :15:23.Belgium. They both offer to resign, but the resignations were rejected
:15:24. > :15:30.by the Prime Minister. The death toll still stands at 31, but some 60
:15:31. > :15:41.are still in intensive care in a hospital. There has been warnings
:15:42. > :15:43.that the death number could rise. Among the first to hear Marks story
:15:44. > :15:54.of survival was the Belgian king. Among the first to hear Marks story
:15:55. > :15:58.his home in Brussels, he said that few seconds of chaos had left him
:15:59. > :16:06.with concussion, vertical and memory loss. I remember shaking the hand of
:16:07. > :16:16.a friend to say goodbye and that is the last thing I can remember. I
:16:17. > :16:21.have one static image of me coaching on some Steelers covered in dust.
:16:22. > :16:25.While being treated on the ground who say, he said rumours of a new
:16:26. > :16:32.threat began to sweep through the injured commuters. A bystander was
:16:33. > :16:40.helping me and said, get up and run. I got up with them and simply ran in
:16:41. > :16:46.the other direction. Other stories ended very differently. Dozens were
:16:47. > :16:50.killed or injured in the attacks. Sebastien is a former basketball
:16:51. > :16:57.player who was caught in the explosion at the airport. He said
:16:58. > :17:04.his initial injury is actually helped him survive. My hip exploded.
:17:05. > :17:10.I was knocked down to the ground. I think that is what saved me when the
:17:11. > :17:16.second explosion went off. At the military hospital, people are
:17:17. > :17:21.directed to specialist care. Roger came free consultation for the
:17:22. > :17:25.shrapnel wound in his arm. He was at the airport with his sister Wendy
:17:26. > :17:34.explosion happened. Both of them survived. We have the explosion at
:17:35. > :17:40.his sister said, it is a home, run. I comfort. The military hospital are
:17:41. > :17:47.starting to play a central role in the aftermath of the attacks. They
:17:48. > :17:52.have experience of battlefield injuries. A centre for the relatives
:17:53. > :17:55.has also been set up here. Many people see the frustrated about how
:17:56. > :18:00.has also been set up here. Many difficult it is to get concrete
:18:01. > :18:05.information about those wounded. Several of those in intensive care
:18:06. > :18:12.and still to be identified and a family of one demanded access to
:18:13. > :18:18.them. We are confident that the pavement, mother or father, could
:18:19. > :18:25.identify if it is the Child. Three days on, many people here are still
:18:26. > :18:35.waiting to know their loved one story, unsure if they are tales of
:18:36. > :18:39.survival or death. People are still coming out to honour the dead until
:18:40. > :18:47.late candles, as you can see. Many of them young people and children,
:18:48. > :18:54.carrying flags of many different nations, showing international
:18:55. > :18:58.solidarity with the victims. Although the terror threat level has
:18:59. > :19:03.been lowered here, people are still nervous here, what a deal could be
:19:04. > :19:08.more attacks, especially as the news came out that the police could still
:19:09. > :19:10.be looking for two suspects who emerged alive from the attacks and
:19:11. > :19:17.could still be on the run. It has been said that there
:19:18. > :19:19.was football before and football after Johan Cruyff,
:19:20. > :19:22.the great Dutch player and coach, He had been suffering
:19:23. > :19:25.from lung cancer. His impact on the beautiful
:19:26. > :19:27.game was, well, some say Three consecutive
:19:28. > :19:31.European Cups with Ajax as a player, one with
:19:32. > :19:33.Barcelona as a manager. Johan Cruyff Tournament football
:19:34. > :20:00.owners head. He was remembered as a Johan Cruyff Tournament football
:20:01. > :20:10.sporting revelation. Having levelled his skill on the streets of postwar
:20:11. > :20:19.Amsterdam. He joined his local club. He enjoyed six titles with Ajax a
:20:20. > :20:27.lead them to three European cup titles in a row. He joined Barcelona
:20:28. > :20:36.in 1973. He guided them to the first domestic title in over a decade. The
:20:37. > :20:42.word legend is sometimes used a bit loosely and sometimes even
:20:43. > :20:48.flippantly. You become great when you score the odd goal, but there
:20:49. > :20:56.are two legends and Johan Cruyff was certainly one of those. He never won
:20:57. > :21:05.the ultimate prize, but he was part of the team which lit up the 1974
:21:06. > :21:10.World Cup. In the end, they lost the final two West Germany 2-1. But they
:21:11. > :21:19.were always remembered as the ultimate expression of total
:21:20. > :21:27.football. The changed a sport stuck in defensive mindset. Having ended
:21:28. > :21:36.his career as a player, he turned to the future. After spending many
:21:37. > :21:46.years running, I want to know teach and give my ability on to younger
:21:47. > :21:51.people. He led Barcelona to four league championships in their first
:21:52. > :21:57.European cup in 1992. He was the best player in training, even though
:21:58. > :22:04.he was past his sell by date is in terms of being a player. He was
:22:05. > :22:08.extraordinarily talented. He was also a great visionary. He was a
:22:09. > :22:13.heavy smoker during much of its life, but went on to campaign
:22:14. > :22:18.against it in later life. But he will be remembered for his elegance.
:22:19. > :22:20.He believed that football had to be played with the brain as well as the
:22:21. > :22:26.feet. Pope Francis has washed the feet
:22:27. > :22:29.of refugees at a shelter near Rome, to mark the start of the Catholic
:22:30. > :22:32.Church's Easter celebrations. The ritual included 11 people
:22:33. > :22:34.from seven countries - and were from Christian,
:22:35. > :22:36.Hindu and Muslim backgrounds. The Pope said it was a "fraternal"
:22:37. > :22:38.gesture, designed to contrast with Tuesday's attacks in Brussels,
:22:39. > :22:41.which he called a "gesture of war" committed by people who "do not
:22:42. > :22:49.want to live in peace". Pope Francis is more popular
:22:50. > :22:52.than any political world leader, The poll put him 11% clear
:22:53. > :22:55.of his closest rival, Here is a quick look
:22:56. > :23:58.behind the numbers. to 40 years in prison
:23:59. > :24:13.after being found guilty of genocide We can now get some further
:24:14. > :24:20.reaction. What has been the further political reaction? I make the
:24:21. > :24:27.placement of boys sneer at a banquet. Each of the major ethnic
:24:28. > :24:35.groups have part of the presidency. banquet. Each of the major ethnic
:24:36. > :24:40.He said it was a great day as far as he was
:24:41. > :24:57.said that justice had been served. He said a message had been served
:24:58. > :25:05.said that justice had been served. guilty of what happened. People
:25:06. > :25:08.should no longer consider themselves responsible, because the real
:25:09. > :25:15.culprits have been brought to account and sentenced. Has that been
:25:16. > :25:26.the general sentiment amongst the people in Bosnia? Certainly, I spoke
:25:27. > :25:30.to a survivor of one of the massacres who hid in the forest for
:25:31. > :25:38.more than a month to make his escape. The reaction has been
:25:39. > :25:42.positive. They have been waiting for this verdict for a long time.
:25:43. > :25:57.Everyone knows that Bosnia as a country with a lot of problems.
:25:58. > :26:01.Thank you for joining us. That was the reaction, 40 years in prison for
:26:02. > :26:14.the former leader. That is up from me.
:26:15. > :26:21.Good evening. The dry spell has come to an end. The weather over the
:26:22. > :26:23.Easter weekend is set to be a lot more changeable.