of the franco dictatorship he himself was put on trial the victims and human rights lawyers in spain have had to use the same principle and go to argentina and they found a judge in argentina who would take this case and so it's a parallel it's the same thing happening in this very moving testimony tell me about maria my attorney who is one of the stars of the film as it were to who was who seeks justice before she she dies in the early days of the spanish civil war reemerge teen's mother was taken and was killed with a group of about 27 other people in a small town she was 6 years old and maria martine was 6 years old when this happened and her mother's body was buried in a mass grave by the side of a road and her father dedicated his life to trying to get her mother's body it's so and maria martine. took that responsibility and her entire life she wrote letters to the marriage she wrote letters to courts she wrote to the king she wrote to everyone she could asking if there was a way that this road could be lifted and this mass grave could be opened. back up. again after. it happene

support from washington has now won spain's most prodigious film award it will be on u.k. channel b.b.c. 4 today and at its heart is an amnesty law nicknamed the pact of forgetting the film's co director robert joins me now from a welcome do going on the ground water an amazing film it is it's already won the award the highest documentary film award in spain what is the pact of forgetting is featured in the silence of others but thank you so much for having me the pachter for gathering is a pact that was formed at the end of spain's dictatorship so spain had dictator franco for 40 years after he died in 1977 an amnesty law was passed and that law not only helped political prisoners get out of jail who had been fighting for democracy but also included the clause that said political crimes committed by the state during the franco dictatorship would not be prosecuted and that became a bigger pact of forgetting where the crimes that took place during the franco dictatorship to this day have still not been investigated and the gospel has been that it's best that the past be for

so in the film we see the case of maria bueno who gave birth in la linea in the south of spain. in 1981 and so the idea is and she states powerfully in the film when the dictatorship stops those mechanisms don't just switch off and gathering all this evidence from all across spain for the tiniest villages to the cities that goes on you show different legal stages it gets to a stage where video conferencing in an argentinian court is all going to start but spain pressures the european union government pressures the argentinian government not to hear the case judged her vinnie was able later to come to spain and take tests so she traveled around spain and she was able to take testimony from victims and survivors she wants to take testimony from the people who. who is who has she a subpoena or indicted to give testimony some of the people who are the alleged perpetrators and she has not yet been able to do that. kind of game you got to show that she's going to be on the board of. the money moment as you know money putting out a lot of the real not one little. bit more to come. it's

it's added in france on education itself when people young people in spain watching this film it may be the 1st time they're hearing of the crimes that were committed in their country many many people if their families were not in some way touched by the crimes that took place don't know or they think that this is the past this is something from 80 years ago and part of the purpose of the film was to show actually some of the suffering continues there's still families fighting to get more than 114000 bodies out of mass graves there are still people who were tortured as recently as 1975 who know where their torture is live and that torture has never been prosecuted just to be clear that when spain became a democracy because as a member of nato they're meeting their people in london member of the european union march in villa one of franco's cabinet ministers just easily transition into becoming the deputy prime minister in a post franco democratic spain and what you see this is a sequence in the film where we look at the transition and you see that in the judiciary in parts of governm

amy: from madrid, spain, this is democracy now! year thers, and evevery records and he waves, temperature increase, and emissions. so something is not working here but still society around the worldd is working up.p. we are working up from santiago to madrid and for the world to confirm the climate crisis. amy: students across the globe are walking out of classes today in another round of climate strikes. a major march is set for here in madrid tonight, the site of the u.n. climate summit. we will speak to climate strikers from uganda and chile as well as one of the organizers of an alternative climate summit that opens tomorrow here in madrid. it is called -- then we will look at how some of spain's largest polluters are sponsoring the u.n. climate summit. tuba -- two big spanish gas utilities have both paid billion euros to become diamond sponsors of cop25. what is shocking is the spanish -- gave them 90% tax break for the sponsorship. this allows the companies to hide the fact there emissions are causing runaway climate change.

spain's dictatorship so spain had dictator franco for 40 years after he died in 1977 an amnesty law was passed and that law not only helped political prisoners to have jail who had been fighting for democracy but also include the clause that said political crimes committed by the state during the franco dictatorship would not be prosecuted and that became a bigger impact of forgetting where the crimes that took place during the franco dictatorship to this day have still not been investigated and the gospel has been that it's best that the past be forgotten now it's stunningly short but there are some vox pops in it of young people in the capital for spain us to talk to it's not only the pact of forgetting in terms of the amnesty for those who committed crimes during the british american backed dictatorship of general franco it's added in france on education itself when people young people in spain watching this film it may be the 1st time they're hearing of the crimes that were committed in their country many many people if their families were not in some way touched by the crimes that

we are broadcasting from madrid, spain. the house judiciary committee is holding a second hearing today as part of the ongoing impeachment inquiry into how president trump pressured the ukrainian president to investigate trump's political rival, joe biden, and his son. at today's committee hearing, democratic counsel for the house intelligence committee, daniel goldman, will present evidence for impeachment, while republican lawyer stephen castor will present evidence against impeachment. this is house judiciary committee chair jerrold nadler speaking sunday on n nbc's "meet the press." >> some of these things are very clear at this point. there is overwhelming evidence, uncontested by the republicans, that the president put himself above the country, that the president sought foreign assistance in elections, sought to cover it up, completely defied participation in the congressional investigation in order to hide his role that he sought foreign assistance for the next election. amy: in florida, the fbi is conducting a terr

and for more on this let's go to marcus burnished he's a correspondent for spain and portugal and he joins us from his home in germany. marcus we just saw a piece on a policy in berlin to catherine's there you look at similar measures planned in spain and portugal how do they compare well just to make it clear how the pressure on the rent housing sector is still growing just in lisbon portugal capital there are more than 800000 apartments designated to short term rental and such a b. and b. there the government is trying to convince property owners to make a cut of around 20 percent of the average price and compensate this with texas. after 6 months working this program contains less than $100.00 houses there is also a plan to build more social housing but this will take of course a lot of time same in spain they are also trying in different areas of the country such as catalonia madrid to build more social housing and there are also plans for rental cap but these plans are still depending on if there will be a new left wing government in january. the marcus you said there that spain

well there is a lot of debate ongoing in both countries but especially in spain they are remembering their c.v. crisis the crash they had the 11 years ago on the property market and of course the fear that something similar could happen again is still remaining so the politics right now are focused on subsidies for younger and elder people to get a apartment or affordable apartment but again there are plans and it depends on if there is a new government a leftwing government or not and marcus recently these are still increasingly popular policies with voters aren't they. yet of course because we have to just look at the development of the prices in the last 99 years less than one year 7 years prices went up in spain for example by almost 50 percent so government has to do something. or it is a ban of short term rentals or more public housing but of course the result. is the results they have their time to show up for you to be correspondent for spain and portugal marcus burnished thank you. and now to india for another side of that recap question perhaps an extreme has seen a string

and a gesture of political goodwill for a jailed cattle and leader spain is a state attorney to recommend release of. iraq's national security council has condemned american airstrikes on a powerful shia armed group and has warned it will rethink its relationship with the u.s. led coalition fighting eisel american warplanes hit 3 cut type hizbollah camps in iraq and 2 in syria killing at least $27.00 fighters and injuring $51.00 the group is allied with iran and has vowed revenge and all that if we are warning the united states as we warned before that there are legal presence means they are standing against the iraqi people and the iraqi people have the right to confront them with all types of resistance iraq's prime minister has called the attacks a breach of sovereignty when iran says its terrorism type hezbollah is part of the popular mobilization forces belong with the iraqi army helped to defeat arsenal but the u.s. says the strikes were a decisive response to threats by iranian backed forces against american personnel similar to fulton reports from anbar province. an unprecedented

disputes between olivia, spain and mexico. a powerful arden group -- armed group is vowing retaliation for the airstrikes in syria. did mention of evil american ravens. sunday's bombings targeted three spaces in iraq and to in syria. two in syria. at least 24 were killed. they are considering there relationship with the u.s. led coalition against iso. mike pompeo called the strikes a decisive response to iranian backed forces. we will have an update from washington and a moment. first, simona bolton begins our coverage. some u.s. troops are based here. competitionedented between the u.s. and iran on iraqi soil. targeting basis of an iranian backed armed group . killing and injuring dozens. the operation in response to a series of groups that struck military bases. >> we just a decisive response that makes it clear what president trump has said for months and months. stand for the islamic public of iran to take actions that put american men and women in jeopardy. they are part of the mobilization forces, a paramilitary group se

tit for tat expulsions over a runaway president the escalating dispute between spain bolivia and mexico. a powerful shia group is vowing retaliation for u.s. airstrikes on its camps in iraq and syria hezbollah has promised revenge for what it calls the aggression of evil american raven's sunday's bombings targeting 3 of us bases in iraq and 2 in syria at least $27.00 fighters were killed and $51.00 were injured when the strike sparked protests in kirkuk and basra and iraq's national security council says it's reconsidering its relationship with the u.s. led coalition against eisel the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei are called the strikes a decisive response to threats by iranian backed forces against u.s. personnel as want to further action to protect them if necessary. we'll have an update from washington in a moment but 1st to mona fulton begins our coverage in iraq's anbar province where some u.s. troops are based. and unprecedented confrontation between the u.s. and iran on iraqi soil for the 1st time u.s. airstrikes targeting the bases of an iranian backed armed group killing

in spain agrees to go to brussels to take up his position. be admitted as it was a member of parliament etc but he should still come back at some point some time in jail they have also asked that his immediate see as an m.e.p. be removed from and that's something that the european court said that spain had to do if they want him to spend any more time in jail. having said that it is unlikely that that is going to happen because there has to be a consensus amongst the $700.00 or so member parliaments of the european union. they're having to do all this because the courts in the european union ruled that because he was an m.e.p. . he was therefore removed from jail time and prosecution etc so this is something that spain is kind of having to do because the european court has said it has to and sort of think there are there is a political context to this in the absolutely and the you mentioned in your intro he is the leader of this. catalan separatist party which the socialist party at the moment in spain is courting because they want to form a

in these web sites only china russia and spain have tried to block any web for being. deposited in that in that in that plays nothing to talk about of other attempts as well. a number of countries have tried you know an economist this as well as a. non party political activist. what should impression of how the cattle out economy has performed during a period of great instability can you see damage to the economy all of the upsides to catalonia being a place which is widely reported in fact we are in a global economy and what the facts more strongly look at their own economy is the international economic context so during the period of turmoil of the catalan referendum declaration of independence and the fear campaign the catalan economy grew at a pace that was. stronger than that of the average spanish economy or even the average euro european economy. and no. and cheering as the rest of europe a period of recession probably but it's that that the fed has a catalan economy not the political conflict what now for the catalan national assembly when how do you intend to

what's going on here is an interesting mix of european justice spanish justice party politics in spain and also that nation's experience with separatist sentiment the state attorney is certainly not recommending that the supremum court in spain releases oriel keris forever that is now absolved of all wrongdoing but it is saying that he should be let out of prison to go to brussels to take up his position as an m p it's also asking that the european union essentially remove his diplomatic immunity is that is immunity as an m.e.p. . is doing all of this because the top court in the european union the court of justice for the e.u. said the. that is what should happen but it's there is a party political context to all of this and that is that spans out to elections this year that have been basically inconclusive the socialists have won but not with the majority so at the moment they're doing lots of horse trading and trying to build a coalition one of the parties that they're talking to ease their cattle and separate his party that can carry us is their leader also this is being seen in sp

climate summit in madrid, spain, this is democracy now! >> with t this mandate and this majorityty, we will at last be able to do whatat? have been paying attention. this election means getting brexit done is now the irrefutable, irresistible, unarguable

the sun is setting on spain's coal mining industry. for years the industry has been economically unviable and now the demands of climate change are finishing it off altogether. but as one door closes, could more open? sharan burrow is the head of the international trade union confederation. a union boss with a difference. one who wants to defend the climate as well as workers. we want to see this region live. at the end of last year, spain reached an agreement with unions and the companies involved to shut down all its remaining coal mines. the fourth generation. a deal was forged which promised 250 million euros to help miners like these retire early or retrain. they call it a just transition and believe it's a model for the rest of the world. sharan is here to tell miners there is help for them, but the spanish coal mining industry is done. what we need to do is say to them we won't leave you behind and we will fight to see governments don't leave you behind — or that corporations. but some of the miners remain unconvinced. sharan

well in europe at least 9 people have been killed in spain and portugal when 2 storm struck in quick succession following storm else amid weeks on 5 be a arrived late on saturday and is blowing its way across france and into the mediterranean italy has also been hit while spain's civil defense agency is warning of strong winds and waves of up to 9 meters high or a challenge reports. to rescue the crew the helicopter had to come down low so low it was being sprayed by huge waves crashing on the vessel but italian coast guards managed to lift 12 people to safety after their cargo ship was blown on to saudi in years rocky coastline. across spain portugal and france more than 118000 households are without electricity in portugal storm surge flooding has forced the evacuation of 250 people many houses have been left on the water here except for those homes built higher up. islanders on corsica are being warned to stay away from the seaside. as far as rainfall is concerned we are seeing the end of the crisis with regards to the wind we are still in a crisis that could last a dozen or so i

the sun is setting on spain's coal mining industry. for years the industry has been economically unviable and now the demands of climate change are finishing it off altogether. but as one door closes, could more open? sharan burrow is the head of the international trade union confederation. a union boss with a difference. one who wants to defend the climate as well as workers. we want to see this region live. at the end of last year, spain reached an agreement with unions and the companies involved to shut down all its remaining coal mines. the fourth generation. a deal was forged which promised 250 million euros to help miners like these retire early or retrain. they call it a just transition and believe it's a model for the rest of the world. sharan is here to tell miners there is help for them, but the spanish coal mining industry is done. what we need to do is say to them we won't leave you behind and we will fight to see governments don't leave you behind — or that corporations. but some of the miners remain unconvinced. sharan

climate summit in madrid, spain. house lawmakers have unveiled two articles of impeachment against president trump, bringing a sitting president to the brink of impeachment for only the fourth time in u.s. history. this is chair of the house judiciary committee, jerry nadler, announcing the first article of impeachment. >> the first article is for abuse of power. it is an impeachable offense for the president to exercise the powers of his public office to obtain an impropeper personal benefit while ignoring or injuring the national interest. amy: the impeachment inquiry centers on how president trump withheld military aid from ukraine to pressure the ukrainian president to investigate trump's political rival, joe biden, and his son hunter. democratic lawmakers say trump then tried to cover up his actions, leading to the second article of impeachment obstruction of congress. ,this is congressman nadler. >> these actions moreover are consistent with president trump's previous invitations of foreign interference in our

the un's climate summit in spain — cop25 — hopes to tackle the climate crisis. many though have their doubts whether diplomacy can deliver the change that's needed. protestors are planning a day of action with greta thunberg taking centre stage. andy beatt reports. on her way to madrid — the world's favourite climate activist due to spearhead friday's mass march through the spanish capital. greta thunberg taking the train on the last leg of an epic low—carbon journey which saw her cross the atlantic in a catamaran. after three weeks at sea, she had promised to speak for a generation frustrated by decades of denial and delay. people are underestimating the force of angry kids. if they want us to stop being angry, then maybe they should stop making us angry. in madrid, alongside the frustration, real fear that young people's concerns still aren't being taken seriously. translation: i am afraid that once again, our message will not be heard and we'll lose another year. we feel super powerless in this place but i think our power and strength is to raise awarenes

at secret missions and a run away form of president the escalating diplomatic route between mexico spain and bolivia. on paul recent i with all the sport including football's lawmakers stepping in to review the use of video technology as friends and players say it's ruining the game. iraq's national security council has condemned american airstrikes on a powerful shia group and has warned it will rethink its relationship with the u.s. led coalition fighting eisel american warplanes hit 3 hizbollah camps in iraq and 2 in syria killing at least 27 fighters and injuring 51 the group is allied with iran and has vowed revenge. you know that if we are warning the united states as we warned before that they're illegal presence means they are standing against the iraqi people and the iraqi people have the right to confront them with all types of resistance iraq's prime minister has called the attacks a breach of sovereignty while iran says it terrorism. is part of the popular mobilisation forces who along with the iraqi army helped to defeat our so the u.s. says the strikes were a decisive respo

climate summit in madrid, spain. the european commission has proposed a sweeping new plan to address the climate crisis. the european green deal would be the biggest overhaul of european policy since the foundation of the modern european union syststem. system. this is eu commission president ursula von der leyen. >> we do not have all of the answers yet. today is the start of a journey. but this is europe's man on the moon moment. amy: the european green deal would seek to have europe become the first t climate-neutral continent by 2050. it would also seek to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 202030. european leaders are discussing the emissions goals at a summit in brussels today. environmentalists here at cop25 in madrid, spain, welcomed the plan but said it does not go far enough in cutting greenhouse gas emissions. this is greenpeace campaigner martin kaiser. >> the new green deal proposed by the commission today is not adequate to the climate emergency we see already in europe. amy: back in the united states, j

climate summit in madrid, spain. in global news, the united kingdom, prime minister boris johnson, and his conservative party won a landslide victory during thursday's decisive national election, dealing a devastating blow to jeremy corbyn's labour party. corbyn has said he will step down as head of the party after a "period of reflection." the conservatives are projected to win 364 seats in the british house of commons, versus only 203 for the labor party. this would give the conservatives the largest majority since 1987 when margaret thatcher was in power. this is labour shadow chancellor jojo mcdonnellll. >> i know they are heartbreaking. so am i. they worked very hard. it isn't down to them or any lack of commitment. brexit was the issue for us. amy: the conservative party's sweeping victory all but guarantees brexit -- britain's departure from the european union -- early next year. the party won resoundingly dedespite prime minister borisis johnson being acaccused of islamophobiaia, xenophobia, and sexual harass

officers in spain are trying to piece together exactly what happened in the moments before. a statement has been issued. they are cooperating with authorities and they are supporting bereaved family members. at the foreign office it says it is continuing to support a british woman in spain, understood to be the children's mother. at least 16 people have died and many more are missing after a typhoon hit the phillippines on christmas eve. the storm brought winds of 120 miles an hour at its height and has left a trail of devastation through the centre of the country. james waterhouse reports. typhoon phanfone first arrived on tuesday night. with it came wins of almost 120 mph, causing devastation and fear. the storm then worked its way over the islands of the central philippines. only today is there a sense of the damage caused. buildings were reduced to rubble. villages were devastated as the typhoon swept through, leaving residents to pick through the debris left behind. it was so powerful, even large boats were overturned. the philippines is no stranger to tropical storms a

spain denied trying to interfere and announced it was expelling 3 bolivian diplomats in response. it's co-opted not to go to fatah perhaps some willing to further inflame tensions that began when it granted asylum to have a moral is in november not only haven't got the intention to break diplomatic relations with the livia and embassy will continue its work in bolivia of course there are why did. missions beyond this situation chief among them is whether this caretaker government has the right to make these big foreign policy decisions it's not just in this case it's also broken with former allies and got closer to former adversaries despite the fact that it's unelected and only meant to bridge the gap until a fresh vote. perhaps the biggest question is when those elections will be held so bolivians can choose a permanent government but 2 has yet to be resolved john homan how does it or mitt screw city. no the u.s. remains deeply divided on issues such as impeachment and immigration which could have a significant impact on the forthcoming presidential election and the next part of

' tally change the south of spain and parts of the south of spain so it's not just developing well countries who actually do this to an area it's just a problematic always that's just how we are around the world we visit different places we influence different places shweta you stuff just show i mean bad behavior is bad behavior you know it's bad you know the worst was insensitive was an insensitive tourist it has nothing to do with whether you are from a developing nation are not i understand that you know i was sure of the differences and make it hard to bridge that gap and you know that's the that's the biggest barrier so at the end of the day i think it would be it would be very very wrong to just you know say that this is a problem that is restricted to doris from developing nations it's more from the increase of who who is travelling from around the world it's not just a few elite people it's many many other countries and cultures or getting into the mix my can you take. part of global and i think we've seen the history of tourism showing that used to be a korean target that bothered f

a woman whose husband and two children drowned on christmas eve in a swimming pool in spain says all three could swim and blames a fault with the pool. in sport, england are chasing a target of 376 runs to win the first test against south africa. join us, the brexitcast gang, in half an hour to look back at the year that was in the world of brexit. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. leading figures from the world of entertainment, sport, politics and charity have been recognised in the new year honours list. sir elton john receives the highest accolade, he's been made a companion of honour, and olivia newton—john becomes a dame. four members of england's world cup—winning cricket team are also on that list, but of the more than 1,000 people receiving honours this new year, around two—thirds are being recognised for their work in the community. as kathryn stanczysyn reports. # you're the one that i want... olivia newton—john says she is grateful beyond words to be made a dame for services to charity. a damehood, too, for former tv presenter floella benjamin for her lifelong

they said he passed away in a tragic family accident while on holiday in spain. there are hundreds of comments and it gives you a sense of how well loved and respected the family were. we have been speaking to neighbours and they are saddened and shocked to hear the news. i understand mr diya's daughter, nine—year—old comfort went toa daughter, nine—year—old comfort went to a local primary school. it will bea to a local primary school. it will be a sad start to 2020 for all of the children at that school. spanish police say they investigated the bill, its pump and filtration system, they could not find anything wrong with it. they did find co mfort‘s wrong with it. they did find comfort‘s swimming hat in the pump, but they don't know any more about how this happened, they said all three people by drowning. the company that runs a result say they are cooperating fully with the spanish authorities and this investigation is continuing. emily, thank you very much. the government has announced that from april thousands of nhs patients, visitors and staff w

we are broadcasting from madrid, spain. indigenous people from canada and the united states are speaking out against extraction, new pipeline projects and the environmental devastation of their territories at this year's summit. on monday, rose whipple, a member of the santee dakota and yoyoh delegate with sustaiainus, spoke onon a pel o of uth climate e tivists. sunshine on myhe skskin a i stood at th headters of e mississippi river from the drinki source for er 1 18 llion n mans. here i joined oth indigenous youtho prepare for our moh-h-longanoeoe journey through are olenen aestral home. we paddled to raee awareness of the tar sands oil pipeline that thatens toevastate our mmunities. we dipped our cupsanands a thehe river, sippinghehe cle water this is thsame sacdd rer where my ancesto have be harvesngng our sacred wh for thousands of years. this rerer is important and sacred not only to my ancestor but r myeople stl tohis day. we happi canoed down this river for weeks, smilingnd lahihing, arining r dream of a foilil fuew

for the supreme court of spain to let oriel eucharist go to brussels and take up this position as an m.e.p. as an m.e.p. which he was elected to be whilst on trial for 'd these these crimes sedition and misuse of public funds. when the european elections happened in may. his position is m.e.p. means that he has parliamentary immunity and that is why the courts of justice of the european union on december the 19th said that essentially he should be allowed to come to brussels to take up this position and that's why the spanish solicitor general has made this call essentially it is going through the processes is part of this the machinery the interplay all of european justice the courts of justice of the european union and how that works together with the justice systems of the member states. now al-jazeera has obtained harrowing new testimony from people who say they were detained in internment camps in china according to activists more than 2000000 people have been held in that province most of them muslim wages but there are also minority groups such as ethnic kazakhs some of binge

farmers are battling the reality of climate change santiago grows omens here in southern spain it's one of europe's driest regions she's determined to keep the land productive and it's clear to see the turf property is much greener than her neighbors. than it in many of the greenery and protects the land from the effects of the sun and stops the rouge and you know what i mean we managed to grow a lot of different plants here and even some spices. the grass holds the morning dew serving as a natural water source for the almond trees that stops the soil from drying out or being washed away if there is a heavy rainfall climate change intensive agriculture and overbuilding mean the loss of productive land is a big problem in spain. it's one of the main topics at the united nations climate conference now wrapping up in the capital madrid and. all the evidence shows that the situation in southern europe is rapidly worsening. of course drought and rising temperatures mean nature is less resistant to the ravages of climate change. that puts the livelihood of farmers and rural communities at

news still to come returning to the ways of the past we look at efforts by palmers in southern spain to fight climate change and save their land. the u.s. house of representatives has passed a bill imposing sanctions on companies working on the north stream to gas pipelines u.s. lawmakers hope to slow down construction of the controversial product projects rather if completed the pipeline would incur greatly increase moscow's capacity to supply the european union with natural gas however u.s. lawmakers worried that it would give greater political leverage over the european union and further escalate tensions between russia and ukraine that country is currently a major transit hub for russian oil and natural gas shipped to the e.u. . w.'s chelsea delaney is covering this story for us and joins us now from frankfurt could these sanctions from the u.s. slowdown or even stall the north stream to project. it doesn't seem at this point like these sanctions are going to be a fatal blow for north stream the u.s. has really been talking about putting sanctions on on companies associated with