Ran a criminal organization. As a budge on accuses armenia of attacking one of its main cities as the conflict for the disputed region of nagornokarabakh intensifies. Kyrgyzstans Parliament Names a new Prime Minister as the political crisis there deepen. And were live in south africa where demonstrators a demanding the president address allegations of corruption about missing funds for Coronavirus Relief. And in sport Le Bron James leads the l. A. Lakers to victory ending for the n. B. A. Finals the lakers are now just one win away from the 6 sharing whats happening so. Welcome to the program we begin with breaking news coming to us out of greece leaders of the far right golden dawn posse have been found guilty of running a criminal organization. The protesters gathered outside the court to hear the verdict the police fired tear gas to break up the demonstrators it comes after the killing of a musician and antiracism campaigner in 2013 golden dawn member John Psaropoulos is our correspondent following that story in athens jon just take us through whats going on in the court today. Well the key decision as you say is precisely that golden dawn has been judged guilty of acting as a Political Party whereas being in reality a legal militia and a criminal organization that took its orders from the top of the hierarchy from the party leader nikos me because he and 7 other senior members of the party the Political Council have been judged guilty of forming a criminal organization and the other 10 m. P. s that stood that were elected to parliament in 2012 along with the top 8 men were also convicted of taking part in a criminal organization those 18 members of parliament originally elected in 2012 will now serve sentences of as we understand just at least 10 years which this charge carries although the sentencing is not being carried out today this is a long process that will take probably the next 4 days the 2nd important decision is that the murder of. The left wing rapper which actually does the trigger for the government to round up the Golden Dawn Party and peace and also other supporters of the party and members of the party has now also been adjudicated the man arrested on the night of that murder 20 the 17th of september 2030 has been found guilty of murder and several other people Party Members members of the local organization have been found guilty of being accessories to murder so justice has been done on that key charge as well ill remind you that that murder in september of 13 was the reason why the then conservative governor. Put together 32. 00 separate cases that had been building against golden dawn some of them were grievous bodily harm cases some of them will beatings some of them were attacks on immigrants racism charges that. Put those 2 cases together and together with the murder case presented them as one unified case against golden dawn on the basis that they were all acts emanating from the same command and control the same head courses and that this group acted systematically in this way these were not the acts of isolated individuals as the person had been trying to portray them later on these 32 cases burgeoned to over 100 and they all being adjudicated today we have for example justice in the case of a group of the gyptian fisherman who were very badly beaten by golden dawn supporters in june of 2012 we have the case of a pakistani immigrant murdered that year by golden dawn members we have the case also of left wing communist Party Supporters who were beaten up in september of 2012 all of these cases illegal possession of weapons grievous bodily harm all of these are being judged today and were hearing guilty verdicts on the vast majority of charges here peter john thank you very much John Psaropoulos with that breaking story out of athens lets get more on the developing story for you are joined by theophanous exadata thai loss hes in guilford in the u. K. He is a reader in european politics at the university of sari theophanous exit i tie last welcome to the news hour what does this verdict do to golden dawn. Well. The party the party has been out voted in parliament anyway and this was kind of a dooming stone lets say to their fate however what it doesnt do is up root the kind of neo fascist tendencies that may exist in greece and may be expressed through Different Party formations right now but golden dawn came to prominence surely as a reaction almost to the the big number of migrants who are still on the greek islands weve reported on that a lot on this program and indeed across this channel is that why for example the immigrants who are still on les voss feel that they are in a very precarious situation that is correct the refugee crisis that has been happening around europe and especially in greece and the context of the islands and the refugee camps there has been an important factor in raising issues with immigration and precisely golden dawn was stepping on these particular incoming incoming set of immigrants on the island to perform some of its violent activities now these have not gone away the fact that they will not be sponsored necessarily or be initiated by officials of the golden dawn doesnt mean that the groups that are against immigration are not still. Very much active on the island as well so weve saw we saw that when the you know when the fires broke out at the morea camp in less fuss that was. Quite interesting to see the road this thing that went on as a result initiated by far right groups and it is something that we see in a number of refugee camps across greece. As youre talking to theophanous were looking at some pro golden dawn protests that have gone on over the past few years you know theyve got that nazi flag were now looking at a gentleman literally with the nazi swastika i think thats an anti golden dawn demonstration actually because the swastika has got a do not enter symbol imposed on top of its golden dawn may no longer have political clout but there is another party its almost like golden dawn light they do have Political Representation they dont they. They do have Political Representation theyre called the great solution they are a faction of older right wing from ations in greek politics and they captured certain sentiments of racism and immigration feelings and so on within great politics they are much lighter than golden dawn for mation but at least they dont engage in vigilante activities and. Openly. Violent activities against immigrants now this is the reason why i mentioned earlier that we may have sealed the fate of golden dawn with this decision this landmark decision in the court but we have definitely not down the sentiments of the far right wing in greece so they are expressing themselves they were in parliament there are their size is quite small. Its not comparable to golden dawns parliamentary representation for example but its still considered as part of the of the Parliamentary Political forces within the full political spectrum ok very briefly theophanous i just want to get to one final brief point please the police using tear gas today in real time right now as a reaction to peoples reaction to this guilty verdict handed down in the past hour or so at that court in athens could be atmosphere of the sophie brawl that we see trouble on the streets. Its very common for protesters that are of the and the fastest side to clash with protesters that are of the new york classes this was happening all through golden dawn tenure in parliament and possibly there are counter protests being organized as the verdicts have come out ok theophanous exit octal us there in sorry in the u. K. Thank you very much thank you. Fierce fighting overnight armenia and azerbaijan continue their battle over the disputed region. These are pictures from the armenian side that showed damage from as areas shelling in stepanek at the main city of nagornokarabakh and this is a recently released video showing a missile attack on the azerbaijans 2nd city of gun john the as areas say armenia has also launched attacks on several other cities resulting in more than 20 civilian deaths Rights Groups including Amnesty International say there is growing evidence that cluster bombs are being used in this conflict now theyre banned by more than 100 countries but not by all means or by john byrne a smith is our correspondent in gorgeous in armenia bernard give us a sense of whats going on right now on either side of the front line. Well your 1st piece of evidence of those cluster bombs came from the armenian side theyve been used they had been seen landing in armenian territory you havent seen evidence of them landing in jan i should clarify that has been extensive fighting overnight extensive bombardment of panic at the main city in the go no care about and other towns and cities that continued this morning a big kharma now and in azerbaijan as well theres been targeting of towns and cities on the side on the side of the line of control so still a lot of fighting going on and still fighting right along that line of control 180 kilometers top to bottom north to south on either side of the border of nagornokarabakh. And we should also say as well today the Vladimir Putin has essentially clarified all reminded people about russias role here we know that he is backing. Turkish drones are being used in attacks on territory in nagornokarabakh and turkish president. Has said that he supports azerbaijan which is a linguistic and ethnic and cultural kin of putin has said that he will fulfill its. Obligations within the correct collective security treaty so wards armenia that is to say it will protect armenia if the republic of armenias territory is attacked but its not being attacked nagornokarabakh is recognized as azerbaijani territory so russia is not going to get involved in this fight and the turkish calculation will be that it will do be able to do enough to help as a by john but not enough to draw russia into the conflict russia is not yet drawn into the conflict and it has reminded people that it is not going to be drawn. In this conflict unless armenian republic of armenian territory is targeted. Prime minister. Has said hes happy with that hes happy with russias current role. Russias current role hes been speaking regularly with vladimir tutsi ok well leave it there bernard many thanks ben smith reporting live the news from chorus. Ground still to cover for you here on the news including a major ruling from the European Unions top court against france the u. K. And belgium the mass surveillance of phone and Internet Data is against the law. U. S. President criticized for abruptly ending negotiations over an aid package that would help those whove lost their jobs during the covert pandemic. And in support well hear from the argentinian qualifier enjoying the tournament of her life at the french showed. The russian president Vladimir Putin has expressed concern over the situation in kyrgyzstan and said he hoped for a quick return to stability the Central Asian country which is home to a Russian Military has been mired in political unrest since demonstrations demonstrators rather stormed government buildings in protest over the results of the parliamentary election which they say were rigged this led to the results of the election being an old now the Prime Minister could but beck blown off resigned and hes been replaced by an opposition politician who was freed from prison by protesters just one day ago Anti Government demonstrations have seen government buildings taken over but there appears to be division among the opposition groups over what they should be doing next this was all sparked by an election many say was rigged now there are questions over whether another vote will take place and if the president. Is still in control i want a serious chance for joins us live now from the capital bishkek so charles it just seems to be a walking talking definition of political flux there with so many dangerous consequences potentially blended into the mix. Yeah the chaos very much continues here in bishkek the kids capital and theres a lot at stake its been a very interesting day today you can obviously see people giving speeches behind me here in the main square where we witness those scenes of Security Forces clearing protesters a couple of days ago after those disputed elections the situation since then has changed dramatically unity between any opposition groups has completely broken apart and some of the speeches that are being given today have serious ramifications as well in the context of this man so dear to your part of the new Prime Minister who was voted into power last night in an emergency parliamentary session we had speeches given by certain opposition parties today that seem to be rejecting that appointment of 2. They book they were saying that the only legitimate authority in this country is the parliament were implying that because they were so few m. P. s who participated in that vote. Role as a Prime Minister is illegitimate they also called for an impeachment of the president and they called for the arrest of one of what was considered to be one of the president s main allies. Like travolta was a very powerful klan leader who was a big fund of one of the big progovernment parties that did well in these disputed elections and so much attention is being played on them over voter allegations allegations of voter fraud. But meanwhile in the square there are groups like the one you can see behind me over the cliffs and there is this sense increasingly of a conspiracy here conspiratorial kind of atmosphere we heard reports of one journalist who was beaten up by them to fight men and having covered situations like this in other regions around the world with a recent political discourse and its probably not surprising that weve begun to hear. Potentially unseemly language used towards us as journalists covering this story so from what youre saying charlie the protest movement is far from unified and on top of that whos actually running the country just now. The president seems to think he is as he made in a statement yesterday but at the same time as we also saw yesterday we saw this divvying up if you like divvying up of government institutions by various different political groups but it all seems to be still so much in the air there are i mean weve even heard this morning for example another party another group claiming that they have a candidate that they are insisting they want to be Prime Minister and we believe that they would down the Supremes Court arguing their case there and as i say different institutions seemingly in being controlled by different opposition groups. Weve heard no language from the leader nothing from the from from the president now for more than 24 hours. If you look at the potential for violence and lawlessness as well just just bear in mind that weve now got volunteer groups on the streets at night protecting private businesses from looters you know that seems to be. Potential for serious political unrest here. And there is no seemingly no answers as to there are no indication of any real or thora to anybody really in power who can who can pull us out of this crisis pull the country out of this crisis at this point. Ok charles well leave it there thank you very much. Correspondent reporting live from. Nobel prize is being handed out this week so far the medicine and physics categories are being awarded today its time for chemistry thats just gone into a manual shop n. T. A. From france and american jennifer. For developing a method for genome editing its a way of making specific changes to the d. N. A. Of a cell its known as rewriting the code of life joining us now from london is the Business Editor for chemistry World Magazine published by the Royal Society of chemistry philip broad with philip welcome to the news rewriting the code of life that sounds a little bit like genetic engineering which sounds a little bit like it should be scary. Well yes it can be potentially very scary but equally it can be extremely powerful and very helpful in pharmaceuticals in a whole range of different. Spheres of Research Agricultural biochemist biotechnology that kind of thing so yes it does have the absolutely has the potential to do very scary things that we saw a few years ago it was he joined us from china a tiny doctor had actually used crisper to edit it you know of some babies and brought them to to full term and that that is very scary but theres a lot of people working together to try and make sure that those kind of things dont happen without the right controls and this technology is directed towards things that are hugely beneficial to mankind philip can i just ask you for the next 30 seconds or so to be a kind of a conduit between the science that weve been talking about here on the news hour and the rest of us you know now were talking about genome changes scientists doing that yesterday we were talking about the massive collection of black holes at the middle of the galaxy slash the universe before that we were talking about Something Else now what is the the trick called between all this groundbreaking genuinely interesting science and the rest stop us wheres the benefits to all of this for you and me. Well i cant speak so much for the other part of the medicine prize particularly had was it was extremely important for hepatitis c. Its a its a disease that kills a lot of people and the research that was recognized in that prize has broad ranging applications in trying to treat that disease which is i mean that theres theres a fairly obvious connection i would say. The physics prize is much more kind of fundamental about our understanding of the universe and where we sit in it but the chemistry prize today and chemistry obviously is is that is a slightly it