BBC News with Julie Candler
A video has been posted online that shows Syrian rebels in Aleppo killing several men they accuse of being pro-government militiamen. The campaign group, Human Rights Watch, said the video seemed to show a war crime. It said neither side in the conflict had a monopoly of
righteousness
. Jim Muir reports from Beirut.
The video from Aleppo, filmed by activists with the rebel fighters, shows more than a dozen terrified captives were identified as members of shabiha, the notorious government militia. They were accused of killing 15 of the Free Syria Army fighters earlier. Their leader and several others are
hustled
into a courtyard by a large group of
jubilant
gunmen, put against the wall, and then, there's an intensive volume of fire with dozens of bullets being pumped into their slumped bodies. There've been many reports of abuses by armed rebels, but rarely documented like this.
Eight badminton players who try to lose their Olympics matches to get an easier draw in the next round have been disqualified from the games. The women from South Korea, China and Indonesia were
booed off
the court on Tuesday. The Badminton World Federation rejected an appeal as Rob Broomby reports.
The expelled South Korean and Indonesian competitors got the news less than an hour before their match. The Chinese double champions Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang had decided not to appeal. Their Olympic Committee said earlier they opposed any behavior which