"The appeal has to be authorized by the pretrial chamber. If the pre-trial chamber says that there is no appealable issues in its decision, then the appeal will not be possible."
A US marine in charge of a unit accused of killing 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in 2005 has pleaded guilty to dereliction of duty. Here's Alastair Leithead.
The killings in November 2005 tainted the reputation of American troops in Iraq and fuelled demands US forces should not be immune from its justice system. Prosecutors at the court-martial at Camp Pendleton in southern California said Wuterich had lost control after seeing his friend blown up in a bombing and had led his men on a rampage. He was charged with nine counts of manslaughter among other things. But they were all dropped in a deal which saw him plead guilty to dereliction of duty, which carries a maximum sentence of three months in jail and demotion to a private.
The chairman of the BBC Trust, Chris Patten, has accused British politicians of allowing newspapers to have too much influence over them in the past 25 years. Lord Patten told the Leveson inquiry into press standards the major political parties and their leaders had "demeaned themselves" over the way they'd "paid court" to newspaper owners. He said he had advised colleagues and at least one prime minister they shouldn't worry so much about what's printed.
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The French Senate is due to vote shortly on a controversial bill that threatens to cause a serious rift in France's relations with Turkey. If passed, it would make it a crime to deny that a genocide was committed by Ottoman Turks against Armenians during the First World War. A motion to throw out the bill failed. Turkey has threatened permanent sanctions if it becomes law. It denies the mass killing was deliberate genocide.