Killed and their homes burned down. And leaving violence behind as mexicos military prepares to move on migrants we hear why many are making the long journey to the u. S. Well its now 2 g. M. T. And 10 am in hong kong where thousands of protesters have seized highways and surrounded the government headquarters. Theyre angry about a proposed extradition bill that could allow suspects to be sent to Mainland China for a trial in the coming hour politicians will be debasing that proposed law in the citys Legislative Council protests have been ongoing since sunday when a 1000000 people took to the streets to express their anger but well find out how beijing is looking at those developments with adrian brown in a bit but 1st lets talk to scott hide and hong kong. Scott you outside the Legislative Council weve already seen riot Police Deployed that this morning is there a concern about further violence especially given those numbers. Council building known as lets go is that block building behind me youll see in front of that black building at least on this side there are thousands of protesters and weve been here for over an hour and theres been a steady stream of protesters gathering this group back here theyve also been dragging the gates and coridon is in front of them as well that is because mainly 200 meters down this road behind the camera riot police have started to stage about the same time a 90 minutes ago i would say dozens at this stage so right now obviously this is a point where there could be some kind of confrontation you know we have seen a scuffle we saw scuffles sunday night during that 1000000 person protest here around lets go right now there havent been any scuffles we know that a few 100 protesters stayed overnight tuesday into wednesday as we head to this the 2nd tabling of this controversy extradition bill but again now thousands have surrounded the ledge co building that block building behind me over the last several hours as you mentioned its 10 oclock local time here the meeting the lead Legislative Council meeting will begin at 11 we expect the 2nd table in this discussion of this controversy a bill should take place about an hour after that so obviously a lot of people out here and in the next couple of hours probably many more coming in and scott given that hong kongs chief executive kerry has already said shes going to stand by this one of the protesters theyre hoping to achieve today. Right now i think what it is is that they want to voice their disapproval of this bill like they did on sunday making sure that the leaders here and around the world see that they are still against this bill youre right there has been no hesitation no backpedaling by the Legislative Council and caroline the ruler of hong kong that theyre going to back down from this bill its all games Going Forward but obviously the people out here want to make sure that the world knows that hong kong those that the legislators here know that they are still against it and they want to try to prevent it from moving for but right now it sounds like it will and again a couple hours time scott hyla outside the Legislative Council in hong kong for us well now lets speak to adrian brown whos in beijing adrian weve been hearing that chinas leaders have been supporting kerry what are we expecting to hear today. Well i think that chinas leaders will regard what is happening in hong kong as really another threat to the peoples republic just as they regarded the occupy movement of 2014 as a threat to chinas sovereignty and of course they have long memories especially when it comes to the student led protests here in 1989 which of course were brutally suppressed so when it comes to student chinas leaders have very very fixed ideas so i dont think president xi jinping the most authoritarian leader that china has had since chairman mao is a sort of person who is going to back down he wants carry to remain resolute the government here continues to stress that it supports kerry lam and her bid to push through this proposed extradition law but chinas leaders also feel that there are Foreign Forces at work in hong kong they believe that certain countries they wont name them but we think its probably the United States in the former colonial power britain are trying to organize and get these protesters out on the streets so they really see dark forces at play here is they did indeed in 2014 now there are no images of course of these protests being shown here in china that is a measure i think of the governments concern and also any mention of the protests any images of the protests or also being blocked online at the moment i dont think its a question really of what kerry lamb does next i think its more a question of what her boss president Xi Jinping Tells her to do and i think for the moment they will tell her to continue pressing ahead with this extradition law china wants this law to happen because it has extradition treaties of the moment with more than 30 other countries and of course it would improve its chances of getting more extradition treaties if hong kong signs on as world and you know all this began actually you know 5 years ago. When she jingping began actively pursuing overseas criminals it went on to you know hundreds of people overseas and you know that was part of his Anti Corruption campaign and this is a continuation of the. China correspondent adrian brown there with that update from beijing thank you adrian well there are now signs of a breakthrough in the crisis in sudan after more than a week of violence disruption and deadlock ethiopian mediators say the military jointer and opposition groups have agreed to resume talks soon on the formation of a council to oversee the transition to civilian rule they pledged to on the previous agreements on issues such as the structure of a Transitional Government the opposition is suspending its Civil Disobedience Campaign and general strike and for its part the military has agreed to release all Political Prisoners one of the conditions for talks laid down by the protest leaders negotiations collapsed on june the 3rd the start of a violent military crackdown on protesters which according to a Doctors Group killed 129. 00 people and in the last few hours the Un Security Council has unanimously condemned the violence and called on both sides to find a solution to the crisis and their Rights Groups are warning of war crimes by Paramilitary Forces in darfur state natasha game begins our coverage. This fire in darfur was retribution for allegiance to the protesters nationwide strike according to the Sudanese Professional Association the group says on monday about 10 people were killed and stores and homes were torched by a peer a military group called the Rapid Support forces or r s f Amnesty International says it has evidence proving the r. S. S. Is committing war crimes in the region and internet blackout and reports of electricity outages in the capital mean information is slowly trickling out tuesday it was the 3rd day of a nationwide strike intended to show the Transitional Military Council that protesters may not have weapons but they have power. Protesters say last weeks military crackdown that killed almost 130 people only fortified their result the good thing that the Syrian Community are going to buy anyways. Neighbor and then their. Food providing water for or for the neighbors when needed with an ethiopian delegation mediating the 2 sides reached an agreement to return to negotiations or guarding a future government. Agreed to take confidence Building Measures including the least when its going to be. On its far as a. Protest leaders are also demanding the Transitional Military Council restore access to the internet lift restrictions on journalists and ultimately allow civilians to determine the next phase of governance in sudan experts say it wont be easy for the military to relinquish power after decades of dictatorship and they very much fear accountability thank the. Control over election. Corruption commission and they fear being told to get out of their war in yemen which is where the new. People may return to work shops may reopen and cars may once again fill sudan streets but protest leaders say life will not resume as usual and they reserve the right to return to their campaign of civil disobedience until their demands for civilian rule are met natasha going to aim. Well i spoke to best mother money who is a professor at the university of waterloo and a senior fellow at the center for International Governance innovation and she says despite ethiopias mediation efforts the opposition still lacks International Support certainly kudos to the if the o. P. s for doing this frankly the fact that you had the entire arab league unable to help it and frankly complicit in the military is really problematic to say the least but i think the professional association may be just realistic about the fact that theyre not good and the International Support they need it is a is a shame i think they can always go back to the civil disobedience is working it can be used again i think continue transparency by the opposition to its followers is key but some of the very basics of allowing the prisoners to be released some sort counts ability of who is behind all of these murders is helpful but make no mistake sadly the professional association is really i think the one with the shorter the shorter stick so to speak now dozens of people mostly children have been killed in an attack on a village in the mopti region of central nonny houses of dogan hunters were bent down on their animals killed during sundays violence the un has called the attack an act of unspeakable barbarism nicholas haq reports from bamako and a warning this report does contain some graphic images. The silence is deafening. The smell of dead bodies hangs low in the air. The attack on the doggone village of sudan a coup started at dusk and went on deep into the night if you survived hiding as their loved ones were being killed you know that the 10 day images circled the village and shot everything done move so every were people who are screaming trudeau war screwed me who tried to run were shot down the survivors believe they know who the killers are it is their full on the neighbors they say both communities have been fighting each other for control over land. Armed groups have called on full on these to join their ranks accusing the government of backing doggone militias. Ethnic tension is at breaking point with each Community Calling for revenge attacks in this spiral of violence both communities are fleeing their homes it is in this open air slaughter house on the outskirts of the capital that some philosophies have sought refuge. All of the People Living under this tent share one bowl of rice and millet children show clear signs of malnutrition there is not enough water to go around so there is the threat of water borne diseases this is where they sleep eat and cook despite the calls for peace polonius continue to be the victims of violence. The president. Says the countrys National Unity is under threat. I would like to call on all our brothers to keep calm and stay rational more than ever. While the 14000 u. S. Soldiers and forces on the ground failed to prevent these killings dont go to hunters call this latest attack on their community a declaration of war saying revenge will come reckless hawk bamako mali plenty more ahead on this news hour including. 20 years ago in nigeria a return to democracy but many are unhappy with the pace of progress plus. We will tell you why a group of tide musicians are concerned for their safety in a neighboring country. And titleholders the usa a fire 13 goals past thailand at the womens world cup peter has this force. Now yemens media say the rebels have attacked the airport in saudi arabia with a Cruise Missile riyadh has not confirmed the attack and there have been protests against the presence of saudi troops near yemens border with armaan the demonstrators want the saudi m. R. C. Coalition to scale back its military presence in the province of al mara last year saudi arabia promised to hand all local facilities in their control to Yemeni Forces but that hasnt happened. Well lets speak now to Lawrence Korb who was the u. S. Assistant secretary of defense and is now a senior fellow at the center for American Progress he joins us live from washington d. C. Lawrence these unconfirmed reports of todays attack that were hearing are of a Cruise Missile and if its confirmed are we seeing an escalation here on the part of the groupies. Well i mean youve seen an escalation really in the last week it whether this is a Cruise Missile or a drone weve seen drone attacks on a lot of the saudi saudi airfields and i think basically what the hutus were saying we were supposed to have negotiations you havent done them so were going to the cause of your involvement in yemen so we could have some sort of negotiations well lawrence i want to ask you more about these drone attacks as well we have been seeing these attacks on saudi airports an air base is does this signal a new campaign of particularly strategic targets well it does and what it does is it is picking targets for example when they attack with the drones to one of the air bases thats where the saudis kept their drones so yes it is strategic obviously if you attack the air base this makes it hard for them to use aircraft to words are yemen and lawrence how are the saudis likely to respond now well its very difficult because the saudis basically have gone all live and theyve had a tremendous amount of force that theyve applied and led to you know innumerable those civilian casualties which have turned the United States congress against our involvement there and trying to stop the day your arm sales so theres really not too much more they can do other than sending in Ground Forces but their Ground Forces are not good i mean their air force was good with their Ground Forces on not very good in fact youve got Sudanese Forces are in there trying to help the saudis and the ones weve seen this will continue with a worsening humanitarian crisis for some time at least a quarter 1000000 yemenis to space just in the last 6 months since the un brokered peace deal was signed in december but the fighting is actually increased in that time. It has and basically the after the agreement was signed everybody thought that the saudis are a new way he would back off they havent backed off and the hoodies are responding now to basically say you cant win lets get the negotiations going because nobody is winning right now and lawrence what what next where do we go from here this has been going on for such a long time you talked about potential avenues and the u. S. Congress that where to from hair well basically i think at some point you know the congress has passed 22 separate resolutions to stop particular on sales to the to the saudis and theyre getting more and more republican support we will call to cut it off because the congress and the American People have basically turned against the saudis in this war and of course the with the way they handled what happened to mr cruise shogi so at some point the saudis are going to have to change because if they dont theyre going to lose american support and arent score a former u. S. Assistant secretary of defense there speaking to us from washington d. C. Thanks for being with us clients on aljazeera. Syrias state news agency is reporting that the government ed offenses have intercepted an israeli missile attack that targeted the town of al hurra its considered a strategic Lookout Point over the occupied Golan Heights and is in duran province. Elsewhere the World Food Program is warning of a catastrophe in the northwest following weeks of a Syrian Government offensive the Un Agency Says its been unable to reach at least 7000 people in the area of color where theres been intense fighting in neighboring Hama ProvinceSyrian Government and russian air strikes have killed at least 27 civilians most of them women and children the governments push to recapture the lost rebel strongholds has killed more than 300 people so far. There is a catastrophe unfolding in the Northwest Region of syria as we speak. On bartman has pushed hundreds of thousands of people their homes from the northern parts so that we know that there is more than 300 people who were displaced and those who are lucky enough to reach their order. So refuge there. Continues to be dozens and dozens of people who are only able to make that journey and meanwhile the u. S. Is imposing sanctions on one of syrias most prominent business men washington is accusing samir fathers of profiting from the civil war and helping president Bashar Al Assad the u. S. Believes falls and his family are directly supporting the assad regime and building Luxury Properties on land stolen from displaced syrians while the u. S. Is reportedly pushing saudi arabia to complete their investigation into the murder of saudi journalist mark before the 1st anniversary of his murder a trumpet ministration official told the Reuters News Agency its urging the saudis to show tangible progress towards holding those responsible to account because she was killed after entering the saudi consulate in istanbul in october last year. And moscow has dropped charges against a journalist who is under house arrest saying the accusations havent been proven even gallon of was charged with drug offenses last week sparking protests amongst journalists and other supporters who said he was framed gollan of is known for his work exposing corruption among moscows political elite. Right here. Thank you very much for all the support i still hardly understand whats happening im happy that justice has been served and that the criminal case was dropped i hope the investigation will continue and i hope no one will find themselves in the same situation as and. Now critics of thailands military and monarchy say they fear for their lives after the murder and disappearance of several dissidents in neighboring countries hundreds of people left the country after a military coup and 2014 and many others are in hiding they include a music group as wayne hay reports from bangkok. Fearing for their lives hasnt stopped these band mates singing this song of protest the group called 5 year in left thailand for neighboring laos after the military coup in 2014 when they write songs critical of the military and monarchy in question the palaces role in thai Society Things that can result in a long jail sentence in thailand speaking to aljazeera from laos one of the band members says they believe they are being hunted. Up they are people who are working undercover to get there many signs some are through and some are fake i receive warning almost every day and im start to lose my mind. In december the mutilated bodies of 2 critics of the monarchy whod also been living in laos were found in the mekong river and last month family and friends of 3 other dissidents held a small protest outside the Vietnam Embassy in bangkok concern for this safety the 3 min moved from last to vietnam where its believed they were arrested. The Thai Security forces. If. They are not going to. The Thai Government says it doesnt know anything about the cases or why the band is concerned for its safety the killings and disappearances come at a time of transition for thailand the new king. Was crowned last month following the death of his father king a do new day who reigned for 70 years and a new government has been formed following the general election in march the 1st since the coup. There are many critics in the military. And the most wanted in neighboring countries its believed the 5 members are on the list the wrist of either being killed or disappeared. A Safe Online Campaign has been launched to raise awareness of the case and rights workers a law being foreign governments to help the band leave laos. I hope that my application for Refugee Status will be quickly approved because its becoming more dangerous every day the sooner the better. For now all they can do is wait in hiding and continue to sing their songs of defiance wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. Well still ahead on al jazeera outrage in brazil leaked documents appear to show a conspiracy to keep leftist leaders in louisiana suited to silva out of the 28000 election race. To an abode outbreak the congo now grapples with the measles epidemic. And rain wins the day again at the cricket world cup has the details of an unwanted record and. The web. Cast on. Hello again or welcome back we are cross parts of south china over the last few days we have seen plenty of flooding across much of the area and that is really going to continue as these clouds really stay in place on our forecast maps here on wednesday notice the very heavy rain anywhere from the east all the way towards central and southern areas to the north though not really looking too bad rouhani is looking to see about 32. 00 degrees and more sun as we go towards thursday shanghai your temperature coming down from about 27. 00 to about 25. 00 degrees there well here across parts of indonesia not looking too bad across parts of job as well as into bali plenty of sun across much of the area where we are seeing a problem though is up here towards me and mom as well as into thailand heavy rain has been the problem and localized flooding has been reported across much of the area for bangkok though it is going to be a rainy and cloudy day at 33. 00 maybe coming up to about 34. 00 degrees as we go towards thursday and then here across parts of india we are watching cyclon making its way towards crews are out right now across the eastern parts of the arabian sea and that is heading towards the north and by the time we get to wednesday night we will be seeing the effects of the storm we do expect to see heavy rain across much of the area as well as flooding but to the north we are going to be seeing some sun for new delhi where the temps are there 41. The weather. Food production is wasteful and its straining our planet. But pioneers are adapting with new food sources jellyfish is delicious with a very light seafood taste and a texture and some that are in. An innovative production techniques i have seen a vertical farm before i would never in a restaurant have to see this great earthrise feeding the 1000000000 on a. New roof spawning 6 continents. You know because. You. Were out. For palestinian. News. Again im a star or a mind of the news this hour ethiopian mediators say sudans military and opposition groups have agreed to resume talks on the transition to civilian rule protest leaders have suspended Civil Disobedience Campaign and general strike the military says it will release all Political Prisoners. Thousands of protesters are rallying in Central Hong Kong against a proposed extradition bill youre watching live pictures now from outside the Legislative Council more than 100 businesses are on the side of solidarity and students are expected to boycott classes anger is mounting over the lord change which could pave the way for suspects in serious crimes to be sent to Mainland China to stand trial. And nearly 100. 00 people have been killed in an attack on a village in the mopti region of central mali houses of dargon hunters were burned down during sundays violence and at least 24. 00 children were among those killed. Well u. S. President donald trump says he thinks something positive will happen with north korea after receiving what he called a beautiful letter from kim jong un washingtons talks with pyongyang have stalled over its Nuclear Program but trump says the country has tremendous potential. To go. A major missile test nothing like when i 1st got here when i 1st got here it was a mess we have a very Good Relationship together now i can get from it because of the letter i got yesterday. I think you know i think that something will happen thats going to be very positive but in the meantime we have our hostages back the remains keep coming back we we have a relation what are you going to run and trump has also been speaking about venezuela he says hes looking into the possibility of granting asylum to those fleeing political time when the neck Country White House correspondent can be helped it has more. U. S. President donald trump on wednesday indicating that he may consider offering temporary protected status or even asylum to those in venice will of wishing to flee political persecution this suggestion has a lot to do with editorials that ran in newspapers here in the United States in the last week or so essentially calling the president i have a crib for talking tough on venezuela criticizing the leader in venezuela Nicolas Maduro of calling him a brutal dictator but then doing nothing to support the people in terms of offering them the opportunity to leave the troubled nation so as a result it may be that donald trump is responding to those allegations of hypocrisy we know already that 3400000 beddes whalens have left but theyve been absorbed mostly by countries with far lesser means than the United States colombia peru ecuador chill a argentina we do know earlier this month there are rather earlier this year in the house of representatives democrats put forward a bill to try and offer some sort of asylum to 72000 venezuelans a similar measure introduced in the senate but getting very lukewarm support from republicans so it appears that now the president may have a couple of things on his mind not only those editorials that may be sort of pushing the president to soften his immigration stance but also the fact that many venezuelans that do flee do live in the u. S. State of florida one that will be very pivotal for the president in the 2020 president ial election and it may be another reason knowing he will need those votes that the president is now reconsidering his tough immigration stance. Well mexico will begin deploying thousands of its troops to its southern border with somalia on wednesday as part of a deal struck with donald trump to curb the flow of Central Americans seeking asylum in the u. S. Well correspondent castro is in el paso in texas and she joins us live now hi do you on the Us Mexico Border whats the situation there like. In a test yes so this bridge behind me the Paso Del Norte a bridge is symbolic because not only is this a place where there is a consistent flow of Asylum Seekers who surrender themselves to u. S. Authorities but this is also the bridge under which hundreds of those very Asylum Seekers were kept in deplorable conditions when the u. S. Government said it had run out of shelter space the government says it has happily no other recourse to fall to because were at a 13 year high as to the number of people who are crossing this border to seek asylum in the u. S. What that number only growing. 60000 children are among the migrants who crossed into the u. S. In the last 40 days some came alone others with families fleeing violent homes in Central America to walk thousands of kilometers north to now test whether the United States will receive them this is a place where you. Historically. If your violence and persecution you come in you will get some kind of protection i mean people is coming with that mentality would that you from entirely theyre going to calm and begin to brace claudia some more loved one amala with her 11 year old son 18 days ago. There was so much violence where we lived many games it became too dangerous. But the u. S. Government says this cannot continue President Trump has pressed mexico to deploy troops to stop Central Americans from advancing toward the u. S. Theyre moving right now 6000. 00 soldiers to their southern border whatever it is that we have. Got to tell you what we we had nothing but as migrants seek more remote routes to evade capture the danger increases here at the Rio Grande River that marks the boundary between the United States and mexico 5 bodies were recovered in 3 days those migrants who make it across the waters alive are then a rested and detained in squalid and overcrowded conditions 6 Migrant Children have died in u. S. Custody is most children are the ones who suffer the most we can take but they suffer more the trumpet ministration says children are being used to gain entry into the u. S. And that human smuggling here has grown to a 3000000000 dollar business but these families say if it werent for their children they would never have risked coming. In mexicos foreign minister said today that mexico and the United States has agreed on a 45 evaluate day evaluation period during which mexico has agreed to step up its enforcement of deporting Central Americans before they arrive in the United States and at the end of that 45. 00 day period if the u. S. Deems that those measures still do not go far enough mexico has said it will consider legislatively becoming a 3rd safe country treaty with us which would in effect allow those Asylum Seekers to 1st seek asylum in mexico denying them that opportunity in the United States and in the meantime those National Guard troops are deploying all across mexico starting tomorrow. On the Us Mexico Border thank you heidi. Well there are allegations that prosecutors and a judge worked together to keep brazils former president going away as an astronaut to serve out of last years election you know was jailed in april last year as part of a wide ranging corruption probe called operation carwash latin america editor lucien human ports. Until not so long ago Justice Minister asserted your model was widely regarded as brazils anticorruption hero he was praised as a man who wasnt afraid to imprison not just corrupt businessmen but also the countrys most influential politicians including former president. Now the former judge who oversaw a multibillion dollar kickback scheme nicknamed operation car wash is at the center of scandal himself and facing calls to step down this follows the publication of leaked conversations and messages that he allegedly exchanged with prosecutors about a Lula Da Silva case model is allegedly heard sharing information and advice in an attempt to ensure that Lula Da Silva would be found guilty which is illegal for the few mike here we can see that in a way that impartiality of the judgment could have been compromised and he said the beginning we see it there was a kind of orientation given by the judge to the prosecutors in the legal process. Lou was convicted and prevented from running for president last year clearing the way for a current president also noddles victory also natl been named model Justice Minister and reportedly promised to give him the next available seat on the Supreme Court. Moral denies any wrongdoing and describes the allegations as sensationalist the prosecutor implicated also dismisses the charges mount no those accusations are not true and their origin is linked to a criminal attack a hack however model is now being investigated himself for possible misconduct amid allegations that he used his power for political purposes and personal gain questions over morals propriety are unlikely to be enough to overturn former president conviction but they will certainly give ammunition to those who have long suspected that the former anticorruption czar had a political agenda all along you see in human aljazeera. Now the nicaraguan government is releasing dozens of Political Prisoners under a controversial amnesty its an attempt to free those detained last year for their role in antigovernment protests and to ease the countrys political standoff heres langer appollo with the details. Of the antigovernment protesters and he can i well were reunited with their families on tuesday many of these former Political Prisoners had been jailed for months the government agreed to the demands of opposition leaders to release Political Prisoners by june 18th. The news director for an independent media outlet critical of nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega was just released after 6 months in prison his news channel was shut down but i was and i dont know is the reason they shut down my channel the wealth of the news source is its credibility its being close to the people and telling them the truth thats what our t. V. Channel has and if they steal our infrastructure then we will simply start again from the bottom but of course we will continue we will continue to him form the people. For the freeing of Political Prisoners was announced as part of a controversial new law which grants amnesty to anyone who participated in last years unrest the amnesty law has been criticized by dozens of human Rights Groups who say it makes it difficult to hold progovernment Paramilitary Groups and Security Forces accountable for the deaths of more than 300 people since the start of the countrys political crisis more than one year ago no i see really that you cannot be amnesty for crimes against humanity these are crimes that remain and no law signed by the government to protect those who perpetrated these crimes was many former Political Prisoners expressed relief for having been freed but said they would continue to demonstrate against the government and demand justice for the killings of hundreds of Peaceful Protesters was look there we will continue to fight we are united as Political Prisoners this government wants to divide and conquer but we are united for. Nicorette youre. Negotiations between the government and opposition groups continue to barely drag on since the political unrest began some 800 people have been thrown in prison for thousands of others have fled the country it remains a criminal offense to hold a public protest against the nicaraguan government. Now the World Health Organization has confirmed the 1st case of a boat in uganda a 5 year old child traveled from the democratic republic of congo with his family on sunday officials have sent a team to trace other potential cases and to vaccinate those who may have come into contact with him uganda has been on high alert since the outbreak in the east india assy when nearly 1400 people have died of the virus and the congolese government has meanwhile declared a measles epidemic the Health Ministry says at least 1500 people have died of the just the of the disease just this year some 65000 suspected cases have been reported across the country well its been 20 years since nigerias return to democracy with the economy still in bad shape and insecurity increasing its been a bittersweet anniversary for many and africas largest democracy amid address has more from lagos. These are the demonstrations that forced the Nigerian Military to accelerate the return of the country to democracy 20 years ago. On may 29999 for military rule although she go by saying your was sworn in as civilian president few months after he was freed from prison serving a life sentence for treason. And for the next 20 years democracy endured but many nigerians are not impressed. By along with many others was thrown into jail by the military for activism they were demanding more when of the president ial election of june 12th 1903 be installed as president he says the Current System is not what freedoms and lives were sacrificed for we thought that anyone who will come into office after all decide to trust that you have made then we are mindful of the state of penalty poverty of our people i do take measures economy when this is that we quickly transform the misfortune of our people and lead to. Better Living Conditions for them but what have you got since in the last 20 years that is not what it wants. In those years nigeria now has its 4th elected president many nigerians are angry at the slow pace of development over the past 20 years since the return to democracy while some on happy with a friendlier to reform the laughter of others i worried about the economy security i mean prominent and electricity shortages many believe that given our generous rich resources its such a desire for better. And those frustrations i growing the people we are voting for us lot who we have seen through linking who were there werent so democracy i dont see the slow walking you slow walking so the people will want a lot were doing here in georgia. Somebody somebody. On do double creation of fresh air you would say crisis working but be we nigeria we are there for his labor here we are not even he knew we didnt believe with democracy it was because our people our government there will throw his ass to do it just to do that but you know to the. Activists say the problem with the country is structural too much power is in the hands of the government. Everything is a body thats the sense of unity system had led to injustice of iniquity so lets get on to before the question that when we have each one we need independent life what we had many and what they need to dissent the government says there is a lot to celebrate after 20 years of an interest to democratic rule by citizens who want to see more accountability asking the government to tackle those problems the threaten the countrys existence. The trees aljazeera lagos. Botswanas high court has ruled in favor of decriminalizing homosexuality. There was scenes of jubilation inside the courthouse in the capital cover any the judge unanimously ruled that in 1965 law which made homosexuality punishable by up to 7 years in prison was discriminatory the ruling comes just a month after Kenyas High Court upheld its laws criminalizing homosexuality. As advocacy director for the Pan Africa International Lesbian gay bisexual trans and intersects association she says the judgment could have widespread ramifications throughout africa for the. Community. The judgment is very significant because it sets a precedent for the rest of the countries in africa especially those who form part of the commonwealth countries in africa and we are at a point now where we are repossessing the narrative and doing away with colonial laws which view homosexuality and clearness as pervasive or rather subversive in nature it is a very important judgment is also. The introduction of a turn of a new tide in africa where we are now having to be forced to actually see that these colonial laws do not belong to africa and rather reclaiming our queer stories in africa i think the lessons that can be learned from south africa in particular are just a recognition of. You know our g. B. T. I rides being for human rights and also that it does not stop it decriminalization now they need to be recognition of queer people and they need to be protection of here right so for instance youre supposed to be able to adopt youre supposed to be able to marry youre supposed to be able to do everything that is an inherent right to any heterosexual person so i think those are important things that we do not only stop a decriminalization but we go further and introduce protections for specific individuals so that they can have access to health care so that they can have access to education and do not remain marginalized in the community. Still ahead on aljazeera a monumental act of mourning and. On the lives of the people. Thank you very much we start in france with the 29000 feet for womens world cup where the 1st round the games have now been completed the finding champions the usa hammered thailand 13 and mil its a record winning margin at the world cup alex morgan helped us after 5 goals equaling the world cup record 4 goals in a single match earlier to wrench will downpour and lightning caused a 40 minute 2nd half delay between sweden and chile when play resumed it was swedens course of our us learning and Madeline Young norgay who knitted to give them a 2 nil victory and european womens champions the netherlands lifted late against new zealand and injury time go from jewel roared snatch the win for the dutch now wednesday sees the 2nd set of Group Matches getting underway with hosts france back in action they face norway after both teams won the opening fixtures to victories in the group stage means a team is virtually certain to reach the round of 16. I. Host nation england has claimed an unwanted record as rain washed out the action of the cricket world cup for the 2nd day running sri lanka against bangladesh at bristol on tuesday was abandoned without a ball being bowled its the food game of the tournament lost to the weather and the 2nd time its affected the sri lankans both teams get a point in the group table the washout sets a new record for matches abandoned during a world cup we have got quite a lot of time in between games and if we have got to travel a day later. Where we will put men on the moon. Why cant we have a reserve day when actually this tournament is a long 2 on him and they spread out the games. Very disappointing for the crowd as well theyve got tickets to see a game of cricket. Caster semenya insisted drugs off for dopers as she one of the 1st race and scanning a temporary suspension of the rules requiring her to take testosterone reducing medication in order to compete the south africa narrowly beat ethiopias how we phase in a 2000 metres race at montreal in france on tuesday 1st distance is not covered by the world athletics rule that semenya is challenging she hopes to defend her world 800 metres title in doha in september but needs to win her appeal to switzerlands federal Supreme Court in order to do so her. I really dont have. Time for messages for anyone he called me to be a long time ago that im going to focus on myself and im going to you know what i have a problem with me i dont have a problem with them so does the business. The n. B. A. Champion finals are heading back to oakland off to the Toronto Raptors missed their chance to win a 1st title it was a bit of sweet victory for the Golden State Warriors with a serious injury to one of the biggest stars david starts reports the pregame routine includes some dance moves pregame showing no signs of the cough injury that it kept him out for more than a month his moves on the court were pretty good too helping golden state take control of the game they needed to win for 3 kevin durant but then disaster struck after twisting all quickly went down clutching the back of his leg his not was over and he season 2 after that the raptors called their white back. Then it was dialed in with a 6 point lead they were on track to claim their 1st ever n. B. A. Championship was thank you very much i think the message from the toronto crowd was clear b b the raptors defense could do nothing about step ties that you stop covering from. Play thompson then delivered another blow with less than a minute left what 31. 00 dribble one shot got cold steve green takes filling the raptors got it back to one and as the clock ticks down they had a chance to finish the series was delayed be billed be a game sectional put the worry is still alive as they search for the 3rd straight title but ill have to do it without your rant he left the arena on crutches ok the raptors get another chance to wrap things up in game 6 on thursday as the teams head back to california david stokes aljazeera. 3 time baseball world series champion david ortiz is said to be a looter and smiling after a 2nd Successful Surgery in boston and will remain in intensive care for several days the red sox legend was shot at close range in the torso in his native Dominican Republic his former team sent an ambulance to carry the 10 time allstar back to the u. S. For treatment the 43 year old is one of bostons biggest sporting figures. Is eyeing up a slice of gopher history going into the years 3rd major the u. S. Open the americans looking for 3 titles in a row at this event and hes also targeting back to back majors kept successfully defended his p. G. A. Championship crown last month a hat trick of wins at the u. S. Open has only been achieved once before and there was 114 years ago kept at mits he still uneasy with his rise to the top in golf are starving its weird when you know i walk into a place and you know i can see our eyes are on me you know just for them my thoughts are very stern and you know i just feel myself as a regular guy just like everybody else. You know i just i just happened to be you know really get off. Of these victory at the masters in april theres still plenty of attention on tiger woods the pebble beach it was at the same event at this course in the year 2000 that he achieved one of his most impressive major successes winning by an incredible 15 shots the fans were treated to a terrific climax on stage 3 of cyclings criterium did often a irish rider sam bennetts won the race to the line after a mass print finish in the real belgian dillon tints retained the race leader of Yellow Jersey the criterion is used as a river by several of the leading contenders for next months to the front ringback. And well leave it there for now more sport on the way again later. Now the Colombian Peace deal signed between the government and fock rebels back in 2016002 half a century of conflict but the suffering and violence persist and theyve inspired one of latin americas most influential artists to create a major installation morning mudded Community Leaders. Reports. Shattered glass for the lives shattered in a fragile Peace Process threatened activists from across colombia break pieces of glass then use them to write the names of Community Leaders killed for speaking up against illegal mining deforestation or drug trafficking. And usually in a paris is one of the participants as a Community Leader defending womens rights she was tortured and left for dead by a Paramilitary Group oh no this is simply a step that my name could be among those written here and the saddest thing is the total impunity surrounding our cases we are remembering them we are telling them they cannot be forgotten or we are confronting the reality of hundreds of social leaders systematically killed in the lock on the poles who didnt talk to us just the piece called keep it and those are shattered is the brainchild of say the when of latin americas most influential artist who has done a number of works reflecting on colombias conflict she calls the project undertaken in collaboration with colombias Truth Commission volunteers in the National University a monumental act of mourning. Beauty or. Loss just like life is fragile and once broken it cant be fixed it cant be restored this is a way to reflect on whats happening at an incredibly high rate and forces us to question whats causing it whats truly happening. 470 social leaders have been killed since the signing of the peace deal in 2 tauzin 16 s criminal gangs paramilitaries and this event rebels fight for control of territories once under fire influence and where the government has failed to intervene. In the last 13 years more than 40000 exploding only that have been clear to the obvious people who were. Working for that the new field remain for a month a ninja United Communities protecting them vital meant they were immensely important for what is democracy and this is how you get a dusting for. Something the leaders fighting for their communities hope this artwork can help do the main thing attention from those who live isolated from a conflict that has fractured the country and for many continues unabated i listen to him. Now thats a tremendous study attained funny but if i will be in the chair and just a moment with more details needs. Stories generate thousands of headlines with different angles from different perspectives on just stand up with International Border is finally separate the spin from the facts the misinformation from the journalism protesters complain about the under reporting of Police Violence the sensationalizing of the demonstrations with the listening post on aljazeera i think one of our biggest strengths is that we talk to normal everyday people we get them to tell their stories and doing that really reveals the truth people are still gathered outside these gates waiting for any information most of them dont know whether their loved ones are alive or dead or miami really is a place where 2 worlds meet we can get to washington d. C. 2 hours to get on jurists in the rest of Central America about the same time but more importantly as well those 2 cultures north and south america beats thats pretty deeply to a very important place for aljazeera to be. Germanys birth varian helps when a stunning scenery play host to europes latest arrivals. Separate in origin. Share a common roof and together dream of a german future. Welcome to germany cafe vald loafed a witness documentary on aljazeera. When the news breaks the inauguration of comedian and actor as president of ukraine when people need to be heard there were days over in the other work with no food for much should go so they all went to sleep with an empty stomach with exclusive interviews and indepth reports aljazeera has teams on the ground to bring you more Award Winning documentaries was russian goals heavier to none and light news on air and online. Thousands of protesters brought kong kongs main roads as legislators made to debate a controversial extradition all. Fully back to watching al jazeera live. Coming up. On its part has agreed to call off the Student Loans an ethiopian envoy says sudanese protesters will suspend their general strike and resume talks as the military agrees to release Political Prisoners a surprising u. Turn in rochelle authorities dropped charges against an investigative journalist who was