The hunt for whales japan has resumed commercial whaling in its waters despite global outbreak but is the practice commercially sustainable and force of the Cultural Roots of boiling in japan and is culture a justification this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im peter dolby whales were hunted to the brink of extinction until 1986 when a group of countries agreed to temporarily stop whaling for profits which turned into a Semi International ban however conservationists are now worried the species might be facing a similar threat many countries continue to hunt whales for what they say are scientific purposes and japan which is one of the leading commercial whaling countries is now resumed that practice in its waters it says whaling is part of its culture and can be done in a Sustainable Way but as Mariana Honda explains japanese pallets and tastes of moved on. That block there have been some names picked forward and accepted press from the top jobs for the m. E. U. The Commission President there donald tusk speaking out for think its just that as the candidate for high representative of the union fought for in the 1st and security polish. It turns out before they were pm paolo meant to cross the phone the lion for the Commission President. If elected she would be the 1st store man to lead the European Commission. Child michel will with his experience of better jump Prime Minister be ideal for finding consensus and building you need a monk member states. Just a burger or foreign minister and former president of the of the Un Parliament be a strong representative friend defender of the European Unions interests and values in the world. Christine lagarde through with her International Background and standing with current managing director of the International Monetary fund be a perfect president of the European Central bank. In addition to the european mcarthur to connote of forethought from their alliance intentions to nominate france to mouth and market the starker as the highest ranking Vice President of the commission. We also expect to flow from the lion to ensure an appropriate geographical balance in the team of Vice President. I wish the new leaders of the best thank you. Thank you who are now open the floor for your questions for you have to 1st. Yes hello president im hearing your rebuttal from your octave how about the parliament i mean i know its its not you its the parliament but it was anyway part of the package so. You didnt mention. What are the names that were discussed for. The European Parliament president obviously dividing them on between 2 to. You you must be aware that. The name of surrogates an issue for example is circulating. Can you elaborate. Far vessels i want to be at the alligators for civil. We know where the. This is for the parliament to decide on the names our intention is to. The. President of the parliament from the socialists and democrats for the 1st term. And. Candidate from the p. P. For the 2nd but this is our political opinion and our political intention but we were and really it was. All of this underlying to they ever notice that this is. On the for the parliament to decide of it. Thank you just a baby and thats all right. Thank you so your motto from a is the enemy see looking at the see the as the next president the presence of u. C. B. Is actually quite a technical role do you think that given that met them like are there was a minister for and finest in france doesnt that actually put at risk the independence of the e. C. B. Thank you. I have known that for many years and. I am absolutely sure that she will be. The better independent president of the European Central bank. Back. In the right. Mood even emaar paper can force connla actually is 2 questions 1st of all the think it speech in canada as a model now is completely ready to be buried and secondly. Do you foresee the possibility of another package is there the possibility in the case of the European Parliament says we dont want this thanks. No i am not a prophet its not for me to to assess what their real chance to achieve. That success in the parliament i will be the vote on thursday and i will inform and explain everything i can about this process and our intentions but of your right its always of the huge question mark if the this is right we have parliament i mean to have to debate or discuss to argue. And then to decide to. But i hope that after the political leaders are not on the Prime MinisterPrime Ministers will do everything to to convince our colleagues in the parliament to. Support this that there is a project. When it comes to bits and candidate than. It was clear from the very beginning that for the repeal kelso street and that in procedure is not a form of self obligation its not the legal obligation but we wanted to respect to the candidates. Who knew. Who. Knows the very idea of. A leading candidate and i think that the final result. Is. That you want to respect both people. On this. So you are watching donald tusk there talking about some of the names that have been put forward and accepted for some of the top jobs in the e. U. This is been a really tense contentious long process a lot of negotiations has been following all this from brussels to women with the significant jobs one name we already know of course Christine Legarde apparently shes going to be now the head of the European Central bank the daemon also. Under libyan obviously german and she is going to be the new head of the e. U. Commission tell us more about what other names youre youre aware of. Well thats right those names you just mentioned were picked up on by. The head of the you council just now he was he said that europe is a woman after all and making making highlights of the gender balance in these nominations from the lion has been germanys defense minister for 6 years shes a very experienced politician but the contentious point really apart from the fact that shes. Expressed federalists sentiments. In public which is a no no for some people in brussels and a good thing for others is that she is from the center right the European Peoples Party she is a member of chancellor merkels c. D. U. In germany but not just her nomination but also the 2 highest ranking Vice President s of the European Commission according to donald tusk will be france timmermans the dutch labor leader so a socialist and he was somebody who was a front runner at least until some day. And also moderator. She shes a danish politician and those 2 names i think are perhaps surprising to some people though. The was a needs to be seen to be. Keeping the center left even those nominations for the top jobs also dont notice good mixing that its not a done deal the whole package needs to be debated and ratified by the European Parliament he said im not a prophet he will be there in strasbourg trying to convince people that its a good package but it still needs to be passed there and also a concession really if you like from chancellor merkel just speaking before him saying that weve weve shown that the European Council the group of leaders can actually reach consensus and compromise but saying that we are also willing to agree better rules in future admitting that it has been a bit of an embarrassing process that its taken so much wrangling if not so long donald pointing out that in the past it has taken longer than this why so long and time ninny. Well precisely because the different political factions have been trying to get their own people into those jobs. The. Prospect of france timmons the dutch labor leader getting the presidency of the European Commission did worry a lot of Eastern European states like poland and hungary which hes criticised strongly for the rights records for the judicial reforms and so on but not just that the p. P. The center right grouping in the European Parliament is still the Biggest Group even have a majority. So the convention now is that the nominations must reflect the results of the the latest european elections so theyve said all along has to be has to be one of ours their original name was very german m. E. P. Now we were hearing from the voters that the plan is. For the European Parliament presidency for the 1st half for the 1st 2 and a half years of the next to the job would go to a member of the social socialists and democrats and for the 2nd half it would be somebody from the. Probably mr verver ok with the breaking news for us there on the elections and brussels thank you. Odd aljazeera 21 people that is monsoon rains said western india bringing flash flooding and widespread disruption. To strike her sparking to a small town and she later watch are rare it. Was in 1999 a boeing 767 took off from cairo and. No one survived the journey. 20 years on. The revisits the case of the fatal egypt. Flights 990 what really happened on aljazeera. An army of volunteers has come together to help with the influx of tens of thousands of evacuees. But their retreat to a Church Shelter has brought new challenges an outbreak of norovirus and other gastrointestinal problems. Smoke from the massive wildfires now blankets much of Northern California leading to some of the worst air quality in the world but with more than 12000 structures lost in the wildfires concerns remain about long term accommodations jobs and medical care. Local Officials Say there isnt enough Housing Stock available. To. Hard. Enough. 06. And 3. Of them back you are watching aljazeera lets recap the breaking news weve been following european leaders have ended a stalemate i reached agreement on some of the top jobs chairman offense minister ursula lay and will become the european Commission President. Guard will take over as head of the European Central bank and the east new Foreign Policy chief will be Spanish Foreign minister yosef. If you are in the mediator that is in the crisis in sudan as urging the military council to hold a media talks with the opposition on wednesday earlier this week both sides accepted proposals to work towards a civilian led government but they disagree on the structure of the Ruling Council the opposition is demanding it be made up of a civilian majority and all protest leaders are about to step up demonstrations as answer chapelle reports they blame the military leaders for the 11 deaths during sundays rallies im going to manipulate you i mean you. Name the latest victims of the fight for civilian rule in sudan killed as Security Forces broke up some of the largest demonstrations in weeks. But once the funeral processions began some cried out blood for blood and down the military rule. Despite an internet blackout that curb their ability to organize hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets in the capital khartoum and other cities demanding an immediate handover of power to a civilian led government. Said. We dont trust the military council this is something were not hiding we have doubts about them and we will not put down our weapons which is the crowds of people just follow the road of negotiations alone and. The African Union and ethiopia are mediating between the 2 sides last week the military junta said they were ready to resume talks on a transition but there are already plans for more street protests next week. 3 months after the fall of president Omar Al Bashir after nearly 30 years of rule those calling for complete change in sudan say there is still a long way to go and a chapell aljazeera at least 21 people have been killed and Dozens Injured during monsoon rains in western india flash flooding caused chaos in the Financial Capital moon by at surrounding areas mohammed reports. Its the heaviest rainfall people in mumbai. I have seen in a single day in more than a decade. More than 350 millimeters of rain fell in just over 24 hours in the city of 20000000 people cars were submerged and main roads flooded at the citys airport there was major disruption with a plane skidding from the runway and 100 flights affected. With millions prevented from getting to work and School Officials declared a Public Holiday and there is no train and they are not making any announcements either there is water logging everywhere the stream is here on the next lot but theyre not allowing that to leave either. The heavy downpour forced water levels to rise. Commuting is a big problem how does a man go to work or reach home they have to get down you need deep and sometimes waist deep water on waterlogged roads to get from one place to another. In the western parts of mumbai a wall collapse of homes in the shanty town workers scramble to rescue survivors several people were killed and Dozens Injured in the government search with 3 methods victim locating cameras dog searches and physical searches weve handed over all the bodies that we found and all the searches were not getting any more information or extra signals so well ask the local authorities to conclude the rescue operation the indian navy has been called in to provide relief to other areas affected by the heavy downpour. India has its monsoon season every year but this storm has already brought the 2nd highest rainfall in 44 years and with 3 more days of heavy rain expected people in mumbai are being told its better to stay at home for him mohammed al jazeera. A senior u. S. Senator is demanding an investigation into reports the u. A. E. Illegally transferred american weapons to libyan fighters video emerged appearing to show the u. S. May javelin missiles left behind by forces loyal to eastern warlord Khalifa Haftar our Ranking Member of the Senate ForeignRelations Committee bob menendez says that if confirmed the transfer would be a gross violation of u. N. Arms embargo on libya. The parliament the wod has resigned. I. Think. Hundreds of students joined demonstrations calling for the removal of more government figures on tuesday accuse leaders of being part of the old government and demand the resignation protests started in february and forced the resignation of president of jealousies beautifully. The same as sherris a journalist for the algerian paper at leisure and ended handed he says the Popular Movement is still strong. Well the head of parliament is the 3rd personality in the country so hes a very important and political environment you know joya he was pushed to leave nation by his own m. P. s the m. P. s of his party and 5 or the party forcing him yesterday to to put his resignation today they even broke into his own road yesterday in the Parliament Although that name was on the table and the demonstration for since february 28th 2 people recording for him for his removal but the whole the whole parliament you know julia is considered immediately made. By the process next friday it will be a massive protests and that we mark the 67th anniversary of our independence so it will be a huge protest in the whole country the moment is still strong and i will join you as well as Parliament Address the death of a navy captain who died while in custody i feel acosta was arrested overnight alleged plot to assassinate president Nicolas Maduro appeared at a military tribunal on friday but fainted before proceedings to charge him with treason and sedition kept again 2 men have been charged in connection with his death. Stargazers are flocking to a small town in chile for what they hope will be an exceptional viewing will be looking out for a total Solar Eclipse which is set to darken the skies over south america later on tuesday and will travel across parts of chile and argentina an adjoining lasting about 6 minutes a lot american are with c. N. N. Travel to la guerre in chile to see this rare event its the best place to do so. The transparent skies of northern chile especially the cold kimble region have turned this into the worlds astronomy capital. But scientists arent the only ones rushing to witness a cosmic event that is drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors here to see a total Solar Eclipse people say well whats question would be better why would you want to travel so far to see you. After you see the eclipse you dont know where this would be the american couples 16th have been chasing Solar Eclipses the world over in a full Solar Eclipse the position of the moon appears to fully cover the sun turning day into night it occurs somewhere on our planet roughly every 18 months but theyre all different depending on the location the position of the sun and the clarity of the sky on the this fringe family just arrived from paris and says they expect this their 5th eclipse to be the best one yet yes its an expensive hobby but once you see a full eclipse. You get addicted actually you want to see the next one. 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For the top stories from europe in your leaders finally reaching a green. On who will get the blocks top jobs Council President donald to ask warns they may not be endorsed by parliament. And im Richelle Carey and also ahead china condemns the storming of hong kongs parliament as a blatant challenge to the way the territory is run. And its president calls on iran