A former president s been called before a court on allegations that could lead to criminal charges and. Reports from i surrounded by bodyguards and political allies former colombian president climbed the stairs of the Supreme Court on tuesday with the country collectively holding its breath. For the 1st time a former colombian president could be facing criminal charges as supporters and opponents of the still popular right wing leader confronted each other in front of the tribute. Protesters calling him a criminal and the. Supporters are known trying to silence them with horns. We came here today to finally demand justice from our system. Is an assassin who belongs in jail this hearing is just the tip of the iceberg of all the crimes he has current. 8 years in office were beset by corruption in serious human rights abuses but for many colombians he remains the countrys savior the president who fought colombias rebel fighters bring the country back from the brink of becoming a failed state now hes being investigated for witness tampering in a case dealing with his alleged connections to paramilitary groups. And supporters who questions the courts independence is simply the victim of conspiracy. He has persecuted this countrys criminal can realize drug traffickers he demobilized paramilitary thats why hes the victim of a plot against its a conspirators in the political left trying to take over the country they will feel. The judges of the Supreme Court have been prepared. In this hearing for over a year and said they have a least a 100 questions for only a bit to answer. This is the 1st day of closed door Court Proceeding and its highly unlikely that decision will be released before at least another couple of days of questioning leaving the country in suspense about the fate of this trial leaving is a person who raises passions both from supporters and detractors alike and so i think that regardless of what happens nobodys going to be per perfectly content with the courts decision but we need to stand by it and stand by our institutions. Since leaving office would remain popular and divisive equally hated and glorified whatever the tribunals decision it risks further deeping divisions in the country alison them just eat up all the time. The United Nations is suffering a cash crisis and is warning that his operations around the world could be compromised a 3rd of its Member States havent paid their share of the costs secretary general antonio the turkish says the organizations in danger of defaulting on his payments and may not even be able to cover self salaries at the end of the month is our diplomatic editor james phase if the u. N. Hadnt already made severe cuts to its budget it wouldnt have had enough money to stage the high level week of the u. N. General assembly when World Leaders visited new york last month secretary general antonio good terrorists said the organization is confronting its worst financial situation in a decade as the organization is facing a c. V. Here financial crisis to be more specific as c. V. A liquidity crisis the question is simple without cash the budget cannot be properly implemented our work in the already forms on a 3. The secretary general was very clear about the dire problems the un is facing but at no point did he list the countries that are causing it by not paying what they owe and surely youve got a big problem here and you need to name the people responsible for it theres a 193 Member States 129 have paid up for the balance thats not of those who havent paid the us which has the largest g. D. P. In the world owes by far the most are some of over 1000000000. 00 and 55000000. 00 thats more than all the other 63. 00 countries on the list of those who havent paid put together the u. S. Also well over 2000000000. 00 to the separate u. N. Peacekeeping budget james bows out jazeera but the United Nations. There are fears that an outbreak of african swine fever in north korea is spreading south koreas reported 13 cases of the disease which is fatal to pigs but harmless to humans and the government in seoul says its struggling to get information from pyongyang when hey reports. South korea is on high alert for a possible threat coming across the border from north korea this time its not a military threat but a biological one in the form of african swine fever and it may be an impossible one to defend against because of the 250 kilometer long Demilitarized Zone that separates the 2 countries. We cant control the spread of the virus from other countries like china and airports or seaports however we have Little Information about north korea i mean its a relief that there is no exchange of people or goods but even if the south becomes free of the virus we will always continue to have a big headache. The South Koreans arent sure where the virus came from but the 1st case was reported in north korea in may intelligence reports suggest its now spread around much of the reclusive country last month south korea reported. Its 1st case prompting the government to begin culling pigs on farms in the area vehicles coming in going from places where the disease has been found or being sprayed with chemicals to prevent it spreading further. Proving that the virus came across the border from north korea will be difficult if not impossible obviously there is no human or vehicle traffic through this area but there is animal traffic and last week the body of a dead wild boar tested positive for the disease elsewhere evidence of what south korea is trying to avoid china the Worlds Largest pork producer has seen almost 200000000 pigs killed or culled and its production is forecast to be down by 25 percent this year the virus has now been found in around 50 countries and is wiped out more than a quarter of the worlds pig population to help them fight the outbreak the South Koreans have been trying to get more information from the north. Unloaded and as we have mentioned previously we have informed the north of the outbreak of the in the south and also proposed to corporate on quarantine efforts. But love had no response in the meantime dire intensifying their battle against african swine fever but they know theres nothing they can do about whats going on in north korea when hey al jazeera come while island south korea. Toughest take a look at the top stories here at aljazeera a curfew has been imposed in ecuador in areas close to government buildings this comes after thousands of protesters clashed with Security Forces in the countrys capital during a 6 day of violent demonstrations and the people are angry about harsh Economic Reforms heres our latin america editor lucien human. Im about 200 metres of the entrance to the doors national. The slow to tear down the barricades and almost make it inside they were pushed back with tear gas and other 2 other men its been doing this all day long trying to cast. Out and the u. S. House of representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi says President Trump will be held accountable after the white house declined to cooperate with the ongoing impeachment inquiry democrats have warned that this will be viewed as obstruction of justice the president says the investigation launched by the democrats violates the constitution. And the aid to turkey as president has told the Reuters News Agency that a military intervention against the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces is set to begin shortly Kurdish Forces of war and that any military escalation in the north east in syria could lead to the return of eisel and cause a mass displacement of people. Theyve been passionate scenes outside colombia Supreme Court by supporters and opponents of the former president. Hes begun testifying as part of an investigation into whether he took part in this tampering and bribery this is the 1st time a former president s been called before a court on allegations that could lead to criminal charges dont sin and johnson the Big Pharmaceutical Company has been told it must pay 8000000000. 00 in damages after a man taking his anti psychotic drug Response Group breasts a jury in the us found the company had failed to warn Nicholas Murray and other young men of the side effects he had previously won 680000. 00 in the case against the Company Johnson and johnson has labeled the award grossly disproportionate and says its confident it will be overturned. Today those are the latest headlines from us here at aljazeera ill be back in about half an hour after the strain to. Believe the 2 state solution do you still believe in the 2 state solution we listen. To it is that pakistan would never start until we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter is iran. Could you fit a years worth of trash into this jar today we talk about the rise of the 0 Waste Movement im femi oke. And here in the stream tell us about your trash not often that we ask that on twitter or in our live you tube tab. Cheap clothes packaged foods plastic utensils we use them and quickly throw them away its convenient but as rubbish builds up more people are embracing 0 waste living the goal is to reduce the waste that goes into landfills and oceans by consuming less food was also compost recycle and shop with their own containers and bags taken to the extreme some households have reduced a years worth of rubbish into one small job but the movement has its critics some accuser a wasted here and being elitists because it can be expensive or time consuming to shop for groceries and Household Items at Specialty Stores others question the effectiveness of the strategy they argue that economies thrive on consumption so until that system changes landfills will keep growing but advocates would counter that change is actually coming for example Large Companies including starbucks and disney have announced plans to reduce single use packaging and more than 90 countries including india add new zealand phasing out plastic bags all together in an effort to be more eco friendly joining us to discuss 0 waste living is all to wicca from new york city order is a journalist who covers Environmental Issues including sustainable fashion also with us is a hair months or founder and c. E. O. Of 0 waste or Bare Necessities shes based in Bangalore India and joins us today from tell those who long. And finally we have to go and sing as she joins us from new york city shes the c. E. O. Of packets free on the face behind a blog called trash is for tulsas how everybody really get to see you really looking forward to this conversation via our community because they had a lot to say about this and actually this show was pitched by a member of our community so i want to start with a video comment from someone named Christy Larson shes the founder of a group called earth savvy online 0 waste store and heres how shes thinking about the topic. 0 waste can feel overwhelming to begin with because you have to rethink pretty much everything but once youve established a new habit you take it one step at a time and it just becomes like a new normal its easy its a little bit more time consuming because youre making your own products from scratch youre making your own deodorant toothpaste and cleaning products i get a lot of satisfaction out of doing this stuff i feel like that the negative 5 outweighed by the benefits of this lifestyle i feel more connected to the people around me more connected to the planet lays a cog in the system and a 3 dimensional conscious human being oh lord i love that thought that ill decide to cut a writter at the point bring it home she talks about 10. 00 always living is for her for you how do you conceptualize it what does it mean for you are you making your own children. Sure so when i started talking about this year waste lifestyle 8 years ago it was really cool because i was really the 2nd person to write about it in a mainstream capacity innocent person that really popularized this movement i feel so excited that so many people are taking it on and doing Different Things with it to just create a whole different type of reality that we can live in as consumers and as human beings and when i started living this life now there was no book or play book it was really where my using plastic where my creating waste and how can i reduce that and the reason i started trash for tossers was to make that process easier for people to reduce the amount of time that they had to spend to make products that help to eliminate plastic and waste and so for me i started with freshly make my own but now i make a lot of products that i currently use but the whole reason i started 3 which was the worlds 1st your waste lifestyle store was to make it even easier for people who wanted to live this year waste lifestyle to be able to find all the things that they needed to do so i say no and and also say ive seen you do talks with a job like this and you say ive got a years worth of waste in this job sat what did you put in your job what is in your job right now. Good question and you know i had a god or darn contact concept tags i used to contact lens. Medicine you. Know what about when i went on under the long bike rides and. Im just thinking about this order its really difficult to conceptualize the idea of recycling so much in being so sustainable that your entire years worth of rubbish actually fits into a little job is not something that you could even contemplate going after things i think for most of us if feels like a major struggle. Yeah and i think for a lot of people it is a major struggle and anyone who really understands the way the Global Recycling system works has trouble conceptualizing this because a lot of things that people think are recyclable are not so there is a lot of which cycling that goes on battle caps anything thats under 2 by 2 that get shaken out of the facility stretchy plastic technically recyclable most likely going in the trash. Theres a lot of things that people put in their recycling bin that are not recyclable at all and so i think a lot of that is going on when you see people getting their waist down to just a very little bit so we have another example of how someone does it how they make it work this is classic on twitter he says i make my own fresh cheese with dairy and glass bottles its not necessary to keep things fresh with oil put a plate on the bowl or wrap things with fat free paper or scrap they go on to say on twitter that we have weighed supermarkets this much as possible we visit the market and small shops and we take our own bags that are boxes with us so lauren run us through an average shopping trip for you. Sure so one of the coolest things about reducing waste and eliminating plastic is when you go shopping to a Grocery Store you actually avoid it most i also so i buy a lot of my peers at Farmers Market but you could go to any Grocery Store and really shop without waste its just going into aisles that have produce an instant buy produce act it should plastic youre going produce thats literally just wrapped what it is so let us doesnt need plastic to be lettuce you just have to take it home and watch it and i actually really enjoy that process of getting in touch with my food using all of it composting the scraps and really knowing where things are coming from and where theyre going when i buy food so i bring my own bags to the Farmers Market or to the Grocery Store my own jars to refill with things like all of the oil since living this lifestyle i really reduced the types of things that im consuming which ultimately led to meet eating things like fresh fruits and vegetables things like rice and beans so my lifestyle is so much healthier my diet is so much healthier which over 8 years has resulted in me having more energy and saving a ton of money so i am just thinking the way that no one is describing had to be a typical market day many people who are in the villages in india well in even living in a big city in india that idea that you would actually take a plastic bag to go shopping that doesnt even make sense theres Something Else that you also pointed out that really fits into this idea this concept of recycling and we using and we can often find base and perhaps the developing world where you we may have already ability in the west and well have a look here on my computer this is a devil was described as one of the worlds best food Delivery Systems you want to explain exactly what happens and how this works because this is sustainability right under your nose. Yeah thats actually my favorite you know with examples from the indian context. Its been dubbed the which is an 18th century indian invention its a combination of food equipment but also a supply chain system and theyve done this case studies even at harvard on the top of that and then much of the federal is like closed in this and essentially every day 2000000. Healthy home cooked meals been delivered employing about 7000 of all that