Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240713

Soldiers were killed in an attack on a military camp. Spectacular show volcanic lightning from an eruption near the philippine capital thats close the airport and prompted Mass Evacuations. So then there have been protests across iran for a 2nd day increasing pressure on its leaders after they admitted the military accidentally shot down a ukrainian airliner but there have also been rallies against the u. K. By those who say its government is trying to stir up chaos on a diplomatic front counters that mia arrived in tehran pushing for talks to try to resolve the crisis with the United States. As this. An important ally on an important mission. The 1st official visit to iran by the emir of qatar so if the membrane hammett all funny comes at a critical time for the region at the invitation of president Hassan Rouhani the 2 leaders discussed increasing economic and political cooperation and the joy of the family yet considering the importance of Regional Security especially in the waterways in the persian gulf the strait of hormuz and the sea of a man who decided to have more talks and corporation for the security of the whole region. The recent crisis between iran and the United States was also on the agenda qatar is one of the few countries in the region that maintains a close relationship with washington and tehran the 30 feet walk has said this visit comes at a very critical time in the region and weve agreed that the only solution is to diffuse escalations among old policies and weve also agreed that dialogue and only dialogue is the only route to any solution to any crisis and that mere also met irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei before ending his one day visit the Supreme Leader stressed towns readiness for wider cooperation with regional states as the current Political Climate is very sensitive in the region because of u. S. Policies. While the diplomatic talks were underway this was the scene outside the British Embassy in tehran the chance calling for the embassy to be shut down. On saturday the British Ambassador Robert Macaire was briefly arrested after attending what he said was a vigil for the victims of a rainy and missile strike that brought down a ukrainian airliner killing 176 people in iran some in the ambassador accusing him of attending and illegal protest where demonstrators voiced their anger at the initial denials that a reign in forces had shut down the plane after days of denials irans revolutionary guard finally admitted mistakenly shooting down the boeing 737 on wednesday morning the British Foreign office described him basters arrest as a breach of International Law hes now joining calls for dialogue to reduce tensions and finding a diplomatic way forward the qatari emir is visiting here is being seen as the 1st sign of a real diplomatic efforts to ease the hostilities between iran and the United States but its too early to say whether or not it will have to desired outcome forces of aljazeera to hong. Well as a note from 5. Dozen iraqi ambassador to the United Nations and he says that iran is being compelled from inside to ease the crisis. I think everyone in the region wants a deescalation robber than an escalation of the tensions of some of the reports of true that even includes. Iran and i believe it also includes the president of the United States there may be those around them who want an escalation with iran but i dont think the president now wants to be involved in another war in the middle east so i think a way forward. Makes sense through intermediaries and i think there are a couple other than obvious place to go for that sort of intermediation the issues of course are. More complicated now therefore it was the from the iranian perspective sanctions and the fact that the United States withdrew from the Nuclear Agreement the United States wants to negotiate a better Nuclear Agreement but also wants surance of the about iran. Regional activity which are detrimental to us and both and often detrimental to the states involved such as iraq such as lebanon. But now with the with the assassination of hossam so they money i think those efforts will be much more complicated its possible that because the Iranian Regime is feeling International Pressure but also pressure domestically that it may now find an opportune time to find a way to the escalate more questions are emerging about the immediate threat that u. S. President told trump cited as his justification for killing the iranian general consumption of money his defense secretary marc esp a says he hasnt seen specific evidence that iran was about to attack 4 u. S. Embassies an official has the details. The killing of kassam solo money and its consequences continues to reverberate around the american political scene President Donald Trump claimed in a televised interview on friday for u. S. Embassies when it imminent risk of a rainin attack that he said justified the operation but u. S. Defense secretary marc esper was far less certain there was one piece of intelligence that pointed in that direction i didnt see one with regard to 4 embassies what im saying is i share the president s view that probably my expectation was theyre going to go after our embassies embassies the most prominent display of american presence in a country one of the embassies at risk believed to be the one in baghdad the president S National Security adviser insists the threat to 4 was real the intelligence they were working with was in his words exquisite because of the prompt action that we took both with respect to the embassy in baghdad which they would have attempted to overrun and storm and with respect to our military bases that were hit by the iranians with their Ballistic Missiles there was no loss of American Life in any other case and i think thats a credit to the president states but in capitol hill both republicans and democrats have been critical of the intelligence briefing they were given democrat adam schiff chair of the House Intelligence Committee stopped just short of accusing the trumpet ministration of lying to congress the brief was much more along the lines frankly of something the secretary pompei o admitted the other day when he said that we dont know precisely where and we know know precisely when republican senator rand paul a trump supporter said there was no evidence an attack was imminent and insisted Congress Must act to limit further action against iran so my point being for this war powers debate is that we really need to have a debate about whether we should still be in iraq or afghanistan and there needs to be authorization from congress. 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House of representatives has approved a war powers resolution aimed at limiting future military action against iran by the trumpet ministration theres a new sign its about to be debated in the senate alan fischer you know washington when i say this all we can speak to Bill Schneider whos a political analyst and Public Policy professor at George Mason University is in washington i mean its not a welcome to the program again its only sounds like it was an assumption an expectation that attacks in the offing how concerned should we be about that well need debate thats going on in the United States is whether the attacks were necessary not whether they were the attack on general somani was justifiable most americans would believe that it was justifiable to eliminate him because he was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of americans in the iraq war and he was in league with a lot of terrorist organizations supported by iran in the middle east but the question thats being raised by critics of the president is why does this attack necessary the president has argued that it was necessary because of imminent attacks being planned on 4 american embassies but no one has seen any evidence of that imminent attack being planned. As you say we acknowledge that sort of money was responsible for many deaths you could argue indeed the tribe of ministration would no doubt argue that we are now in a better position for negotiation than we have been in fact for a long time. Well that is an argument theyre making i dont think the American People believe that they dont believe these attack the attack was necessary and they dont feel particularly secure polling shows that most americans do not feel that the elimination of general sort of money has made them more safe or more secure it seems to have been a risky and provocative move that wasnt necessitated by any particular imminent attack that the administration has argued what do you make of the National Security adviser saying that the maximum Pressure Campaign is working that iran is being choked off and it will have no choice other than to come to the table well the iranians has certainly responded cautiously to the pressure from the United States it appears that they do not want a war or a confrontation with the United States that would be very costly for them as the president has warned but thats not the debate going on politically in the United States what the president s critics are arguing is that the real motivation for the elimination of general so little money was political it wasnt military ok moving along to the nuclear deal was the fundamental part of all this is you know what do you make of the european stunts on this encouraging iran to stand while trump is encouraging europe to pull out altogether. Well he he had been encouraging all europe china to pull out of the nuclear deal so far the nuclear deal seems to have feeble support the iranians seem to be abiding by it for the moment but they have expressed the intention of building a Nuclear Weapon so it doesnt appear that this nuclear deal is going to hold up in the long run and the europeans who of course have always been in favor of it and presented the United States pulling out of it as we did a couple of years ago thats a very big issue between them and the United States all right those not appreciate that thanks for a perspective. Well thousands of people have gone along vigils for the 57. 00 canadian victims of the ukrainian passenger jet crash Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told one more event in edmonton that he wont rest until there is justice for the tragedy on in toronto people gathered at the university which lost 6 jews and was the. Those reading out victims names from the Ukrainian Airlines crash were choked with emotion so were many who watched among the victims were dozens of University Professors students staff and their families including Young Children this tragedy has hit one particular Community Hard but political leaders say the entire country is united in mourning and now it is time for a reigning canadian. And all of their canadians to come together as canadians we remember together. We mourn together. And we will seek answers together so hundreds of people are waiting outside as the ceremony goes on in a hall that seats 1500. 00 already full to capacity this is a community thats determined to come together both to grieve and to press for answers from the regime in Tehran Canadian officials have begun arriving in tehran to take part in the crash investigation and to help victims families canada cut diplomatic ties with iran in 2012 but tehran moved quickly to grant visas to canadian representatives after it admitted on saturday it had shot down the plane amid the grieving at the vigil in toronto a glimmer of hope for some sort of change in iran this incident may well turn out to be irans chair noble because its really the straw that broke the camels back people have already suffered enough from. Violent repression and authoritarianism and corruption people in iran are truly suffering especially the young people this is one of many avenges held across canada since the crash in tehran last week the canadian government says its listening and promising to keep up the pressure on iran for a credible investigation compensation for those who lost loved ones and for justice to prevent another tragedy Daniel Lak Al Jazeera toronto. A problem also ahead here on the news hour including commemorations marking 10 years since haitis earthquake ive shot it by anger about its people and of how. We follow one survivors fight for justice following the massacre of 156 people in guinea a decade ago. And tributes for a writer killed in the crash of the dakar rally in saudi arabia peter will have the full story. Now the deaths of almost 90 soldiers have been confirmed by nigers government off the attackers stormed a base near the border with money as ahmed interests explains from the capital in the army its just the latest incident in a region thats becoming increasingly violent this is the cost of a conflict that most of the world knows nothing about 89. 00 body bags soldiers from the shows me killed in an attack at an army base in she never got close to the border with money no one has yet claimed responsibility but a number of armed groups active. In violence across west africa say the region has been increasing last month 71 soldiers were killed in an attack and yet as u. S. Border with mali and booking a fossil some believe the conflict in libya is worsening problems across the region. After the collapse of the libyan state. After the the war now it is by france that in libya thats way thats when all the problems in this whole because they came with. And the attack countries like mali michel booking their 1st so and those countries are too poor to face. The terrorists who are fighting them and french president Emanuel Mccauley is expected to horse leaders from the region on monday where they will most likely discuss the future of francis military presence in the south no we need to have a military answer because we need to educate those jihadists there are also but it wont be enough because we need to bring also social and also in the region but what i must also stepped up attacks on the military and civilians in the next area at 1st believe that along with a military solution governments in the region must do more to address poverty thats pushing more young men to join the armed groups the United Nations estimates half a 1000000 people have been displaced in the region because of the farmers are better greece aljazeera the army and. Well as ahmed mentioned the french president. Is to host a meeting of g 5 countries which are responsible for the military response to conflicts in the region they are mauritania mali became faster and chad. Well as youve been hearing the violence is only beginning worse the number of People Killed in attacks in kenya mali has jumped from 770 in 2016 to more than 4000 last year and thats largely because of a combination of attacks by armed groups in communal violence remote areas where government presence is weak are especially vulnerable the humanitarian cost is also growing the u. N. Estimates half a 1000000 people have been displaced thats a 10 fold increase. In 3 years and lets take this on we can speak to carter whos a Lecturer International relations at George Washington University Welcome to the program this upsurge in violence and as a whole is doing largely unnoticed by the wider world but shouldnt we sit up and take notice isnt it just as important as anywhere else in the world salut really absolutely this is this is the big theme you want to push people that i work with want to push that terrorism and insecurity in africa. In this i have no should be taken seriously. If it were happening see a neuro pour their heart of the middle east unfortunately it is not and i think its a lack of political will particularly in the democratic countries like the United States and in washington i mean western europe they. Dont get pressure from their voters that you need to take this issue seriously what all the dangers. Of the rest of the world leaving this alone and let it go unnoticed. Oh that dangerous and many you know of course in the United States because of domestic issues you have this movement called black lives matter sometimes i cant help thinking that people need to be reminded that african lives martyred to the same time though if you look beyond Africa Europe and africa reality close neighbors theyve been for thousands of years whatever happens in africa is going to affect europe for good or ill to a certain extent thats why mr mccrone has taken interest and before him previous friend president s they realize that the danger of insecurity especially terrorist insecurity enough ruka is going to spill moreover we happen to know these jihad is terrorism their number one beef is with the western world to screw the United States and with western europe they want a foothold in africa they want to destabilize african countries and then use that to our top western europe and the United States ultimately and so even if you are looking i guess westin self interest it makes no sense that they are turning their back on this issue often in washington i feel like i it gives me a whole new insight into the into this. The emperor has no clothes everybody is talking about the u. S. Should pull out of africa when when african countries need help ok so briefly if we do if were going to from time to this issue as opposed to turning our back on it would what needs to be done when you look at the for example the Uns Human Development Index which measures things like poverty and life expectancy. Is lost weve talked about this 10 fold increase in people being displaced how can you take that on. I think people have to understand why it is important absolutely you know there are drive a soft conflict to the extent that these issues i dont mistake you want to fix that drive this but the important thing that i think is overlooked is that so long as there is this kind of violence you cannot address that drive this you cannot build schools if they get briley up to schools you can build roads you can build hospitals and therefore you need to suppress them so that then you can do that development that is necessary and for that you need the help of the powerful westing countries and because they are democratic and you need the population their vote is to understand that this is not just charity it is also in the self and lying to selfinterest of these countries. We appreciate that thanks very much haitians paid to somebody tribute to his many as 300000 People Killed in the devastating earthquake 10 years ago president Juvenal Moyes attended the Main Memorial Service at the site of a mass grave in san christophe a place to floral wreath alongside survivors government officials and foreign testaments lawyers had to make a quick exit when protesters arrived grief is mixed with bitterness and you have a failed reconstruction efforts and persistent instability there is about has more now from the capital port au prince. Well right now here in and there were known as Ford National this is an area that was completely destroyed by the earthquake thousands of people were also killed here and the communities getting together in a way to remember those who died were going to talk now here. He is from the democratic and Popular Movement he said Grassroots Organization here in haiti so its an expense was a little bit about how youre preparing for for a special day like today and its very special to me a very sad day for us station people were here to celebrate lives the recipe for us to live in. A very Critical Condition in haiti and in our so remember in you know the spirit of people who are dead and there could be africa and its the only question that is a critical moment where we are very sure the story called Political Prisoners because so many question is syria needs Response Response from and to National Community said government and a leader here in haiti because we are the deckard away so much money was spent in the country on the behalf of the country but no one can say where that money went. Families of missing yemeni soldiers of help protests demanding information on the whereabouts of the loved ones demonstration demonstrators marched through the sudden cities of aden in tight is a least 300 soldiers of disappeared in the familys accuse the saudi im a rocky coalition of holding them in secret gels coalition about use the Yemeni Government in its fight against weve the rebels it in southern yemen the u. A. E. Support separatists youve been fighting a games Government Forces if the opiates Prime Minister has aussie south africa to step in and help resolve a dispute with the egypt teva contentions damn on the blue nile because ations ended last week without any agreement egypt depends on the nile from 1000 percent of its water and wire is the a grand renee zones dan will threaten supplies if the ip have believed south africas lida maybe able to mediate because hes taking a verse chair of the African Media has did and i are device important to both countries and their mass be a way in which their interests a can be addressed and there must be away in richest solution can be found ice for ourselves we are willing to play your role in facilitating i want to ever agreement that can be kroft it and we would remain supportive to finding Peaceful Solutions maltas incoming Prime Minister says the mediterranean country will emerge stronger from the scandal surrounding the murder of the journalist daphne. Robert bello will be sworn in on monday after being elected leader of the governing labor party he replaces Joseph Muscat who was accused of protecting a powerful friends implicated in killing his hell learn from the previous government. So not again flint you must harvey i will work alongside the Parliamentary Group and with you so that we continue to strengthen the rule of law we will continue to strengthen Good Governance because i believe it is the right way for you for the people and for the country the philippines is on alert for even bigger eruptions from a volcano south of manila after a massive column of ash exploded into the atmosphere its closed the International Airport and forced thousands of people to leave their homes under reagan as this. Ash and steam spew one kilometer into the air as the tower volcano explodes south of the philippine capital manila all sources here say theres been a fast escalation of volcanic activity and theyve warned it could erupt lava within weeks. Rained down on several villages and cities nearby and kilometers away prompting a Mass Evacuation thousands of people have been told to leave their homes. When the volcano emitted steam we ran away up here the road was crowded and pebbles were falling the volcano has created its own weather system and tremors have been felt nearby its not known when people will be able to return. We are evacuating we left all of our belongings behind everyone has left all international and domestic flights had to be cancelled at manilas main International Airport as the philippines waits to see what the towel volcano will do next John Jay Regan aljazeera. Months ago venice was swamped by some of its worst of a flooding now it has the opposite problem exceptionally low tides. Have been unable to use many can you tell me and again as he has grappled with title variations throughout its history but these are becoming more extreme. Narrowed among the stories coming up. We told you councilors in hong kong who had to rise through the right to bring about political change. Why protestors organize a fun run to send a message to thailands government ministry. And his job gets to the double its clinched the 1st and. Hello again it is a nice quiet picture throughout much of asia plenty of cat has been streaming in over the last year. And it is bringing with it some showers and also some snow flurries but nothing particularly heavy not even that widespread central honshu. Still feeling pretty good sunny for this time of year this is monday of course and elsewhere you just got one or 2 very lightly scottish central and southern areas of china sinister say itll stay dry there in hong kong 21 degrees under some good sunny skies and 9 celsius in shanghai cool in seoul but it should be sunshine with a high of 3 degrees as if im on a class that nicholls much of indonesia but the very heavy rains of the last several days theyve actually begun. Its fairly careful so much of monday we have. To the south weve got one of 2 cropping up across areas of java and again developing really across southern sections of sumatra late on monday similar story on choose day but at least its not quite the heavy rain we had across those Western Areas and also fairly dry across much of the money and instead of that is a quiet page as well throughout much of india but we have got as this system working its way across into western portions itll cool things down in new delhi so on tuesday a high of 90. For the congolese the journey to work all aboard means unimaginable hardship i prefer to live though because they might give the cotton to chance in a life and live on a dangerous journey through the jungle i fell onto the rails and nearly died. Our children go to school and live because of the trade risking it all the democratic republic of congo on aljazeera across europe immigration is high on the agenda and in hungary its presented as a pressing issue we didnt have immigrants at all 0 immigration but this is the one political talk to anybody and everybody is this nice the far right is preparing for battle and their opponents or anyone who is different. Prejudiced some pride in hungary on aljazeera. Youre. The. Kind of guy i knew what she had 0 a reminder our top stories this hour and there have been protests across iran for a 2nd day received pressure on its needed so its at the military accidentally shot down a ukrainian and others rallied against the u. K. Accusing his government of trying to stir up chaos and cut as a man for you to tehran to try and push for talks to resolve the crisis with the United States. The u. S. Defense secretary says he has not seen specific evidence that iran was ready to attack 4 american embassies as the president claimed that Market Square was referring to the threats donald trump cited to justify the assassination of the iranian come on the customs of the money. The government has confirmed 89 soldiers were killed in an attack on the naughty base on thursday is declared 3 days of mourning from monday 77 rebel fighters were killed in. France germany and the United Kingdom are again encouraging iran to comply with the nuclear deal the joint declaration states they is signatories to the pact to remain committed to it well the nuclear deal called the joint comprehensive plan of action was signed by iran and 6 nations in july 2015 sanctions were then lifted then in Exchange Iran reduced its Nuclear Program and allowed International Monitoring but donald trump withdrew from the agreement in his 2nd year in office he called it a bad deal for America Embry impose sanctions since then the other nations are trying to stop it from unraveling but following another wave of tough u. S. Sanctions in may last year iran began. Rolling back its components 1st it increased its stockpile of enrich uranium then off the u. S. Assassination of customs to the money to iran scrapped all limits on its Nuclear Activities while the hunter is a former u. S. Ambassador to nato and he believes that european leaders are getting increasingly frustrated with the problems that President Trump is creating i suspect the message from the 3 big western powers while directed at tehran is indirectly directed at mr trump he was the want to started this cycle of problems by withdrawing from the agreement. Almost 2 years ago i suspect because he was jealous of the fact that. His predecessor president obama had negotiated but this is the europeans saying anough is enough we almost had a war. In over iran in the middle east which would have affected the europeans far water the americans and i think theyre trying to tell mr trump come on get back on the same page as the rest of the world we now have the president now to states 2 days ago called upon nato to become more and actively involved in security in the region he would gave it a new name nato m. E. Nato me and called on the europeans to get involved and then saying in effect mr president if you want our help for security you 1st have got to stop your role in causing problems and that begins with getting back into the c. C. P. Away they dont want to have an actual cliff with the americans so they were directing their comments towards iran but theres no question they were trying to tell mr trump you want our help youve got to stop making problems. To cease fires in syria and libya appeared to be holding the most part it was brokered by russia and by turkey who supports different sides in both conflicts will get an update on syria from jamal the shelves shortly but 1st libya where the fighting is between warlord holy fuck off to the un to recognize government tripoli mahmud of the well head is in the capital. Its now quiet in the front lines as were getting reports from military commanders on the ground its now quiet compared to last night but despite that the government has it imported that it has dick documented violations by have to us forces overnight and this morning and also overnight only a few minutes after the spokesman of have to announce said that they are putting the cease fire in place also we spoke earlier today to civilians eyewitnesses locals in ains our neighborhood they said that have to the forces also opened fire randomly in the area this morning but the government is written rating that its not going to stay silent in front of any violations by have to force as a member of stand that the government has been repeating that half the us forces pulling out of southern tripoli is a prerequisite for the government for the government to proceed in any settlement to this conflict or from libya to syria where a cease fire in provinces enduring sporadic fighting its hopes itll hold to a needed aid into the province which is the last major swathe of rebel held territory as well as well as monitoring developments rancor in neighboring turkey. The side from the fact of people fearing to be essentially bombed out of the skies by the regime of Bashar Al Assad than even by russian warplanes there is a dire humanitarian situation which is a consequence of 78 years of war that continues to plague all this is innocent civilians of syria in terms of how likely it is to hold this is the umpteenth time that some sort of ceasefire agreement has been reached and what is different maybe from with regard to syria is of libya is that there is no where near a nice form of equilibrium between the military powers you have armed rebel groups that are now or only in control of this. Province the the the region of it and you have on the other side of the syrian army you have iranian backed militia you have the Russian Military which of essentially used all of their mights and firepower to corner those rebel groups or whats left of them in this small area and essentially has been pounding them for months if not for the past the best part of. Years now whats interesting very quickly is that in the past 24 hours the russians have set up checkpoints on the entrances and exits of it live they say to allow for citizens or civilians to leave the question is why would they do that if there is a cease fire which people expect to last the skeptics or cynics would say it is an attempt maybe to filter out as many civilians as they can before the fighting resumes once more well the leaders have traveled to a month to meet its new sultan with an been tardy calcite sultan was sworn in on saturday after the death of his cousin long time ruler inside outside the new leader has promised to uphold his predecessors approach to neutrality embers ravi reports now from muscat. A seamless transition of power meant oman woke up to a new sultan while still in mourning for their late monarch at the royal palace hate them been. Received World Leaders there to offer condolences and pay their respects to almost new leader its quite rare in the middle east for such a change in power to be so smooth for the new leader to inherit a country so stable and that is a large part of the late silt on his legacy at the grand mosque in omans capital people shared memories often speaking of less as a rule or more like family who want. To for nothing. What you see. Used to be lost not. Prioritize diplomacy over division religious coexistence inside the country political noninterference outside neutrality as a way of keeping the peace. In. Peace in the region. We hope that the success is meant. To continue the same. Emphasize the. Existence of the people of this great. Reign was a time of change spanning 5 decades but theres been little pomp and circumstance since his death the transition to a new leader in a dynasty that has ruled the country for 14 generations marked by the same quiet dignity that was known for during his lifetime. Magazine and you will. Mudgee the of the look of us for work for omans Foreign Ministry implementing cup looses gentle approach to International Affairs well. He cared about his people and he prioritized having peoples respect and he applied the same principle when dealing with the rest of the world. Its an approach ingrained in ammans institutions and unlikely to change under a new leadership. Was the quintessential elder statesman a rare voice of reason who throughout his public life held the middle ground in an increasingly polarized middle east and omani seem confident their new sultan is the right choice to keep it that way. Thousands have been demonstrating guinea against president alpha condos attempt to extend his time in power among them a survivors of a Stadium Massacre back in 2009 when Security Forces killed 156 people during an opposition rally those who lost loved ones say the still waiting for Justice Nicholas hike reports now from the council cannot create a warning some viewers may find the following images disturbing. There are moments in silence he says life that continues to haunt her what happened in this stadium is one of them it was supposed to be a rally for democracy instead it turned into a massacre sorry say i was with a young teenage cousin chanting for freedom when guinea Security Forces stormed the venue a young cousin watched as sarin was raped by soldiers and then he was killed others were hacked to death his body was never found. What i want to know is why why why did we have to go through this why did they do this to us why hasnt justice been served. Why shouldnt the government are not willing to answer this is the moment the attack took place in 2009 Security Forces tortured killed and dumped bodies in mass graves have yet to be unearthed at least 156 people died in what the International Criminal court suspects are crimes against humanity no one has been prosecuted for the crimes. Shortly after our interview with star and c. C. A. Security forces interrupted the filming. They demanded we raise the footage arrested us forcing us out of the country our request for an answer from the government was ignored 10 years after the events took place survivors still have not received justice and many of those responsible are not only free but still in charge of getting Security Forces. Human rights watch believes the governor of kentucky will check borough in charge of special Police Operations and jump lead peavy a colonel who was up until recently in charge of the current president s security or some of the men behind the massacre all continue to be close allies to president. The investigation has really been delayed by in some ways a lack of political will he compliment of the investigation is the whereabouts of over 100 bodies which we believe are buried in mass graves in quanah korean elsewhere not only has president they failed to deliver justice hes now using the same Security Forces involved in the massacre to quash mounting demonstrations against his attempt to extend his time in power and so survivors are joining protesters while there is trauma threats and intimidation it seems. Will not be silenced Nicholas Hawke aljazeera. Colombian police say they foiled a plot to assassinate the former leader of the known demobilized rebels police say they killed 2 men who planned to attack rodrigo london or better known as. He leads a Political Party now which formed after fog reached a peace deal in 2016 he said the attempted assassination on to me trying to was ordered by dissident rebels. Hundreds of shoes painted red have been laid out in mexico city to call attention to violence against women on average 10 women and girls are murdered every day in mexico fewer than 10 percent of cases solved. The landslide victory of prodemocracy candidates november in hong kong brought many young councillors to the sea or the positions of mostly advisory roles many believe they can still bring about political change rosemary reports now from. Student activist and now District Councillor kamil ja is one of nearly 400 local politicians elected to a District Council seat in a wave of support for prodemocracy candidates last november District Councillors have no direct governing role and deal mainly with local issues but yeah is hoping to change things i feel we are. About 70 to 80 percent time to do the work and then 10 to 20 percent for the. District and to. Change. The antigovernment protests ha ha into the 8th month and while the intensity of demonstrations has reduced the prodemocracy march on new years day still attracted hundreds of thousands of people many prodemocracy District Councillors have vowed to press on with demands of antigovernment protesters and one of these is that the government set up an independent commission to investigate l. Asians of Police Brutality during the protests. So far the government has agreed to one of their demands the withdrawal of an extradition that sparked the protests the government has repeatedly said an independent inquiry into allegations of Police Misconduct is unnecessary. And that the existing police should complete its review 1st that has spurred many local politicians to take matters into their own hands as District Councils across the city hold the 1st meeting since the polls last year many have voted to set up working groups to look into Police Action in. The pro establishment side meanwhile has set up a group to monitor how district resources are used and its already planning a comeback for the next election we realize a lot of people in the society take care of. Family time the care and solomons recycling and stuff like this those are the thing that we do a lot of focus before and in order to which you know more more arty and more voters i think that thats the part that we will have to focus on many prodemocracy supporters hope that success in the districts will also carry through into elections for Legislative Council members in september but the challenge is at the same not just a. Multiseat constituency single vote. System so this means that they. Will have to. Minimize. The number of candidates so lets not. Be too. Although a landslide victory isnt expected its possible the Legislative Council may see more prodemocracy candidates and if that happens hong kongs prodemocracy movement will be expanding its fight from the streets into the corridors of power florence italy aljazeera hong kong. Thailand has seen its biggest political protest in is in the form of a fun run and harding reports now in a red but legal stand against the government. This is no ordinary jog around the park its a political loophole. In thailand protests need approval by the government Running Events do not. An estimated 13000 thais disguised as runners say they are fed up with the government of Prime Minister private channel and want him to step down at the bottom line i want to tell the government that the people dont want you any longer you have been in power for so long but you cant solve any of the countrys problems it is getting more and more difficult for grassroots people to make a living. This was the biggest show of dissent against the government since prior you assumed office after the 2014 military coup he held on to power after elections last year with support from an army appointed senate. This run protest follows a rally last month staged by fena thorn is wrong room gronk it the leader of the progressive future Forward Party who has emerged as the most outspoken opponent of thailands new civilian government. He was charged on friday for breaching a law on Public Assembly and his party faces dissolution i want to be part of the he story i think the 1st step in order to bring about a democrat i say is that general but you have to get out that is the 1st step that would allow that would all but dawes khuda process all of. That in. Sundays event was called run to oust the uncle and an apparent reference to pry its nickname of uncle to. It prompted a rival but smaller walk to cheer the uncle event held in another park which was attended by thousands of older thais right supporters say his leadership has brought stability and security. I have to get all my friends everyone to come and some part of my promise that i know you can do we have live in today i just flew from new york to tell me it will support. This 3 finger salute made famous by the hollywood blockbuster film the hunger games is banned in thailand its used here to show resistance against the 2014 military killed. With fingers held high these jogging protesters are running out of patience leah harding aljazeera. The ghost ball coming up today to forget for the queen of the slain and on through. Well about goods thought his boat has been. Thank you very much tributes are being paid to portuguese writer Paolo Gonsalves whos died in a crash at the back already in saudi arabia the 40 year old came off his bike 276 kilometers into sunday 7th stage he was found unconscious by a rescue helicopter having gone into cardiac arrest consol this was taking part in his 13th corelli the incident happened at about 10 18 am local time fellow riders were left shaken as news of the accident spread through the field console this is death is the 1st fatal a c. In the dark already for 5 years organizers have also paid their respects. We dont really know the circumstances but it was a pretty fast track and that is where paolo crashed and the medical teams tried to resuscitate him but unfortunately to do so and he tied a trauma to 273. Percent of your heart it was an iconic figure whod been on a diet after a long time and everybody knew him just 5 stages ago he was changing the engine on his bike he was really tonight he also knew the risks of rallying when the worst happens of course its very tough for everyone the incidence of the day of racing spains carlos signs so would go on to extend his lead at the top of the chain rule car classification to 10 minutes american is out in front in the bike category Novak Djokovic has laid serbia to victory in the inaugural a. T. P. Cup beating spain and rival rafael nadal in sundays final in sydney spain laid the tie after about a good b. To do some lie of h. And that means joke of each had to win against it well in the 2nd singles match to keep subi as hopes alive jockey which took it in straight sets then returned for the deciding doubles match playing alongside Viktor Troicki spain didnt use medal for the doubles going with a pairing of public and feliciano lopez. They were beaten again in straight sets serbia the 1st one is of this new competition. The pinnacle of the whole trip is this trophy and this is what we fall for but i think the highlight that i will take is not just the trophy but is that energy and chemistry and a friendship that wish everything each other and the ball and is stronger and stronger obviously with with this kind of experience. Now they are not the only top players in the Southern Hemisphere gearing up for the 1st grand slam of the season Serena Williams was up against jessica peculiar in the final of the classic the top seeded changed to victory 664 walk this is her 1st title in 3 years and her 73rd on the w. T. 8 meaning shes now won titles across the last 4 decades williams announced she will donate her 43000 dollar winners check and some of her tennis dresses to be Australian Bushfire Relief Fund and with a straight in just over a week away victory shows shes a strong contender for an 8th title in melbourne. Yeah and feeling pretty good im feeling fit until i got some good matches and long rallies short rallies power players elements and so this is exactly what i needed going into mt vernon and its good. And at the brits been international catalina has successfully defended a w t a title for the 1st time to near the chick to beat madison t 3 set in the final this is her 16th true title and the interesting. Lets go from tennis to football now real madrid have won the 1st spanish super cup final to be staged in saudi arabia they beat city rivals Atletico Madrid on penalties in jeddah after the game ended goalless captain sergio ramos scoring the decisive spot kick in the shootout to win the trophy for real for the 11th time Manchester City Sergio Aguero has had a record breaking day in the English Premier League on sunday scored hes 12 hattrick a new e. P. L. Record in the 61 thrashing of western verner is now the leading foreign goal scorer in the leagues history as well with 177 and 30 also climb to 2nd in the table above leicester you venters saw the new leaders of italy said they are for a 21 win at roma on sunday marry them at all and Christiana Rinaldo for uva a 2nd of roma penalty could not prevent the champions moving 2 points clear of into milan at the top of the table irans only female olympic medalist has announced shes defecting. A lizard a who won taekwondo bronze medal at the rio olympics in 2016 criticized irans political system saying she felt oppressed a lizard a who has been training in the netherlands did not give details of way she is now in an Instagram Post a lizard they wrote i wasnt important to them none of us mattered to them we would tools i wish for nothing else than for taekwondo safety and for a happy and healthy life the decision was harder than winning olympic gold i remain a daughter of iran where ever i am. So there was an upset for skiings queen of the slopes on sunday in australia american became a shifu failed to finish a race for the 1st time in nearly 2 years she slid out during the Opening Super g. Run of the world cup combined event on a tricky course at elton marked federica but in your name of went on to win the title and the 2nd in the rankings which are from is still well clear at the top of the overall standings. And in the ski jumping world cup call geiger has extended his lead at the top of the standings of the 2nd victory in as many days the german one sundays event veld if e. M. A. N. Its only with leaps of 107103 misses. And well see you again later for other sports news update. For the news out of my calling this doesnt tell you will be right here with another for hard news which leave the club to rest until its goodbye from. The 21st century began with extraordinary Economic Growth across much of latin america. But since this halted in 2008 theres been a political shift to the right on a Continent West socialism on strive to. End a chilean politician goes on a journey to meet leading leftwing figures to understand why that politics have lost ground so dramatically. Latin america a giant in time Oil Coming Soon big storms generally sounds like maybe angles in this story are too numerous for comfort with different angles from different perspectives things going to really bring relief. 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