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And searches for hundreds of people and lion lost, the is a farithesatisfy is a the safari tourist responsible. We begin tonight with turkey entangled in a war with two enemies. Turkish jets struck pkk strongholds in iraq. Turkey invoked its nato membership and call for an you unusual emergency meeting on its security position tomorrow in brussels. Antiterror campaign arresting more than a thousand people in the past two days. Is zeina khodr reports from the turkish syrian border. It says it is cooperating with Ground Forces already inside syria. Those troops are not syrias kurds who the coalition that is been relying on but opposition groups who are fighting both siel and the Syrian Government. Be turkish Prime Minister has agreed that those opposition groups should be protected. The agreement we reached has covered our concerns and expectations up to a certain level. I cannot go into details but for example, an important point was the protection of the Free Syrian Army and the groups fighting daesh. There is no disagreement, turkey is with the hem of Coalition Air strikes the kurds have expanded their territory. It doesnt want the kurds to create a state and inflame separatist sentiments among its own turkish population. Pkk the being Turkish Party that it has declared war on. It doesnt want the kurds the only party on the ground that is partners with the coalition. Prime minister called the new syria it will need to cut its links with the Syrian Government and cooperate with opposition groups. So far the kurds have refused to join forces with the main movements particularly those backed by turkey. Thats not all. The ypg is now accusing turkey of repeatedly attacking their units across the board an allegation turkey denies. Against cirdz both in turkey and syria. They are trying to use the agreement with the coalition against daesh to target the kurds political parties. And this is something unacceptable because we have to differentiate between the terrorists and the political movements that demand for humanitarian rights for some ethnical groups. Turkey decided to engage i. S. I. L. A few days ago but now turkey is an active player on the syrian battlefield where yet another battlefield is emerging. Zeina khodr acknowledge al jazeera, turkey. Bernard smith has more from istanbul. Raids by Security Services turkish Authorities Say all of those are foreigners. A series of raids have been going on in the past weeks and months in turkey. They picked up speed after the suicide bombing in suruc. Targeting not just potential i. S. I. L. Fighters, it is also targeting people from the Kurdistan Peoples Party the pkk. It says it targets all groups it considers a threat to turkeys National Security. Meanwhile over the border in kobani the syrian kurds there are claiming that the Turkish Military has shelled a village near kobani twice once on friday that the ypg assumed it was a mistakes, when they shelled ypg positions and then again on sunday. The Turkish Military says its investigating these claims but is not targeting ypg in syria only interested in i. S. I. L. Positions in syria with those air strikes and i. T. Has also been targeting kurdish be be Workers Party positions pkk. And turkey and the u. S. Have a plan to create a buffer zone in Northern Syria. The plan is to drive i. S. I. L. Away from the Turkish Border. But as jerald tan reports. Turkey has been pushing for a no fly zone south of its border. Now help with fighters of the Islamic State of iraq and the levant have seen in these darkened areas. Turkey wants u. S. Led air strikes to drive out i. S. I. L. Fighters from this shaded region. The approximate zone be is from the you euphrates to, the Turkish Border, taking on the town of albab, a protected haven for the estimated 2 million Syrian Refugees who have escaped to turkey. Translator we have always defended the safe zones and no fly zones in syria. We always underline that the solution in syria is political a solution without assad. The refugees could be placed in those safe zones. When the area is cleared without threat the safe zones will be formed naturally. Preventing syrian aircraft from entering but it has agreed to join military efforts in a socalled safe zone. One of the conditions that turkey laid out before finally allowing u. S. Aircraft the use of its air base in incirlik near the syrian border. That deal was struck last week. Douglas ol olivant a former director of the National Security council goins joins us from eugene oregon. Doug welcome. Good evening antonio. The fight against i. S. I. L. Was well received but then it also started bombing the kurdish pkk bases. That raised a cures question. Is that just an excuse to crack down on their own kurdish rebels . Well cracking down on their own kurdish rebels remains their number one priority. Their second policy seems to be the cooperation in Northern Syria may well be aimed more at the assad gem regime than i. S. I. S. I think the United States is grateful for cooperation less for zone in Northern Syria and more for access to turkish air bases for strikes in syria and iraq. The u. S. Coalition to defeet i. S. I. L. Turkey preferring to neutralize its kurdish insurgents how could that clash . The turkish have been the most combative against kurds in both syria and iraq. The turkish are more concerned that kurds are less in this for defeating i. S. I. L. And more in it for carving their own territory. Hopeful to make something of this and use the access to the turkish bases to really make a difference in syria and iraq. How can there be an i. S. I. L. Free zone along the Turkish Border if the kurds in syria are alienated . The clear objective is to make this particular stretch which is just west of kobani which we heard about earlier this year and just north and west of aleppo, that this is controlled by the moderate arab rebels. Turkeys definition of moderate is different than ours but controlled by some of level of the sunni arab resistance in the area. Could this fight two ways, on the one hand i. S. I. L. Could disrupt turkey with attacks inside be turkey with the bombing inside suruc and then the kurdish insurgency would gain new strength. Turkey is concerned about the 14 to 15 million kurds that remains its first priority. You could see that might be the case if you are sitting in the turkish chair in ankara but its certainly not helpful for the larger fight and may well as you say alienate the kurds who have been doing the bulk of the fighting against the Islamic State. Could this become a game changer . Thats what it was touted as last week. Could this be the beginning of the end of i. S. I. L . How long can i. S. I. L. Fight this multifront battle against iraqi forces in anbar Kurdish Forces in be Northern Iraq and syria,. This could be a game changer. The coalition only has to now commute about 200 miles meaning they could stay around the targets much longer, look around for targets of opportunity apply air power much more effectively, instead of coming in trying to find your target, and go home before you run out of gas. With Everything Else going on the push against anbar the push is from the north ypg from the south, all of this could see some results against the Islamic State. Douglas olivant always good to have your insights, thank you. Pleasure, antonio. Anbar university sits three miles south only about 80 miles from baghdad. The fight lasted hours and destroyed large parts of the university. Iraqis said they are in full control, recently launched a campaign to retake control of the anbar province. New round of talks with north korea began in seoul met with the head of north Koreas Nuclear program. Siler said the deal is the americans willing to compromise, to achieve agreement. Republican president ial candidate Mike Huckabee is gaining attention for his disagreement with the Iranian Nuclear deal. So feckless. He would take the israelis and basically march them to the door of the oven. This is the most hideous thing this iran deal should be rejected by both democrats and republicans in congress and by the american people. At a News Conference during his visit to ethiopia today president obama shared his views on the form he arkansas governors remarks. When you get rhetoric like this maybe it gets attention and maybe this is just an everett to push mr. Trump out of the headlines. But its not the kind of leadership thats needed for america right now. And i dont think thats what anybody, democrat, republican or independent, is looking for out of their political leaders. The iran deal will be front and center in washington tomorrow. Secretary of state john kerry and other Administration Officials will testify before the House Foreign Affairs committee. Al jazeera will bring you live coverage will is set to begin 10 00 a. M. Eastern 7 00 a. M. Pacific. Russian celebrated navy day. A russian admiral says at least 50 new ships will Enter Service by the end of the year. Theyll be used to projects russian strength in the navy, to reflect deterioratings relingses with the west. President obama is make history on his visit to ethiopia. Coming up the countrys strategic importance and the criticism the president is facing over its human rights record. And later farmers angry over low prices block hundreds of trucks from crossing the border into france. Why the government isnt stopping the protests, even though theyre keeping meat and milk products from entering the country. The only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and thats what were doing at xfinity. We are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. And this includes our commitment to being on time. Every time. Thats why if were ever late for an appointment, well credit your account 20. Its our promise to you. Were doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. Because we should fit into your life. Not the other way around. At least 13 people including a kenyan diplomat were killed in a poamg bombing in somalian capital. The front of a five star hotel a popular place for visiting heads of state was blown away. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. President obama has become the first sitting u. S. President to visit ethiopia. He is being criticized for have iting the country because ethiopia has a long history of human rights crimes. Mohammad adow has the story. Relations established more than a century ago. Economic and security ties dominated these talks with the ethiopiaian Prime Ministerwith theethiopian Prime Minister hailemariam desalegn. Our ethiopia faces serious threats and its contribution to the African Union mission in somalia have reduced areas under al shabaab control but as the Prime Minister noted the bombing in mogadishu shows us that these groups offer nothing but deaths and destruction and is has to stop. Some Rights Groups have criticized mr. Obamas visit to ethiopia warning that the trin could be give credibility to the government jaiblg critics. It is only neighboring eritrea that jails more journalists than ethiopia. Some of them hold on charges of on charges of terrorism. The ethiopian leader however defended his countrys record on democracy. Our commitment is real not skin deep. We have both noted that we need to step up efforts to strengthen our institutions and view our capacity in various areas. We believe the u. S. Support in this regard as age order democracy will contribute to ensuring that our system becomes robust. We have agreed to continue our engagement despite minor differences here and there with regard mainly to the speed with which our democratickization process is moving. European figures have been reacting to president obamas visit. The problem is he never walked his talk, he never walked his talk for the last six years. If you dont walk your talk, always giving empty promises, saying something in the dine being and the wining with dictators, people dont believe you. Reporter later on mon president obama joined the leaders of kenya uganda and ethiopia they urged the leaders in the south sudan issue to come to quick agreement. Regional Intervention Force if the warring parties do not appear still by august 17th. Mohammad adow, al jazeera addis ababa, ethiopia. Served as u. S. Ambassador to ethiopia and is now the vice provost for International Air force, ambassador, good to have you with us. Good evening antonio. Ethiopia is a very fast growing economy borders somalia, al shabaabs stronghold. How important was it for powm to visit . Its extremely important. He definitely picked the right country to visit. Ethiopia horn of africa is one of the most complex and dangerous areas in the world. Ethiopia definitely deserved a president ial visit at this time. The u. S. Has a deep security relationship with ethiopia. We have a drone base. We support them on the fight on al shabaab. Do you think this will lead to a deepening of that security relationship . Oh absolutely. The neighborhood is getting more dangerous with whats happening in south sudan in addition to the continuing fight against al shabaab in somalia. Ethiopia can play a very positive role and they are the most professional Security Force and the most professional army in the region so i think our security relations are definitely going to get even stronger. Those security relations are a bit overshadowed by the human relations in ethiopia. We saw some awkward moments as the president publicly raised those concerns in front of ethiopias Prime Minister. The Prime Minister says its trying to find its way as a fledgling democracy and proproproterrorism. Is it likely to become soon . It is, it is what i would call a evolving democracy since the end much the marxist be revolution the eight other countries write worked in africa the Ethiopian Government definitely knows it has a long way to go. So it is a task it has taken on itself. The folks who are in power now maybe theyre not the ones to get it there because at the end of the day the government has to accept the fact that it can be voted out of office. Im not sure this is the one that is going odo that, but i believe the next one or the one after that, the trend towards a much more liberal system is more positive unlike many other countries in africa. Even though the ruling party won all the seats in parliament this year, youre optimistic that were not going to see the kind of one party rule we see in much of africa with leaders who wont give up power . No some absolutely not like i said, this government knows where to go, it needs the young people to get it to. Its important for your viewers to realize the Ethiopian Government is a collective government. The Prime Minister, words coming out of his mouth are the words of the collective, play not be what he himself think. In the collective people still think in the very, very Old Fashioned way. The president obama will also address the African Union tomorrow. How important is that and what issues would you like the president to address . I think its wonderful that well finally have a u. S. President address the African Union. If i was writing his speech i would definitely have him address the issue of these remaining dinosaurs in africa. These leaders who have been there forever they keep extending their mandates, president s for life and leave at the end of their lives. The vestiges of them are a drain on africa and outsiders cant do it for them. Ambassador, its good of you to join us. Thank you very much. Talking about the leaders the United Nations said burundis elections were not fair or open. Pierre nkurunziza won reelection, more than 150,000 have fled the country. Haru mutasa reports from the capital where parliament met for the First Time Since the vote. Reporter arriving at the National Assembly it is still early days but it seems like he will be willing to work with his rival, Pierre Nkurunziza after reelection to a third term in power. Not betraying his supporters. For those who believe you are letting them down what do you say to them . No, im not letting down anybody. Perhaps this is a judgment which comes from just emotional feelings. Let them take some few times some few days, they will come to a conclusion that they are not betrayed. Reporter east African Leaders are trying opersuade Pierre Nkurunziza to formto preazPierre Nkurunziza to persuade Pierre Nkurunziza to form a compromise government. Try to destabilize things but we have a competent justice system. There is peace and calm just like in other countries. Reporter no dates have been set yet for president Pierre Nkurunziza to be sworn in for his controversial third term. Despite the constitution saying he can only serve for two. Now he has to heal a deeply divided country. Haru mutasa, be be al jazeera abuja. After a decade of hundreds of people disappeared in a war the colombian government has exhumed bodies from a mass grave. Grave. Reporter welcome back to Al Jazeera America. Im antonio mora. Coming up in this half hour of International News the several for missing College Students uncovers dozens of other graves. But first a look at the american minute. Two women killed in last weeks Movie Theater shooting, 21yearold can maysy breaux and jillian johnson. Killed by John Russell Houser who opened fire on a theater in lafayette. The boy scouts of america made History Today the organization voted to end its ban on openly gay leaders. The group agreed to allow leaders regardless of their swam orientation. Boston agreed to not pursue the 2024 loimple games. We will have more on what this means for games on our news tonight at 11 00 eastern. The ceasefire that started last night in yemen was over almost as soon as it started. Air strikes mortar shells and antiaircraft gun fire killed dozens across the country. The Houthi Rebels were the first to break the peace saudi military responded and the fighting escalated rapidly. Translator when we hear about a truce the people of yemen collectively field concerned. Why have a truce that will only be followed by more air strikes and killing. Im talking about the current situation. As we film there is a jet overhead why . I dont understand. The u. N. Has been trying for months to broker a lasting humanitarian ceasefire so it can safely deliver aid to 21 million yemenis who need help. Have no access to clean water or food and disease is spreading rapidly. Pakistan is condemning an attack that killed ten people on a bus in a Police Station in northern india. The condemnation follows accusations by Indian Officials that the attackers crossed the border from pakistan. Liddy dutt reports. Dressed as indian soldiers, gunmen hijacked a car and a bus close to the indiapakistan border. Bombs were also found on a nearby railway. The governments political opposition are raising questions about the strength of indias border security. Translator it is a very unfortunate incident. There is a vast difference between what the government preaches and practices. Policies poor and innocent people have been killed. Glf even before reporter even before the movement ended. Terrorist at a attacks, supplied by the isi that means the isi has decided this attack. We need to send a tough message to pakistan that this is not acceptable. Reporter pakistan is condemning this incident. The Indian Government is already stepped up security along the border. Translator after the incident in gerdaspar the whole of punjab is on alert. We are sanitizing the whole area so another attack does not occur here. Reporter India Security personnel in 20 years police are investigating who these gunmen were and where they came from. Indias home minister is expected to make a statement about the attack in parliament. Liddy dutt, al jazeera, new delhi. Scientists served as president from 2002 to 2007, kalam was best known for his role developing be yintds nuclear technology. Kalal collapsed earlier today delivering a lecture he was 83. Nine suspected criminals and two Police Officers dead, it happened in rio bravo an area controlled by a drug cartel. Officials say they were attacked by gunmen in two vehicles. Meanwhile gruesome discoveries in mexico are increasing. The search for 43 students missing since last september has turned up 60 graves with 129 bodies but not those of the students. Hundreds of protestors took to the streets of mexico city to mark the anniversary ever of the students disappearance. Report questioning the governments investigation into the disappearances. Off the radar tonight a mass grave believed to be colombias largest on the outskirts of me medain. Alessafdro don pietri reports. Gathered for a symbolic ceremony in this landfill known as les combrera. It begins the exhumation of the countrys largest mass grave. Today we start flooding with light the dark impunity we have been subjected to. Reporter the numbers of hundreds of victims are read out loud or written on black nondescript silhouettes. Most disappeared 13 years ago in one of the darkest chapters of colombias civil conflict. Thats when Government Troops and arms games carried out military operations against leftist rebels to regain control of the area in 2002. State Security Forces have tossed up to 300 people in this landfill. This was an open secret here but while everybody knew, few have done anything to uncover the truth until now. Translator it was absolute impunity. Theres a hidden truth here which we can only hope will finally come to the surface. Lucileno has been searching for her husband for a decade. He was last seen forced off a bus by armed men. I dont believe ill find his whole body but something to punish someone for this. Recognize that authorities should have intervened earlier. Today we have new legislation, reduction of violence means we can reach these areas. Our response is in accordance to the evolution of the conflict. A team of experts will begin removing remains on tuesday. Trucks have continued to dump waste here for years but families say they can wait, as long as the closure they have been hoping for so long will finally be dug out of the earth. Be al jazeera medain. In 2002, the government had been already fighting a guerilla war in 40 years. It was a hard guerilla war. In comes president urribe and he launches a conflict against the rebels. Was there support of what he was doing . Anything that goes against a guerilla it always is supported by the people and the government alike. The operation name in spanish is that the guerillas managed to meddle into this shanty towns of the city and people who had nothing to ask with the guerillas or the paramilitary got caught in the middle. They were taken as false positives. Who was responsible . Security forces went in but then they pulled out. Was it mostly the right wing paramilitary groups . It seemed like the police and the paramilitaries colluded so they could attack the guerillas that were meddling into the drug traffic. Of course if this is a step that is missing the attorney general is going to find out what the government has from implication in this raid. Any u. S. Connection to any of this . I know the u. S. Had been involved in training Security Forces. Well theres no account that the government last the u. S. Government has any involvement. My assumption is of course you have plan colombia you had this u. S. Aid military aid to the country. But theres really not a direct involvement not to my knowledge. But were talking about a possible 300 bodies in this one grave. Thousands have been exhumed from other graves. Of course. Here is the thick. We found out there was probably 90 bodies after the operation raid. But theres probably 300 more because this was a landfill that was used by the cartel in the 1990s, 1980s. Were talking about 187 acres of landfill that was a complete lack of action by the government. They did not stop the dumping of everything that you can think of cement aluminum, every kind of waste that goes into this landfill so its going to be a daunting task to remove all this landfill. We dont know if the bodies are there and i think the families have a right to find out what has happened to their loved ones. Its a daunting task. Riva did end up getting control of the paramilitaries a while later, he was reelected in a landslide, after he launched this campaign against the grille guerillas, has his parliament waned at all . Absolutely not i think he remains a popular figure in colombia. This is going to redefine the definition of victims. Lets not forget we have a peace process. Both the government and the grill last,s, this is the case where the grill last may have the upper the guerillas may have the upper hand. After this halfcentury war there are more people internally displaced there than even darfur. Worst than darfur. Absolutely. Bloodbath and mayhem in colombia for 50 years. What is going to happen is the government and the guerillas are going to have to come to an agreement, and say you also have responsibility in the number of victims that colombia has accumulated for so many years. Both the government and the guerillas have some contribution in this. If the families finally discover that the government has direct imlimtion inimplication into this, they might take it to the International Court in washington d. C. Thank you for coming. Thank you very much. Adjusted rankings for political reasons. Also china tries to keep its struggling equity markets from a full blown crash. Be able to see change. Gripping. Inspiring. Entertaining. Talk to al jazeera. Only on Al Jazeera America. My name is imran garda. Authorities are searching for a spanish poacher whom they say killed a star lion in zimbabwe. Cecil was a star lion in the park. Officials say the lion was shot with a cross bow. The wounded animal was then trappedtracked for hours before having his head cut off. The trapper got away with the head and the fur. List includes more than 150 countries and the rankings have tangible consequences with those of bad records. Not only is this a fight we have to attempt. Not only do we have a responsibility to bring every aspect of our institutions of our government together in order to push back to educate and to make people aware of this but its a fight we absolutely have to win. It is a modernday human rights challenge of enormous proportions. The critics say the report may have been corrupted by politics. Rosalyn jordan has more from the statement. Perhaps the best way to take a look at the four rankings in the trafficking in persons report is to recognize that three of those rankings indicate that a certain country isnt doing enough to stop the problem. People at the very bottom of the list both have a serious Human Trafficking problem and arent doing anything to try to change the situation. The next step up, known as tier 2 watch means that countries have Serious Problems but are making some sort of toque. Effort perhaps, to try to improve the situation. That is where both malaysia and cuba happen to be in the 2015 report. Theyre both trying to make some legal changes. Theyre both trying to prosecute those involved in Human Trafficking. But they havent done enough to actually make appreciable differences in the problem. In cubas case its doing almost nothing according to the u. S. Of the problem of forced labor. Why these countries are escaping the possible financial sanctions that come with being at the bottom of the black list theres considerable room for improvement for these countries and certainly in the tier above them theres lot of improvement as well. Its only in tier 1 you are considered to be meeting the minimum standard and the u. S. Government says it should be even tougher than that but thats a matter for congress. Rosalyn jordan at the state department. The u. S. Is hosting another round of talks for transpacific partnership. Canada is trying to join the partnership but u. S. Officials say ottawa is not cooperating. Daniel lak is in toronto with more. Canadian governments like to say this is a trading nation. International trade is crucial to the economy. Thats why canada is taking part in the tpp negotiations. But a big stumbling block in this country is the Agriculture Sector not every aspect but specifically dairy eggs and poultry farming. Those are protected by agreements that keep the market totally domestic. Keeping prices stable. Thats worth bms of billions of dollars in this country per year but america would like that to be dismantled. Thats a huge stumbling block. We hope the government will decide to keep pushing back draw this out. It could be for example that japan doesnt want to continue protecting its rice farmers or america has an interest in protecting their sugar farmers. Certain sectors usually for good reason. Negotiations are now in a crucial stage and trade ministers in hawaii are expected to put pressure on canada about supply arrangement. There are many other objections expressed in canada especially on the left of the political spectrum but if you speak to the business sector theyre four square in favor ever the tpp going ahead. It will be the largest trade agreement in history. It will cover 40 of the Global Economy in terms of gdp. This is going to be a very important agreement and if canada is not a part of it canada will lose significant economic gdp in employment. Canadas conservative government says its protrade and really wants this agreement but knows its politically risky especially in an Election Year to do anything with the governments supply function, poultry eggs or milk. At least canadas part of it until after the election in october. Daniel lak in toronto. China is taking steps to ward off a full blown stock market crash. The worlds second biggest economy says it will buy shares to help stabilize the markets which fell more than 8 on monday. Chinese security rerkts security regulators said they would deal harshly with any manipulators. Markets have already opened on tuesday there and are down in early trading. Today french farmers farmers turned back hunls ofhundreds of trucks, protesting low meat prices. Francois hollande. Supported them. Devastating flooding plus this. Im tarek bazley, where the octopus is inspiring a new generation of robertic technology. Nology. Investigating a dark side of the law they dont have the money to puchace their freedom. For some. Crime does pay. The bail bond industry has been good to me. Ill make a chunk of change off the crime. Fault lines. Al jazeera americas hard hitting. Theyre locking the door. Ground breaking. We have to get out of here. Truth seeking. Award winning, investigative, documentary series. Chasing bail only on Al Jazeera America brittany menards wildfires in spain have destroyed 3,000 acres and forced evacuation of 2,000 people near barcelona. No injuries have been reported. The fire broke out sunday, started Officials Say by a farmer using a straw chopping machine. Dozens of people are dead after torrential rains and flooding swept across pakistan. Caroline malone reports. Villages are desserted in some of the flood hit parts of chitran. Survivors are trying to dig themselves out of rubble. Be rains causing the rivers to rise to dangerously high levels. Crucial crop harvests have been dpladged people are desperate. Be. Translator i have lost everything but there is no help from the government. Theyre treating us like cattle and theres no support in the coming days then there is no way for me except to commit suicide. Reporter military helicopters have delivered aid to some people stranded 50 floods. Bottled water stranded by the floods. Bottled water has become more valuable. We are in dire need of food and water and we lost everything in the flood. Some have made it onto military helicopters sent by the government. More rain is expected and everyones trying to do what they can to prepare for any more flash floods. Be caroline malone, al jazeera. Mexicos pota pektl volcano officials are warning people to keep their distance from the mountain. Now our global view segment a look at how news outlets are reacting to various events. The economist suggests turkeys recent attacks against kurds are difn by an effort to reduce support for the prokurdish Peoples Democracy Party if snap elections are called this far. If erdogan claims he wants peace with the kurds living on the border these issues are not reflective of. Europe has more at stake in a last being peace between the kurds in turkey. But it argues in the end i. S. I. L. Must be the priority. The japan times offers this editorial cartoon about the passage of bills that will allow japanese to fight overseas for the First Time Since world war ii. The cartoon shows shinzo abe reading an eye chart. He instead reads the letters that spell pass it now. Robots are increasingly being used to in surgery. And scientists are attempting foss make the robots softer. Going to octopus or the inspiration. Largely oblivious to those around them. Now a team of researchers at Kings College london are developing what is known as soft robots. So a soft robot is inherently safe because a soft robot when it bumps into you will be soft, it will bounce off of you. What we olike to do is make systems that humans can collaborate with, people can Work Together with a robot and you dont have to have the fear that the robot is going to crush somebody if the robot is soft. And its the Natural World that has been the source of many of the ideas behind the teams new designs. These researchers took inspiration from the octopus an animal that doesnt have a hard skeleton but still able to become stiff and rigid. They mimicked its muscles the way it does this by using silicon small granules and pressurized air in producing an arm that they believe would make robotic surgery much safer. Leaving that behind and really exploring the idea of soft robots would make an enormous difference because suddenly we have a robot that is effectively not capable of injuring the patient even though we have a very close contact between robot and the patient. They are also looking at the whots of goats how agricultural robots could be made more mobile. Most of the roberts are they have just wheels, robots are they have wheels, we have land farms in hills and we also have obstacles like rocks and trunks. So they are not going to be able to work in that kind of area. Other members of the team are looking at human arm muscles to better understand how they work with tendons to control limbs. Others are using a robotic finger to mimic the way a doctor feels for lumps skin. These innovations are still years from being rolled out but the team believe they will form the basis of a new generation of softer and more friendly robots. Tarek bazley, al jazeera london. Aena ukrainian has created a portrait of vladimir putin. Personal tales of people who collected shells. Hand painted paper balloons took place in Mexicos Oaxaca state. Some of the balloons were as much as 33 feet tall. Thats it for this edition of al jazeera International News. Fault lines is next. I will see you again in an hour. Our