Agreement and we put more pressure on president. Everybody here agrees that unless something gets done to truly effect the power structures behind the violence there will be more killings and they will remain the single biggest threats to the implementation of the peace deal in the country. Thousands of mines in south africa who are suffering from potentially fatal diseases have reached a legal settlement worth 350000000. 00 lawyers for the mine workers sued 10 Major Companies for compensation 6 of the firms accepted a deal which has now been approved in johannesburg up 2100000 miners or their dependents could benefit many developed lung diseases or other illnesses because of their work. Now ivory coast does not as the worlds leading cocoa produce a bit now another crop as a merging as a big money maker kona nuts reached record highs last year when interest reports from. Pruning quality are used to get more not over the last 3 years farmers here have been improving the way they work an
More than 1,000 people have been arrested in moscow during unauthorised protests against the banning of many opposition candidates from local elections. There were scuffles as police dispersed groups of protesters, who responded with anti putin chants. The Authorities Say around 30 candidates failed to collect enough valid signatures, but the barred candidates say they have been blocked for political reasons. From moscow, 0leg boldyrev reports. Police told muscovites not to come out for this unsanctioned protest, but a few thousand people turned up anyway, and very soon many of them paid for it by being dragged into custody. The arrests were met with defiance. So the police are trying to push back the protesters, who came here because the candidates they support were not allowed to participate in the elections. We dont know how many people came to protest, but certainly there are plenty of people angry that the candidates theyve been supporting were denied the chance to participate in
So now holder has more from beirut. Lebanon has mediated the release of a Canadian National who was being held in syria the one of the top Security Officials in lebanon about for him was the man involved in this mediation effort he said that the Canadian National mr baxter was detained last year for violating laws in syria they really didnt divulge much details concerning the circumstances of his detention this is not hes not the 1st Foreign National to be released in the past months a few weeks ago an American National was released about him himself playing a crucial role now hes calling this a humanitarian gesture but many here believe that these are messages messages that the Syrian Government wants to give to the west as it tries to gain legitimacy as it tries to end sanctions at the end of the day these 2 these 2 Foreign Nationals who were held and in syrian jails are not among the high profile people who went missing and believed to be held by the Syrian Government so messages po
Testimony by Rex Tillerson reveals the power struggle with Jared Kushner. Quick this is al jazeera live from london. Killed in tunisia and eight people are injured. Anger over United Statess plan for peace in the middle east. In tijuana, migrants say the Mexican Government is breaking its promises. We begin in the United States, where testimony by Rex Tillerson to the House Foreign Affairs Committee Last month has been released. One of its key revelations, trumps soninlaw Jared Kushner operated independently with powerful World Leaders without coordination with the state department, keeping tillerson in the dark. He also commented on the gulf crisis, which saw a blockade 2017,d on qatar in june he was in australia at the time with jim mattis and said they were both surprised. Tillerson said he was not aware of a meeting between kushner and leaders of the saudi arabia and uae before the blockade was imposed. Steve bannon was also present. Tillerson describes being angry at the meeting h
A little cooler 39 celsius people try to stay hydrated stay protected we just took it easy for some tourists for more northerly climbs thats what we came for sticky process and sun cream drink lots of water but its perfect its very harsh its very hot im born here you know trying to get some time. For Vulnerable People the heat can still be dangerous in france the Health Ministry has issued a heat wave plan for elderly care homes they dont want a repeat of 2003 as hot weather when 15000 mostly old people died. Just before i put a small wet cloth around my neck and there isnt much more akin to our dirt to move around but its our way we dont move too much we just have to wait for it to be over there is no other solution. But forecasters suggest it wont get cooler till early next week. To reach islands. I want to get more on the story now of the u. S. Supreme court blocking plans by president trying to add a controversial question on ethnicity to the 2020 census Clapham Goldstein is the di