The cost on ill just say oh. Hello and welcome to rewind. Today were rewinding back to 2014 in the philippines the country was experiencing a spike in gun violence at the time and the governments response was to introduce new restrictions on the purchase possession of firearms the benefits backlash from the gun Owners Community which was insisting on the right of selfdefense against escalating criminality against this background algerias one series and steve who investigate the black market in gangs in the philippines to find out whether the new laws were making any difference here is the film stray bullets. Every 9 minutes someone in the philippines makes a deal to buy a gun. According to Police Statistics within half an hour of that purchase. A crime is committed. In someone his murders. In the philippines the murder rate per capita involving firearms is 3 times higher than the United States and Steve Charland this episode a wonder when east we. Look at a new law the government says
Something when it starts becoming scarce and by that time its often too late its no longer as easy as turning on a tap for more and more people water our most Precious Resource welcome to made. Theres a reason earth is known as the blue planet the majority of the globe is covered by water of course around 97 percent of it is so order i mean it to a hospice said is freshwater but much of that is locked away in ice soil and the atmosphere but he bore of it is highly polluted or too deep underground to be extracted at an affordable cost just how tough a percent of all water is readily accessible from lakes rivers and accor has water scarcity its one of the most serious risks we face and the problem is growing. New deserts are emerging forests are drying up and were still wasting water. The regions marked here in dark red are places where waters extremely scarce and sources are drying up pale red and orange indicate areas where water scarcity is only slightly less critical. Delhi in india
An airliner are returned home and the war grew all communities in afghanistan finding it ever harder to survive the bits of the cold winter. Thank you for joining us we begin in berlin where libyas warring sides are coming together in the latest International Effort to end years of civil war turkeys president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have met the 2 leaders support opposing sides in libyas conflict in a scene as key figures in bringing the fighting to an end russia backs war 24 have to whose forces control much of Eastern Libya and to launch an offensive to take tripoli in april turkey supports the internationally recognized government base in tripoli early attempts to negotiate a cease fire failed including a summit in moscow last week. We have been trying on a number of occasions to have a cease fire agreement signed the National Government of accord signed a cease fire agreement yes it wasnt signed by the other party lead by hostile if we fail t
On reforms. And the bodies of. Board the passenger jet accidentally shot down by iran arrive home to a solemn ceremony in kiev. Is back in the cage after 15 months away and it takes him just 40 seconds to defeat the pope. Hello we begin this news hour in berlin thats where libyas warring leaders and powerful outsiders who back them are at a summit aimed at ending years of chaos and conflict so the chancellor Angela Merkel is hosting 12 World Leaders including the president s of Turkey Russia and france as well as the u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson their priorities are to curb Foreign Military interference and solidify a cease fire or Russias Vladimir Putin met turkeys regift earlier on they back rival sides russia supports war lords. While turkey is helping the u. N. Recognize governments have to is fighting against their previous ceasefire efforts have broken down. We have been trying on a number of occasions to have a cease fire agreement signed the National Government of accord
Attacking Media Freedom in the philippines president. Takes legal action to shut down the knowledge is t. V. Network which is also his fierce critics journalists accuse him of dictatorship so what now for freedom of speech in one of asias largest democracies this is inside story. And welcome to the program. Its being described as the most severe attack on Media Freedom in the philippines president rodrigo tatty has 5 a Supreme Court petition to shut down the not Just Television network accusing a. B. S. C. B. S. Of committing what are described as highly abusive practices the National Union of journalists of the philippines protested on friday accusing the detect. Government of trying to silence critical media the tatty has repeatedly vowed to stop the Networks Operations its franchise expires on march 30th they can again report. Journalists and activists show their support at the headquarters of a. B. S. C b n in manila the leading network in the philippines faces closure after nearly