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A looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. Hello and welcome again to rewind on the product since the launch of knowledge back in 2006 were built up a library of Award Winning films and here on rewind were very visiting some of the best of them today were reminded to 2013 when we went on the cover on a wildlife smuggling trail stretching from madagascar off the southeast coast of africa across asia to malaysia on the trail of a man known as the Pablo Escobar of reptile smuggling. Well Global Wildlife trafficking is estimated to be worth billions of dollars every year almost as lucrative as the trade and Illegal Drugs and arms a key destination for wildlife traffickers as madagascar over 90 percent of the countrys animals all found anywhere else making them a prize catch for smugglers including anson wong the man named the lizard king would jailed after a sting operation in
Djibouti. And a quarter vatican is due shortly in the philippines it could see a prominent journalist and government critic sent to jail for doing her job. Now large protests are continuing across the United States as the Fatal Police Shooting of another black man starts even more outrage following the death of george floyd body cam footage released by the Atlanta Police shows the moment that officers approached racial brooks on friday night and asked him to take a sobriety test police say a struggle broke out after he failed the test and grabbed an off his taser before he was shot the chief of police has since resigned and one officer has been fired while a makeshift memorial honoring rashad brooks has been set up at the wendys Fast Food Restaurant where that fire. It took place its led to new protests against Police Brutality in the city including the burning of the restaurants on saturday night or elsewhere larger black lives matter protests have been held in new york and los angele
Planet is facing a Climate Emergency thats the dial warning from thousands of scientists who say were not taking Climate Change seriously their report says and this week changed the way we live humanity faces untold suffering so what will it take to save the planet and World Governments and World Leaders listen to these latest warnings this is insightful. But i will come to the program im daryn jordan the world is facing a clear and existential threat a Climate Emergency thats the stark warning by a global group of 11000 scientists their report gives simple and immediate steps that could make a difference they say the Climate Crisis is accelerating faster than most scientists expected its closely linked to wealthy lifestyles and excessive consumption people must eat less meat emissions must be cut and fossil fuels replaced without action they say large areas of earth could become uninhabitable but Scientists Say there is hope and the global protest movement can bring change well lets n