Were resuming warfare those are the words of colombias largest army who after a month long cease fire the National Liberation army says the government is willing to talk so what does that mean for peace in colombia this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im. Were talking colombia today the National Liberation army better known as the e l n says its resuming its 5 decades long armed activity after declaring a ceasefire exactly one month ago the countrys Largest Rebel Group says it agreed to a truce to alleviate the humanitarian crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic and as a gesture of peace more than 6500 people have tested positive for the virus there and nearly 300 have died but the rebels are now accusing the government of showing little or no enthusiasm for revamping the long stalled peace talks or for combating the virus the government has condemned the decision to resume its attacks colombias high commissioner for peace miguel said bio says the government demand
Summer 2018 in bogota the capital of colombia for 2 years the country has officially been at peace. There are fewer casualties the slogans of war have faded and the word peace is everywhere. Nevertheless the mood is far from euphoric. It remains unclear whether the former warring factions will have the will to follow the peace plan they laid out it was a seemingly endless war and it left people devastated. Its been over half a century since a marxist Guerrilla Group the revolutionary armed forces of colombia more far took up arms in a bitter war against the colombian state. But the full force of the conflict took its toll not only on Government Troops and the guerrilla fighters but above all on the innocent rural population the war cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and left the country with more internally displaced persons than any other it was a bloody and tragic chapter in colombias history. Ive been to colombia many times before 2 years ago i witnessed the guns go s
A general strike against the policies of president yvonne duke is right wing government. E. U. Officials have called for the closure of the camp housing migrants near the bosnian town of the hotch they say its the best way to avoid worsening an already dire humanitarian situation more than 8000 migrants are stranded in bosnia hoping to cross into the neighboring e. U. Country of croatia. Voters and are preparing to choose their next president on sunday polls suggest the candidate from the center right National Party is on course to end a decade and a half of left wing rule campaigning has centered on slowing economy and rising fears about crime this is news from berlin for more follow us on twitter at d w news or visit our website w dot com. On this day in 2005 uncle americal became germanys 1st female chancellor and over the next 14 years she survived a Global Economic collapse a refugee crisis in europe and managed to outlast at least 30 of her counterparts in the g 20 but now german
Thousands are demanding that president event do kate and his right wing government scrapped potential austerity measures. And we visit a small pacific archipelago on the cusp of becoming the worlds newest country people in the autonomys region of the gun are preparing to go to the polls to vote on their in the countries. Im on and use of thanks for joining us the leader of the ruling christian democrats here in germany has issued an ultimatum in a debate over her leadership as the city begins its anyone Party Conference and it could come con about told delegates that she was prepared to quit if they didnt back her. Took over from chancellor merkel as city leader last year but the partys popularity has plunged under her leadership and taken a hit in recent regional. Elections. She went all the way and took on the challenge after several attacks in the weeks leading up to the cd use Party Conference and. Post the big question to her Party Colleagues and leipsic. Many of them i know say i
justine greening and former us government advisor hagar chemali who now hosts the political satire series oh my world. across england, scotland and wales the biggest rail strikes in 30 years will go ahead this week after last ditch talks failed. services will run on a severely reduced timetable from this evening ahead of the national strike tomorrow. the three day walkout on tuesday, thursday and saturday will cause disruption for the whole week. the rmt union says some 50,000 railway workers are striking over pay, jobs and conditions. the secretary general of the rmt, mick lynch, warned there could be a series of strikes over the next few months. faced with such an aggressive agenda of cuts to jobs, conditions, pay and pensions, the rmt has no choice but to defend our members industrially. my message, mr speaker, to the workforce is straightforward, your union bosses have got you striking under false pretenses. both sides are miles apart on pay discussions with the union