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>> and breathing new life into the eastern pacific grey whales - the mammals alliance on the mexican coast. >> we start with controversy surrounding the 20th anniversary of the rwandan genocide. france pulled out of the commemorations after rwandan president paul kagame accused it of the killings, he said: >> in a moment we'll speak live to our correspondent in marijuana, but first this

repo report. >> when rwanda's genocide began, this person had been working at the french cultural center for years. he, his wife and children sought refuge there, sending the rest of his family to stay with relatives. he said he helped french officials in vain. >> we were evacuated to nairobi. my oldest daughter, mother, sister, brother, brother-in-law, my nieces and nephews were exterminated. >> like men rwandan tutsis paris was in denial. paris was there under a united nations mandate, 11 weeks after they started. some rue wandans accused -- rwandans accused the french of rape and participating.

that has been denied. the most common is that they offered protection to the houthi militia. the general in charge said it's nonsense. the french are the only ones with a few african states who dared to go there. whereas the other imaginations did nothing. france can be proud of the intervention, which saved tens of thousands of lives. there's still an open wound - the presence on french soil of the killings. pascal was gaoled for 25 years for crimes against humanity. pascal simbikangwa lawyers helped to bring charges against 20 other suspects. he said the legal system has been too slow to act. >> france didn't want to challenge the political vision. it translated into french

transparency. they sought refuge in france. >> the ongoing investigations may offer a form of hope for the relatives of the victims of the genocide. some say what france is doing is too little and too late. >> in 2010 nicolas sarkozy was the first french president to visit since the good afternoon side. saying the international community, including france was guilty of errors which prevented us seeing or stopping this appalling crime. others say it's too early for france to turn the page on the event that happened 20 years ago. >> one in five rwandans died. the two have seen rapid population growth. for the generation after the atrocities, they are learning from the past. >> this man was only three when

houthi militia killed parents and three older brothers. neighbours save this woman's life and her younger brother by hiding them. at 23 she doesn't dwell on the past. >> i want to move on with my life. i don't want to no this is tutee and this is houthi. in this period i feel like painting. i know i don't have parents, they have been killed. but i don't really want to focus on that. that's why hopps of rwanda are pegged on the young people. every month they are happy to discuss issues that expect them. e-, patriotic moving the country forward. >> the youth are important. for them it looks at future. first of all, they are not so much tied to their past, iraq

the older generation. in schools, the history of genocide is a mandatory part of the curriculum. every child born after the mass anger knows what happened. >> these children know all about the history of their country, about the genocide, what caused it. they know about the importance of reconciliation and the power of tribal divisions. many saying this is crucial, ensuring what happened in 1994 never happiness again. the boys say talking about the genocide helps to make it more reel, and not something that happened a long time ago. >> we talked about the fears of 1994 and all the bad things that happened. >> that message is one that they

constantly mass on. a hutu protected his wife from killers by bribing them. he was sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing others. >> i tell them we are all the same. that we cannot exist. look at that now. >> if he grew up being reminded by parents, neighbours and the government. they want is different clemency. >> they are at a church where 600,000 roou wandance are killed. >> firstly, how are people there feel about the president's comments about france. and france's decision to pull out of the commemorations now. >> i must tell you the

relationship between france and rwanda has been complicated. it's not the first time they were accused of complicity. there has been accusations of before, rwanda has accused friends of providing arms, accusations that some elements within france provided military advice. advice to the gym in the months. there are many suspected master minds escaping to france after the genocide. they were given free pass. they had been trying over the years to be extradited so they could be tried. people are happy about the conviction last month of pascal simbikangwa, 25 years in prison for crimes against humanity.

what they want is more, they want the truth, who was involved at the highest level, and really they feel that they deserve to know the truth. >> and how about the reconciliation process that has been underway. has that been successful so far? >> yes. that is very important question. it's a big question, how do you reconcile communities that went through so much torture and stress, how do you reconcile the communities. there has been tremendous progress in this front. community meetings that happen in the villages. people have projects with hewitt yis get together, farming

projects and to put it in persective more than 6,000 were killed. it's a memorial where people, relatives come to pay release. at the far end there's unknown victims, there's coffins of people killed in the region. they have nowhere else to go. that is a big achievement. what they are telling me is that four - for full trust for rwanda to ignite. people born after the generations hold the key to uniting rwanda in the future. >> thank you katherine soy joining us there. thank you. >> israeli-palestinian negotiators are due to resume talks on sunday.

israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu says he's prepared to continue peace negotiations, but not at any price. u.s. brokered talks have been thrown into turmoil after israel stalled on a planned release of prisoners, it was after the palestine leadership sought greater recognition at the united nations. >> one of the matters is to draw conclusions. part of what happened in the past few months was negotiations between us and the united states, let's with the palestinians. the american involvement was intensive. >> u.s. president barack obama congratulated afghanistan on saturday's landmark presidential election. afghan leaders praised the turn out describing the vote as a success. 7 million cast their ballots despite threats of attack. vote counting is underway, but it may be weeks before the results are known. >> voting is underway for

hungary's elections. viktor orban seen here casting hits ballot is popular with many for stabilizing public finances and cutting electricity and gas bills. opinion polls suggest viktor orban and his ultra conservative party will take half of all vote. >> prime minister viktor orban ran a carefully orchestrated campaign. he commands the biggest majority of any e.u. leader. his party is almost certain to win a certain landslide. >> when viktor orban was elected four years ago he signalled change, particularly after eight years of left-wing conservatives. his critics accuse him of

introducing right-wing policies and making hungary an autocratic state. >> the former prime minister, leader of the left-wing coalition is a big critic. >> you have to decide if you want to be for the people or the government. i go for the people. the government has to be controlled, not the people. >> viktor orban's sway over the media and rewriting the constitution to strengthsen state power has raised concerns in europe, with boroughsless accusing -- brussels accusing them of failing democratic standard. >> the ruling party has brought down unemployment rates by forcing people into communal labour labo labour. atilla is a sound engineer. >> i don't earn enough for a

living. >> he now swoops the streets. viktor orban may have critics, but he's valued to keep a grip and steer the country to the right. the ultra nationalist party is on the verge of becoming the main opposition. >> his future depends on finding a middle ground. >> still to come on al jazeera, nervous neighbours, fears in georgia. the annexation of crimea. plus, new voting machines are tested as india prepares for the election. and some of the world's determined runners take on the marathon in the sahara desert. 

>> good to have you with us. these are the top stories on al jazeera. france pulled out of commemorations to mark the 20th anniversary of complicity in the kill understandings. 800,000 roou wandas, mainly tutsis were killed. >> binyamin netanyahu says he will continue peace negotiations. not at any pride. talks as oucial continue. hungaria hungarians going to the ballot.

it's suggested that the ultra conservative party of viktor orban will take half of all votes. [ ♪ music ] >> well, india starts boating on monday in what will be the largest election in the world. poland has been divided into nine stages and will take six weeks. we are in the nearby state of asam where final preparations are under way. >> that streaky noises are the electronic voting machines tested. this is where the ballot journey begins. hundreds of officials gather before taking them to their home. the election is saying this will be the first voting will be cast by the machines. it will be the first one voting for half a million voters.

it really is a fraction of the one million new voters around the country, 100 million in all. the election commission hired a vidy ogg raffer. making sure the election code of conduct follows. they are there to make sure everyone stays on budgets. monday's vote is the first of nine phases accumulating on may 12th. a few days later the votes from the machines will be counted and the election will be decided. >> ukraine's arseniy yatsenyuk is threatening legal action against russia over the rising price of natural gas. the rate is knouble what ukraine currently pays. russia's gazprom owes

$1.7 million in unsettled deck. . >> translation: the russian government and gazprom declares ukraine has to by almost $500 per cubic metre. it's not economic but political. russia didn't invade ukraine by physical aggression, but are attempt to do it via economic. >> many in georgia are worried that moscow will undermine the country's plans to seek an n.a.t.o. membership as if seeks closer ties with the west. >> close to the borders of turkey and armenia. once home to a strategic base, it's a place of pride.

this town has an armenian majority. activists say locals feel cut off from george yax. >>. >> translation: always motivating people to learn georgian to be more integrated. >> this region is a mixed town. this man, an ethnic armenian, say his loyalties lie with georgia. >> translation: my grandfather was born here, so was my father and son. we are citizens of this country. >> the muslim population here was (ported. this country overlooking the city with the mosque and church is a great example of the multi-ethnic society. that diversity though it could be a strength has been one of the greatest vul ner eighties. -- vulnerabilities. following conflicts russian

forces control 20% of recognised georgian territory. armenian - russia's strategic partner, lies to the south. some fear russia may seek to destabilize the area, put its forces there and split georgia in half. georgia wants closer ties with the west. could moscow exploit grievances to stop that happening. >> because of the political crisis with russia people started talking about the possibility of losing the area. it's emotional fears linked to the past. russia's last outpost was abandoned in 2010. russian troops might return seems far-fetched. event in ukraine are having far-reaching consequences. and creating uncertainty. georgians may need to do more to

keep their country united. >> australian search teams say they are encouraged by the discovery of signals in the southern yegs. they are urging caution much there's no confirmation that the signals are connected to the missing airlines jet. >> this morning we were contacted by the chinese authorities and advised that "haixun 01"had, late yesterday after noon, redetected the signals for 90 seconds, within two kilometres of the detection. this is an important and encouraging lead. one which i urge you to treat carefully. obviously we take any reported leads in the search seriously. that's why today royal australian air force assets will

deploys to examine the signals in the vicinity of where the chinese ship detected the sound. >> egypt's prime minister met in a prove since after fighting between families in aswan city. >> al jazeera is demanding the release of its journalist who have been imprisoned in egypt for 99 days. the trial of peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy, and mohammed badr have been adjourned until 10th april. they are falsely accused of providing a platform for the outlaweded muslim brotherhood. a fourth abdullah al-shami has been imprisonmented without trial since august. after 76 days of a hunger strike, his health is deteriorating. >> now the gruelling race has start in the moroccan sahara

desert, where runners take on the dunes, sand. terrain varies from salt pans and rocky plateaus to sand dunes. there are six stages. the fourth is the toughest, 80km, and must be completed in 48 hours. >> an italian competitor was lost, discovered nine days later, 300km off course. al jazeera's andy richardson spoke to two competitors before starting the race, and asked them why they are taking part? >> it's a good question. i have asked it to a number of people. for every runner, it's an inspiring story. worrying stories in the lead. no one has got lost. two gentlemen here now is making a debut. they'll hope to get through in

one piece. >> ted jackson - we start with ted. you appear to dressed as the devil. >> i found out my race number, and i was 666. so i thought i would have to by red gear. it's helping to promote the charity. >> we like to do extreme adventures. we ran a marathon. i thought why not come to plus 40. we carry everything we need to stif. >> what are the tensions have you in there? >> essentially food. it's a big issue. we have enough food to last for seven days. i'm going light. we have the kit, asleeping bag.

>> over there, you're racing in your first marathon. how are you feeling - adrenaline, nrves? >> i feel all the above. i want to get out and run the dunes. >> what are your fears about the day ahead. >> it's the climbs in the dune. it's the weight of the pack. >> when you carry the pack,s it makes a massive difference. i haven't done much myself. >> once hunted to extinction. the grey whale is back from the brink, thanks to the local community. david mercer, a breeding ground in ba ha california.

>> power and graus in motion. a grey whale surfaces in the worm waters off the mexican ba ha peninsula. a chal travels here to give birth. scientists have been coming here for decades to study them. the st. ignacio lagoon offers the ideal water textures. it's important for the young whales because predators such as orc orcas and sharks don't enter the water. >> the same isolation kept the communities who lived here in poverty. because of the whales, that's starting to change. locals used to fear the whales

and refer to them as devil fish. over the years more and more tourists came to see the greys and with it local attitudes began to change. fishermen have never looked back. >> translation: many people make their living from the whales. men and women work in kitchens, shuttle drivers, cleaners, lots of things. >> it's a relationship that means thousands of people are able to glimpse through a window where whales up to 15 metres long offer themselves up to be touched by human hands. for many tourists it's a once in a life-time opportunity. >> it's something amazing and beautiful. they seem to come out of nowhere. it's so friendly. >> this year there were more grey whales to see, with scientists reporting a 50% increase over last year. a return from the brink of

extinction based in part a new-found appreciation of the giants. >> well, that story and the rest of the day's news, including more on the top story of 20 years since the rwandan genocide all on the website. >> richard trumka president of the afl coy, representing 12,000 workers, a long time low. trumka says the workers need a better deal. >> we've given with our wages, we've given with our jobs, we've given with our homes. >> you can't look and say it's the president's fault. he's tried. now would i