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un chief until no good terrorists arrives in conflict torn central african republic he's calling for more peacekeepers on the ground but the un's legacy there is tainted by scandal. of them truly we don't know this is live from london also coming up strengthening ties the french president hosts egypt's leader abdel fattah el-sisi in paris human rights groups to brest. sending a message washington and says it's withdrawing military aid from the amar over its treatment of working journalists. and she ching peng's political thought it trying to china's constitution cementing his status as one of the most powerful leaders in the country's history.

if ever warm welcome to the program the u.n. secretary general has just touched down in central african republic his first visit there since he took office in january until now you'll get a raise says his visit is to draw attention to violence there she says is often ignored by the world's media in august the un's aid chief warned that violent clashes in the country could soon become genocide. but insert religious violence is not the only problem that thérèse has to address human rights activists say the un isn't doing enough to prosecute french soldiers who've been accused of rape and sexual abuse and for many victims the wait for justice may never end as nicholas hawk reports. the day was thirteen years old when her family took refuge by french military camp to escape the violence in her neighborhood. one of the soldiers to ask her to fetch some water inside the tent thinking she was safe she did as he asked to playing soldiers grabbed me they forced themselves inside of

me i screamed they strangled me and covered my mouth when they were done and they let me go human rights organizations believe several children both boys and girls were raped by french soldiers who were there to protect them some were forced to have sex with dogs and even took pictures of the. friends opened an investigation but prosecutors dropped the cases saying there was not enough evidence to charge the soldiers involved the french troops left in late two thousand and sixty since the violence and the displacement of people has intensified it's left to nation peacekeepers alone to bring back stability to this country with one mandate protecting the civilian population. but a un investigation revealed that some peacekeepers in central african republic are violating their mandate and sexually abusing girls danielle and not her real name says she was gang raped by three congolese peacekeepers in june. i don't feel good

i feel guilty i'm scared to talk about it i don't trust them anymore. human rights groups fear there are many cases of sexual abuse by soldiers that go unreported. the new secretary general says he has zero tolerance for abuse the u.n. is investigating cases and putting measures in place to prevent this from happening again but so far no one has been arrested or charged if countries all organizations that claim to defend human rights and rights of women on able to bring justice than this will bring irreversible damage and may break the trust people have in these organizations there's some comfort fernandez from her father it's not your fault you're not to blame he says we love you some day we will get justice egypt's president has met his french counterpart in paris where the two pledged to

strengthen economic and military ties abdel fattah el-sisi and emmanuel mccall also discussed escalating violence in libya as well as security in the middle east and missing has been heavily criticized by activist groups with protests being held reporters without borders are against france signing agreements with egypt claiming the government uses torture passes journalists and holds unfair trials david chaytor is in paris. president emanuel macro on did make it clear that the press conference after the long lunch with his adoption counterpart that he thought human rights must be protected that the fight against terrorism and the the idea to protect security inside egypt and beyond egypt had to be fought within a framework of law protecting things like the operation of non-governmental organizations protecting civic society and making sure that human rights who were suspected and he thought that the egyptian president should lead his country on the

path of this fight against terrorism within the framework of those laws and those rights but the egyptian president himself i responded by saying that his main concern was to fight what he called the proliferation of terrorism within his country he also denied that there was a an epidemic of torture by his security forces which was plainly said within the reports of the human rights watch and amnesty international at a press conference only yesterday who turned his back on the idea that there were severe abuses of human rights and he said that also human rights and egypt's also included things like having a right to education having the right to housing having the right to a job so he he turned his back slightly on what present a man you're marking was saying and it seemed to be saying that the situation within egypt is not as bad as the human rights organizations were saying so they've

signed a corporation agreement alliance between france and egypt scenes as strong as ever it must be remember of course egypt is the number one customer for france and its military industrial complex. ours is here is demanding the release of its journalist market hussein has now been imprisoned in egypt for more than three hundred days is accused of broadcasting false news to spread chaos which he and al jazeera strongly deny. has repeatedly complained of mistreatment in jail he was arrested in december while visiting his family. pakistan's prime minister has told america's top diplomat that his country is committed to what he called the war against terror u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has held talks with prime minister shaadi khan abbassi of pakistan's top military chief in islamabad tell us his visit comes just months after washington accused pakistan of helping the afghan taliban and fighters from the hakani network abbassi told to listen that his country's made progress in

fighting the region's on groups. kenya's top court is going to hear a last minute demand to suspend thursday's rerun of the presidential election it comes as kenyan police fired tear gas and warning shots to break up a good of opposition protesters in the capital nairobi activists say a free and fair election can be guaranteed after opposition leader didn't get an answer he would boycott the vote unless electoral reforms are coots in place. a two day conference is underway in sicily focusing on what's being described as the world's deadliest migrant crossing the organization for security and cooperation in europe says despite the risks people are still making the dangerous journey across the mediterranean to get to europe often overcrowded and on the stable it's more than one hundred and forty seven thousand people are thought to have crossed the mediterranean into europe so far this year. if we look at the tragic

situation in the mediterranean last year over five thousand people died or went missing in the desperate attempts to cross the mediterranean in two thousand and seventeen the death toll remained and acceptably high with almost two thousand eight hundred raked him. in addition to that nobody can say how many people died while taking the similar dangerous man route through the south against this backdrop it is clearly in the interest of all parties concerned not least of migrants themselves to prevent irregular migration well the migrant crisis restaurants or parts at least some areas on the italian island of the risks people face trying to reach a sort abdel-hamid. the landscape of some of sicily's most secluded beaches is changing since the middle of the summer there are more and more abandoned boats coming from across the mediterranean. is an environmentalist who

now spends his time documenting their arrivals of these migrant boats. ninety nine percent of the boats arrive those on board are mainly north africans so they are economic migrants who have no chance of getting residency that's why they arrive in this way that it want to be recognized we know little about them and they have total freedom here. eighty boats are now stranded here including this one that could have never made it across the sea alone authorities suspect a larger mothership somewhere at sea this patching migrants in smaller numbers people here call these the goes boat it takes twenty four hours from the minute they leave tunisia to when they're arriving here in sicily and during that time these boats go completely undetected the minute they're arriving on shore the people on board this person as quickly as possible and nobody knows how many they

are who they are where they come from or where they're going to. this is the usual pattern running along the beach towards the hills and from there onward to the mainland aulus trying to evade security forces but with little or no control there is concern that i still could be using this route to infiltrate europe i think it's . quite possible that these fighters will go somewhere either they will go home or they will go elsewhere i think the better be attentive law enforcement agents will have to cope with this specific challenge and that's a huge challenge there is no doubt about it security is also a concern for people like capello who lives near to beach and often sees groups of migrant walk by her home and most of it it's very worrying there are more and more people should be doing background checks to identify them the revival of the

tunisian route came after italy and libya reach an agreement to stem departures from the libyan coast underlying the challenge for europe to face smugglers who continuously adapt to new realities on the ground but of the sicily. still to come on the program russia rocks the un from extending an investigation into one of syrians deadliest chemical attacks. and bringing music to the masses the american orchestra that's hitting all of the right notes. with. with. hello there there's plenty of fine settled weather to be found across the southeastern parts of china at the moment the winds are all feeding down from the north so it's not feeling too hot and we're looking at a maximum in shanghai of around twenty one degrees and for us in hong kong around

twenty eight when you draw i way they hear that a little bit further towards the west we are seeing more clouds around the province that will be thick enough to give us a few showers and it looks like the wetter weather will turn increasingly heavy as we head through the day on thursday meanwhile if we had out towards the west and we've still got the monsoon with us in the southern parts of india but it's fairly subdued at the moment so there's no really a great deal of cloud showing up on our satellite picture the cloud is all being reserved for sri lanka here now over the next day or so we are going to see the showers begin to come back again so expect more of them over the southern parts of india and again over sri lanka and no massive change as we head through thursday so still rather showery here towards the north a fine and settled for us and it's also going to be dry for most of us in bangladesh as it should be across many parts of pakistan as well kwacha there getting to around thirty two degrees in the sunshine i mean while towards the west and here in doha we're all noticing that it's not as hot as it was the temperatures are gradually easing so we're expecting

a maximum of around thirty three or thirty four and at night we're down to twenty six. with. short films of hope and inspiration. a series of. stories that highlight the human triumph against the odds. al-jazeera selects at this time.

to remind of our top stories here on al-jazeera the united nations secretary general antonio good terraces arrived in central african republic for a four day visit the supervising efforts to keep the peace between rival factions roughly split between the christian and muslim populations. the french and egyptian government supplied sr and then their economic and military ties during a visit to paris by president abdel fatah el-sisi. its ally is hosting a two day conference to find solutions to europe's ongoing refugee crisis officials meeting in palermo sicily often the first port of call for those making a desperate journey from north africa. that russia has blocked the u.n. from extending an investigation into one of syria's deadliest chemical attacks at least eighty three people including children were killed in a suspected chemical attack on the rebel held town of qom she could in northwestern

syria in april while u.n. war crimes investigators said they had evidence that syrian government forces were behind it let's go live now to michaela who's at the u.n. headquarters in new york i there mike so what's the significance of this decision. but what has happened is that that attack that you referred to in kind of shaken happened earlier this year that is due to be dealt with in a report presented by the joint investigative mission on thursday that will report will be delivered to the security council what's been happening in the security council session is that the u.s. and ten other members of the security council want the mandate of the gym renewed that is expiring on november the seventeenth but the russians along with bolivia and along with two members abstaining say that they first want to hear the report before extending jim's mandate for another year so it's something of

a technical hold up but at the same time it's very much a power play between the u.s. which once the mandate renewed before the report comes out because the u.s. ambassador has alleged that russia's reaction to the report will depend will define its action in whether or not extends jims mandate so the situation is that the investigative mechanism looking at chemical weapons attacks in syria will continue probably its mandate has until november the seventeenth russia says it wants to hear the report in forty eight hours time book all renewing the mandate the u.s. once it to happen now the security council refused to pass a resolution because of the russian veto importantly to this is the ninth time russia has vetoed a resolution involving syria since the civil war began in two thousand and eleven and i can in their life that from the u.n. mike thank you. the chinese president's name and ideology have been added to the

constitution cementing his status as one of the most powerful leaders in decades the announcement was made on the final day of the communist party conference a vote to establish thought on socialism as one of the country's guiding principles means that any move to challenge him will not be seen as a threat to communist party rule she has steadily increased his grip on power since becoming leader twenty twelve. from. the chinese people in the chinese nation embrace brilliant prospects and a bright future living in such a great era we are all the more confident and proud and also feel the heavy weight of responsibility upon us so we must have the courage and resolve to build on the historic achievements made by the chinese people under the leadership of the chinese communists generation after generation and create new accomplishments befitting of this great park and stride forward to an ever promising future. where thomas has more now from beijing. after their week long kong these are the members

of the communist party pouring out of the great hole of the people behind me getting onto buses and to go back and spread the message of a china what is that message that's come out of this congress. that president is an absolute control. only his name going to be in shrine into the communist party's constitution that was confirmed on his. he's also stamped his authority on the personnel in the hall there was a seventy percent in the membership of the central committee of the communist party the four hundred members of that the overwhelming majority of the new appointees officially elected and appointed his. supporters on wednesday will find out the membership has been. on the seven member standing committee again we can expect to see for. the next five years will be absolutely he's new

era as he states the specifics well this congress was very light. but this will be she's a hero so an important time perhaps to take stock look at where she has come from. the really. turns and the man he is today. when she's paying waved in liang jai ho in the early one nine hundred seventy s. it was a rural village where people lived in caves and in poverty now people riding on electric shuttle buses most villagers have left their home turned into an open air tribute museum honoring the man who's now president. some very young tell a sanitized version of the she story what he learned here what he did here and how loved he was visitors see the bed in which those flea infested she is said to have slept they hear how he built downers and duck wells most groups are brought here by

communist party workers and photographed in front of she's wise words. sheeting ping was born the son of a senior communist party member in beijing but in one hundred sixty nine his father fell out of favor the family was banished by chairman mao during the cultural revolution at fifteen she was sent to remotely young guy her he spent seven years farming in fertile land living and working alongside some of the poorest people in china they were his formative years she became a leader of the local branch of the communist party he'd go on to more senior roles all over china until becoming president five years ago she never forgot her returning for a visit to years ago the village has become an important part of who he is the president with the common touch i surveyed had done happy and excited this is where uncle she started his long march all his hard work began here the official she

story one of hard work on a state innovation and empathy means the president sounds authentic when he demands those qualities of party members and of the chinese at large this is essential thing park extension of the shooting ping brand what these people have come to see for themselves is the setting for a story that hundreds of millions of chinese people are reading about daily in state media and learning about in schools at the entrance to the enjoy her workers are expanding the car park and building a grant ticket whole two and a half thousand people already visit every day but a lot more expected for many years to come after thomas al-jazeera liang jaya her central china. the hong kong democracy activist joshua wall has vowed to continue his struggle against what he's calling authoritarian rule in china while miss

fellow campaign and nathan law been granted bail while they appeal against their sentences for inciting illegal assembly in twenty fourteen they took part in a demonstration which helped spark hong kong pro-democracy umbrella movement. the u.s. says it's considering sanctions against me and most top military officials over there targeting a range of muslims washington also says it's withdrawing military aid from me and army units officers involved in the violence and once allies senior security officials to attend u.s. sponsored events the un has accused ban was army of ethnic cleansing the military denies the claims. well as the hinge a crisis deepens international humanitarian groups and aid organizations in bangladesh assembling the alarm bells and asking the international community for more help to force. in cox's a bizarre the lines for food and other forms of aid distribution only get longer.

with more than six hundred thousand room him to refugees having fled to bangladesh from me and more since late august and already dire situation grows more critical by the day on monday at a pledging conference for the or him to refugee crisis at the united nations in geneva the hope was to raise at least four hundred thirty four million dollars there was a new refugee situation clearly represents a humanitarian situation that currently cries out the loudest for help by day's end it was announced that international donors had pledged a total of three hundred forty four million dollars funding u.n. officials say will be used for medicine water food and more let me also as i think we should all do join you in thanking bangladesh. and their leadership of its prime minister for having given an example to the whole

world. of. keeping board there's open to a population affected by very serious violations of human rights and protection issues officials in bangladesh have called the situation untenable. just one of the reasons why bangladeshi n.g.o.s are calling on the united nations and other international aid agencies to utilize them or in their response to the crisis all right but we need that there in war rockall is local and walls were there but it's on the label but if you listen. then. there's a way we will kill and this is what it was does but it will. still be hard. as conditions at makeshift camps for hinder refugees have gone from bad to worse bangladesh's government has been searching for solutions one proposal that has been floated would entail moving the refugees to

a camp that would be built on an island off the coast of bangladesh but even in its early stages many don't see this idea as viable though the island is not to their level so until the the place is not suitable for them we can not use them in their t.v.'s because they have their own turf we have to consider their choice but for now it is basic shelter and supplies that are needed most as the exodus continues more aid is finally arriving but far more will be needed mohammed and his ear. palestinians in gaza now have a choice of mobile phone networks after a second palestinian provider was given permission to launch their israel had been refusing to allow palestinian equipment into gaza as well as refusing to issue palestinian licenses but it's bogus myth reports three g. services are still only in the strip through israeli war while firms in the

palestinian territories just like anywhere else in the world you will find people. in mobile phones but here it's because they're usually waiting for something to happen because in gaza around the occupied west bank they only have access to slow two g. technology it's taken eleven years of negotiations with the israelis for the palestinians to be allowed access to three g. technology and that equipment has only just started arriving in the west bank it hasn't been allowed into garza so while in gaza the arrival of a new mobile phone operator is welcome it should bring charges down for people who really want is access to high speed internet on their mobile phones and in the gap in the market that's been left the israeli companies have slipped in with their three and four g. technology because while i'm not licensed to operate in the occupied palestinian territories of course the signals drift across on the world bank estimates that those israeli companies have taken a twenty percent market share from the palestinian companies at

a cost to the palestinian economy of hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue. and i truly experiencing the work of music's grand my stores like mozart bach while they're usually involves a trip to massive concert halls and sixty four piece orchestras is relaxing for some but for many it wasn't quite the way notes in the u.s. a minimalist orchestra wants to change that gave elizondo explains. the flowing musical composition emanating from an orchestra but here they're taking classical music out of the concert halls to reach new audiences they're called pegasus and they play all the classics but differently instead of dozens of musicians in a philharmonic orchestra on this night they play with only six instead of long performances in front of a crowd in formal attire they play for only an hour in

a more casual setting. the foundering composer of the group made his debut at carnegie hall when he was seventeen but now is trying to make music written hundreds of years ago relevant today. classical music i feel like it's you know really is timeless so if it's presented the right way it should be able to risk just about anyone no matter of their age their their ethnicity their background you know if they don't need to have education they just need to be exposed to. the. it's not only how they play that's different it's where they play as well far away from their traditional venues for classical music instead here at a place called the monarch contemporary it used to be an industrial warehouse it's been converted into a modern space for music art and culture. all of the musicians are accomplished in

their own right and have played in famous menus in front of big crowds but most like japanese violinist aiko kano say they like the more intimate surroundings i absolutely love it because it's the concert like experience should be like. energy exchange between form us and audience and then unfortunately in the big call it's like you're up there and then they're up here so it's it's very much it's. big music lovers to classical orchestra traditions. tradition sally. santo. the city.

a quick reminder now of our main headlines on al-jazeera the united nations secretary general antonio good terraces arrived in central african republic for a four day visit he supervising efforts to keep the peace between rival factions roughly split between christian and muslim populations. egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi and french president a man will not call have affirmed their economic and military cooperation during cc's visit to paris it will says without borders are against france signing agreements with sisi citing evidence of torture and repression by his regime the french president said the leaders have common goals. you can bargain live on the first bottle that we have to give aid to fight against terrorism egypt like france has been suffering in the last few years and president c.c. and security forces have to cope with the scourge because their security is also

our security. a two day conference is underway in sicily focusing on what's described as the world's deadliest migrant crossing the organization for security and cooperation in europe says despite the risks people are still making the dangerous journey across the mediterranean to get to europe it's estimated about one hundred forty seven thousand people of crossed the mediterranean so far this year. russia has vetoed a u.n. proposal to extend investigations into the use of chemical weapons in syria the oversight mechanism was created in twenty fifteen and extended last year but it expires in the wimber eleven countries backed the proposal china abstained. in china she ging ping's name and ideology have been added to the constitution cementing his status as one of the country's most powerful leaders in decades the announcement was made on the final day of the communist party conference the vote to establish cheese thought on socialism as one of the country's guiding principles

is likely to mean that any move to challenge she personally will be seen as a threat communist party who. to hong kong democracy activists have been granted bail while they appeal their convictions for inciting an illegal assembly joshua wang and nathan law say they'll continue to fight what they call china's forests here in. europe today those are your stories next up a.j. select sports.