for years japanese have gone into countries force for what they call. green or forest baby thirteen years ago dr levy was one of the first to conduct research on forced bathing he concluded that the essential oils the trees produce to protect themselves from germs and bugs can boost the human immune system what a lot of find aside or essential oil is found in the forest my research has shown that forest trying to size reduces stress hormones and relaxes us in the future the time may come when doctors prescribe the forest instead of medicine. oh. lebanon's prime minister arrives in paris as the french try to mediate the crisis in his country.

coming up. a major protest is underway in the zimbabwean capital against president robert mugabe as pressure grows into step down . and they've lost their family their homes and now they're being pushed out of the camps we speak to sierra leone's mudslide survivors. the evidence prime minister saad hariri has arrived in paris two weeks after suddenly announcing his resignation in the saudi capital mr hariri landed in the french capital early on saturday morning he resigned in riyadh on november the fourth saying he feared for. his life and blaming iran for setting tension in the

region is too weak say in the saudi kingdom to suggestions that he was under house arrest we'll have reports now from correspondents ones in lebanon the others in france we'll hear from. beirut in a moment first let's go to natasha who's in paris what do we expect to come from the talks being held between saad hariri and the french president emmanuel macro. well i think everybody will be looking at that meeting between hariri and a bit later very closely because here is arrival in paris is just another twist in this rather extraordinary political crisis because when he arrived at airport just north of the capital earlier today he was only with his wife he wasn't with his children as expected now he has three children one of them studies in london and

came to paris on friday evening but the other two have stayed behind in riyadh and that has caused some commentators to say that perhaps hariri is not as free of his actions and movements as it might have been thought if his children were are able to leave now we have no confirmation no information as to why his children stayed behind perhaps we might get the answers to some of those questions a bit later when hariri arrives here at the least say in paris for that meeting with the president it is a lunchtime meeting we don't know whether or not the two will make any declaration after the president it will certainly put him perhaps in something of an awkward position because he was certainly expecting to be greeting the whole of her airis family been very busy in this crisis leading mediating mediation efforts we've seen him in the grounds of sort of shuttle diplomacy over the last few weeks and. it is something of a victory

a success politically speaking but he's been able to invite a really great except to make it very clear indeed. it is only a friendly gesture and in fact just on friday michael said that he expects to ready to return to beirut in the coming days and weeks all right thanks for that. live in paris. in the lebanese capital beirut what difference does it make the fact that hariri has turned up in paris along with his wife but without to his children what difference does this make to the overall situation. well it doesn't put to rest the speculation because many lebanese including the president believe that his had allowed in his family who were being held hostage they were detained in in riyadh over the past two weeks and there is also a belief here that he was actually forced to resign his resignation speech was

written by the saudi authorities and there's also a lot of speculation and when and if the prime minister will be returning to lebanon and now we are getting word that he will be here on wednesday that had e.d. held phone conversations with the president of the country michel aoun and the speaker of parliament nabih berri and he told them that he will be here on wednesday there are independence day celebrations but the question is in what capacity is he going to be here is he going to arrive in beirut hand in the resignation and attend these celebrations as a caretaker prime minister or is he going to withdraw his resignation he did suggest in the an interview a few days ago that he could withdraw the resignation of hezbollah fulfills the saudi demands to this in gauge itself from regional conflicts particularly from yemen which is unlikely to happen and hezbollah unlikely to heed that call so we still don't know in what capacity is going to attend those celebrations but now we're getting confirmation from the prime minister himself that he will be in beirut on wednesday and what material difference can the french intervention

actually make to the crisis that is affecting lebanon. well yes the french mediated in this crisis was only after it received european backing lebanon has really reached out to european countries as foreign minister on a european tour and we heard the word stability we want lebanon to remain stable and we want to return to lebanon to carry out his duties europe is quite worried i mean we're talking about failed states in the region another failed state lebanon will cause even more instability in their countries and the foreign minister kept on using the cart of the refugees the syrian refugees saying we have one point five million refugees here what happens if if this the country is destabilized if there is a war where these people are going to go so lebanon really exerting a lot of pressure on saudi arabia this is the feeling here but the crisis is no way over because lebanon is at the center of the saudi iranian rivalry and saudi

arabian officials making it very clear that they intend to push ahead against iran policies against iran and they were hoping that they could start in lebanon by targeting its proxy in lebanon hezbollah now we have to wait to see tomorrow when the arab league foreign ministers meet a meeting that was called for by saudi arabia saudi arabia wants to talk about iranian interference in the arab world there is a split in the arab world it's not clear if you know harsh condemnations will result from this meeting but definitely saudi arabian officials making it very clear they're not going to stop until they are able to curb iranian influence in the region but the biggest question is what tools those that have to achieve this all right for now the center hard to live in beirut thank you. let's go to the zimbabwean capital now because a huge crowd is gathering they marching in opposition to president robert mugabe. now the march was called by the influential war veterans association and the ruling

zana p.f. party supporters all the party traveled to harare from across. the country the president his losses in support days off of the only seize power. is a correspondent there in harare her. the. writing. and here are some of the. was and everything else was a lot of people. came to one particular case. the e i was. all

right we seem to have lost the sound of the connection with her room. who is speaking to people as she can see that thousands and thousands and thousands of people are assembling there in the center of harare the zimbabwean capital to protest against the continued presence of president robert mugabe so that's the situation there the members since we get some sound back we'll try and get back to her room a toss a correspondent there. but we've got a lot more to come here at al-jazeera including. russia is wasting our time a second veto in today's russia block the u.n. resolution which would have extended the investigation into his behind chemical attacks in syria. hundreds of innovative designs compete to be named best building in the world for twenty seventeen.

hello there first of all then let's check on our tropical storm you can see it on the satellite picture is this blob of cloud here is gradually tracking its way towards the west and already it started raining for some of us along the coast there in viet nam now this system is only moving very slowly i don't think it's going to reach the coast until often midnight g.m.t. on sunday so that means it's going to be around midday local time and when it reaches us it's going to give us a very very heavy rains but i don't think the winds will be too much of a problem i think they'll be around ninety kilometers per hour when it makes landfall but the amount of rain could well give us an issue with flooding over the next day or so eventually as we head into monday it will begin to trek away towards the north still behind it there's likely to be quite a bit of cloud and quite

a few showers around elsewhere you see plenty of showers as you'd expect at this time of year and some of them are currently proving quite a long way south so we've seen quite a few of them around java jakarta catching quite a lot and i'm towards australia you can see this system here that's giving us a lot of thunder lightning at the moment and lots of heavy rain too slowly the system will begin to lose its intensity as we head through the day on sunday things will begin to dry up here but not that will sydney only getting to around twenty three degrees towards the west also a little bit cooler for now force in perth will see twenty two. on counting the cost of venezuela in default as the oil rich country fails to pay its debt well look at what a messy financial an unraveling could mean for starving people lebanon's economy is getting squeezed plus why zimbabweans are buying bitcoins counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. also see this is the opportunity to understand the story in the

very different way where they're before something happens and we don't leave. the reminders the top stories here it out to zero lebanon's prime minister saad hariri has arrived in paris two weeks after suddenly announcing his resignation in the saudi capital his stay in the kingdom prompted suggestions he was under house arrest which hariri denies there is children remain in saudi arabia a huge crowd is gathering in zimbabwe's capital in opposition to president mugabe the protest was called by the influential war veterans association and the ruling

zanu p.f. party pressure is mounting on the president to step down days after the only sees. a u.n. team investigating the use of chemical weapons in syria has been disbanded after russia vetoed a resolution to extend its mission diplomatic editor james spader's has the latest from the u.n. in new york bieber of the draft resolution contained in document two thousand and seventeen slash nine seven zero please raise the hand those against. it seems this was the moment that investigations into who carried out chemical attacks in syria ended an eleventh russian veto on the side of the assad government leading to this angry rebuke from the u.s. ambassador in a world in which the council's time and attention could be productively devoted to one hundred different things russia is wasting our time conflicts are raging outlaw

states are acquiring nuclear weapons the human dignity of millions is violated every day brutal regimes are using chemical weapons on their own people this was russia's reply new war a berlin you're so worried about an extension of the gym's mandate for us is possible only a fundamental flaws in its work are rectified this was probably the last chance to save the international investigation tasked with working out who was responsible for chemical attacks in syria but it follows two rival resolutions both voted on on thursday both of which failed to pass. they have been frantic negotiations have a sense to save the syrian investigation known as the joint investigation mechanism or in un speak the gym ambassador to the gym be safe absolutely to be frank i don't think so. but then much so that the gym is dead. i

think it was that yesterday with u.n. officials including the secretary general have been following the negotiations closely the secretary general kimmitt jim be saved. the trying to solve the problem . they failed and although some are calling for further negotiations many diplomats believe that the investigation mechanism created by the security council has now effectively come to an end there are implications for the wider fight against weapons of mass destruction and possible repercussions for the political talks on syria due to start in geneva in just over a week james zero at the united nations. are we going to go back to harare now the zimbabwean capital and see if we can hear more from our correspondent hiram a tosser who is there in the midst of what is going to be one of the largest

protests the zimbabwean capital has seen for a long time hiring the kids extraordinary you think being in the right people seeing this moment if the thousands of people out here right now we have to be fake it's not human and people like me reading this is independent they forcibly and here are some of them could hear the noise a lot of people behind and finding media was. out of. the. president. and i have. having. our. day our very everybody went right to vote with their britain when it was coming and

it. was a really good. night if i can he. was saying that the how to find the president. and tell her clearly there is straight is a very high indeed but what do you know about the status of the negotiations about the position of the president. running away from the on never happy to the. way that progress is being made and people should just be patient the army also told them to happen mission to come on to day and know that they want to. live on either now or when the moment when you present. a lot of people hoping it will be. maybe a little bit late for the people on the street they got emotional and that the

general general doing a command that they say the banking bringing them on the street they think he's the one who have never right. with the military including was. horrifying here for that herman as i say in the midst of a very lively gathering of zimbabweans who are rather keen to see the back of president robert mugabe has been at the helm of course is the southern african country the thirty seven. now after being completely sealed off since august the rough a border crossing from gaza into egypt has reopened obit temporarily reffer is meant to offend indefinitely as part of a palestinian reconciliation deal brokered by egypt. camps for survivors of sierra leone's mudslide that killed hundreds in august being shut down leaving many with nowhere to go the government wants to move the homeless to

a thousand new homes that are currently being built but construction is far from complete nina divvies has more from freetown. this is where hundreds of survivors have been living since their homes were destroyed from the mudslide they killed at least five hundred people sally foreigners husband was one of them he drowned after saving her their children and his mother she worries about how she will manage once the camp's close. i'm going to i don't snore i know my arts is hurting my own is going on and i have kids to look after is going to help me. relatives are trying to help her locate a house but she also worries she would not be able to afford it sara lee his government is giving the displays cash compensation almost seven hundred us dollars for each family but there's concern over whether they will actually get everything promised well not. right now we're just sitting here and no money i have nothing

yet authorities say the camps are officially closed now the process of moving people out though will take time they say they will not tell anyone to leave until they have their compensation. because that's what everybody. across the board. i would think. would give them what. construction no homes for the mudslide victims is underway on the outskirts of the capital freetown but there's been some obstacles the time we started the project was only. there are so many challenges because you have to. decide. this is a plan now is to have everything ready by the end of this month the future homes are being built here some are two bedrooms and some are three bedrooms each home have a living. as well as an outdoor kitchen and toilet a church a mosque are also being built and an orphanage block an orphanage was one of the buildings destroyed in the mudslides three months ago hundreds of children also

lost parents of the disaster the government says it will build an additional one thousand homes for those affected meanwhile activists are questioning why the mudslides even happened they are calling for a public inquiry we need to know not just the joy jus logic and scientific explanations we need to know who are responsible for the kids in these lines we need to know what the people. who look at all scientists building. back in the camp sally says she's still nervous about what the future holds a sentiment thought by many here the need to freeze freetown sierra leone. cambodian journalists have been charged with espionage in the latest government crackdown prime minister hun sen and his allies in the judiciary have been cracking down on critics the main opposition party was dissolved this week the two journalists who work for u.s. funded radio free asia are accused of supplying information to a foreign state concern is one of the world's longest serving leaders he's been

prime minister since nine hundred eighty five. protests in mexico say the north american free trade agreement has undermined their rights they demonstrated in mexico city where representatives of the u.s. canada or mexico and again changes to the after deal trade unions say it benefits corporations at the expense of workers. you know spent more you three years. now. conditions how much your workers yes but when you three years of driving down the standard of measurement problem workers in canada united states so hard how the workers and care of the united states and mexico mind you have are joined together to ensure not to renegotiate working people and corporation cohen has become an important issues during those nafta talks it's met top agricultural import from the u.s. but some say american variety is

a damaging mexico's rich cohen heritage coolio galliano has more now from. just outside mexico city. corn is as much a part of the story of mexico as the arrival of the spanish conquistadores first developed here thousands of years ago small scale farmers like i rely on it to make a living but also a view it's a connection to their nation's past. these kernel still the story of mexico its life its development its culture its ideology and freedom losing them with losing a right then to. while maize was born in the fields of mexico a new four is worried that the market for his harvest is disappearing. younger mexicans are less interested in consuming traditional varieties of mexican corn and new generations of farmers are less interested in planting them opting for simpler

more profitable varieties instead but our north pole is convinced that with government so. points to small scale farmers like himself mexicans will claim their national profits and remove the need to import any from abroad it's difficult to overstate just how important this crop is to mexican life and identity not just from a practical standpoint as a basic food staple but also culturally speaking and that's why an increasing number of people here feel the need to defend its survival from what they say are growing threats. and chief among those threats is the gradual disappearance of several varieties of traditional maize something this activist says is already happening at an alarming rate. these are specialized arantes of coal over thousands of years have their own history mccullough flavor. have nothing to do with what's grown in the u.s. or elsewhere in the world the possible break up of the north american free trade agreement or nafta may in fact represent the best hope for the future of mexican

corn. u.s. president donald trump has long accused mexico of getting the best out of the deal but cheap u.s. corn imports are seen here as doing lasting damage if the imposition of. sharia or obstacles by the u.s. size. one since then mexico has choices walsall put on the table so misuse the will affect the free flow of grains from the u.s. into mexico joint as mexico braces for another round of tough negotiations over nafta a new force hoping that what emerges a place higher value on the country's national crops and ensure it has a profitable future as well as a rich history julia galliano al-jazeera mexico city. the former mayor of caracas

has escaped house arrest in venezuela and fled to spain antonio he was met by his family in madrid is a fierce opponent of president nicolas maduro the sixty two year old had been detained since twenty fifteen on charges of supporting an attempted coup. argentina's navy is searching for a missing submarine with forty four sailors on board the other some one was last in contact with officials on wednesday it was heading from a naval base south of argentina to mar del plata around four hundred kilometers south of politicize a navy spokesman says it's too early to declare the vessel lost. president john has postponed his controversial decision to allow hunters importer elephant parts from zimbabwe and zambia he tweeted that he was putting the big game trophy decision on hold until such time as he could review all conservation facts he says the issue

has been under study for years and he would update the situation soon but dane bourses is president of the conservation organization the elephant project he says lifting the ban would further harm the spaces. the reality is that the amount of revenue that is generated from these hunt is minuscule to the amount of money that these countries could generate by adopting what we call a humane economy where and now live elephant is of greater economic value to the country than a dead one i mean it's been proven time and time again that a live elephant is seventy six times more beneficial economically to a country than a dead elephant so what's happening is this is just an opportunity for these very wealthy hunters that supported the trump trump presidency to basically get a payback because there's no benefit to the elephants and there's no benefit to the people in those communities and it's one of those just need to be overturned really does two thousand and fifteen was the first first year that the number of elephants killed out there were higher than the number of elephants that were born and so

with that disparity that continues to happen there's a rapid reduction in the number of elephants that are still living and what's happening what a lot of people don't think about is that in these hunts if they go after the bull elephants and the bull elephants typically have more ivory that's of greater impact to elephant hers and anything else you could have you know three thousand female elephants but if you destroy it and killed all the male elephants they can't procreate which is why you're seeing a drastic decline in the number of elephants that are being born. a home for earthquake survivors has one building of the year at the world architecture festival in berlin challenging the report from the award ceremony. a win for the people truly in need as a post earthquake reconstruction project in china scooped world building of the year. chosen from four hundred projects this say the judges is where architects can transform lives re housing survivors who've lost their homes and protecting others with its quake proof design. and

a lot of people told me that much is impossible for a fact that could be wrong so we have now a technology which we have developed over the last ten years to beat. the system. but we heard that from the winning architect and he told me just what an impact this award will have he says he's going to take it back home and show it to the local chinese government and that will prove to them that his project now has an industry everybody hopes that will allow them to cut through bureaucracy and provide homes to the millions of people that meet here at the world architecture festival it's clear desire for social equality is influencing design decisions seen here in design and more as a presentation of shelter on the edge a reimagining of a refugee camp the syrians fleeing conflict made of wood is designed to be built by its inhabitants can grow like a community but it's like a puzzle will start with the basic human need what you need and especially the

floor plans it's it's a very smart way it's like you know it's a very. flexible on these affordable. all qualities that fit into the festival's manifesto calling on architects to address problems of climate change an aging population and dwindling water resources this plan to sydney's fish market won the award for. projects inspired by the sea says its creator in the endowed by these beautiful floating canopy. of the trade of this whole market down to. this was a chance for architects from all over the world to compare their methods and prove that good design should not just be for the benefit of those who can afford it al-jazeera but in.

take a look at the top stories here at al-jazeera lebanon's prime minister saad hariri has arrived in paris with his wife two weeks after suddenly announcing his resignation in the saudi capital his prolonged say in the saudi kingdom prompted suggestions he was under house arrest then the harder is following developments in beirut what we understand is that they were not accompanied by their children two of his children stayed behind in riyadh what we understand the reason behind that is that they have school examinations now that is going to raise a lot of questions because some in lebanon will definitely say that one way or another saddam how do you do you remain some sort of a political hostage saudi arabia has recalled its ambassador to berlin in protest over comments made by the german foreign minister gabriel suggested saad hariri had been held against his will in riyadh he also called for lebanon's neighbors including saudi arabia to let the country decide its and fate saudi state

media say the sailors were unfortunate an unjustified career himself tweeted a few hours ago saying gabriel's comments were a lie a u.n. team investigating lease of chemical weapons in syria has been disbanded after russia vetoed a resolution to extend its mission the move blocked a japanese effort to have the inquiry push on for another thirty days. a huge crowd has gathered in zimbabwe's capital in opposition to president mugabe it was cold while the influential friends association and the rulings and policy supposes over zanu p.f. of travel to the protests from across the country the president is false losing support days after the army sees. having been completely sealed off since august the rough border crossing from gaza into egypt has now reopened obit temporarily rafa is meant to open indefinitely as part of

a palestinian reconciliation deal brokered by egypt to cambodian journalists have been charged with espionage in the latest government crackdown prime minister hussein and his allies in the judiciary have been cracking down on critics. of the latest headlines for us here at al-jazeera coming up next is counting the cost. zero to. swear in for us. on has some secret this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business.