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this is al-jazeera and live from studio fourteen here at al-jazeera headquarters in doha i'm kemal santa maria welcome to the new street in the political process gets its first hurdle just to the prime minister was. told to train the acting leadership and the opposition collapsed over apparently. realistic demands we are speaking to the leaders of. both sides of the story as a rule we always try to tell them but this time we are really close on the on both sides of the south korea divide this is the historic into korean summit towards closer and we head to the darkest skies in the world in us a comma desert but this is being threatened by more and more. so we'll look at efforts by strong us to take them. and there's outrage in mexico after three students were kidnapped tortured

and dissolved in acid young people are demanding a stop to the rising violence and are doing so on the streets and online. so that's the hash tag a james. l.n. . there with the new. aaron streaming on line for you tube facebook live at al-jazeera dot com all of those stories to come but we're actually going to start when capitol hill in washington d.c. the french president emmanuel micron is currently addressing congress there that's after his meetings of course with president trump over the past few days we'll take you there live now unfinished business of democracy indeed our two societies have stood up to advance the human rights for all they haven't gauge in a continental dialogue to unpack this unfinished business in this capitol rotunda is

a burst of martin luther king assassinated fifty years ago reminds us of the inspiration of african american leaders artists writers who have become part of our common era teach we celebrate among them jen spelled win and racial riots in france all stood on our side we have shared the history of civil rights francis simone de beauvoir became a respected figure in the modern and for gender equality in america in the seventy's woman's right as long been a fundamental driver for our societies on both sides of the atlantic says explains why is the me too modern and has recently had such a deep resonance in france democracy is made of day to day converse. and mutual understanding between citizens it is easier

and deeper when we have the ability to speak a choice as a language the heart of hunger from the old sore beats here in the united states from new orleans to seattle i want this heart to beat even harder in american schools all across the country. democracy relies also on the faculty of freely describing the present and the capacity to invent a future this is what culture brings thousands of examples come to mind when we think of the exchanges between our cultures across the centuries from thomas jefferson who was invested a lot of friends and built his house in monticello based on the building a loved in purpose to hemingway's novel moveable feast celebrating the capital city

of france from margaret nineteenth century french writer château burial bringing to the french people to dream of americans open spaces forests and mountains to focus novels crafted in the deep sauce but first read in france where they quickly gained literary praise from jazz coming from resent with iana and the blues from mississippi finding in france and enthusiastic public to see american fascination for interest in its and the french modern and contemporary arts this exchanges are vibrant in so many fields from cinema to fashion from design to hi christine from sports to visual arts medicine and scientific research as well as business and innovation are also a significant part of our shared journey the united states is france's first

scientific partner our economy ties create hundreds of thousands of jobs on both sides of the atlantic the story of france and the united states is a story of an endless dialogue made of common dreams of a common struggle for dignity and progress it is the best achievement of our democratic principles and values. emanuel micron the french president is addressing it congress on capitol hill in washington d.c. they're speaking of the historical ties between the countries and being very warmly greeted at receive easy to see their dynasty books our correspondent in washington d.c. just listening along as well you know diane i hear so much about the special relationship between the u.s. and the u.k. the last three days or so is showing that there is another perhaps even more special relationship i would suggest between the u.s. and france. absolutely i mean you listen to that conversation him

talking about shared visions a shared culture shared ideals and i think it's going to lay the groundwork for what he's going to be talking about perhaps later in the speech and that is preserving the relationship between the united states and france in in keeping the u.s. in this deal with iran preserving the nuclear deal potentially expanding that deal and how important that deal might be in the united states negotiating with north korea he may also talk about trade that's another very important issue with france and the european union right now at the moment the european union is exempt from tariffs on steel and aluminum but those exemptions are going to be expiring on may first which is less than a week away so he's probably maybe going to touch on the importance of.

working together to avoid a trade war and to preserve this very unique relationship between the united states and france and go beyond that the united states and the european union ok thanks and we will keep an eye on that speech from emanuel markram on capitol hill speaking there addressing the congress as dion saying plenty for them to talk about but it is about preserving its themes and enhancing this relationship transatlantic relationship between the u.s. and france will keep an eye on that one but we do want to build on the story now as well because so much has been said about the iran situation when it comes to fronts in the u.s. and iran's president has his eye on the donald trump's plan all the new nuclear deal hassan rouhani the u.s. and france have no right to alter the two thousand and fifteen agreement which saw international sanctions lifted in exchange for terror on curbing its nuclear program the u.s. president made the announcement after a meeting with emanuel mccrone in the white house yesterday tuesday. a lot of

dog cat or dog donald trump says this deal is a very bad deal well if it's a very bad deal then why did the u.s. government sign it he says this is a very dangerous deal well if that's the case why did your previous esther's not on the stand anything are you the discoverer of all things bad you don't have any background in politics you don't have any background in law you don't have any background on international treaties how can a tradesman a merchant a building constructor a terror constructor make judgments about international affairs. most the focus to talk about this political commentator editor in chief is one of the fox news agency he's joining us from. i would suspect despite all the talk we hear there from house and ronnie he wants the u.s. obviously to stay in the deal if the u.s. decides not to tell us what you think about a reaction from hassan rouhani what actions iran might actually take.

hello and. it's completely clear that the united states and its western allies the europeans mean to harness iran and to contain iran is power in different phases and they they are trying to limit iran's power components that include its nuclear to terrence power that they have kept for at least ten years and then it's myside technology its regional power one by one or all together in a new deal iran has come to realize that since long time ago and they have been you know waiting for such moments if if the united states drops the deal then in pursuit of more concessions in those areas then iran would provide that response exactly in the same areas that is to say if they drop that the

oil after we run complied with all that its undertakings it will have a number of options that cover our it's nuclear power myside power and regional power to provide a very tough response to the united states at a time when iran has complied with its undertakings and the united states has never been complying with its parts and just yes as they must is there if you're on foreign minister recreate that lee set that the united states has not issued one permission even one in the last eleven months for economic interaction and investment in iran by europeans and by other countries that one has preferred mentioned out with a five but could. conceivably could iran walk away from the deal if it wanted to if if it feels it's not getting what it's supposed to just as the u.s. seems to feel that couldn't they will go away from the deal. you know iran is not willing to you know walk away from the deal because it has complied with its

undertakings ands not waiting to see the merits but if the u.s. withdraws then because of the impact the negative impact of this you know secondary impact of the united states sanctions then europeans would not be able to work with a running keep their economic operations with iran. there was a possibility there are you know six an hour us possible sort of fate of the j.c. a one includes withdrawal of the united states that will be pursued by iran's with trouble because there would be no other option available unless iran agrees to grandma remote concessions if iran agrees to that then its missile technology its regional power its other components a power they oh will will be will not and iran would become a weak country and a weak prey floor and military option by the united states so it has to keep itself

strong and that's why it has warrant to give a very tough response to the united states in three packages i believe of course it has options to provide its response in three different packages must the focus session joining us from teheran i thank you for your time. just did like this comment that's coming through from ken he's watching on facebook my facebook dot com slash on his ear if you want to join him there he says as american i would as an american i wish our country would stop policing the world however i also wish the world would stop giving us a reason to thank you for your comment keep them coming and let's bring in right now on a slightly different topic right president trump and president macron they are best buds right it does seem to be so so it's all about body language if you're watching their press conferences and many people are commenting on just how touchy french president menu michael and donald trump were during their meetings many are calling it

a newfound bromance you couldn't of miss it all of the affection the presidential do over showing each other touching holding hands even kisses on the cheek multiple places on the cheek. when he took it to the next level it's a great honor to be here but we do have a very special relationship in fact i'm going to continue. to it will be we have to make a book he is perfect he's perfect he said so of course comedy host loved this here's a clip from the daily show with trevor noah and credits are mcgraw and he just went with yeah that's diplomacy because if i was mccall i would have kept back he would be like you got there i would have been excuse me i've done drugs no don't know you're a human don't drive. you're there for the next and the scope of society i shall pull you from my lives. but he was calm he handled it perfectly in fact every moment mccrone handled perfectly you know whether it was giving speeches or playing outside you could really feel that mccrone was connecting with trump. one person

said my crown and trump touched more in one day than we've seen milan ia and trump touch in two years they have a point now they're referring to this video one of the most popular at the moment of trump trying to grab milan his hand before the event but it wasn't quite working out they were however holding hands during the state dinner now if you're tweeting about any of this you find it funny or relevant to let us know you can join in with our conversation here hash tag a.j. news that we have my goodness riots let's move to our media hopes of finding any immediate solution to the political crisis there have been dealt a blow by the country's opposition leader is now heading up a large rally in the capital yet to the acting prime minister canceled talks between the two sides they were supposed to discuss transition plans after the resignation of prime minister and said just see on monday after almost two weeks of

street protests but the opposition leader on the hill pushing the and is urging his supporters to keep up the pressure on the government to meet all of their demands here is robin foresty a walk live in yet ivan and i believe you have that leader of the opposition with you there. that's correct that's correct right now i mean the marriott hotel you can see the crowds because this is where the coke question has just arrived i won't without further ado i will introduce you to this is mr nichols. are you going to be the leader the next leader of the republic of armenia. you know. maybe maybe. can you tell me what you intend to tell thousands of the tens of thousands of people who are now outside here waiting to speak to hear from you you know i think the most important thing is it's correct and real assessment of the situation because because to solve any situation we need at first to.

hasty mate and to assign. correctly d.c. situation and i think that situation is that the republican party has lost he's power and. republican party should recognize the victory of the people and without any condition and without any outside. interest to his support of the moment we basically get understanding that this is an armenian internal political situation yes of course we all are at the said not one time there is no any job political contest next in our process it is it is pure folly absolutely armenian process and i think it is the only process we can last we did with dean in time of the

armenian vengeance that it is only movement that isn't connected to or even in the press or even the in the social media isn't connected we to any foreign forces each is fuel. armenian it is to all. armenian process in this process express the feeling go armenian people nevertheless does the international community recognize what's happening it's a popular. uprising a popular discontent and that includes the united states and russia as i understand it you have been meeting about it and you've just had a conversation with the russian ambassador and see what did he say to you for us it's very important for foreign conflicts also. to understand correctly was happening does armenia in armenia because we have explained we have an impression many foreign diplomats. and coreg.

assessment of the situation and we. are meeting with them tool to explain what's what's happening in armenia and what is happening to. them and the fact is that in fact the you know i mean you know there is no any republican power and the republican government. would control the situation in the. country and the situation is under control of the people have the russians given you their assurances that they do not see this is a color revolution as western revolution and they leave your years day in day out. ok unfortunately we have lost the link there it's frozen at least with robert

forrester walker but he was speaking to nicole partin ian who is the opposition leader the main opposition leader in the one trying to broker some sort of talks with the government today but the government has called off the acting leadership has called off those talks because of the types of demands apparently coming from the opposition if you want a little bit more are we going in that discussion about i mean his future from the inside story it seems you have a look at this is the kind of discussion it helps you understand the underlying issues the ones beyond the protest gen dostum is in the chair for that one you can always find inside story in the show section at al-jazeera dot com now preparations are under way for the first direct meeting in a decade between the leaders of north and south korea they are expected to discuss some other things bringing the korean war to an official end for his meeting will take place on the southern side of the truce village of pam and john when we have had a unique opportunity to report from the area kathy novak is going to take us to the

venue where the summit will actually take place but first further north and diplomatic editor james bays who as you know has been reporting exclusively from north korea looks at the demilitarized zone from the north it takes over two hours to drive from the north korean capital pyongyang through the countryside to the d.m.z. the demilitarized zone the road is bumpy but very quiet it's also in places extremely wide one pyongyang resident speculated to me this was so aircraft could land with reinforcements in the event of conflict once we reached the d.m.z. security was tight we were not permitted to film in certain areas. our guide was a north korean army captain he showed us the layout of this frontline zone this is not an international border the korean war officially never ended it was simply paused with an armistice or truce. is it possible for you to show us where the

meeting on the twenty seventh will be taking place between field-marshal kim and the president of south korea. to cuba it's the peace house on the southern side so this is the first time any of your leaders garma cross to the southern side to the view is that. yes we continued on the route that the north korean leader will take for his historic meeting on friday past the building where the one nine hundred fifty three armistice was negotiated and the hall where it was signed by the north koreans and by us general on behalf of his country and their allies fighting under the u.n. flag it's estimated that in just three years up to three million people were killed as a professional soldier how hard is it going to be with your field marshal sitting down

with those that have been your enemy to going to what i want to get because if dear supreme marshal is with us surely all the problems will be solved peacefully and that's what we firmly believe and we were taken on to a taller building and up some stairs where you could view the line that separates communist north korea from democratic south korea. from the north we have this vantage point of the demarcation line the blue stone there where in the past military officials from this country have met the other side and just over that building is where the historic summit is supposed to take place. this is also being suggested as a place where kim jong un could meet donald trump no venue for that planned meeting has yet been formally announced the leaders of countries whose forces have been facing off against each other for decades will soon be meeting face to face james bays out zero on the north korean side of the de-militarized.

we're often reminded that the two koreas remain technically at war an armistice not a peace treaty ended hostilities in one thousand nine hundred fifty three and it was signed here at the joint security area at panmunjom the two sides agreed then to establish the four kilometer buffer zone between north and south known as the demilitarized zone or d.m.z. it's still heavily guarded on both sides and has been the site of tensions over the years north korean soldiers killed two u.s. army officers in one nine hundred seventy six landmines injured south korean soldiers and twenty fifteen and late last year a north korean defector what's shot by fellow north korean troops as he ran across the border not far from where i'm standing. this year as relations improved between the two koreas this village has once again been used as a venue for high level talks within the d.m.z. the military demarcation line marks the actual border between north and south in

this room when i walk over to this side of the table i'm crossing into north korea so it was significant when earlier this year a delegation from the north stepped over the border for talks after two years in which there had been no official communication between the two countries and when north korean leader kim jong un meets south korea's president monday at the end of the month the meeting will be held in peace house on the southern side it will be the first time a north korean leader steps on south korean soil since the korean war. and excellent complementary coverage here on the two koreas the history as they go. and some pretty interesting statistics when it comes even just comparing the two countries look at the military expenditure there the north is spending about a quarter of its g.d.p. on military spending which means it's a lot to walk away from when these talks begin this is in the interactive section of al jazeera dot com if you search for the two koreas. here the live photos having

a quick look emmanuel mccrone is still speaking in front of congress we had a watch a little bit earlier might come up but you saw lots of standing and applauding from the u.s. congress as he delivers the speech about the relationship wanted to strengthen the relationship between france and the united states so keeping an eye on that one and here is maryam namazie now more international news for us from london. hi there kemal yes so we begin with a story from india actually where a self styled religious leader who has millions of followers has been sentenced to life in prison for rape. who is convicted of sexually assaulting a sixteen year old at one of his spiritual retreats in two thousand and thirteen indian security forces have been put on high alert in the northern state of raw just on the fear of a backlash from his supporters his defense lawyer says he will appeal the guilty verdict and israeli court has sentenced

a soldier to nine months in prison for the two thousand and fourteen killing of a palestinian teenager at the noise was shot during a lull in confrontations marking the day israel came into existence in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight perry force that has the details from ramallah. and dinora was involved in protests on the fifteenth of may two thousand and fourteen to mark the creation of the state of israel the sixty sixth anniversary of that date the day the palestinians refer to as nakba the catastrophe he was pictured ship throwing at least one stone towards israeli security forces but it was minutes after he was shown throwing a stone but he was then captured on c.c.t.v. footage collapsing and being taken away to hospital he his body was later exuma and it was shown that he'd been shot through the chest with a live bullet now the israeli border secure border police forces who were on duty that day had been ordered to use tear gas and rubber bullets but not live

ammunition the soldier accused of killing him ben derry was initially charged with manslaughter and deliberately replacing a rubber coated steel bullet with a live round in his assault rifle that was later downgraded that charge to negligent homicide with which he was convicted in a plea deal and he's now been sentenced to nine months in prison c.r.m. know an audience father has told us that he is deeply unhappy with that sentence he says the family will continue in its actions to try and show the true colors of the israeli security forces and indeed appeal this sentence and there's also been reaction from the exact a committee member of the p.l.o. had an usher always been talking about double standards when the palestinian teenager had to me accused of other convicted of slapping an israeli soldier was sentenced to eight months and this police officer border police officer convicted of killing a palestinian he's been sentenced to nine months at least one thousand people have

been killed after gunmen opened fire on a catholic church in nigeria early morning attack happened in a remote village in benny's state seventeen worshippers in two priests were killed the attackers also burned down fifty houses and that interest has more. gunmen invaded the village of bottom after dawn and started attacking tombs and places of worship in the catholic church in the area they killed at least nineteen people including two priests the nigerian president ordered the immediate arrest of those who perpetrated the attack locals say the act was carried out by following the hudson and who've been in conflict with farmers in that part of central nigeria but there is no claim of responsibility they've been sitting tight attacks between the farmers and cattle reraise in central nigeria over the last decade or so so far this year dozens have been killed in that region the nigerian president described

the attack as barbaric as vile and promised to track down the perpetrators and bring them to justice the police was able to bring the situation under control after the police chief was ordered to relocate to been arrested to bring to an end this crisis the nigerian army was deployed in large numbers and is conducting exercises aimed at calming frayed nerves and also dealing with those carrying out those attacks it has made several arrest however the attack still continue danish inventor peter munson has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering and dismembering a swedish journalist on his sub lorraine camels remains were found sailfish interviewed mattson on his homemade vessel monson admitted to cutting her cutting up her body but says she died accidentally while on board from sinking to say will died either by strangulation or having her throat cut. people around the world are attending services to mark anzac day remembering australian and new

zealand troops who served in the first world war. april twenty fifth one thousand nine hundred fifteen is when thousands of troops landed on the peninsula in turkey it's estimated more than fifty six thousand soldiers from australia and new zealand were killed during the campaign i'll have more from london in about half an hour's time now back to come on marian thank you for that just before we hit the break a quick comment some reaction actually to our interview with nicolette position the armenian opposition leader santiago's messaged in on facebook and said if you have to clarify there are no external powers supporting you then of course there are a little bit of skepticism about where the opposition leader is coming from that interview with robin forrester walker which was unfortunately cut short a little bit earlier hashtag a.j. news good twitter facebook and that number covers what's that and telegram as well

if you using that please do get in touch this is the news good if you're with us on facebook live we very much appreciate your time just for us but a story coming up about how a man's obsession with hygiene is helping keep the streets of indonesia clean and then later this president donald trump made them famous when he tweeted about a caravan of migrants making their way from central america to the u.s. earlier this month they want to silence trump says he won't let them in we are with them as they arrive at the us mexico border. hello and welcome back as we look at weather conditions across the levant and western parts of asia that weather system across eastern areas is clearing away but we have got this area of cloud giving some showers across parts of our kuwait through into iran and iraq also got a little circulation further towards the west affecting the eastern side of the

mediterranean so beirut and in lebanon across parts of syria will see the risk of showers jordan to seen some shower activity and indeed moving through friday you see quite a circulation developing here and some heavy showers returning towards parts of iraq so down across the arabian peninsula there's a bit more cloud around at the moment that's likely to persist through thursday i think for most part should stay dry and the shower activity confined to northern parts of saudi arabia as a head on through into start the weekend it should settle down sunshine return across the plain shit but not as hot as has been just thirty three degrees in doha and a mere thirty five over in mecca so had a across well into southern portions of africa the weather here is all looking fine for the most part sunshine all the way but we have got a frontal system which is just pushing towards parts of south africa you may see some rain developing for cape town later on she come further north across parts of botswana through into libya weathers looking fine highs of twenty seven in winter.

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continuing in the country's northwest state against the premier and now a nationwide strike is started in other cities the federation of trade unions is staging the shutdown to protest against changes to the minimum wage it is demanding action to end what the union calls a crisis of unemployment poverty and inequality more from aukland web now he's in johannesburg why wasn't god in law. was singing songs and chanting i was many of these films they are from the struggle against the tide so i think. it was three zero after he said the fish go to the office was the time yeah that is like out of the promo for one of the three definitely taking the position that include them on. the identity of a never check thing the face minimum wage on the three hundred dollars

a month names and the government have already agreed to people here say. five. hundred and say ok that was. marching here. the we've got a liberal koch joining us now senior research fellow at the trade collective via skype from johannesburg thank you for your time everything that we are seeing in south africa now is happening four months into a room mr on the horses presidency is four months enough for him to a start of making changes or should people actually maybe be a bit more patient and wait for the changes to come i don't know six months a year down the track. yes i mean obviously he's an he's inherited structural inequality that certainly takes more than three or four months to two results he's also inherited and he called a very sluggish economy which means that there's really less money floating around

at the moment then he's had to have make some very tough decisions one of the things that he undertook when he came into office he made a few promises around securing the minimum wage by the first of may which is next week but there are also a few other things he talked about high free education he talked about latin agriculture and also social grants so all of these things are all in some ways into comic to uphold notion of building a community which understands that there's a huge amount of social. economic inequality in this country and that the different entry points at which to try to address it how effective as we look at some pictures here of the protests how effective do you think these protests can actually be i feel like we see a lot of protest in south africa certainly during jacob zuma some to think the people can make some impact here. yes well i mean of course like many countries trade unionism in south africa has been extremely strong historically it's been extremely strong as a as a means of as a political statement of a social statement as

a way of showing solidarity and of course standing against large scale corporate interests capital interests and i think that even though in many respects trade unions and globally it's probably happened to shift tactics and it's strategies the nature of the work force is changing to some extent but that means that africa and across many countries in the african continent one will find that even though they might be a level at which the methods might be diminishing there is big they still hold a lot of clout and the whole idea that you know there's unity in strength still holds a lot of currency and of course i think that it also forces us to think about a much closer much closer look at how to change policy quickly so one of the things that's very challenging is that africa like many african countries that the nature of unemployment is incredibly precarious people that you informally watches they parallelly employed partially employed or huge amounts of unemployment so the

minimum wage is only one play of trying to you solve a much deeper social systemic economic issue and of course understanding that south africa inherited centuries of structural inequality race based inequality and the wage and. working system labor system that was really intended to use the african basket majority as a very cheap labor to to international corporate interest so this is really this is hardly a as i state it's not a quick fix it's a structural inherited issue that we've got to deal with but of course and this government and it comes up in government must make the necessary policy fiscal and monetary choices to to at least try to accelerate. the program from the trade collective in johannesburg we thank you very much for your time. thank you well they finally reached the border between the u.s. and mexico after traveling almost the whole length of central america dozens of

migrants have been making the journey from countries like on duracell salvador and guatemala next they crossed the border and surrendered to u.s. authorities and hope to be granted asylum but already they have attracted the anger all of president of the trump manuel republic has a report now from tijuana. more than one hundred central american migrants have arrived at the us mexico border for many of these men women and children the journey has been the ultimate test of physical and mental resilience. the most difficult thing has been traveling on the train because our children became seriously ill some of them fainted so you see it's difficult after traveling for a month from honduras carlos and his family are tired hungry and anxious think that i want as many more that he each one of us here has a story and each one of us has a case to make we've traveled all the way here with our families because we all have something bad that's happened in our lives

a million. of these new arrivals are part of a larger group of migrants seeking asylum in the united states most say they're fleeing violence or persecution in their own countries including hundred el salvador and guatemala. and the vast majority who want to get across and seek political asylum some with attorneys that are helping them prepare too but to answer questions when interviewed by u.s. immigration officials in the united states the department of homeland security announced recently that any illegal entries into the country by members of this migrant group will be referred for prosecution i know you know that now if you want to the asylum seekers are being helped by immigration activists and charity volunteers who are providing temporary shelter medical aid and food but their journey doesn't end here many central american migrants who have arrived at the border and plan to turn themselves in to u.s. authorities in the coming days but the process for seeking asylum in the united

states can be long and has no guarantees for many the next step is still unknown and up i just want to. we had a series announced they were dot com just before dawn of trump's inauguration last year it was called dia donald trump this was a letter from a migration researcher and coordinator there and it is a server and read with the author there likes to remind the president about how important his words are in the migration debate have a read for yourself did donald trump a letter from mexico is that al-jazeera dot com and also make scalia thousands of people out protesting if this is a young people's movement it isn't right so it's one of the top conversations at the moment it's about three students who were killed last month and guadalajara they were reportedly kidnapped tortured and their bodies dissolved in acid after their car broke down the students were reportedly mistaken for gang members by a criminal group now their death sparked strong condemnation and protests all around the country it also inspired the spanish has tagged no song today so most

photos meaning it's not three it's all of us raising awareness about how common it really is to be kidnapped or even murdered people using the hash tag are demanding the release of people who are to have been kidnapped so that. we're indignant angry we want justice in the area where the students were taken with people disappear every day we want it to be an area of freedom and security. one of the top tweets about this is from award winning film director of. toro who's also from guadalajara he tweeted about the film student saying that words can explain the dimensions of this madness three students are killed and dissolved in acid the why is unthinkable the how he says is terrifying and according to red twenty four a risk management company that provides information to businesses and governments mexico is one of the top ten countries where kidnapping is most common iraq and

colombia are also on the list human rights watch says more than thirty two thousand people have gone missing since two thousand and six and last year was the worst in mexico's recorded history for murders with more than twenty five thousand people killed now if you're in mexico or taking part in these protests we want to hear from you you can get in touch with us with any of these ways or write me directly at leo harding a.j. thank you full story that one my goodness. now we know all about pollution water. pollution but have you thought much about light pollution it's actually threatening to undermine our ability to search for life on other planets even in a place that she lays out the common does it one of the darkest areas on earth of the comes home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes but mines pollution there has increased up to thirty percent compared to a decade ago and c.n.n. reports now from the public observatory in northern ca. at sunset the

views from the european southern observe the tree located in chile's at the comma desert are breathtaking but it's a night when the deep darkness and unique atmosphere conditions of the at the comma to these skies into heaven for astronomers. but at the pattern al observatory scientists probe the universe with giant telescopes but at twenty six hundred meters above sea level and one hundred fifty kilometers from the city of gas that these starlets guys are being threatened by light pollution we are in very isolated place in chile but we can see still how close from the cities from the mines so it's it's very it's very disturbing to see all of these lights. from space you can see just how contaminated by light our planet is becoming making it more difficult to see the stars. although chile's government has

introduced standards to significantly reduce street lighting in cities near observatories cheap white led lights are increasingly illuminating homes stores signs and billboards especially in the cities of last sit in a and. but the impact is growing it's well known and measurable so it's no longer a threat it's a reality. it's happening at a time when astronomers like the number selman believe they've never been closer to making the discovery of all time the great adventure of humanity right now is happening here which is we're looking for life in the universe and that is happening right now here in the parameters and for that darkness is crucial this is sort of structure may look familiar it was used as the location for the lair of the forces of evil in the james bond film quantum solace. but in fact the reason why it is practically underground is to keep it light from leaking out at night from this

pattern as residents of some one hundred and fifty astronomers and technicians. noise in chile will house seventy percent of global astronomical infrastructure in less than five years along with the world's largest telescope but astronomers are sending out an s.o.s. warning that if mankind continues to over illuminated the skies we will lose the time long ability to gaze and be guided by the stars and here is the sea in our latin america editor in the outer comet desert in july the time zones working against us this year because it would be nice to talk to you at night time obviously but tell me what it's like to have this wonderfully sort of isolated quiet part of the world. all place lights up it was a sort of a half moon last night so we couldn't see it quite as well but when there is a new moon it's just extraordinary i've seen it before there's nothing here it's

just there just hills and hills of clear clear blue sky as you can see very. very little moisture in the air and that is fundamental for astronomers in fact the only moving thing i've seen around here is a little fox that's just a little bit to my right here but it is quite almost like being on the moon you think or actually on mars come on we've been told that some of the rocks that they have found on them are on mars and have been taken from there compared to some that have been found just near here so tell us more about the light pollution issue and i guess how seriously it's been taken if all these very expensive very important telescopes are there this is obviously an important part of an economy of the of chilean life there. absolutely but not just for chile it's really for the whole world most of these observatories are run by the european union by the united states nasa comes here all the time this is a global resource and it's

a resource that has to be taken care of it has to be cherished we are told by it not just by astronomers which are just ordinary people need more darkness scientists have proven over and over again that it is hardly the environment it's hurting our ability to sleep it's making it would difficult for plants to reproduce properly so it's a problem that has to be that we have to grab by the horns very quickly so that we don't see what we're seeing for example in the oceans with this crisis with plastic the air which is over polluted we're still in time but it has to be done quickly because this light pollution is spreading extremely rapidly come on great to talk to literally on such an interesting story as well as the new human is in the thank you that in theory. now light pollution is something we've actually done quite a bit of reporting on the pos we've got a report from sarah clarke in hong kong a little earlier this year where all those big electronic billboards are a huge problem no one seems willing to volunteer to turn them off that noise you've

got this is one from john home in mexico last year a town and behind california this is similar actually to chile with a change the street lights of people can see more of the milky way and in twenty thirteen earthrise went to the isle of stock in the u.k. channel islands the world's first dark sky island they are trying to return things to what they call a natural day night cycle as i say i think it's a really interesting topic if you just search for light pollution it out zero dot com and i'll be tweeting all these things out as well from my account at the here is to talk football and i don't actually know if they have but you're going to talk about my solar system osha we're hours away from the second semifinal and this year's champions league two of the most successful teams in european football hold as real madrid and by munich face off in germany now it's usually this man that's dominating the conversation in the champions league week and all those of course the stop play of ryall who won the title two years running but it's the man ronaldo

could face in the final this name has been trending online. this man mohammad sala the egyptian stole the show on tuesdays going to goals to help liverpool beat roma five two in the first leg of their semi performance causing lots of excitement to particularly in the commons he booth will have a listen to one of the as well as abbott commentators off the fellas scored. think of the security. the east coast the east coast oh go see it translates to the sultan of the english premier league this is him the star of the egyptian game the pride of the arab game perfect perfect give us your art give us your madness well i can tell you this people who now have never watched the match in arabic commentary

are definitely missing out. while i can tell you this. well let's move on to the tweets about masala and how much love he's being receiving around the world but first of all let's compare him to christianity ronaldo they're pretty even on the scoring front but while sala has one goal more we're now the has been more efficient getting his forty two and just thirty nine games solid has been a better provider though getting more than double the assists than rinaldo both have picked up some impressive awards run although is the reigning fifa best player and ballon d'or holder was sila is the reigning african player of the year and the pair of the year in england are diseases llewellyn's was actually has days magine despite a solid display he believes are now those real madrid are still the team to beat in

this year's champions league. well liverpool has a piled tradition in european football but at the start of the season by would not have expected reaching the semifinals of the champions league let's along winning the first leg against a five so of course you have a grammar of hypothesized like if i can do the same things in liverpool that i did . in the last round the other thing that liverpool wouldn't have been expecting is to turn out to be quite as good as he is of course. hides hopes that he would be a key player in the new look so you can call chile school for three goals and counting to a broken record after record to the one player of the year. was the first african player to score ten dollars in a champions league season that sends out a warning the other semifinalists by

a munich. who will play. wednesday night of course the trophy holders of course they have christiane the interesting thing is that salary has moved into the bracket of messi in terms of his performances and statistics can he do it for the long term a. european cup or champions league trophy well the debate will continue just who is better that's definitely feeling the cell phone christiane are now the online let's see how people are showing their love for the egyptian king margin has tweeted this. most of us should win the battle and all whether he wins the champions league or not he's been a breathtaking and by far a better football of the messi and ronaldo and ma also love and respect has spread even among the live a pool fans this is one fan has tweeted i said i hate livable more than i hate canned tuna but if more solid doesn't win the balland all it's one of the percent

regret because that man is the best in the world right now i will continue well one tweet from an egyptian fan saying that it's a solid continue shining like this liverpool fans will convert to islam and fast ramadan with us this year i'll be back with more on eight hundred g.m.t. before my hand you back to come out. there's nothing wrong with cancer in my opinion and maybe your opinion to let us are hash tag great on cancer and indeed anything we've talked about and we'll see you back here in studio fourteen fifteen hundred hours g.m.t. tomorrow that's. the

scene for us where there online what is a very nice time in yemen that peace is always possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there are people there that are choosing between buying medication and eating this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist and just posted a story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. u.s. citizens obstructed from saving their family. as the crowd. this in yemen worsens some have fled the horror of war only to be entangled in bureaucratic limbo with their lives and dreams of a future put on call. phone lines explores the old tool effects of trumps immigration policies. between war and the ban on a dozen you know. conservation is helping kids stove to recover its snow leopard

population to see the results i traveled up to the remote nature reserve of saudi chat at a touch camera traps have identified a healthy population of up to twenty snow leopards as the technology improves or are finding all these ways in which our guesses are are getting corrected the latest evidence suggests they're more cats than previously acknowledged but the snow leopard trust believes it's premature to downgrade the cats on the international list of threatened species.