contact with the parties in the town of amesbury just eleven kilometers away from source bree where the script holes were attacked britain's public health authority has tried to calm locals fears of contamination the risk public health minister is very small and it is very small because there's not a lot of it is a very large area and you have to come in contact with it with your bare skin because it's all through the skin but if you do we know see believe it is after the march attack on the script polls british politicians were quick to point the finger at moscow sparking the biggest western expulsion of russian diplomats since the cold war but mystery still surrounds how a deadly nerve agent ended up on the streets of the usually quiet corner of southern england she won the silver zero so heads on al-jazeera will have more on our top story the thailand rescue operation as the rest of the boys wait to be brought out we'll talk to a man who helps coordinate these kinds of missions globally and the u.n.

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a light on the romanians pressing for change and the unconventional methods to eliminate corruption remain people. on al jazeera. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera the mission to rescue eight remaining school boys and their football coach from a flooded cave in northern thailand has resumed elite divers brought out the first four on sunday they are set to be in good health but are being kept from their parents for now as they're monitored for infections a court mean maher has ordered two journalists to stand trial accused of illegally

obtaining state secrets. and wallowed who work for the reuters news agency were arrested in december while investigating the killing of muslim rule him job they've pleaded not guilty and the man in charge of britain's negotiations to leave that has resigned secretary david davis says he cannot abide by the government's current departure strategy now as the rescue mission goes on to rescue the boys from the cave in thailand fintan monahan looks back at how they ended up trapped deep underground. it was the first sign of hope. the first sign of life from the stranded thirteen found by a pair of british divers nine days after they disappeared into northern thailand a long cave. a few minor injuries but say. the tiny baby

seals have stayed by their side ever since food and water were sent in as rescue plans were sketched out by an international team of divers a few people who live near the cave know a bit about what the truck had been going through into in cherry and says he got lost for five hours in the caves narrow passages and huge caverns when he was a teenager then was scared off like. the last life has gone you have to walk like you i only. you know like when you at home when you want you know i think you know everything in your house but when you cost you i and you turn around. you wouldn't find a way that is no right way to go. ask whoever was being pumped out of the cave and the fun with the put together to carry the children out the rescue team lost a member someone coon on was a retired tiny baby seal diver who was brought back for the search early friday

morning and he was ferrying air tanks deep into the cave and he passed out under water a fellow diver pulled him out attempts to resuscitate him he died from lack of oxygen . was his death underlines just how risky the conditions are and what dangers the boys face their families and the full of thailand kept vigil was one i hope all of them come out safely not so many my nephew everyone who stuck in the cave on friday divers brought handwritten notes from the trapped thirteen delivered to the eager and worried parents outside town long cave this was the first direct contact they've had since the boys went missing one read i love you mom i love you dad and he placed an order for his first meal when he gets out barbecued pork a seal diver added a note don't worry everyone is strong fins monahan al-jazeera. let's now speak to peter falding he's the chief executive of specialist group international which

deals and rescue operations globally he's joining us from london thanks for speaking to us on al-jazeera so we understand that the rescue operation is now underway how long would it take for the divers to get in get the boys and get out what we're hearing back to some level now a round trip and that's that surrender this fantastic feat of human insurance they are using the same divers using their expertise because there's very few of these divers in the world so they're going to be that using the same divers as they did before to carry out the rescue operation. says the guy over the last few hours of the divers rescue rested and resupply i guess supplies during the on the key issues within the county does the time that it takes to bring the boys out depends on how smoothly the boys themselves can navigate these passageways and also get used to the diving equipment on the masks that they are forced to wear it with one have

a lot of time i mean the end would you please decide they didn't need to it's going to be a smooth operation so they would have been prepared with these young boys the days mean you couldn't talk about learning to swim but they don't actually need to swim they can be truly the most important bit is getting used to wearing by smarts and communicating through the most to the divers that that's the key issue it is the potential lack of oxygen the biggest risk in this a rescue operation because we did see one of the former and time navy seal divers who unfortunately died on friday due to a lack of oxygen you know with a stick and presto they carried their time c.i.r. the baji either got stuck we spew it really brought to bear on the white y.-e. and i mean kind of i was working on a rule of thirds really a third of the educate a third get out. but clearly he might have got disoriented it's very experienced either it's very sad that he talks to as well and for the. the divers themselves as

we're saying they are going round trip during this operation how to challenge inc is this for them oh it's a this is unbelievable what these people are doing that would be prepared if it dies but they've carried one rescue bearing in mind the st get to the children now would have been ferrying the silage in this through the last through a few days i mean would live like a mine so they would live by the entrance right way through to where the first british live this located the actual children or anybody let go that line but quite usually get disorientated and lost in and lose their life selves what kind of coordination goes into such a massive rescue operation what are the priorities well it's it's only we got to find out that spite of the children in there that's the case i think that this is a hugely just cooperation over thousand people involved and everyone will be meeting to plan and coordinate their reason specialism and the divers don't we go

to get engineers this medics everyone will have to plan this meticulously to ensure smooth operation or or you find so very easily and people could lose their lives all right peter faulting we thank you very much for joining us from london very much thank you all six civilians including four children have been killed in an air strike by the saudi emirates a coalition in yemen it happened near ties in the southwest of the country coalition air support is being used to back the government troops in the fight against terror with the rebels in yemen. there are reports of another israeli attack on an airbase with a large iranian presence in syria's homs province syrian state media say the military drone is really fighter jet and shot down six missiles targeting the t four air base israel isn't commenting on the report but has carried out dozens of fair strikes on iranian targets in syria in recent years the air base was also

targeted back in april with syria iran and russia old blaming israel. meanwhile the united nations is calling for unrestricted access to syria's that are province to deliver aid to tens of thousands of people it says are desperately in need both the syrian government rebels are accusing each other of breaching a ceasefire that was reached on friday the fighting has displaced more than three hundred thousand civilians in the past two weeks the largest exodus of the seven year war zana has more from beirut to neighboring lebanon. according to the nation's tens of thousands of people who were shelter close to the jordanian border have now returned to their homes but there is little information as to what has happened to them they have returned to areas that are now under the control of the government but according to reports a few hundred men stayed behind because they fear arrest there's really a lack of international guarantees or presence of international organizations on the ground to comfort many many of the civilians tens of thousands of people are

still camping out close to the border they have not returned to their homes and many of them are opposition activists or members of rebel run administrations people who if they returned to government controlled territories could face arrest or persecution and this is the real problem we hear reports of deals ceasefire deals and that some rebel factions are agreeing to surrender but at the end of the day it is the lack of security guarantees coming from the international community that makes people fear returning to areas that are now under the government's control now the government pushing ahead with its campaign it has consolidated its control of the international highway it has taken more territory close to the border with jordan and it has now laid siege to the rebel controlled areas of the provincial capital city really putting more pressure on the remaining rebel factions to surrender and now there are reports that russian drones are flying over

the western countryside of that off as well as over rebel controlled territories in the new. robinson connector clearly a sign that the pro-government camp will push ahead with its military offensive if the remaining rebel factions refuse to surrender japan's prime minister shinzo abbay has canceled a planned trip abroad after two rental rains killed at least one hundred people across the country evacuation orders are in place for nearly two million people and multiple landslide warnings have been issued a large scale rescue operation is underway they were scheduled to visit belgium france saudi arabia and egypt. is in tokyo with the latest. indeed that it shows we have been. very measured the i've been in there and the problem with very secure forts is that most of the years they're in the countryside with maybe not it was three. months and it's going to mean the board.

of defense forces who are dispatched there more than forty thousand troops have been dispatched to go to those areas it means that it's difficult for them to do the patience to help that's not the people and also even with the using helicopters it would be difficult to learn in such places and taking into consideration that most of the areas that i think. we all believe that i feel. that it's the people there many of the force not depending on the local people themselves and neighbors about you know that they are stranded or they know they are missing and to know that it's about nine if it's good or a good think it's more within the coming hours or days and there are more than fifty eight people still missing until now rights groups say at least fourteen people have been killed in nicaragua during a raid by a pro-government armed group street protests on the crackdown that followed have killed at least two hundred twenty people since april activists accuse president

daniel ortega for oppression and are demanding his stand down he's refused and has also ruled out early elections rioting and looting have continued in haiti's capital despite the government suspending a proposed hike in fuel prices. police fired warning shots at the crowds and strip supermarkets which were earlier set on fire during today's the protests at least three people have died since the demonstrations began on friday president donald trump is due to announce his candidate for the u.s. supreme court on monday it will be the second time he's been able to. is a justice in the past eighteen months and it's significant because his decision will probably swing the court firmly in favor of conservatives here's our white house correspondent kimberly halkett with more. you u.s. presidents so early in their first term have had the opportunity to leave their

mark on their country like donald trump does the supreme court is the final judge in all cases involving laws made by congress so those who are appointed matter these raise your right hand donald trump his first nominee a conservative judge neil gorsuch was confirmed last year just as gorsuch we had a home run there and we're going to hit a home run here and step by step we are making america great again trump interviewed at least seven candidates to replace retiring justice anthony kennedy his announcement is expected to kick off a contentious nomination process president trump has proven that he wants the best of the best on the supreme court conservative groups have launched an offensive to shift the nine member court to the political right this video is just part of that multimillion dollar lobbying effort but democrats are spending to determine to

block republican efforts i don't like judges who want to make law rather than interpret law so i don't like judges too far right now i really don't like judges too far left either if confirmed by the u.s. senate the incoming judge has the potential to remake the ideological balance of the supreme court potentially overturning precedent setting decisions on health care gay marriage and even the landmark one nine hundred seventy three ruling which legalized abortion in the united states. that's why grassroots groups on both sides are mobilizing to influence the confirmation what we have is the american people and our side if you look at the poll numbers if you ask people what want they. out of a jurist what they want out of the supreme court it is not the kind of people who donald trump has on the short list democrats are pushing to delay the confirmation vote on donald trump's supreme court nominee until after november congressional elections republicans made the same argument back in two thousand and sixteen and

successfully block brock obama's third appointment to the supreme court their argument now blowing back that americans should have the opportunity to weigh in on a justice with the potential to influence the supreme court for at least a generation kimberly health at al-jazeera washington. one of the world's largest smartphone makers has debuted on the hong kong stock exchange shalmi is expected to become the world's third biggest publicly traded mobile phone manufacturer estimates had valued the company one hundred billion u.s. dollars with hopes of drawing ten billion from early investors but so far it has underperformed. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera this hour the mission to rescue eight remaining school boys and their football coach from a flooded cave in northern thailand has resumed at least divers brought out the

first four on sunday they are said to be in good health but are being kept from their parents for now as they're monitored for infections two journalists have been ordered to stand trial and me and him are accused of breaking the country's colonial era secrecy law. who worked for the reuters news agency were arrested in december while investigating the killing of muslim. they've pleaded not guilty but convicted if convicted could face up to fourteen years in prison. we did not commit any crimes but i would like to say regarding decision by the judge that we will never give up today's court decision does not mean that we are guilty you still have the right to defend ourselves the british government minister in charge of negotiations to leave the e.u. has resigned david davis quit as secretary saying he cannot abide by the government's current departure strategy prime minister it's reason may his struggle to unite factions within her governing conservative party over how the u.k.

will proceed with its departure. u.k. police have confirmed that a woman exposed to the nerve agent talk last week has died forty four year old dawn sturgis fell ill after apparently handling an item contaminated with a substance in the town of amesbury a male friend she was with at the time is also. police suspect it was the same batch of novi chalk used on a russian double agent and his daughter in march six millions including four children have been killed in an airstrike by the saudi see coalition in yemen it happened near ties in the southwest of the country coalition air support is being used to back the government troops in the fight against the rebels. meanwhile the united nations is calling for unrestricted access into syria's that are province to deliver aid to tens of thousands of people it says are desperately in need both the syrian government rebels are accusing each other of breaching a ceasefire that was reached on friday the fighting has displaced more than three

hundred thousand civilians in the past two weeks you have to date with the headlines on al-jazeera rewind is coming up next then it will be the news i'll see you then bye bye. getting to the heart of the matter if. the supreme leader calls you today and says that's how it would you accept facing new realities what do you think reunification would look like there are two people the peace corps even fusion is the only option for prosperity of south korea hear their story on talk to al jazeera. hello and welcome again to rewind. since the launch of al-jazeera english back in

two thousand and six will build up a library of award winning films and here on rewind we're very visiting some of the best of them today we're reminded to two thousand and thirteen when we went undercover on a wildlife smuggling trail stretching from madagascar off the southeast coast of africa across asia to malaysia on the trail of a man known as the pablo escobar of reptile smuggling or global wildlife trafficking is estimated to be worth billions of dollars every year almost as lucrative as the trade and illegal drugs and arms a key destination for wildlife traffickers as madagascar over ninety percent of the country's animals are found anywhere else making them a prize catch for smugglers including anson wong the man nicknamed the lizard king would jailed after a sting operation in one thousand nine hundred eight he was soon back in business before being arrested again in malaysia and two thousand and ten at an al-jazeera

and best occasion in two thousand and thirteen travail that those arrests and subsequent convictions did not put an end to his smuggling korea from the. he has returned. there is one place that has always. it's home to the world. that distinction makes them target number one. a conservation group spearheading the fight to save the species.

robert. radio receivers to track the ones they've managed to tag it's estimated there are only four hundred adults left in the wild. the ploughshare are made especially vulnerable because they're only found in this small area of sand bamboo and scrubland. right there the first we come upon it's a tiny one turns out to be just a few months old. and. some of those who've worked with ants and wong in the past tell us that because a rare species he collects goodies plusher tortoise is perhaps the most valuable of all goodies when this guy or girl grows up to be an adult he or she could be worth tens of thousands of u.s. dollars. and if it was back. to real says smugglers including wong started coming to these shores in the one

nine hundred eighty s. just as the group was publishing reports over how endangered the species had become . endangered means high profits for poachers and the rule believes wang has made millions selling plowshares off to be illegal pet trade. their beautiful shells make it easy to see why they are considered the jewel in the crown of the reptile world. so when you hear about people like ants and long making lots of money from these polisher tortoises. what is that doing your mind or is that to your heart you know. it's it's not. but i want to take a gun and kill him. you feel that strongly about a. nearby breeding and rescue center we find pens full of them were saved from poachers. the rate of smuggling is so high his sheer madagascar's government for bid the

group from releasing any back into the wild. in the lab there is a photo warning workers to be on the lookout for this man. it's anson was. that photograph is there in terms of you know if this man turns up be it be careful. in one nine hundred ninety six seventy two plow shares restored from this center in the most brazen reptile robbery in history while no one was ever caught one was later found trying to sell a number of them. he's almost public enemy number one for us in terms of his reputation even if half the stories are true then the scale of operation this man has been operating around the world and this and in madagascar is in his mind born . it was a shipment of plough shares to the u.s. among some other exotic animals that led to the lizard king's first arrest in one

thousand nine hundred eight. it followed a five year undercover sting where wildlife officers posed as dealers to lure one a malaysian citizen to america. in court officers testified one promised them he could get anything from anywhere. in the end he pled guilty to forty counts of illegally importing endangered species and was sentenced to almost six years in prison. is all i'm going to market our army. or a reckless you know walker. who doesn't foster who. this man who we'll call x worked with wong for years and describes what drives him is more. sense if you're going. to come for your. court room i mean. besides the ploughshare madagascar is also home to many other unique species. ninety percent of the

country's animals are found nowhere else in the world an irresistible draw says that's for the lizard king. and so is in madagascar as capital we begin gaining access to his network and tracking down a man who since being harmed has learned to be far more lucid. we're off to meet someone who's promised to take us to some smugglers and his job is to pack the tortoise's before shipment we told him that we're interested buyers he believes that he's getting some customers to meet his bosses. and give them a. reason not appearing nervous the man guides us through the crowded streets to a factory. i know next year and fight it mario introduces himself as

a businessman. using hitting cameras the film is operational which he says exploits seafood and reptiles. we also learned he's the son of a presidential candidate. i'm going to. my home in his office mario is the first to mention the man we're after. ok ok you know i know you know him and i think. i'm. mario offers to put us in touch with one of his associates and the next evening we meet that associate in a hotel room where he presents us with samples. per. their radiated tortoises the second most endangered in madagascar according to international law exploiting them from the country is illegal. to steal the deal of

promises not only a steady supply but hundreds for shipment they think peter. he also says his contacts at the airport will ensure they get through security checks. are. you. prepared to. hear. it confirm something extort us earlier. one of our customs in all these countries or. their paid off. we're going to get something. what you can get but they're supposed to be in for. your forces or you're also corrupt. both x. and the dealer explained the typical route for smuggling same carriers or mules checking the tortoise's in suitcases in madagascar. from there he says the bags

transit through a number of other cities by darussalam and dubai before entering asia. shipments we're told end up in his home country of malaysia where they are then sold on to buyers around the world. of india. cirrus a honda resort says she was once an unwitting participant in one's criminal dealings a student from madagascar desperate for money she says she agreed to meet him at this hotel. back in twenty ten sara says she and another woman were taken to a room and offered four hundred dollars each to carry shipments for wong to malaysia. the cases she says were packed without her involvement. started since july i only knew it was animals but i didn't ask the details as to which kind of animals were inside. while their first trip in two thousand and ten proved uneventful sarah says it was her second trip to malaysia

a few weeks later that things went wrong. soon after touching down customs officials singled her out. by herself to the before we could take away the luggage it was picked by suspection and they saw it was not simple luggage but was full of enables. among the cash authorities found three hundred radiated tortoises and a number of ploughshare. sarah was convicted of smuggling and was jailed for eight months. the same year the sarah was arrested the lizard king himself ran afoul of the law. in a separate incident was caught with dozens of snakes on a plane for which he had no license for. a raid of his properties uncovered even more. a malaysian judge gave him a five year sentence but he served just seventeen months.

according to sources one of the liberal kings biggest customers lives in indonesia bustling capital. we arrive just of the city is hosting a reptile exhibit. despite this being a government sanctioned event it doesn't take long for us to find illegal animals for sale. yet in the research including tortoises from madagascar. still undercover as a dealer we head for one of the biggest booths. but we sit down for a meeting you know with daniel and you would judge or you know as a how do you know it's a. long time. not only does daniel readily admit the to work together but we notice he's also wearing a shirt from madagascar and doesn't go on her so still to still doing our there

there then something that surprises even us daniel admits the two thousand and ten shipment of snakes which landed anson in prison was destined for his shock even hero. hero yeah he's my. my friend. if you think i pay you if they go. pick your biggest or man you mean like they were your snakes. i read about that on liar. daniel also claims that after his last conviction as wife is increasingly taking over the operations he way he went for the. tiles ok and it works out it's time to get a little closer. our first stop is once rural property in penang back hills. we need to see whether he's returned to his life of crime as some say or leading a reform life.