documentary bone disease. another grim reports on the war in yemen this time from the u.n. it accuses all sides of carrying out its possible war crimes. or watching all just our live from london also coming up. what next for not canada's foreign minister is in washington for talks one day off to mexico agree to a revised deal. we know pollution is bad for your health but can it make you less intelligent well and he studies says yes. britain's prime minister begins a three day visit to africa where the big focus is drumming up business ahead of bragg's at.

the united nations is accusing all sides involved in the war in yemen of committing possible war crimes a report by u.n. rights experts say the yemeni government forces are saudi led backers and rebel who the fighters have done little to minimize civilian casualties of the warring parties are also accused of recruiting children forced disappearances and arbitrary detentions our correspondent alan fisher has more from neighboring djibouti. none have clean hands a un panel three experts investigating and a damning conclusion individuals in the government of yemen and the coalition including saudi arabia and the united arab emirates may have conducted attacks in violation of the principles of distinction proportionality and

all precautions which may amount to walk crimes. un top human rights body commission the investigation into the ongoing fighting in yemen of war that has lasted almost four years the panel of experts made fourteen fact finding missions spoke to victims and eyewitnesses and express concern about the targeting of civilians the use of child soldiers and the use of sexual abuse as a weapon which was described as horrendous. conscripting or enlisting children under the age of fifteen or using them to participate actively in the still it is is a war crime. the panel called for an end to the fighting and without naming names or to the international community to stop providing weapons for the conflict iran has been supplying hooty fighters or the u.s. in the uki has been backing the saudi led coalition the panel also criticized the who to cite in what was

a strongly worded report they need to send investigators into yemen and which have been welcomed by the whole of the many many time so when they have a good evidence then they can bring anyone to justice either for the solidarity movement or from the led coalition oh lord in yemen erupted in march twenty fifteen saudi arabia and the united arab emirates and leading a western backed coalition trying to restore the internationally recognized government of exiled gave any president. who was forced out of the capital sanaa by really impact the fighters. it's the second report in twenty four hours criticizing the saudi led coalition on monday human rights watch cleaned it it failed to adequately investigate reports of human rights abuses and too often whitewash the results responding to the panel's findings the yes' minister of state for foreign affairs tweeted we should review and respond to the un experts report

published today adding the coolish and is fulfilling a truly reclaiming the yemeni state and securing the future of the region from a really into fumes all the governments named in the forty one page report received an advance copy the panel says it has compiled a list of the names of people it believes may be responsible for war crimes and passed it on to the appropriate authorities and there are those who hope that this report will put pressure on both sides as we approach u.n. sponsored peace talks starting on september the sixth alan fischer al-jazeera djibouti the u.s. secretary of defense james mattis has ruled out dropping america's support for saudi m.r.i. airstrikes on yemen saying he has not witnessed any callous disregard from the people of the united states are working with matches held a press conference along with the joint chiefs chairman joseph dunford at the pentagon earlier today for the last several years we have been working with the

saudis and the. doing what we can to reduce any chance of innocent people being injured or killed we recognize that we are watching a war in which the hooty led effort. involves launching weapons out of residential areas into saudi arabia we recognize the complexity of it at no time have we felt rebuffed or ignored when we bring concerns to them the training that we have given them we know has paid off we have had pilots in the year who recognized the danger of a specific mission and declined to drop even when they get the authority we have seen staff procedures that put no fire areas around areas where there is hospitals or schools we we recognized every mistake like this was tragic

in every way but we have not seen any callous disregard by the people we're working with. so canada is coming back to the negotiating table with the u.s. to try and salvage the north america free trade agreement or a new version of the pact canada is under pressure after u.s. president donald trump and onst on monday he had reached a deal with mexico that would replace not to canada must now accept the terms of that agreement or face an escalating trade dispute with the u.s. we can now go live to kimberley haokip who is in washington for us so kimberly the clock is ticking what are the prospects of making a friday deadline. well certainly the u.s. side is optimistic and canada is taking this seriously the foreign minister and

washington to get down to the sort of nitty gritty fine details of the tocs the topic anomic advisor for the trumpet ministration speaking on the morning chat shows here in washington saying that what this is really about is is china well we've now got a kind of a bilateral agreement within the trilateral arrangement of the north american free trade agreement or nafta what mexico and the united states agreed to is that particular what comes the auto sector cars seventy five percent of them will now be guaranteed to be made in the united states or mexico and the reason that they've done this and put this commitment forward is because the concern that china is flooding the market with cheap parts and that is hurting both countries so this is the argument that the u.s. is expected to lay out to the canadian side look at this benefits you as well this is why you need to sign on and certainly canada has signaled a willingness to in the words of the spokesperson for the foreign minister

modernize the north american free trade agreement but there are unique things that canada wants to put forward and you have to remember that canada also wields an awful lot of power in order to change the north american free trade agreement between all three parties canada must sign on so each side certainly has a convincing argument has some power and has some cards to play the question is whether it can be done in this very tight time frame given the fact that mexico and the united states took five weeks just to come to the conclusion with regard to the auto sector and a few other modernization issues now we're talking a matter of days with this deadline for all of this to come together by friday is certainly a lofty order it's a tall order but it's one that both sides seem to be rolling up their sleeves and trying to accomplish but it is going to be a difficult goal kimberly how could on the prospects of her advised enough to thank you. scientists say chronic exposure to out air pollution may harm the

way your brain processes information and make you less intelligent researchers monitored around twenty thousand people in china over a four year period and tested their maps as wild as their verbal scales joins us china study found the impact of breathing in polluted air increased with age and affected men with lower education the most they say the results are relevant to globally because around eighty percent of the world's urban population brethen unsafe levels of fare well the chant as one of the authors of that report and a professor at the school of public health and he explained why men are more vulnerable than women to air pollution the gender difference meanings for wrong the the the bring functionally specially the white issuing the bring as we know there are white usual and we call the y. matter and the green matter and the why men are being affected by air pollution so

if this individual is exposed to too. excessive amount of pollution that were shrinking why matter so so in man's brain the activity of why i met her during the colony to has usually only wind nine's all of that is the warning of the females so that means they are more willing or able to evolution and also for the far less educated people than while factor that because the work of more all its doors so they have more community of exposure duty a long term so that means they are while men are already being traumatized so they are more vulnerable britain's prime minister said in south africa as part of her first trip to the continent since taking office terry's amaze and cape town to try and strengthen bilateral trade and investment aimed at boosting your case post said fortunes last year britain with south africa sixth largest trading partner may will also travel to nigeria and kenya. we have been working with with african

nations with african governments in the past what i'm talking about today is a new partnership for the future recognizing the challenges that we both face we've already seen the benefits of the growth in the economy the stability here in south africa in the investment we've seen from the u.k. i think the huge opportunities for us to work together both the u.k. and south africa to increase that investment in the future to the mutual benefit both of south africans and of the united kingdom. i mean that miller has more details from johannesburg the prime minister is calling this a new partnership with africa she says based on shared prosperity and security now so far she's announced that the u.k. will invest about five billion dollars in african economies and the world follow up with a five further five billion dollars from private investors and the aim here is that the u.k. would want to be the largest g seven investing in africa by twenty twenty two so

this trip around the continent is very much about renewing and strengthening ties with african countries african countries not only around their economies but also security and stabilizing individual african countries she said that the stability of these countries will only allow africa to prosper and also in that way benefit the u.k. in terms of trade and investment she's looked at a number of issues ranging from poverty of alleviation as well as migrants traveling to europe saying that africa should stabilize and that the u.k. is here to help the continent do that reason may will move on or to nigeria and kenya later this week really looking at what happens our to the u.k. after brics it. you're watching out as our live from london still to come on this program taking their chances on the urban road the venezuelans have left the

country and are trying to meet and meet one mouthful at a time. and we'll tell you about the plan that is that endangered as the rhino conservationists warned that africa's rain forests are on the brink of extinction. hello there we've got plenty of cloud over the southern parts of china at the moment they're giving us some very heavy downpours today through parts of taiwan across the so the pose of china and into the northern parts of vietnam plenty of what weather here at the moment and that rain is going to stick around as we head through the next few days as well so monday then you can see from the dark blue colors on our shot we're expecting more very heavy rain and then this is a secular nation here will gradually be trekking its way towards the west towards the northern parts of vietnam so we can expect the rain here to roll the much more heavy as we head through thursday as we head across towards the west we've got some

particularly shop showers across the central belt of india very wet currently more wet weather here to come over the next few days so wednesday and thursday both looking pretty wet towards the northwest though a bit dry for see new delhi a chance of a joy day actually as we head through the day on thursday kharaj we should also be dry with a top temperature of twenty nine degrees now here in doha the winds of change now they're coming in from the sea so it is far more humid in fact in some parts of qatar we've seen a fair amount of fog as well because there's so much humidity because it's so humid as well the temperatures aren't quite as high as they might be thirty nine degrees on max mon wednesday a little bit higher perhaps for the day this time getting two to forty . with growing old. refusing to be defined by the mexican women the brilliant.

and rediscovering the. time. of the viewfinder in america. this time. the united nations has accused all sides in the civil war of committing war crimes pro-government forces. casualties

as well as. recruiting child soldiers. count of those negotiating with the u.s. to remain part of a new north america free trade agreement on monday u.s. president said he reached agreement with mexico on changes to the trade deal. to accept the new terms. and a new study suggests air pollution isn't just bad for long but also our brainpower scientists from the u.s. and china say. facts how our brains process information making us less intelligent . and definite curfew has been put in place in southwest nepal in the hope that it will prevent further protests following the rape and killing of a teenage girl the police commander in the region has been suspended after accusations of a cover up the demonstrations have spread to the capital katmandu and reports. the monsoon rains didn't stop the latest protest against the police artists joined

the protesters in solidarity following the rape and suspected murder thirteen year old schoolgirl up on a month ago. we had the government does not compel us to stand here again and again other protests have been held elsewhere in the park demanding change at least three rapes are reported to police every day in the park around fifteen hundred last year activists say many more are not reported more than half of all the parties attacked are up to sixty. the police are being criticised for their handling of the schoolgirls murder investigation. a sixteen year old boy was shot and killed while others were injured and armed police confronted protesters and punching through district where the girl was killed a curfew was imposed there four days ago. police are accused of arresting a mentally unstable man and framing him for the girl's killing while the true culprit remains free will is. we are an institution that believes in giving

justice to women and children nepal police suspended the commanding officer in country on four and our initial investigation shows the police were a bit reluctant in the initial response the communication with the victim's family was also lacking these individual cases of carelessness or tarnish the reputation of the entire force. plutus to see booth the police and the government have to do more to restore faith in them the proportion of people who are coming to report versus the proof will sion of people who have ridge's juergen f.y.r. versus the proportion of people who have really been can convict it is is very different the action of people who have been convicted in this country is very little compared to the people who have been reaped we have lost faith in the system as protests continue against alleged police mishandling of the keys government leaders are under pressure to offer more than what demonstrators see approached us . to syria that men do fourteen cambodian opposition supporters jailed for

a billion against the government have been released it is the largest pardon since premier hun sen extended his grip on power after large last month's largely unopposed election opposition lou there kim saka however still remains in prison on charges of treason after he was arrested in november and his party dissolves human rights watch are calling for a circus immediate release saying the charges against him are fabricated south sudan's foreign minister says rebel leader requests char has refused to sign the final priest deal with the government opposition groups had hoped that years of conflict would end after a breakthrough as we do with president salva care of both sides had agreed on a power sharing deal and an end to fighting in the sit in east capital khartoum last month. the german chancellor has condemned violent farai protests which took place in the former communist city of kevin it's on monday

anglo-american said quote the hate in the streets has no place in germany thousands took part in the rally but some reportedly chasing and attacking people from minority groups the unrest follows the fatal stabbing of a man on sunday after police arrested suspects from syrian and iraqi backgrounds. the u.s. has told a top u.n. court that it has no jurisdiction to rule on terror legal challenge against washington's for new sanctions iran wants the international court of justice to suspend the sanctions after washington post out of the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal terror on has accused the u.s. of plotting what it costs economic strangulation lawrence he has more from the hague will they serve this hearing it's been the united states states to iran's core allegation that the u.s. has been in breach of this obscure nine hundred fifty five agreements of friendship between the two countries by the reimposition ascensions in the overwhelming

overarching all came from the u.s. side is that iran's argument is entirely deceitful because it's effectively confusing legal and political arguments the u.s. his argument is that iran's complaint isn't really about the nineteen fifty five agreement it's all about the united states pulling out of the nuclear deal and really imposing sanctions and based on that it says the call doesn't actually have the power the jurisdiction to rule on this it's also effectively trying to get the case thrown out before it gets any further but they have at the same time addressed iran's complaint that the u.s. has been guilty of unfriendly actions by re imposing sanctions bargain that in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine and words from the islamic revolution that's exactly what iran has been doing to the united states mr president iran's request warrants another observation before i proceed it rests on the basis of a treaty who central purpose friendship with the united states iran has expressly

and repeatedly disavowed since nine hundred seventy nine in its words and actions by sponsoring terrorism and other malign activity against united states citizens and interests. in other words the situation that the parties find themselves in today is nowhere near what was contemplated when the treaty was concluded in one nine hundred fifty five the us side then went on to list all the complaints about iran's behavior towards the u.s. over the decades unfriendly actions it would say in breach of the nine hundred fifty five agreements the islamic revolution itself taking of american hostages support for his ball and for attacks on israel using funding when the sanctions have been lifted to pay for proxy wars in the middle east and support the assad government in syria as well all of these things the u.s. says would be iran behaving in exactly the same whether they're accusing the united states or they also say that ninety fifty five agreements actually specifically excludes issues to do with national security and nuclear materials as well but in

terms of the case has absolutely no merits. iraq's parliament has voted to reject president hassan rouhani six planation for the country's economic troubles rouhani was summoned before parliament to explain the economy's darr performance it's only the second time such a demand has been made of a sitting president he defended his economic record and blames the us sanctions which were imposed earlier this year iran is dealing with high unemployment while the value of the iranian reale has fallen officials from colombia ecuador peru and brazil are meeting in bogota to find a way to deal with the growing migration crisis thousands of venezuelans are leaving every day to escape economic hardship and some countries like peru have imposed entry restrictions to stem the flow but venezuelans continue to pour into the country by the end of sanches travel to the city of to invest and you spoke to

migrants who say that fled so they can feed their children back home. a physician turned cookie vendor on the pan-american highway and santa and her husband hoarsely left their teenage sons back in venezuela they now make less than ten dollars per day but that she says is good but. that allows us to eat and so on the kids money only for them to eat the little they can get we can't even buy them a pair of shoes or a phone to talk to them i butted in a cell and horses settled into the city twenty five kilometers south of the border many proven as well as who couldn't afford the journey to the capital even a cell candy or food to make ends meet this pipe dangers and restrictions venezuelans are pouring into b two bus stations are packed with passengers heading south more than four hundred thousand venezuelans are already living in the country . with the help of a nongovernmental organization twenty five year old nancy harris found

a small house received basic kitchen tools and mattresses and nearly a miracle she says for a family who ventured out on the road penniless and hitchhiking with laurel's come your need all knowing that truck drivers picked us up fed us gave us money i sold my phone and with all that bought tickets for the bus to get here the way venezuelans can still come into it without a passport is by requesting for asylum it would allow them to apply for a work permit while they live in the country. and they can request a humanitarian visa it's a policy that first drew the high miss family to be. his so high miss says the deals taught him the meaning of humbleness you know that in the course of what you learned to be humble after having thought about those pigs who asked for a coin here and there to live now you realize last piece of russian roulette because we've had to do the same however survivalists think since may the sooner.

i would like to tell the world that i'm not here because i wanted to migrate or because i wanted to take a job away from anyone else i'm here because my children had nothing to. live in this will was the only option they say they hope one day this journey will take them back home many innocent just to see that. the french president received a major political blow after his popular and vironment minister resigned during a live radio interview nikolaus lot is an environmental activist and former television presenter he accused the government of not doing enough to tackle climate change he said his resignation followed a quote accumulation of disappointments ripon paula. i have an immense friendship with this government and i offer my apologies but i want to challenge the serious i find myself resigned to it every day adapting to it a little more each day even though the global situation with a planet that's becoming

a sauna requires us to change our scale change our scope and change our thinking rain forests in africa are at risk of being completely wiped out within the next decade that become so rare that a manmade forest planted twenty three years ago has become a major draw for tourists catherine saw it reports from south africa's eastern province of malanga which in the center language means the place where the sun rises. one of south africa's botanical gardens is on the edge of the kruger national park the statue action is undoubtedly the manmade to tropical african rain forest is thriving in a continent where natural forests are being wiped out by. poachers and climate change are additional threats caretakers here are worried that they'll all be gone from africa in a few decades thirteen thousand square kilometers that are being wiped out. that's

a massive amount of rainforest disappearing we might even be wiping out species before we even know they exist thousands of students tourists and researchers who might not be able to go to the congo basin in central africa home to the world's second largest tropical rainforest or to the coastal rain forests in west africa that has almost all been felled visit this site i fixed it instead years ago when commodity pretty area they are ripped out forests left right and center to plant sugarcane and it seriously what is me because we don't replace the trees the botanical garden is not just a showcase of the ecosystem it's also home to some of south africa's rarest trees highly prized by poachers one of the things that stands out in this botanical garden is a psycho tree it's critically endangered slow to grow but also very lucrative in the black market so researchers say that in terms of endangered species the sikat

isn't as much danger as the rhino. a most mazibuko has protected and groomed the prehistoric cycle for years and proudly oversees the biggest collection in south africa this is a made. of several books. i have to take. before we open to start to tool to pull in to school in the forest students learn about the different plants and animals how the ecosystem works and just how critical it is to conserve and protect what remains of africa's tropical rainforest cathy zoi al-jazeera employee landa south africa. in the next installment of our series on the world's forests we will be going to southeast asia where a boom in biofuels is posing a major threat to the region's rain forests they're being cleared at an unprecedented level to make way for palm oil plantations florence louis we'll have

that story from malaysia. hello again here's a reminder for main stories on our desire the united states since has accused all sides and have been civil war of committing war crimes a panel of rights experts accused the rebel fighters of committing torture and using child soldiers on the saudi led coalition was criticized for causing heavy civilian casualties using airstrikes some of which may amount to war crimes the u.s. defense secretary says it has been working with the saudi led coalition to help reduce civilian deaths. at no time have we felt rebuffed or ignored when we bring concerns to them the training that we have given them we know

has paid off we have had pilots in the air who recognized the danger of a specific mission and declined to drop even when they get the authority we have seen staff procedures that put no fire areas around areas where there are hospitals or schools. canada is negotiating with the u.s. to remain part of a new north american free trade agreement on monday u.s. president trump said he had reached agreement with mexico on changes to the trade deal and he challenged canada to accept the new terms both sides have said they're hopeful a deal can be reached this week a new study suggests air pollution isn't just bad for our lungs but our brainpower as well scientists from the u.s. and china say breathing dirty air affects how our brain processes information making us less intelligent britain's prime minister has pledged to prioritize

investment in africa she begins at three nation visit their series of a landed in south africa for a first visit to the continent since taking office her trip will also take her to nigeria and kenya she wants britain to become the g seven is biggest investor in africa within the five within five years. fourteen cambodian opposition activists who were jailed for a valiant have been released it's a largest pardon since premier hun sen extended his grip on power after last month's largely unopposed election but opposition leader kevin sucka still remains in prison on charges of treason. stay with us now for a viewfinder latin america. viewfinder

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