i was i incredible well the philippines basketball team are on their way home without a medal even though the sport of really popular that many people feel that height is holding the country back but could a growth spurt be about to change that german island are going reports. basketball is big in the philippines but should this should really it's people are not. they haven't qualified for in the lympics in four to six years participation is not the problem. size did. but cut the national growth spurt yet about to change things there seems to be that trend that in the pinas are getting taller taller kids are being brought to metro money to train at the younger age so their bodies are also stimulated physically to grow they're given the best

training the best attrition to travel abroad to play against tougher competition so that also strengthens them so their children in turn become taller and bigger and stronger. i saw is slam dunk contest to bodie to the philippines growth spurt theory this son of a former filipino pro the sixteen year old already stands out amongst to steve at seven twenty if you're on the high list they said this night. it's going to be my baby especially when your. legs are like what if it. was just oh you're just going to be like a power against them so my business is going to start you see even to sort of stature me be extraordinary his coach says in general he's definitely see a shift in filipino players getting taller. guard average over a filipino is around five. for. the brewer the bridge the. road

six for he's already had offers to play in europe and the states but there's no doubt what the ultimate goal is for soccer it will make it to the n.b.a. the learn of the n.b.a. is everywhere and for kids here it would certainly provide a golden ticket but individual ambitions aside filipino basketball fans would just like to see the country competing back on the international stage. nine hundred seventy two was the last time the philippines basketball team competed at an olympics but the passion for the game is a strong as ever. and who knows if kids are indeed getting taller it may not be too long before they're back for medals. dogon al-jazeera manila. and that is least for now it is back to divvy a in london rain forests in africa are at risk of being completely wiped out within the next decade but become so rare

that a manmade forest planted twenty three years ago has become a major draw for tourists catherine sort reports from south africa's eastern province of longer which in the 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 tropical african rain forest is thriving in a continent where natural forests are being wiped out by illegal loggers 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 forest in west africa that has almost all been felled visit this site i fix begins that years ago when commodity pretty every year they reaped all 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 rare is 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 muslim book or has protected and grown the prehistoric cycad for years and

proudly oversees the biggest collection in south africa this is the main requirements of federal tax. i have to take three mines. 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. south africa. and in our next installment of our series on the world's forest we go to southeast asia that's where a boom in biofuels is posing a major threat to the region's rain forests they're being cleared as an unprecedented level to make way for palm oil plantations florence louis we'll have that story from malaysia on wednesday right here on out is there a mand to remember you can always find more news more features on our website and

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tech the u.s. president accuses companies like google are promoting unfair coverage about him. that is as endangered as the rhino conservationists warn that africa's rain forests are on the brink of extinction. the united nations is accusing hold sides involved in the war in yemen of committing possible war crimes a report by a human rights expert says the yemeni government forces are saudi led backers and rebel who the fighters have done little to minimize civilian casualties the warring parties are also accused of recruiting children forced disappearances an arbitrary detentions alan fischer 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. the u.n. 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 meet 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 fifty or using them to participate actively in the last of that is is a war crime. the panel called for an end to the fighting and without naming names or

does the international community to stop providing weapons for the conflict around has been supplying hooty fighters or the u.s. in the uki has been backing the saudi led coalition the panel also criticized the hooty site in what was a strongly worded report they need to send investigators into yemen and would 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 all and solidarity movement or from the led coalition. war 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 exile gave any president mansour hadi 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 claim it it fielded 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 iranian interference in washington at a real briefing u.s. defense secretary mattis give his response to the report and i think that what we have to look at here is probably care and we get this.