meeting we had with them when it was the of them the most as well there's really very few issues. so what the united states have done with all its decisions so far and whenever any is sought to have a confrontation with the us by the way but how can anyone in their sin mind with all these american decisions drums decisions believe that these people can be honest brokers facilitators arbitrators in any peace process so that for you on the program activists set up makeshift camps in the palestinian village which is demolished by israel also. by wayne hay on the banks of the mekong river in northern thailand just across the river is laos and downstream from here the lao government is building another big dam we'll tell you why many people on this side of the river want it stopped.

hello again welcome back we're here across the south china sea we are watching one system developing right here notice the clouds on the satellite image making their way into the northern part of the south china sea that is going to develop into trouble storm now it's going to stay off the coast of china for the next few days bringing a lot of heavy rain as well as a wins even for hong kong but as we go from wednesday to thursday that system makes its way towards high nine we're going to see our first landfall there most likely would some heavy rain localized flooding and then as we go from thursday to friday it is going to be vietnam they're going to be very concerned with flooding happening across most of the northern portion there well over towards india the northern part of india we are looking at some dry conditions a lot of sun in the forecast nala clouds here on the satellite image most of that is going to be sunny and warmer temperatures so new delhi thirty three degrees here on wednesday that is going to start to go up as we go towards thursday but most of the heavy rain is still going to be over much of parts of bangladesh in the next

couple of days we've also seen some very heavy rain at about thirty four degrees and then very quickly across the gulf still very humid for many people we're going to sing at forty one degrees there a little cool but still very humid at thirty eight and discard a beautiful day for you with a temperature of about thirty two degrees. ugandan pop star turned politician now charged with treason but released on bill empowering people is the only way. that new. president. robert. bobby weiner talks to al-jazeera.

welcome back quick look at the top stories now the situation in adelaide based on the spotlight at united nations why russia has requested a meeting to brief members syrian forces backed by russia and iran are preparing an all out military assault on the last rebel held province. prime minister viktor orban has accused the e.u. of blackmail over its threat of sanctions against his country the e.u. parliament is meeting over whether congress should face penalties because of policies that breach core values in zimbabwe is declared a corner of much in c. in the capital harare. the health minister says at least twenty people have died and two thousand others are infected. when all the stories are following closely

activists have set up several makeshift homes in front of a palestinian village in defiance of an israeli eviction order israeli judges approved the demolition of the village last week saying the homes i'm school in han are built illegally european union foreign policy chief federica maharani has warned israel of serious consequences if the demolition goes ahead and smith has more from. on the face of it this is a typically quiet day in the palestinian bedouin village of homs but the hundred eighty or so people living here know that today is also the beginning of the end after a near seventy year presence living in this area because from midnight tonight wednesday israeli security forces can identify time send in the bulldozers and destroy these homes and the school that is attached to the village but has said we will face them we will confront the bulldozers together with our foreign supporters but despite this we expect the village to be demolished campaigners hope that the presence of

this school that educates one hundred eighty children from this village in neighboring villages would have persuaded israel supreme court to prevent or stop the demolition order of a tactic didn't work as you've been watching for me the consequences are that will be deprived of access to twenty percent of the west bank and also the use of the roads and this will cost of the north of the west bank from the middle and the south. major european countries including france germany italy spain and the united kingdom of issued a rare joint statement warning of the consequences of demolishing han arkham are they say that its strategic location is important to maintaining the continuity of a future palestinian state because what activists fear is that once this village has been demolished then israel will extend this small illegal settlement behind me to join with another illegal settlement and once the two are together that effectively cuts off east jerusalem from the rest of the occupied west bank. the

number of people in the world suffering from hunger is rising one out of every nine people is now malnourished that's according to a report by the un's food and agriculture organization it blames war and climate change as the main reasons behind these alarming numbers stunting or lack of growth due to chronic malnutrition is now affecting nearly one hundred fifty one million children under the age of five but while the number of undernourished people is increasing at the same time obesity continues to rise as of today six hundred seventy two million adults more than one in eight are considered obese or guatemala has one of the world's highest rates of stunted growth in children almost half of all children under the age of five a chronically malnourished with a figure far higher in the indigenous maya community successive governments have promised to tackle the issue but as dave david most reports from the quite a lot of highlands progress has been slow. inside this makeshift kitchen in

guatemala highlands mark to hwy prepares lunch for children her son alex looks healthy but the one year old is in medical terms chronically malnourished traditional diets here lack vital nutrients meaning children can be fifteen centimeters shorter than they should be but stunting also affects brain development and a child's ability to learn making it harder to break the cycle of poverty for the most of those. are children eat the same things that we eat and when there's a possibility to give them something extra you do it because you want what's best for your children i give my children what i'm able to but sometimes it's a struggle. around half of all what i'm all in children under five are chronically malnourished and in indigenous communities like mark to us that number is even higher what of all it might be one of the regions main agricultural producers but it also has the world's sixth highest rate of chronic child malnutrition it's

a combination of poverty lack of access to education and lack of access to health care that's causing the problem but one group says that they're trying something new to resolve this. and rosa de kuhn brings health care to the rural families who need it the most armed with scales and measuring board and nutrition booklets rosa visits mothers with children under two to combat stunting the ngo she works for focuses on the first thousand days of life raising awareness and empowering women is key but building that trust takes time. that. the simply don't know about child malnutrition or the importance of complementary foods it's good for them to learn how to look after their children better and you see how happy they are when their children game weight the programs project manager says this personal approach is paying off. in the communities where we've been

to juice this program we've seen a reduction in chronic child malnutrition by up to twenty percent over the last two or three years this is a big achievement people here are becoming more aware that this problem exists it's not just families like marta's who pay the price for chronic childhood malnutrition it's estimated that stunting cost tamala around three point five billion dollars a year but without a major investment by the government or private groups millions of children here will fail to reach their potential david mercer al-jazeera but what amala the leaders of if european eritrea have reopened crossing points on the shed order for the first time in twenty is if you have his prime minister ahmed in eritrea as president of work he attended ceremonies at the east and west and ends of the or death to cement the reconciliation between the former enemies each nation's forces

which a car is stationed along the border will also be moved back to camps to ease tensions the move also means out as abo will now have a direct route to its former foes red sea ports or hundreds of people have been paying their respects to former united nations secretary general kofi annan ahead of his funeral on thursday his body is lying in state and across the capital of his native ghana kofi annan was the first sub-saharan african to serve as leader of the united nations and was joint winner of the two thousand and one nobel peace prize he died last month in switzerland at the age of eighty and ugandan opposition politician bobby wine is calling on the united states to stop its support for the ugandan military he says he was tortured by the army after being arrested during the election campaigning it behooved and has mall. he left his country to receive treatment in the u.s. after being arrested by the ugandan army and charged with treason but once doctors

tended to him the musician turned opposition m.p. robert chad golani famously better known as the wind had a message for the u.s. government in exclusive interview with al-jazeera he urged congress to stop the eight hundred million dollars support for the ugandan military which he accuses of torturing him during his recent detention it's important lack of say especially to the united states taxpayer to know that much of the military aid we get is actually used to oppress and brutalise the citizens of uganda not that the gun that killed my driver that could have probably killed me is an american gun. lobby wine is a vocal opponent of long time president was seventy he was arrested in late august while campaigning in a by election in the north of the country he was accused of throwing rocks at the

president's convoy as it drove by then on the same day gunmen attacked his car killing his driver but bobby wine was not in the vehicle he says it was an assassination attempt his arrest and alleged torture led to police and military deployment across the country. people protested not just his arrest but the recent changes to the ugandan constitution which lifted the presidential age limit of seventy five years making it possible for seventy three year old ms seventy to run again in twenty twenty one he has been repeatedly accused by critics and rights groups of using security forces to silence those who oppose him. the president blames what he calls external powers for the recent instability in his country and warrants others from interfering in uganda's affairs it is important that the external players the roof frame from interfering in the internal affairs of other countries interfering in the internal affairs of other countries is

a moral and practical role model wrong because the question is what's really interesting is you have to see that you can understand the problem with my house better than we do which ones if there is a problem you know how those we do once would sort of keep up. with the external players are involved or not bobby wine has become the face of uganda's opposition and president hu seventy who has ruled for thirty two years appears just as firm in his bed to continue his time in office he will morgan al-jazeera and you can catch that full interview with bob rewind straight after this but as an on talk to al-jazeera just a couple of minutes time when out laos is pushing ahead with plans to build more dams along the mekong river a partial collapse of a dam in july killed at least thirty people the country says it wants to become asia's power source exporting electricity to its wealthier neighbors but critics

warn of an environmental disaster while in hey reports now from chiang kong in neighboring thailand. fishing on the mekong river has never been an easy way to make a living but here where the river flows between thailand and laos fisherman say it's almost not worth the effort these days. in the past there were plenty of fish here and they were big i could catch more than twenty every day no i've been fishing here for three days in a row and of course nothing. many people in chiang kong northern thailand blame it on overfishing and dams built on the upper reaches of the mekong river in china they make always the largest inland fishery in the world and the people in this community want the dams stopped they've been protesting against government plans to build a dam downstream from here in part being which they say will impact the ability of fish to migrate up and downstream but i can charm could mean that the dams that

have already been built have changed the rivers by tall ety the u.n. security council has been meeting to discuss the assault on the province in northern syria is the us ambassador nikki haley speaking now why when we speak about something like syria we are all very passionate about it because we know what pain feels like and we know what suffering is and we get frustrated when we see things happening that we can't control and the session was called for the purpose of discussing the donna talks for peace for a peaceful solution in syria we welcome the opportunity to discuss the prospects for a diplomatic solution in syria but let's not waste time with the december mation distractions and outright lies that the assad regime and their russian and iranian partners constantly use to distort this conversation let's talk about the facts on the ground in syria this month already the world has seen

a clear military escalation in. russian and assad regime air forces launched over us. hundred airstrikes they are using barrel bombs rockets and artillery they are targeting hospitals and medical facilities they are conducting ruthless double tap strikes on civilian volunteers like the white helmets for those listening who haven't heard of double tap strikes that's when pro regime forces strike an area wait a few moments for first responders to arrive and then strike again it is a disgusting tactic of terrorists not professional soldiers according to the un over thirty thousand people have already been displaced by ongoing airstrikes we've heard a lot of talk today but we haven't seen any actions to indicate that russia iran

and assad are interested in a political solution all we've seen are the actions of cowards interested in a bloody military conquest of italy turkey learned this lesson last week when they met with russia and iran turkey wanted them to agree to a cease fire in italy but russia and iran rejected turkey's request and the assad regime continued its brutal attacks the united states is long past taking russia and iran at their word that they are interested in protecting civilians and it led from further violence. no matter what type of weapons or methods are used the united states strongly opposes any escalation of violence in. every member of the security council should feel the same it's time for russia to stop wasting our time when it comes to peace in syria russia and iran have had every opportunity to

demonstrate their credibility as constructive actors in syria but what have they done with these opportunities they created so-called deescalation zones throughout syria which they have cynically systematically and ruthlessly violated in february they violated the deescalation zone and eastern ghouta then in july russia blatantly broke a commitment made by president putin and president trump to uphold a cease fire arrangement in southwest syria now in russia and iran are violating their last remaining so called the escalation zone these are not be actions of good faith parties of peace this is not how you demonstrate your commitment to protecting civilian lives and this is not how you convince the united states and other countries to fund reconstructed reconstruction efforts in syria i

repeat that it would be absurd for the united states and other countries to consider the demands from russia and its allies that the world should fund reconstruction efforts in syria as russian airstrikes pummel it live in an escalation of a new military assault. russia iran and assad or daimler are demolishing it live and asking us to call it peace but here's the reality a stomach has failed it has failed to stop the violence or to promote a political solution we will know that the assad regime and its enablers are serious about a political process for peace in syria not when they repeat empty promises but when the violence stops when the air strikes and the ground offensive stop when they allow the un to deliver lifesaving humanitarian aid to civilians and allow civilians the freedom of movement to escape the impending seas when they work with

us to pursue real terrorists not to create more of them by targeting innocent civilians. so we've just been listening to u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley bracing the syrian government russia and iran as well this in a u.n. security council meeting called by russia as the syrian government announces its intentions to launch an offensive in because of the various groups that work at the syrian government pledging to reclaim control of all of syria but we've already had the united nations warning that such a military assault in this northern parts of syria would lead to a humanitarian catastrophe much more on that story in the rest of the day's news at the top of the next hour now it's talk to al-jazeera.

only. yet hospital. ward is called on. to see. down he's known as bobby wine ugandan pop star turned politician robert siegel nani made headlines after being detained on august fourteenth he was charged with treason accused of throwing stones at president you are in the seventies presidential motorcade after release on bail ciccone said he was tortured by

security forces he was again detained before being allowed to seek medical treatment in the united states amanda gallacher in washington d.c. robert chuckle lonnie has just been released from hospital and is ready to talk about the accusations made against him by the ugandan government his detention and alleged torture robert chuckle lonnie bobby wine talks to al jazeera. let's start with the events of last month you were arrested twice firstly for throwing stones at the presidential motorcade and then secondly you were arrested and charged with treason your driver was shot and killed and what you think was an assassination attempt and then you say you were brutally tortured by the security forces what happened were a lot happened like you say and i was brutally rested beaten terribly then. in the car and out chad for a legal. position of fire

a charge that was later dropped by the government itself and then later charged with treason and so in my opinion it was more of a pass occasion than prosecution but the beating you said it was with an iron bar sounds like it was almost a sexual assault in part from what you've you've said before who carried out and why. the section on the military court of the special forces command. that section of the military is charged with guarding the president and it's actually led by the president's son. carried out all those atrocities and me beat me with and i had my with them and beat me with the gun bats and squeeze my taste of cause and you know do unspeakable things to me one commentator in uganda said that in some ways as unfortunate as this event was it was almost your baptism it's given you

a higher profile and they said now your supporters will be watching because of your profile what's your next move what do you do now. we've always been wanting the free uganda but that free uganda should not come at the cost of torture should not come at the cost of mind. you know illegal executions should be good free because our generation feels like the prize as only it's the price as only they've been paid for presidents even to. in power we lost more than half a million people you know want to say it was a liberation now that libor ition doesn't make sense to us because we are made with brutal force every time we try to raise our voices every time we try to. seek for the change that we know we can situationally does. i know you're here to get

medical treatment one of your major concerns is to get your blood tested because you didn't trust what the doctors were injecting you with in uganda will have been a long term effect to your health do you think. i don't know still waiting for the results so i can know what is actually in my blood treatment as you can see many of the ones out here. have graduated from using crutches to just a walking skip walking stick physically i'm getting better i wish i would be free in their blood like a i'm beginning to be free physically now when you were detained up believe around thirty two other people were detained you say some of those who were tortured as well women among them could you have done more should you have done more for them could you have flown them here perhaps to get medical treatment. i wish i could do it. only still my friends i feel humbled that my brutalization attracted the

attention of friends across the world but at the same time i feel ineptitude to the men and women that i have and you are similar to each of us in particular the people that were arrested together with me we're so brutalized i remember a lady called cyril she had just had a baby you. bias's syrian section but she was beaten so much that even by the time i left you can they sure still passing blood in a private there's another guy called a teco doctor told us doctors told us he will never be able to walk there's another young lady called soledad my dad i lived in those spittle. my family and i myself believe that it was important to save my life because i am lucky to have the resources that can bring me to america for further treatment i feel like this is a right that everybody deserves and that is why i try as much as possible to use.

this remaining time as i used to leave to raise my voice to speak for those people to make sure that what happened to me and wapping or what happened to my colleagues has not happened to any other you can now because nobody deserves this i believe what can be done is not just to be done by me. what i have is the voice to raise the plight of you and but i continue to call upon ugandans especially the young ugandans to speak up the more we unite the stronger we will become the stronger we become today the regime seems to be shaking simply because ugandans a more united and it's the call that i continue to call upon ugandans to stand to be resilient and to continuously demand for the dignity that they deserve you're facing a president who's been in power since ninety six is removed limits removed age

limits and plans to run again in twenty twenty one how do you take on someone like that that seems to have such a grip on power i know that we are facing a president who came to power when i was only four years but i also know that the population of uganda is over eighty five percent and that the age of thirty five i know that it is many people like me who share the same dreams and aspirations for a better country a country where this city is in will be the true mustapha and the leaders are going to be servant a country where when you work hard you achieve so we share the same pain we share the same operation and i believe that our numbers are not such a lie i believe that the dreams will hold together the aspirations will hold together a much stronger than the fear and terror that has been unleashed to us so much as president has the guns much as they have the ferocious forces we have. the dreams

are to hold together and nothing can stop us from achieving what one achieve by running as an independent politician is there a concern that you are not joining one of the main parties you may split the vote or you may so we're cordon and make things harder by not having join one of the main parties by not adding your voice to someone that's already established well knows joining politics or what anybody would love to call politics i looked at not the divisions that were having i looked at the plate that we shared together today uganda is split into two types of people they are prisoners and oppressed so many people are or press through godless or what political party tribe or religion they belong to many people are even when they belong to the ruling party so our desire as the oppressed people is to redeem

ourselves and we know that we are continuously being joined by people from across the divide from all political parties from all tribes and from all religions so what we unite us more is not the identities of the political parties or sections that will belong to no but the desire of freedom and liberty that we have as a nation is what unites us but how do you turn those desires those wishes that longing for change into real political change in your country because the challenges are huge against a president who seems to want to stay in power for as long as he lives. well the challenge is huge but we are very a very optimistic generation we know that we have nothing to lose apart from a useless life we know that we are millions and millions of young professionals

doctors lawyers teachers who can't make sense out of life we know that we are together with groups our reserve thousands of air does who are continuously being embarrassed by the way things are going you know we know that even the young people in the armed forces young people in the police and civil servants all desire change now i know you're planning to go back home in a few days' time these treason charges are still standing it seems to me that you're a marked man are you fearful about returning home well. i'll be honest yes i'm fearful as a person but i don't have another country uganda is my country so i either live in a dignified country or i be remembered as a ugandan who died trying to make a better uganda you're talking about your own death is that something is that

a possibility that your aware of as a father with four children as someone who is a loyal ugandan i love my family so much i love my country but i also know that just less than forty eight hours ago one of my best friend was shot dead simply because he dared to speak truth to power so many people day even without saying a thing so it's important for me to raise their voice for as long as they can do you feel like you're qualified to lead these people do you feel like you have what it takes to be a leader. i believe that everybody can play a role i'm only trying to play a role as a person i grew up from the ghetto and i was elevated by the common people the ugandans they gave me this platform and that is why i am talking to you today so i

believe that i can only play my role in its tiny position and by encouraging all the millions of ugandans for each of them to keep playing their role you say your playing a tiny role what if that role that's played the scenario means that you become the next president of uganda do you want that job i want to be ugandan that lives in a free uganda does not matter who the president will be as of now nobody is free i want to be free and every going and wants to be free regardless of who the president is how do you get from the scenario that uganda is in now to the point where you can translate all that energy and the need for change to actual change because it feels like an insurmountable task right now yeah it's an insurmountable task.