i hope that they show up for themselves that would be better for everyone there is nothing special criminal there i can assure you that in time we will see. millions i don't hear. of course. one russian state television channel said it had spoken to one of them he declined to comment on the case for now saying only that he was for a pharmaceutical company in the siberian city of tomsk and would perhaps speak next week just last week british prosecutors identified the men they said were russian military intelligence officers operating under the aliases alexandra petroff and bullshit of the peg casually dressed boarded a flight from moscow to london on march second staying at a hotel in east london before heading to the city where the poisoning took place c.c.t.v. footage captured the moves at several locations including at the train station on the day of the attack later that night they return to moscow the british government

has repeatedly demanded explanations from russia with the results the mother has been backing from the u.k.'s international allies the prime minister's spokesperson said that moscow had repeatedly lied and hidden the truth about the poisoning statement i really didn't give much he he said these these individuals are civilians that was essentially. the time to disavow them and the claims that the u.k. had made there a member of. russia's military intelligence. and you know beyond that we didn't even see any confirmation of these gentlemen real names british prosecutors have said that there is sufficient evidence to charge the two men they have not requested extradition as russia does not extradite its own citizens but a european arrest warrant has been sought if the patch travel to any e.u. countries in the future. al-jazeera london. still to come here on al-jazeera two major weather systems threaten to separate continents residents

a warning to evacuate in the u.s. as heavy rain pounds the front of. the media conference that's exposed the strained relationships between the philippines president and the military that's. hello again it's good to have you back we're going to start this hour down here in australia we have been watching one funnel boundary pushing through melbourne notice the clouds right there we didn't see a lot of rain with those clouds but what's coming behind it is high pressure that means a lot of sun in the forecast for many of you for brisbane twenty six degrees here on thursday down towards melbourne at eighteen back towards adelaide we are going to be seeing your temperatures really rising in the reason being is those winds start to shift out of the north it's going to be drier it's going to be warmer as well up towards alice springs you are warm at thirty two degrees there over towards

new zealand we are seeing some showers over here towards the south island through parts of christ church auckland really not looking too bad there on thursday and then as we go towards friday a lot of improvement for much of the country we are going to see in christ church really top out at about nineteen degrees there and then very quickly up here towards north asia we are seeing rain continuing down here across the southern parts of japan that's going to continue over here towards china but the rain is actually going to be on the increase over the next few days in start to shift a little bit more up towards the north so tokyo twenty five degrees there a little bit better up towards lot of astarte but if you look out here towards the west and the north we are beginning to see snow in the forecast well of atar your high temperature of nine degrees. june ring sierra leone civil war nigerian forces were deployed to protect civilians instead some turned on the population in plain sight of a journalist camera is

a name to be with the secret peacekeeping force to look at the problem complete eighteen his own using his harrowing images international lawyers seek justice for the school to buy their guardian's piece kilis on al-jazeera. welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the european parliament has voted to sanction grief for breaching the e.u. score values prime minister viktor or balance put pressure on courts and non-governmental groups while refusing to take an asylum seekers'

a un commission of inquiry says internal displacement in syria this year has reached record levels more than a million people have been forced from their homes and russian president vladimir putin says his authorities have located the two men accused by the u.k. of the sergei scrupled poisoning putin said that they are both civilians. warring factions in south sudan have signed the final peace deal after months of negotiations the leaders will now former transitional government within eight months president salva kiir will be deputized by his rival rick rasha and four other vice presidents but several previous peace deals have collapsed catherine sawyer has more now from ethiopia's capital this about their deal is signed and what's going to happen going forward is the leaders have eight months to form a transitional government this government is going to have president salva care at the helm and five vice presidents including much are the leader of their main armed

opposition as the first vice president the transitional government is going to be in place for three years before an election is held. as opposition groups that have signed this still say that they still have reservations for example they're concerned about the number of states and boundary demarkation is are also concerned about posh airing how will be divided in the executive in the legislature as well they're also concerned about a security arrangements are the deal says that sudan and ugandan forces will be deployed to south sudan to provide a conducive environment for the implementation of this deal but this opposition group say that they want other regional countries like kenya and ethiopia involved as well deployed troops as well a lot of people in south sudan are cautiously optimistic that perhaps this deal might hold we have seen previous deals that have been signed but then collapsed so

people of millions of south sudanese who are displaced the millions of others who are in the country but living in squalor suffering in the country who have been living in violence for so long saying that they hope that their leaders hold true to their word their leaders alchemy ted so that people can just get on with their lives and be able to offend for their families. authorities in the democratic republic of congo and the world health organization say they're boosting the response to an ebola outbreak in north eastern congo it follows the death of another patient in temple city in north kivu province health officials say the city of one million people is a new hotspot for the virus so far more than two hundred people have been vaccinated including people who came into contact with a confirmed case this siebold outbreak has killed eighty five people since july tumble is the new horse sport so it's important for the response to be flung combining or as a complement. to does stop the horse. u.s.

president donald trump has signed an executive order also rising sanctions against foreign people or countries who meddle in u.s. elections the trumpet ministration has faced months of criticism for not doing enough to prevent foreign interference in future american elections kimberly healthcare reports. with just weeks until u.s. voters go to the polls who are a vote determining control of congress president donald trump signed an executive order to punish nations that interfere with that election the president has specifically directed us the director of national intelligence made wednesday's announcement along with national security adviser john bolton it follows their briefing last month with other top intelligence and law enforcement chiefs our democracy itself is in the crosshairs free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy and it has become clear that they are the target of our

adversaries the white house says those adversaries include not just russia accused of meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential vote but also china iran and north korea. and his summit in finland with russian president vladimir putin trump was reluctant to point fingers at the kremlin he just said it's not russian it's a statement he later backtracked. the sentence should have been i don't see any reason why i wouldn't or why it would be russia russia denies any interference in two thousand and sixteen at a geneva meeting in august bolton's russian counterpart refused to sign a joint statement that included the election meddling allegations still u.s. intelligence expects there will be more attempts to interfere trump's new executive order hopes to address that setting up a mechanism through the department of justice and the state department to impose

sanctions on any individual or nation ninety days after election meddling is confirmed the white house says those sanctions would be calibrated based on severity and could include the blocking about anyone accused of attempting to manipulate america's vote kimberley health at al-jazeera the white house the governor of the u.s. state of georgia has declared a state of emergency after forecasts showed that hurricane florence may be taking a southwest turn this means a longer stretch of the u.s. coastline may be hit residents are rushing to prepare before the hurricane makes landfall officials have ordered more than a million people to evacuate as the hurricane approaches. this is not going to be a glancing blow this is not going to be a tropical storm this is not going to be you know one of those storms. here in move out to sea this is going to be you know mike tyson points to the carolina coast and then it's going to have very heavy rains you know that as steve alluded to it's

going to stall so we're looking to inland flooding we're looking at you know coastal storm surge we're looking at all that has used a storm of this magnitude would take. well as a hurricane heads towards the u.s. a super typhoon is heading towards the philippines heavy rains have already caused flooding in the capital manila thousands of villages are to be evacuated and schools shut down in the north where super typhoon manhood is due to hit on saturday its then expected to move on to taiwan and then possibly towards hong kong and mainland china well staying in the philippines president a very good at that there has their id military commanders to rebel against him after they ignored his order to arrest the high profile critic senator and tanya through yanez a says the arrest order is a desperate attempt to hold on to power jimmy fallon dorgan reports now from many. what was the widely anticipated conference ended up becoming one of the most

jarring interviews ever held by president through the good the thirty for most of the one hour and a half long interview dented his anger on the philippine military exposing the strained relationship between soldiers and their commander in chief. and i only started now don't let this drag you plan to sabotage me then go ahead and be firing a few rounds won't work then assassinate i'll be happy to die in your hands he accuses soldiers of citing with a staunch critic and doing it younis the senator accuses the dead there and his family of amassing illegal well which is denied chilian as was also one of the proponents of a complaint in the international criminal court against the terror tis war on drugs . that they ordered arrest which the military did not carry out. their youngness was a navy officer one of the many to mutiny when gloria arroyo was president despite

his detention for seven years he complained and won a senate seat he was granted amnesty by former president binney lucky no seven years ago there to revoked the amnesty saying it was avoided but documents show the amnesty was legal and absolute and because an amnesty is your revokable juliana's says what the title has done is unprecedented and only done by a desperate leader there will probably. be psychological help for the commander in chief because they didn't expect that from their commander in chief who will actually incite so the. against against himself and it threatens to split the military institution that has. gone through legal reforms over the last thirty years critics say it is unheard of for

a president to challenge his commanders to oust him the best politics of the a.f.p. is that a bit drawn client relationship he dispenses favors he dispenses all round people would think that they're the us the logical problems around but i look at this person us a calculating person and he is not to be underestimated the senate leadership has given chile on this sanctuary so he remains within the premises for now meanwhile the military has made a commitment that it will only follow orders that are in line with the constitution still many here are worried they say do tear it is relentless pursuit of giuliana's no matter the costs may further destabilize the countries already fragile democracy in dog and al-jazeera in manila where the three and a half thousand children were sexually abused by more than one thousand six hundred

roman catholic priests in germany between one nine hundred forty six and two thousand and fourteen that's according to a leaked report published by spiegel online the revelation comes after pope francis called on senior bishops from around the world to attend the meeting in february for the scots the problem of sexual abuse in the church. bigotries are paying their last respects to kofi annan as is but as his body lies in state in the canadian capital accra crowds gathered in the cry international conference center where a man's body was draped in the canadian flag the former u.n. secretary general died in august after a brief undisclosed illness you'll be buried in a military cemetery on friday. stocks in the tech giant apple have dropped slightly after its latest big log fail to feature any groundbreaking innovations the most expensive i phone is now eleven hundred us dollars but is high the usual castro reports the move towards even more expensive premium products appears to be paying

off for a company that's now the world's biggest. what is the secret to apple's success wednesday's product launch we're short on new products big on prozac now let's talk about i for. you these are on my phone to miss macks has the largest display ever been annoyed with the new i phone tennis max on larger and sastre version of the previous i phones it starts at one thousand nine hundred nine dollars while the so-called starter version i phone this year costs seven hundred fifty and under its estimate the banshees especially for folks reading. it way for a year or two or three for. apple's higher prices are a way to boost sales in an already saturated market although the number of i phones sold remain steady apple has increased i phone revenue by twenty percent by

squeezing out more money from each unit but to what point can consumers continue to stretch their wallets apple doesn't appear to be too worried announcing more than five hundred million people visit its apple stores a year these are great products that american consumers want apple takes that passion and evades and making those products better apple was the first american company to reach trillion dollar valuation with stocks that continue to steadily climb when you think about american companies i think steve jobs our hope is truly kind of a standout in the minds of american consumers and i think it's a well deserved apple though has strong competition in the chinese company while way which outsold. i phones last quarter while way is cheaper and more accessible overseas for now though the apple i phone remains an american status symbol. castro al-jazeera washington. from technology to nature and one of

nature's most spectacular displays this is expected to be a vintage season for the northern lights the lucky residents of the city of rover a namea that's in the lapland region of northern finland were treated to several hours of lights in the night sky this week look at that it's amazing the phenomenon is known as the aurora borealis center occurs when electrically charged particles from the sudden collide with particles in the earth's atmosphere stunning. barbara star in london here the top stories on al-jazeera hungary says it will challenge proceedings against it for breaking the rules on democracy and civil rights the european parliament voted by a large majority for sanctions against hungary prime minister viktor orban has put pressure on courts and non-governmental groups while refusing to take in any asylum

seekers the vote launches the so-called article seven process which could lead to hungry being stripped of its voting rights in the e.u. but only if all member states agree. in the movie. the european commission pays all attacks on the rule of law we remain concerned by the developments in some of the member states to seven must be applied whenever the rule of law is threatened. un human rights investigators say syrian government forces have fired chlorine a banned chemical weapon on rebel held areas three times this year the u.n. commission of inquiry also said internal displacement in syria has reached levels not seen before in the seven year conflict more than one million syrian men women and children have been forced from their homes so far many arriving in the province from other areas if we had little goes the same way as we've seen in other

places then it's a complete failure of the international system and it's a complete failure of many of us to be able to prevent work we've seen happening time and again russian president vladimir putin says they've located the two men accused by the u.k. of the seventy's group of poisoning and they are both civilians the u.k. has issued a european arrest warrants for the men who they suspect of working for russian military intelligence south sudan's warring factions have signed a final peace deal after months of negotiations the leaders will now form a transitional government within eight months president salva kiir will be deputized by his rival rick was shot and for other vice presidents several previous peace deals have collapsed well those are the headlines thank you for watching my colleagues in the house will have more in half an hour of people in power as they

axed. by. millions of dollars is being stolen in a scam that starts in the philippines and stretches across the globe when he's gains exclusive access to this country underworld to a criminal turned whistleblower on al jazeera. almost two decades ago when sierra leone was in the grip of civil war troops from nigeria were deployed to protect civilians but instead some of the peacekeepers turned on those they were meant to save. as trustees captured on camera by journalists or some more now that harrowing footage is central to an extraordinary legal campaign to get justice for the victims.

sierra leone west africa. in one thousand nine hundred eight in one thousand nine hundred nine nigerian peacekeepers murdered raped and tortured sierra leonean civilians. and got away with it. all. this footage of the nigerian peacekeepers to get up but was filmed by a local cameraman sorious samura unbroke cost around the world seventeen years ago

in a documentary called cry freetown. there was a silent majority sophie. the nigerians have been invited to protect civilians by the sierra leonean government which was embroiled in a brutal civil war against rebel positions but instead of being protected as many became butchers. after the end of the conflict in two thousand and two a united nations funded tribunals was established to prosecute serious crimes committed during the civil war. but the nigerian crimes were ignored brushed under the carpet of history. after eighteen years of silence a team of international lawyers is reopening the case. file a story of saddam i believe this case representing victims that have suffered so

much the case is being conducted by myself tshabalala get in trouble malaysia about my brother abraham. from sierra leone where do you take a separate photo to do something for the victims. that came in. in q. one has seen in the united nations allegations of abuse. underline those. cases today. those cases. video evidence.

no international mechanism has even attempted. a case. to put in place investigation. we know there's a difference. the difference. is that away. i have every confidence that. mansour a he was five years old when the nigerian peacekeepers otherwise known as echo came to his area and you will see that everybody. in for all the kids from the community in moore. or my studio. we don't leave me one and me to you my sister. will be dealing with my mind.

soon while morey will be ninety minutes from. here can walk in and see the morning in. the garden. and him or me you will see this morning that's in the in. the morning early going to be then we wouldn't be on my sister's and. i'm not some of the motions more me mommy daddy and it was you know. sister as. soon as she said no they're sending. me money you know. you skimped see going out on mom so we. all need to be a commodity and she she gets you into all my system. oxidants you

know just being honest. and it's about simple that's a life. long anymore anybody my life was in mom or god. or you know my sister. only she saw one of us again. in december ninety nine hundred eight as the civil war raged in the provinces there were rumors of an imminent rebel attack on the nation's capital freetown. sorious samura was a local cameraman living in the city for us we were living in the city we were just even in pump and in fear of the peacekeepers. the ones who were different in that time. it was on the morning of the six don't general area nine hundred ninety

nine a friend of mine called on the phone and say the rebels are here i took the camera and from the window i started fim in the red arrows. i just thought what was happening in my country needed to be seen it needed to be famed so i made a decision to step out. of the nine ten is what i feel what i saw what i witnessed and. nobody. sees it in their own paltry. peacekeepers fills the block complete. i think about it if this is meant to be. the supreme peacekeeping force. yeah i was now with the camera.

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choice no not not not not some other. thing. and. i just kept that shot. with the police yeah. this is seems a good to me. what's a m f n. one do with people nothing. an employee does a fee and even puts these lives on. the system. as this is. not new to me and i'm not in ca. and if in those. people to me so i don't think. it took this. i'm not under begun to miss if. we are

foreseeing. straight away there were guys time invited to we borrow and with the boys still kiki in deep took him into the wee peril. the boy begging for his back home and within minutes to be thrown here in a big must grieve a lot of family members will never ever. find out that some of their loved ones and it all yeah he's in the same source he paid a debt price at the hands of peacekeepers. the special court for sierra leone was established in two thousand and two to prosecute those most responsible for serious crimes committed during the war.

sharma hendra was one of the prosecutors of the court and he's now the driving force behind the renewed effort to seek justice a special court did have to stick. nigerian troops we had video evidence. the whole world has seen what has happened. and it has been probably the easiest cases to prosecute and we did it there was just talking peace science. and victims of economic crimes. eighteen years of combined eighteen years of inaction against these nigerian troops despite the most compelling evidence any prosecutor could possibly have that competition rated. over sixteen seventeen years i have this tapes here in your slide bear.