it's truly a shameful decision and we're seeing with this reversal that spain instead of sending a red light to and mass slaughter in yemen that is spain is changing that to a green light to green lighting the continued indiscriminate killing of civilians and targeting of civilian areas like hospitals and schools and most recently a school bus full of yemeni children so it's truly a shameful decision and spain should rethink this and also other countries should step up to the plate and stop sending more weapons of mass starvation and mass destruction to saudi arabia. we need to see more concerted action going forward we do have we know that the trumpet ministration is planning to move forward billions of dollars worth of arms sales to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates we have seen a lot more action from congress a lot of interest in trying to stop those sales and that every bit of pressure does

help it sends a strong signal to saudi arabia that support for this war is not unconditional and unfortunately those spain sent the opposite message with this rehearsal. break you're not just iraq when we come back the minute by britain of trying to poison the russians. there was a. new report says countries around the world the poorest people of south africa. hello again what here across the southeastern part united states all eyes have been on florence of the last couple of days and of course you can see right here on the satellite image we're just with an hour's of the storm making landfall as probably

a category two hurricane but it has weakened but it's slowing down as well and that's going to be the big problem with the storm is because it slows down the rain is going to continue in this area for several days storm surge as well as wind so from friday to saturday slow movement we do think that the storm is going to come down to about tropical storm but still dropping a lot of rain in some locations particularly into southern parts of north carolina over six hundred millimeters of rain could be seen as we go through the weekend well here across the caribbean we're watching isaac as well that's going to be making its way across parts of the eastern caribbean islands not a lot of rain in times maybe some localized flooding but the system is moving quite quickly so once it passes things will be clearing up there but we do expect to see some heavy rain showers parts of puerto rico here on friday and then as we go towards saturday the system really moves into the central part of the caribbean rain for parts of the dominican republic furred kingston jamaica we expect to see some heavier winds for you over the next few days.

during sierra leone's civil war nigerian forces were deployed to protect civilians instead some turned on the population in plain sight of a journalist's camera piece is a name to be. the supreme peacekeeping force to look at the problem complete. zone using his harrowing images international lawyers seek justice for those slaughtered by their guardians a piece killis on al-jazeera. welcome

back to the top stories here on al-jazeera hurricane florence the start of the batter the east coast of the united states is bringing heavy rain strong winds and rising floodwaters to three states north carolina south carolina and virginia already under the fifty six thousand people without electricity. thirty central bank has raised interest rates method to stabilize the economy and stomach currency crisis the move helped the euro to gain three and a half percent against the u.s. dollar the decision was made despite president obama's opposition to rate hikes and spain has decided to go ahead with selling four hundred laser guided bombs to saudi arabia reversing last week's decision to cancel the order of us and get out of this is say the weapons will be used in the killing of civilians in. the two russian men accused by the u.k. of poisoning a former double agent have given an interview to russian state t.v. british investigators say circus rebel and his daughter were exposed to

a nerve agent but the two that identified as suspects say they were in the town the souls were just to see its cathedral u.k. prime minister called their comments in the interview lies and blatant fabrications his new book. the two men certainly look like the u.k.'s prime suspects in the poisoning of sergei and march we are indeed those who were shown on surveillance videos. the man also confirmed their names are the same as those revealed by british police thought to be aliases and that it is them on the c.c.t.v. footage but they deny they were in sol's bria they get back time of the poisoning for anything more than a holiday. they have a famous corridor with their the source. it is famous not only in europe or over the world i think it's famous for its one hundred twenty three metre spire it's famous for its clock the first clock that was invented in the world and which still works here prosecutors say the men visited solsbury on consecutive days the first

day only for a few hours before returning to london the two russians say it was because of the snowy weather british investigators say they were planning a murder the interviews failed to change official opinions in the u.k. a government spokesman said they clear the men are russian military intelligence officers the m.p. for solsbury dismissed the interview as propaganda delighted the alexander patrol of an whistlin berry shop were able to see the world class attractions that soulsby has to offer tweeted john glenn but very strange to come all this way for just two days while carrying not the chalk in their luggage the interview came a day after the russian president vladimir putin said the man had been found and that there was nothing unusual about them british officials suspect the interview is a carefully stage managed attempt to turn the u.k.'s version of event on its head neve barkha al-jazeera. and anti kremlin activist who is also a member of the protest group pussy riot is in

a serious condition in hospital bitter versa love lost his eyesight and the ability to speak on tuesday he's one of four protesters jailed for disrupting the world cup final in moscow two months ago relatives have told local media they believe he was poisoned the european court of human rights has ruled some of the u.k.'s mass surveillance techniques violate its citizens' rights to privacy the quote criticized high tech methods used by british intelligence which were exposed by the american whistleblower edward snowden five years ago the u.k.'s three months to appeal against the ruling for the first time a french president has a knowledge the widespread use of torture by french forces during algeria as war of independence but emmanuel macro stopped short of apologizing about one point five million algerians died during the conflict in the one nine hundred fifty s. and sixty's has more from paris. well this is a very significant statement by emmanuel marco it is the first time that

a french president has admitted state responsibility in the death of morris or dan one hundred fifty seven during the algerian war of independence now more so down was a mathematics teacher at the university of algiers he was a communist he was an anti colonial activist and what his widow says is the one evening he was taken away from his home by the french military taken to a prison and then she never saw him again the french military said to her that he had escaped but she never believed them she believed that he had been tortured and that he'd died in captivity what is only now more than sixty years later though the french president has admitted that morris or die and did die that he was tortured at the hands of the french military and it's a very significant statement indeed it closes a chapter for her and it also perhaps opens one one another one for other people because he has said that the french state archives on that period of time will be

open so other people other relatives of people who disappeared at the time will be able to find out what happened to their loved ones and whether or not the french military was involved in their deaths were i'm sorry one is an international human rights or research she says this is a positive step for both countries just to swell finally broke. i think what it is this very welcoming decision by president mackerel is a natural next step to take in these very very heavy history it has to be done it had to be done for for the sake of our countries. a lot of mysteries around the disappearances of people who fought during the war the jury are mysteries that has not been sought until today mysteries that have been affected thousands and thousands of families and these definitions to recognize the

using of torture but also to open the archives we'll bring some closure for bar countries so yes it's it's essential if you want to understand what's going on in france right now start at the roots are found into the history of colonization and that's where our jerry our conversation has been parked because well and has been used against its own people to control them and you know young people today want to move on they they want closure families want closure and i think this step is that council yechury step it's necessary if it's the healthier thing you can do and both country will maybe i hope will start over and on better you know better grounds and hope for both of our people and i hope it will also have the french and offended toward one because you cannot move forward if you don't have any closure with your past. now the u.s.

has suggested it may consider visa bans on targeted sanctions against chinese officials over the treatment of muslims in june junk problems the un human rights panel has accused china of detaining a million we get muslims an internment camps where they're being forced to abandon their religion a senior u.s. official was asked of the magnitsky act could be applied as a us human rights law that allows the president to sanction individuals being responsible for committing human rights violations china is imprisoning perhaps a million are we going to use magick machine see act against them thank you congressman for that question the state department is very concerned about chinese tweet treatment of readers we are encouraging the chinese government through diplomatic channels to ensure that they allow their practice their freedom of religion they respect human dignity but this is a hearing on sanctions are we going to say yes congressman when it comes to sanctions rollouts we are not able to preview what we might do but i can tell you

we are looking at the situation and global magnitsky is a tool that we use to curb human rights abuses around the world in southeast asia people are bracing for super typhoon monk court which is gathering strength in the philippines thousands of people have been evacuated from coastal areas of the philippines main island luzon the typhoon is expected to make landfall on saturday with wind speeds of up to two hundred forty kilometers an hour expected to be the strongest of fifteen storms which have hit the country to see if. now a new report by the overseas development institute warns the world is not on track to end extreme poverty by twenty thirty that target was set by all world leaders in twenty fifteen the world bank defines extreme poverty as living on less than two dollars per person per day it affects eight hundred million people today and that number is expected to have by twenty thirty but the report says extreme poverty will persist without increased investment in health education and social protection

calls for an immediate change to how international aid is distributed with a focus on countries which are least able to finance their own public spending. but it's predicted that south africa will be one of sixty countries which will fail to meet the twenty thirty target fourteen million people there are living in extreme poverty the middle miller went to meet some of them in johannesburg. the sprawling township of soweto is rich in contrast while there is a growing middle class and a vibrant economy many here live in poverty one of those people is rosy. she's unemployed and looks after four grandchildren with a government pension of one hundred dollars a month and knowing that. it's too little money to feed for growing by the money runs out before the month is over we struggle to survive she brings the children to this community center with they have what is often their only meal of the day government statistics show that poverty levels have increased since twenty eleven

with fourteen million south africans now living in extreme poverty surviving on less than a dollar a day thirty million south africans live in poverty that's just over half the population most of those affected are children while the government launched a national development plan to eradicate poverty by twenty thirty levels are still rising the poorest of the poor live on just thirty five dollars a month spending a third of that on food reported by the overseas development institute says that up to sixty countries are unlikely to eliminate extreme poverty by twenty thirty almost a third of the africans are unemployed often relying on the government social grants to survive but with low economic growth economists say this is not sustainable progress singular on direction and the moment of population growth is higher than our economic growth or population growth rate is more than one and

a half percent and there are economic growth records we all know they get there if we are in a recession and are sort of salt of that on the back up at the prices. for africans . according to the o.d.i. the world is managed to more than half the number of people living in extreme poverty still hundreds of millions like rosie continued to be at the burden of hardship. al-jazeera johannesburg german police have destroyed an activist sent company near a coal mine protest as had built tree houses to try to prevent the mines expansion into neighboring forest they've occupied sixty structures in the humbugs for as close to the dutch border for the past five years yet to his had asked the mining company to delay development until the government updated its called policy later this year the international whaling commission has approved a declaration aimed at restoring whale populations to the level they were before industrial fishing began but it says whale watching should be the only commercial

use for whales well the non-binding declaration is a major blow for japan which is trying to end a thirty three year old ban on commercial whaling well now a new film aims to change the perception of japan's whaling practices. reports. when the cove was released in two thousand and nine documentary one widespread acclaim and even an academy award for the japanese in the tiny village of taj. it brought unwelcome world attention and vilification for hunting dolphins and whales. now a new documentary is showing a different side of the people. in a film called a whale of a tale based killings have nor care in the world today the villagers are for traders being besieged by foreign activists using strong arm social media tactics to get them to stop whaling. the film's director he's make gumi says saki when it

comes to whaling and often hunting we play here only one side which is against whaling in the open hunting the core problem was a lack of information so this is not to propose support the whaling with off in hunting but i just wanted to show the whole picture whale hunts in thai she can be traced back to the sixteen hundreds it's a part of their heritage and religion and they need to survive one will kill could be the entire community for months even today they say the dolphin and whale hunt sustain a community for survival bringing in food and also helping the economy but it's a sucky says it's also about something more and that people are so proud of their history they are so that's their identity that town as a wailing tone or the tongue of whales and dolphins and that's something that the

inherited from their ancestors it's so important for them to continue whatever to ring japan is pushing hard to lift the ban on commercial whaling at the international whaling commission's meeting in brazil but for now the people of thais she feel like at least their side of the story is being told gabriel's onto al-jazeera. all the news of course on our website there it is on his screen the address al jazeera dot com. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera hurricane florence the start of the batter the east coast of the united states has been downgraded to a category one storm but it's slow moving and may remain dangerous for days forecasters say the threat of flooding will increase over the coming hours already a hundred fifty six thousand people are without electricity as in more than forty

gas explosions in homes and properties across several towns north of the u.s. city of boston at least six people have been injured police and firefighters are responding to more than seventy incidents in the area customers of one gas company have been advised to stay away from their homes officials are blaming ruptured gas supply pipes. turkey central bank has raised interest rates in a bid to stabilize the economy and stem a currency crisis the move helped the lira gain three and a half percent against the u.s. dollar the central bank says it will keep interest rates high and inflation starts to ease a turkish military convoy has reached an observation point in the syrian town of that's in hama district it's one of the closest points to the line dividing opposition fighters and government forces in the country's northwest the deployment comes as preparations continue for an expected government offensive against neighboring it liberal france spain has decided to go ahead with the sale of four

hundred laser guided bombs to saudi arabia reversing last week's decision to cancel the order of the movers and activists who say the weapons will be used in the killing of civilians in yemen. the un's humanitarian coordinator in yemen says hundreds of thousands of lives hang in the balance as fighting begins again around the city of the data it has the key ports the entry point for most of the aid sent to yemen the saudi a morality coalition and government forces are battling with the rebels for control of the city had been allowed in the fighting there went up to plan talks in geneva last week german police have destroyed an optimising company or a coal mine but just as a built tree houses to try to prevent the mines expansion into neighboring forest that occupied sixty structures in the hama back forest close to the dutch botha for the past five is well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after people in palestine that's what i thought that is

a perfect formula for authoritarianism and let me ask you straight up is the two state solution now that the lights are on and there's no way it's high up from school which hands on and which is you know. 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 safeguard and 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 it was up but it 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 protectors many became butchers. after the end of the conflict in two thousand and two a united nations funded tribunals 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 to. find a story of saddam i believe this case representing victims that have suffered so

much the case is being conducted by myself dr sharma a lot of getting drawn out of malaysia my brother abraham. from sierra leone where do you take a separate photo to do something for the victims. thank you. one has seen in the united nations allegations of abuse. underline those. cases today. those cases. video evidence.

no international mechanism even attempted. a case. to put in place. we know there's a difference. the difference. is that. i have every confidence that. lummy mansour a he was five years old when the nigerian peacekeepers otherwise known as echo came to his area and you will see everybody. in for 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 one boy 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 it's in the in. the morning early going to be then we wouldn't be on my sister's and. i'm not time or the motions me more me mommy daddy and it was your. sister as. soon as she said no they're sending. me money to. see that. you skip and see going out on mom so we. all need to be a commodity and she she gets is in with you on my system. oxidants

know. and it's about single dads i live. among anymore anybody i live while most in mom got. on my sister. only a few sad to find us again. in december one thousand 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 camera man 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 framed so i made a decision to step out. of the nine ten is what i feel what i saw what i witnessed and pray in nobody. nobody. sees it in their own paltry. peacekeepers denotes the complete loss i think of it but it is these is meant to be. disciplined peacekeeping force. yeah i was now with the camera.

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miss if. we aforesaid. straight away there were guys stymied by the we borrow and with the ball you still keep documenter to we peril. the boy begging for his back home and within minutes to be thrown here in a big must grieve a lot of time media 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 death 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 at the court and he is now the driving force behind the renewed effort to seek justice a special court didn't have to stick. the 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 silence. 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 comment or rated. over sixteen seventeen years i have this tapes here just large bear.