continues to hold in her data almost a month after a little peace deal was signed in sweden there has been some violence including in the data city and in the southern districts of the government but this is remarkably limited compared to what we saw in the weeks before the stockholm consultations and this relative calm i believe indicates the tangible benefit of the stock and agreement for the people of yemen and it also illustrates the commitment of both parties to make their agreements work. but special envoy martin griffiths seemed to be accentuating the positive in the public meeting when later it went into closed session the council heard from major general patrick kamut the dutch general who leads the u.n. monitoring mission in who data he's giving the security council weekly reports the latest says the un's body armor and armored vehicles have not been allowed into the country there are many no go areas and the team of received death threats according

to the un's top humanitarian official the situation for ordinary human is remains dire millions of yemenis are looking to ask for assistance and protection and we need to see more and faster progress on all the humanitarian elements of your resolution to make any practical difference to their lives the u.n. special envoy said sweden is only the start of the next part achieving a last thing political agreement will be even harder a former u.s. ambassador to yemen laid out the challenges ahead what he got out of stockholm was in some sense of the fruit in some instances in fact there was. an issue that had already been agreed that the prisoner exchange so as so what's going to come next is going to be much more of a trial and there's talk here of fresh talks on yemen to be held in either kuwait

or jordan but so far the u.n. has not felt confident enough to name a date james out of the united nations. palestinians in the occupied west bank have been protesting against a controversial social security law which came into effect late last year that aims to create a pension scheme for private sector employees who make up just over half of the workforce workers are expected to contribute seven percent of their monthly salaries and are able to apply for a pension when they turn sixty opponent said the month into duction too high for most workers and fear that people contributions won't be secure on how false that was among protest as a. over into the third month of these protests now against the social security law and although the numbers are somewhat down today and what you've seen of the thousands of people in recent protests there are several hundred here today the numbers called largely by what has been a very rainy cold day here in ramallah the issue at hand here is this social

security law which is. requiring a would require a seven point five percent contribution from employees in the private sector and more than ten percent from employers what people are concerned about isn't just the financial goodna that would impose on them and on the economy here but also on what would happen to that money can they trust that it would really would be used for pensions and other benefits in the future there really is an issue of trust against the palestinian government in this case. the salaries aren't enough to cover occurrence commitments to doctor this money they say will get it back after thirty years contains provisions that are unfair to the employees. and their laundry at the basics like albury right now that israeli military forces are like any other being to. convince people that you don't like to see them and us

need their money and effort and like what's going to happen in most parts of the world social security system could be seen as a fairly regular required safety net and something that society would be expected to contribute to people here aren't really arguing with that as a concept what they're arguing with is the idea that this is being drawn up in an undemocratic way by a government which hasn't had an election for over a decade they don't trust that government they say to deal with this money in a fair way not to use it for purposes other than pensions and other benefits in the future policy and government of course says that it has already. conceded a delay in the imposition of this they are willing to talk about it and negotiate people here though they just want it scrapped and they say they will continue protesting until that happens. now one of the world's most famous comic book characters was first published nineteen years ago generations of young readers

around the world have followed tensions international escapades but some anti racism campaigners say the books are filled with offensive racial stereotypes and reports now from belgium with his distinctive has style and fluffy dog tintin is one of the world's most recognizable comic book characters belgian artist l.j. created the intrepid young reporter whose adventures were first published in one thousand nine hundred twenty nine ninety years on he continues to install friends and at the l.j. museum in belgium anniversary preparations underway. tintin is an invisible link between children across the world the books have been translated into two hundred languages and two hundred million books have been sold his character continues to fascinate people. tintin solves mysteries across the world from china to north america and even further afield. nineteen years after his

creationism doubt the temptation is still very popular but in recent years some of the stories have become controversial with some readers saying they propagate racial stereotypes like this one tintin in congo when this was created congo was a belgian colony the story reflects a colonial vision of africa congolese people often sketched a savage is stupid or lazy tintin is portrayed as the intellectual and cultural superior this author says that l.j. wasn't racist but simply drew on the colonial materials available at the time he's published a book that puts tintin in congo in what he calls historical context. and what was created in one thousand nine hundred eighty s. with today's values is artificial of course. just throw it away in the dustbin of history. for more than a decade this activist has waged a legal battle in belgium to have the book back and he says it's offensive and

could negatively influence the way children few africans are you know this book is a tool to motivate belgians to go to congo gave them a sense of superiority so how can a book serve to commit crimes be accepted in this way without any discussion books like tintin in congo or on acceptable and should be banned for children. congo gained independence from belgium in one nine hundred sixty for some campaign is the european nation has yet to face the brutal reality of its colonial past they say that reassessing the impact of tinton include would be a small but significant step the al-jazeera. belgium. and i have a proud of and or however the headlines on the opposition candidate felix chessie keddie has been declared the winner of democratic republic of congo's presidential

election that's according to provisional results announced by the national election commission. and his supporters have been celebrating on the streets of the capital kinshasa confirmed the result will pave the way for the conference first peaceful handover of power since of the pendants from belgium and nine hundred sixty how dimitar so has more from kinshasa. we've tried a building where mark and i live one of the opposition leaders is going to be he's going to get his take on this result like he said some people act like the catholic church expected him to win the election or he did not know what is their reaction going to be more crucially what is his reaction going to be easy going to get the result going to challenge it in which he has every right to do so think they can actually win it on the streets and in some parts we being supportive of the treaty were coming out on. the seeds were breaking exactly that is why i don't know whether my i.q.

the prize that he did win because they thought the ruling party would be able to make sure they can do that emanuel she died when deflation. saddam's president is vowing to stay in power as protests continue on that all the shareholders rally with thousands of supporters on wednesday at least nineteen people have died in anti-government protests over the rising price of food. u.s. president donald trump has walked out of the mission with the democrats after they again refused to fund a border war with mexico stand officer in the government in a partial shutdown for two and a half weeks now. venezuela's president is set to be sworn into office for a second six year term on thursday nicolas maduro has warned that he could take diplomatic measures against any latin american nation which doesn't recognize his leadership last week a regional group including brazil argentina and colombia declared his second term illegitimate british prime minister tories maze bricks of david has suffered

a second setback in as many days parliament has given her just three days to come up with new plans for the u.k.'s departure from the e.u. if a deal is rejected by m.p.'s in a vote next week. those are the headlines on al-jazeera the stream is coming up next thank you for watching. talk to. you personally one of the main beneficiaries is that the case listen if you want to really relations with india all that's not exactly my point we meet with global newsmakers the stories that matter. for me ok in your in the stream today how can architects change the world for the better have a think about this not only are they responsible for the zion ad structure of built surroundings but they also have an incredible impact on communities the environment

and even on culture they literally shape our world you can see that back here with some of the world's most iconic buildings now we are asked you our stream community to share some images of how architecture has impacted your world and i bet on covert shares these photographs and she says that this office buildings in the center of prague and it was designed by my friend's father huge positive is a combination of nature with the urban features we need more buildings like this ideally as eco add sustainable as possible sure lodging says images from rock island thank you sean he's in illinois and he says these two community projects are part of efforts to improve rundown and active park property while depicting how we teach one more from h.g. forests sharing this building in camden in london and shows us how environmentally sustainable design can also be aesthetically pleasing absolutely now in today's

program you'll meet some very influential architects who work at the intersection of building design and social justice and here are the thoughts of one architect who does exactly that on a sink. i am most excited about architecture right now is that we're finally getting rid of the idea of the architect a solitary genius architecture and other design disciplines are getting sort of fuzzy and are woven as we start to see how connected the ideas of social justice are to work built environment architecture planning transit urban land use policy even economic mobility and public health these things are all connected in creating a fair and equitable society and the built environment has enormous influence of those issues we're finally starting to see the architecture discipline embrace the idea that the hero's journey may not be about stark texture but maybe about doing a quiet community collaborative service in your world. joining us from lagos nigeria can lay out a yemeni is an architect designer a researcher is also the founder and principal of n l e in niamey in the g.m.

out am come on is an architect he's also founder and principal of that mass on need she was a founding member of united for design that's a global collective working on projects in the u.s. afghanistan and cher and yes men laurie is an architect she's also co-founded c.e.o. of the heritage foundation of pakistan she's also pakistan's first woman architect it is so good to have you all here everybody our audience has got a very specific idea of what an architect should do for instance our mower auric says architectural design should be get accommodate modern day disaster management equipment to fostering peaceful coexistence and meeting the needs of all. james in areas where there are heavy rains for many months houses should be designed to keep the rain out without having to put up plastic sheets to protect the home so the public is thinking about this in a very practical way yasmin from your perspective what is the role of an architect

. well you see i really believe in kind of barefoot architecture is very different from what we see normally and i sometimes call it also i'm not an architect but it is something that you know we i believe that architects need to use their expertise to perhaps you know lift people out of poverty this is what i try to do and that means that we have to democratize architecture and also that you know we need to provide social and also ecological justice as well as i think the comments that we just saw about climate change the impact and how do we deal with disasters these are all issues that are really relevant to us today what is democratized architecture actually meaning reality well it means that you have to design so that it relates to the world the majority that lives in many of asian and african countries and that we make sure that these are low cost that is you know carbon and you know waste because we have to think of the planet and to make sure that we

don't deplete the resources that are not in it so that is what it means that it would be for everybody who has to be pro quo it has to deal with you know majority of the people that live in very impoverished conditions money i want to show our audience one of the designs that they used on in the and it's really striking what was it that made you want to be an architect. actually i wanted to be our get a long time before i actually became one because of second career for me i used to be a software developer for many years. but i just could not shake the desire to do architecture and the thing that actually allowed me to make that plunge with this realization and i think this is what everybody on the here can relate to that is really this realization that what architecture you can have such a powerful impact in people's environments and in their circumstance and in their economics as was just said then it's that ecological responsibility that comes with

all the materials there's an issue of identity of culture all of these things and those are all issues that i was seeing as being really salient and important and just. were guiding everything in the environment i grew up and coming from such a poor country and so all of a sudden i just realized that you know more than just the design creates which was my initial reason for the architecture i could actually make a small contribution towards working on a lot of the issues i was seeing in my own home country so that really encouraged me to just take the plunge can a fashion school at a yemeni. people whenever you talk to people they always ask you about the flight school of the qatar. is that you know heat building do you think is is that the one that will always be identified with you wherever you go. i think.

he wanted. to do a lot of other projects. it certainly is one that. had quite a lot of impact. and. i don't know . most of my work. good thing or bad thing for you i think it's a good thing. if you like to make the pages of your favorite song over and over and over again and that's something twenty years ago when you still have to play it because that you hate. to want people like. me we always we were constantly. on the. happy. so i guess i want to be honest about this architects do you have a reputation for being somewhat aloof where do you think that might come from.

the tech have a reputation of being somewhat aloof where do you think that might come. i mean i think that that's probably because our. profession that sense of focus within our. within the small community. sometimes we. sort of dream world of what we think. and i think. the issues that actually determine development in the world much more complex. require an architect think more outside domain of architecture. think work with other collaborators to. address challenges that are beyond just show i want to tell our

audience about an architect michael arad michael arad may know is the designer of the memorial for the nine eleven victims he's here on my laptop hey you can see the memorial in the background more recently he designed this which is. a memorial for another tragic event which is the emanuel nine the morial to commemorate the charleston church shootings you may remember a gunman went into the church and killed people in the church so michael spoke to us a little bit earlier and told us what he felt was the role of the responsibility of an architect have a listen to him here i believe are.