and the endemic corruption the dog his country under the decade long rule of former president sock sound of the republican party his attempt to stay in power by becoming prime minister had set off a political earthquake. the legitimacy i mean social. psychological edge over public the court was there they were not popular even ten years ago with this exit because the truth. pushing in a former political prisoner began a long march from the west of the country to the capital yerevan much of the time with his wife at his side in her right at the. height of itself. i thought it was. yet a good hour to get it behind our back to someone else almost. like a slum lord yes that's how it's called in costumes us that's a bargain that's the good nots i levels. most economists that. with hundreds of

thousands of supporters on the streets demanding he become prime minister instead of socks and pushing in his sheen power and yvel the traveling. immediately set about tackling corruption with high profile cases like the mayor of yerevan his numerous mansions were filmed by a drain the video of which went viral on the internet people were incensed love him there but these are options to push in additional new. dish nearest you know well those are two thirds of those that stick in the book. in order to see you. privately was to become in the in your bus on the rules of a culture of corruption came from the soviet era and it was and it wasn't fought with in the early stages all army as independence just

like it was the case on other in other the soviet countries it became a norm. the mining industry and body thought corruption say activists extraction permits given by politicians without due process or proper scrutiny had terrible environmental consequences. the armenian environmental front a volunteer group mom says pollution levels of mines across the country including cuz you're on a main is biggest. we have many mines in armenia and armenia is none that big we have a small country saw but we have huge mines here we have the tailing dom which is one of the biggest in the world. for decades the country's mineral wealth has been plundered by oligarchy at the cost of

the environment lax legislation and very low fines on pollution led to the explosion of mining industry. that's a good corporate mind north of the capital is a typical example even before the mine began operations locals say many of them were compelled to sell the land to the company for a fraction of its value. there the enjoyment out of. shot on the. job. was run ins on its shelter what are my kids. your socks on your body well as it gets in you does a bonus also with kids. worse was to come it turned out that the tail down had a construction issue and it was cracking and that was a major risk off toxins leaking into the violence so they have to shut down but nor before did released a poisonous discharge into the river bed once one of the cleanest in the country

contaminating land for miles around. iraq produces vodka from his sharon trees but there is no guarantee that it's free from contamination by heavy metals discharge from the mine. soil samples from farms in the vicinity show serious contamination is per trees dried up completely and no longer bear fruit so he's had no choice but to start from scratch in the hope that new plantings fared better. arik films discharge from the mine going straight into the river. make nikolaj langkawi run company may link you don often to languor i think would make on either car think reality kind of marking it on the chaotic at the room by phone on casual villainies best news the protesters amel saw fear they will suffer

a similar fate if the mind goes ahead but director of sustainability philip you know mania arman step in human remains sanguine about any potential risk we come very dim the crushed material all the way down to this facility which is here the hip logis is about one point one two meter way from the village that he played facilities were crushed rock will be does to the cyanide to extract the gold right by the village of can devise as i. say it's a month thousand tons a year a thousand times. and even before the mine has actually gone into production inhabitants of can devise complained of the incidence well they're subtle and you're seen chalk. mean thoughts. well you know can combine our stolen jugs you have shot meds of

a bang there reschedule current work of a. marker and soon you have to go to. the south caucasus is one of the richest regions in the world for biodiversity and nowhere more so than. the world wide fund for nature conducted numerous field studies on the mountain that are completely years olds with the company's assertion that the mind poses new threats to wildlife we found these bought into therefore out that these are at least the species of plant until you find not mistaken fifteen species of birds we count one species of mammal that is brown bear. three species of snakes perhaps even more importantly than this the proposed mine is cited in the middle of one of only two corridors used by the endangered caucasian leopard got on the seat area because

like you. have you seen monkeys here it's very important for me gratian of lead part of the and almost all connect with these ranges so in short buying project just for the color of their. you know one of the corridors the party the last biggest chat over europe and we should protect. well if there's a leopard or an odd endangered species you know we will we will produce aciphex you know specific action plan. by by having by changing be environment you actually also create an environment for your species so that's what happens. but it's not just animal species that could be affected. i mean nine miles from the i'm also a mind is the sport and of jimmy famed for its spring water where there is also

open hostility solidity and seventy percent of german community these. people are against these they are thinking about their future and germ abuse spa place of you know many people go to their house in the summer jimmy could try to visitors from all over the former soviet union it's a source of bolton bolton of the south caucasus but this distinctly up market atmosphere might be about to change if the mine goes ahead. according to libyan's environmental and social impact assessment similar projects have experienced increased out a whole consumption new or widening commercial sex networks and prostitution it solution distribution of condoms and information materials in local restaurants and entertainment areas. local businesses are understandably anxious about the future if. shut my thousand accounts on me as yes oh i'm of us i would jump off

earlier i've had our town without all of the maids or or school of right. or the new general argument with adults running on the wood from. a more fundamental concern is that the close proximity of the mine could i'd firstly effect jim igs famous mineral water. and maybe even further afield. this is lake seven the largest body of freshwater in the caucasus holding some twenty five percent of all meanies freshwater. levon is captain of a soviet built research vessel that moment as the like your ideas of grandma the bit where the mother was a. yeah. small the god is always around he just got his was where you're probably going on your she were the other there your mate does is that

there's the border of what she is there and i can't believe that. the lake is connected to the catch at reservoir which is less than three miles from the mall saw so could any toxic discharge from the mine also threaten the lake. according to libyan's environmental and social impact assessment lake seven will not be impacted. if i recalled the words correctly the practice is negligible there is no impact at all however many of your meaning is leading the scientists on most convinced these are biodiversity experts or experts in hydrology or hydrogen ology they're concerned and they've expressed their negative opinion on them on the validating off their risk assessment is the up which you are the problem of would.

you have to have what's involved. or not bullshit but i believe we college who says that but almost all civil no one knows your obfuscates of what they put visitor to go not ask about you know how to ski or shirts or would survive. like a rut it is impossible to overstate the cultural significance of like serpentor mean here and this new prime minister has been obliged to take nature's the position of prime minister is that there shall be proper or. in impact assessments and proper investigation understands. is it really that there is a risk for in fact a lay servant as a result of. it's the test of almost i'm right or not so nobody knows whether he missed. or source the whole this region is going.

based on current twenty yes no one really knows. the history of positive value of the water we don't beat me really a city if you are going nuts for this is that it is you know. such is the importance of this issue the just days before last december the snap election cooled to decide whether pushing in should stay in office he came to the blockade to hear the concerns of the protestors compiled by investing or that and often i thought the whole don't ever keep an artistic while i was making have a killer take to get it because it's like you just need to work on models are make of them i was written in the form of office my thoughts on how card numbers from the third are called winning current evil course numbers from bonus from the children. the prime minister moved on to jimmy page where he addressed by those in

such an election rather he seems to hint where his sympathies lie on the minds future it four stars limbaugh topic dhamma if needs are as yet again only an hour before static but would still now forty he mob without god leave for a bit lets us know if that minus is i think i got a little knot of good cheer you know i saw a lot of cheap. if she got a really cute little hot chick not made it sooner i asked bonnie some jack on the child id if mitchell that t.v. guarantee will iraqi troops on the hunt got i'm on it i got maybe but must that cost me it make is not so you need to make it they will walk i've. known the last fishing in his safe oh mine inch through avoids taking a decision only a most saw mine the biggest investment project in the history of all mania.

now he faces a stark choice that could tie the deter foreign investment or alienate the very people who put him where he is it's an uncertain time but one thing seems clear the blockade is on gang anyway. i soon killed ten family members and hundred on. the wall as possible. people in power i'm meets the women heading an eighteen man militia. and dispensing justice with an unforgiving hand and an eye for an on line

in iraq on al jazeera. high in the atlas mountains. village women are fending for themselves as their husbands are forced to find work elsewhere. but training home farm and family is tough with no outside supports comet's longer is this way of life sustainable al-jazeera world meets my rockers village superwomen. tortured entertained in their home where chinese readers are fleeing but is there

a safe place to go one of many as far as their perilous journey to an uncertain future. on al jazeera. al-jazeera. where ever your. breaking ranks a general becomes venezuela's first top military man to turn on president maduro as mass protests again feel the streets.

fully back to boyer watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming out russian president vladimir putin drops out of a nuclear missile treaty after america's decision to withdraw the taliban reveals more about its vision for afghanistan if negotiations stay on the right try. and khattala while comes home it's footballers out to their stunning asian cup victory in the u.a.e. . thank you for joining us a high ranking venezuelan air force general has broken ranks with president nicolas maduro he says he now recognizes opposition leader one guy joe as interim head of state in a video posted to social media general francisco esteban yanez sword regas called on members of the military to follow his lead is a first active in his will in general to publicly back why do since he proclaimed

himself president last month general jaan is is head of strategic planning with the air force and the air force is still loyal to nicolas maduro and tweeted this in response we could not have expected less strong the traitor division general francisco esteban yanez retrieve his nephew of general yanez mendez who by the way he's being investigated by the kontrol a general for corruption always loyal never trade his meanwhile there's a mass demonstration in caracas called by opposition leader one guy jill tens of thousands of anti-government protesters are demanding maduro's resignation there's also a huge rival protest in support of the president a latin america it's a new see and human is in caracas with more. we are and he's been cut out as just a few blocks from the office of the european union where tens of thousands and not hundreds of thousands of government opponents are marching at this moment ready for the culmination of

a march that was called by supply and interim president one white ball to ask the european union to please join other latin american countries the united states canada and australia today in just a few who have already recognized him as the interim president and can no longer recognize president knew what i smuggled off as illegitimate leader of and it's clear that the e.u. has given not little until sunday to agree to hold internationally supervised presidential elections he's already rejected that ultimatum it is in the atmosphere here is extraordinary people are very confident they're sounding as though the transition to a new government has already begun they're holding large placards appealing to the armed forces to join them to move over to what they call the side of the constitution and of the people now this comes just hours after a general became the first one to publicly defect and to say that he was now recognizing the interim government and clothing on other members of the armed forces but also current president nicolas maduro at the same time

a little probably his own rally simultaneously where we understand there are also very large crowds gathering to show their support for him but possible for us to gauge at this moment who has the largest crowd but this will be difficult to beat in other world news after more than a week of talks the government of such a republican fourteen on. the agreement was struck in sudan's capital khartoum the . more than one million people and push the country. now there's been really a moment of peace since the fighting began an alliance of muslim rebels known as the seleka overthrew president possibly as easy as government in twenty thirteen a few months later rebel leader michel djotodia was soaring as interim president but he was forced to resign after fighting between the seleka and christian fighters known as the armed time continued the un sent a peacekeeping force to support african union and french forces already there since

ten cease fires have been signed in violated and all sides have been accused of war crimes. russian leader vladimir putin has told his foreign and defense ministers that he will withdraw from a decade's old nuclear missile pact after a u.s. decision to do the same routine also says he's government will start working on new missiles on friday u.s. secretary of state my compare announced washington's move saying his country will give them six months to comply rory chalons has more from moscow. well russia pulling out of the i am after easy i would say was inevitable given that the united states made that same decision the day before you can't really have an arms control treaty just with yourself what russia did say what putin said was that he didn't want russia to get into a costly arms race with the united states that doesn't mean there won't be some

sort of arms race but russia would like this to be kept essentially on the cheap. for years military modernization in russia has siphoned money away from social issues and adds to that the fact that the incomes of russians have been falling in real terms for five years in a row and it probably would not be a popular thing for putin to do given that its popularity is already sliding significantly to now plough more money into the military so what he's asked his defense ministry to do is to come up with ways of responding to the united states within the military budgets as they stand in two thousand and nineteen so. has recommended adapting the caliber ship based cruise missile to be a land based version as well and there is also

a suggestion that russia could be developing now a land based hypersonic missile which is basically the the new front here in missile technology these are the kinds of things that russia is going to try to do now to counter what it perceives as the new threats from the united states well let's get the view now from washington in christian salome's therefore is christian the chump administration must have expected this reaction from moscow. they did acknowledge it was a distinct possibility and certainly critics were warning that pulling out of the treaty would not get russia to comply into compliance it would be more likely to have the opposite effect to have them pull away which in fact they have done they've also warned that it could escalate the competition for missiles into a costly and dangerous race and even the united states had been threatening to take this step since last year and russia had only dug in further even now after nato

has come out in support of the united states position russia is just digging in further of course russia saying that it is in compliance and that it had reached out to discuss the deal with the united states and putting the blame on the united states so no big surprise to the americans that this is happen but the trump administration says that this treaty is not working for the united states anymore that they're being restricted in their response to other militaries while other while russia is not complying with it and their concern here is not just russia but russia's ally china in particular which is not a party to this treaty was not a big military back in the eighty's when the treaty was signed but has since risen up and now has missiles like the ones that are banned by this treaty deployed throughout asia and the trumpet ministrations says that this means they can't respond because because of the treaty they can't respond to this threat so not

a surprise the president. suggesting that he would be open to renegotiating the treaty perhaps including china but we've heard from the foreign ministry of china for the first time today they opposing the withdrawal of the united states from this treaty saying it's very important. treaty of great significance and shutting down any suggestion that they might be willing to negotiate become a party to this treaty saying that real. it's needs to stay bilateral in the united states and russia essentially need to work it out so the question is will the united states now in response put missiles in china perhaps to counter these chinese mission missiles and it's no longer going to adhere to the treaty administration officials have said that there's no plans right now they don't see that happening any time soon they are exploring other military response options russia has said that it will answer any u.s. move in kind thank you for that kristen salome live for us in washington about our

for one of the last eisel controlled pockets of northern syria has a space tens of thousands of people u.s. bass kurdish forces have been fighting the armed in dairies or the u.n. refugee agency is calling for a transit side for civilians fleeing to our whole camp accounts population has tripled in the past two months osama bin job it before some guy on turkey's border with syria. for the last eight weeks kurdish fighters have been battling nicely one of the last pockets north of syria they're confident that most areas are now under their control in the problem. activists say more than two hundred people have been killed in the fighting shelling and airstrikes by u.s. led coalition forces. all. right to tourists. and international

humanitarian. so really in. many families had to leave in foot the syrian red crescent says more than twenty four thousand people have been displaced in a matter of weeks. it's a lot riskier at night but more keep arriving to nearby camps but we were besieged and were so hungry and tired for two days we had no sleep and no food for fifteen days all that was available was grass leaves and bark from trees there was a humanitarian crisis brewing in the remote desert areas under rice and a lack of food made worse by a shortage of medicines and doctors in the last few days dozens of isis fighters have surrendered some civilian say they had stopped them from leaving and the mostly kurdish forces are concerned that i still fighters and their families may have fled among the civilians. seventy five percent of them were working with seventy five percent iraqis twenty percent syrians and five

percent foreign those from central asia europe america germany and other parts of the world in addition to isis atrocities in the area coalition attacks have also reportedly killed civilians the u.s. led coalition always said that their. positions yes in some cases the surely but these positions were in heavily populated residential areas this is why dozens of innocent civilians were being killed. unicef says that these thirty two children have been killed because of violence displacement and harsh conditions in northern and eastern syria the world health organization says it's extremely concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian situation as more families arrive in already crowded camps aid agencies are demanding unhindered access to people in need it's clear that isis no longer controls territory but what comes next is also a cause for concern for rights groups and aid workers tend.