syrian democratic forces in which to a final push against in the village of coups on friday but while the group may soon suffer a territorial defeat analysts are saying it's too early to declare victory and a ship. exhausted hungry and sick thousands of women and children have fled their resort in southeastern syria in the last week ahead of a us back to salt on the last piece of ice will so-called caliphate the town of. the mainly kurdish fighters of the syrian democratic forces the s.d.f. say only those they call terrorists remain there now as fifteen thousand troops advance on the town and incendiary munitions rained down from the sky. we do not know what the clashes will lead to but the military operation will continue to eliminate terrorists inside of if we notice any civilians we will try to avoid them and evacuate them during the ongoing military operation as the s.d.f. advance on five fronts they face more than

a thousand hardened fighters difficult terrain suicide bombers mines and a large tunnel network but even once bug falls and i still suffer what some are calling a final territorial defeat the group and its members will remain a serious threat this is not and of isis at all and we have seen. this kind of similar terrorist group autonomic thriving in africa and i won't be surprised if these same groups when taught to get. the video they would have managed to operate. inside you would order the united states of america because all the grudges and. political crisis that open that led to the emergence of this group.

there. all the battle for is expected to end soon and commanders will declare the group defeated no one really knows for sure what happens after that and you should tell al-jazeera. algeria's president has sacked an unpopular campaign chief but named a replacement disease shows no signs of bowing to pressure not to stand for a fifth term in office as he's beautifully kez re-election bid has triggered the largest protests now geria in decades a rash of dissent which has engulfed thirty cities he came to power in one thousand nine hundred nine following a decade long civil war but has rarely been seen in public since he suffered a stroke in two thousand and thirteen despite that eighty two year old president still commands the backing of several political parties trade unions business groups and the military but the recent protests signal a wider impatience now at the status quo in the oil rich country many of the protestors are young and want to change what they see as deep rooted corruption among the ruling elite well omar sure is the founding director of the security

studies program at the doha institute for graduate studies he says there's no clear strategy to fill a potential power vacuum in algeria this is really the key issue here who is going to capitalize on this with the fleet has been in the same condition since april twenty third seen since the first stroke so off that april you saw some of the major major changes in algerian politics so far the democratic opposition in the lot i don't see a strategy for them there's no centralization there's no clear leadership all what they're doing is me more or less demanding demanding the army to stand by them demanding the head of the army to to stand by the but no clear strategy on how to capitalize on this and here is what is the main weakness of this of this movement of the movement. you have al jazeera live from london war still ahead as french air live as protests continue for

a sixteenth weekend prisoners in france are also aiming to get their voices heard. a hard slog look at why it's taking so long to clean up one of the world's most polluted rivers. definitely not as hot for some of us in australia now well incredibly hard for many of us in tasmania but then this area of cloud worked its way across us and has dragged down the temperatures somewhat so no high than around twenty nine degrees there on sunday and then that cloud works its way further east with still a melbourne we see the temperatures only it's twenty seven by monday then towards the west here is the army quite warm very fight the temperatures in perth will be rising again so thirty seven zero maximum doesn't seem like we're getting a break at the moment as it i'm towards the east plenty of sunshine across the many

parts of new zealand you can see this huge area of cloud just drifting away to the southeast that's the remains of an old storm that's staying away from new zealand though and so forth that should be fine and settled as we head through sunday and for most of us on monday as well further north though there's a little bit more in the way of showery weather looks like some of us in fiji and across towards new caledonia was in pretty lively showers over the next couple of days up towards japan of there is a good deal of cloud with us currently at a few outbreaks of rain most of those are on the coast as we head into monday i think we'll see the rain begin to pep up and the temperatures will be dropping as well so tokyo only getting to around nine it is milder towards the west beijing up at seventeen. rewind return or care bring your people back to life. with updates and the best of

al-jazeera is documentary the struggle continues. to no use to students continuing with australia's most generation a recovery from call on is a really important issue suicide rights do or mine very hard was still twice the national average rewind on al-jazeera. a quick look at stories making headlines now the u.s. president has told supporters a major conservative conference he will win the twenty twenty election with a greater margin than in two thousand and sixteen in the longest speech of his presidency donald trump criticized congressional inquiries against him and labeled

a special counsel investigation into claims of russian influence a conclusion delusion. at least seven people have been killed in renewed fighting along the volatile frontier in the disputed region of kashmir. and another round of high level talks between the us and the afghan taliban has concluded in doha without any agreement. now at least twenty people have been killed in a flash flooding in southern afghanistan heavy rains struck kandahar city and six districts on friday the own agency coordinating relief effort says two thousand homes have been engulfed some flood affected families are being evacuated to secure areas but up to five hundred people are thought to be stranded. so cool yellow vest protesters have been demonstrating in france for the sixteenth week in a row calling on the president to resign the movement began in november to protest

against emanuel micron's proposal to raise fuel taxes back on as it scrapped the plan but the demonstrations of grown into a broader government challenge well in a bid to address the crisis macron has been holding meetings across the country he's called the strategy the great debate instead it's aimed at forming a more inclusive government as david chase reports from the city of rang the movement's also gaining support from a tough crowd. when the gate closes behind you at number twenty three boulevard robespierre in rants you might lose your freedom but you don't lose your vote the champagne city's only prison is the latest venue for president macaroons attempt to outflank d.l. a vest rebellion and listen to the voice of the people we can't identify the inmates but we can bring you their opinions simonis as your life things are you know as demonstrations were beneficial as the guys are not a political party to people different regarded the differences it was

a good movement as it actually triggered this debate a debate that was needed a new national. a thirty one year old m.p. from the president's party was the heart of the debate with the prisoners she passionately rejected their cynicism about politicians they would never believe i think we are living an excellent democratic exercise as of today we have received more than a million contributions to this debate and that is a success it was time to give back the word to the french people did you see the big debate is meant to reach every now and every level of society even here behind us and it is beginning to work present emanuel mackerels ratings are beginning to climb once again. the same can't be said for the conditions in french prisons they have one of europe's highest rates of overcrowding. and only one of the friends is sacred to be the homeland of human rights but the penitentiary system is not given

the means to guarantee the inmates human rights european regulations require we are two in a cell have a shower and iran is lame but sometimes we have four people in man square meters to madiba us the debates go straight to the key point it allows the detained population to be fully recognize the citizens as french citizens but radicalization is flourishing in french prisons the debate about how to tackle that has barely begun yet and scores of ice or fighters may soon be repacked rated from syria david chaytor al-jazeera runs. former brazilian president lisa now suited to silva has been released temporarily from prison to attend his grandson's funeral the federal courts agreed to silva could go to the burial in sao paolo after the seven year old died of meningitis on friday the ex-president also attend his brother's funeral in january but his request wasn't granted until the funeral was on the way he was

sentenced to twelve years in prison for corruption and money laundering last year north korean leader kim jong un is returning to pyongyang off to four days in vietnam kim boarded his private train at the vietnam china oda watched by cheering crowds came and the u.s. president donald trump failed to reach a deal on the denuclearization of the korean peninsula after talks in hanoi ended prematurely on thursday the new york times has reported a u.s. saudi physician has been tortured by the saudi authorities newspaper alleges that when he fatah he was beaten and shocked with electricity cheering his imprisonment at the ritz carlton in riyadh he was one of hundreds of people arrested in two thousand and seventeen as part of a wide a crackdown on corruption in the kingdom cold balkan field is the director of advocacy at the project on middle east a mock received he says fatah is u.s. citizenship might help his case in washington i think with this case there's more

likelihood that you see some involvement with this administration really that one incidence of political prisoners that they're willing to get involved with are those that are u.s. citizens and frankly president from prides himself on this right prides himself on his ability to get people like the and others out of jail and so this really should be an easy case for them to pick up and hold some news from nigeria more than fifty people are missing after an oil pipeline exploded in the southern parts of the country the blast caused a stampede and resulted in a huge spillage near the memo on the niger delta it's not clear if the pipeline which carries crude oil to the nearest export terminal has been shut down. and ambitious program to decontaminate one of the world's most polluted rivers is taking longer than expected the situation in indonesia provides water for twenty seven million people but every year tens of thousands of tons of waste is dumped in the river as florence only reports from bandung and west java more funding and

military support is needed to continue the cleanup. cleaning up indonesia's most polluted river is a huge undertaking even the military's involved machines have been brought in to bury the tons of rubbish fished out from the cheetah it's been a year since the government launched a program to clean up the river. but one military commander tells us progress has been slow with an action plan only put in place recently but they would number out the stool we were supposed to have four thousand six hundred military personnel working on this last year but we only had one thousand six hundred this year because of a lack of funds only four hundred of us involved thankfully the villages see the benefits of this program so they've been helping us so. the cheeto river flows through northwest java and provides eighty percent of the water supply for the capital jakarta this photo taken in january by

a local environmental group shows untreated waste from a textile factory dumped directly into the river runoff from farms upstream also contribute to the contamination a government agency that routinely tests the quality of water in the cheeto room says it went from bad to worse last year. the slow progress is even more apparent in other areas this looks like a landfill but it's really part of the river the surface is completely covered with all kinds of rubbish plastic bags bottles but here you get a sense of the scale of the problem and just how massive the cleanup effort is. the plan to rehabilitate the river isn't only about improving water quality floating garbage clogs up drainage the river frequently overflows during the rainy season. people in the village of cheap have had to endure floods year after year in sound.

in the uk we still have it i would remind you when you look at this this happens every time it floods our streets and homes get covered in mud and trash i worry not for myself but for my children and grandchildren. the newly appointed governor of west java indonesia's most populous province has been tossed to the cleanup making . much progress. the perception we did a five years stefania given from the decree. from the dirtiest of the further we can become one of. the for individuals. to make good on his word he'll have to ensure not only that the river is cleaned up but that the laws that punish those who pollute the river on forced florence louis jazeera bondo indonesia space x. has launched its first spacecraft capable of carrying crew the unmanned test flight is a major step forward for the company owned by billionaire mosque now private firms

can develop cheaper technology to allow it to resume manned flights which were suspended eight years ago mohammed d.c. has more. it's a bit that. nasa describes it as a historic moment that could pave the way for a new era of space exploration vehicle down here at kennedy space center in florida billionaire elon musk's company space x. successfully launched an unmanned test flight bound for the international space station. but to what today really represents is a new era in space flight and an era where we are looking forward to being one customer as an agency and as a country we're looking forward to being one customer of many customers in our in a robust commercial marketplace in low earth orbit so that we can drive down costs and increase access in ways that historically have not been possible. the crew

dragon capsule atop the falcon nine rocket is the first space shuttle intended for commercial use the only passenger on this demo one mission is a dummy named ripley carrying with him four hundred pounds of supplies for the space station it's expected to arrive on sunday and if all goes well the next mission could put two astronauts in space as early as this july nasa wardy contracts the space x. and boeing to develop cheaper methods of going to space since retiring it shuttles in two thousand and eleven thus ending its reliance on russia so use spacecraft which cost more than eighty million dollars a seat what it means for the space program is it's really opening up much more regular access to the space station redundancy right now relying on just one system the russian soyuz system we also have boeing starliner vehicle coming later this year so so we really will see a lot more capability in terms of our ability to launch humans into space space x.

and boeing own and operate the spacecraft and will be leasing them out to nasa and other clients one struggles and regular fraîche and i think we will. we will. seek a crucial customers. over which the best minister and the national journal has been very supportive of that of that idea so but we've been very focused on just making sure that the vehicle worked and backspacing see if your liability. visions go far beyond shuttling astronauts he says it won't be long before the dragon starts taking commercial customers to space some of the d.c. al-jazeera. just a quick look at stories making headlines now the u.s. president has told supporters at a major conservative conference he will win the two thousand and twenty election with a greater margin than in two thousand and sixteen he criticized congressional inquiries

against him and labeled the special counsel investigation into claims of russian influence a collusion delusion and a gallagher was at a conference in maryland oh we'll bring you more from andy gallagher a bit later on from oxon hill maryland but meanwhile our other top stories this hour high level talks between the u.s. and the taliban have concluded in doha without any major agreement the taliban wants foreign forces to withdraw from afghanistan but is refusing to directly engage with the government dosage of bari has more from doha the other main issue is the taliban does not recognize the current government in office ashraf ghani as legitimate they are not negotiating with him they're not being represented here and that is something the americans hope they can work on to bring the two sides together to have a dialogue that will discuss the future of their country with all parties involved . but inside afghanistan the violence is continuing the taliban has claimed

responsibility for an attack on an army base which killed at least twenty three afghan soldiers the base in helmand is shared by afghan and american troops the defense ministry says twenty attackers including a suicide bombers were also killed. at least seven people have died as india and pakistan continue cross border shelling in the disputed kashmir region has down's military says indian fire overnight killed two civilians and two soldiers along the line of control indian officials say a mother and her two children were among civilians killed when pakistani military hit a house in india's minister of kashmir kurdish forces in syria say i still has almost been defeated in the last territory it controls in the country the us backed syrian democratic forces launched a final push against the on group in the village of goo's on friday. and more than fifty people a missing after an oil pipeline exploded in southern nigeria the blast caused

a huge spillage and then mbaye on the niger delta region you're up to speed with all of our top stories this hour rewind australia's lost generation is next. the difference is. in the similarities of cultures across the world.

and welcome once again to rewind i'm come all santa maria since they were english launched back in two thousand and six we've been adding to our collection of award winning films year by year and here on rewind we're showcasing some of them once again today it's a one on one east film about the abnormally high suicide rate among young indigenous australians each year more than one hundred aboriginals choose to end their lives they are twice as likely to commit suicide as other restraints in kimberley and western australia tree stumps they use to mark the site of a suicide and programs based on ancient rituals have been developed to try to help young people find their way from twenty twelve this is australia's last generation . remote and picturesque. the kimberley in northwest distress. a vast area three times the size of england.

the traditional lands of the only good ranges. to take care of the land. a using their bush skills. study but it's a different bank that ensures. they fought for major stuff but recently these ranges have had to a quiet a new set of skills. to respond to so lloyd know gets younger brother last year the suicide spot the only good ranges to take up a suicide intervention course i lost my little brother. last year.

we had my birthday. mowanjum has a population of three hundred fifty people. and is about eight kilometers away from the town of. it situated in the kimberley. the week before we arrived there had been another five suicides in the region. it's taboo to talk about the aboriginal culture to even say the name of someone who has passed away but we speak with people in the community. there's been more suicides there than anywhere else in the region just about every single family has been touched by suicide.

is a suicide response worker for the. area he's been working here for more than seventeen news hundred or more has become in this community. very year old kids. want to hang actually mark out a tree where i didn't want to hang. out in the kimberley region. in the human race you know it's probably thirty completed in the last twelve months . and that's an epidemic. mark the spot where people have committed suicide. serving as an eerie reminder of the on time the deaths.

families guard down. just like you don't want to say it brings back. bad memories but that night. when. best friend killed himself here a few months ago he was just eighteen years old if someone commits suicide it affects the whole community. one big family it's not the first time a man has had to deal with the death of someone close to him. when i was only an adolescent. committed suicide i didn't know what for. just turning eighteen so i think about it too. and the sound of suicide in his sleep.

i just like. people shouting in the night saying somebody help this person want to commit suicide or hang themselves. void no good believes a lack of opportunity is contributing to a downward spiral. there's nothing there for them but alcohol and drugs there's nothing exciting or good for them to enjoy. it. takes us to a popular spot the adults and children go to drink alcohol kimberly's allowing him to drink more three times as much. stronger you know normal sitting for the boys to have a drink is ninety cans of beer. it's copious amount of know. and

they'll drink and i and then go back the next day and rick will sign with often the whole white on a home. and not even flinch. terence james often finds himself in a drug and alcohol haze we go on to have a good time you know. going broke small of weed. a few years ago when he was high and depressed terence tried to hang himself. as i hear that happened the oh well here. for with the rope he takes me to the site of his suicide attempt to. come over here to help me understand how his feeling that day. it was going to get it from going on.

waste that brought him there and went to my mind in my mind in school blank you know the day no one went over here to him one of them and with them. getting one. just. like over them then one would mean and over. in my most of. the public who were all going to grab the rope when. we were home. would you do it for you would you want a good feel for. where

the northern territory would mean yes so aside right it's three and a half times the national average wedding to an indigenous can't just say how culturally appropriate methods are being used to heal and save they are. david cole runs which means creation in the local language it's about giving the kids a safe place and a culturally appropriate place to just. get away from things play them on share some tools with. him some seeds of understanding and bicycle you help them which are the challenges i got him a safe place to just let things go. and how's it culturally appropriate the biggest aspect of the problem is cultural reconnection it's getting the kids to build their self-esteem and pride through identity and culture and that's. the program.

for about a week at this one nine high risk youths are being put to task. for. making traditional weapons to help break connect them to their ancient culture. more than forty thousand history. with traditional dance i. and smoking ceremonies to cleanse. all but one of these adolescents have thought of committing suicide and are recovering from drug and alcohol addictions. we can't identify them because they're under age ranging from twelve to sixteen years old. too early but hoping to heal.

the broken families the loss of identity the various forms of abuse physical mental emotional. substance abuse drug and alcohol. can be drug and alcohol around the kids and ultimately the kids being embroiled in that substance abuse themselves. first indigenous psychologist professor pat dudgeon says substance abuse is a symptom of largest social issues i think that. all the problems that are consequence from colonized. all of that prying has been left unattended and just manifested through the generations and that plane passed on to the children inside for has led to the

children that we have today who are at the end of that crying child that don't understand the pray that i must understand where it comes from and i don't understand why they must endure such crying. this fifteen year old who call cameron is one boy who wanted to end his life. she can and i'm angry just. don't feel lucky lauzon. and i say awful. what do you do with that anger. so my friends do bad things and then i just hang up the crandall's. that's where you find the drunks and stuff like that with a little help from nature david cole is trying to show these adolescents how to isolate their problems. it does violence broken family if there's been past.