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i'm going to get your oscar with the sports including falling short the toronto raptors needed their shot to win the n.b.a. championship but instead lost to the golden state warriors by a point and it's on to game 6 for the finals. welcome to the news hour lebanese businessman who spent 4 years in a rainy and prison is almost back in beirut desires like a scene here on the left is also a u.s. permanent resident he was detained in 2015 while visiting iran for a conference he was originally sentenced to 10 years his release comes at a time of rocketing tensions between iran and the u.s. but iran's judiciary says this is purely a legal matter and has nothing to do with politics. we received a request from the tsar. zarko for his release because of his good behavior the

president ministration supported his release after the lebanese president has blasted ported mr zucker's release he sure does that he would not commit any further criminal acts the court finally issued a conditional release order all these procedures were carried out in accordance with a purely judicial procedure and the subject is not linked to any political file or exchange file. is in accord or is standing by for us for his arrival in beirut while at the white house our correspondent there can believe health care is tracking reaction from the u.s. live to both of those after we speak to dorsetshire bari in tehran and door to iran as we just said they're very clear that this release is not about politics they say it's purely a legal matter. yes that's what the official word is here from the judiciary but analysts are saying that nothing really here is without paul its own politics specifically at a time when iran is in at

a crossroads really in terms of what it holds in its future in terms of the deal it has with the international powers about its disputed nuclear program this although he's not an american citizen he is a green card holder these i.t. experts who was in tehran for a conference he's been released as a sign of good will gesture many here believe because we are expecting the japanese prime minister to make his 1st official state visit to the iranian capital on wednesday where he will be talking to a new president as well as the foreign minister so we believe that this was done at a time when things are really critical in the islamic republic and many here believe that this was a sign of a good gesture to a certain extent bear in mind they did not release an american citizen but somebody who all is a green card so it's not a complete good will gesture but something that is seen as a positive step. let's just step across. iran where you over to beirut was

a little too standing by what do we know sort of the sequence of events this gentleman. on lebanese soil. well he is on board a private plane en route to beirut so it's expected to land any time now he's being accompanied by the head of lebanon's general security about him once they land they're expected to head directly here to the presidential palace where he will be received by the president michel aoun one of the lebanese officials who has been appealing really for the release of for some time now efforts to secure his release have been going on for some time now about. the head of the general securities accompanying him visit the tech run back in the in august of 2018 he met his are in prison and this is why this is raising a lot of questions because you know both countries are talking about a goodwill gesture the iranian judiciary is saying that legal procedures are being

followed and that there is no political deal involved there is no prisoner exchange and deal involved something lebanese officials have reiterated as well about him himself saying that this is not part of a deal but the very fact that he has been released now unlike door some mentioned earlier amid rising tensions between the united states and iran is being really seen as some sort of a veiled message from iran to the trumpet ministration maybe trying to say that we're ready to make a deal so this is how some are seeing the movie especially since efforts for his release have been taking place for some time now and many are really asking what is iran expecting to get in return or what iran has got in return so we're expecting that plane to land shortly there is that now a free man indeed to lumens in a thank you of course the u.s. is welcomes arcos release and praise the efforts of lebanese leaders a state department spokesperson said mr zucker was unjustly detained in iran for

almost 4 years we hope the mr zikos release is a positive sign for american detainees in iraq and let's get more reaction from kimberly how could our white house correspondent and joins me from washington d.c. every sentence so every word is being the law used and scrutinized very carefully written statement from the u.s. which will be read carefully into her own. yeah as you point out the united states in the last hour has released a statement on the release. saying that it is a positive sign but going even further calling on iran to release the other americans that are still missing or detained the u.s. says wrongfully inside iran it's important to point out in all of this the timing that this comes at a time of escalating tensions between both iran and the united states the united states of course exerting its so-called maximum pressure campaign on iran not just

tough economic sanctions but also the positioning of a carrier strike group in the persian gulf so it is notable in all of this that prior to the release of mr zaka that his son in fact earlier this year met with the u.s. secretary of state to urge my pump aoe to try and secure his father's release now we know that in all of this the iranian foreign minister also offered the united states a kind of a in terms of a good will gesture or potential to talk about prisoner exchanges or prisoner releases with the united states in the midst of all of this while this was seen as a sign that iran wanted to pursue this type of diplomacy the united states is not take up that offer continuing its maximum pressure campaign so in the midst of this release as we await the arrival of news our zaka it's very unclear what effect the maximum pressure campaign in the acts of the united states in recent weeks have had on his release whether there was something that happened behind the scenes it's not

clear the u.s. only officially crediting the lebanese government at this time well for them to believe it of course i want to get more reaction. on the global reaction to do so thank you. now the un says it's horrified by an attack in central mali that killed nearly $100.00 people while its government says gunmen attacked a village in of the dogan community and burned several houses in the region no one has claimed responsibility for the raid which happened on sunday but there's been violence between the dogan people and their rivals in the past they've been fighting for access to land and resources. special representative for mali says he is shocked and outraged by what he called an act of unspeakable barbarism mohamed salah and there he was heads the u.n. peacekeeping mission in mali added the threshold of the unbearable is reached it's time for a nationwide outcry because. it was

a surprise attack in the middle of the night men on motorbikes wielding machetes and guns looking for people from the doggone ethnic group men women and children were killed and others injured in the attack is similar to another 3 months ago when suspected dog unarmed men killed 160 felony villages in august saguenay near the border with the kenya fassel. mali president abraham day because kater held a minute's silence for the victims during an official visit to switzerland and at this moment a thought for those who once more have fallen on the motorist bullets an unjust and cowardly act in still going country felonies on a magic herders who move in search of fodder for their cattle villages resent them invading their farmland and those disagreements often turn violent. there are 13000 u.n. peacekeeping troops in mali to protect people from armed groups linked to al qaeda

increasingly they're dealing with fighting between neighboring villages the united nations system in mali is mobilizing to provide humanitarian assistance to help people affected the mission also provided air support this morning in support of the mali and government to prevent future of further attacks there are fears the intercommunal conflict is escalating this year has seen some of the deadliest incidence of ethnic violence in mali in a generation everybody know that the government is missing in action it has not been. sending its in its address of presence of the states in places where they are going. strife between the full unease the goals and the attack in march led to several military commanders being sacked but many 1000000 say the government and u.n. forces need to do much more to stop the bloodshed victoria gate in the al-jazeera.

just arrived in bamako joins me now on the phone nic no claim of responsibility quite yet but there are certain individuals and groups that the finger is being pointed out. that's right i mean it depends who you talk to of course because this event has really shocked the nation unlike any other attacks that we've seen in the past because in the past we've armed groups targeting the military or government agents here what we see in the footage that we've just seen is at least some believe that it is killing millions neighbors killing their their neighbors and really rising. tension in this part of the country and that tension that that wasn't just a year ago now no one has claimed responsibility for these attacks but there was an attack in march. where 160 phalanges were killed following the attack

a group. leader and their leader ahmed koussa who is himself for romney had said that the philosophies and seek revenge for these attacks on the leader yesterday following the attacks has said that these attacks these killings is an act of war and that he believes that the full on these are responsible force beneath all of these are deep grievances over land and the dog homes are farmers they're hunters the full lot of these are the magic groups that are herders and we're at the height of the dry season so there's really a tension over over land and scar city of food with communities really are suffering from lack of food or lack of access to food in there again there seems to be a failure from the government to address the grievances of course many of them accuse

the government of being absent remember back in march following the attack on the following community the prime minister. and his government entire government had to resign because the prime minister was accused of backing these on militia groups so there are a lot of reasons to be addressed by the government and there are a lot of people who are angry for the lack of measures put in place by the state who seems to be completely overrun by this situation if you look at the map of attack take place there at the border with. just 2 weeks ago we were. in the northern part of the country it was the community there that were being targeted the christian community there that is being targeted it's really the fabric of society in this region that is being targeted in this attack is happening

just 2 days before the u.n. security council is expected to need. the u.n. peacekeeping mission in mali there's also disagreements between the french who want to see renewal of the question and the americans who want to see the mission that kid that can intervene and help other forces outside of. the violence is outside of the borders of mali so the government and the president. has a lot to answer to back. in 14 there was a peace agreement. 5 that peace agreement has not been implemented and the situation is really gone from bad to worse just in the last 2 months of 448 people have been killed in this intercommunal conflict and just something to remember

the international criminal court started investigating what. is what constitutes as crimes against humanity and war crimes so this is a very. situation there were none of. that. although for the moment we'll leave it thanks nick. staying on the african continent $1000.00 people are being killed in an attack in neighboring bikini so it happened in the northern town of banda the identity of the attackers is still unknown armed groups have killed hundreds in recent months forcing 150000 people to flee their homes. still ahead here on the al jazeera news suspended italian man who transformed his time by welcoming refugees is on trial accused of breaking immigration laws. and celebrations in botswana's high court where judges have decriminalized homosexuality in a landmark ruling. and a prayer for big pappi as the former boston red sox star arrives in the u.s.

for treatment after being shot we'll have those details in sports. protest leaders have vowed to continue their general strike which is now in its 3rd day businesses are closed in a show of defiance against the military genter after a crackdown on a protest camp that lasted a week and left dozens of people dead the military says it's arrested security forces personnel involved in that violence but the opposition doubts that is being investigated properly. well in other developments for the agent who has deported 3 opposition figures to neighboring south sudan. and the others were arrested last week they belong to a rebel group known as the sudan people's liberation movement north and the u.s. is sending its top diplomat for africa to meet leaders of the joint and the

opposition. is expected to ask the 2 sides to return to negotiations amnesty international says it has new evidence of rights abuses taking place in sudan's darfur region the rights group says that it has satellite pictures and testimonies that confirm government forces unarmed groups attacked $45.00 villages between july $2800.00 and february this year it also documented other abuses including unlawful killing sexual violence and forced displacement you and the peacekeepers are set to withdraw from the region and the city is warning that this could put civilians at risk and to thomas is a researcher at the school of oriental african studies in london joins me now via skype from glasgow good to have you with us again on the program we're looking and seeing that this american under secretary of state is arriving in the region can he do anything more that the ethiopian president couldn't know what in khartoum

certainly seems to be certainly the from the military side be listening to these dignitaries and diplomats. well i think the european prime minister had an important role to play in leading the african union's response to the crisis. but there's also a potentially important role for the u.s. the u.s. has an enormous amount of in. the egypt and the gulf countries which are the closest allies of the military government in our 2. way the military leaders have to dan went to visit those countries just immediately before their crackdown and. they may well have come to an agreement or got a green light in those countries now it's a big question will america take a firm line against this repression this brutal repression that based on when will it use its authority in the gulf and really to try to limit the amount of

support which. these government currently seem to be getting from those countries the military council doesn't seem to be taking anyone seriously especially if you look at the last what 2436 hours when the deportation of significantly influential opposition leaders has been undertaken and you know a deportation outside of the borders of sudan. yes well i think that deportation may be linked to other political dynamic in sudan at the moment. the political leaders who were deported from the sudan people's liberation movement. is directly linked to the government in the current government the ruling party in south sudan. which is in a paradox of history one of the supporters of the military regime in khartoum so they may have been spared because of their links between the link between

the 2 but it's certainly great that they've been released from. custody although as you say having them outside the country makes political dialogue a lot more remote and it seems that political dialogue really isn't on the cards even if the transitional military council is saying we want to talk because we have a scenario where the country is power lies did today 3 of a civil disobedience action where they are very both sides a very entrenched in their positions. well certainly the repression of the protests was ruthless but it was also a very rash action by the government they may have been wanting to rearrange the red lines in their negotiations when they're speaking to the opposition they very much peer accountability they fear independent control over election they fear anti-corruption commission and they fear being told to get out of their war in yemen which is a very lucrative position for them and they may be trying to communicate to the

opposition they want to be much more in control of the negotiations but it's also put. made the possibility of negotiations even more complicated because there must be some concessions from the military council now for the opposition in return to peace taught for any kind of talk about the future of the don and it's a done desperately needs. a negotiated way out of the. protesters are highly committed to a peaceful resolution of the crisis and it's really really important there's a peace corps work. i think it's pretty what most people want as well for the moment edward thomas we will leave it there and of course the situation develops thanks for your time. now in other news another mass protest is planned in hong kong politicians debate a controversial extradition bill pro-democracy leaders have already started to

gather outside the legislative council which is where the debate will be held as many as $1000000.00 marchers took part in sunday's rally to protest against the bill the city's leader has warned companies and businesses against encouraging employees to join wednesday's planned rally meanwhile china's leaders continue to voice support for hong kong's leader if you brown reports in beijing where legal experts are defending the proposed law. china began aggressively pursuing chinese fugitives overseas 5 years ago that's when president xi jinping began an anti corruption campaign that continues in the words of state media some suspects were persuaded to return others were extradited from one of more than 30 countries that now have a treaty with china criminal lawyer junkie why represented 2 suspects who ended up on a plane back to china both receive suspended jail terms proof he says that the rights

of suspects are being safeguarded in china. some people in hong kong oppose all worried about setting up an extradition system with china i personally think is unnecessary because the positive size way open right the negative side because he says it would ultimately help to reduce crime in both hong kong and china chinese officials say there's nothing sinister about hong kong needing a new extradition law they say the territory has become a haven from justice for hundreds of criminals who can't be prosecuted because of the legal loophole china's legal system is controlled by the communist party and sacred. ics is biased towards a presumption of guilt especially in a high profile or politically sensitive cases like those involving human rights lawyers government statistics report a 99 percent conviction rate in 2017 just a woman is one of

a handful of activists still prepared to talk to the foreign media he says the hong kong protesters are right to resist the plan's new extradition law sending certain war since i honk kong is the only place under communist rule where people can take to the streets to express their opinions and i support them the last time we did that in mainland china was 30 years ago. china's state media says the violence after sunday's rally in hong kong was premeditated and planned. but concedes the protest was a reminder that more needs to be done to explain why the law change is necessary adrian brown al jazeera beijing. well it's time for the weather his stuff and it really is a tale of 2 sort of weather fronts if you're in the west if you're thinking what happens a summer but in the east you will be sweating yeah let's have a look at what's going on them because in the east you go these red colors showing

up on our temperature chart really it's very warm for many of us here that warm weather is sparking off a few thunderstorms in the west though it's completely different you see the green and the yellow is that it is cooler and generally speaking it's cooler than average and where those 2 areas of different types of weather meet we are seeing some pretty explosive weather so we're seeing all these bright white cloud make its way towards the northeast and that is giving us a loss of thunderstorms some very very heavy downpours as well you see the 2 trees that were down there well there were 2 and then when you look back again one is gone clearly that went for a walk down the road and all of that where weather and substandard storms and some hail has caused damage like this now if you're squinting wondering what this is this is the windscreen of a call and the little spider shaped. where it's been smashed slightly shattered by the by the hail stones that have come down so clearly some rather violent storms have been rattling through and we're still going to have this big swirling mass of cloud over the western parts of europe over the next few days for the west is cool

it's pretty dismal it's also rather windy but in the east is definitely feeling summery it is hot and sticky and the horse sticky weather is going to continue to give us some more broad the violent thunderstorms mostly across the central belt so thanks to salvage crews in hungary have lifted a sightseeing boat from the river danube in budapest they recovered 4 bodies from the wreckage to wreckage pardon me 2 weeks after it comes with a group of south korean tours on board the mermaid boat after a large cruise liner hit from behind during heavy rain 1900 green taurus and a hungarian crewman were previously confirmed. suspended or a small italian town is standing trial accused of aiding illegal immigration i mean it's you know the colonel is known for transforming history king community by welcoming refugees so new reports from the immigration policy has become a highly divisive political issue. he won praise for integrating migrants in the

town he ran but dominical connell is a man in exile he's no longer allowed back to his hometown of reality even though he made the remote southern italian village well known for its welcome to outsiders now he's facing trial for allegedly aiding illegal immigration your friend to the show it was in the room i've made a choice as mayor to support people who have no voice pushing for that every day because i believe in a human society. this is the reaction is new mayor antonio 3 foot he made his inaugural speech on sunday promising a new dawn for the village with the help of the far right immigration league party vehemently against the previous mode of integration and they say it's time for change they threw their support behind the fully be saw in your the reaction needs to develop not just barely populating itself to phylum speakers but also by only a 3rd thing is identity and standing strong went on 2 feet where once the streets

were full of life there's scarcely anyone around now the government has cut funds which sustained projects here migrants who settled here are locked in to talk to anyone about the situation that's also the case for its aging population while look at those integration model was praised all over the world there were plenty who didn't agree with him and he was investigated for allegedly abetting illegal immigration amongst other charges could even face time in prison from a global village to a rapidly deserted one reaction is new leak policy backed mayor has promised a renewal of its fortunes but the problem here is as with so many other places in italy's poorest south is that there is a dying population and there are few incentives to attract people to come here mcconnell's project was routinely criticized by italy's league party leader and deputy prime minister. whose anti immigration policies have divided the country

those who remain in riyadh share are fearing the worst. government was doing was created here should not be destroyed he created an economic system which works here and can work throughout the country the small towns here suffer from the population there are no young people here as they've all left the promises of the new mayor will be a challenge in this remote area if he actually is to come back from the brink it faces many here believe it will require a complete overhaul if it is to avoid the fate of dying out altogether so new diagonal al-jazeera reaction southern italy. much more ahead here on the news hour including it's the art that's designed to shock order to look at a major installation in columbia highlighting killings and injustice and in sport a bittersweet victory for the golden state warriors as they lose one of the best players in the n.b.a.

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explore in abundance of world class programming the world is watching on al-jazeera . the market watching al-jazeera news hour with me cell robin a reminder of our top stories a lebanese businessman jailed in iran for 4 years is now free and on his way back to beirut. there's a scene here on the left has u.s. residency and was detained in 2015 while visiting iran for a conference was accused of being an american spy and sentenced to 10 years in prison. the un has described the attorney called central mali that killed nearly

100 people as an act of unspeakable barbarism the government says the government raid to the village of the community and burned several houses in the region. protest leaders have voted to continue their general strike which is now in its 3rd day the opposition has also rejected the legitimacy of a military investigation into the killing of peaceful protesters. u.s. president is promising to reveal more details about last friday's agreement with mexico aimed at reducing the number of refugees and migrants coming across the border. threaten tariffs on mexican products unless a deal was reached a lot of good things are happening but i want to thank mexico and we do have one other thing that will be announced at the appropriate time but they have to get approval from their legislative body what is it why are the mexicans then i guess. i don't think they'll be denying it the child back. well. the u.s. and mexico both $100.00 strokes playing to the deal of asylum seekers. there's

a lot of confusion surrounding this so-called secret deal because the united states and mexico have very different versions of exactly what it amounts to president donald trump has tweeted that this is an agreement that has been signed and documented he called this an immigration security agreement with mexico but refuses to release further details however speaking with reporters mexico's foreign minister marcello broad this morning called it an agreement he said this is not a deal at all he did confirm that mexico has sent 6000 national guard troops throughout mexico to deter central american migrants from proceeding north he also said mexico is expanding this program of allowing central american asylum seekers to wait just south of the u.s. border as their cases wind through u.s. courts however both of those measures have been agreed upon months ago truncheon

said is spinning this as a result of his hard line immigration measures that threatened by percent tariff which would it take 10 to day and the result of fevered negotiations for mexico to avoid that threat to american conservatives have already many have supported trump saying that this was effective at his threats were in deed useful and having mexico capitulate however the real story is still to be revealed exactly what this agreement comes down to what is not in dispute is the fact that this border is under immense strain more than 130000 people were apprehended by border patrol they were asylum seekers in central america across the border illegally trying to seek a better life in the united states that would lead 13 year high and here in el paso in this border behind me a few. so what in a 1000 central american family seekers started this border fence and surrendered

himself to american authorities. botswana's high court has ruled in favor of decriminalizing homosexuality. there were scenes of jubilation with the you know his ruling was handed down in the capital gaborone the judges at the colonial era legislation was discriminatory unconstitutional and against the public interest a similar case went the other way in kenya a month ago when the country's high court upholds homosexuality laws. is because the director for the permit africa international lesbian gay bisexual trans and intersex associations joins me now from johannesburg good to have you with us on al-jazeera how significant is this verdict in botswana knowing how problematic removing such a sort of draconian colonial law has been in criminalizing homosexuality across africa. and the judgement is

very significant because it sets a precedent for the rest of the countries in africa especially those who form part of the commonwealth countries in africa and we are at a point now where we are repossessing the narrative and doing away with colonial laws which view homosexuality and clearness as pervasive or rather subversive in nature so it is a very important judgement it's also. the introduction of a turn of a new tide in africa where we are now having to be forced to actually see that these colonial laws do not belong to africa and rather reclaiming our stories in africa and with the legacy of these laws affect the lives of those still in kenya uganda zimbabwe for example a very different ways every day and the fight for equality is still a hard one for those across the continent what sort of problems are individuals

facing. the problem is that in vigils are facing is that i mean primarily there is a lack of human dignity for instance all given as example of in ghana where women are forced lesbian women are forced to be in relationships with men and they end up having and wanted pregnancies they end up being a hiv positive and i think also just through our africa where people do not even have access to proper health care so issues like hiv are not properly catered for and people feel like there is no way for them to for their health issues to be attended to i mean also you know in south africa. i was going to be very progressive for nearly what 3 decades i mean all sort of lessons can be. from south africa in terms of the march for equal rights and

equality for all across the continent i think the lessons that can be learned from south africa in particular are just the recognition of. you know algae b.t.i. rides being for human rights and also that it does not stop there decriminalization now that needs to be recognition of people and their needs to be protection of we're right so for instance you're supposed to be able to adopt you're supposed to be able to marry you're supposed to be able to do everything that is an inherent right to any heterosexual person so i think those are important things that we do not only stop decriminalization but we go further and introduce protections for specific individuals so that they can have access to health care so that they can have access to education and do not remain marginalized in the community for the moment. thanks so much for joining us from johannesburg. now

a close ally of russian president vladimir putin says the arrest of an investigative journalist on drug charges is a very bad story the comments by a volunteer. the speaker of russia's upper house of parliament has added to concerns about even and killing off the rest of his supporters say he's been framed and that most media have backed him into doing kremlin friendly outlets ulanoff is known for his work exposing corruption. and in bolivia protesters opposing president even morality his bid for a 4th term have marched in the capitol police have removed protesters near the electoral headquarters in 201651 percent of voters rejected marar as his proposal to end term limits now his decision is in rallying the opposition against him they compare morale as to venezuela's president nicolas maduro he's been in power since 200-2006 libya's constitution last president to 72 consecutive terms. government activists have called for more protests in kazakhstan against what they

say was a rigged presidential election result outside observers have big questions about the outcome which was a landslide for the longtime president's hand picked successor robin frosty walk reports from the capital. when has been modest compared to the huge support his predecessor used to enjoy but he still won more than 70 percent of the votes cast in a 77 percent turnout a result he insisted was authentic come back the year before you have gone up and this is a mandate of trust which i must justify in the next 5 years the elections themselves show that the citizens of kazakhstan care about their duties there was a very large voter turnout no one forced anyone it happened naturally. al-jazeera cannot independently verify this video but there are many like it on social media suggesting widespread ballot stuffing the. opposition observers

said counts from dozens of polling stations in the capital favored main rival. used to want to do what they did. if you look at the reports i have in my head which we collected across an obvious leading $5050.00 or a little bit more a little bit less the 15 percent he supposedly got is a lie it's just information. allegations of fraud in this election was supported by the findings of the organization for security and cooperation in europe which cold the more political freedoms if new president will show this political will and really draw more dialog domesticity here with the civil society we do you with other political lectures i think that will have much more betters. until today the authorities have not appeared open to compromise and dialogue. clashes between

police and mostly peaceful protesters on election day resulted in hundreds of detentions now a very visible sign that no further public dissent would be tolerated. president took a of his now offered to to set up what he calls a committee for public confidence mindful that after this election a divide between authority and society may have to be bridged robin for a steel walka al-jazeera nor sultan. the colombian peace deal signed between the government and. 2016 brought an end to hoffa century of conflict but suffering and violence persistent have inspired one latin america's most influential artist in a major installation he went to take a look in. shattered glass for the lives shattered in a fragile peace process threatened activists from across colombia break pieces of

glass then use them to write the names of community leaders killed for speaking up against illegal mining deforestation or drug trafficking. is usually not paris is one of the participants as a community leader defending women's rights she was tortured then left for dead by a paramilitary group. this is simply a step that could be among and the saddest thing is the total impunity surrounding . we are remembering them we are telling them they cannot be forgotten or we are confronting the reality of hundreds of social leaders systematically killed and the lock on the policy to protect. the piece called shattered is the brainchild of though one of latin america's most influential artist who has done a number of works reflecting on colombia's conflict she calls the project undertaken in collaboration with colombia's truth commission volunteers in the

national university a monumental act of mourning. just like life is fragile and once broken it can't be fixed it can't be restored this is a way to reflect on what's happening at an incredibly high rate and forces us to question what's causing it what's truly happening. 470 social leaders have been killed since the signing of the peace deal in 2016 s criminal gangs paramilitaries in this event rebels fight for control of territories once under fire influence and where the government that's failed to intervene. in the last year or 2 you more for an. extraordinarily that have been committed to the obvious people who worked. for that the new deal we mean for a good day mean good naked good communities protecting the environment they were.

only for a couple already democracy and this was dusting for. something the leader is fighting for their communities hope this artwork can help do the main being attention from those who live as a lated from a conflict that is fractured the country and for many continues unabated i listen them. plans are the basis of all life on providing the oxygen we breathe on the food that we eat a new report warns that all under there all under threat pardon me because vegetation is disappearing much faster than species higher up the food chain the extinction study found at least $570.00 plant species have been wiped out since the mid 17th hundreds this. rate is 500 times greater than before the industrial revolution ironically the quest for food is one of the main causes of the declines

specifically the destruction of natural habitats as we've converted land for farming and agriculture dr maria violence is a planned taxonomic the u.k.'s royal botanic gardens which commission to this report and she explained her plans extinctions will have a devastating cascade effect. plants make the infrastructure of ecosystems plants build ecosystems as well as give everybody food and air so without plants everything else will go too and we don't even understand exactly how all life is dependent on one another we must stop taking plants for granted people walk past plants every day without even noticing them but many many plants in tropical countries haven't been documented yet we don't know how many species are out there . single use plastics are to be banned in canada within the next 2 years disposable water bottles plastic bags and straws are amongst the banned items prime minister justin trudeau says it's

a global priority to protect the world's oceans the european union is introducing a similar ban by 2020 want to stop pollution. the language is spoken by fewer than 10000 people it's not just a small population but an aging one that lives off the islands off the korean peninsula brought one there to find out how speakers are trying to save their language one word at a time. preparing for a concert these children are singing in a language that dates back thousands of years but could have a future numbering just a few. for parents who've been listening to them rehearse the lyrics are mostly just memories from their own childhoods. when i was young but after i started work i rarely had opportunities to use that as your language with a cultural history that is probably as old as the rest of korea jeju has

a unique language to match. but integration in more modern times combined with immigration and mass tourism have all taken their toll. what makes the language so endangered is that although an estimated $10000.00 people still speak it nearly all of them are elderly and that unless something is done now within a few decades it could simply disappear. among the measures being taken by the island's government are compulsory language classes in schools. and it's similar taney issues alongside standard korean in official documents. the judge your language on the appeals to culture and spirit of the people it's part of the character of the other. and we want to revive the people's culture identity through the language of tap i think another initiative a jew language hotline. language expert kim soon just department

undertook an ambitious exercise 15 years ago recording hundreds of hours of interviews with native jeju speakers already she says many of the words and phrases in common use then have vanished it adds urgency to hold on to what's left when all that. had been rather than trying to resurrect the old language our goal is to extend the use of some of the more beautiful words and phrases into the modern language then the language will not disappear completely. to keep it alive at least in part for future generations rather than allowing it to slip away with the present generation of elderly islanders. macbride al-jazeera jeju south korea. now imagine see workers survey of. relieved relieved that a helicopter crashed on top of a building in new york wasn't much more work came down the monday evening just

north of manhattan's times square the pilot was the only one on board was killed but no one in the building was hurt. still had. the best of the thrilling night in the n.b.a. . women's world cup. in school do stay with us.

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couple 3 days that were in me i read about a game to turn to says missed their 1st chance to win the n.b.a. championship the golden state warriors beating them by a point it was bittersweet night for the worry is that with serious injury to one of the biggest stars david starts reports the pregame routine includes some dance moves kevin durant pre-game showing no signs of the cuff injury that kept him out for more than a month his moves on the court were pretty good too helping golden state take control of the game they needed to win for terry kevin durant but then disaster struck after twisting all quickly went down clutching the back of his leg his know it was over and he sees and after that the raptors called the white back. oh and then it was dialed in with a 6 point lead they were on track to claim their 1st ever n.b.a. championship. taking over 35 the message from the toronto crowd was clear. the raptors defense could do nothing about steph curry dye the jets stuff curry

from. quite thompson then delivered another blow with less than a minute left but $31.00 dribble one shot. called still green takes filling the practice got it back to one and as the clock ticks down they have a chance to finish the series with the big goal will be a game 6 total put the warriors still alive as they search for the 3rd strike title but they'll have to do it without your rant you left the arena on crutches you'll have an m.r.i. on choose day but judging by the emotion on show in the post match news conferences it doesn't look good. kevin it's an achilles injury i just feel so bad for me honestly this nobody had to go through some like that to be honest it kind of it. is very deflating it's hard even celebrate this when. the fray should take it to run so

they didn't get to celebrate a maiden title but it's still all to play for the future probably told me at the start of this thing if we could it fast forward to 32 lead you want to take it and probably say yes but the raptors get another chance to wrap things up a game 6 on thursday as the teams had back to california david stakes al-jazeera 3 time based but world series champion david ortiz has been transferred to a hospital in boston after being shot in his native dominican republic his former team the red sox sent an ambulance to carry the 10 time all-star but the u.s. to treatment ortiz is in a stable condition despite being shot at close range in the torso the 43 year old is one of boston's biggest sporting figures. he is loved throughout our nation and beyond yet to us he is our own adopted son. and to please join us as we offer a moment of reflection thought and prayer for a complete healing and a full recovery for our beloved big papi. and you can see just how much aunties

means to boston as the red sox pools the head of the game with the texas rangers at fenway park many of his former teammates have been speaking about what he's meant to them. back home you know the thing about superheroes without capes. and he's a superhero without keep that's the way we see opinion so. we're going to mine i know your 1st name but he's going to he's going to act like they're best friends for a very long time so you know we all have a ton of respect and sort of love for for a big party and moreover see him in his family were. european women's champions the netherlands opening their well cup campaign right now against new zealand so far the game is goalless but the netherlands are looking to better the single point from the tournament 4 years ago meanwhile the defending champions the usa a back home pitch against thailand the number one ranked team beat thailand's 9 mil the last time they met its double and that champion casts a 7 year set to race at a meet in paris later a day after being picked for south africa's preliminary squad for the world outlet

exchanging ships she's hoping to defend her 800 meter title in qatar in september but before she can do that so many will have to get a final verdict on a ban over her high testosterone levels she's already lost in the course of arbitration for sport but a swiss court agreed to temporarily lift her suspension while she appeals. meanwhile russia's only remaining athlete to hold a world title says the country's spoils officials must quit because of the endless shame of the doping scandal high jumper maria losses gaina spoke out after the country's ban from track and field was extended by the i.w.a. if as it stands russia's participation in the world championships remain in doubt the odds of a laugh said that there was evidence that ban coaches continue to work with athletes russians force mrs says they're investigating over what their requests were still 1st of all we know that right before these decisions were made western media presented some kind of sensational facts these facts are being investigated

by the russian anti-doping agency i wouldn't exclude the possibility that russian law enforcement bodies might be involved as a result of this investigation. well for the 2nd day running rain has washed out the action at the cricket world cup in england should encourage in bangladesh say was abandoned without a bowl being told is the 3rd game of the tournament lost to the weather and the 2nd time is a face to the shrine cans both teams get a point in the group table all right that is a list for for now it is but yes rain right now but wimbledon is just around the corner and i'm all right brother as i'm sure that you've been watching because there are news out with me back with more news in a little while but until then from me and all of the team thanks very much for your time and company don't go away i'll be back in a few minutes. to

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for beirut a lebanese business man convicted of spying for the u.s. has released from an iranian prison. the whole rahman this is of his own life one headquarters there and coming up in the next 30 minutes concerns about ethnic tensions in mali as 95 people are killed in an attack. also another day of empty streets in close shops in sudan as a civil disobedience campaign continues against the military also.