help that is in between afghanistan on 00. 0. hello i'm the star and this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. talks resume huli good food and ethiopian envoy says sudanese protesters will suspend their civil disobedience campaign and resume talks as the military agrees to release political prisoners. protesters gather in hong kong as the city's legislature is prepared to debate plans for a controversial extradition rule. fear of reprisals in mali of 95 people belonging to an ethnic group were killed and their homes burned down.

and singing to save a dying language how a korean island is trying to preserve a cherished part of its cultural heritage. now after more than a week of violence destruction and deadlock there appears to be a breakthrough in the crisis in sudan ethiopian mediators say the military join to and opposition groups have agreed to resume talks soon on the formation of a council to oversee the transition to civilian rule they've also pledged to in the previous agreements on issues like the structure of the transitional government the opposition is suspending its civil disobedience campaign and general strike for its part the military has agreed to release all political prisoners one of the conditions for talks laid down by protest leaders negotiations had collapsed on june 3rd the start of a violent military crackdown on protesters which according to

a doctor's group killed 129 people and rights groups are now warning of war crimes by part military forces in darfur state natasha game begins our coverage with this report. this fire in darfur was retribution for allegiance to the protesters nationwide strike according to the sudanese professional association the group says on monday about 10 people were killed and stores and homes were torched by a peer a military group called the rapid support forces or r s f amnesty international says it has evidence proving the r.s.s. is committing war crimes in the region and internet blackout and reports of electricity outages in the capital mean information is slowly trickling out tuesday it was the 3rd day of a nationwide strike intended to show the transitional military council that protesters may not have weapons but they have power. processors say

last week's military crackdown that killed almost 130 people only fortified their result the good thing that the syrian community are going to buy anyways. neighbor and there will be much of the border food providing water for or for the neighbors when needed with an ethiopian delegation mediating the 2 sides reached an agreement to return to negotiations or guarding a future government. confidence building measures including when it's going to be. on its part. to call off the. protest leaders are also demanding the transitional military council restore access to the internet lift restrictions on journalists and ultimately allow civilians to determine the next phase of

governance in sudan experts say it won't be easy for the military to relinquish power after decades of dictatorship and they very much fear accountability thank the. election. corruption commission and they fear being told to get out of their war in yemen which is where the new. people may return to work shops may reopen and cars may once again fill sudan streets but protest leaders say life will not resume as usual and they reserve the right to return to their campaign of civil disobedience until their demands for civilian rule are met natasha guinea does iran now best mamani is a professor at the university of waterloo and a senior fellow at the center for international governance and innovation she joins us now on skype from washington and canada best mike good to be speaking you again

is this a moment of optimism one has to be after a horrific week of what is being called the massacre by so many sudanese the brutality of what the judge would have been up to outside of court to including what's not to khartoum is really appalling so one has to be optimist optimistic where you can but of course it's an uphill battle to try and negotiate with the very same frankly murderers who took advantage of so many people across the country so it is going to be very difficult for the opposition to muster up the kind of i think a poker face it needs to negotiate with these people but unfortunately it's the only way of seeing how really they're in a very hard spot today and best now there are kerry those within the opposition protest movement who wanted the campaign of civil disobedience to continue until a full actual civilian transition we've we've been hearing them vowing that for days is this now a demonstration of growing divisions within that movement. it could be but i think it's also a growing ria reality realizing that unfortunately the international community has

turned a blind eye to what's up the u.s. sudan they're not getting. support 5 the shutdown of the internet i think has really made it difficult for sudanese people on the ground to get their messages out making it more difficult for reporters and journalists including al-jazeera to report from there all of that is frankly not good and making the international community aware of what's happening so it may be a realistic turn of events here for the professional association to agree to sit down with the same people who are again the blood on their hands of so many and best my m. internet blackout aside why now do you get the sense that public sentiment was part of the reason the opposition was potentially forced to the negotiating table or should be rather chalk it up to some savvy diplomacy from the therapy. well certainly kudos to the o.p.'s for doing this frankly the fact that you had the entire arab league unable to to help and frankly complicit in the military is

really problematic to say the least but i think the professional association may be just realistic about the fact that they're not good and the international support they need it is a shame i think they can always go back to the civil disobedience is working it can be used again i think continue transparency by the opposition to its followers its key but some of the very basics of allowing the prisoners to be released some sort counts ability of who is behind all of these murders is helpful but make no mistake sadly the freshman association is really i think the one with the shorter the shorter stick so to speak and best terms of returning to talks can you give us an idea of what kind of timeline we might be looking at and are people confident that they will be accountability for the violence and the death that we've seen. well on the latter point i'm sure that the opposition doesn't feel that the very same people who were behind these you know these massacres and murders namely the genji wheat or the are assessed are going to be somehow open you know displaying who

exactly is behind all of this they have blood on their hands and they're going to try to hide the evidence on the culprits on your 1st point i think but you know we don't know i mean this is going to be a real uphill battle for the opposition can they manage to get the support of the people on the ground it will really be a time a time of a test for 5 the opposition movement and i think they should in ensure that not only the internet is put back on so they can get the message out loud and clear but they also ask for equal representation on the transitional military council or some sovereign body that determines who the next and frankly the next procedures in terms of bringing democracy to sudan this woman money there from the university of waterloo or is good to speak to you and i. thank you. and 1000000 march on sunday hong kong is now bracing for another day of mass protests against a controversial extradition bill crowds are already gathering outside the

legislative council you're watching live pictures of that where politicians are expected to hold another round of debate on that proposed bill now much of that area remains in partial lockdown with protesters facing off against riot police in the early hours of tuesday morning and there are concerns that the government's new law could allow for suspects in serious crimes to be sent to mainland china for trial but our correspondent sara clark is live outside hong kong legislative council sara it's just after 7 am local time where you are and we're already seeing big crowds gather. it looks like there are a few 1000 people here already a lot of camped out overnight filling the park surrounding the government headquarters in the lead sort of council building which is on my left i'm watching people flow in and we've also got a number of police here we've got to supposedly reportedly 5000 police will be deployed today to oversee and direct these crowds but as i mentioned some of camped out overnight and they're flowing in now as we speak now the bill is not going to be the new extradition law won't be read until about 11 am which is about 4 hours

from now but as for what's happening here today a number of companies are businesses have closed for the day that allow the staff to come and rally here a number of schools have also said that they start their children the students can also come here and really they were allowed all permitted them to join this what will be probably another big protest here at the government headquarters building sara hong kong's chief executive has already said she's sticking by the bill what are protesters there hoping to achieve today. well given that the government actually has the numbers in the legislative council of the votes will it is it likely to go in her favor so the vote apparently will happen next thursday today it will be rid the bill will be read in parliament or in hong kong's parliament at about 11 am 60 hours of divide and supposedly reportedly this is just the next thursday will be the big day as for what's happening today will be a number of protests from both sides we're expecting the probe camps to come in as

well as the pro-democracy groups but given the vote is likely to go in favor of the government and this new extradition law will become will be passed next thursday the only real thing that these pro-democracy groups can do is to show their opposition through protest al-jazeera sarah clarke they live outside hong kong legislative council should be keeping us updated throughout the day china's leaders are continuing to voice support for hong kong's leader kerry land has refused to stand down following the territories biggest protests since hong kong was returned to china in 1907 adrian brown reports from beijing where legal. experts are defending the proposed. 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 but now have a treaty with china a criminal lawyer i represented 2 suspects who ended up on

a plane back to china both received suspended jail terms proof he says that the rights of suspects are being safeguarded in china and. some people in hong kong oppose all warry about setting up an extradition system with china i personally think is unnecessary because the positives ice way overrides 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 expedition will 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 say critics 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 planned new extradition rule 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. and there's plenty more ahead on this news hour including outrage in brazil after leaked documents appear to show

a conspiracy to keep a leftist leader who is in a serial new lead to silver out of the 2018 election race. after the break the congo now grapples with a measles epidemic. titleholders the usa 513 goals past thailand at the women's world cup peta has the force. now dozens of people mostly children have been killed in an attack on a village in the mopti region of central mali in houses of bogan hunters were burnt down and their animals killed during sunday's violence the un has called the act the attack i'm sorry an act of unspeakable barbarism nicholas reports from bamako and a warning his report contains graphic images. the silence is deafening. the smell of dead bodies hangs low in the air. the attack on the dog on village of

sudan who started at dusk and went on deep into the night few survived hiding as their loved ones were being killed. now that the 10 day immediately circled the village and shut everything down move every were people who were screaming trudeau war screw me who tried to run were shut down the survivors believe they know who the killers are it is their full on the neighbors they say both communities have been fighting each other for control over land. armed groups have called on full on these to join their ranks accusing the government of backing doggone militias. ethnic tension is at breaking point with each community calling for revenge attacks in this spiral of violence both communities are fleeing their homes it is in this open air slaughter house on the outskirts of the capital that some philosophies

have sought refuge. all of the people living under this tent share one bowl of rice and millet children show clear signs of malnutrition there's not enough water to go around so there's the threat of water borne diseases this is where they sleep eat and cook despite the calls for peace lonnie's continue to be the victims of violence president ibrahim burger king says the country's national unity is under threat. i would like to call on all our brothers to keep calm and stay rational more than ever. while the 14000 u.n. soldiers and 1000000 forces on the ground failed to prevent these killings don't go on hunters call this latest attack on their community a declaration of war saying revenge will come nicholas hawk al jazeera bhaumik oh molly. now the world food program is warning of a catastrophe in northwest syria following weeks of a government offensive the u.n.

agency says it's been unable to reach at least 7000 people in the area of dick where there's been intense fighting in neighboring helmand province syrian government and russian air strikes have killed at least 27 civilians most of them women and children the government's push to recapture the last rebel stronghold has killed more than 300 people so far. there is a catastrophe unfolding in the northwest region of syria as we speak constant bombardment has pushed hundreds of thousands of people their homes from the northern parts of. it look we know that there is more than 300000 people who were displaced and those who are lucky enough to reach their order. so refuge there over there continues to be dozens and dozens of people who are only able to make that journey meanwhile the u.s. is imposing sanctions on one of syria's most prominent business men washington is

accusing some air force of profiting from the civil war and helping president bashar al assad the u.s. believes falls and his family are directly supporting the assad regime and building luxury properties on land stolen from displaced syrians from washington d.c. particle hain explains why washington decided to take these measures. u.s. president donald trump hasn't been focused very much on syria so the sanctions announcement it was a bit surprising but the treasury department's come out and said 16 people and cities with a relationship with bashar al assad in syria are going to be sanctioned what this means is that americans are generally prohibited from doing business with them and if they have any assets in the united states those can be frozen this is a fairly big company in the middle east and what treasury says they're doing in one aspect is taking the property of syrians who fled the war syrians who are still there and converting that property into luxury buildings so they're being

sanctioned for that and this is a company that has a broad reach as i mentioned they're involved in sugar refinery trading grain they do a lot of transportation in the middle east so this could have a big impact if this company has a connection to american businesses it is the trump administration sending a message that they are going to try and target those closest to bashar al assad. there have been protests against the presence of saudi troops near yemen's border with their mom the demonstrators want the saudi immorality coalition to scale back its military presence in the province of. last year saudi arabia promised to hand all local facilities in their control to yemeni forces but that hasn't happened and it's been 6 months since the un brokered peace deal was signed in stockholm but the norwegian refugee council says violence between who the rebels and the saudi immorality coalition that backs the government has increased its report found that more than a quarter of

a 1000000 yemenis have been displaced in that time more than 26000 of those people came from the port city of her data and major battleground and an entry point for aid 1750 civilian casualties have been reported across yemen since the agreement was signed in december. ms advocacy manager at the norwegian refugee council and is in yemen's capital sana she says the fighting is widespread. behind these statistics are individual stories of suffering so one of the stories that we heard was magid from the day he lost 4 of his daughters in the next attack. on his house now magid described his daughters to us as his life is roses and he doesn't understand why they were taken away from him what they did to deserve that fate so really what we're saying is we're really condemned the ongoing violence that's going on in yemen and it's the violence isn't growing it. in.

many parts of the country the conflict it's. now a lebanese businessman accused of spying for the u.s. has arrived in his homeland after spending 4 years in an iranian jail and he's a zaka who has american residency held a press conference shortly after arriving in lebanon's capital expert was arrested after attending a conference in tehran and 2015 and later sentenced to 10 years iran's judiciary says his release has nothing to do with politics despite 2 weeks of increasing tension with washington. 2 people have died and thousands have been left displaced in libya after severe flooding destroyed homes and closed roads and gas more than 20 people are still missing the un recognized government has declared towns in the southwest disaster areas heavy rains have been sweeping through the region since the beginning of this month. and moscow has dropped charges against a journalist who was under house arrest saying the accusations haven't been proven

even gollan or was charged with drug offenses last week sparking protests among journalists and other supporters who said he was framed gallon of his known for his work exposing corruption among mexico's moscow's political elite. thank you very much for all the support i still hardly understand what's happening i'm happy that justice has been served and other criminal case was dropped i hope the investigation will continue and i hope no one will find themselves in the same situation as. this should be followed by an investigation and we should not let it go we should not let it go until those guilty are found. everything is happening very soon to be honest i don't understand what's the reason for this but this is a good turn see i think it gives hope i think that people should not stop here and should demand all of the guilty be punished because justice should be served. rescue crews in hungary have recovered the wreck of

a tourist boat that capsized in budapest 2 weeks ago killing 28 people 4 more bodies were found by divers as work began to ease the boat out of the water on tuesday the boat sank in seconds on the 29th of may after a cruise ship rammed it from behind amid heavy rain 26 south korean tourists and to hungary and korea members were killed in the accident and now a boat carrying dozens of migrants has capsized in the mediterranean at least 7 people have died including 2 children the boat had left the turkish coast for the greek island of lesbos when it got into trouble greece's coast guard says 57 people were rescued meanwhile further south the libyan coast guard says it intercepted a boat carrying 60 people who were also trying to reach europe's shores. well the suspended mayor of a small italian town is standing trial accused of aiding illegal immigration so many karnow is known for transforming his strength in community by welcoming

refugees sonia reports from riyadh chair where immigration policy has become a highly divisive political issue he won praise for integrating migrants in the town he ran but when he is a man in exile he's no longer allowed back to his hometown. 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. 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 a new mayor and 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. reacts in need to develop not

just barely populating itself to silence the. identity and standing strong went on 2 feet. well 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 league policy backed may 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. was anti immigration policies have divided the country those who remain in riyadh share are fearing the worst. government which to enter what is you cannot create it 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. now still ahead on al-jazeera rain wind today again at the cricket wildcat piece that has details of an unwanted wreck

or it in sports. hello again a welcome back we have been dealing with some flooding here across parts of southeastern united states over the last few days things are getting better now now that the system is making its way off to the atlantic so we do expect to see some rain maybe down here across parts of florida but improving conditions here across much of the eastern seaboard we're going to see a problem is across the great lakes now notice the temperatures are coming down into the high teens that is going to continue as we go from wednesday and into thursday bring some very heavy rain across the ohio river valley and then into the northeast we're talking new york boston as well as into montreal heavy rain across much of the area only getting to about 15 degrees across parts of tronto where across the caribbean it is going to be clouds out here towards the east it's going

to be raining across much of central america over the next few days anywhere from parts of panama all the way up here towards guatemala some of those showers could be quite heavy temperatures are going to maine mostly into the low thirty's across much of that area but over here towards kingston you're going to see mostly cloudy conditions with a temperature of $32.00 degrees and rain is in the forecast across parts of one is out as as well as montevideo not seeing too much of a change as we go towards thursday temps are there of 20 dropping down to about 19 but a nice day in rio with a temperature of 28. we're making millions per month off for something taxes a little. more than 10 years after the global financial crisis millions of dollars and it's like the greatest job you could ever imagine getting without putting any of your own capital would risk who was in deep on the story and drove millions of

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had again i missed. a reminder of the news this hour ethiopian media to say saddam's military and opposition groups have agreed to resume talks on a transition to civilian rule protest leaders have suspended a civil disobedience campaign and a general strike the military says it will release all political prisoners. and crowds have gathered in hong kong for a 2nd day of demonstrations against a controversial extradition bill politicians are expected to hold another round of debate on the. which could see suspects being sent to mainland china for trial. and hundreds of people have been killed in an attack on a village in the region in central mali houses of traditional dogan hunters were burnt down during sunday's violence and the un has described it as an act of unspeakable barbarism. well u.s. president donald trump says he thinks something positive will happen with north

korea after receiving what he called a beautiful letter from kim jong un washington's talks with pyongyang have stalled over its nuclear program but trump says the country has tremendous potential. nuclear no major missile test nothing like when i 1st got here when i 1st got here it was a mess we have a very good relationship together now i firm it because of the letter i got yesterday. i think you know i think that something will happen that's going to be very positive what is the we have our hot back the remain the government. we have a relationship with you now trump has also been speaking about venezuela he says he's looking into the possibility of granting asylum to those fleeing political turmoil in their country white house correspondent can be helped it has more. u.s. president donald trump on wednesday indicating that he may consider offering temporary protected status or even asylum to those in venezuela wishing to flee

political persecution this suggestion has a lot to do with editorials that ran in newspapers here in the united states in the last week or so essentially calling the president i have a crib for talking tough on venezuela criticizing the leader in venezuela nicolas maduro of calling him a brutal dictator but then doing nothing to support the people in terms of offering them the opportunity to leave the troubled nation so as a result it may be that donald trump is responding to those allegations of hypocrisy we know already that 3 point $4000000.00 beddes whalen's have left but they've been absorbed mostly by countries with far lesser means than the united states colombia peru ecuador chill a argentina we do know earlier this month there are rather earlier this year in the house of representatives democrats put forward a bill to try and offer some sort of asylum to 72000 venezuelans

a similar measure introduced in the senate but getting very lukewarm support from republicans so it appears that now the president may have a couple of things on his mind not only those editorials that may be sort of pushing the president to soften his immigration stance but also the fact that many venezuelans that do flee do live in the u.s. state of florida one that will be very pivotal for the president in the 2020 presidential election and it may be another reason knowing he will need those votes that the president is now reconsidering his tough immigration stance and congressional democrats in the u.s. have voted to allow figures in the trumpet ministration to be sued if they defy orders to hand over information about the president and his policies and follows an increase in the number of any investigations into donald trump in a sample the decision by the democrat controlled house of representatives gives

committees care to file lawsuits forcing officials to cooperate. now in brazil there are allegations that prosecutors and a judge worked together to keep former presidents. out of last year's presidential election the former president was jailed in april last year as part of a wide ranging corruption probe called operation carwash that prevented him from running again for president in last october's election opinion polls suggested he was unlikely to win or stay in human reports until not so long ago justice ministers served your model was widely regarded as brazil's anti-corruption hero he was praised as a man who wasn't afraid to imprison not just corrupt businessmen but also the country's most influential politicians including former president. now the former judge who oversaw a multi-billion dollar kickback scheme nicknamed operation carwash is at the center

of scandal himself and facing calls to step down this follows the publication of leaked conversations and messages that he allegedly exchanged with prosecutors about a lula da silva case model is allegedly heard sharing information and advice in an attempt to ensure that lula da silva would be found guilty which is illegal for the few mike here we can see that in a way that impartiality of the judgment could have been compromised and he said the beginning we see it there was a kind of orientation given by the judge to the prosecutors in the legal process. lou was convicted and prevented from running for president last year clearing the way for current president also noddles victory also noddle been named mordor justice minister and reportedly promised to give him the next available seat on the supreme court more denies any wrongdoing and describes the allegations as sensationalist the prosecutor implicated also dismisses the charges no

those accusations are not true and their origin is linked to a criminal attack. however model is now being investigated himself for possible misconduct amid allegations that he used his power for political purposes and personal gain questions over morals propriety are unlikely to be enough to overturn former president conviction but they will certainly give ammunition to those who have long suspected that the former anticorruption czar had a political agenda all along you see in human al-jazeera we can now speak to peace i came here is president emeritus and senior fellow of the inter-american dialogue a d.c. based think tank and he joins us now live from washington d.c. peter there's been allegations for some time now that the investigation into operation with politically motivated so just how damaging is all of this for more and for the president who appointed him. well we know we have to see how this all

plays out but it seems to me it's an enormous stain on the entire judicial system if in fact that was the way they work where judges cooperated with prosecutors. to. to begin to pin charges on people and whether it was illegal or not is one question that i can answer but certainly it seems like they've stepped over a real ethical line how damaging could this be for the president who appointed him justice minister well i think this is one more instance of where brazilian politics brazilian governance has really. deteriorated into near chaos and it can't help it's not going to help anybody it's not going to help judicial system it's not going to help

the attorney general mr morell and it's not going to help the president this is one more reason why brazilians are fed up with their government and distrustful of the institutions they just seem to be. polluted from across the spectrum and basically lose legal team has been petitioning the supreme court for his release how might this affect things that. well that's a good question and i don't know all the legalities here. but certainly this is going to have an immense political. impact or could have a political impact hard to predict the future. but it certainly is going to dramatically mobilize the moola supporters. the left who.

saw him as a likely winner of the last election if he had been allowed to run and even if you had been allowed to give a public statement from jail or an interview he might have pushed over the line in the candidate from his party so it really does call into question the legitimacy of the election. piece and i also want to ask you more about these leaked e-mails because the site that published that the intercept has also said that this was just the beginning that these are just a small part of a large truck messages what more can we expect. well i think that the question is how involved were judges. government officials in. sort of pushing for certain kinds of prosecution that should be handled by. prosecutors and then brought

to. a neutral a non-biased court. the questions began really earlier on when people question the impeachment of. the the woman that succeeded him as president was that an entirely ethical legal. process by which she was impeached was brought up that is going to be questioned again in another words i think this is really going to be very difficult under current circumstances for brazil to sort of move on and and face the challenges that now faces whether it's corruption or the economy etc this is this is a major scandal and do your in d.c. u.s. congress people i believe also getting involved now asking the trumpet ministration

to investigators well i don't think that's going to happen very quickly. trump has made certain. alignment with president bolsa naro bo's'n are and him have pledged each other to find closer relations i think this i would say you have to leave this up to the brazilian judicial system there's no good reason why the u.s. should be investigating at this point he said he came there from the intel merican dialogue a d.c. based think tank thanks for your insights on al jazeera thank you. well the necker government is releasing dozens of political prisoners under a controversial amnesty and then attempt to free those detained last year for their role in anti-government protests and to ease the country's political standoff has money or power with details. on the anti-government protesters and he can i were

reunited with their families on tuesday many of these former political prisoners had been jailed for months the government agreed to the demands of opposition leaders to release political prisoners by june 18th. the news director for an independent media outlet critical of nicaraguan president daniel ortega was just released after 6 months in prison his news channel was shut down but i was and i don't know is the reason they shut down my channel the wealth of the news source is its credibility it's being close to the people and telling them the truth that's what our t.v. channel has and if they steal our infrastructure then we will simply start again from the bottom but of course we will continue we will continue to form the people . for the freeing of political prisoners was announced as part of a controversial new law which grants amnesty to anyone who participated in last year's unrest the amnesty law has been criticized by dozens of human rights groups who say it makes it difficult to hold pro-government paramilitary groups and

security forces accountable for the deaths of more than $300.00 people since the start of the country's political crisis more than one year ago no i. cannot be amnesty for crimes against humanity these are crimes that remain and no law signed by the government to protect those who perpetrated these crimes to me on the many former political prisoners expressed relief for having been freed but said they would continue to demonstrate against the government and demand justice for the killings of hundreds of peaceful protesters was look there we will continue to fight we are united as political prisoners this government wants to divide and conquer but we are united for free and they could act you are. between the government and opposition groups continue to barely drag on since the political unrest began some 800 people have been thrown in prison thousands of others have fled the country it remains a criminal offense to hold a public protest against the nicaraguan government. now the world health

organization has confirmed the 1st case of a boat in uganda a 5 year old child traveled from the democratic republic of congo but this family on sunday uganda has been on high alert since the outbreak in the eastern d.r. c when 1400 people have died of the virus and now the congolese government has declared a measles epidemic the health ministry says at least 1500 people have died of the disease just this year some 65000 suspected cases have been reported across the country botswana's high court has ruled in favor of decriminalizing homosexuality. there were scenes of jubilation inside the courthouse in the capital gaborone the judge unanimously ruled that a 1965 law which made homosexuality punishable by up to 7 years in prison is discriminatory. as advocacy director for the pan africa international lesbian gay

bisexual trans and intersex association she says the judgment could have widespread ramifications throughout africa for the. community. the judgment 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 it is a very important judgment is 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 queer stories

in africa i think the lessons that can be learned from south africa in particular are just a recognition of. you know our g.b.t. i rides being for human rights and also that it does not stop it decriminalization now they need to be recognition of queer people and they need to be protection of copyright 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 a 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. now people on the south korean island of jeju are taking measures to stop their indigenous language from dying out less than $10000.00 people speak the language but it's not

only the number of speakers that that's a concern but also their age from the pride reporter from judging. 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 i spoke at but after i started work i've rarely had opportunities to use the 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 a low 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 compulsory language classes in schools. and it's simle 10 years use alongside standard korean in official documents to. the judge will languish on their peons the culture and spirit of the jesuit people it's part of the character of the island and we want to revive the people's culture identity through the language you know. 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. it adds urgency to hold on to what's left. hand rather than trying to resurrect the old language all goal is to extend the use of some of the words and phrases into the modern language then the language will not disappear completely or. keep it alive at least in pots for future generations rather than allowing it to slip away with the present generation of elderly island. mcbride al-jazeera jeju south korea still ahead on. the sports. on the track.

and now it's time for sport peter thank you very much we start in france with the 29000 feet for women's world cup with the 1st round the games have now been completed the fading champions the usa hammered thailand 13 and nil it's a record winning margin at the world cup alex morgan helped us after 5 goals equaling the world cup record 4 goals in a single match earlier to rain chill down poor and lightning caused a 40 minute 2nd half delay between sweden and chile when play resumed it was sweden's course of us learning and madeline young norgay who knitted to give them a 2 nil victory and european women's champions the netherlands lifted late against new zealand and injury time go from joe ruud snatch the win for the dutch now

wednesday sees the 2nd set of group matches getting underway with hosts france back in action they face norway after both teams won their opening fixtures to victories in the group stage means a team is virtually certain to reach the round of 16. host nation england has claimed an unwanted record as rain washed out the action at the cricket world cup for the 2nd day running sri lanka against bangladesh at bristol on tuesday was abandoned without a ball being bowled it's the food game of the tournament lost to the weather and the 2nd time it's affected the sri lankans both teams get a point in the group table the washout sets a new record for matches abandoned during a world cup. we have got quite a lot of time in between games and if we have got to travel a day later. where we will put men on the moon. why can't we have

a reserved day when actually this tournament is along to a moment spread out the games i would say very disappointing for the crowd as well they've got tickets to see a game of cricket caster semenya insisted drugs off for dopers as she one of the 1st race since gaining a temporary suspension of the rules requiring her to take testosterone reducing medication in order to compete the south african narrowly beat ethiopia's how we face in the 2000 metres race at the montreal in france on tuesday 1st instance is not covered by the world athletics rule that semenya is challenging she hopes to defend her world 800 metres title in doha in september but needs to win her appeal to switzerland's federal supreme court in order to do so her. i really don't have. time for messages for anyone he called me to be a long time ago that i'm going to focus on myself you know what i have

a problem with me i don't have a problem with them so does the business look what it might the n.b.a. champion finals are heading back to oakland off to the toronto raptors missed their chance to win a 1st title it was a bit of sweet victory for the golden state warriors with a serious injury to one of the biggest stars david starts reports the pregame routine includes some dance moves pre-game showing no signs of the cough injury that it 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 3 kevin durant but then disaster struck after twisting all quickly went down clutching the back of his leg his not was over and he season 2 after that the raptors called their white back. then it was dialed in with a 6 point lead they were on track to claim their 1st ever n.b.a. championship was taking over the weekend i think the message from the toronto crowd

was clear b b the raptors defense could do nothing about steph curry time to get stuck covering from doug plate thompson then delivered another blow with less than a minute left $131.00 dribble one shot got cold steve green takes killing the raptors got it back to one and as the clock ticks down they had a chance to finish the series was delayed will be a game section of the worry is still alive as they search for the 3rd straight title but i'll have to do it without your rant he left the arena on crutches well. the raptors get another chance to wrap things up in game 6 on thursday as the teams head back to california david stokes al-jazeera. 3 time baseball world series champion david ortiz is said to be a looter and smiling after a 2nd successful surgery in boston and will remain in intensive care for several days the red sox legend was shot at close range in the torso in his native

dominican republic his former team sent an ambulance to carry the 10 time all-star back to the u.s. for treatment the 43 year old is one of boston's biggest sporting figures. brooks is eyeing up a slice of gopher history going into the year's 3rd major the u.s. open the american is looking for 3 titles in a row at this event and he's also its all getting back to back mages kept successfully defended his p.g.a. championship crown last month a hat trick of wins at the u.s. open has only been achieved once before and there was 114 years ago kept at mit's he still uneasy with his rise to the top in golf i still think it's weird when you know i walk into a place and i can see eyes are on me you know just for dinner and then my thoughts are very stern and you know i just feel myself as a regular guy just like everybody else and. you know i just i just happen to be you

know really good at golf and not. of these victory at the masters in april there's still plenty of attention on tiger woods the pebble beach it was at the same event at this course in the year 2000 that he achieved one of his most impressive major successes winning by an incredible 15 shots the fans were treated to a terrific climax on stage 3 of cycling's criterium did often a irish rider sam bennett who won the race to the line after a mess grin finish in the real belgian didn't retain the race leader's yellow jersey but criterion is used as a river by several of the leading contenders for next month's to the front. and we'll leave it there for now more sport on the way again later. and i mean a study take at this news hour i'll be back in just a few minutes with more at the date me.

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an ethiopian envoy says sudanese protesters will suspend their civil disobedience campaign and resume talks as the military agrees to release political prisoners. hello i'm the star and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up protesters gather in hong kong as the city's legislators prepared to debate plans for a controversial extradition rule.