which is in order to make sure that doesn't happen again so of course we should look at the way in which current reactors are being operated to make sure they're safe and that has already been done but there is a need because the world's energy demand is increasing and electricity in particular that we are going to need a new electricity generation and because of the need for low carbon generation and a reliable form of generation nuclear needs to be part of that mix i think people now are looking at what is actually happening in germany so they did decide to phase out the reactors by 2022 but in doing so they have had to keep open coal stations that should have closed and so those coast ations may not close until the mid twenty's thirty's much later than many other countries in europe are managing to achieve by keeping those co plants open germany is doing much more harm in terms of air pollution and increasing greenhouse gas emissions so even though they have invested in renewables they're wasting that effort by keeping co plants going instead of using all their low carbon generation. now students in sudan's darfur

region of marching to protest against the ruling military jointer the denouncing the killings of foreign students in north dakota farm on monday the transitional military council has ordered the indefinite a closure of schools nationwide the head of the jointer is blaming protest organizers for monday's whiteman's. a roadside bomb explosion and western afghanistan has killed at least 35 passengers on a bus many of them women and children the blast happened between kandahar and head up and fight a province a provincial government spokesman is blaming taliban fighters for planting the device to target afghan and foreign security forces israel's security cabinet has approved permits for the construction of 700 palestinian homes in the occupied west bank the announcement comes ahead of a planned visit to israel this week by senior white house advisor jad kushner he's expected to push both sides to join talks at camp david and the lead up to israeli

elections and september harry for surge has the latest from west jerusalem. well just days after carrying out an extremely controversial series of demolitions of palestinian homes in occupied east jerusalem the israeli government is now sanctioning the construction of some $700.00 palestinian homes in the part of the occupied west bank which it controls known as area c. at the same time notably talking about the approvals of some $6000.00 units in illegal israeli settlements as well all of this coming at the same time as a tour of the region by president donald trump's son in law. and his chief envoy to the region jason green blatt they'll be visiting both jordan israel qatar saudi arabia and the united arab emirates at a time when the israeli press is reporting that the u.s. intends to host a summit at camp david the presidential retreat for arab leaders to brief them on the details or at least the broad outlines of the trump peace plan now according to

the reporting president trump intends to talk about in hard seeing palestinian autonomy but stopping well short of palestinian statehood and that is a message that his ambassador to israel david friedman has also been putting out an interview on c.n.n. he said that autonomy would only be enhanced or increased up to the point that it does not affect israeli security so stopping well short of a palestinian state the palestinians of course will be entirely opposed to that in fact there has been reaction from the p.a. foreign ministry saying that this is all it intended to achieve 3 things to increase netanyahu is chance's prime minister netanyahu has chances in the israeli elections coming up in september also to consolidate normalization between israel and other arab states before the resolution of the israeli palestinian conflict and thirdly to try to achieve peace with the exclusion of the palestinians something which of course the palestinians will resolutely opposed. now

british promised abbas johnson as a northern ireland discussed breck's that with political leaders as he continues a tour of the united kingdom discussions are expected to center on the so-called irish back stop it is a contentious point of choice a maze failed brakes at dale designed to avoid a hard border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland. i expect breaks it may come up a little bit i don't rule that out and i think the crucial thing to stress is that . this is the attach huge importance to the letter the spirit of the of the belfast good friday agreement and it will be in insisting on that now then baba has more from belfast. well prime minister johnson's only spending a few hours here at stormont and he said his aim is to try to help those policies get the devolved government here back up and running he says it's been far too long 2 and

a half years which is not good for the people of northern ireland but he's given no idea as to how his input is actually going to help the process given that there are really tough issues which remain sticking points things like irish language rights abortion and he calls marriage he says that his government is strictly impartial in the process under the good friday agreement but the leading nationalist party here shin fein have questioned that saying that nobody believes his words on partiality they say he needs to stop money coddling the democratic unionist party on which boris johnson's government relies for their majority in westminster d'you pay use of such a strictly against that backstop for northern ireland which has proved the main problem for the u.k. government passing their breakfast deal up till now most of the other parties strictly behind it they say that it's needed for the prosperity of northern ireland and that cross border trade is not going to be easy for him on either issue than on

power sharing and on breaks it he says that he is listening to the people of northern ireland many people here think that their prosperity and their economy is simply a secondary thought when it comes to boris johnson being open to the idea of a no deal breaks it and the leader of shin fein is warning boris johnson that if in her words boris johnson does the wrong thing by the people by the people on the island of ireland that he does so with his eye eyes wide open she's saying that that will lead to a board a poll a vote on a united ireland. start on time for 6 years in china of waiting until the 2020 u.s. presidential election to strike a trade. he says he'll be a lot tougher with beijing if he's re-elected trade talks between the world's 2 biggest economies have resumed after stalling in may over tariffs the u.s. ever wants noise or taking further action over the separation of migrant children

from their families at the border with mexico the american civil liberties union says more than $900.00 children have been removed from their parents since last year that's despite a court ruling in 2018 that the practice should be stopped now the $50000000000.00 plan to build a rival to the panama canal appears to have sunk at this 6 years for the president of nicaragua and a chinese billionaire announced work was starting the project should have been on its way to completion by now but as our correspondent john heilemann has been finding out construction workers and nowhere to be seen. it was meant to be the culmination of a century of nicaraguan dreams the country's very great canal linking the pacific and atlantic oceans when doing it by chinese billionaire handed a generous concession by the government in 2013 everyone is talking about it we found not a stones bin laden abyss point there was

a big ceremony in all great the building of the can now but as you can see 6 years later there's nothing here but a dusty road. why has the canal failed to materialize the short story the billionaire lost most of his billions before work could get started but the ripples still being felt particularly in the form of a law passed especially for the project says any properties needed can be exploited predated that law is still on the books. there are still other risks that thousands of campus senos could have their land expropriated and occupied by private interests that's why the citizens demand that the law be struck down. it's a permanent worry for custer lenore and her family when the canal was 1st planned workers showed up to measure out their house when they protested things turned nasty. be almost broke our heads the national guard had is

lying down on the motorway and if we lifted our heads they stomped on them they swore at us hit us with sticks they broke my brother's ribs. just a full state wide a state repression in the country when police ransacked and then occupied her office monica lopez fled to costa rica custer lenore's family still fears that we targeted again and they will yet while this government is in power we are not safe everyone that big robbed them putting in jail is that risk and the government still budgeting for the canal authority it set up despite the lack of progress we went from office to office looking for the man who heads it money well coronel but couldn't find him or interview requests to the government also went unanswered. to all intents and purposes it seems this is now a ghost project but while it exists at least on paper it still hanging over those who never wanted it in the 1st place john home and i'll just.

tell again on there's a problem in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera and the south korean government has held an emergency meeting after the north launched 2 ballistic missiles observers say the short range weapons test could be aimed at increasing pressure on the united states for new denuclearization talks from mcbride has more from the south korean capital. this latest missile firing is being viewed with deep concern here in south korea it's the 2nd double launching of short range ballistic missiles in less than a week and the 3rd missile launch to take place since may end direct contravention of the landmark military agreement signed between north and south korea last september during the period of improving relations that was meant to have put an

end to testings like this one. a 2nd of all a death has been confirmed in one of the democratic republic of congo's biggest cities. is just 2 weeks since the 1st case was found there but officials say they're related the facing the 2nd worst of all algebraic in history 1700 people have died since it began a year ago. the israeli government has approved permits for the construction of 700 palestinian homes in the occupied west bank the announcement was made before a planned visit to israel this week by senior white house. is expected to push both sides to join talks at camp david in the lead up to israeli elections and september . now the ideological divide among democrats in the us has been laid bare during the 2nd round of presidential debates for the party's nominee health care was a key issue with some heated exchanges between the parties progressive and centrist candidates british prime minister. breaks that with political leaders that he

continues a tour of the united kingdom discussions are expected to center on the so-called irish back stop a contentious point of choice a maze failed breaks a deal designed to avoid a hard border with ireland. as accusing china of waiting until the 2020 u.s. presidential election to strike a trade deal he's threatening to be a lot tougher with beijing if he's reelected trade talks between the world's 2 biggest economies have resumed after scolding in may of a terrace of the headlines on al-jazeera inside stories coming up next.

a leader in jail and in these moments are labeled as terrorists nigeria's government bans the country's main shia muslim organization and critics are drawing parallels with how boko haram was treated before it evolved into an armed group called the crackdown provoke a new conflict this is inside story. thanks . thanks. thanks. thanks. hello and welcome to the program i'm a fiend dennis now it's been banned by nigeria's government labeled a terrorist organization the islamic movement of nigeria the main shia muslim group there has had achieved mulcher this past few days leader abraham zagg zacky has been in jail for the past 4 years ever since 350 of his followers were killed in

confrontations with the security forces in protests demanding his release last week at least 20 people were killed supporters say that exact his health is failing and he needs medical care abroad a court is due to decide next week whether to free him or not observers say the government is handling this shia group in a similar way to by her arm its leader died in police custody 10 years ago and a decade of killings kidnappings and bombings has followed by let's me to bring him who's president of the media forum of the islamic movement in nigeria he's joining us now from kaduna in the northwest of the country thank you very much indeed for talking to us now your group has been branded as terrorists what do you propose to do. for now we are considering the situation and possibly we are going to court to challenge that by an order because we believe

that runs contrary to the course which of the provisions of nigeria namely that of freedom of association freedom of religion and freedom of expression but the government claims that you are violent as a group and that your protests are often unruly we are not violent anybody who knows the set and equipment and that the leadership of 66 that he knew that we have not been kind of in a city or hold off. and even in the last peaceful protest protest we did it could you know in which that's what he would do but he will claim that we carried it to the spineless its fullest the police and i mean that's pretty honest assessment of equinox 3 and why do you think the the security forces generally responding in this way to your movements protests we believe probably

they want to kill elida chick that they keep them but secondly they also want to create an infection she in the name of islamic movement what by no way out in this world is there any inside to see in the novel she. don't subscribe to. terrorism so the act trying very had its mission in the military to create it in inside and see groups from what the country did in but in lebanon i says to just . said what would be the point of the the justification then. for the government to try to create what you're describing as another insurgency. you know instantly it's a money goblin so to see the trick to the military you know the military is very corrupt even recently there was in djibouti what are the

states after it came to light that it 1000000000 there are has been found in his position and that is why they are trying to create another incident is what happens i don't see how to go out billions of dollars and the actor not satisfied. plan to run it just went like i was to turn it into an insider secret what do you say to those people who were killed your organization of thing. said no being inspired by thing led. by iran no we are not to let you back you know what i can categorically say is that we share the same islamic ideology that of shiite islam and it will in the movement is not for leadership as that in the movement that has witnessed in fact we have sympathizers almost across the divide in nigeria they are some of us in the south is so in the.

hours with and most of them in the northern part of the country so we have been led by iran i see we believe is just we just like this in this and who are illegal who has been sympathizers of the area. and there is so just to clarify then your next move is to challenge this designation handed to you by the government through the courts the using the judicial process. yes we would like to exclude because we believe we look to our east and we live like the terrorists. this is why you should look for us and we'll explore it to the fullest but really if you know him thank you very much indeed for taking the time to talk to us thank you. writer let's introduce our panel now joining us from cambridge in england we have

matthew page and the safety at fellow with the africa program at the international affairs institute chatham house in nigeria's capital of we have and yet a nigeria research or with the international organization human rights watch and in the english city of york we have in the delhi a dead edgy a researcher at the university of york thank you very much indeed for joining us can i start with you please and in a blue jersey you represent human rights watch and you not at all impressed are you by the government's decision to ban the i.m.f. and this sheer organization of nigeria. thank you very much for having me i think that there's been many reactions to the decision which came on july 20th and plastic writing and the one thing that we're taking away from it is just the trap that it causes to a group of people who have fundamentally guaranteed

a right to practice their religion to associate with one another and to express themselves freely now we understand that the authorities as the main government that is charged with protecting law and order in society was do its best within the confines of law to ensure that there is peace and security but we find that this move by your thore this judgment this wide sweeping judgment by the court goes beyond that it does not prevent legitimate basis on which a group or religious movement of the island can be banned especially because many of you allegations are based on criminality by members of the group which you know their position in our laws there are provisions in our statutes for the authorities to take on if such allegations were found true and matthew in cambridge do you think that the government is circumventing if you like certain procedures

which in a rules based and a legal environment should be observed before such an action is taken like banning a religious group. definitely but nigeria has has long taken this approach to elements in its society that that are troublesome for the government or that. that that cause unrest and use a heavy hand and often commit gross violations of human rights in trying to control them so in a way the mentality of the nigerian state in terms of its own internal security is very much a a mindset reminiscent of of nigeria under military rule so before the 1999 return to democracy course we have a president now who who is a former military ruler and has that mindset absolutely and coming to you in new

york i mean you've done extensive research haven't you own the. movement and the phases through which it went a you seeing these parallels in terms of the way at the bull hari government is handling the men compared with a book around in the early days we've already outlined the possibility of a movement leader being detained and possibly dying as happened with the her own thank you i think in terms of the extrajudicial measures being taken by the nigerian government and its security forces against movements that choose to express their. right to dissent against the government yes i do see the comparisons with the computer the comparisons. can be made but then i also think that it's unfair to compare the iron man to the work around sect which i think is

an easy an easy an easy an easy. position the time that many make when they when they think about i remember when they talk about the iron man the iron man i don't believe. it is a violent movement it's a troublesome movement for lack of better for lack of that's a wide and it is one of the docks movement but i don't see it has been exactly like the book around sept right and matthew with the i men's nuisance value is it just a matter of the fact that it represents a much smaller branch of islam against the most dominant sunday brunch which of course is is followed by a good 40 to 50 percent of nigerians countrywide well it's an interesting question i mean i don't think this is just about islam i think that you know the this particular sect the i am man has a very strong presidents presence and could do in a state which is. run by a governor who's

a key ally of the president and when he came in office in 2015. his followers were basically a thorn in the side of him and also many other what we would consider traditional northern power brokers people who in many ways a line behind hari and ensured his election in 2015 so to some extent this is about settling scores against someone who's been a political radical in nigeria for 3 decades and someone who sort of had had enjoyed thumbing his nose at a northern elite that very much feels that it has the right to. predominant in the north and also in the country at large right and yet a i mean is it is it is simple to suggest that a movement such as the i am men develops 6 traction if you like fundamentally as a consequence of failure of government to provide basic services to provide

security to provide opportunities for the local community. well i think that for a group like the i am and that is. that they're they've come together based on some of their fundamental ideologies and you see this when you talk to members of the group they're very still kinda believed and in their understanding of what their beliefs are and i think that.