today's court judgement said that the commission had not done enough to fully investigate those allegations of bribery and corruption now that the commission has the commission's ruling has been set aside it means that anyone implicated in the deal including former president zuma can't use the commission's findings as a defense and this is important because our who resigned last germ is facing renewed corruption charges related to that arms deal and his trial is due to start in october however the former president has been in court to have the charges thrown out the court is due to decide within weeks if zuma will stand trial or not but for the moment today's findings may certainly hurt the former president's bid to stay out of court the presidents of rwanda and uganda have agreed to end a long running dispute and reopen the border between the 2 countries the deal brokered in the angolan capital wonder ends months of tensions with the 2 leaders

exchanging accusations of spying political assassinations and meddling but under president paul kagame me and ugandan president mr verney accused each other of trying to destabilize each other's country and lead to rwanda closing the border now what has more from the gotten capital kampala. president paul kagame me of rwanda and president 70 of uganda signed the agreement in angola as capital luanda and it states that both governments should refrain from subverting or destabilizing the other and also that cross border activities should resume as soon as possible but it contains no solid commitments and in a press conference held after the signing the 2 leaders barely acknowledged each other tensions reached a head in february this year that's when rwanda closed its main border crossing with uganda to cargo and stopped rwandans from crossing into uganda both

governments have accused each other of a spear knowledge some ugandan security agencies blame the rwandan government for a series of high profile murders in uganda are over the last few years that have included a senior police officer and some government officials meanwhile people in the rwandan government have blamed uganda for rounding up and arresting and torturing its citizens as well as hosting and supporting rwandan exiled dissidents is a running government says by trying to overthrow it. have been allies since the 1980 s. both helped each other come to power in their respective countries but their armies 40 each other in the democratic republic of congo after they both invaded in the early 2000 ever since then the relationship between the 2 leaders has been up and down. well i still had some. reporting from volunteer in the

netherlands efforts being made to europe's largest illegal wildlife trade. and is a good day for the topsy adlington championships people have now. business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places together.

to a. business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places together. again a secret slippery smuggling operation in europe has been described as the world's greatest wildlife crime and environmentalist's automobile action well the 300000000 . eales the traffic from europe to asia every year in a trade estimated be worth more than $3000000000.00 sales are classified as

endangered and there are growing calls for more effective clampdown on the smugglers from. nick clark reports in the heart of farming country in the netherlands you'll find the daily routines of agricultural life the perennial tending of pasture and stock but here too you'll find a different kind of farm where it's eels that a nurtured and grows one and a half 1000000 a year producing legally $250.00 tonnes of a national delicacy but we grow them up to market size that's between 30. grams and then there are going to live to smoke out mostly and all of these eels start life thousands of kilometers away deep in the saga so you see in the atlantic ocean they drift on the gulf stream as elvers or glass eels to the s. trees of european rivers every year illegal quatre is caught for aquaculture to be

grown on as adult eels for consumption but that's where the unscrupulous strike it's estimated that 300000000 glass seals a year a trafficked to asia recent past have demonstrated the scale of the problem an illicit trade worth billions the end result of smoked to unsuspecting consumers in japan china and beyond there leaving europe at a your we each and one year later grown on in the $900.00 pounds of china. they are they have a 10 fold increase in value so 300000000 eels 300000000 euros one or so years later that's 3000000000 euros this is the greatest crime by a mile. over the centuries the lakeside town of valan down was made rich by email fishing but with the species now down to an estimated 10 percent of the original

totals the industry has all but disappeared but bolland may yet have something to offer the fish that made it famous it may just be that to break the cycle of illicit trade you just need to crack the code lifecycle here it's a privately funded laboratory trying to find out how to breathe the european ale from egg to adult something that has eluded science to this day the project here is focused on getting reproduction of the european to make it available for there for humans so we need to represent. in captivity so that we can supply ill farms with glass. the problem is replicating precisely what happens in the sargasso sea and figuring out what the he'll love i eat but once that sold the wild deal population need never be touched in the meantime the focus is on enforcement

and international collaboration to take the pressure off this extraordinary species nicholas al-jazeera. netherlands well it's time now for sports his piece for the 3 thank you very much 2 former major league baseball world series winners have been linked to a dominican drug trafficking and money laundering ring octavio tell who played for 12 different teams in his 15 year career was arrested in one of 14 raids carried out across the dominican republic 3 time all star luis castillo was among 16 others implicated by authorities but he has not currently been detained and has denied any ties to the group prosecutors allege the gang controlled one of the biggest trafficking operations in the caribbean transporting drugs to both the united states and europe. christiane elder says the rape allegation against him was an attack on his honor and led to one of the worst years of his life we're now there

was accused of raping a woman in las vegas more than 10 years ago you will not face criminal charges after it could not be proven in court the woman who brought on the accusation says she was pressed to sign a $375000.00 a green mint to keep quiet. since going to start well it's a case i'm not comfortable speaking about but when people play against your honor it's difficult it is difficult but thank god once again it has been proved what my friends family people who care about me knew that i was innocent and it was confirmed once more which makes me proud but when you think about it coldly it was really tough. football's governing body pfieffer has cleared iraq to host world cup qualifying games in buzzer up iraq's match against hong kong on october the 10th is likely to be held at the $65000.00 seat a bus or

a sports stadium iraq haven't been able to play a competitive game on home soil since 27 because of security concerns in the country. manchester united and twitter will meet to discuss the online racist abuse directed at paul pogba after he missed a penalty in united's draw with wolves on monday the racist chance or the club and they former player full level call for a possible boycott of social media twitter says racist behavior has no place on the platform these talks are likely to happen in the next few weeks according to the company. european clubs are doing some last minute deals before transfer windows closed italian club fiorentina have successfully lured frank rebury from buy in munich after 12 seasons in germany italy went to florence on wednesday to join as a free agent the team last won an italian league title 50 years ago and narrowly avoided really geisha last season but they were bought by an italian businessman in june and with the river really in the side the fortunes are looking up. mario

balotelli is preparing to make his debut for new club pressure a crowd of fans welcomed him and his 1st training session with his hometown club where he signed on a free transfer after his contract with moss a ended pressure are set open this season against killie r.t. on sunday. and it was a home field advantage for sure for the harley football club in bangladesh midfielder so how iran a kick the ball so hard that it actually got stuck in the net he went on to win the match for 3. england's cricket captain says he's team is full of confidence going into the 3rd ashes test against australia despite them trailing one new opening batsman jason roy has been cleared to play despite being hit on the head during practice thankfully wasn't struck by the bowling of jock for archer was sidelined australia's top player steve smith with concussion. joe root has been very

impressed with the archers ashes debut here we see just loved everything about last week you could see that conversations with him he just wants to get out there and make things happen and. it's very impressive trait for your. best player but he has also impressed the australian skipper term pain archibald at more than 154 kilometers an hour at lord's and pay knows what it feels like to face that. it is it's exciting i think it's great for test match cricket i think the interest that it's so sparked in the last week 10 days it's been great for the game . and i think people that have been watching it of thoroughly enjoyed it. you know we're looking forward to the challenge again this week it was a good day for the top seeds at the badminton world championships in basel switzerland on wednesday and the 2nd seeded tie of taiwan was up against

indonesia's 5th 3 on the 5th 3 only in the 2nd round the taiwanese actually won 6 consecutive titles between 26 even 2017 during a 27 match winning streak if you can replicate just a portion of that for me here she'll certainly be in contention she won 21152114 in 33 minutes. and china's train you free also booked her place in the 3rd round the tournaments 4th seed had porn but we are watching for company in the 2nd round of the 44 minutes channel of the winner 211421 mind team she took the bronze medal at the last world championships and will be killing to go all the way this time around . and that's all the sport back to you felicity in london peter thanks so much for that finally at's 99 years old most people wouldn't dream of taking to the dance floor let alone traveling 10000 kilometers for a tango competition but james mcmanus is no ordinary dancer. may not have won the

world tango championships in buenos aires but picked up a special award as its oldest ever competitor the army veteran only took up dancing 17 years ago at the tender age of 82 and this once in a lifetime trip was paid for by his friends as a special gift for his upcoming 100th birthday. obvious story more from a couple that see that. inmates learning from other inmates acquiring knowledge that could set them free.

through legal education classes and tribunals their dedication has led to staggering results you've been in prison for 15 yards recently and that was the teaching empowerment kenya part of the rebel education series on al-jazeera. al-jazeera is there with us till we bridge the schools of that to see what happens next which is on. fire by the barriers for a model barricade of all 73 that believe to hear the movies now has been all about change people have gone past the fear barrier the mission of the national army is to search the entire oil complex and i'll just your stories about telling it from the people's perspective what they think is happening in their culture. rewind returns with a new series. updates on the past down to 0 documentary.

oh please. remind continues with the last try secret army of the cia so it's down to 75000000000 in the same way that the and sisters did living in the forest in the jungle and it seems like they're abandoned by everybody on algae. is iraq. saddam's new prime minister vows to solve the economic crisis sassy sworn in to serve under a joint military civilian suffering counts. hello

there i've received are you watching al jazeera live from london also coming up. to die in the 1st gun battle since new delhi stripped indian administered kashmir of its autonomy. concern over the record number of forest fires sweeping through brazil's amazon an area considered the lungs of the planet. the german chancellor challenges britain's new prime minister to come up with a need for except in certain days. after almost 5 months of political uncertainty and violence sudar finally has new leadership a joint military and civilian sovereign council has been sworn in to rule for the next 3 years is headed by general abdul fatah alba high on the military joint of which took power in april after months of protests over rising food and fuel prices

prompted the ousting of president omar al bashir protesters immediately demanded a civilian government and continued there sitting outside the headquarters in the capital on june the 3rd paramilitary forces attacked and killed more than 100 demonstrators talks between the 2 sides very down but ethiopian an african union mediators brought them back together and they finally signed a power sharing agreements on saturday with economist abdullah him the prime minister of the government he has pledged to solve the country's economic crisis as it was have a morgan reports from the capital khartoum. well. with those words today and military junta came to an end and a transitional suffering council took its place the council has 5 members from the coalition known as the forces of freedom and change and 5 from the military an 11th member agreed upon by both sides makes up the body that will lead sudan's 3 year transitional period a prime minister of the lamb dog who was named by the f.f.c.

was also sworn in hours later i think with the right vision. with the right policies we will be able to address this economic crisis we will have a plan that will address the immediate challenges so what we cover the program addressing the felt need by the people issues of inflation. availability of commodities we fuel medicine and all that either and everyone is happy and satisfied but if anything happens and if we do not see anything new from the revolution being achieved we will surely hold another revolution and topple the council same as it did with omar al bashir oh all the members of the sovereign council or accepted by us the formation of the sovereign council comes after a power sharing agreement was signed between the coalition and the military on

saturday after months of protests it had been a point of contention between the 2 sides with disagreements over its role and who will have a bigger say now the council will be led by the military for the 1st 21 months of the transitional period and by a civilian from the forces of freedom and change coalition for the remaining 18 months it will have the role of overseeing the executive council and legislative assembly in which the opposition will have a majority a presentation of the forces of freedom and change has been representing the protest movement and the talk to form a transitional government and all its institutions now people under 3 think we'll be keeping an eye on that coalition and the institutions including an independent judiciary to make sure that their demands for justice and accountability and better living conditions are max. the wait now is for the next steps in the journey to a democratic rule i think one of the interesting things here is that we are largely expecting a fairly technocratic cabinet. during the transition period the

political parties. will take their place where they're. going to go so while there might be you know positioning that happens within the next 3 years i'm certain there will be. very very exactly it is. offset by the way the structure of the transitional government. the sovereign council is said to be a test in the power sharing agreement between the military and civilians sudanese see if at the end of experience the military does hand power to a civilian government that's when they will know that they're on the right track to democracy people morgan al-jazeera hard to know. allow mixed deval is a sudan analyst he says the international community needs to support the new sovereign council if it's to be a success in order to take it to the next stage there needs to be concerted action

not just by the sudanese also by the arab countries particularly the saudis an emeritus who are bankrolling sudan at the moment also by the u.k. and the u.s. that have their hands on the key it cannot international economic believers' of influence normalization with the international monetary fund and the un and the world bank and putting in place the debt relief the economic normalization the lifting of sanctions that are absolutely essential if if the sudanese people are to see the fruits of their revolution. 2 people have been killed in indian administered kashmir in the 1st gun battle between separatists and security forces since you delhi revokes its autonomy indian police say an officer and a rebel fighter died in the barren military strikes on policemen have been on guard throughout the region's biggest city center are to stop any protests or violent

incidents most mobile and internet connections are still down but landline phone services have been restored 1st tamil has more now from srinagar. here on the ground the restrictions that have largely kept people in and around their homes have been eased on wednesday leading many people to be outside as well some vehicles milling around but as you can see most shops and businesses are shut now close to the center of the city is the sorra neighborhood this is been a flashpoint for protests ever since the region's autonomy was revoked earlier this month some communication restrictions have been eased with officials saying thousands of landlines have been restored but most people here rely on mobile phones which along with the internet remain shut that's the reason why getting information from outside the train doctor is so difficult but indian officials have confirmed several of the fire violations between indian and pakistani forces along the line of control that's a de facto border separating india and pockets on the newest addition here specials

also confirm the gun battle some 50 kilometers from here in the bottom of the district on wednesday between security forces and armed gunman 1st reported since the region's autonomy was revoked and is also being renewed violence on the line of control between pakistani and indian administered kashmir by country say the other has violated the cease fire but as the government's trade accusations people on the frontlines continue to suffer from the to fade reports from his offer about the capital a focused on the administered kashmir. 70 year old saddam nor had dreams and ambitions his family says he wanted to join the forces which protect his village he was killed in the latest cross border shelling in pakistan administered kashmir as usual india and pakistan accuse each other off what they call unprovoked aggression and violation of the ceasefire pakistan's military spokesman tweeted that retaliatory fire killed 6 indian soldiers. the day after the shelling from the

indian side we witnessed more shells landing on the civilian population in that the piney sector of district courtly a few homes were damaged. a life comes to a standstill every time tension escalates on the border. indiscriminate firing continues from india the target civilians and kill innocent people as you can see we are a few kilometers from the border and. you can still hear their guns. people rushed to see what happened to their property even the fighting subsided. mohammad bashir is a farmer he refuses to move because he would lose his now and livelihood now dammit . there was no way to run the heavy shelling from the indian side and i was scared and tried to hide in the basement when mortar shells were landing everywhere. this year at least $33.00 civilians have been killed in artillery and mortar shelling in pakistan administered kashmir and indian officials also say civilians have suffered on their side it's difficult for villages near the line of control the dividing

line between the 2 sides everyday activities such as going to school or the shops becomes impossible to know what. we were coming from cuts lee town towards battle sector on the line of control we heard there was heavy shelling from the indian side so we took shelter in the basement of a mask the foreign minister says pakistan will be taking. to the international court of justice but people here have their doubts that there will be any outcome there's mounting anger in bhagavan administered not just against the shelling across the line of control but also about the plight of kashmiris stranded on the indian side valladolid out of there with africa the number of forest fires in brazil's amazon rainforest has surged to its highest level since records began in 2013 since january nearly 73000 fires have been detected by satellites from brazil space agency that's up from just under $40000.00 in the same period last year an increase of 84 percent while the 9 and

a half 1000 new fires have been detected since last thursday alone where the majority of the fires are in the amazon basin home to the world's largest rain forest which is viewed by environmentalist as the planet's longest several regions of brazil a covered in thick smoke president gyre bull sonar of how is dismiss concern saying it's the time of year when farmers set fires to clear the land he also said without offering any evidence that n.g.o.s could be burning down the forests to shame his government's nearly marion is the coordinator forests and biodiversity at friends of the earth international she believes corporate interests in the amazon rain forest are being protected by political power in brazil. there are pretty interests i have access to more agricultural land is really represented by also an apple we have heard earlier this year and minister of environmentalists. and environmental

program the president still does not agree with the alarm don't use to criticize the agricultural production of developing countries and so what do you really need for them the amazon is there for business it's definitely profit it's there it's not there for product in the environment and they are not or it about the international consequences and the consequences for the grocery itself at the same time they are interrupting our gorilla normal processes as well as literally the human rights of indigenous peoples which there are multiple in brazil and they are actually the ones who do normally protect the forests which they are just completely occupied in the situation as still as on the program a stark warning from the united nations as it faces a massive funding shortfall to deal with the world's worst humanitarian crisis. and back on dry land by the east 8 agreed to take in migrants have been stranded at sea and 83 weeks.