specter of 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. now my derrius president mohamed the bahati has sworn in and new 43 member cabinet 3 months after starting his 2nd term behati has kept the key petroleum portfolio turned sell for yet another term nigeria is africa's top producer of crude oil. opposition groups have held a strike across much of bolivia they're angry with president even what alice for seeking a 4th consecutive term in office they say he's acting unconstitutionally by ignoring a national referendum which showed voters were against him standing again daniel schwann of reports. the opposition group stopped work and blocked roads in several cities across believe they accuse president of undermining the country's hard won

democracy and say he's outstayed his welcome again ever but we want to ask you mr morale it's to respect democracy to respect the vote and our human rights look your standards are standards but it's here today we're doing this to show that we're facing a dictator but we believe that we must continue fighting to win back the democracy that we had and not the kind that we've got now which is controlled and persecuted . president morales called the protests the home age the previous dictatorships he says his plan to build a modern country is still not complete. believe is emerging as a new country but bolivia as its own model and i'm sure that with the steps we are taking that's in 15 or 20 years live you will be an economic powerhouse in the region. where all is organized the referendum in 2016 to allow him to stand for a 4th consecutive term in office and last he said the vote was floored by

a dirty tricks campaign and the following year it was overturned by the constitutional court the opposition says more alice should respect the results of his own referendum and whether the president however leads in the opinion polls. elections ahead of his main challenger the former president called. evil as he's commonly know is credited with lifting tens of thousands out of poverty but giving a voice to women the country's large indigenous community and the poor and of getting a fair price in international markets for bolivia's commodities especially natural gas and he's the only president we've had who's built all over the country we've received house you know we never thought we'd ever get a hospital. if this is supporters want him to continue as president for another 5 years which will take him to 2025 a total of 19 years in power. however the biggest immediate challenge facing bolivia and the fires raging in the east of the country that have destroyed 460000

hectares of forest the opposition there council is protest and the president suspended campaigning to oversee the rescue operation but the reelection issue like gave himself is one look ones go away. al-jazeera now europe is at the heart of an illegal wildlife trade operation worth billions of dollars as the clock reports from the netherlands of course from legal farmers for a clamp down 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 for the nurtured and growed one and a half 1000000 a year producing legally $250.00 tonnes of a national delicacy but we grow them up to market size of 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 elvis seals to the s. trees of european rivers every year illegal quatre is caught for aquaculture to be grown on as i dealt 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 with billions the end result smoked to unsuspecting consumers in japan china and beyond that are leaving europe to your o.b. each and one year later grown on in the $900.00 homes of china. that have a 10 fold increase in value so 300000000 eels 300000000 euro

is 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 titles the industry has all but disappeared but poland 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 at the eagles 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 now for humans so we need to represent you know in captivity so in that week.

the problem is replicate precisely what happens in this i guess ac and figuring out what the heat but once that sold the wild deal population would be touched in the meantime the focus is on enforcement and international collaboration to take the pressure off this extraordinary species. netherlands. now at 99 years of age most people wouldn't dream of taking to the dock and travel 10000 kilometers for tango competition james mcmanus from ireland is not ordinary done so and he may not have won the world championships and bought he picked up a special one of its own competitor the army veteran who took up 17 years ago at the tender age of $82.00 and this one from

a lifetime trip was paid for by his friends as a special gift for his $100.00 day. still ahead. world cup qualifying games for.

the sun for sport now have peter thank you very much to former major league baseball world series winners have been linked to a dominican drug trafficking and money laundering ring octavio de tell who played for 12 different teams in his 15 year career was arrested in one of 40 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 rinaldo was accused of raping a woman in las vegas more than 10 years ago he 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 and nonsense can 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 basra iraq's match against hong kong on october the 10th is likely to be held at the $65000.00 seater bus or a sports city 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 races chance or the club and they form a player full naval 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 brashear a crowd of fans welcomed him at his 1st training session with his hometown club where he signed on a free transfer after his contract with mass a ended pressure are set to 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 celeron or kicked the ball so hard that it actually got stuck in the net his team 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 training one new opening batsman jason roy has been cleared to play the spy being hit on the head during practice thankfully wasn't struck by the bowling of just for archer he sidelined australia's top player steve smith with concussion of a mess joe root has been very impressed with his actions 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 you. best player but he has also impressed the australian skipper term pain archibald at more than 154 kilometers an hour at lord's and pain knows what it

feels like to face that. it's it is it's exciting i think it's great for test match cricket i think the interest that it's sort of sparked in the last week 10 days it's been great for the game. and i think people that have been watching it live thoroughly enjoyed it. you know we're looking forward to the challenge in this way it was a good day for the top seeds at the badminton world championships in basel switzerland on wednesday and the 2nd seeded ties of taiwan was up against indonesia's 53 and 53 army in the 2nd round the taiwanese actually won 6 consecutive titles between 20162017 during a 27 match winning streak if you can replicate just a portion of that form here she'll certainly be in contention she won 21152114 in 33 minutes. and china's chain you failed to book her place in the 3rd round the

tournaments 4th seed had porn poll we chart showing for company in the 2nd round of the 44 minutes channel of the winner 21142119 she took the bronze medal at the last world championships and will be keen to go all the way this time around. and that's all we have for now we'll see you again later for more sport thank you very much peter and that does it for the news hour but i'm back in just a couple of minutes for the not a full button. in the next episode of techno the team travels to the part of the amazon. where we are now should be reported to investigate illegal gold mining mercury had

a very unique characteristic by. i mean the goal for a minor it's almost like magic and the technology being used to expose its devastating impact and so what we end up doing is imaging the forest in very high fidelity 3 d. techno on al-jazeera. over 100 years ago britain and france made a secret deal to divide the middle east between them now we can draw a map in the 2nd episode we explore the lasting effects of this agreement that there is a regional set to 6 because it's at those borders were drawn with consulting the people who have to live with the. psychs people in the sun.

running 6 continents across the. algiers corresponding sleeping on the stories they tell. us. about the letters. were at the mercy of the russian camp for palestinian. did world news. saddam's new prime minister was sworn to an up the hum top balance to build lasting peace and solve the country's economic crisis. and on welcome to al-jazeera on live from my headquarters in doha the middle of the problem also ahead the u.n. boards of lifesaving aid cuts in yemen without significant new farms soon. the

u.s. to bring envoy was allowed in my good children to be detained indefinitely with their parents and breck's that negotiations germany's chancellor challenges russians prime minister to come up with a new plan in the next 30 days. and blaming n.g.o.s brazil's president. this is criticism after a record wave of forest fires and as a. after months of political uncertainty and violence saddam finally has a new leadership and the prime minister and a sovereign council with military and civilian members have been sworn or general out that father albert hahn who led the military genter that took power and april will head the council for the 1st 21 months have a morgan has more from cattle. with those words to dance military junta

came to an end and a transitional sovereign 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 up the dog who was named by the f.f.c. was also sworn in hours later i think with the light vision with the right policies we will be able to address the economic crisis we will have a plan that will address the immediate challenges who are to cover the program addressing the felt need for the people issues of inflation. availability of commodities we fuel medicine and all that back either and everyone is happy and satisfied but if anything happens and if we did not see anything new

from the revolution being achieved will surely hold another revolution and topple the council same as it did with omar al bashir. you know all the members of the sovereign council or except the bios 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 on the 3 things will 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 met. 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. so while there might be you know this issue that happens within the next 3 years i'm certain there will be. exactly it is. offset by the way the structure of. 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 are on the right track

to democracy people morgan al-jazeera cartoon. erik graves is an author and saddam researcher and he says the challenge for saddam's new prime minister will be to get the national budget in order but take it only military expenses all the sudanese economists i know whose work i've read indicate that they believe the security forces and military forces account for some 70 percent of the national budget that's unsustainable that's never ever going to be a way for sudan to move forward. but let's recall that 2 of the ministries the interior ministry in the defense ministry remain in the hands of the military so how is. the dram doc as prime minister going to ensure that there is a rational national budget one that really does commit serious funds to infrastructure and to ending war and the consequences. if they want to other news

now the un has warned that 20 to life saving aid programs and yemen will be full of shot in 2 months on this the world does more to help fund them and february countries pledged more than $2000000000.00 but less than half of that was actually received tens of thousands of people have been killed in yemen civil war millions are on the brink of famine the un has called the world's worst humanitarian crisis she had her tonsils has been following those developments at the u.n. . the u.n. security council received a disturbing briefing on tuesday about yemen because humanitarian efforts there are only 34 percent funded in the coming days water treatment would be stopped in various areas of the country putting some 300000 displaced people at risk of cholera now on wednesday an even more dire warning of what's to come because of that funding shortfall unless the funds promised at the february conference are

received in the coming weeks food rations for 12000000 people will be reduced least 2500000 malnourished children will be cut off from services which have been keeping them alive some 19000000 people will lose access to health care including 1000000 women who depend on the un for reproductive health clean water programs for 5000000 people will shut at the end of october tens of thousands of displaced families may themselves may find themselves homeless and what we keep on hearing is although most donors have stumped up the money that they promised in february for yemeni humanitarian efforts it's saudi arabia and the united arab emirates who've only paid a modest amount of the 750000000 dollars that they each pledged for yemen humanitarian efforts. now the world food program has resumed distributing food in the capital sana'a after a deal with what the fight is the agreement follows a partial suspension of aid for 2 months after reports emerged that the rebels were

diverting food away from thousands a name and the hope is denied the accusations saying the food sent to them was stale. u.s. president donald trump has defended his decision to cancel his trip to denmark a call the danish prime minister a nasty after metta fredrickson quote his offer of buying greenland absurd greenland as a semi autonomous territory with a population of just 58000 people at 80 percent of it is covered by an ice sheet a white house correspondent can play house that has more. the remote quiet of greenland was disrupted this week when former real estate developer turned u.s. president donald trump confirmed he wanted to buy the danish territory but that bid was publicly rejected by denmark's prime minister i thought that the prime minister's statement that it was absurd that was that it was an absurd idea was that asked the i thought it was an inappropriate statement well she had to do is

say no we wouldn't be addressing. trying to been scheduled to travel to denmark for bilateral meetings the hard rejection by denmark of the us proposal prompted trump to abruptly cancel his state visit via twitter on wednesday the danish leader responded to the snub this does not change the capture of our good relations. and we will of course from denmark continue our dialogue with the u.s. but the public rejection outrage trump twitter he continued to chastise denmark accusing it of not fully contributing to nato to pay for shared defense trumps interest in greenland is the 1st time he's mixed real estate with diplomacy they have great beaches trumps repeatedly i'd north korea and its untapped waterfront property entice in north korea's leader with promised assistance developing the north korean economy if kim jong un gives up nuclear weapons so you know instead of doing that

you could have the best hotels in the world right there think of it from a realistic perspective. like north korea there is a u.s. strategic interest in greenland the airbase there is part of the u.s. ballistic missile early warning system and is used by the u.s. air force space command. also not the 1st u.s. president to try and buy greenland the last time was in 104600 president harry truman and before that in 1967 right after the u.s. completed the purchase of alaska from russia despite all of trump's last minute cancellation of his trip to denmark he says he loves the country and expects to return at another time but not until he says he sees improved respect show to the united states can really help get al-jazeera the white house. and the u.s. president has defended new rules which allow indefinite detention of migrant children along with their parents donald trump's called it

a humanitarian necessity he says is to protect children separated from their families from abuse the new policy or the 10s of existing legal ruling that baal's children from being held in custody for more than 20 days the regulations are part of a wider crackdown on undocumented migrants and will come into effect in 60 days but legal challenges expected very much. very great. things happen when they realize the borders are closed the only thing we're building. right now. the ghetto like a beautiful. day when they. say they will be brought back. if they get in with doing that they won't. say allen was

a lawyer and the 1st was president of the american immigration lawyers association and he says trump doesn't have the children's welfare in mind it's a political issue at this time just because of the election coming in 2020 we don't have a wall so what he's looking to create is brown faces in prisons across the united states to show he's tough on immigration with regards to it to the safety of the children there are number of lawsuits that are currently pending against the different various agencies of immigration and force in the united states against the health conditions that they're having in these facilities so it's absolutely positively not for that effect this family detention doesn't address this how many days these people are actually being detained the government saying it's not indefinite it's 50 days but actually from my practice in minor standing it's around 100.