this is the 3rd survive on here it's the root of a plant and you have to dig down about a meter in order to get it to some i could tell you is what we lived on for 3 days in the jungle getting here the surprise was that this is what we have on every single day here he said looking to get 3 meals a day if not it's about food for him going you know if you know you have been an hour known. she doesn't like i'm not i'm not someone to also call me sir do. you. by the light of accounts by the singer pushtuns and dance the steps of their ancestors who move from mongolia to china and then to laos.

they try to retain what little culture they can and scrape by in a harsh environment that is now their world one that with every generation slowly ebbing away good. dawn is always the most vulnerable time of the hmong in the jungle the time when the laos army is most likely to strike one in. the wash more a splash really is a luxury the home would be to expose living in rivers. this is for me to take. the leader was still insisting i stay but he'd written a letter which he wanted me to deliver personally to the united nations in new york . at the moment. they were tough resilient people which is why the cia

used them for 10 years during the vietnam war just a handful now remain in the jungle of northern else and finally i get to meet some . nice. dark paula na gee ya before i do you know your poem don't yet you know i'm a guy i don't know. what all big. well you know non date doctors all. the hmong feel the communist government in laos they call it the red laos is punishing them for fighting for the americans who want yang was a young man he fought for the americans against the communist being a nice girl now he feels abandoned by me got it all in our. national make up you who called you. know man.

well the ones that power board. or need to shout 1st of all he'll know. when you're watching the slow death of a people it's hard to know what to do or even what to say i try to reassure them i gave them what i had in my pack of medical supplies of food the 1st time the younger hmong had seen ham and cheese. dictate one piece of good thick 11 throwing in. different. don't. know sheepishly they came forward for a taste 1st the men. who were going out and then the women some a little confused about what they were being offered and your mother well i don't know where are you i know you all know i don't. want to know about you and then the

children inched forward wary and wondrous at the same time look and act that. i did say that i'm not going to write your card i know because that's not. what they need if you're not going to tell. them you can have. all of. this is the time pass the hmongs belief in me as a savior didn't diminish quite the contrary they stated me killed one of the few chickens they have in my honor and lit candles as a blessing to bestow on a good luck i thought de marco the admiral got delay tied strings on my wrist to ward off the bad spirits they knelt before me in acts of homage it was also overwhelming i. was being quite a moving experience i've never had anything like this happening before and i miss some great belief that i can suddenly. change around their fortunes and i can

singlehandedly make the united nations come in and do something they treat me like some kind of god here. and i'm got the heart to tell them that so many other people around the world in so many other dire situations have been let down before by the international community. a chicken no matter how small an anorexic has good luck signs the wishbone almost suggested good omens maybe my release. done. for the hmong the jungle of now than laos is a place of nightmares and dreams. 18 years old he married at 15 and has 2 children he dreams of studying music and taking his children to a park. the melancholy sound of b.'s guitar made me think about my hopes my creasing desire to leave. i've been here for about 5 days now and i haven't had

a proper water in that time i lived largely on the roots in these parts of hardly had the sun on my face because along up the live in places like this which is giving plenty of cover in case of the aerial reconnaissance of the laotian army spots them. and. i'm finding out our. and i've got to go but i see these people around me and every day i see the children it makes me think of my children my family my life and i realize that i can't stick as much longer so i want to go. after a week or rumor spread the translator and i were about to leave. he created panic and angry scenes. from that moment. that he money. on. that you.

cannot make you know. that you think you don't like you don't like you. don't. know you don't know how do you know so good and how. subsequently i believe all these people these women a packed up their their baskets their clothes their possessions and they want to come with me they want to walk out today walk out of the forest and civilization but i keep trying to explain to them that but the laos army out there and. i can't guarantee their safety quite quite the reverse it's bizarre. you know no no no. you know heated argument about whether to stay or to go with me .

no you know what. the mood of panic could come from nowhere and disappears quickly because the homeowner reconcile themselves with reality battle for survival. and people walked for days from surrounding villages to plead with me for help. this man had lost all his family and he amputated his own hand after being badly wounded. i began to sing a song about the plight of the hmong people about persecution and injustice about survival. is haunting words followed me as my release became a reality and lead a blessing for the journey ahead. no. gentle. no. or. no.

go. yeah. well you. know. you are. not go home until. i turned one last time and i wondered what would happen to the home of northern laos and how many would live long enough to enjoy it. and. that was the lost tribe secret army of the cia well we're joined now from london by the filmmaker tony burke tony why don't you start by telling us why you went looking for the moment the 1st place where i suppose i've got a bucket list of stories that i've always wanted to cover i was too young to cover the vietnam war something that really interested me but a spin off from that was the hmong so i kept in contact with what was happening to

them as much as i could and then they came an opportunity there was a connection that i learned solve in in california among community then they i contacted them and they put me in contact with the hmong community in laos and arranged for me to go in and see them so it was something that i really wanted to do it's a great desire to cover that because it's one of those. very i think very important stories but one that is overlooked because it's so difficult to do start challenging was it actually reaching the hmong i mean did you did you know you'd be putting your life in danger well there are always concerns because the people in california may be quite aware of the dangers from the loutish laos army they said that people in the jungle being hunted by the last army there were being killed so i had to be prepared for that sort of thing i wasn't really prepared for the physical side of it because actually getting there was physically challenging i wasn't perhaps the fittest at the time but soon as i started walking it was

a monumental hike for nearly 3 days over really really large hills in darkness sometimes and i'm not due to go with a camera man who was carrying a bit away and when he learnt about the rigors of the of the hike and the fact the potential dangers he decided not to go so therefore i took the camera myself which i've done in the past and it wasn't a problem for me. but as a i found it challenging he would have found it impossible to be honest tony you were seen as something of a savior but then you were also taken hostage how did you cope psychologically well i'm a tough old dog so it didn't really get me down too much to be honest it was never a case of my life being in danger i didn't fear these people i understood their desperation and they were using whatever bargaining tool they could nevertheless funny ideas this is one of those stories that really phase with you long after you've left. well it was a profound experience because i never really expected to find what i did i didn't

understand from all my research the deep. fear and the deprivation of these people so to actually go there from the moment i entered their camp they were on their hands and knees praying and crying and this was not just to greet me was not a show because in the course of the next week i saw it on a regular basis people crying people pleading with me people saying they've got no hope they're all going to die they're all heard stories about you know their loved ones being killed they said by the laotian army the fact that they were on the run they were sick they were needy and they had very little you also made a promise to take this up with the u.n. did you manage that i went to new york i went to the united nations i wrote to the secretary general i told everything i saw or i gave a link to the documentary i did absolutely nothing happened when i raised it in a press briefing to the un's press people they looked at me like yeah

and what it didn't register on the social consciousness of the united nations or in fact the world so i feel a tremendous sense of failure and i suppose that's why the images of stayed with me so long longer than some of the other horrible things that i've covered tony berkeley great talking to you thanks for joining us and we want. and that is it from us this week be sure to check us out on the real one page at al-jazeera dot com for more films from the series on santa maria from the whole team thanks for joining us seems to. think of some of the biggest companies in the world today all of them big tech with algorithms at their core the more that we used to want out of we produce we're in the midst of a great race for dot and big tech companies are on the chase and fires are rising

on a wealth of information and other commodities in the sector for a 5 part series ali re-examined where the corporations are calling guys. like american power of think tank on a just. just off one of caracas main highways immediately your family collects as much water as possible from the mountain above. a nationwide blackout left millions without power a regular water supplies. but this water is not portable the health ministry is recommending people treat it with chlorine but with none available other. hopes that boiling it 1st will make it safe for her family to drink dr. says the increased consumption of untreated water in the last 3 weeks is making an already catastrophic situation worse now than they might normally know reading we don't have the precise numbers yet that we know that the public and private hospitals there's been an acute increase of cases of severe diarrhea that require

hospitalization including children under 2 years of age which can be fatal local and international public health experts describe the crisis as a complex humanitarian emergency. al jazeera. and welcome to the al-jazeera news hour live from our headquarters in doha with me in the qur'an i'm coming up in the next 60 minutes as latest from the world's 7 strongest economies meeting france just what progress will be made on the issues that the syrians summit. wildfires continue to burn throughout brazil's amazon

forest now tens of thousands of troops will be deployed to help in the battle. when peace turns to pandemonium or violence in hong kong in the latest round of pro-democracy demonstrations and it's not all fun and games so why a career in a sports might not be for everyone. global trade looks set to dominate the g. 7 summit which is now underway in the french seaside town of garrett but many of the world leaders attending a calling for urgent talks on the wildfires and golf and the amazon rain forest the trade war between the u.s. and china has also become an urgent matter and it's already being blamed for what could be a global economic slowdown on another key issue french president a man in mcallen is hoping to deescalate tensions between the u.s. and iran after the trumpet ministration pulled out of the 25th day nuclear deal and

re imposed sanctions but after last year's tense meeting in canada well expectations are low that much if anything will be achieved this year our diplomatic editor james bays has more from barrett's. with the global economy teetering and some warning of a worldwide recession the 7 leaders gathering here may not look it but they're almost certainly worried the host emmanuelle macro on the us president donald trump seemed relaxed as they sat down on the terrace for lunch but in addition to the china u.s. trade dispute currently rattling stock markets they have their own problems a new french tax will target u.s. tech giants and trump has threatened to retaliate taxing french wine imports to the u.s. this though would immediately receive an e.u. response according to the president of the european council i will. then trying. general in the domination for many reasons.

and after the 3rd by france. if the u.s. impose a star if. they respond in kind president is about to finish 5 years in one of the e.u.'s top 2 jobs a term dominated by one issue one that could also cause economic problems across the continent breaks it to a squall the new british prime minister he could go down in history as mr no deal as he landed boris johnson didn't respond directly but he did focus on his country's future trading prospects this day to global trade i'm very worried about the way it's going the growth of protectionism of terrorists that we're seeing u.k. thrives mightily on the open out we're looking for a trading nation that's going to be promoting breathing is good for the world trade

wars talk of recession breaks it it's all a very depressing economic picture the one thing that could bolster the markets would be unity coming out of this g. 7 summit but don't expect that the french presidency of the g. 7 has already said it's not even seeking a final communique this will be a meeting with discussion but a very unlikely to have any decisions chains pays al-jazeera spirits. now international efforts to force brazil to change its d. foster policies have gained some momentum brazil's president has now one of the military to help put out the fire as he has been criticized for his handling of the widespread blazes. reports now from the state of. one of the worst affected regions. forest fires happen every year in brazil but it was the sheer scale this year that shocked the world the so-called

world's longest room fire strong criticism firstly from within brazil than the rest of the world forced president. to respond. forest fires happen all over the world so this is no reason to impose international sanctions brazil will continue to be as it is now a country that is friendly with everyone and is responsible in protecting its amazon forest. but he's been accused by many of creating the very conditions he's now trying to control but there's a defiance from the president and resentment from his supporters that other countries telling was ill what to do. or don't agree that other countries should come here to presume we don't go to other countries to upset them you don't see brazilians they're causing problems only working to see money home to invest here this is pioneering country distant from brazil's made population centers also had a message that resonated here. i'm 63 years old and never seen

a president as honest as this one who confronts the problems and says what has to be seed is defending brazil. these are people who came to tame the forest to cut a bird to carve a future from what they consider to be a wilderness this particular blaze may not be huge but is one of tens of thousands burning across brazil some control some not some illegal some legal what's clear is that few will be investigated but the consequences will eventually be felt around the world. the fires are being put out but what's left is this back and devastation which will take many years to recover. 70 percent of the state of the year has already been developed the forested for lucrative timber then burned to create land for cattle rearing and sawyer production the rest is up for grabs and no one it seems is stopping them at the moment if you burnt

a forest you are backed up by a president and then you do exactly as you want to do because you know nothing will happen and that's a problem and we have seen statistically when this law enforcement fires in deforestation goes down when we don't have it it goes up. the thoughtless is still burning but will boast of the heat of international pressure. to the ambitions of some of the strongest supporters. of the. state of brazil well let's get more on this knowledge joined by correspondent trains and. all to find a rest in the state of mato grosso so what's the situation where you are has government assistant assistance arrive there. what we have right now in the oval office currently there are around 13000 fires according to environmental organizations working here they're not close to the 50 where we are they're further away into the rain forest the government has just

announced that there's 2 planes with a fire fighting system already in place in the fate of that's where my colleague was reporting from going to that base there and start fighting the fires we do know however that the government is ready to deal with the state but there needs to for others who are also requesting help from the armed forces and from the government the president issued id creek that it's supposed to last for a month that. forces to enter national parks indigenous areas among other places in the country order to fight the fire fight that we've been seeing lately it's been. strategy from the government in this whole crisis began from the very beginning. started questioning what was happening in brazil in fact the government continues to pay a bear responding by the not worth all that it was

a laugh here well environmental get a piece. of the situation as the people were rated even further but because of the international pressure because the pressure from the european union from and from france and other. the government is trying to show that it's reacting even though those planes are in 5 states like this one we have not seen the press off the federal government yet and we do know that there are several fires out there affecting the population and the rain poured as well into reserve we know that you have to get. this and you've had some difficulty where you are because of the anti media the probles sentiment there which is in stark contrast to the protests elsewhere in the country and beyond. well the country in a way is polarized and most of the pressure that we have seen that is forcing the government to take action is coming from abroad as i said before from the european

union for environmental organizations among others if you ask the population here in iraq after a summer many of them voted for john edwards and out in fact were trying to rent a plane make it to one of those ovations where the fires are happening and they said that no that do that plane was not going to be rented for us because we're international media and we're lying and that the situation is not as bad as the international media wants the world to believe but when you talk to environmental groups when you saw that you know he's out there when you talk to some of the communities we're expecting to visit soon we do know that there is a crisis we do know that there's people who are struggling right now to put those fires out and those fires in a way they're blaming the press and they're blaming the press and mostly because even though fires have always existed in areas like this once and for many this was a lawless area there was some type of. environmental state that the government have

that it doesn't mantle go home calls and that that precedent peach basically corey ging lagers and miners to develop areas like this one it would just has generated this crisis so many of the people we have spoken to say that both were not is to blame stories or thank you very much for that and now that's a cost on the strength of our lives in service to thank you so much. now chile's capital and of the outskirts of suffering their worst drought in decades the government has declared an agricultural emergency and hearth of santiago's districts authorities are also concerned about the growing impact of global warming on its economy chile is the world's biggest exporter of copper but needs large quantities of water to produce it. depending more head on the news hour including the growing taste for coffee in indonesia the country's farmers believe that's not enough to save their industry counting the population and kenya into 6 people are

being recognised for the 1st time in a national census in africa and england and australia are set for a thrilling finish for the 3rd ashes test would explain in sport. now israel says it's carried out air strikes near syria's capital damascus a spokesman for the israeli army says fighter jets struck the iranian backed forces preparing to launch a large scale drone attack so reinstate t.v. has reported that air defense systems and deceptive hostile targets over the city now a car bomb has exploded in the rebel held syrian city of idlib killing one person a new push by government forces to take the area has seen heavy strikes and advances this week in the south of the province and a nearby hama the u.n. says hundreds of people have been killed in the fighting since april and a new exodus.