factories and providing equipment this will enable us to stay away from any corruption so facilities will not be given in cash loans yet will be credit for the establishment of factories the speaker is not alone in trying to appeal to the protesters iraqi politicians of all stripes and religious leaders appear to be throwing their support behind the protest movement but it's not clear if the protesters will accept them given the fact that they blame the same politicians for the diet can only situation that sparked protests in the 1st place and the government for violent scenes like these. joins us live now from baghdad so am i what's the mood there on the streets right now. well we've seen protests take place here in baghdad in the early hours of the morning once again shots have been ringing out life has been used we've also heard about protests in the rest of the south of the country in fact in syria and this is very interesting

what the protesters did it was not just attack government buildings but they attacked political party headquarters which they burned and now in syria they're chanting that syria is free of political parties and that's crucial because there is a political crisis brewing here as well a lot of the opposition politicians a lot of the religious parties are taking a look at this protest movement and they're thinking to themselves it's not going away if anything it's getting bigger and more popular and they're trying to appeal to the protest protestors in my report that you. see the speaker of the parliament he's been even more explicit in the last few hours saying that he wants to join the protest movement and whether the protest movement actually take him to. actually blame politicians of all of the problems remains to be seen but what we're seeing now is the biggest challenge to prime minister. year old government he's

appealed for calm he wants the protesters to give him a chance to put in place reforms that he says will change things that's not good enough for the protesters so what it feels like is that we are seeing iraq's politicians iraq's religious parties see a sense sense a change in iraq and they're looking to see what they should do next and it seems to me and it seems to a lot of iraqis that they're actually going to try and support the protest movement . all right imran khan live for stare in baghdad thanks. much more ahead here. i just wanted a baby. why some women's desires to become mothers is causing an uproar in france.

hello german lorenzo's that hurrican it's much damage to the is all is it's this massive cloud here now on its way through austria to end up probably somewhere in southern ukraine by the time we see daybreak during sunday so there's the pictures on the den and that's the remains the runs are just rain by this time still an active autumnal spell that one frontal system is having left the shores of europe is giving snow to moscow and next one is coming bringing rain and still wind to good part of western europe 16 in london not particularly cold nor warm 27 still in madrid you'll notice between sunday and monday this cooler air takes a dive down to the adriatic snow on the way for the northern alps at least and then a mass of potentially big thunderstorms in southern italy and once again the greek islands sunshine ahead of it not very warm 11 or 12 from germany down through austria to hungary and still it is warm there cloudy in spain and portugal as some

of that cloud will spill off i think in the west med into the northwest africa not so much on sunday we're still quite warm unities $2728.00 in tunis and middle twenty's knew about but come monday rather more in the way of clouds so start low temp is and some rain. our planet is feeling the heat of the climate an ecological emergency the world's leading scientists are warning of an existential crisis in the face of it reversible changes to be a woman's all be with you throughout as well are vibrant correspondent nick carr will have reports from the front lines of the crisis and showcase new solutions to help called by al-jazeera brings you a new weekly show climate s.o.s. set up the facts on the science behind the issues affecting our planet's.

again you're watching ideas here a man of our top stories this hour opposition activists in hong kong have lost their legal bid to overturn an emergency nor banning facemasks protesters are back on the streets to show their defiance. tunisians are voting in their 2nd parliamentary election center 2011 revolution seen as a test for the established parties which have been criticized for failing to address an economic crisis. the speaker of iraq's parliament is threatening to join mass demonstrations unless the demands of protesters are met thousands of battle at least in the streets for 5 straight days now almost 100 people have been killed. north korea's chief nuclear negotiator is blaming what he calls unfulfilled

expectations for the breakdown of the latest talks with the united states there and at lifting u.s. sanctions in exchange for the north limiting its nuclear bomb and missile technology after months of stored negotiations saturday's talks in sweden didn't last long alan fischer reports. in the chill of an evening in sweden a freeze returned to negotiations between the u.s. and north korea the 2 sides have been meeting in stockholm for the 1st time since previous nuclear talks broke down at a field summit in vietnam in february but it quickly became clear the 2 are dramatically far apart. do us raise expectations by offering suggestions like a flexible approach new method and creative solution is but they have disappointed us greatly and damp and are enthusiastic for negotiation it by bringing nothing to the negotiation table both sides agreed to restart the talks after donald trump's remarkable visit to north korea in june at the end of the g 7 in japan he met the

north korean president kim junkman at the demilitarized zone in the area marking the border between north and south korea and then took the dramatic step over the border the 1st u.s. president to do so there was hope fresh talks might make progress after president trump's national security advisor john bolton was fired he was seen by the north as an obstacle to a deal he admitted he was deeply skeptical they would ever give up their nuclear weapons and the day after the new talks were nice pyongyang confirmed it had test fired a ballistic missile designed for a submarine launch a step forward in technology and a clear message to the americans. even a few hours before the talks broke down u.s. secretary of state mike compere was confident of a breakthrough there were 4 pillars that the 2 leaders agreed to and we're very hopeful that we will make some progress we're mindful this will be the 1st time we've had a chance to have a discussion in quite some time in

a statement the state department said the united states and the d.p. r. k. north korea will not overcome a legacy of 70 years of war and who still a-t. on the korean peninsula through the course of a single saturday these are with issues and they require a strong commitment by both countries the united states has that commitment the u.s. says it is accepted an invitation from the swedes to return for more talks in 2 weeks time for their part the north koreans see the denuclearization of the korean peninsula is still possible but only when obstacles that threaten their safety and check their development are removed completely without a shadow of doubt that suggests that until the u.s. starts to ease sanctions on north korea they won't be going back to the negotiating table alan fischer al-jazeera washington a gold miners are among 20 people killed in an attack in bikini a fast so gunmen raided the illegal mine site in the northern province of sume it's the latest in a series of attacks blamed on various armed groups some linked to al qaeda and i

saw a cameron's opposition leader morris has been released from prison as part of an amnesty ordered by president pour beer cantor was jailed in january for organizing protests people are celebrating his release a day after the end of a national dialogue anger resolving a separatist conflict cameron's english speaking regions have been fighting for 3 years to break away from the french majority. the yemeni government is warning the health service the health service are suffering because of worsening petrol shortages the oil ministry is blaming the saudi led coalition for imposing restrictions on fuel imports just one tack it has been granted permission to dock in the past 2 weeks only providing enough fuel for 5 days. to get them must be a window done the ban on fuel imports has brought life to a near standstill it is paralyzed hospitals factories and other vital institutions

that are related to public service this is an unlawful ban of a commodity that does not represent any harm to the saudi led coalition but its restriction impacts everyday life it makes ordinary people's lives even harder. jordan's government says it's reached a pay deal with teachers to end a month long strike it was the longest public sector walkout in the country's history teachers salaries will increase by up to 60 percent from next year. several 1000 african migrants are stuck in limbo in southern mexico they want to get to the united states but mexican officials have stopped them off the coming under pressure from washington to stem the flow of migrants and asylum seekers john homan reports from shop us. oh they're protesting because they're stuck african migrants who've made the dangerous journey over thousands of kilometers up through latin america in the hope of reaching the u.s.

but instead they've ended up here in tapachula south mexico. mexican government wary of incurring the wrath of american president donald trump won't let them cross the country to get to the u.s. buddha is only prepared to let them leave by the sound mandala. so for the last full months around a 1000 people have come through on the gates of the top or to live migrant the tension center in limbo made out of going to church them not even knock out look at the conditions here it rains every day camped amidst the water the authorities haven't told us anything we're being dehumanized. this both the next being caused by a change of policy in mexico before they give asian and african migrants permission to cross the country and leave by which have a border they could including the u.s. one. with the pressure from the states that's ended and with the hopes of those like 17 year old russo but not his real name he was almost there like many he came

in through brazil with visa requirements and looser amid the lawless jungle between colombia and panama he lost his father told that in a moment and that's how we're coming down the steps in the step to take that head to the wall. and when for the evil that's what it's like in all of the old school that he still is on the current i know he's frightened to show his identity he says that as a leader he's under watch. i know the authorities have tolerate the presence of the camp that have been occasional brushes i. was a. disembodied it was a bit you know for she was right having a word to say but i didn't really. the one. that. is offering them the chance of asylum but the process is long and on certain topics the queue

for uppercuts goes around the block most here anyway say that's not what they want . they feel if they can just hold out we'll eventually get through given the current position of both the us but seems very unlikely. john home and how does the top 2 know. the police in paris investigating the stabbing death of 4 of their colleagues say they found links to what they call a radical islamic movement the i t worker police headquarters in the french capital was shot dead on thursday after attacking colleagues while they ate lunch the chief antiterrorism investigator says the 45 year old turned on them after buying 2 knives and exchanging religious messages with his wife. a conservative and catholic groups are expected to protest in paris later on sunday against the french government's plan to open up access to i.v.'s for single and gay women under current law only women in

a heterosexual relationship can access medically assisted reproductive treatment tasha butler has more. when she reached her mid thirty's benedict wanted to become a mother she was single and wanted to try i've yet fix set foot in france i v.f. is illegal for single or gay women so benedict travel to denmark and portugal with the treatment is legally available to all women i fell out low in my own country because i just wanted a baby. that's right it was ok other european countries but not in france benedick son is now 14 months old he doesn't have a father say although that mother in law and though the fact that he was wanted cases like benedix where she had to travel abroad for treatment may soon be a thing of the past in france the french government's proposed a new bioethics law that would give all women the right to i.d.f. treatment not just those in

a heterosexual couple the new law would fulfill one over man or might cross presidential campaign promises but is very divisive its supporters say it would be a victory for equality but its opponents say it would do raise the role of the father and destroy the moral fabric of french society in september french m.p.'s approved the new bill but only after a fiery debate over the report of the lead this is you don't get. how dare you decide to inscribe into law that a child be deprived of a father the shocks me yes i'm emotional you're playing with fire the new law also covers other controversial issues such as stem cell research and some conservative groups worry it could be expanded in the future. it's a slippery slope 1st you give old women the right to a child then it will be for all men and then we'll have legalized surrogacy senators are now examining the bill if it becomes law it will be

a huge blow for those who say it erodes traditional family values but it will create hope and possibility for single and gay women who dream of becoming a parent especially buckler al-jazeera paris. well you know piers 18 year long wait for a men's marathon world title was come to an end lisa came out on top during the world athletics championships in doha but he didn't humidity play their part as well 18 of the 73 competitors did not finish in the cecil was unfazed though he clocked in a season's best of 2 hours 10 minutes and 40 seconds to win goal. and for the rest of the day's action from the world athletics championships his father has my. so found her son made history at the khalifa international stadium on saturday after winning her 2nd individual title here in doha the dutch runner took gold in the 1500 metres final adding to the 10000 meters title she won last saturday is the 1st

time anyone has ever won both advance another championship record came in the 5000 meters final helen dearie as kenya holding off the challengers to retain the title . the individual sprint champions now will lyall's and christian coleman combined to win gold for america in the 4 by 100 meter relay liles leading them home to victory justin gatlin and mike rogers the other members of the u.s. team coming in ahead of great britain with japan getting bronze. jamaica took gold in the women's 4 by 100 meter sprint relay jackson running the anchor leg of shelley and fraser price to curing her 2nd gold at the championships alongside and italia white and joanie l. smith and the field advance. retained her world title in the triple jump the venezuelan finished way ahead of the competition as a 2nd round leap of 15.37 metres clenching bolt the rock as again. and there was

a new championship record for america's joe kovacs in the shop but it won gold by just one centimeter with a throw of 22.91 meters as the 1st time that 4 people and ever thrown over 22 meters in the shop final. of the final day of competition on sunday has 7 titles to be decided the women's long jump and men's javelin in the field on the track there is the men's 1510000 meter finals as well as the women's 100 meter hurdles they'll have 21000 and with the women's and men's 4 by 400 meters really. all right let's get a round up of the top stories on the edges it opposition activists in hong kong have lost their legal bid to overturn an emergency law banning facemasks protesters are back on the streets in a show of defiance the city's leader carry lamb invoked

a 50 year old colonial era law for the face covering ban she says it's needed to help stop 4 months of unrest or keep opposition activists say it is unconstitutional. if the chief executive can use the emergency powers in this way there is nothing stopping her from using it to do other things such as prolonging the detention time and to contravene the fundamental human rights and freedom of the hong kong people you can suspend elections so i think the high court sees the importance of this case and that is why they have taken the rare move in allowing this case to go forward within the shortest period of time to new zealand's are voting in their 2nd parliamentary election since the 2011 revolution it's seen as a test for the established parties which have been criticised for failing to address an economic crisis a number of newly formed political groups are contesting. the speaker of iraq's

parliament is threatening to join the mass demonstrations and unless the demands of the protesters are met thousands of battle police in the streets for 5 straight days demanding jobs better public services and an end to corruption nearly 100 people have been killed a number of t.v. stations were attacked overnight north korea's chief nuclear negotiator is blaming what he calls unfulfilled expectations for the breakdown of the latest talks with the u.s. there aimed at lifting american sanctions in exchange for the north limiting its nuclear bombs and missile technology gold miners are among 20 people killed in an attack in kenya fast so gunmen raided the illegal mine site in the northern province of sume so the latest in a series of attacks blamed on various armed groups some linked to al qaeda and i saw those are the headlines we're back in half an hour right now it's planet s.o.s.

. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter where you call home al-jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you. al-jazeera. i am a man's apparel and welcome to planet. the most comprehensive study into life on earth says the natural world is in decline ecosystems are collapsing more plants and animals face extinction than at any other time in history. i'm lucy and human in the amazonian state of where until not so long ago every centimeter you see

behind me was covered by rain forest now it's been cleared by fire and by i saw in the name of progress. we'll look at what we're doing to the planet and what we can do about it new ideas a new technology to help provide some of the world's most endangered species. momentum is growing around the world to keep a warming planet crawl from the top levels of government to grassroots initiatives on the front lines people are stepping up to address a global climate crisis but we face an ecological crisis too from the destruction of natural habitats to pollution overfishing to climate change earth's rich biodiversity is in decline and this is why we're devoting this episode of planet teso west to efforts to revive the natural world. in may the un published the most comprehensive study of life on earth 450 experts analyzed thousands of documents

over 3 years they found 1000000 species face extinction that's more than 12 percent of known life on earth we're on track to destroy the natural infrastructure on which our world depends unless this radical change the report identifies the 5 main drivers of this ecological crisis in order of importance and humanity looms over them all 1st the way we use and abuse our pilots resources 75 percent of the land and 2 thirds of the marine environment have been severely altered by human activity then exploitation of species through over fishing and hunting climate change caused by our greenhouse gas emissions pollution the water and land and finally the house creaked on local ecosystems by invasive species the report's authors say the decline can be slowed even stopped in some cases but to do that we must transform

our relationship with earth and life upon it this report says we have a serious problem if we continue to reduce our food and energy in the same way as we do today we will lose biodiversity and change earth's climate but our report also say there are solutions we can produce food more sustainably we can choose to use our energy more sustained so there is hope but we need political action from governments and the private sector and the public to die one solution is to create legally protected areas but when the land and sea hold valuable resources we can be torn between protection and prosperity in june issue as government allowance plans to open up access to its oil reserves within a protected national park al-jazeera traveled to the termit and. to see what's at stake. the drive from the nearest city in asia to africa's largest nature reserve

takes 2 days in 40 degree heat. the termit massive antin tumor reserve covers 100000 square kilometers the size of south korea and was once home to unique wildlife much of which has disappeared do media does any most of us the labs even 2 years ago there were thousands of animals in the bush but now they're very few we've been here now for 24 hours we haven't seen anything and everything is destroyed in 2012 after years of pressure by scientists he shares government granted the reserve protection and development and hunting but environmental groups say that hasn't stopped poachers. the only tracks al-jazeera saw during a recent visit were from 2 protected species a single newby and blue star bird and a camera shy damages. as well as the motorcycles of suspected poachers.

there was no sign of the reserve's most critically endangered animal the addicks antelope 200 roamed this area a decade ago but 6 years later only 3 were found scientists believe 90 percent or more have been killed by poachers another treasure lies below the sand oil exploration threatens the reserve itself. in june the government said it would be draw the park's borders to allow more oil development after striking a deal with one of the world's largest energy companies china's national petroleum corporation 3 months later president mohamed inaugurated the construction of an oil pipeline running through it is the function the objectives of the reserve hasn't changed the geographic decision hasn't changed this is just a redefinition of the limits to optimize the usage of our natural resources because we want to use them to the benefit of the population. for animal conservation groups have called on the government to reverse its decision to remap the reserves

in a bid to save the addicks technology is improving all the time and we have ways and means of breeding species well it's too late when they've all gone but so long as there's one or 2 still alive it's not too late the new map of the reserve has yet to be released but in the nearest city the trucks lined up for with oil connecting the distant animal reserve to a world thirsty for its energy riches collin baker al jazeera another unique environment that's under pressure is the amazon it's the world's largest rain forest and one of the most biologically diverse places on earth 2 thirds the size of the u.s. it spans 8 countries and has homes one in every $10000.00 species is often described as the lungs of the planets but that function along with its exceptional by the 1st is under threats and nowhere is that more clearly seen than in brazil the been over $60000.00 wildfires in the amazon and this year alone many are

reported to be in started deliberately to clear land for agriculture and then there's the problem of illegal logging latin america editor lucy a name and travel to unapproved in northern brazil where people are risking their lives to save the forests. the amazonian state of is in the heart of the brazilian rain forest it's 3 times the size of california. and like 19th century california it's witnessing a gold rush of sorts. except instead of gold this is the attraction this tree was more than 500 years old one of the latest victims of a lumber mafia that operates here. the illegal activities that impact the environment such as mining and logging are done in the most remote areas and regions with little infrastructure no police and where the power structure is linked to the criminals. but there are people who are resisting and who are setting

an example by showing it's possible to live from the forest without destroying it. and the nice little santos and his family had been living here for more than 10 years on 20 hectares of forest land they share another far larger area with other members of the p.d.s. or sustainable development project. the project is a new model for a settlement in amazonia to see if it can inhibit and diminish the 4 station before 80 percent of the land was allowed to be cleared and 20 percent preserved later changed to $5050.00 now you must preserve 80 percent and can the forest only 20 percent. the community is allowed to obtain oil from a limited amount of select trees and sell the world. enough to live on but at the same time leave the forest standing. wild mccall's and parents have become the

family's voluntary pets it's a life that chrystia need loves. for the boys you produce what you consume it's a common life it's easy to educate your children because you don't have so much negative influence from the media and internet. but it'll be nice you know another community leaders are being targeted by illegal loggers covet their land and see their project as a threat. one of its founders an american nun was murdered in broad daylight and the community center was recently burned down these trees were abandoned here by illegal loggers when environmental institute officers just happened to come by here by chance in fact in the last 3 months alone more than 1000 trees have been cut down here by the illegal loggers and there is nothing that people in the community here can do about it. threaten invasions by lange grabbers are intensifying. of course we feel afraid people are afraid to leave their family they managed to

kill sister dorothy that they thought if they killed her the rest would flee but thank god it hasn't happened and i don't think it will. the government offers them no protection but a nice shot and the others insist they will stay put to defend this for a strong play in brazil's most ravaged region. you see in human and up to brazil for planet and so as. now there are some success stories in costa rica deforestation is kept at bay through government programs and eco tourism initiatives returns constitution requires at least 60 percent of the land there to be covered in forest and gabon has just become the 1st african country to be rewarded with international funds $150000000.00 for preserving its forests in brazil some of accuse the country's leader jaya bolsa naro not just

a failing to act but of denying the science to in order to fulfill his development agenda he took power in january but in june when brazil space research agency said deforestation had gone up more than 80 percent in the previous year he sacked the agency's head and called the statistic a laurie and his remained defiant even after afternoon skies darkened over the city of paolo in august due to smoke from fires burning thousands of kilometers away. they didn't say you know. it is a fallacy to say that the amazon is the heritage of mankind and a misconception confirmed by scientists that amazonian forests are the lungs of the world it needs to be highlighted that there are burnings done by indians and local populations as part of their respective conscious and means of livelihood often some of these leaders such as tribal chief roney have been used as maneuvering

tools are manipulated by governments of foreign governments in the information war to promote their interests in the amazon or the tribal leader polson are was or fairings who in that speech said this in response government pulled no bullshit or i said that i am not a leader it is he who is not a leader and he has to leave before something serious happens also no i must leave for the good of everyone well to speak more about the fight to defend the amazonian rain forest i'm joined by curry candy from the nina and communed in the ecuadorian amazon his 6 was from london where he's now living curry candy i understand you are able to return home because of your campaigning against the old companies who are trying to encroach on your tribes territory i was suggesting a strongly the nec or their own were saying indigenous people we're not really with the oil company so when i was in the u.k. . up there one muscle month take up to go. and they receive

a message saying i can go there because. the government puts on one waiting for me to india or to take me and send the place and that was how i missed that in the u.k. and what were you campaigning against what are the old companies wanting to do in your territory so indigenous people we said the rain forest is our home or garden and our pharmacy people want to go to the rain forest 234. they're all you so it's affecting everything a life in the rain forest when they were in company people arrived there arrived with i'll call technology and this explode team and they team money relating indigenous people they are cutting the heart of money how we live there contaminating the what the law with the toxic things that are killing insects on the months sometimes people say there is nothing cup in. my experience

and i know what it's cup in the rain forest with the oceanic few of the worlds what do you how do you see climate change what is going on from mother nature's point of view among who who walk with the dreams of walk with a vision what with the message so when i was very young i knew what this cup in the planet week up to the fire in brazil and people ask me or what do you think about that and they said it's all we it's only a starting it's many many many fight is going to come up in the planet so it's very important to said we did over the on this to leaders government have to go with a hard up to understand what this too lol you know if we if we lope my doctor you for all my contrary you follow my brain for this i'm going to love everything in the in the planet in the same way i'm not going to the bite my love is there

a message that you want to convey to us and you as if the program if you could say it in your language we. wouldn't be new contour so our new country you you were in my. new continue must cut them on the way young to communal nanti what to me the war when i was new countries to marcos at the tallinn go army mike there was very much support e.g. . it's not just the amazon that's burning as our planet warms forests around the world are being lost to fires you can get more information on where they are on nasa's observation sites the maps show the locations of active fires detected by satellites on a monthly basis and those fires are releasing ever more carbon and other greenhouse gases like me saying here's how our data tracker looks this week you've got the global temperature rise their levels of c o 2 in the atmosphere and sea level rise so some of the big numbers to help us

understand what's going on with our planet now we promise solutions on planet earth the west and people are already doing a lot to try to turn nature's decline around and we'll have some of their stories in upcoming episodes including the scientists and activists out in the open seas who are working to understand our oceans and protect life within them will be in guatemala where indigenous practices are enabling communities to build an economic base and preserve the rain forests and will meet the people trying to steer us away from meat produced on an industrial scale and towards food items they insist are a hit with burger lovers. but now to central africa where mountain gorillas are among the most threatened creatures on al-jazeera stephanie decker travel to the very rugged mountains in rwanda where cafe controlled tourism is slowly reversing the fortunes of these great apes what you didn't want to but were at the foot of

the very good mountains and getting a briefing on how to behave around the mountain gorilla that's what everyone here has come to see and they've paid 1005 $100.00 each to spend one hour with the great apes in their habitat you excited i am beyond excited this is. international treasure that is being protected in rwanda and i'm so lucky to be able to experience it i can't wait we trekked uphill for over an hour and then. right in front of us a family babies mothers and the impressive great big family man the silverback. the young ones a curious we have to move back not to get too close. others seem almost bored by our presence but. then a display of power. we walk around to get another view

it's incredible close to be hard to spot right there bad acts just really watching us watch these great apes face extinction just a couple of decades ago their surprise could pick up. chris. before we know it the hour is up and it's time to track back down thanks so. much. rwanda's tourism policy we're told is one of low volume high value visitor numbers are restricted and the prices high translates to $25.00 per minute for the hours spent with the gorillas tourists actually who come to see the girl as i understand why we've done that i was trying to do has actually proven to be doing the right way to do this we've seen

a 26 percent increase in the number of individual poorness so it's working it's a fragile success story critically endangered for years and now their status has been adjusted to endangered the latest census shows or just over a 1000 gorillas up from just around 200 a few decades ago but that still doesn't seem a large number when you think that it's the whole world's entire population of these incredible animals stephanie decker al-jazeera in the video melton's of rwanda while to another more high tech solution now a robot that could help save the critically endangered northern white rhino rob reynolds is in san diego where scientists away on a new technology that's already given them cause for celebration. meet edward the littlest southern white rhino in the san diego zoo safari park. fantastic we are so rotten to be able to have him adorable little eddie is the 1st

southern white rhino born through artificial insemination in the north america that's an important step toward bringing back another rhino subspecies from the brink of extinction the animals have been hunted to obliteration in the wild and today there are only 2 northern white rhinos left in the entire world both elderly females living in captivity so the subspecies seems due or maybe not part of biologist barbara durant's job involves giving ultrasound exams to pregnant rhinos. derived is leading an effort to bring back the northern white rhino with a precious clutch of the animal stem cells and land. a stem cell is a cell that has a potential to be any other cell in the body eventually they want we want to

differentiate him all the way to sperm eggs but there's a big catch female rhino anatomy it turns out is complicated the cervix which you have to go through to deposit the semen is very convoluted it looks like a series of rings like this so we're going to have to have something that is very flexible that can go around all those curves and that's where engineering professor mike comes in he wasn't thinking about impregnating rhinos when he developed this flexible robotic catheter for microsurgery but it turns out it's perfect for the job we've developed the robotic tool that is very thin long flexible device that we can very accurately steer through these narrow channels the ultimate goal of this project is to produce a self-sustaining herd of northern white rhinos 1st in captivity and then return to the wild in africa that goal is decades away and direct says she may not live to

see it happen but that's ok what we're doing now is extremely important for the long game for the long haul dedicated scientists and a bold plan to save one of the world's rarest creatures rob reynolds al-jazeera escondido california. i'm joined now by mariana haun's our science and technology editor marianne of the northern white rhino was doomed to extinction only 5 or so years ago this is an incredible advance and the technology used in the state of these advances gives us hope but the end game is about survival in the wild and this is still going to be challenging scientists and conservation biology will talk about a minimum viable population now this is the estimate of the smallest number of individuals of a species for there to be a healthy and viable population in the wild now one species may bounce back from a single breeding peer but another may require hundreds of individuals for it to

survive there are a number of factors at play like the habitat whether it still exists how easily they can reproduce and we know that that's difficult for the northern white rhino and whether those 3 still exist whether there's poaching other environmental hazards so a long road ahead. but these are promising and very exciting developments in the science and the technology and there are a 1000000 species that are facing extinction of absolutely massive number what can we do to turn around the the why did the climb so many species facing extinction well it can start in our own backyard avoiding the use of herbicides and pesticides which pollute and stay in the soil developing locally ecosystems around us regenerating local landscapes making planet friendly choices such as avoiding products that might have been cultivated on d. forested land cutting down what we consume is getting serious about pollution

saying no to plastic for many of us this requires a real shift and now thinking from years of behavior and making the planet and prioritizing life upon it for me the shift came when i took personal responsibility for what i was doing not anyone else and recognizing that combined millions of us billions of us even can make. change it's not easy it's challenging we won't always get it right but littering people about what they should or shouldn't do that's not helpful and what is helpful what's useful is leading by example thank you mariana well there are some striking images online which illustrate the extent of the biodiversity and climate crisis like some of the winning and she's from the say women environmental photographer of the year this picture which is of homes being engulfed by flooding in mumbai took the top prize i would really like to hear your stories to under see any photos you'd like to share

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a different version. to millions head to the polls a parliamentary election seen as a test for the established parties. and going double dutch in doha the netherlands runs away with gold at the world athletics championships. no opposition activists in hong kong have lost their legal bid to suspend the emergency law banning face masks protest as a back on the streets in a show of defiance the city's lead a carry lamb invoked a 50 year old colonial era law for the face covering ban on saturday she says it is needed to help stop 4 months of unrest opposition activists say it is unconstitutional high court judges say they'll carry out a judicial review on the ban later this month. if the chief executive can use the emergency powers in this way there is nothing stopping her from using it to do

other things such as prolonging the detention time and to contravene the fundamental human rights and freedom of the hong kong people you can suspend elections so i think the high court sees the importance of this case and that is why they have taken the rare move in allowing this case to go forward within the shortest period of time well let's cross live then to sarah clarke who is among the protesters so sara what's the mood there despite that defeat in the courts to try and overturn that ban on the face masks. well we've got thousands of people who are marching in hong kong streets today in opposition to the anti mosque bill and despite a police ban on these assemblies and these marches aware what the one in central it's going from cause i buy through to central and looks like that turning in central and heading into advocacy has already been fired around adults which is the

are a shopping mall copacetic place and now we believe there's been a break in the crowd for the last a while simply because that's where the place to talk to us is to fright the much but i thousands of people have marched in opposition to this and mosque built despite the fact that the nearest place warning sign do not come out the streets and do not wear those mosques so at the moment other parts of the city of power lies around 40 of the train stations under the mt ya system or at least 40 have been closed as a play strategy to try and demobilize those groups from getting to those like haitians is also another march in callan kalin side that's also attracted thousands of people there's also another one in victoria park and this is a protest or a group supporting the indonesian journalists who have lost her eyesight in one eye due to a a rubber bullets being fired by place so as i mentioned that despite all these bands of despite the police requests they. protests continue again and judging from the pictures that we're looking at there sarah things look look

a piece for for now any sense. of the mood of the people there and anywhere any of them and we've seen many of them anywhere in face mass. most of them are wearing face masks of all different colors shapes and sizes as for the mood as you mentioned it is peaceful we've got all generations of partaking in this particular muchly and we are we've seen very minimal number of place some of the overpasses on the way around those empty our stations and as i mentioned i have fired one round of tear gas just me where we are now but the march is continuing and i can still see people coming through central in front of me and there's pick people still streaming through behind me it's thinning out in various parts but it stretches the whole way back to causeway bay where we are and as i mentioned there's another one on kalon side now they are the organizers and there are a number of organizers in this relate i've called for people to come out today on sunday to show their opposition to the anti mass bill and they're not just chanting

5 demands anymore they're chanting 6 to months and that's what they want from the government and otherwise they will continue these protests and we are now in our 4th month of demonstrations all right for the moment club why 1st there in hong kong thanks and now to new zealand's are voting in their 2nd parliamentary elections since the 2011 revolution sunday's vote seen as a test of the established parties under pressure for failing to address an economic crisis a number of newly formed political groups are also campaigning a surprise result in the presidential election a month ago still to outsiders get the most votes. is live from inside a polling station in tunis so what's been the turnout like there so far. warehouse of 7000000 to his yellow expected to cause the votes in these crucial elections let me just give

you an idea about what's happening in this particular polling station in the capital tunis as you can see there is this line behind me and expectations were basically that you might see a huge number of voters turning out to cast their votes at this choose the parliament which is going to shape the political agenda in the upcoming 5 years but as you can see the voter turnout seems to be pretty much very low today compared to previous elections and the reason for that particularly is that because tunisians are frustrated with the political establishment the has run the country since 2011 they say that the topple the government of the former president that i've been a bit early hoping for a better life better living conditions those dreams have been completely shattered by political instability and economic problems this is a country that has very few natural resources and the expectations of the people are very high unemployment is at something like 15 percent here in the capital to and inflation is at 7 percent which means that the number of unemployed tunisians

will continue to increase and people say basically that 80 years after the 2011 revolution nothing has changed in their lives so how would you assess the mood of people there at hashem because tunisia was of course seen as the only real success story emerging from the so-called arab spring in 2011 and we've got the presidential runoff vote coming up later this month so how important is it is it that this is seen as as as a democratic and peaceful process. it is a crucial moment not only 14 is for the brink countries for the arab world for the international community of europe in particular because as you said this is the country that inspired the spring the arab spring started here in tunisia and this is perhaps the only place that was. affected by the other spring which has moved

smoothly to words a genuine transition to democracy just to give you an idea how genuine it has become in the presidential elections about 3 weeks ago to upset the political order and shows 2 candidates to complete outsiders to compete for the runoff next sunday this this is unprecedented in the arab world usually it's the same political elite the big political parties the bill big establishment that shapes politics it's no longer the case in tunisia and this is because of the 2011 revolution however this is the big problem here in tunis your people would tell you that ok as far as those transitions are concerned we have established to build a strong vibrant democracy but we need to fill empty bellies say we're young we're vibrant we're come forward to see life change in tunisia that didn't happen and this is x. exactly why people are expecting the established political parties to be punished

today in tunisia and we're expecting to see many new faces been elected to the parliament or. live for us there in tunis. now iraq's observatory for human rights say $105.00 people have now been killed after 5 days of protests earlier the speaker of parliament threatened to join mass demonstrations unless the demands of protesters are met thousands a battle police in the streets demanding jobs that's a public services and an end to corruption a number of t.v. stations were attacked on the night imran khan is live for us in baghdad so iran what are you seeing and hearing every now well what we've seen and heard in baghdad is in the early hours of the morning we saw clashes between security forces and the protesters on the outskirts of central baghdad is they try to push into takrit square which is always been the focal point for the protest movement they weren't

able to get to a square but we did hear live fire and we have seen pictures of life i guess being fired on to the protesters but beyond the protest movement is also a political crisis brewing here in baghdad the year old government of prime minister abdul mahdi is facing its biggest challenge yet there was supposed to be a emergency parliamentary session convened on saturday it didn't happen because simply anough m.p.'s didn't show up to make that session become possible 3 major blocks led by some of the jeffe an influential shia cleric able to other and full of promise are the body blocks boycotted the emergency session they said that the government didn't have an agenda it could implement so therefore they were going to show up and then the speaker of the parliament boosie had a press conference what he did in that press conference is the announces support

for the protesters and so what we're seeing now is a real challenge to the government of prime minister. now what's happening is that a lot of people are calling for new elections to take place is that going to change anything for the protests is likely not in the south korea political party headquarters were attacked and then the protesters started chanting chanting we are free of all political parties it's not just anger towards the government it's anger towards the political system in general all right and wrong imran khan live for us there in baghdad thanks to our north korea's chief nuclear negotiator is blaming the united states for the breakdown of the latest talks on denuclearization there aimed at lifting u.s. sanctions in exchange for the north limiting its nuclear bomb and missile technology alan fischer reports. in the chill of an evening in sweden

a freeze returned to negotiations between the u.s. and north korea to say to be meeting in stockholm for the 1st time since previous nuclear talks broke down at a field summit in vietnam in february but it quickly became clear the 2 are dramatically far apart the u.s. raise expectations by offering suggestions like a flexible approach new method and creative solution is but they have disappointed us greatly and dampen aren't doozie as in for negotiation by bringing nothing to the negotiation table both sides agreed to restart the talks after donald trump's remarkable visit to north korea in june at the end of the g. 7 in japan he met the north korean president kim jump in at the demilitarized zone .