crowds who've attacked u.n. compounds in the democratic republic of congo warned they will keep targeting peacekeepers until all of them we. are watching al-jazeera live from a headquarters in doha i'm doubting obligates also ahead more than 20 killed and hundreds injured by a powerful earthquake in albania the people under their homes. terry and tensions rise lebanon's outgoing prime minister says is offering a solution by not standing again. can this plan plants help save the earth

find out how they're being genetically supercharged to consume more carbon dioxide . hello crowd so been targeting u.n. peacekeepers in the eastern democratic republic of congo say they won't stop until all of them leave they've been defying a curfew imposed after a 2nd day of violence accusing the peacekeepers a failing to protect them from rebels alexy o'brien reports. around 18000 u.n. peacekeepers are in the democratic republic of congo to protect civilians from attacks by rebel fighters. but some civilians went on the attack themselves at a un compound in north kivu province on monday accusing peacekeepers of failing to fulfill their mandate. but. never seen the place.

where what we were. just there you know peacekeepers guarded what's left of their base in the eastern city of benny while a 2nd compound nearby became tuesday's target we've come here today to see if these u.n. people are still here we will be in it again and more places specifically the movie base. it was too dangerous to film near the movie base as an angry mob confronted u.n. forces and congolese troops. go as it's known is the biggest peacekeeping mission in the world it's been in the diaz say for the past 20 years and protesters say that's long enough for the u.n. to have defeated various rebel groups active near the border with uganda including the allied democratic forces or i.d.f. accused of widespread atrocities as they fight for control of the mineral rich region in is it incredible it is legitimate for people to wonder why this peacekeeping force persists in the d.r.

see we've had good successes but now it's time to sit down and talk honestly about what could be done better because cannot stay in the d.r. c. forever. this latest anger was triggered on saturday after 8 people were killed in attacks blamed on rebels the at rest bridge to nearby batam and goma the regional capital the un says it's working around the clock to battle the i.d.f. and has stepped up patrols but the congolese army and the dense forests around we are operating in a very very difficult environment and now having the protesters blocking our. movements preventing us from going out and doing our work this will all lead and prevent the situation the un waste has forced the world health organization to pull almost a 3rd of its staff from benny were doctors struggling to contain and now the ebola outbreak the w.h.o. war the instability almost so. related to an increase in

a bowl of patients alexia brian al jazeera. elsewhere in the democratic republic of congo at least 45 people have been killed by severe flooding torrential rain hit kinshasa causing landslides while floodwaters swept through homes severe flooding has affected much of central africa and up to 120000 people have been affected by flooding and landslides in northwestern kenya 65 people have died in the past 3 days when they've teams have been slow to reach the area with some roads and bridges cut off by heavy rain from their mohamed atta reports. the primary school in creole has been tom into a makeshift camp for victims of floods and landslides these people have never had much but now the last thing their homes crops livestock and positions it's the loss of loved ones that's most profound. 3 of devotee of capellas sons

were killed when a torrent of mud and rocks soap their home away in the middle of the night. i don't know what to do my house is gone my children left me just my wife and children who were injured in the street or the government is promising to help but no assistant can bring back my children a place 7000 convince have sought refuge here the school can barely accommodate all of them many told us that they spend the night in the cold and there's a shortage of almost everything here joe in a touchy people i didn't even need food clean water in tent they have no homes left with impassable roads are making that anybody of a difficult the government has mobilized workers to rebuild bridges and sections of the road washed away by the floods it's a painstaking process slowed fathered by the continuing torrential rain from the heels of the floodwaters continue to gosh. back of the company to coworkers that

threaten the sick and the most common ailment that we've seen uses a power a spirit or retracted picture which is basically associated with a cold the place is a bit cold and also doing a lot of psychotherapy for their patients we have a number of psychological counsellors here and there being a lot of clinical psychology here with 4 more weeks of rainfall because the government is trying hard to ensure the disaster of a pop and here is not repeat that anywhere else in the country government officials are now appealing to people living in flood and landslide prone areas to move to safer ground 6 shelters in schools and government buildings the torrential rain currently pounding kenya is uncommon for this time of the. experts blamed extreme weather on the ocean of east africa been warmer than usual causing more rain to fall here. in north western kenya

rescue workers in albania are digging through the night looking for survivors fear trapped in buildings brought down by a powerful earthquake at least 21 people have died and more than 600 are injured the magnitude 6.4 quake caused major damage in the capital tirana and cities in the north and west. reports in the port city of juris and western albania. rescue teams pull a dead man out of the rubble of this hotel. they brought out his dead brother on lookers see mesmerized by the prospect of life or death emerging from this tomb it's the same story across the street another collapsed hotel in this resort town at least one man believed trapped between concrete floors so tightly packed it's hard to believe anyone could have survived here as crews peel away the destruction the death toll is likely to rise but it might have been much higher the earthquake

that struck at 4 am on tuesday was heralded by earlier warning tremors i remember was 10 to 4 and start shaking the bed to start to get in. there they did open the door in my room and i jumped from balcony down and knock on the window with my dad and my mom because they were sleeping the 1st. 35. kids and everything 7 multi-story buildings collapsed nationwide and hundreds of homes are rendered uninhabitable creating a displaced and terrified population prefer in the open air to any concrete shelter here at the daughter's football stadium hundreds of families are sleeping in army issued tents overnight with little protection against the chill weather but a blanket many of their houses are damaged or destroyed or they are simply afraid to go back indoors. this woman's husband dashed out of the house with their 2 children before the house began to crumble around her they rescued her by

demolishing the door because it wouldn't open now they're waiting for a tent and this man saw the walls of the building it took him 10 years to build with his own hands open he jumped out with his wife and son but has nowhere to live now on the beach a group of young men have little fire and plan to spend the night here their houses have all collapsed. a dwindling for survivors as the gruesome work of taking continues and people here a caught between fear of the indoors and the problems of rebuilding their lives. al jazeera do this. israel has bombarded empty training camps belonging to the military wing of hamas in the gaza strip israel's mitt army says it was responding to rockets fired from gaza there was no immediate claim for sponsibility for the attack no injuries have been reported in the exchange of fire. lebanon's outgoing

prime minister says he doesn't want to lead a new government side to hide it is an answer and puts the onus on his rivals to find an alternative who can steer the country out of its political crisis then after that reports from beirut. yet more turmoil and even more uncertainty in lebanon following 2 months of nationwide protests against the political establishment caretaker prime minister saddam had 80 who submitted his resignation a month ago has said he no longer wants to head a new government in a statement he said he is moving out of the way after those in power accused him of preventing a solution analysts say may be maneuvering not only does he have international standing and support but he is the leader of the sunni community in lebanon. it was clear he didn't agree to the conditions the names the other camp insisted on there are certain faces he doesn't want in his government and he's insisting on an independent government and through his stances he's trying to regain popularity.

how did his decision followed 2 nights of violence supporters of the ruling elite in particular parties i'm a little hezbollah projected their strength of the streets they drove through neighborhoods armed with metal rods and clubs resorting to violence in what appears to be an attempt to push a political agenda obviously the government is not willing to engage is not willing to listen to the to the people and this is why we are finding more and more pressure there on the pressure we're finding with a more aggressive rhetorical and even their own people taking the streets to try to counterbalance to engage in a counter revolution kind of kind of approach. hezbollah has been defending the status quo the iranian backed group is worried that if it is left out of the government it would weaken its power protesters are demanding independent politicians govern until early elections. tension. so our escalating sources close

to the president say he will hold binding parliamentary consultations to nominate a new prime minister on thursday that could be a tactic to pressure heidi to change his position or the ruling alliance may push ahead with what will be seen as a one sided government. such a government would risk being perceived as hezbollah controlled and could face sanctions from the u.s. which lists the group a terrorist organization it's a dangerous period without a deal that will satisfy all parties for their violence is likely said of. beirut. america's top diplomat has again criticized china for its treatment of ethnic minorities including weaker muslims why pump aoe seized on the chinese government documents which gave stark details about how a 1000000 people have been detained in province papers also outlined the way artificial intelligence is used to predict who should be locked up china denies this and insists the sensors are used to educate and train people we've all seen

the shin john papers released in recent days they detail the chinese party's brutal detention and systematic repression of wiggers and members of other muslim minority groups and. these reports are consistent with an overwhelming and growing body of evidence that the chinese communist party is committing human rights violations and abuses against individuals in mass detention we call on the chinese government to immediate release all those who are arbitrarily detained it to end its draconian policies that have terrorized its own citizens. a major hong kong road open following a lengthy standoff between police and protesters at a nearby university the cross harbor tunnel has been closed for 2 weeks after protesters block the entrance and set tollbooths on fire police it also cordoned off the polytechnic university where some demonstrators remained after a violent siege more than a week ago a search of the facility found just one woman officials say it's unlikely anyone

else is there. still heads ready on al-jazeera a protest outside georgia's parliament turns violent as calls for government leaders to resign grow louder. as fear as interim police in australia investigate allegations of spying by the chinese government's. how the weather in iran seems to settle down be nice and quiet for a day or 2 at least in the east and more especially in afghanistan the clouds in the sky will be rain falling out of snow with height of course 11 degrees in tehran now behind me well it's been churning up in the eastern med and that was quite active weather is it went through greece and produced some floods because it is

heavy rain in lebanon for example in syria more especially turkey in the southern caucasus but this again is a reminder of what season we're in so that blows through some big showers in syria iraq the sun comes out again in beirut comes thursday and the lower half just trails over to nothingness this is where the weather is going to be for the next couple of days so the arabian peninsula i don't think we'll see very much we've seen a few thunderstorms in the high ground in western saudi in yemen not really in the forecast now the breeze might bring something into oman but small cloud i think and right a very large breeze in the middle the circulation around bahrain and qatar means temperature all on the up to some degree 26 degrees maybe 27 by the time we get to says if he's quite hard for this time here and quite pleasant southern africa than where we should be seeing some big rains in places but maybe not that far south yet as you can see the tail end of active rain is fossilised just as zimbabwe. sponsor. you out on the streets protesting whether on line

you feel the weight of the system we do walk through each and every layer further and further into the jail or if you join us on saying we entry has to start from day one whether again you and attention or you incarcerate this is a dialogue everyone has a voice ok there are 36 o'clock o'clock will be varying accounts but i want to give people the reason for joining the global income the same amount is iraq. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera testers have been venting their anger in eastern democratic republic of congo towards un peacekeepers demonstrators accuse

the un of failing to stop militia attacks on people were killed as crowds marched to the un base. at least 21 people have been killed in albania by the most powerful earthquake to hit the country in decades the magnitude 6.4 tremor struck the capital tirana and cities in the west and north injuring more than 600 people. lebanon's outgoing prime minister says he won't had the next government decided how did he resigned last month after a nationwide anti-government protests. preliminary results are due to be released later on wednesday in guinea bissau after elections people hope will turn the page on years of crisis and turbulence an important factor moving forward will be the truth and reconciliation commission set up 10 years ago but it still hasn't investigated a single murder. reports in the capital. an uncomfortable past lee's hidden in retired general what analyzed closet these are

pictures of men he commanded some of whom killed political opponents he says i'm not ashamed of what i've done this was part of our struggle. after a failed attempted coup in 1907 it was released from prison and put in charge of the military in the early 2000 during that period there were multiple political assassinations and another coup. as a commander of course i ordered to kill do you know that i have not lost any soldiers and want all my medals and of course we killed some of our people because they were collaborating with the enemy the guinea and human rights league says hundreds have died from political violence since independence but no one has ever been prosecuted both presidential candidates morrow and bello see soco and domingo see more spirit are calling for national unity we have to bring unions. in breadboard something important. if we keep looking back through the mistakes made.

chances are we going to be that we have to live from the experience but project. among the dead is a means guard the founding father of getting peace out 25 years after his death capriles daughter says it's too soon for justice. come out the state is not functional and before we can have justice we need to rebuild the state 10 years after setting up a truth and reconciliation commission no investigations have taken place and the bodies of many of those who were killed are still missing. you know what the lies says those who have been killed were buried in mass graves somewhere outside the capital and in the countryside yet none of these sites have been unearthed and while the aim of this commission is to bring things to face the families of the victims and perpetrators there are those who want to keep going to be troubled

history buried in the past 10 military commanders are un sanctioned for their involvement in coups. general what an ally says the killings were in the name of the nation there is hope that with a new president the country will be able to come to terms with its past so that the people of guinea-bissau can finally move forward. because hawke al jazeera be so donald trump's political rivals the democrats are moving into the next phase of the impeachment proceedings the judiciary committee in the house of representatives will hold its 1st hearing next week the committee chairman jerry nadler has written to trump invited him to attend the session the impeachment effort sensors on allegations that trump abused his power by withholding aid to force ukraine into investigating a political foe well trump is also planning to designate mexican drug cartels as terrorists in the united states his announcement highlighted the cartels rolls and

drugs on human trafficking trump said the change in designation has been in the works for the past 3 months and mexico's foreign minister is calling for talks with the u.s. on the issue and warns his country will not tolerate any move that would violate its sovereignty in malta to government ministers have resigned in connection with a case involving the murder of a journalist the prime minister's chief of staff also quit as police searched his home reporter daphne caroline i go lets you know was killed by a car bomb 2 years ago while investigating corruption between politicians and business executives and maltese prime minister joseph muscat has once again been confronted with the public's anger over that case a crowd threw eggs at him as he left parliament. 28 people have been arrested in georgia's capital after people tried to stop politicians from entering parliament they're calling for the government to step down and also wants

a complete overhaul of the voting system robin force a walker reports from tbilisi. on tuesday police outnumbered protesters outside georgia's parliament a sign that this government is taking no chances and good by its failure to deliver promised electoral reform opposition protestors closed off the area to traffic and encircled parliament on monday a 2nd attempt to disrupt parliamentary business in less than a week ended with police dispersing crowds. inside the building there's a sense of siege electoral reform is officially no longer a discussion but in any case government m.p.'s have nobody to debate within the chamber or. position parties are absent they boycotted parliament this is their right but those rights have limits if they try to disrupt parliamentary business the government will have to respond the don't the way to have 3 in federal

elections is if the opposition comes back here to debate it. this is what the opposition looks like empty seats instead of m.p.'s for the government of course it's business as usual but with no opposition they'll be no debate no compromise and therefore at least in this chamber no way out of this political crisis is. outside in the cold the opposition admit there's another barrier to a break through a skeptical electorate one of the main reasons is that there is a huge segment in georgia so how it is it is it is everywhere it's this current government they are liars and they are incompetent but they are afraid of the return of the previous government. because because they failed in the 6. you're. doing said time and they don't want to send feeling to come back the opposition isn't just comprised of the government it's

a broad coalition they must now find their own consensus on the street robin 1st to work out is there to believe. police in australia are investigating allegations the chinese government tried to plant a spy in the federal parliament china's reacted by accusing the australians off hysteria nicol against reports from sydney. the claims were both sensational and shocking a chinese espionage network operating in a stroller and defector one link chang claiming he was once involved but at a media briefing in beijing chinese officials labelled the accusations as nothing but lies claiming wang is a fugitive suspected of fraud. from china has always pursued the principle of noninterference in other countries domestic politics we have never tried to know are we interested in meddling with other country's internal affairs it's one of 2

cases currently playing out in australia shining a spotlight on china's rising influence in the asia pacific region the death of a young chinese a strongly in businessman nick is also being investigated he died weeks after telling a strongly a spy agency he'd been approached by chinese agents to run for parliament i would caution anyone leaping to any conclusions about these matters and that's why we have these agencies i'm not but i do find the allegations troubling and disturbing the device about china's threats to our sovereignty is not confined to australia this is happening all across east asia from indonesia and singapore through to vietnam and south korea debate also seems to be taking place at a local level one of the nation from largest population. the chinese a straggly and live in the. earth below it might have been for the wrong reason this year though with reports that the chinese government will wait

a local council into cutting ties with a new pipe allegedly because it didn't hurt communist party. china is the largest trade partner last year it was worth more than $180000000000.00 but relations have deteriorated since accusations of meddling and interference began with the from the center of independent studies believes balancing a strong these interests and the wider region will only become more challenging were at the situation now where anxieties are probably at the highest level since the formal relationship began in the illinois sudanese the question is whether its new. laws will be enforced and counter any threat of foreign interference. al-jazeera sydney. promises made so far on greenhouse gas emissions won't be enough to prevent climate change that's the

warning from the un and its annual progress report looking at the targets set for 2030 by the peris agreements it's found that despite the pledges concentrations of warming gases in the atmosphere reached a record high and 28 seen even if all those pledges are met then temperatures are still expected to rise over 3 degrees celsius this century so the un wants all countries to take much more drastic action to reduce emissions by 7 percent each year over the next decades well apart from slashing emissions scientists are working on other solutions including genetically modified plants olds went to find out more near san diego. for planet earth and for dr joe and shorey it's a race against time jory is a multiple award winning plant biologist at the salt institute in california she's also been battling parkinson's disease for more than

a decade her bold idea is to genetically modify existing crop plants to reduce the planet warming chemical carbon dioxide we knew that plants really were good at sucking up c o 2 from the air and they've had 450000000 years or more. evolution and that makes the plant really fish and plants can get that c o 2 out of the atmosphere and they can concentrate in the music during photosynthesis think back to your school science lesson photosynthesis is the process by which plants convert sunlight water and c o 2 into stems and leaves and sea plants expel oxygen as a byproduct but while forests are shrinking globally farmland is expanding a fact that cory says can help cut to the buni plan actually comes down to that were using the food. we've given them the another tray they can see questions

coming and put it down in the sewage the basic idea behind this science is to genetically modified crops plants like for cotton or soybeans to absorb more atmosphere carbon carbon is then stored in the plates roots and kept under wraps out of the air the say to fix team wants to develop food crops that will grow longer deeper roots to sequester the extra c o 2 they absorb in their tissues as they grow the hope is over. a decade or more that enough of that carbon dioxide will be sucked out of the atmosphere that we will be able to begin to mitigate the rising c o 2 levels because of the burning of fossil fuels jory admits it's a bold initiative which could take years to implement if the gene manipulation is successful but for her it's personal and there isn't are you seeing with this

project and for me you know i'm 64 years old ok i've had parkinson's for 16 years it's a long time well i feel good i have to do this you know interesting point to get it done right every single goal you have to keep your eye on that go go in shorey a warrior in a laboratory fight for planet earth properly it's al-jazeera the holy hell for. all of them the headlines on al-jazeera protesters have been venting their anger in the eastern democratic republic of congo towards un peacekeepers demonstrators accuse the un of failing to stop militia attacks on tuesday 2 people were killed as crowds marched to a un base catherine soy is in goma with more details about what's going on. the

situation is still extremely tense. and. a neighboring. protest this bag. in a government office in many angry young men on the street all morning from to the afternoon they were trying to get to a military base that is very close to the airport it's also. just stick but they were appalled by. at least 21 people have been killed in albania by the most powerful earthquake to hit the country in decades the magnitude 6.4 tremors struck the capital tirana and cities in the north and west injuring more than 600 people. caretaker prime minister says he won't have the next government side how to be resigned last month after nationwide antigovernment protests chile's president has asked congress to allow troops back on the streets to defend public services

amid ongoing protests this comes as a human rights watch report accuses police of using excessive force against demonstrators 3 bombs set off at the same time have killed 6 people in iraq's capital baghdad in the 1st apparently coordinated attack since anti-government protests began almost 2 months ago. protesters have again clash with security forces as the demonstrations continue they say the government has to cool down broken to deal with public services and high unemployment israel has bombarded empty training camps belonging to the military wing of hamas in the gaza strip israel's army says it was responding to rockets fired from gaza there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack those the headlines on al-jazeera more news coming up after the stream that's next thanks for watching. notice there are we really don't believe the 2 state solution do you still believe in the 2 state solution we listen to what i just said it was that pakistan would never start

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