millions living working at commuting in such tight editions but one expert says it's about much more than just density it's about how all this was put together and how it's run. ivory coast prime minister collapses and dies at a cabinet meeting just weeks after being confirmed as a presidential candidate. in jordan this is out there on live from doha coming up a worrying turn in libya's war why the u.n. chief is calling for urgent action on a ceasefire. the conflict isn't the new face defeat it's reaching and president levels for getting insults of the past the u.s. president hails what he describes as a tremendous relationship with mexico. and growing distrust of colombia's military

after the gang rape of a young indigenous girl and dozens of the useless by soldiers. ivory coast is facing new political uncertainty after the sudden death of its prime minister ahmed do gone pretty badly collapsed during a cabinet meeting just 3 months before he was supposed to run for president nicolas hoc reports. moments before his death prime minister ahmed who gone coulibaly appeared upbeat as he entered a cabinet meeting chosen by the ruling party as its presidential candidate he just tweeted to have a vision is not about church and political gains but careful planning for decades to come but inside the meeting he suffered a coughing fit collapsed and died no official cause has been given but he suspected of having suffered a heart attack last thursday you was welcomed home by president ouattara after

spending 2 months in france for medical treatment over his heart condition the 61 year old was what he has chosen successor. i'm back to take my place alongside the president to continue the work of development and construction of our country the ivory coast. in an address to the nation what are described as his younger brother his son. with the death of. ivory coast loses a mugging for the youth an example of competence and persistence. after the tribute will come the political fighting his death creates a political vacuum with many eager to take his place and become the ruling party's candidate for october's presidential elections the president's spokesman. and defense minister. favorites while the country's economy back on track critics accuse him of failing to address the deep grievances that led to the 2011 civil war

3000 people died after former president refused to concede defeat to ouattara. whoever replaces you will have to put up a strong campaign against experience rivals including former prime minister gibbs civil and opposition leader oh he could o.b.d. a former president with elections just 4 months away the sudden death of quickly puts ivory coast into a new period of political uncertainty because hawke al-jazeera. is chief executive director of the africa international media group share explained what political challenges may lie ahead the main problems occurring now you know we will watch each what really happened because we can reckon with a lot of tensions and also maybe president wiped out i will say when the constitution allows me to run again and facing that situation we have

a note of former president 86 years old mrs romney and a lot of tension we don't unite and about candidates. within my property so maybe iran meisner president whether there was not even a very comfortable position to do to begin with but now with this openly everybody all the political also me feel that was the signal to come up with their own ambitions and really i mean it may be great tense. the u.n. secretary general is warning of unprecedented levels of foreign interference in libya and on your television is urging warring parties and their international backers to end the political stalemate and agree to a cease fire diplomatic editor james bays has more from u.n. headquarters in new york. 2020 was the year the u.n. and the international community said they would bring peace to libya instead

violence has intensified with repeated war crimes mass graves and civilian casualties there are new risks as well as opportunities for peace now that general have to forces have been pushed all the way to sirte time is not on our side in libya the conflict is and. foreign interference reaching and levels including in the delivery of sophisticated equipment and the number of mercenaries involved in the fighting germany has been leading international efforts in january it pulled together key players at a conference in birdland germany now has the presidency of both the e.u. and of the un security council its foreign minister was blunt some of the countries who signed up to the berlin communique 6 months ago have been undermining it ever since with their actions current interference in may and the main driver of the

conflict in libya it must be projects to an end that means no more planes no more tanks no more trucks or cargo ships full of weapons and no matter what lies so will those directly involved in libya now back down representatives of russia egypt and the united arab emirates said they support the u.s. position even though they're widely believed to back general have to militarily. france has a growing strategic partnership with the u.a.e. and was strongly critical of fellow nato member turkey the main supporter of the government of national. the problem is this porters of general have to know he's now in a much weakened position and they may want to bolster his military standing before any negotiations on the other side supporters of the government of national accord no battle with half the insert would be very bloody but after that there be an open

road to the part of libya where much of the country's oil infrastructure is based james 0 at the united nations libya's u.n. recognized government says it's found a prison used by warlords only for have to torture opponents government leaders in tripoli are calling on the un to investigate mass graves discovered near the prison in tahrir who are forces of the government of national accord capture the city from have to fight as in june it's believed the warlords forces buried the torture victims after months of taking aim at mexico the u.s. president has welcomed his mexican counterpart to the white house and there is money lopez obrador is in criticize for holding talks with donald trump who remains a divisive figure in mexico over his immigration policies and border war the leftist leader defended the trip as trade related some democrats say trump wants to use the occasion to drum up support among hispanic voters ahead of november's

election. the relationship between the united states and mexico has never been closer than it is right now and as the president said a little while ago people were betting against that they were actually betting against. it but it's never been stronger never been closer we're doing tremendous job together we're cherished friends partners and neighbors our cooperation is founded on mutual trust and mutual respect between the 2 of us and between our 2 countries. but ok yes but i say i decided to come because it was very important for us to launch this new agreement but i also wanted to thank the people of the u.s. government and you president trump for being increasingly respectful of awful and mexicans and personal support in acquiring medical equipment to treat coronavirus patients that's why i'm here to express to the american people that their president has treated us with kindness and respect long live the friendship of our 2 nations

well christopher wilson as they deploy the director of the mexico institute at the wilson center he says despite trump's warm woods he continues to maintain a hard line on mexico and the policies and rhetoric from president from on a day to day basis have not changed that much he still is pushing mexico to be an extension of u.s. immigration policy howard's migrants seeking asylum in the united states by other cases the process used the national guard in mexico to block migrants from among through mexico to the united states and generally speaking in rather aggressive terms of about the country now he doesn't speak that way about the president himself there is respect and this is what the 2 presidents are talking about between each other as individuals perhaps even some sort of strange come rothery because of their similar populist styles of governing and distaste for institutions but the relationship itself i mean when i hear the president say today speaking

from the rose garden about how wonderful the relationship is i just have to ask myself what world they're living in because it's not the same one that i'm living in watching these policies and all and watching really harm done to us mexico relations as a result of the policies. now it's a crime that sparked outrage in colombia the gang rape of an indigenous last month by a group of soldiers it's turned the spotlight on the military's record of sexual violence and human rights abuses as the country struggles to overcome decades of conflict. reports. there was shocking. kidnapping and raping an 11 year old indigenous girl 2 weeks ago. protests broke out outside a number of army bases across the country demanding justice as more abuse cases came to light. that usually reticent armed forces publicly admitted that since

2016 at least $100.00 the incidents of sexual violence against minors have been or still are being investigated. while 45 soldiers have been sacked another 75 remain active despite evidence against them. as. the military forces and its institutions should be protecting our rights not violating them if those who are supposed to protect our territories are abusing and threatening us what can we expect by the rest even there's a level of silence by the institutions trying to keep these cases invisible indigenous communities have long been vulnerable to sexual violence by both legal and illegal armed forces in the country's internal conflict and the signing of a peace deal with fart rebels in 2016 has been stopped the crimes as pressure mounted the head of the army announced that another 31 soldiers were going to be

discharged but insisted that it had never tried to protect the soldiers implicated . no colombian soldier is trained within the institution to attack the human rights of boys girls or adolescents. it has been a particularly bad year for colombian armed forces as a number of scandals have affected its image from accusations of illegal spying to the possible return of extra judicial killings but for many here sexual violence cases that were truly the last straw a new poll shows on them precedented fall in support from 85 percent to 48 percent in less than 6 months it was meant. to lead an investigation uncovering one of the abuses says that while military scandals are nothing new to the men's for justice show colombian society is changing. since we used to have

a major internal conflict society forgive the military because there was a big enemy the father. but there is no far anymore and society is not willing to forgive anymore and these scandals likely mean this time reform of the armed forces will be inevitable. for those affected by the violence real reform can come soon enough. and just. time for a short break here on al-jazeera when we come back in town to help out the meal deal being offered by the british government to help kick start the economy and why a lebanese businessman jailed in the u.s. for providing millions of dollars to hezbollah has returned home early morning that stay with us. hello we are watching the development of something vaguely tropical in georgia in

the carolinas and it's still there it's still got the potential to develop into nothing exciting but a rather wet saying this is rather more obvious in its line it's a cold front now ahead of it as being quite warm we're not about 23 in winnipeg which means they'll be some pretty big thunderstorms up in the prairie's far north of canada and some pretty big thunderstorms i would think in the midwest it temporarily quite quiet in the southern states but as early stay that way but look what's happening up through married and then beyond this on shore breeze in the blue in the orange that's rather wet and unpleasant weather and still pretty warm washington d.c. it's $33.00 degrees we're on the top of where it should be this time of the year showers rings for the measure i did have been quite poky as you can see running through can dominican republic that general line moves slowly west towards so they're going to cooper in jamaica and concentrate i suspect in nicaragua where the heavy rain is like to be rather persistent off the coast of mexico is

a truck or depression which you can't any longer see it's well gets to acapulco otherwise we're just talking about coastal showers right the way up through mexico . we're talking about ivory poachers who have decimated populations of elephants in africa they almost always shipped the ivory out of a different country from where it was poached because that's where you start your search to look in the wrong place this radiocarbon dating method tell us if trade ivory is legal or not then we have a place we can focus law enforcement on take those out and perhaps choke the source of the ip from entering the network take no one else is.

talking about her come out of the top stories here on al-jazeera ivory coast's prime minister has died after fainting during a cabinet meeting i'm a bally was the ruling party's candidate for the presidential election in october. the u.n. secretary general's warning of unprecedented levels of foreign interference in libya i don't know but that is urging the warring parties and the international back us to end the political stalemate and agree to a ceasefire. and the u.s. president has welcomed his mexican counterpart to the white house and that is money a lot of a goal has been criticized for holding talks with donald trump who remains a divisive figure in mexico of his immigration policies and border war. the u.s. has seen the biggest jump in coronavirus cases recorded by any country in a single day more than half the states are seeing

a rise in the number of infections despite that secretary of state mike pompei o says the world is looking to the u.s. for guidance as a global leader in the fight against the pandemic gable is on that has more now from new york. in states like new york where i'm at in new jersey the neighboring states the numbers have come way down but overall in the united states it's a much much different story 35 states right now in the u.s. currently are seeing their numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases increasing and there's only 3 states that see the numbers decreasing of the numbers of the states that are hardest hit on this give you a few anecdotes from california the governor just said there that in the last 2 weeks the number of hospitals ations has gone up by over 40 percent in arizona they're saying only 145 i.c.u. beds are available left in the state in texas more than 10000 confirmed cases there

on tuesday a record for the state for 24 hour period and in florida the epicenter of a core of virus outbreak in the u.s. right now there are 42 hospitals that say they have no longer had in i.c.u. beds available for patients anymore so you look at these numbers and they are not very good they're trending in the wrong direction nevertheless as you mentioned secretary of state might pompei o says and claims that the u.s. is a model for the rest of the world. serbia's president says a weekend curfew may not go ahead as government considers the best way to control a spike in coronavirus thousands of people try to storm parliament and protest across the belgrade for a 2nd night over the government's handling of the pandemic protests spread to other cities many calling for president alexander to resign they blame him for a new surgeon infections after he lifted restrictions ahead of elections last month new measures will be announced on thursday. now the u.k.

government has announced a $37000000000.00 stimulus package it's aimed at saving jobs and pumping new life into the economy which has been battered by the coronavirus pandemic al-jazeera has joined a whole reports now from west sussex. the seaside town of reaches a faded 19th century resort town with fun times feel like a thing of the past a place counting the cost of coronavirus more keenly than most but most of the story from busking. during the summer and so on computers will be of a cushion but this year we're not going to have anything like that. you see so very handsome a lockdown may have lifted in time for the summer holidays but growth and opportunity seem a long way off. people need to know that although hardship lies ahead no one will be left without hope. so today we with

a plan for jobs our plan has a clear goal to protect support and create jobs it's the latest in a series of interventions to support the economy the government here the treasury hoping to put hundreds of thousands of under 20 five's into work by paying their salaries up to the minimum wage for the 1st 6 months of their employment it's intended to head off a looming crisis of unemployment with the economy predicted to suffer a 14 percent fall in g.d.p. this year. jobs are just one part of an economy feeling the heat measures announced by the chancellor to stimulate consumer spending include a sales tax cut in the troubled hospitality sector welcome news for restaurants but it'll take more than that to allay concerns about what lies ahead because they're helping people but it's not you know for this all it's not going to buy any of us because i will go locks on the economist or. so much bar called see how they can

give away billions of pounds over these months and then have to say to somebody actually you know maybe for. tax to pay it back the coach will be in such a big such a mass of money that it's disappeared and it's not just the jobs of the young at stake there are fears across the economy with consumer spending down and furloughed workers in their millions facing possible redundancy when the government's job retention scheme ends in the autumn if the money is not coming through the door i can't afford to pay it i never want to get rid of good stuff i want to incentivize thinking could staff but i can't afford to take on staff i want to be a take on and the service staff that you need any sort of industry because the money is not there and people are not spending the picture drome cinemas celebrated 100 years of continuous operation in january only for the lights to come down in march and 4 months since coming attractions are uncertain jonah hole al-jazeera

bogner reaches domestic flights in nigeria have resumed after 3 months of covert 19 restrictions airports in the capital abuja and the commercial hub lagos reopened other airports are due to resume flights over the next week address reports now from. it was a cautious 1st day for nigerian troublous as passages arrived to check they were confronted by new flight incentive to rules that weren't there before the copy. nevertheless john was eager to play. just so i don't have to sign so far trust in my country and trust the efforts put in place so far i expect my country and i believe in trust in the system and i know that it's safe to fly this is safe to fly in any other country. the traffic was the 1st day for the resumption of the british. government leaders say they have used the past 3 months when

airlines are grounded to address critical infrastructure needs to ensure passenger safety of sin in our ports we have a marked areas where passengers would be to keep physically distant would reduce the capacity of our. holes we have sequenced our flights to come in with regulated the entry and exit of ports will do everything possible to ensure the people are safe. despite increasing 1000 infections the government is going ahead with the open space for domestic flights. to airports this one you know and the other in the commercial capital lagos have been chosen to restart domestic flight when they have airports due to take off soon now you're a civil aviation authority will decide on want to allow international flight after seeing how operations walk out in these airports over the next 2 weeks. i jus' has lost 95 percent of its revenues in the past believe it the feeling here is the

longer airplanes are being grounded the more the economy because. this is a country that you have 34 percent little return on your investment this is a country with 450000000000 g.d.p. this is a country a center of africa this is a country that has 20 percent of the african consumption so it sucks in this economy means a total loss for the economy therefore we open it up. in style we'll pull it with caution sure that it would just to save. our vision of a happy. the 1st day of commercial flight since the covered 90 lockdown went well what's on saturday is how all airports cool with both domestic and international flights out to get back to their poverty greece al-jazeera. mali's president abraham cato has pledged to reform the constitutional court in an effort to quell more protests demanding his resignation demonstrators are running twice in recent weeks and plan another protest on friday changing the makeup of the

court has become one of their main demands after it declared results from legislative elections that were disputed by the opposition. nothing is impossible especially when social peace is in danger and requires that i intervene as the guarantor of the security and well being of each and everyone in the hours and days to come the members of the constitutional court will be recognized and will be put into operation as quickly as possible the united states has threatened to stop aid to becky in a fast reported killings that comes after human rights watch said the bodies of at least 180 men have been found in mass graves they were discovered near the northern town of the government's investigating claims its forces carried out the killings government troops have been battling a surge in attacks by armed groups in the region. australia's government

has warned its citizens and residents in hong kong they could be at greater risk of detention under a new security law it's urging them to reconsider staying in the territory australians have also been advised not to travel to hong kong on wednesday china opened a security office after implementing the security law it punishes a range of crimes including submission with harsh prison sentences. it was tried to die is taken steps to suspend our extradition agreement and we have formally notified hong kong and advised the chinese authorities but also not the travel advice for hong kong has been updated and would encourage astronomers to refer to that travel advice the other issue that we are addressing is one that as a result of charges that have occurred in hong kong that there will be citizens of hong kong who might be looking to move elsewhere for u.n. security council has voted against a russian proposal to reduce cross border aid access to syria the council has until

friday to agree on future operations on tuesday russia and china vetoed a rival resolution which is backed by all other members of the council the u.s. says moscow's proposal would have cut off lifesaving assistance for millions of syrians. a lebanese businessman accused of financing the armed group hezbollah was returned home after 3 years now u.s. jail. was released early due to poor health and the risk of contracting covert 19 but the u.s. says he remained on its list of terrorists. carson pleasure deal is back home the lebanese businessman charged by a u.s. court for financing the iranian backed lebanese group hezbollah was released from prison on compassionate grounds. landed in beirut after completing 3 years of his 5 year sentence the us administration denied his freedom was part of the backroom deal and insists dean remains

a designated global terrorist but his release increased speculation of a swap months after a naturalized american was released from a lebanese jail the release of the incomes of the context of prisoner swaps that we've seen in the past phase between the trump administration on one hand and the iranian regime tozer dean's arrival coincided with a visit by the commander of the u.s. central command general canis mckenzie reaffirmed america's partnership with the lebanese army but not with the government the americans say is beholden to hezbollah the armed group along with its allies control lebanon's government and parliament. because of possible i believe the united states is going to. increase the pressure now thanks to the guests have very efficient but what is much more efficient will be would be or could be the thanks again for hezbollah allies lebanon is caught in

a power struggle between the us its arab allies and israel against iran as are the israelis does not signal improved relations between hezbollah and the us administration u.s. officials have said that does not diminish the severity of the crime and that there's still that term and to go after the groups finances just last month the u.s. . terry of my comp a.o. said poses a threat to the u.s. it's international partners and threatens the ability hezbollah and its allies say international powers are imposing a financial siege on lebanon. the americans are exploiting the piled up political and economical failures to incite the lebanese against hezbollah the decision to beseech hezbollah will not lead to any result we will not surrender the us has said aid is not flowing in because the hezbollah led ruling alliance is refusing to fight corruption and carry out reforms that would weaken their hold

over the state's resources lebanon yet again is in a reno where regional international rivalries play out but the stakes are even higher this time with a country close to economic collapse. beirut all the news of course on our website there it is on your screen the address al jazeera dot com. the headlines here on al-jazeera ivory coast is facing new political uncertainty after the sudden death of its prime minister ahmed who gone coulibaly was also the ruling party's candidate in october's election to choose a successor to president alassane ouattara. collapsed during a cabinet meeting and was later confirmed dead in hospital nicholas harker's been monitoring developments from senegal. this is a big blow for the president because with this comes a political crisis

a political void the question is now who will replace coulibaly who was the chosen successor to want to or are expected to run in the next upcoming presidential election in october and whoever will come next will have to defeat the candidates which are. a former president of ivory coast a heavyweight of the opposition and the young newcomer that was once a close ally of what. the u.n. secretary general is warning of unprecedented levels of foreign interference in libya. content is urging the warring parties and the international bankers to end the political stalemate and agree to a cease fire. the u.s. president has welcomed his mexican counterpart to the white house under his money lopez obrador has been criticized for holding talks with donald trump who remains

a divisive figure in mexico over his immigration policies on border war the leftist leader defended the trip trade related. so obvious president says all we can come if you may not now go ahead is his government considers the best way to control a spike in coronavirus thousands of people tried to storm parliament and protest across belgrade for a 2nd night over the government's handling of the pandemic new measures will be announced on thursday. and australia's government has warned its citizens on residents in hong kong they could be at greater risk of detention under a new security law it's urging them to reconsider staying in the territory of straight ins have also been advised not to travel to hong kong those were the headlines the news continues here on al jazeera off the techno who is killing the elephants statute that's watching. as a protest rage over police brutality and coronavirus grips the nation campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take

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investigates the ivory trail they've tried to seize it. bernie but nothing has stopped the terrible trade in the legal ivory. now. new tools straight from the lab that could find a crime that's brought elephants to the brink of extinction getting a seizure is a great victory but the owners are already dead. marie to davis who is an environmental biologist i am holding a tray of elephant who should show us the high tech plan to stop the killing. and then céline stranded along the california freeway yes freeway doctors should do some more is a mechanical engineer chill show us what's been done to find out why this is happening at mistakes they've been distressed and i'm still taurus i'm an entomologist that's our team then pete.