so big point in crypto currency don't really add that much. amazon founder jeff bezos isn't al. he's heading to space with his brother next month on the 1st manned flight launched by his rocket firm blue origin. they'll join whoever went to the auction for a seat on the new shepherd spacecraft on july 20th. the world's richest man says he's dreamed of going to space since he was 5. blue origin is facing stiff competition from ill on musk space. working on the slander for 3 years, ah, here's a check up. the headlines on al jazeera, the leader of 2 military coups in less than a year, has been sworn in as molly's transitional president credit la c. me go to pledge to honor regional and international commitments and hold transparent elections. he's named the opposition leader children, micah as prime minister. we got some pretty decent new situation offered us the opportunity to put the process of transition back in the direction desired by the

people in the challenges and most legitimate expectations of the people are big enough to proceed. like we have to, according to the roadmap, implement the actions necessary for the success of the transition. notably the organization of credible fair and transparent elections that are scheduled to trains have collided in southern pakistan and province killing at least 40 people rescue workers are looking for passengers trapped in the wreckage. prime minister him on con, has called for an inquiry. us vice president comm harris says raised the issue of migration with guatemala president as part of a regional effort to address its root causes. harris says president biden wants to re establish relationships with allies around the world. it's our 1st foreign trips since coming to office. there's a surge of people arriving at the southern us border, many of them from central america, the united states, knowing that our security and prosperity depends on what happens abroad. we are

clear that we have a responsibility then to interact, to cooperate and to work with our allies and our friends around the world. as you know, when i return to the united states, the president will be taking his 1st international trip as a reflection again of our administration priority am in guatemala today to discuss an advance our share priority. foremost among those, as you have mentioned, is addressing migration and from this region in particular, israel's parliament has been given a week to decide whether to approve abroad coalition as the new government led by next to the benefits it brings together 8 parties from across the political spectrum aiming to unseat prime minister benjamin netanyahu. those are the headlines on al jazeera, more news coming up right after inside story. thanks for watching. bye bye. for now . news

news. news. a century ago. german colonize is almost wiped down to the indigenous people in south west africa. germany's now apologize, but the libyans have labeled the compensation of, of more than a $1000000000.00, an insult. so how should countries deal with injustices committed in the past? the inside story? ah, ah hello, welcome to the program on the hill robin. it's been called the 1st genocide of the 20th century. more than a 100 years ago,

the german soldiers kill tens of thousands of indigenous people from 2 ethnic groups and what's now namibia. last week, germany apologized and agreed to pay $1300000000.00, the infrastructure projects over the next 30 years. but the b b as vice president says, that's nowhere near enough. and descendants of the victims say, it's an insult and doesn't provide them with any sort of reparation. the case is really igniting the debate, told how country should deal with past atrocities for me, the miller reports. while it's taken more than a century, germany is admitted and committed genocide against tens of thousands of nama and over railroad people in the media, it size and how it will now officially call these events what they were from today's perspective, a genocide. and in doing so, we are acknowledging our historical responsibility on the light of germany's historical and moral responsibility last in the media and the descendants of the

victims for forgiveness. but it's taken years of negotiations for germany to apologize. community leaders had tried through courts to compel the german government to pay reparations for the extermination of nearly a $100000.00 norma and over herero people. this took place during germany's early 20th century colonization of what was then south west africa. all the court bits failed in may. germany agreed with the namibian government to provide $1300000000.00 in development aid for the next 2 years in germany has been dictating. and for me, it was like a case offer. you have a mid or late this and this person is the one to decide whether i have for rate or not. and should that find myself guilty? what would be the best punishment or video that i can give myself so that that is how the whole process was not acceptable to the others to say the

negotiations between the 2 governments excluded those directly affected by the genocide. when we 1st met eda hoffman, 4 years ago, she's been fighting for the direct payment of compensation. she fears the development age will never reach the communities affected. her. our people talk to our sources. what people have become the focus of the during the genocide, these communities were robbed of their land and cattle. today. many say they continue to suffer the legacy of being displaced. and that this chapter in the movie, as history remains unresolved for meet amolla al jazeera. well, in recent than several communities around the world have stepped up, calls for reparations, relating to historical atrocities. indigenous groups in canada are saying, the government for the cultural damage caused by residential schools. rwandan

opposition parties are demanding an apology and reparations for frances role in the 1994 genocide and many l. julian's won't compensation for abuses committed during france's colonial rule. the un human rights chief as urge countries to confront the legacy of colonialism and make amends for violence. ah, well, let's bring in august for this edition of inside story in when talk we have pen broke her research on transitional justice and a project consultant at the maybe a institute for democracy in sala, in sweden, heading melva, senior research associates at the north africa institute. and a member of the s w a p o, that's the south, west africa peoples organization liberation movement. and in london, professor phil clark called the international of international politics and the co director of the center of conflict writes and justice. so our scene of estie,

of london, welcome all to the program. miss panic and i thought with you a and wind hook up, apologies. are a huge step holiday for those who want to say that they did something wrong. it's a big a more difficult step. sometime to accept when your ancestors have been the victims and those apologizing weren't there at the times. i think that's interesting, the apology. she aspects, especially when it comes to, to reparation. because the apology should be an outcome of a process that takes place before of consistent engagement between the perpetrators and the victims, or so to say, the descendants of perpetrators and victims. and i don't nama and tomato groups. they continue to identify as victims and not descendants of victims because they do

feel that the prose that the inherited injustice just continue to make them vixon. however, when it comes to the apology from the german side, i think maybe that's for a lot of his sustain comes from people feeling that well, i wasn't there or i didn't do it. and ultimately, i think with reparation, the important symbolic nature of it is to really shift the debate, not you know, about punishment or anything. it's about in an inherited responsibility. and we cannot start to go further unless we start to think about the symbolic nature of reparations, of acknowledgment, of knowing our history, knowing the role of what needs inherent said so. so that's just feel that you're being slept on a hand and being forced to apologize. but that you actually mean it. ok, let's move other than to mail that because if it's about the indignities

a community has experienced and an apology is part of the way there from your understanding and your knowledge and experience. what are the main issues now that the libyans and the nama and over harrow communities want to dressed? i think 1st of all, it's about a full recognition or with general committee and iraq to the consequences. he was in terms of the social economic structures which all talk of the social media today. and i think there is a mismatch reflect the metric power relations. because while in germany, breast is considered a note of german history, west is not off, but it's the presence and it's very much a wife is especially among the old. i have

a lot and mama and some are our communities who or wherever to turn on. and why that's important to her. i'm reserves upon her to that through the fuser for steph. negotiate mess, keeping my germany in 2015. yes. what happens then is for today's perspective, general side. and then they said, now that's open. why was they were jasons with me? didn't government help us to apologize? i think that is true. of course, i think the debate about the apology and the finance will continue certainly for the weeks and months ahead. so we can put that slightly to one side. may come over to professor clark and london, i mean, in northern europe where you are in london, much as taught in schools across the board about world war 2 colonialism. and it's

focused around the events of northern europe, the colonies, and taught from a northern european experience. and as mr. mal, but just said that it was a footnote sometimes about what happened in africa. but the colonies and events in those continents barely get mention and barely understood by the public at large doesn't have been maybe as experience now have to be re tolten in germany in the way that the germans had to re look at the way they behaved. when it was a nazi state during world war 2, i think that's right, that what both of your previous gets to emphasize the importance of acknowledgment that before we talk about apology and reparations, former colonial powers have to honestly and fully acknowledge the crimes of the past the direct actions in various parts of africa, and i don't think we're seeing that from these european powers at the moment. i think we're seeing these piecemeal forms of acknowledgment that sometimes dodge

some of the toughest issues of what britain did. and it's colonies what germany did, and it's for my colonies. and part of that acknowledgement, i think, is expressed towards the victim communities in places like namibia in one, in sudan and elsewhere. but part of that acknowledgement is also in side those european societies themselves. it's education, it's public museums and monuments. it's about having a, an honest, domestic device about the, the nature of colonial crimes. and i think that most of these european states at the moment are incredibly reluctant to have that kind of conversation in africa and very reluctant to have that kind of conversation at home. and indeed, i know that penance, nodding in agreement will come back to you in a moment. because before i go profess o'clock, the terminology you see so very difficult to accept that when you mentioned the word genocide, you seen that in countries who don't want to acknowledge that they were perpetrators of genocide and it's an important term legally as well. so what sort

of effect is that would have, you might say in this context with namibia and with germany, still really talking about the very tenuous relationship and historical issues. i think something we have to recognize about the bibby in cases that germany was dragged, kicking and screaming into this dialogue with the maybe a government germany didn't want to be that they didn't want to acknowledge the genocide. it was only because namibian activists have started taking legal cases into foreign jurisdictions, but germany got a bit sparked and decided that i needed to look into this case. it should also be remembered that germany's 1st response to the herrera genocide was to offer a very poultry sum of only $10000000.00 euros, and it was herero and nama community groups. that said, that's simply not enough. if you committed genocide here and we still as communities living with the legacy, with that genocide today, we need something that is much more substantial. i'm much more meaningful. and so i think all of that raises some very serious questions about the sincerity and the

honesty with which germany is engaging with. and of course, this isn't just about germany. we could argue very similarly about belgium and france and the netherlands and the u. k. as well in exactly the same conversation, are we putting on those? hopefully a little bit later. of course, penny you are nodding in agreement in when talk and basically the voice about the reparations not being good enough. the situation not being good enough was initially accepted by the vice president obama. now he should be in at the time to remain calm and quoting and think deeply about the response to the deal. we have made remarkable progress. over the past 5 years of negotiations. the microwave type, going to take him to guatemala, that's the guatemalan president and standing alongside him as the us vice president comma le harris. they're holding a news conference and harris is raising the issue migration with the president. lots of sit in the opportunity to be able to learn how to when i had

legal leave me, i'm going to need to be joined the dentist, people that are on your way that we can look into have if and what is in prospect. parity in our country almost and their mother to ensure that we can create more moments so that we can go around, look into the inner cities, southern country where they program little development where we will have united but in addition to the fact by the us term we discussed several topics having to do with 1000 meals, trans, united health, concerning the most lucian of the country. we shared our points of view and the way

we had a lot of tackling the rental issues and searching for openness for their marketers to give us redirect to the united states, to generate parity in our country by introducing necessary changes. you know. so for migration to become early migration, so age to age and 8 am to verbal b. c says we believe that we can start a very simple process to allow people to migrate that regularly to the united states. we also spoke about the need to support the united way. right now for the kids that we go in, it looks like one need emphasis versus invited back to just

someone cooperation number of people moving to help the state southern border of the mall. we are working with a program of reification, of families, people who want to re unite their families and all the paperwork to be considered in the embassy. which will have most of those who can assist you. not especially be getting as sure which historically i'm sure with mexico and the for which the

president has said them all in the united states law 2 companies have one to book in this country giving for the moment i just wish to say to vice president, it's been on the field, we're not to have you with us. and we do have to deal with a number for you to get the we shall see the development corporation. we would like to relationship between the united states and the best number to be able to reach jason with the country

in the best future would also be one that the people can reach will be such a that i can and thank you, mr. president and thank you for warmly welcoming me and our delegation to what mala we had a robust, candid, and the thorough conversation about the many issues that our priorities for each of our country. the president and i discussed a fundamental belief that most people don't want to leave home. they don't want to leave the place where they grew up, where the language they know is spoken where their culture that they know is

present and has been in this case for century. people don't want to leave where their grandmother lived. and when they do, it is usually for one of 2 reasons because they are playing some type of harm, or because to stay means that they cannot provide for their essential needs and the needs of their family. the president and i share a firm belief that our responsibility and our capacity is to give people a sense of hope. we talked extensively about this through the many conversations we've had, including today, the power of hope, the ability that each of our governments has to give people a sense that help is on the way to let them know that they are seen, that they are heard that we see their capacity,

but we also understand their challenges and their needs for support and the resources that any human being needs to be able to survive much less thrive. so that was fundamentally the spirit behind the conversation that we had. and as i mentioned to mr. president, i believe that our world is interconnected and interdependent, and certainly the most recent issues that have played our globe, including the pandemic, have made that point clear. our world is interconnected and interdependent. and bear for what happens abroad is of priorities to the united states of america. and that is why i am in guatemala today, and that is line president joe biden will travel to europe later this week. we are renewing our relationships around the globe and our presence around the world.

in fact, just last week, i stared with the president that the united states will provide as a 1st donation. 500000 vaccines to guatemala. again, understanding the interdependence, the connection between a and the importance of looking out for and prioritizing the needs of one's neighbor. i am proud to report that the agreements between president john mckay and i have made today will strengthen the security and the prosperity for both the people of guatemala and the people of the united states. and before we get to the questions, i just want to highlight of several of those agreements 1st on issue of security is probably one of the highest priority for each of our nation. the president, i agreed to continue our work to manage migration at guatemala,

northern and southern border. we also discussed elicit drugs that are being smuggled, and humans who are being trafficked across the borders, undermining the security of both the people of guatemala and the people of the united states. our nations have collaborated on these issues and we will create a smuggling and human trafficking task force, which will work with local law enforcement to stop these crimes. and i have personally worked on these cases in my career and can say that when we see some of the most vulnerable in our communities, being take advantage of being sold for profit being abuse, it should be a priority for all of us who care about the human condition and humanity. second on economic development, the president and i also discussed the root causes of migration. in particular,

the lack of economic opportunity for many people here in guatemala. united states recognizes that it is both in our interest and reflective of our value to help create that opportunity and to share in economic prosperity. we will learn a young women's impairment initiative to increase education and economic opportunities for girls and women. understanding here in guatemala, there is a rich tradition of girls and women being a part of the culture and the economy with extraordinary skills. and therefore, the ability to thrive when seen as someone who can be the source of investment for the economic growth of the entire community. we will also invest in agribusiness and affordable housing and supporting entrepreneurs

president in john tay has mentioned to me many times today. and in previous conversations about his priority around what can happen in terms of the planning of trees and what that can mean in terms of ecology and our environment. well, recently there's been a lot of talk about eco printers. entrepreneurs who are focused on climate, who are focused on what might happen, which is to protect our environment, but also see the capacity for jobs and economic development as a connection with that pursuit. i will also continue to work with vios around the world to encourage investment in guatemala and mister president. i look forward to working with you on that as i shared with you in washington dc. i recently convened some of our biggest ceo who had a profound interest for many reasons on supporting the work that happens here in the work that can happen here in guatemala,

to again uplift folks who may have been overlooked or neglected, but also uplift the natural capacity and resources of this beautiful country, which brings me into our 3rd area of discussion and agreement. the president and i discussed the importance of anti corruption and the importance of an independent judiciary. the united states will, can create an anti corruption task force. the 1st of its kind, our justice department, treasury department and our state department will work together to conduct investigations and train local law enforcement to conduct their own. our task force will support guatemalan prosecutors including b. c, and listen, no correction. corruption does not know borders, and we want to make sure that this is about trans national crime, and we have to follow the money and we have to stop it. and that's what we intend

to do. i can tell you from my work on this issue years ago, follow the money the underlying reason for so much of what we are saying in terms of this level and type of corruption is about profit. it is about profit without concern for the damage it creates to real human life to families, children, to community. and i want to emphasize that the goal of our work is to help find hope at home. at the same time, i want to be clear to folks in this region who are thinking about making that dangerous track for the united states. mexico border do not come do not come. the united states will continue to enforce law and secure our

border. there are legal methods by which migration can and should occur. but we as one of our priority will discourage illegal migration. and i believe if you come to our border, you will be turned back. so let's discourage our friends. our neighbors are family members from embarking on what is otherwise an extremely dangerous journey. we're in large part the only people who benefit our cody and let us do our work together. mister president again with our mutual commitment of knowing that hope is on the way. and i believe the actions we take together will improve the lives of guatemalans. and as i meet with guatemala and community members and leaders throughout the day,

i will speak with them on what more can be done. again, mister president, i want to thank you for such a productive conversation for your role of leadership and for the work we have yet to do together. thank you. become awfully basil, but it doesn't spoil this session founders. i think you're going to get some so send that up. but the reason that i'm not communicating communications. thank you. our 1st question will come from alex jeff, from the associated press. this is all there is 800 hours gmc and you're looking at the life picture from guatemala city. that is the us vice president, thomas harris standing alongside.