as well as capital on tuesday. when we spoke, we had already fled after receiving a tip off that soldiers were looking for a group opposing the military takeover back in february homey on north korea. national defense for says fighting and kaya state has also started again, breaking se is fine, meant to reduce conflict in the countries east. tens of thousands of people have fled to the states, taking refuge in camps scattered across the regions, forests, the winds, office of humanitarian affairs has the camps are running short of food. and there are also signs of disease spreading. tony chain reports from my home song at the time me on my border this is some of the a that's been hastily pulled together by a current organization and tyler be sent across the border. and to me were still more than a 100000 people sheltering from fighting with very little shelter themselves and very little food or drinking water. they've got blankets here to protect them from the cold rain jackets. it's the monsoon season. water medicine and food up at the

front, but also big plastic buckets for storing water in the cooking pulse because they think those people are going to be there for some time. they have been some c spas announced in certain areas, but many people are reluctant to return home. those that have have found bodies lying in the streets where they were shot many houses destroyed by heavy artillery fires set by me on mommy and a lot of people are concerned that well, the thing now is a repeat of what the mommy did in the 990 s when they conducted the policy of sports for thing, the car running out of their homes, burning everything behind them and posting them across the border into thailand. meanwhile, a goalkeeper for me on last national team has refused to fly home after playing in a football tournament in japan during a match last month and raised a 3 finger protest solutions. you can see that against the military crew. he says

he won't go back until the pose lead times to cheat returns to power. the sued became the resistance symbol during protests, against the military takeover. more than 800 demonstrations have since been killed and thousands wounded in a military crackdown. well that's the need you had on may 21st immigration services agency of japan approval. people from me and more in japan can stay longer and which year as an emergency measure for those concerned about the current situation in march. with regards to the football player, we will take appropriate measures by taking his wishes into account. now the south korean island of gesture is to start testing for levels of radiation and local marine life ahead of japan's controversial release of tons of contaminated water into the ocean. the proposed solution to deal with the radioactive water from the stricken fukushima nuclear plant has grown fierce criticism from japan's neighbors . rather pride reports now from jet you early morning, a juice, busiest fish market, and the last of the nights catches brought ashore. bidding it the auction inside is

brisk. with much of this bass, destined for dinner tables across south korea. the industry provides a living for thousands here and the prospective japan releasing water from its stricken fukushima nuclear power plants fills many with dread turns. and if the safety of the water can be completely verified, that it might be okay if not its gravely concerning. and we have to stop and since the 2011 earthquake and synonymy, the cripple, the fukushima plant, water used to cool its react to cause has been stored on site. the plant operators say it's been treated to remove virtually all contamination, leaving just one radioactive isotope in such minute quantities. it poses no risk to health. the japanese government insists the release of the water is perfectly safe and is similar to routine discharges made by nuclear plants the world over. but as

fishing communities around fukushima have found in the 10 years since the disaster, just the fear of radiation can devastate livelihood. the plant water release won't start for another 2 years, giving time for lawyers like j. c. moon. the 1st in south korea to file a lawsuit on the fishing communities behalf to try to make the japanese government think again. hunger will almost, if similar lawsuits are also filed in other parts of south korea and in districts, courts across china. we believe it could be a considerable psychological and diplomatic pressure on japan. any legal challenges against a foreign government face an uphill battle, but they could be helped by data from this deliberate tree. it's beginning to test for radiation to check against japan. take the guarantees. in preparation for japan's release of contaminated water booby conducting tastes on fish caught off

the coast and from fish bombs, an island academically dependent on the waters that surrounded and now actively preparing for what many here consider an irresponsible act that they hope won't come at all rob mcbride, al jazeera j u island, south korea. while the 1st crew has dr. china's new space station. the mission by the 3 astronaut marks, another milestone, and china's ambitious space program. they'll send 3 months on board helping to set up the station, but it will still need 11 more missions to complete its construction. katrina, you are full on a mission to set up their new home. that's how these 3 chinese astronauts describe that task board china space station. can mander in the heavenly comedy, the spacecraft loss at all from china's goal because it on thursday morning lord was described as a complete success by the country space agency. it's the 1st time china has sent

astronauts into space in 5 years. and the longest man mission it's attempted to date. the crew members are led by near hi sean. at 56, he's the oldest chinese astronaut to be sent to space when they will, a bathe, orders and instructions and keep calm while carrying out information. so you have to successfully complete the mission one home for 3 months. they will perform maintenance checks and construction, while living in the chin heard corn module that was sent to all that 2 months ago. their mission is the 3rd of 11 required to complete the space station next year. you can go joins the international space station that has been in operation for 2 decades. nasa bad china from being involved in the station because of security concerns. an expert say that's causing problems when it comes to information sharing. while there's a lack of communication, we don't know what's going on, trying to keep this cause very close, which chest. and that means that they've got their own web,

but they're getting fabulous results. on the 18th 1st sent manage space in 2003. and since then, it's invested millions of dollars toward the goal of becoming a major space power. china became the 2nd country to land rover on mars in may. it was the 1st to lad one on the far side of the moon in 2019. and in march, china announced it was teaming up with russia to build a research base on the moon within the next 2 decades. the crew on board the can go are under a lot of pressure. the mission has begun just days before the chinese communist party is 100 year and a bursary on the 1st of july. and the government wants to uphold the country's achievement and space as proof of its success. so there really is no room for error . the astronauts bordered the space station about 7 hours after lifting off from earth. beijing says the can go will function as a floating laboratory and mark a continuous chinese presence and space for the next 10 years. katrina,

u l t 0 aging. well that's not returned to our top story, i because the former president are on back for has just sounded an attorney for the 1st time since being arrested in 2011 pensions that are high and earlier please 5 tier gas demonstrators. and just in the last couple of hours, there's also been live, fire and security forces, tried to prevent protesters from breaching barriers of the add port. you'll recall that bad boy refused to step down after losing the presidential election and 2010, sparking a 4 month civil war. or an address is at the airport for us in john. on that, we know that there was some tension that earlier from scuffles between potentially police and protest is but now really quite a com crowd. very excited to receive bug. well, the, it has come down a bit, but intermittently you hear the sounds of guys and probably nice fire fired into the air. but right now things seem to be quiet. and basically that's the

situation right now. so but, but we still him in the crop and a lot of people are waiting for him to step out of their cover. and that's when you hear the rules. and from here, it's difficult to say what's going to happen originally. the plan is to meet dignitaries who are gathered yet. welcome him. and from there they moved to the party headquarters. unfortunately, because of the situation on the ground, there are reports that he may not follow the road because it's no longer safe. the firing still continues, and a few moments ago we saw a helicopter man in the presidential wing of the airport, which we suspect may take me stop by boat to save location. but we're not sure yet about whether that will happen or not. but not for situation right now, and he's the organizers of you said rival is system. they are not happy with the government measure of insurance safety records because of the

incidence in the morning. the protest, as well as the thousands of supporters were trying to access me and prevented my security for the security forces were really concerned about possible break down of law and order. i, they not sure who will be here to celebrate his upcoming all who and who will be here to help him. so that through your situation right now, and we expect him to get out of there any moment from now to come and meet the people who are here to look at. including of course, strength wise, members of parliament from his own party chiefs and kings from the local community where coming from thousands of party supporters behind the walls of the board. lots of young men are on top rooftops on walls on previous trying to catch a glimpse of the former president, natasha. we can still see from the live shot, the huge amount of security. indeed, as we were saying earlier,

this was really meant to be this kind of gesture of reconciliation. why we're tara right, but it does appear, especially from the purchase we've been seeing across town. the. this is also causing a fair amount of division. exactly. the a lot of people expect that his homecoming and even the government was hopeful that his return was facilitate the process of reconciling a deeply divided country i've already and so i did really divided among party party lines, especially supporters of mister and supporters of president turner right now, as you can hear, there is a crowd behind me yelling, and of course, celebrating a lot of people jumping, thinking that this is the president walking towards them. so, i was saying the purpose of mr. is that it will help reconcile ivory coast. but what do we see, what we saw on the street and continue to see with an average on it's gives room

for warry and concern because it's making his job if he is going to embark on a reconciliation of what it's going to mean. but his job is getting harder. this is why the government must step in to support him as well as other cor, reconciliate just to ensure that things work out very well and then otherwise, this is not going to. this is going anyway. and one of the thing is if mr. decide to rejoin political activity, which is a possibility, the elections, i got 4 years away. and if you decide to do that, you'll expect some kind of clashes and in fighting women is divided party as well as between his supporters and supporters of the ruling party. natasha. i believe that we are actually seeing 5, but now he's in the middle of that rather tight scrum coming down the stairs. we can see that his arms raised as a huge amount of his supporters. you've got that at the airport, share him on,

on that as, as we see him. great. some people and approach the crowd. can you remind us of just how we got here? he's been such a controversial figure for quite so long, and i know a lot of people and in ivory coast concerns that accountability really hasn't been muted out for what happens back in 2010. exactly. he's a really, really controversial figure and some call him a device to figure out what his, our tribal is still in power. and we will still see a lot of political interests in the coming weeks, months and even yes, especially if mr. go decides to rejoin political activities. now, the whole crisis from 2010 to 2011 was hinged on his refusal turned over to elected president who wants to, tim resulted in full months of cycle of violence. killed 40000 pieces,

thousands more in this country. a lot of people are still angry about what happened then. and 10 years of reconciliation fail to re unite. i vote is a lot of people are hoping that his presence here with his arch rival in power as well as others who could lend support to the reconciliation, made me ivory coast and inclined the path to, to national reconciliation on the process of mission building will continue, but again, this is because the reality could be different. we know that has supposed to certainly are not the number of people we still haven't got in the background. right? yes. we can indeed still hear that on that. i'm curious, we were talking earlier on that about whether or not mr. barbara may return to politics. and you also mentioned his a strange wife. i believe this some dispute about whether or not he'll stay on and on, and that could be indicative of what his intentions all. what is his relationship like now with his party and with his wife, who,

who will basically his party is divided during the last election. there was, there is a break or instruction and a party of course need some kind of magic to reunify the party to in line to challenge the parts in power. now he's a string wise, is here, we understand that she was advised not to come to the airport, but eventually she did. and there was some kind of confusion between prosecutor to detail and the government and security forces on the ground before she was allowed, formerly to meet with other legislators. nissan was also here who is a member of parliament. now the relationship between them is still is still on. people are talking about diverse, pos has been going on. now, not just in the part of the family affairs, when you go back to politics,

politics. it's such that it's not clear whether those fortune or those politicians who walk away from their fee, the party will re unite and become answerable to mr. yourself. if that doesn't happen, that me if your party is further divided. but if you're able to unify the party, then the party could be in a position to charlene for leadership in this country. oh boy, it has to wait for another for yes to do that. and that is quite a long time. but again, we're looking at the person who is being sold that a statesman reconciliate to someone who could do what the government and civil society has failed to do in the last 10 years to reunify. i void. yes. but again, the reality on the ground that are deep divisions, divisions in discovery. and we can have some if there's chancellor crowds well who are shouting to grief him as, as he arrives. now, you mention how he is such

a political figure. he is obviously returning, having been convicted and about 10 to 20 years in prison. can you remind us of what those charges are? and if we could potentially see any action being taken against them? well basically i think the government would be wise not to take go that far because of the mood of the nation right now. yes, it's been sent us to 20 years of censure. but again, i looked was expected from the cabinet meeting yesterday. a lot of people thought that maybe they would be a presidential pot and because of the sentence, nothing has been said about it so far. but we expect that the, the process will continue. and that it's highly unlikely for the time being for mr . bible to go to prison simply because we are talking about reconciliation taking him to detention could mean trouble. not only for his support as not only for the government in fox, but the whole country could launch into another fucking wireless. so that's the

situation for me. stop by and nobody in this country believes that he is going to jail for another 20 years. so i'm in the acquitted by the international criminal court of the charges of crimes against humanity. i'm curious as to how people perceive that whole process. obviously a lot of people lost loved ones with more than 3000 people killed back in 2010. is there an ongoing process around the violence that took place been and where is that now within the, within the conversations? what basically mr. barbie, he's a christian and was greeted with relief by many audience. but again, people victims of war. as a result of these refusal turnover, paula, still angry about what happened. still, we talk to some people and you said that despite just a quick check for me,

he still has to answer or something. i believe we're having some audio communication problems there with our correspondent, admit address. we'll be getting back to him as soon as we can. but for now, let's take you to an interview. i did early i spoke with yes but jonathan, he's an anthropologist. and also a senior research at the northern africa institution. he told me he's not surprised to see this moment for the ivory coast. the return of long by boys inevitable. it had to happen at some point. there will always be tensions. i think this is a fairly good moment for him to return. we've had 2 elections in the last, just 6 months, so, you know, during election time the situation has been much more hands and i think this is not a time now where the political landscape is sort of regrouping after the election. so i don't think this is the worst time for him to return,

but i do think that there are, and i just had some, some questions remaining around what the effects will be of his return to what you, what, of course, and we're seeing those opposing factions already coming out onto the streets. mean it's so much politics at play here. this appears to have been this gesture reconciliation from what tara. but could it potentially result in more division? do you think? well, i think i would rather say that it will bring the, the existing divisions in too much clearer sight. i think the the, the party of long by the f b. i has been divided down the middle ever since his arrest in 2010. and there is a need for sort of an internal hopefully dialogue, but at least some kind of reckoning within the f. b. i party in relation to the ruling party and their supporters. you know, there's been at the same critique that allison water hasn't really taken national reconciliation seriously enough and back was returned to court. you've kind of put

that whole situation on it's on it. and it brings it into relief in a way so, so this asked in his return asks important questions about the state of ivr and democracy, but also the state of the sort of post config reconciliation. so again, it was bound to happen but, but of course there are concerns that confrontations will escalate between the 2 fighting party. oh that sorry. the 2 opposing party. yes sir. i want to ask you more about those tensions because i know it's been more than a decade, but for so many people, memories of that very brutal violence and 2011 still rule. and i don't so many people our loved ones given what happened at the i see, see, is that a perception that there has been some accountability for what happened? well, i think that you still and you have this in many other countries around the world. of course you have a very polar lot polarized political landscape. so i think that question really

depends on who you ask. i think that allison water, supporters will insist that this has been sort of a necessary legal process. but there will also be some questions about the judge, the ruling and the i t. c. and on, on the back side, you will have much more questioning about the premises of his arrest and the legal process in the hague. but you will also have them the feeling that that, that his return is now was a sort of redemption. so of course, if the water, if the water a government chooses to, to continue to proceed with legal allegations against fargo, that might reignite some, some tension. but i think that, you know, the focus now is, i think very much on bad bo and what his attitude towards his own political role and the role of the political opposition and the country. well,

let's not go back to address who is at the airport for us in our vision. and we have seen a number of vehicles motorcade of sorts leave the airport. but i know you mentioned that there was some very serious security concerns about the route that are on by both transport might take due. we haven't a sense of what might be going on now and what kinds of precautions maybe be getting put in place right now. in order to protect him, well basically, i think the discussion that's going on currently is how to get him home safely. but again, that protocol that needs to be funded that needed to be followed. first of all, how, how clear is it all from the apple trees house? he said, and as we said before, they saw helicopter now in the airport, which could be another plan in case his motorcade is prevented from reaching home. now, what we understand is that the organizers of this reception insisted that after mister

bubble, depart the arrival hall, he will come over there to meet those dignitaries who are seated as one of the party supporters party loyalists to greet them before taking the next step, which of course would be to move to the party quarters. it's not clear whether that will happen at the moment, but we, how was it, you know, solves also or the project quarter to see whether or not mr. what will be there to make a statement right now the concern is how to sort his motorcade from the airport to the home. and it's not clear whether those protesting why that he's supportive in tommy support is all there is a mixture of people, upholstery rival who could easily pose a practice lies respect to one of his clothes, a former minister and a spokesman for me. start my book. he said he is disappointed not only him,

the pop, the family. everybody is disappointed with a government regarding the security at it when you feel that mister bug most life, if not save him, i recourse at the moment. he wants the government to take more action to fortify the secure debt on him. a little bit, government has restored fucking privileges. do me stop by both, including different shelter security, as well as other other privileges. but again, the concern now is that with french flying about there are concerns that things could get a bit messy in the coming days or even weeks. so that's the major problem right now . and they told us a short while ago that his party told us a short while ago, but that making everything possible to ensure that mr michael is secure, including, of course, re consulting and meeting the government to give him additional security. pull presidents in this country have the privilege they are protected around the court.

but again, with the events of this morning this afternoon, i'm currently the 10th for tuition hearing. i begun and other parts of the country . they feel that they need to be done to ensure safety, of course. and earlier when we were speaking we could literally hit the, the bullets flying in the air, not very far from you. and we know that there was a gas 5 and in other parts of the capitol as well. today in terms of the security situation, then obviously we can see a huge amount of security personnel. what is the situation of the airport earlier you were talking about young men who are climbing walls and fences? do you see any of them now? has that been resolved and they still have other stuff, so yeah. come on, i can. the camera cannot turn, but again, if you look at to my left, there are dozens of them outside the wall of the airport and in front of me behind the camera. of course, a lot of people, young people on the walls trying to have

a glimpse of the president who is coming home after 10 long years now from bullets and gas firing on the streets of our b jones. we begin to hear some music welcome music, which is traditional in this country. dignitaries like that when they arrive. they are greeted with music, some form of happiness, but someone important has come home. so that's the situation now. but inside the apple itself, there are dozens, dozens of security forces, especially policeman on plain to detective who are here to keep the situation safe as possible. now the concern right now what we don't know exactly what lies behind or beyond the walls of the app or whether or not it's safe for me to go home. but currently, mr. teresee is such that he is protective in the airport. and if things get worse, he could go on the chopper and take a secure location of address there on the ground for us at the airport,

and obviously with all the nations. thank you so much on as well. let's remind you just joining us here on al jazeera, we are covering the return of neuron bad road, a former president of ivory coast, more than a decade abroad, and after being acquitted of crimes against humanity, we'll have more in just a moment. news, news, news, news, news. 300 years. again, these come and i think an international interest in the either the 10th grade, a younger generation emerging determined and nephew has a meeting that i need to be on faith as jude and politician as they tackle age of issues with that powerful to fight for greenland. a witness

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