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president kenneth calendar regarded as one of the fathers of african independence. this is really, really, really important moment in history. us president of americans to learn from history as he signs a law, creating a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery, obamacare spared the u. s. supreme court rejects and effort to kill the national health care loss preserving medical insurance for millions ah, 10 years after being expedited for war crimes, former ivory coast president along home back bo has returned home. it was tried and acquitted of crimes against humanity, but charges date back to 2010. when he refused to concede defeat after a presidential election that sparked months of once. it's not clear if his return

will bring reconciliation or renew tensions mommy address reports from a john elated crowd finally get a peak buckle as he touches down in the junk airport to them. he's a hero coming home to the ivory coast after a decade in exile. but many of us consider him a war criminal. not far from felix who had bony airport st field with talking to a gas report of gunshots as police. clear the area for mike was retell and i don't know, but they are stopping us from going to the airport to receive their president. we who want reconciliation. they have been mistreating us since this morning. anger surprise from the street was party the a 40 and popular front dance you but not us through yesterday we came out of the council ministers meeting and the spokesperson for the government indicated very clearly that the government no longer had any active privation of gatherings. which

we are sales to the level of organization have never been told. we are surprised that the moment people who are about to welcome the president, our guest in the strait with tear gas for my history professor, has been a device figure in the west african nation. he served as president from 2010. he was defeated by rival san what tara in 2010. when i bought a few stocks up the result, crowd march through, i'll be gone. by march, the crisis escalated into a full military conflict between forces loyal to bubble and water supporters. although the war was brief, more than 3000 people perished. but what was found by government forces hiding in a bunker? yeah, he's who he was arrested, exiled and handed over to the international criminal court. acquitted of all kinds in 2019 he still faced challenges at home after the government charged immunization

to 2 decades in prison for stealing funds from the central bank. one prison water has allowed for both return at least many questions about the role he may take in politics and reconciliation for the victims of the wall. it will bring the, the existing divisions in too much clearer sight. i think the the, the party of long by body f, p 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 a sustained critique that allison water hasn't really taken national reconciliation seriously enough. but before questions there will be celebrations from a strong base of supporters. his return is touted as an important step to heal all wounds and anger residence. chris to much

more reconciling, i typically divided country men more close to see the realize that could be $1.00 to $100.00. 3, cause i was never say considering his long absence and give distrust among many a party of that job shouldn't be left to the former president and all the rest i'll be your zambia has an answer. 3 weeks of morning after the death of its 1st president, kenneth county has died at the age of 97. it was considered one of the fathers of african independence. and that his country for 27 years kind of champion the continents fight against apartheid and h i. v. aids on tulsa has more of his life in politics. it was 1964,

zambia gaines independence from britain for many who were they it was the time when you beginning people had high expectations from zambia, the 1st president kenneth calendar. it was an exciting time as one by one liberation movements in africa, gained independence from the colonial masters cohen, the rules ambia for nearly 3 decades in what was effectively a one party state. as life got tougher for the poor, many became frustrated and angry. some blame the struggling economy on colon does socialist policies. as his popularity waned, zambian had had enough off the 27 years and power that be as founding father was defeated at the polls. then he did something that still very ray in africa. he accepted the seat and willingly stepped down as he had been forth from the political arena through the ballot box. but he didn't disappear in the years that followed. he had a troubled relationship with subsequent zambian government. at one point, he was a keys approaching a coo and they had to fight to retain his ambien citizenship. in court. later,

he became very much the eldest statesman, engaged in numerous charities, and glad to be willing back the trust and affection of me in his ambiance, many se they'll always remember his trademark white handkerchief. but also the fundamental roles played helping other neighboring countries gain the independence for years than be offered refuse to african national congress members during a party in south africa, the amc radio fleet them was allowed to broadcast from the capitol. the sucker it was under code is protection that the ac wait for an arm struggle when a diplomatic one against the apartheid regime. zambia also helps above again its independence from white minority rule in 1981. and after a long life spent at the center of politics cohen, there lived out his final years at home in the country. he loved the zambia. he had helped lead to freedom like you to come on in. other states has created a new national holiday to mark the end of slavery in the nation. president joe

biden has signed a bill into law to commemorate what's become known as june t. alan fisher has more from washington dc. we are gathered here and a house built by and slaves, people in a ceremony at the white house, it became official. the de slavery ended in america is now a national holiday. june 19 10865 was the day union troops fried the last slaves in texas. 2 years after president lincoln's emancipation proclamation, a day that has become known as june 13th. this is a day of profound in my profound weight and profound power. day which remember the moral stain, the terrible toll as slavery took on the country and continues to take. it's the 1st national holiday approve since the 1900 eighty's for some it's something but doesn't address real issues of today. it avoids one of the major

issues and that is the human rights of african american. people across the country took to the streets in the past year, advocating for racial equality, demanding our reforms to the justice system. in recent months, many states have past due voting laws, which activists have claimed make it more difficult for people of color to vote. and there's growing cause for some form of reparations for slavery itself, for the generations which have suffered the consequences. but for the protesters, they now have a national holiday. black people want their full citizenship to be recognized, not to be infringed upon. and while they are so many efforts to do so, some of the same senators who are trying to take away voting right, won't pass police reform and won't do many other things, you know, trying to change education are the same. people will say, yes,

i will give you a symbolic holiday and you should be happy to biden says this is a big deal. currently, there are discussions underway on capital hill about justice reform, senators, a coming under pressure to do more to protect voting rights across the country, all say many bite and supporters. much more important than approving a federal holiday. alan fisher. i'll just do that at the white house. greg, cause joining us live on skype from silverspring in maryland, his associate professor of african studies and chair of the department of afro american studies at howard university. thank you very much indeed for being with us on our 0. find a standard correctly june teams is already celebrated by many black communities in the united states and officially by some states. what's the difference in making it a national holiday? well, i think it's very important in stan and thanks for heaven me, robin, public holidays are rituals of social cohesion. and you know,

their attempts to nit national cultural identities. and no doubt the critics, those will say this isn't enough or too little too late, or just symbolic are correct in the impulse of those who are against structural change in the state. wanting perhaps to adopt a holiday and avert a racial reckoning. i don't think that they are all for that, but to understand the roots of june teeth is to understand that this is a ritual of celebration that was always also a ritual of critique of injustice, of a ritual of black unity, a ritual bed combined memory and action, so when you see a country adopt this as a public holiday, it's another point of entry to have any the if we, if nothing else accelerate ultimately the work of social transformation. but senator, so can pass the george floyd's law on the u. s. police reform,

there's still pressure to on voting rights in the united states. and is there any strength in the suggestion that this to some degree is an easy way out at least for the, by the ministration, to be able to mock some a very significant moment. but essentially, to have a placeholder until they can actually get something tangible done in terms of legislation. well, a, i think, certainly that is a danger. if the, by an administration were to try to substitute action in terms of a policy voting rights. as you said, that was for justice police. yeah. if, if the administration was trying to substitute their with this then yeah, i think there will be more legitimacy on there. but let's not forget in terms of actually how this this bill was signed into law. that was one man center, ron johnson, who was fall into the purposes a white nationalist out of wisconsin. hilde this any signature can hold

a bill for any reason anonymously. and that hold kept up from last summer last june . when this bill was 1st proposed. until now he could a little bit, hold in january or february and move forward. but let's be very clear. this isn't kind of need jerk legislation and i think it's a, it's wrong to correlate this action with those other actions because we definitely are facing a kind of recalcitrant rising white, national, national them and republican party that is blocking that legislation. when you combine it with the kind of soft white nationalism of democratic century, like christian cinema and joe mansion as allan allan fisher's report, referred to that as pushback. amongst certainly some republican senators about the teaching of like history, like us, history certainly in schools. how concerned are you that even with and something as prominent as a national holiday, that education about the racial history, the u. s. is going to end up being skewed, or in some cases even ignored?

well, i think to be quite frank, the current anti critical race theory movement in the united states has nothing to do with critical race theory of the substantive area of discourse. mabel law degree, i teach the how university school of law as well. and i've taught critical race theory. there are very few people engaged in this debate. this anti critical race theory debate, who know a thing about critical race theory. this is a rallying cry to try to rally the bass to try to rally around white nationalism, to use race as a weird issue and to align themselves so they can try to win federal elections in 2022 in 2024. now that having been, you know, that being what it is, what we're faced with in the united states of america is that take continuing struggle over the nature of this country's identity. the, as the demographics continue to shift and this country moves to be a majority non white country. in the next decade there is going to be structural

transformation. the only question is whether it's going to be through the existing mechanisms of government, or whether there's going to be social reckoning and a social strike. in other words, that will make perhaps people who could have done it differently, look back and say, perhaps we should have stepped up to the bar when we had a chance to do this much easier way. good car, i really appreciate you joining us and i'll just good to get your thoughts on this . thank you very much. indeed. thanks bye. hadn't still ahead on al jazeera, a choice of, for just hours until pose open and iran, hardliner, who banks, nuclear salts predicted to win the presidency. and we meet the bus and women who started a $500.00 day protest to save one of europe's few undeveloped wild rivers and winds the green nobel prize. ah, ah,

it's time for the journey to winter sponsored my cattle airways. hello there, let start in south asia, and it's a very wet picture. as those monsoon rains continue to fall, this was the scene in their power wet, her wrenched rain, led to flash, flooding and landslides and the similar story in baton. and across the north eastern areas of india, low pressure in the bay of been go fueling those rains and strong winds. but it's not our need there. it's also along the western coast of india all the way from russia to carola, we're seeing those real intense rains continuing to fall. and on friday there will be a break in that weather for the southern areas of india and shall lanka. but the rain will be back with full force as we go into saturday, up in the north west. both things are looking finer and dryer, with some sunshine coming through new delhi at 38. and it's also looking fine and dry up in the north of china. so with

a strong wind from mongolia blowing down into beijing and we could see some sand and dust kicked around there. but the wet weather is in the east shanghai in store for a pretty wet weekend. those heavy rains coming in. but for now the korean peninsula remaining pretty fine and dry. much of that wet weather is going to be affecting japan. sponsor cut on airways. 300 years and danish come and i think an international interest in the i didn't refill. 10th grade, a young generation emerging, determined, and nephew in meet him and he'd be on faith as jude and a politician as they tackle age old issues with that powerful fight for greenland. a witness documentary on al jazeera.

ah, ah ah, you want to go to 0 reminder of our top stories this our former ivory coast president le home by the vote has returned home 10 years to be extradited for war crimes. the international criminal court accorded him the charges date back to 2010 . when he refused to concede defeat after a presidential election. zombie as finding president kenneth colander has taught age 907 after a short illness. kona who rules for 27 years opposed apartheid from south africa and fights manada to ruin rhodesia notes and joe biden has signed the bill making what's become known as june teams,

a federal holiday. congress voted to mark june 19th. it's a day to commemorate when the last and slaves african americans learned that were free. israel says it's fighter jet launched air strikes on garza targeting hamas sites. it says that was in response to in century balloons being set off into southern israel for the 3rd day. it's the latest escalation and fighting, putting pressure on a ceasefire between is all and us, but came into effect almost a month ago. aaron's head to the poles in just a few hours to pick the next president. but there are worries about how many people will actually vote that suggestions. many people a disillusioned because several candidates have been blocked from running for people vying for the top job. even came racing is widely seen as the frontrunner. he's the head of the judiciary and has the support of hard liners often most in resign. he is a former chief of the revolutionary god, and he's

a critic of the 2015 nuclear deal. dumped the perennial candidate he's run and last 4 times. the youngest candidate is mere hussein because he's had a high c me who's the deputy speaker, parliament, and those are the nasa how much of the former governor of iran central bank is support, surviving the nuclear deal with western powers? i said bag is into ron. and says voter turnout is a concern. well, so far, if you look at the poles carried out inside the country, it's not going to be very high. now. the lowest turn on this country ever had in presidential elections is around 50 percent. back in 1993. now some of the polls, the thing that it will be less than that, but i can tell you is last year's parliamentary election here had the lowest turn out since the revolution in 1979. it was 42 percent nationwide and here in raleigh province, it was right 25 percent. so if it is less than 50 percent, and a brian right, you see the lead in this election and who's also the judicial chief, the conservative candidate,

if he manages to get just under $16000000.00 votes like he did last time, he will become iran. next president, now many here think that it's already a done deal, that there was not no real opposition to your brain, right? you see? so he would definitely be the next countries present. that's what many people believe. so the question is, how many people are going to charge? what percentage of the vote is he going to get? and what is he going to do to make the daily lives of iranians? iranians better. but if you'd be watching state tv here, they've been pulling out all the stops to get people to come out to vote. they used a religious arguments, the political ones, and the nationalistic ones. but while we were been out on the streets at least here and there on, there were many people telling us that they're not going to vote. they don't see the candidate that they want in the election because of those disqualifications. and many people just feel like done over the last 4 years because of the present tests and ronnie of martin the handling of the economy. the u. s. supreme court has rejected a challenge to the affordable care act, widely known as obamacare. the judge has ruled 72,

rejecting the republic and challenge. it's the 3rd time the court preserved the law since it was introduced in 2010. just as high digital castro has more on what this means for the former obama administration's signature legislation. it was the 3rd challenge, and the 3rd time the u. s. supreme court has ruled in favor of obamacare, a milestone that the laws, namesake, former president brock obama. read it by tweeting the affordable care act is here to stay. the moment comes 11 years after obama backed by then vice president joe biden signed the affordable care act into law. today. after all, the votes have been tally. health insurance reform becomes law in the united states of america. but marred by a law rule out and relentless attacks from conservatives. the law derisively nicknamed obamacare by republicans soon became

a cultural flashpoint. donald trump's rise to the white house in 2016 was partly fueled by the country divisions surrounding obamacare. but even as republicans campaigned against the health care law, americans began signing up in droves, reaching 31000000 enrollees amid the cobra. 19 pandemic. i think having a pandemic like covered meant that you had an economic downturn of the same time that you had a large health catastrophe. and the proof is in the pudding right. and that the people losing their jobs facing decreases in their salary, but also needing health care or able to get the care they needed through insurance coverage. and i think that the positives just the steven briar, a liberal, wrote the supreme court's majority opinion released thursday, chief justice john roberts and 3 conservatives, including 2 trump point is sided with the liberals. delivering the 7 to ruling the

texas lag standing to bring the suit. president joe biden called it a big win for the american people. the supreme court did not decide broader legal issues raised by the case about whether the affordable care act remains constitutional. after congress struck down a key provision of the law in 2012. that means while the justice is preserved health care once again for millions of americans, they did not rule out hearing future challenges to obamacare. hydrogen castro al jazeera washington in the garage of ours pandemic continues to ravage latin america. bottom line is reporting more than 2000 new cases a day and as a shortage of hospital beds, oxygen and medicines. but in other regions, effort to combat the virus are working. that is why my reports from want to says,

harry, why now has one of the was per capita death, an infection rate anywhere in the world? hospitals are overstretched there. but we beg for them to attend to my mother, but they didn't give us any kind of attention. the only said there was no space at that time because they were overwhelmed with patients. and even when they can find room, they don't always have sufficient supplies of oxygen and medicines to treat their patients. not solo by the end, this patients are not directly turned away, but when they arrive, we explained to them that there is no longer enough oxygen. so they can not be given the care they deserve. and yes, unfortunately for 2 weeks now, patients have been turned away. back. less than 7 percent of paraguay, 7 and a half 1000000 population had been vaccinated until more a treated experts the, the infection rates are only likely to keep rising. the forecast is brighter elsewhere where vaccination campaigns

a more advanced here in argentine are 30 percent of the population, has had at least one job with millions more doses scheduled to arrive in the coming weeks with infection rates gradually falling, there's a perceptible rise of optimism in the 10s of thousands of pupils in our province have returned to their classrooms after months of online teaching at home for the thursday. the whole saying that like money that we are all happy to be able to come back, we are observing the covey $19.00 protocol. i, despite opposition from some we're due to nero's famous assembly school as a rule. so back to prepare for next year's carnival, brazil code. the crisis is still far from under control. but after more than a year of an activity, during which the 2021 carnival was canceled. many a relief to be active again, despite the risks you've got. i'm very happy to be back with the band up to such a long time after a year of being separated

a year without playing the drums. now i'm the happiest and most still person in the world. the pandemic is still, however, preventing some from fulfilling their dreams in ecuador doctor's novel in. and we'd have postpone their wedding to keep treating cobra 1900 patients. no matter. i dont really good at this because of how many families who can now deal with their loved ones. both have themselves recovered from the virus and said ill be tea again with the whole country watching and waiting to see when they'll finally get married. down for the roger's era, what osiris? there's been no light up to violence in miramar. videos posted in social media show, most of keyma, village in the mug way of region earned to the ground. villages accused the military of firing them before burning nearly all. busy 200 homes as well as capital on tuesday, most had already fled after receiving a triple. the soldiers were looking for a group opposing the military takeover in february. a bosnian woman has been

honored with a prestigious environmental prize for helping to prevent a controversial hydro power plant. night or below is the european winner of the goldman environmental award, known as the green nobel prize. after spending more than $500.00 days protecting a river from developers, sonya diego has more. it is a lifeline to the surrounding habitat. acoustics of river winds its way through central bosnia providing fresh water to all the nearby villages. it is a rarity in europe, a wild river home to several endangered species, and unmarked by construction projects. and that's thanks to the efforts of conservation protested. and the woman who led them, they come around and face the 3 donna, we defended the river $503.00 days, 24 hours a day. i'm sorry,

we will defend it for 5300 more days. we will defend it. but as long as the people here who were born here, might be la ned, a team of women from her village to prevent 2 hydro electric dams being built on the coast of the project would have devastated the eco system. surrounding the river. estimates face strong tactics from law enforcement officials in august 2017. my da below and had teen stopped heavy machines from crossing a wooden bridge and reaching the building sites. the women say they were attacked by police and then accused of violating public peace and order. but they persisted camping at the site for more than $500.00 days until they won the fight. and the energy companies had their permits revoked. but it's not just crushed. it's not that's facing challenges to its environment. other communities in bosnia are

fighting against plans to dam rivers. the country known for its free flowing mountain rivers has experienced a boom and dams. $450.00 for many hydropower projects built plant under construction. when you thought they might, law public who knew, instead of having waterfalls, natural beauty, inhabitants from danger, species you'll have rest of was that change climatic conditions for my dad, they can only be one response to remain determined because many the national barble . although i have a message for young people in both me and has a governor to fight for ideas that are right and to persevere. they have to be persistent and there is no giving up. and i think they need to put the focus on water because water is sort of like a call to protect buzz me as environmental treasures the call that will resonate in many countries around the world. sunny diagonal al jazeera ah.