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as bodies of migrants who drowned while trying to cross the english channel are returned home and hundreds of palestinian protesters are injured in the occupied westbank as tension escalades over attacks by israeli settlers. and on peace, same with your sport, another collapse from england, against australia in the ashes, and will bring you the best reaction from a christmas day feast in the n b a. ah hello, welcome to the news our we begin with breaking news south african nobel peace prize . winner desmond tutu, has died. appointed the 1st black archbishop of cape town, to to rose to prominence in the 1980s as a vocal opponent of apartheid. he was 90 years old. it's actually very sad and i don't think not only for so that but for africa as a continent,

we have lost a great icon, a father, a human who are they not just full that the african, this african people. but for africa as, as, as a nation, africa, as a unit, africa, as one, i feel i feel, i feel very, very, very down emotional right now. because he was somebody that almost everybody liked, especially to kids. love him. john hall looked back and desmond to choose life. this is jasmine to, to hearing the news that nelson mandela would soon be released. he was seldom one to contain his feelings. it just triggered me off this to twos responses, head of south africa, the truth and reconciliation commission on hearing details of atrocities committed by both sides is not just mentioned.

then we have a blessed fund desmond and pillow to to was born in a mining town outside johannesburg at a time of strict segregation, things would get much worse. as he grew up to 2 was 17. when the national party came to power in 1948, racial inequality became law. apartheid. he wanted to be a doctor, but became a teacher instead witnessing 1st hand the government's policy of depriving black south africans of education, consigning them to servitude. and the protests that followed the shop like the shop fil massacre in 1960. ringback 69 people were killed and most of them were short in the bank as you're running away, protesting against the past. i remember as a moment when you realize that black life was

cheap, the 22 must have thought he could do more in the church. he joined the clergy eventually obtaining high anglican office as dean of johannesburg and later archbishop of cape town, it propelled him into the public eye as an unflinching moral voice. why our struggle is going to succeed is not just because of number. i believe weight was not because it is a judge by 984 desmond to to had one global admiration. he was awarded the nobel peace prize. it was the kind of recognition that south africa's anti apartheid movement needed to become a global force for a very, very long time. i. i did hope that the world would, would hear our pretty and that is why we were to apply sanctions.

archbishop desmond tutu was one of the world's foremost human rights campaign. as an active member of the elders in the cause of world peace remembered as much for his unremitting optimism. an infectious laugh that when he introduced nelson mandela, south africa's new president in 1994 to to recalled that he whispered to god, if i die now, it would be almost the perfect moment. someone up there must really have been on our side. or patching for us when mandela died, many worried that south africa had lost its moral compass. they may now wonder whether it's lost its guiding light. yes. let's get some reaction and cross over to our correspondent family the miller has. and so we're so close to johannesburg, and that is where it does mean to, to live either family does. so tell us about some of the attributes that have been pouring in across the country. well the,

what i want to begin with a good is from the president see you that has been very quick to respond to the death of desmond to, to and the president saying he remained true to his convictions during our democratic dispensation and maintained his vigor and vigilance as he held leadership, and that is something that he will always be known for. even after he was replaced as the archbishop he was could, he continued to be recognised. will that pivotal he role he played in terms of leadership in south africa, also sometimes delving into politics way. he was open to criticizing the wrongs that he considered the wrongs that he considered to exist in south africa. always fighting for justice rights of people and always wanting to be sort of directed by his conscience. always very vocal and amongst leadership in south africa generation in south africa that really south africans may not see any longer. one of the last of that generation that fought against a party to know, as you say,

a guiding light, really for south africans, your family there. so he was very, very much considered the nation's conscience by all, both by black, as well as white south africans. so much to remember him by, but tell us about some of the, the prominent fights in which he took on and written, which he will be remembered. we certainly was one of the least divisive characters in south africa pencil that is really character characterized by konami's and racial disparities that we because the speakers, the way just behind us is where the former archbishop once lived. he lived to during the $970.00 and that's where you want the nobel peace prize for all is work the fight against a park paper. in fact, this is the street one of the only in the world way to nobel peace prize. once live one thing being nelson mandela, aside from his work against

a party fighting injustice, as you also later set up the basement to to h i v 8 center. i am really act educating people, creating awareness and also creating support for doctors in that fight in terms of eradicating h i v aids. and then this is some of the work that he led a small at the t 2 teen truck, young people attested for sexually transmitted diseases including h. i. v. 7000000 south africans have the virus, the teenagers are at ease, listening to the safe sex message from to to youth center in turns like kizzie, akimbo. although sometimes it's still awkward. compose, been inspired by desmond to, to, to spend the rest of her life helping others. when i got your i kind of opened my eyes through, oh look different things and then i decide i wanted to counseling was i love helping people alive,

especially of my generates at the angle. i like to know what's happening these and trying to help him. you know, on the other side of cape town, desmond to, to h, i. v center sits in the heart of another township. his likeness brightens the lobby . linda, gail leads the team testing the latest provincial methods and drugs for h i v and t b 2 to had t b as a child and wanted to be a doctor. he was a man of god with a lifelong interest in medicine, and he is supported human endeavor in that regard, say innovation is part of the plan. if he like it's god's plan, the project falls under the basement and leah to, to legacy foundation headed by one of his daughters. those are really crucial initiatives, because again, they make a world of difference for people who live at the margins of society. people who are very often forgotten or ignored,

who are typically under served back at the to, to you center. it's about giving underprivileged teenagers opportunities. they're writing their resumes, their curriculum, v, taste. they earned merit points called to twos for good behavior, which they spend in this case on printing by scanning their thumbs. it's a currency desmond to, to would have hoped that each one day use to pay back to their communities and their country in a positive way. let's get some more analysis and bring a daryl glazer. he's a professor politics at the university of the whit water surround. he's joining us from johannesburg. thank you for speaking to us on al jazeera. how will you remember desmond to to well, i think many other africans, including myself, will remember him as a man of by enormous integrity, integrity, words like integrity and principle and consistency. are words that come readily to mind when, when things are bisman to, to, you know,

he is one of the is one of those people whose integrity has remained intact despite all the ups and downs of apartheid and post date in the last several decade. it was willing to provide moral leadership to the country and to, to any, any debts that consistently. and he was willing to criticize people on any side of the struggle or any side of the political divide, we believe were betraying the country and its interests worth committing human rights violations. and you know, he wasn't one of those who subsequently became opportunistic or try to get ritual became corrupt. he remained, or of course, you know, for a long time now he's been out of public life because of his bilmar. but you know, until the point where he left public life and he remained this important moral law beacon. and while he was in public life, of course, he cheered a truth and reconciliation commission,

which was set up to uncover atrocities that were committed during those dark days. of apartheid in the country. how crucial was his role in that commission and what impact did he personally have? well, he's role was crucial and they had a huge impact. he provided a kind of moral leadership as well as a did it, if you like, provide providing a kind of that a moderating and, and sharing role in that, in the whole process. you know, look they did the truth and reconciliation mission has been cited by many around the world as a potential model for healing a country post conflict. it had its critics in that and you know, it basically, i brought together all my enemies and forgave be bold, provided gay, and they're wrong. that gave them gross human rights violations. it doesn't always prosecute, didn't see amnesty. so some people criticized but treating the 2 sides of as

morally symmetrical. but you know, the fact is that the truth and reconciliation mission was probably the only possible alternative to, to war in south africa. it was a fuzzy way of drawing a line under the old aero, provided us with some genuine level of information about what happened. and it provided a forum where the perpetrators of violations had to provide some sort of a comp themselves. so it wasn't an instrument of perfect justice, but i think it was an important moment indian enabling south africa to enter democracy in a stable way. right. and what was that about desmond to to that sort of had an appeal on the global stage because he did speak about out out a lot of issues globally, including israel's occupation of palestinian territories as well as, as gala gay. right. so he did have broad appeal globally is weldon t?

yes, i mean, it is in some ways, you know, you know, he wasn't one of these revolutionaries who wore a bear, a and camouflage, is easy to treat it as a great romantic era. but the fact that he was that he was a fierce critic of injustice in south africa and abroad. and he made, he made many admirers, but also many enemies in the process because he was determined to stick his principles in i remember how he was a her back in the eighty's, a fierce critic of a party. but also he was willing to stand between a crowd of rioters and her and people, those, those crowds were potentially pursuing in order to murder them. as, as, as collaborators or spies. you know, from the beginning had the courage to stand out in front and to exercise, mar,

a leadership no matter which side he was on. but at the same time, he was always clear that, you know, he always said a party was a great moral evil, a world historical moral evil. and i understood clearly that it had to be you know, absolutely vigorous. thank you so much there. glaser for speaking to us from johannesburg. it's a pleasure. plenty more had on the algebra and in our, including the spain drain from rural areas what the he was doing to urgently repopulate small town. we report from southern pockets on where a drought, especially millions to the brink of starvation and in foreign green bay quarterback . aaron roger is break the packers record for most touchdowns. ah,

but 1st rights groups have accused me in mars. military of committing a massacre as fighting with rebel forces intensifies the charred remains of 38 people have been found in chaos. states witnesses say that civilians including women and children, were rounded up and shot save the children's as to if its staff are missing and their vehicle was found burned. tony chang has more from bangkok. as i understand from reports i've had from ker, any political groups operating in the area, the attack was apparently in retribution for attacks by grips on the me. i'm on military. on friday in the evening, they came into the village of most so entire states, rounded up the number of people, including children, including the elderly, and then executed them, put them in trucks that they then burnt villages said they, they tried to get out there, but the there was gunfire throughout the night. they did managed to reach the

trucks on her, they were, they found the child remains of 38 people. we understand from save the children, that 2 of their workers who are in the area distribution aid have now disappeared. their unaccounted for, their vehicle has been found burnt amongst the wreckage of these vehicles and that is of course, great concern of great concern to them. and many others. there was a raid by the me. i'm a military on a village near by trying to find representatives of the n, u g, the national unity government government in exile, which has been formed to, to try and oppose the military coup. but the, the military are clearly cracking down very hard. and what we're seeing now is fighting all along the border and pushing thousands and thousands of people across the border into thailand to try and find century, let's get reaction from. so roberson, who's the deputy asia director of human rights while she's joining us from bank off

as well. thanks for speaking to us. phil robertson, what are you hearing about what unfolded and tell ya states well, this is a heinous, outrageous and unacceptable crime. this is a, again, the instance of the mar military rounding up civilians and treating them as enemy combatants. essentially treating people who are trying to flee from fighting as people who are involved in fighting. we are seeing these kinds of atrocities occur across me on march. and it shows that the, me, i'm, our military has been sent into the field with orders to kill whoever they want to clear these areas of so called revolutionaries. and it is the people of myanmar who are bearing the brunt of these rights abuses. why is the military cracking down in this way? well, it's because they can, because they're trying to intimidate population,

to not support the ethnic armed groups, and also the, the people's defense forces who have been training with them. but i think it's also because this is the way the myanmar military has always operated. there is no leash on them. they are essentially sent into the field with orders to kill if they feel that they, they need to do so. and in this case, obviously they decided to retaliate against the entire village because of obviously other actions nearby possibly attacks against the military, whatever. it doesn't matter in the sense that they don't have to be accountable for what has happened. this is the kind of rights abuses that this military is committing against the people. and this is why they are almost uno, unilaterally completely oppose by the people who are across the country. accountability is something that human rights watch has been calling for. and in fact, human rights watch is saying that's a concern, government should impose asset freezes, that impact the flow of revenues to me and mars military. and you're also calling for the un security council to refer the situation to the international criminal

court. but given the divisions in the international community that we see when it comes to me in mar, how is it difficult for neighboring countries as well as the international community to, to be able to speak in one voice? well, i think it's now getting to the point when you see atrocity after atrocity like this, that the un security council has to act. and if russia and china are going to stand up in veto actions to send these kind of situation to the international criminal court, they have to publicly justify in the, in the court of world opinion why they're doing. so, why is the chinese government? why is the russian government standing with the military that commits these kind of atrocities they need to explain? and you know, to say that if there's divisions at the security council, so things can't get for this is a, an all too convenient out. we're sharing the same thing about sanctions. you know, it's the security council is divided. we can't do this, we can't do that. it's time for the action and to really take the vote. okay,

we'll leave it there. thank you for robertson, for speaking to us from bangkok. thank you. there been emotional scenes in northern iraq after the bodies of 16 migrants were returned from france. family members gathered at her b airport to receive their remains. the victims drowned in the english channel last month as they were trying to reach britain. what's bringing up the heads? he's joining us from by that. so my mood, it really sad occasion for so many families interview, who spoken to you about why their relatives left iraq in the 1st place. what did they have to say was there is a common consensus that a lack of jobs, it can amik decline and corruption in the could dish turn could just turn region, have been behind the departure of these younger men departing

or leaving the region as the locals say, in kurdistan, but the government, on the other hand says that it has been warning young people not to travel illegally, not to jeopardize their lives, and not to be exploited by people smugglers. as you know, that have been reports about lack of services in many areas and could understand region especially, and the areas that witnessed the war. the war against iso for 3 years are still the same. are still lead destroyed. the, the government has been promising that to have been rehabilitation projects that has it has, it is intended to initiate or is taught in the destroyed areas but to the victim. his families are also blaming the government for what they consider not

doing enough to encourage the young people to stay in the country by not by not creating development projects or at least 3 happy to take the destroy areas or provide job opportunities for those young people. as you know, they include women and children. they include the family that try to seek bitter opportunities in europe. but at the same time, there also blaming the french authorities for not responding to their distress. coles so much more. what or even a rocky authorities, or rather what is what is their response to that criticism by iraqis, that the government is simply not doing enough to keep your rockies in their own country. with the government is

not stating much in about this issue, especially. it has been under scrutiny, it has been under criticism, especially from the victims families. but they say officials say they have done their part. they say that they have been liaising with the french authorities in order to identify the victims of via fingerprints and dna examinations. because the victims did not have any documents on them, but again, the government is wanting young people not to jeopardize their lives and not to get or to be exploited or by people smugglers. thank you so much. with the heads reporting from 2 days of morning had been declared and burke in a faso. that's after gunman ambush, a government backed militia killing at least $41.00 members that happened in the

northern room province. earlier this week, the government is facing increasing criticism. if it's handling, if the years long security crisis in the desert region rebel fighters and our bandits have killed thousands of people in this a hell. at least 8 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in the democratic republic of congo. the government has the attacker targeted a popular restaurant in the city of benny in the east. no group has claimed responsibility concern us growing in spain over the number of people moving away from small towns. it's led to a movement aimed at pressuring the government to offer better services in such areas to attract families. until so a name visited product content. in the catalonia region, oh, wanted people to relocate to the picture as town of pride to comp done population 183 traffic and pollution for mountain fresh air crowded

classrooms for a school of 9 students. there is no hospital police or fire department and forget about a 5 g network when virginia benham, who responded to an advertisement to move here, she was lured by the job of managing this 9 room, hostile she and her 7 year old daughter love arrived in january i recall among level a thing male was i lived in big city and foam is the 1st time that her i'm very happy i may be because it was my to him. may i'm feeling good. hey, i don't know, but i hope it will be film and yes, love can rome and play in the village without the safety concerns of a city. but she also has fewer playmates and a 30 minute drive to go swimming in the winter. get mad, i mean if cake like him, let him i, i prefer to have more kids cuz then i have more friends,

percent get asking fountain ramp. according to government statistics, half of spain's municipalities are in danger of losing their population. these are primarily towns of less than 1000 people. however, data shows this issue is not just confined to rural areas. people are also moving out of provincial capitals and small to medium sized cities. to reverse the trend this year, the european union gave spain more than $11000000000.00 for a re population program. the goal is to provide small towns with more basic services, high speed, internet, and funding for housing and job creation. i keep us in their infancy. i get a good that i think that one by that are to that i either valid here you can have a childhood that you will remember all your life. the kids are on the street alone relate to people from all age. we have mountains and education is high quality luncheon

a man isn't an am in more prevail fen hm. who and her daughter are now part of the 1st population boom in pratt defroster since 2015, 13 people have moved here in the last year. the advertisement campaign seems to be working. natasha can aim l 0. prior to comp doth spain. still ahead on the al jazeera news, our ah, the challenges east africa faced this year and whether there is the political will to make changes in 2022. they met nearly 40 years ago. we hear from the late desmond tutu biographer, john allen, as he shares his memories and, and sport england continue to struggle in the ashes against australia. peter will have all the details later in the news, our ah,

are there hope your weekends off to a good start? good to see. we've got more rounds of rain for iberia. and this is concerning because it's falling in northern spain, or earlier this month we had been dealing with some extreme flooding after northwestern europe. right now, some blow in snow across scotland. there are weather alerts in play for this. we've got that wind off the north sea. edinburgh has a high of 4 degrees. truth be told, temperature is not that bad here, but just wait a bit. things are about to get a whole lot better. so we paint the colors on the dark of the orange, the higher the temperature. widespread double digits here on wednesday, london, 15 and paris. 16 degrees. not bad for the lead. up to 2022. ok. back to the here and now some thunderstorms in the forecasts for rome, 14 degrees that energy is going to hobb over the a g and play the eastern shores at the atria. see numbers, way out of whack here,

or sorry, have a 11 degrees belgrade 9 and sophia 10. well above average, it's above average as well, and it's stumble, but it comes at a cost. we'll see those breezy wins through the boss. for gust seemed to about 50 kilometers per hour. know what we could have some record setting heats in nigeria, this is for a boucher 37 degrees high for you on sunday. that's it. that's all season. ah ah ah.