ah, al jazeera ah, with revealing eco friendly solutions to come back. threats to our planet on al jazeera . ah, this is al jazeera ah, under the under clock, this is an usa live from dover, coming up the next 60 minutes. the u. s. supreme court rules destroying down at nearly a century old law and new york, which limited guns in public the devastating toll of the earthquake in afghanistan, rises further pushy, rescue teams to breaking point. this is

a decisive moment for the european union to saw a jupiter choice, the 3 major to do with eyes on russia, leaders of the european union, me to approve ukraine's in candidate status. no signs of backing down thousands of indigenous protest is a net. could all keep the pressure on the government to address the staggering cost of living. we live in kita and in sport, medical staff involved in the care of daniel marin donna are set to go on trial. there used to, failing to take proper care of the argentinian football star and he was recovering from surgery. ah sir, the u. s. supreme court and a major ruling has struck down limits on carrying guns in public in new york state

. the decision which overturned nearly a century old law has wider implications and it comes at a time when a series of mass shootings have renewed the debate on gun control in america. and majority of the bench rule that restrictions on carrying concealed handguns in public are unconstitutional. new york's governor immediately called the decision, absolutely shocking and a dark day. as governor of state of new york, my number one priority is to keep new yorker safe. but today the supreme court is sending us backwards in our efforts to protect families and prevent gun violence and is particularly painful that this came down. at this moment. we're still dealing with families in pain from mass shootings that have occurred the loss of life, their beloved children and grandchildren. today, this free court struck down in new york law that limits who can carry concealed weapons. well, it is the supreme court's 1st major expansion of gun rights in the u. s. in years

president joe biden says he's deeply disappointed with the routing. kristen salumi has this at issue in this supreme court ruling is a law in the state of new york that requires anyone who wants to carry a gun outside of the home to show what's referred to as proper cause. gun laws vary by state, new york has some of the strictest in the country. and anyone who wants to carry a weapon, a hand gun in particular, must show that they have a heightened need to do so for self defense. and traditionally, that has rarely been granted here in new york, the 2 plaintiffs who took the law suit that this was based on a, had a license for a weapon, but were restricted and where they can carry it. they can only carry the hand gun to a shooting range or 2 hundreds. one of them was a security guard and they could carry the weapon to and from work. but otherwise,

in the new york state, they were not allowed to carry this weapon in public. even if it was concealed, the court has found that that is a violation of the 2nd amendment and the 14th amendment of the constitution. it was a 63 page decision written by clarence thomas, a known for his staunch support of gun rights. and in it, he writes that the, these amendments protect the right to carry a handgun outside of the home for self defense. so americans are entitled to carry a weapon for self defense, even outside of the home. or let's bring in maxwell, proceed a democratic candidate for you as congress on a gun voted prevention act was joins, it's from orlando in florida. welcome bunch will frost to the program. first of all, can i desire you? what's your impression of what you've heard of? well, it's incredibly sad to hear. i mean look, i'm a survivor of done violence. i've been in this work for over

a decade now. and we live in a country where we lose a 100 people that they do the gun violence. and yet today, supreme court decision has literally decided that more people will die in this country. yes, we're going to be less safe, but this ruling will lead to more deaths. and so now it is even more parents that we need, you know, many municipal county wide leaders, state legislators and members of congress to stand up and pass legislation to protect americans. it's incredibly starting to hear it. it is a tragedy to be clear. so know anybody in new york can walk the streets with a gun without getting any kind of commission exactly. with concealed carriage and here's the problem. what the decision is, it doesn't just impact new york. it's a supreme court ruling, which means that it will impact the entire country. i live in orlando, florida, our governor around the census i'm has said that he wants to pass what he calls constitutional carrie. there's nothing constitutional about it. it's called current

list carry. and essentially, the supreme court ruling says, yes, governor the stances, yes, governors who are thinking the same way. pass laws that allow anyone to conceal carry a weapon anywhere they want without any sort of permit or any kind of checks and balances. i mean, now you'll have to go through more to drive and open it, operate a motor vehicle, then you will to conceal carry a weapon anywhere you want. that's not safety. that's missing. it's hard for many i think looking in from the outside, the for them. why very, very recently, when very, very recently, an 18 year old with his old rifle just killed 10 another 18 year old, breaks into an elementary school and kills 19 children 2 adults. and then this happens now which actually extends a writes, have gone yeah, exactly, and what we see now that gives me hope though, is bipartisan legislation that it's been introduced in the senate that will work to gun violence. and so what we've been saying in the movement is this time is

different, right? we have done owners coming to the table. we have republicans come to the table saying, let's find somewhere that we have common ground. and so what i'm hoping that the news of the supreme court no matter how bad it is, it will push republicans on the other side to hopefully vote for this legislation. so we can save lives once again. this decision will end up in the depth some more americans. it is sad to hear. we have to continue to fight. but it's extraordinary that visit islamist polarization between what the supreme court says and what the legislators are trying to push through. yeah, i agree. i agree, and that is part of the reason why i support many other folks support adding more supreme court justices. a lot of these folks are out of touch and it is definitely skewed in one direction. and this is the 1st of many decisions we're going to see over the next week here in the states that drastically impact not just our quality, a life, but our civil rights and civil liberties. we know that there's a decision on rovers is made coming. we know that just as there is a decision coming on, the climate we as americans,

we legislators have the act to ensure that further decisions that encroach on the civil rights liberties of americans are checking the question. and that's what we're going to do on this campaign. and we're going to fight for common sense gun laws that will save lives to cheap people, safe, mid term elections coming up. of course i believe you're one of the candidates. do you think this news will have any impact? i do think this is the last impact and it's not just the news about them. like i said, there's more supreme court decisions coming. people will be going to the ballot box thinking now my right to having an abortion is under attack and doesn't exist. now my right are now my right to lead to walk around my parks and know that there's somebody you know, that no one's going to have a gun next me that doesn't exist anymore. people are going to be wanting to vote for legislators who understand how horrible these rulings are and will do everything they can to legislate true justice. and that's what our campaign is about. and that's what many folks campaigns are about across the country. this is

going to rate a rage and voters, a righteous anger and us candidates. our job is to take that righteous anger, help more fit into a lot of community and get people out to vote. and we're going to see this impact voting numbers. 100 percent maxwell, frost a democratic candidate for u. s. congress. appreciate that. thanks for your time. thank you so much for having me. now, there are urgent appeals for international help. after afghanistan's most destructive earthquake in 20 years, at least 1500 people have been killed. and entire villages have been reduced to rubble. people in the pac chica province, a desperate for food, for shelter and for drinking water. aid is trickling in, but it's not enough given the scale of the disaster as i'm have been job aid has this report. ah, even at night the search for the missing continued in easton of understand it's a race against time. before the rescue operation turns into recovery of the dead. i

the using beer hand and shovels to free those buried under the rubble in the remote villages of host and buck beaca provinces were in bed, been hundreds of homes and buildings were destroyed by the powerful earthquake ma nozzles lowered by the spirit i was sleeping and i felt a strong tremor. the roof fell on us. i hardly got out of the house and when i looked back, i saw my wife and daughter under the rubble in the next room, my nephew, his wife, and his daughter, and they died. i lost everything in the blink of an eye. ah, as the scale of the devastation becomes clearer and one is nonce, current leaders are realizing the challenges in providing relief and shelter for the displaced. lords were already in disrepair and now they are blocked or destroyed by ensuing landslides. after the quake. afghanistan with its various agencies and ministry is launched a joint operation to assist the injured and dispatched a specialized teams by helicopter to provide medical assistance and emergency

meeting was held by the prime minister. and it was decided to provide urgent financial aid for compensation. the prime minister appealed to foreign agencies and organizations to assist the gunny people in these difficult circumstances of. hi, nathan is already facing a humanitarian disaster. most international aid, dried up in foreign staff that pulled out when the taliban took over last year. the government, which calls it, says these lab kemerit accuses will powers of careless behavior for freezing assets and stopping aid from millions of afghans as you in. we do not have our teams do not at this decision. if you need to take people under the, from, under the rubble of these has to be like more still the efforts of the defective authorities, at least she should mean in dollars will be required immediately. international and regional head will be crucial, as it will likely take months and years to recover from the devastation. avalon,

who feel abandoned and let down by the international community say, all they can do is pray for both the dead and those who survive. come, i've been driving out there, you know, or move your head, killing z afghanistan, country director for the turkish age group, the humanitarian relief foundation, or the i h h. and don't live now from a cabal a much i had to. thanks for talk interested. it must be very busy, this very difficult story that's unfolding. you have deployed teams to the region. i understand what have a reporting back to you about what the seeing the conditions are seeing and what's required. and so for civil thanks so much for having me. li, actually these $5.00 magnitude cost and practical programs has therefore 10 kilometers. so we immediately in the morning sent to teams to the us. so it was quite challenging for us to send to teams there

because of the route and there were no proper roach. so they actually up to 10 or 11 out of the leach to us after they reached to us. so it was evening time, so they immediately started our activities like distribution of meals because they were many people are site and they had to stay off site because most often has no more purpose houses, buildings to live in after that is actually a day after that they are, teens, you went to the city of host province, so they transferred tents and blankets and other medical items and other emergency items. they transferred these items and buy a new quote to area. and because from even did,

it was quite far to reach them by enrolled. and there was also another issue above where the weather conditions were not actually quite real, never heavy rains and also promotes in close provinces and public up who wins. and so it must be difficult, extremely difficult conditions to work in. can you give us an idea of what did they describe to what they saw? what was it, what the scenes of devastation, like all tim actually did. so many houses actually was totally destroyed because actually heavy rains lasted 40 to 2 days. and that you actually lead to less like a month to like so many of the houses were totally destroyed. they sold them, they sold the houses like this. and also, and in the villages actually in practical provinces are actually far from each

other. so it was also quite challenging for teams to resent one area and other area. this was also and other challenging point point for them. how important is it to have further aid sent in from the international community? what's required actually, as you know of going is done, i've gone, is done is also passing to monitoring and catastrophe. and for almost 10 most more than that. and for that purpose, many of the hosp because of haven't actually very limited facilities. and for that purpose, the actually in the rural areas and people of tracing difficulties to reach the health centers. and there was also, there are very important needs actually for the people who are affected by these

disasters. that is actually in dire need in the sectors of food health care and, and many of them are not facing trauma. and there is also need trauma and sector and also basic non food items and emergency emergency shelters. now our team is also in the process of providing these and these to the effected people. all right, i appreciate your time. thanks so much and for talking to us and good luck with the on today. thanks so much. pretty much to lead on the news are including me miles military rulers move out. did leave the fence. you cheated. solitary confinement in prison. we go for coming up a terrifying moment for us swim or the world, the classics championships, details that's coming from the

european union leaders meeting brussels, whether expected to approve ukraine's candidate status to join the blog cave. as the support of all 27 member states, meaning it's bid is likely to get approved, but gaining full membership could take years. this is a decisive moment for the european union, so a geopolitical choice that we will make sure today. and i am confident that today we will grant the institute to ukraine and to mendoza, and express a clear and stood perfectly for you or can perspective for you to in georgia and turned in full dover. i let's hear lug nuts, russelton's natasha by the study by for sir. natasha said when might we know a good question? no indication that leaders the leaders that are gathered in the building behind me have finished their meeting. they've been knocked behind doors for several hours. now what we do know though, of course,

is what they're discussing and that is enlargement of the you particularly ukraine's a bid for you candidacy. that was something that keep a file put in a request just a few days after russia began its invasion of the country. it now looks as if that candidacy could be approved, at least that is very much the mood in brussels. there is a sense amongst these, a 27, a member states that they will give a green light to ukraine becoming a candidate for you membership. it is though, however, very long paul to head because a cat today country has to fulfill many criteria in order to become a member. it can take years, some you officials or even talking about decades in the case of ukraine that still has a lot of work to do in areas like that, your dish, re, corruption and that sort of thing. but of course, for many people who are supporting this bed, we spoke to one we spoke to at the head of ukraine's mission to the you will,

he told us that this would be a very important moment if this candidacy was to be approved. he said it would be a very strong signal, especially wonderful. all the people who are fighting in ukraine on the front lines are in touch. thanks very much. that's a pitcher in brussels, natasha. but the reporting, let's speak now to maria mason's ra, who's a ukrainian m p. she's the head of the ukranian delegation to the parliamentary assembly of the celts with europe, joins us now from straws bore. good, maria, how confident are you that this kind of see will be approved? i'm 100 percent confidence of very long last thing. route bomb, the route. i would say it hasn't started just on the 24th of february. can coincide in with the full scale invasion of crushed into the independence they, the ukraine was actually started way before in 2014, when the country have decided it's all coming back to the european family. when be

a very complex association agreements focusing on trade, ecology, human drive, other instances, the war man should like and see corruption infrastructure. whereas place we have to sales 63 percent of that association agreement documents and we have filed 2 question years. the last one had 9 bo ok answering very besides questions from the european commission. and today, off the talking to members, they who were adult say their vote, for instance, austria, belgium, cypress, the not the strong in germany. we had the chance to talk to them here and try to book i'm very confident that the answer will be, was that the only well let me just let me just see what we don't have. we don't have so much time, but i just wanted to ask you just sure how important is this candidacy for ukraine,

especially given the current situation with the russian invasion this is extremely important to receive this candidate. that is because so many people are not from the fight in 40 in legislation, but also in the fields of actual fight for freedom. democracy and the commonwealth values. we are showing it's every medical worker, it's every 3 personnel, men and women. it's every student, every business person, every politician. so i definitely think that this is a fair political decision. however, ukraine has no intention to jump over any proceedings. we will follow that for the roadmap to finalize the reforms and to prove that we, it's not that give, it's something we really deserve. indeed, because it could take years even decades to actually ratify. that's not a problem. our, our neighbors lock yet, and i would,

let's say neighbor, sorry, in the west and the northwest, finland did it in 3 years or time only where looking at candidate countries like western both hands or been and in 10 years. and we hardly support western bulk. and once we joined the candidate club, i think we can move on together foster because it's about new job security. it's about new challenges in food security, which is very important for the middle east, northern africa, and some continents. a few. i think this is, this is a matter of fact a you have to expense, but has gradually, smoothly and small teeth. and also a demonstration perhaps of the relationship the ukraine has with the europe understand that a delegation of members of the parliamentary assembly, the council of europe will visit you cry next week. yes, absolutely. on tuesday we are having a high level of the special committee on legal offense and human rights. they will

be with the war crimes committed by the russian federation, their soldiers. they will be looking at the capital and the outskirts of caused me are present in harkey far in the east 2nd largest city. i would be willing to see them there, but the trip is very short. we are very happy that in the family week here in stock brook we passed very important resolution on migrant children and children, refugees. and it's it totally about to crazy about the dentist on it's about syria . it's but the minute the mediterranean, in general, she was going to have the paramount rights for life. right. for vacation, right, for health care, we're very happy that all for 6 members based reports the dissolution, and we hold that the best interest, the child will prevail because for instance, in ukraine, every 2nd child became this place internally or externally. indeed, just one final thing we would, you mentioned the,

the reform criteria that ukraine of all potential member states have to go through . are you confident that ukraine will be able to satisfy the reform criteria, especially given the privations that have been imposed upon ukraine economically by the russian invasion? yes. few allow me i, we have had a very fine from the european commission where i did lace all the trade 30 years have been bullish for the next 300. $65.00 for the next year in the trade commitments with feel 100 percent. where still electing from progress in the agrarian sex now we are proceeding was that's the safety of the progressing energy market. we have links to oper with us on the 4th day of food, kellen based to the energy of e. u. now we are exporting electricity. the e u. cutting off all the ties with russian ballads, natural gas, inc. very sophisticated unto corruption reform that is also at least carrying in

parliament, voted on every possible law and needed. there is also one thing left for the courts and the legal system, but that is not the problem because the political will is finally there. maria, appreciate that. thanks very much indeed for joining us and we should be hearing and i am i telling minutes what the developments are as far as the candidacy is concerned, and maria miss. thank you. you credit happy. thank you. well, be a future membership of western bull can states, as we've just been discussing, was also being talked about today. peta markovich is montenegro ambassador to the you and he says, member state should adopt a unified approach. when considering you countenance, you can see in some neighboring countries that the support for your membership is plummeting down to 3540 percent. luckily, montenegro is an outlier again because support for your membership, fully membership mind you is constantly between 70 and 80 percent unwavering

support and bush month and again, citizens to become the 1st next to member states. we want to help the you go back to being a 28 member state formation and citizens are not going to give the so we definitely support the candidate status for ukraine. we also support the candidate status for over. we are very thrilled, the ga is also being given the european perspective, but we also ask your partners not to forget about or leave the western bolton's behind. if you give candidates to start this to what's up until a week ago where countries without a european perspective, then you should consider giving the candid assistance to countries like the like putting has to be enough of liberalization to possible or to finally unlock the forces or negotiations for being an automated own. a russian news agency has released footage that appears to show heavy fighting between pro russian ukrainian forces in ukraine. u. k. defense ministry says the russian advance towards l.

johnson is putting pressure on the surrounding region, including the city of for the next moscow's news agency says a 30000 ton grain silo near rubies in has been hit in ukrainian. shelly, 24 democratic senators have written to us president joe bite and telling him to get washington directly involved in the investigation into the murder of alger. luxury and serene, was shot dead by the ready forces on the 11th of may while on assignment. and you need the occupies westbank. white house goes when it can be how it get joins is not, it can be tell us more about this. yeah, there's a big reason why these democratic senators are looking for the white house in the united states to get directly involved in the investigation into the death of sri. never actually, that is in large part because of the mistrust that exists between the israelis and the palestinians. we know that there have been investigations that have been

conducted on both sides, but given the fact that there is such a deep distrust and given the fact that also the there have been conclusions and investigations that have been conducted by the media that really call into question the conclusions of the israeli investigations and other words that the you in really have concluded that in fact, it was not there and is really bullet that killed sharina over at clay. and in fact, media investigations as well as of halsey investigations, conclude just the opposite. that there is, in fact, some deep distrust with these conclusions. and that is the reason that these democratic centers say the united states must get directly involved in order to get the transparency and the full accountability that the secretary of state antony blinking has promised that the united states will seek to try and achieve. and so to that end, this is

a letter that has been delivered to the u. s. president. we should note in advance of his visit to israel, where he will be meeting with the israeli leader as well as the palestine letter mach mood of us. and we know that he will be bringing up the issue of the death of al jazeera is sharina black lay in order to try and get to the bottom of the good what exactly happened and what led to her killing. so this is something that is on the minds of top us senators. they want to see full accountability because not only is this as death, it needs answers. but sharon was an american citizen and the u. s. president, they believe has a responsibility to see that there is justice in the death of sharina because of her u. s. citizenship. so this is a lender that has been delivered to the us president. and now it is something that the united states is moving forward with is the president looks to visit israel in

the coming weeks, or i completely will ever, mon, thanks very much and do without updates that can be help reporting that from washington. thank you. oh no, we've been talking in the past hours. however, european union leaders have been meeting brussels. we're expecting to approve ukraine's candidate status to join the book and tell you now the leaders have decided to make ukraine. and moldova official candidates for membership of the european union. so let's go live now to brussels and speak to natasha butler. so natasha, it was that we weren't sure when this was going to come through. but finally it has yes, it just goes to show you that perhaps for once you leaders who are so often divided on issues are actually united on this one. let me just to read you a tweet that was put out by the head to the council. i shall michel a short time ago. he said agreement to european council has just decided to you. candidate status to ukraine, ambled over historic moment to day marks,

a crucial step on your path towards the eastern historic moment for shar michelle. that's something of course we've heard a lot here today. we were speaking a bit earlier to ukraine's ambassador to the e. u, and he said that it was absolutely fundamentals that ukraine was granted a candidate to say. he said, because it was important to send the message that ukraine is turned towards the west, turned towards a democracy at a time. of course, when the country is suffering, what is trying to defend itself against a russia russian aggression? it is a, for as far as ukraine is concerned, how important is it at this moment to get this candidacy? because as you say, it's gonna take, this is going to take years, perhaps decades and that's out. one of the big points here is that this is just a step on what is a very, very high ladder, if you want to put it that way you candidacy has been granted to ukraine,

but what's gonna happen over the next 2 years is basically a series of negotiations is a very long process. ukraine has to fulfill a lot of criteria in areas such as the judiciary, press, freedom of corruption, all of those. it has to basically be aligned with a you, in order to then be granted a membership in the future. but thought can take such a long time. some people are here at the you, some officials even talking about decades. you know, we've been speaking also out to leaders from a western balkan countries who are here early and meeting with you. lee does, some of their countries have been wait waiting nearly 20 years a for progress off to their account as a say was a 1st to prove. so it's a very long process, but of course the symbolism isn't lost on anyone. this is about the you showing that it is a in standing it with ukraine that is showing his solidarity at

a time. as i said, when the countries trying to defend itself against russian attacks. it tell us more about those because it, it said natasha. we just a truck with maria, missus, wad ye crated m p. who said that she didn't expect that ukraine should get any preferential treatment that they wouldn't leapfrog the others as you say, who, who some, who've been waiting since or 2000 to yes indeed. i mean all the countries in western vulcans, 5 in particular, albania, north macedonia, montenegro and serbia overall been waiting for many, many years of for progress on their candidacy. they were here earlier to day meeting you leaders trying to urge you, lee, just to speak, doc i what they see as negotiations have been dragging on that quite fed up quite frustrated. but i spoke to the head of a montenegrins mission or to the you. he said look, we are all very pleased for ukraine. me very much hope the ukraine

a does get counted to see that it is a false tract in this way. we understand why, but do not forget us. do not forget these countries in the western balkans that aspire to be part of the european union. and many officials i here in brussels have said, look, it's very important that they, you doesn't let said the western balkans aspirations slide if you want. because that is a because the region could become a party to influenced by russia by china. we're ready. so for example, during the k, v, pandemic, russian china, sending covey vaccines before the european union, up to the western vulcans region. so you saw me, you officials was saying we have to be very careful indeed that people in the western balkans don't turn away from the you and turned towards these are the countries around natasha? thanks for that to natasha. but the reporting of, from brussels and just one further addition to that story. we just heard these a while dropping from president zalinski, a ukraine's president saying that he welcomes the you move to grant candidacy

status to ukraine, calls and unique and historic moment in ukraine's bilateral relationship with the you. all right, let's move on. indigenous groups in ecuador are running against the government from 11th, straight with justice and kito, and group rights. and they say the president grammar lessons, economic reforms, a hosting company with government officials, born demonstrations in the capital. it's i think, increasingly for latin america, it's only student. human is life for us. it goes capital of kito. and lisa tell us more about what's happening. well, let me start, i hate to do this, but i'm gonna have to correct. this is the 12th day of this national strike, which has a very much paralyzed ecuador. now i am inside the cultural house here in kito. this is what the indigenous peoples of this country called their house, the house of the people. it is traditionally the area where they gather,

where they can hold their conferences, where they can spend the night, especially when they are holding national strikes or any other reason when they come to the capital. this was taken over and an unprecedented moved by police last week on the orders of the president to also ordered a state of emergency about an hour ago. it looked like there was going to be a. * major confrontation between riot police who had been deployed all over this area and marching indigenous strikers from the confederation of indigenous peoples of ecuador. and they got here a suddenly the doors opened and they were allowed to come in years or they have taken over their house as they call it. and this is for them, a very important victory. and it's also the 1st sign of the government, willing to make at least one concession to the strikers. there is a long list of demands that we've been reporting now for over a week. the government had said that none of them were negotiable,

but the president, in the last minute change of heart, that he did want to sit down at the negotiating table with the indigenous, with the striking farmers. however, they have said that they will not do that. they will not dialogue unless there are guarantees that some, at least of their demands will be taken seriously. now, to remind our viewers the most, some of the most important demands are a reduction in the price of fuel gasoline and diesel. specifically, also subsidies for the most needy, especially the farmers who are mainly members of indigenous communities. they say they are starving to death, i'm quoting them, and that they can no longer bear the brunt of the economic crisis that is striking this country. apart from that, they want to have better conditions, registration for our health, less exploitation of resources in the amazon, and a naugten main demand. the fact that these people are here for them is cause for great celebration,

particularly on the day of the beginning of the festivities. of the celebration of the sun, but however, i don't think that it's going to be enough to bring both sides to the negotiating table, at least not very quickly or annotated thanks about update that from tito lucio newman reporting in columbia. a former fog rebels are expected to give more details about the kid nothings committed by their group during decades of conflict. it is the final day of a peace tribunal. the former fighters have already admitted to war crimes. the colombian government and the fog signed a peace deal in 2016. let's across to allison to ramp yet to use at the tribunal in bogota. and then it's under a tell us more about the hearing is what's being said. yes. think we're just a few hours away from the end of what have been 3 very intense, harrowing, even heartbreaking a days of hearing. we heard from thousands of victims of kidnappings and abductions

of the former 5 gravels. we heard many details of the treatment to that. they were subjected to, in some cases, even torture and the sexual abuse. and all this happened with these victims facing their former captors. or at least they're the people ultimately responsible for these action. so the, the old leadership of the far, the former a commander in chief of the fight regal on don't know, has recognized that their responsibility collectively. and also individually. he said that he was ashamed and disgusted by what has happened throughout the years of the civil conflict. the fact the leadership sanctioned the essentially was was what was a policy of a mass kidnapping of people for money, for territorial control of policeman and politicians to try and force

exchanges of a rebels that were in prison and so forth. he also recognized that indeed the, even if that wasn't the policy of the fact there have been cases of torture and sexual violence of people who have been cap says, often for years in the jungle. we heard a lot of these details and well, the victims here say that they're ready to forgive. they're also saying that more of the truth needs to come to the surface. there are thousands of people that either disappeared after being a kidnapped or die, then captivity and their family members are still searching for them. some of them here are here, it remind they are remembered in pictures and drawing so so very, very intense hearings of what is a necessary step in the very long process to seek reconciliation in this country.

or that's a picture in bogota and it's under ram. pnc reporting, thanks very much, alexandra. so let's return to our top store in the u. s. supreme court ruling expanding gun rights in new york with nationwide implications. his report, bye kristen. arrest for gun crimes in new york already 28 year high. originally motivated shooting in the city of buffalo, recently left 10 people dead. and now gun control activists say the violence is only going to get worse. the supreme court has ruled new york's law requiring anyone who wants to carry a concealed handgun show what's known as proper cause is unconstitutional. justice clarence thomas wrote the 63 page decision. he says the constitution protects an individual's right to carry a handgun for self defense outside the home. the decision was based on a case brought by the new york state rifle and pistol association. criminals are the ones that are causing the crimes in the cities, not, not legal, gun owners,

not lawful people. it's a decision. new york elected officials were bracing for and they didn't hold back their criticism at the court decision. this decision isn't just reckless, it's reprehensible. it's not what new yorkers want, and we should have the right of determination of what we want to do in terms of our gun laws in our state. this keeps me up at night. new york's mayor says it will set back efforts to rein in gun crime and gun deaths. former police officer kirk work halter agrees. we have the impact of the more guns on the streets of new york. and i am of the opinion that does not make a city this populace safer. and here is why are even trained that law enforcement officers training military personnel quite often don't hit what they aim at. and we see this all the time throughout the country, right? innocent bystanders, children the elderly and so forth, that is struck by stray bullets who are unintended targets. the rolling comes in

the wake of high profile, now shooting at a time when the whole show, the majority of americans prefer stricter gun control laws. the decision will impact not only new york, but other states with similar restrictions, including connecticut, massachusetts, and california. the ruling is a setback for gun control. advocates who've advanced legislation to tighten gun laws at the state and federal level. they point out more than half of all gun deaths in the u. s. are suicides. as a state. our numbers are some of the best in the country. we have some of the lowest numbers of gun deaths from suicide, from domestic violence. states need to be able to make laws that protect their communities. new york is not like montana, they're worried that is about to change. even as new york officials promised to pass new legislation to restrict guns insensitive locations that will satisfy the courts and keep their citizens safe. kristin salumi al jazeera new york. well,

let's be now to richard painter, who is a law professor at the university of minnesota. also served as the chief white house ethics lawyer during the george w bush administration, joined us now from minneapolis. mr. painter, welcome to the program. what are your thoughts about this ruling festival? well, there's nothing wrong with the 2nd amendment. and indeed, i would strongly defend the 2nd man. of the question is how we interpret the 2nd a madman. the 2nd amendment begins with a praise a well regulated militia being necessary for the preservation of price di ah me, then goes on to say that they ride to bear arms shall not be infringed. and i would agree that there is an individual right to bear arms, but that word well regulate it at the beginning of the 2nd amendment is now being read out of the 2nd amendment by the core. if they are,

tell mister painter of a hand. so your, your pitched is froze there for a 2nd we'll, we'll keep going in, hopefully the signal will be maintained. we do appreciate your views on this. how long have the supreme court be looking at this particular application of the law? well, since the hell our case, i've been looking at a gun on that was several decades ago. a bad gun regulations and what the limits are of acceptable regulation. but the hell our case involved a flat out prohibition or even ownership of a hand gun. i hear it's about concealed carry in new york city and we just can't have people running around our major cities with our hand. god, if that's a constitutional right, was a constitutional right to take a hand gun onto a university campus. we've had shoot out on frat row at the university of minnesota . we're desperately calling for more police officers to deal with that. but our

people should people be allowed to bring a concealed weapon on our campus. how about on to an airplane? is that now going to be a constitutional right, but people board an airplane in the united states to carry a concealed weapon? how far is this gonna go? and i believe the court is being very unreasonable here, not allowing the stays to impose regulations that are reasonable when the 2nd amendment itself refers to a well regulated militia and constitutionally do work. where can proponents of greater gun control go now to try and get what they want? well, i'm hoping that this court, i will stop here at least and not go further and say could we have future cases where students and staff are suing for the right to bring a concealed weapon on to the campus to the university of minnesota to deal with our escalating gun violence?

will there be a right, a constitutional right to take a gun on an airplane? i mean, how far is this going to go before? the supreme court realizes that they, i have infringed upon the right of the states to regulate firearms and that term rep phrase regulation. a well regulated militia is right there in the 2nd amendment . so the problem is not the 2nd amendment of the problem is how is being interpreted and this has nothing to do with the intent of the framers of our constitution. fascinating get to get your perspective richard painted. do appreciate that. thanks very much. indeed. that's what you paint a law professor at the university of minnesota. i flop. thank you. oh, so by to breaking use out of brussels in the posse minutes, president vladimir zalinski has tweeted, welcoming the decision to grant you cray, the candidate status. he says, ukraine's future is within the e u a. let's get some reaction from cave. now across wouldn't chelsea profit is dining by for us there. and so this is the news that many in ukraine have been

waiting for. that's right, neck being described as a historical moment. as you mentioned, presidents zalinski tweeted a few minutes ago. i just give you a bit more of his tweet. he said we sincerely commend the e u leaders decision. as you mentioned, it's a unique historic moment in you ukraine relations and we are grateful to you leaders for their support. let's put a little bit of this in context shell away. it's been a long time since this country started pushing for better relations, closer relations with the european union because she mind back to 2004, it started with what was described as the orange revolution that want for better e u relations was pushed even harder in those protests in 2013, 2014 in those made and protests that were brought about by the then pro russian president yanna coach refusal to sign a, an association agreement with the

e. u. a lot has happened since then, 8 years of conflict with pro russia separatists in east, in the dumbass region. and then of course, since february, the 24th, this invasion from russia. so one can only presume that many people here in cave and across the country are very relieved that this has been signed off by these european countries, ye repair in states. but of course the process to actually get membership is a very lengthy one. and a very complicated one at that. and but as i say, a huge relief, one would think to the government and millions of people across this country and who are facing as we know, a daily assault on the front lines in the east by russian forces. it data, it will take a very long time for this to go all the way through at and given that in given the fact that before this announcement, president lensky said that

a candidacy would certainly help ukraine in its current fight with russia. i makes you wonder there what he meant by that in and how it, how it helps in the current flight. i think what he's really referring to is it keeps initially a huge, great psychological boost form for the nation for his government. because as you say, this is going to take a very long time indeed. and it's been interesting, the kind of messaging that we've heard from moscow over the last few days, a flip flopping would be a possible way of describing it. we heard from the kremlin spokesperson dmitri pess golf, who only a couple of days ago was saying that russia was monitoring, ukraine's move towards being an e u member very closely because there was specific concerns about things like weapon supplies from european countries. but then st. petersburg, couple of days ago we heard president putin saying that he had nothing against some

sort of am better relationship between ukraine and the a you. and this comes from a man who only a few months ago, wrote that he didn't believe that ukraine deserve to exist as a state. so it's going to be very interesting to see what kind of military response initially comes from the kremlin. but it's fair to say that this is, as we've been saying, the initial move for something that we'll see, hopefully, despite how long it takes some meant, better relations between this country and the european union, which is right on the front line and fighting a war that this country describes is not only a war, and that is against it, but against wider europe. as charles ratford on the decision to grant ukraine, each candidate status tell thanks a lot. i let's get straight on his board, his her neck. thank you so much. 8 medical personnel involved in the care of argentinian football star, dig on there, and donna will face a public trial for criminal negligence. there she used to have family to take

proper care of mary donna when he was recovering from surgery. he died 2 years ago at the age of 60, after an operation to treat a blood clot in his brain. well, teresa, well is life for us, and one is there is an theresa. tell us how serious are these charges while this charges are a very serious, because if they mean dads, a judge has found enough evidence to try a man who were supposed to be taking care of the home owner for his death. he is there being accused of simple homicide, something that in argentina could lead to a prison center of between 8 to 25 years in prison. what prosecutors are saying is that there's a series of conduct a fina conduct that led to the walmart out of an asset, even though he died of a heart attack earlier on. he had a surgery of, of on his, of a clot in his brain. and according to the medical expert, he should have stayed in

a hospital, in spite of that, his medical team took him to, to a house where he was ab taken care of right there, his daughters at the time where pressuring for him to be good to remain in a hospital, but that did not happen. and there's a series of recording that are very interesting that are being used in his trials. where and you can hear our conversations between this whole team that was surrounding my loaner about what they should do with him. and also how important money was during those conversations and how they were allegedly profiting from him while they were being taken care of. so all of this is going to be tried and this trial probably is going to begin in about a year and a half by the end of 2023 or 2024. it's going to take a long time, but definitely a joy to saying that there is enough proof to try this. people from i don't as death. now is a merit on his loss being felt more now that the world cup is approaching d. thank well everyone in argentina, it's definitely worth waiting for the world cup and there's lots of anxiety among

other things, but suddenly there is a bit of morning about him. i don't, i'm not being here in spite of his addictions and his nephew, he with an important figure in this country for history. and in this country's history, he was the man 1986 world cup for r d p. so suddenly this is going to be a big issue for this world cup because it would be the 1st time without matter now as a team player, as a coach or being in touch with, with the team itself. so some people here say that if not, i don't, i won't be present physically. he's going to be pushing for this team for argentina . team from heaven. ok, 3 is about reporting live for us from one is there is talk to you soon. the french on it has been hearing evidence from around madrid and liverpool fans about the chaos that this here is. champions league funnel. liverpool fans were tear gassed and crushed outside the front and parents ahead of the match. the senators could now want

a full parliamentary investigation to what happened. football, european governing body wave has already kicked off its own independent investigation. french authorities initially blamed huge numbers of fig tickets and the late arrival of fans for the problems. football writer, daniel austin, was at the match in paris and has been reporting on the hearings in the french center. we will look at the stadiums for almost 3 hours to the explanation of communication and in dangerous crosses. this became waste and waste because the police and security tactics i saw people including women and children who genuinely see it for the lives of my pockets, but allows us to document what was happening when. so, you know, the line went on the big screen, the front of the right place, actually to pretty much it, even though, because everybody had posted videos online from 6. and we've been locked out

without any reason. dangerous approaches of building. so they answer a fac, affectively straight away, and then they came up with this, they saw the plate and liable potentially 40000 people with fake tickets. taken up again in the french tea for police. and you a, in the senate hearings have admitted that that wasn't true. and so, you know, i think, i think funds know that they actually do have a voice, know that they have evidence. nobody with the source of authority line has provided a. ready single photograph or video or recording that shows they've ation of them. that as well. number 6 stuff now set spaces, preparation for wimbledon remain on track. the restart battle passed as american opponent marcos grounds reached last for the new york are open fits, but it has had a miserable record on grass having been knocked out in the 1st round of wimbledon last year. this will be his 1st tor level, semi final, on the surface, and

a terrifying moment for a u. s. swimmer who fainted during her routine at the world aquatic championships. 25 year old synchronized swimmer anita alvarez fell unconscious and sent to the bottom of the pool while competing and did a pass. her coach was the 1st to react and dived in to rescue her. she received immediate 1st aid and recovering well and folly. one of the most bizarre catches you'll ever see on a cricket field happened earlier. that option do those, bring the county easy lines. henry nichols was caught i would after the ball ricocheted off his teammates, backed on day one of the 3rd tests against england. even the wicked taking boiler, jack legion to understand what just happened. it was another bad moment for new zealand who already lost the 3 match series. they closed on 225 for 5.

okay, and that is all your spot for now, nick, back to you are excellent. thank you very much deep that said that is it for this sitting usa, my colleague and london. ne baka will be here in a couple of minutes and he'll have another half hour of news for me to clock. the estate was good bye. ah, there's already a lot of national and why is one on one the how do you to visit one of cancel the union philistine bitten the from the special for. yeah. so what about the fisa? that kind of little salvage done? well, i can get to shower in the cloud. there's topics here. how did it with coffee and like in the past, on an, in that a fee. i mean, it's like a month to help out. yeah. i mean, for the shuttle in a blue sky. will you? why did i can't even fucking with the ha

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