this is the debian news live from her lead tanks on the streets of zimbabwe but the army is the ninth get his staging a coup the military takes control of the state broadcaster and says it's removing criminals from the top ranks of the government but also says the allen leader robert mugabe and his family are safe as the fight over

a succession intensifies we'll get the very latest from our correspondent on the ground. also coming up the back from asia but no time to rest u.s. president donald trump or turns to washington and to new allegations about his government's possible links to russia now his attorney general is under fire for admitting details underoath of dealings with russia. meanwhile trump's secretary of state rex tillerson is heading to me and more in a bid to end violence there against the country so his are muslims the army has denied any wrongdoing but six hundred thousand revenge i have now fled or neighboring bangladesh. plus we're taking a look at the race to save the polar ice caps scientists warn the arctic is warming rapidly with potentially serious effects for our climate we join researchers on a journey to find out more in norway's small barred archipelago.

nigeria's drowned daughters as a tell investigators worked to identify twenty six women dumped in the mediterranean we traveled to nigeria to me anxious families who believe their children were victims of people to the us. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show a night of unrest in zimbabwe with military vehicles out on the streets and explosions reported in the capital harare but the army says it's not a coup they're calling it a targeted assault on criminals around president robert mugabe promising hill is safe now the army has taken over the state broadcaster and reports indicate soldiers and tanks are blocking access to parliament this after ism bob boys military chief had warned the army could step in to calm tensions over mugabe's

possible successor. while in a statement on national t.v. the army denied speculation that the ongoing military operation was a coup you situation in our country has moved to another level. we wish to assure the nation that he is excellent to the president of the republic of zimbabwe and commander in chief of these him up with different forces. and his family. and sound and the vast security teat we only need that it including those around him. crying that out causing social and economic suffering in the country in order to bring them to justice. let's go

straight to zimbabwe now where privilege listen harry is reporting for us from harare province you've been out on the streets of harare this morning what have you been saying what's happening out there as you mentioned earlier one day at tanks on the streets. and to get out in the area which we may call it is government district where the parliament the high points that you know what and. offices that house he's been in and. he saw the president all of that area suit off and soldiers not allowing any cars to pass through the streets that passes through that area and then during the night with so many movements and explosions where. it is right it's all we can read in one family way explosions have been ok we

did some extent it's ok if you see any signs of fighting where you were right in the government center. there are no signs of. flight fighting but soldiers are standing at attention and there read that directing traffic to pass through the corridor and. area in the city. when right now like the statement from the i me i should people that they should want to wake yes people are trickling into the city to go up about this business and mostly see since i think they are coming to work but at the time i went around it was not yet you have and. even if you look at school kids were supposed to be going to school or not somebody's going to school but i spoke to some better and

decided to have the actually england stand and then went into the situation a privilege can you give us some background to this this there's been some speculation that this is part of a power struggle over who might replace the ailing president robert mugabe. yes the military intervention he said as a result of what is going on i've been in a really bad two years and every if you rightly say that this succession battles that have been happening there have been two factions one that has been allegedly aligned to this safe to. vice president in muslim and out well and the like and that is aligned to defense played graceful garbage sought. after the sinking on vice president there was and that is a likely. face lady. was you know in charge and if you look at yes the date where and there you would leak at this point it's too late for i mean

general's. statement it was the youth league which you see him support repressed lady that you know made a statement so. this is all is a result of the past troubles that have been in to succeed president obama got briefly if you could what about the military is it supporting president mugabe right now that is very difficult to tell because from the accident they're saying that the president is safe and he's been really in the student guiding you is the head of state so it is easy to say that probably has been moved out of these offices or he still chopped. all we can rely on at the moment is this statement that i mean has issued out to say that he's safe and yes to regard he is the commander in chief of the defense

forces privilege muslim harry for us from harare thanks very much for that you're welcome. now on to some of the other stories making the news at this hour four people have been killed nearly a dozen injured in a shooting at an elementary school in northern california a gunman carrying a semiautomatic weapon and two handguns opened fire at multiple locations before he was slain by police two children are among the wounded australians have voted overwhelmingly in favor of same sex marriage in a national survey the poll was nonbinding but it ensures parliament will consider a builders' year to legalize same sex unions. despite opposition from government conservatives and the catholic church australia is expected to approve legislation on the issue. president dahlan trump has returned to the white house after wrapping up a five nation tour of asia the us leader left from the philippines earlier on tuesday

where he pushed for fair trade deals so this trip also helped unite asia pacific countries against north korea's missile and nuclear programs. well there's now time for donald trump to recover though from any possible jetlag his government is facing new allegations of collusion with russia u.s. attorney general jeff sessions face questioning from congress yesterday and contradicted earlier denials of russia ties which he made under oath now this is the latest revelation in a series of investigations probing possible russian meddling into america's twenty sixteen election campaign. the u.s. attorney general jeff sessions swore under oath that he didn't know of any relations between russia and president trump campaign where the now less than a month later he has changed his tune. and after new information came to light

sessions says he does remember at twenty sixteen meeting where high level connections to rush out were discussed he says his memory simply failed him. rightly i had no real recollection of this meeting until i saw these news reports i do now recall that the march twenty sixth meeting at the drop out tell mr papadopoulos attended but i have no clear recollection of the details of what he said at that meeting. the man mentioned at that meeting tramps foreign policy adviser george papadopoulos later admitted lying to the f.b.i. about his contacts with russia sessions however rejected suggestions he had done anything similar. i will not accept and reject accusations that i have ever lied that is a lie let me be clear i have at all times conducted myself honorably and in

a manner consistent with the high standards and responsibilities of the office of attorney general which really here yet sessions repeatedly saw his credibility called into question by democratic lawmakers in the united states recently the attorney general raised the possibility of reviving an investigation into hillary clinton donald trump's former rival for the presidency democrats are calling that a distraction. in a functioning democracy is it common for the leader of the country to order the criminal justice system to retaliate against his political opponents. mr conyers i would say that it's. their department of justice can never be to retaliate a little against opponents and that would be wrong. sessions hearing lasted for

over five hours but for many there are still many open questions over his role in the campaign dealings with russia and interviews washington correspondent charles moore has been following sessions' testimony to congress and sent us this attorney general jeff sessions began the hearing this you say saying my story hasn't changed but his story did change in the very moment he said he did recall the meeting of march twenty first two thousand and sixteen with george papadopoulos a former policy advisor of donald trump he selective memory was apparently motivated after the court records revealed that mr sessions not only was part of a meeting but he was even leading a meeting in march two thousand and sixteen with papadopoulos in which he discussed his russian ties and suggested setting up a meeting between mr trump a very me put in the russian president so saying one thing during the first hearing

in congress this year and they're recalling a different thing makes session statements implausible and it's definitely raises questions about his credibility this means that sessions apparently gave false or misleading statements to the senate about his involvement in russian contacts and therefore he could have committed perjury terribly much more there from washington while u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson is meeting with the head of mi and mars' military today and with the country's de facto leader aung san suu kyi that in a bid to end range of prices tillerson is expected to put pressure on the country to stop the persecution against its range of muslim minority more than six hundred thousand and to have now fled me and mar two neighboring bangladesh since august driven out by a counter insurgency clearance operation by security forces in the country's west the army denies committing atrocities during its operations. for more on the

story we're going now to lillian found she's the director deputy chair of the of pacific refugee rights network and joins us from call kuala lumpur good morning to you and thanks for being with us what do you expect frank your sins visit well i think it's really important that was to tell us than is actually conducting this visit the u.s. is one of the countries which still has an enormous influence on myanmar. and even though they haven't taken a full stance to coal the violence in myanmar anything like ethnic cleansing and genocide they actually have been quite strong in their wording and mr tell us in himself in fact in october. also use very strong words which talked about how the world can't stand by idly watching the human rights abuses and that the military actions really be held accountable for any atrocities that have been conducted so they have been taking a strong stand within within its own limitations of course and i think that this

visit by to us today is going to send a very strong message that the u.s. is actually extremely concerned about the conditions on their agenda population ok what about the injured themselves who have fled to bangladesh what are you hearing from them do they want to return home. well i think that all of the. who fled to bangladesh and also those who are living in other countries including here in malaysia we have a very large population they would all love to eventually return home but i think not under these conditions the conditions currently are obviously conditions where they face not only extreme discrimination but also extreme violence and they really have a complete denial of basic human rights so i think any discussion about it had to really has to be put in that context and you know unless there is actually some serious discussion about actually being able to. to grant the revenger their

fundamental human rights including citizenship including freedom of movement freedom from violence freedom from fear and and actually access to basic services like education and health i don't think really we have much to discuss about it patricia we certainly should be standing by the principle of not forcing people to go back to a place where they're prosecuted which is one of the fundamental principles of refugee law and international law leon fun for us from the asia pacific refugee rights networks thanks very much. this is the news still to come on the show germany and france play out a highly entertaining draw on tuesday evening we ask could one of these teams win next year's world cup. first it's over to helena and that as well as economy continuing to be on the brink inflation karni seven hundred

and twenty percent brine quite incredible and now cash strapped venezuela is in selective default now that's according to credit rating agency standard and poor's it's a status that's given to a country when it fails to pay one or more of its financial obligations as unpaid gave venezuela a thirty day period of grace before it came knocking it said the south american nation had failed to make repayments on two hundred million dollars worth of foreign debt and a last ditch attempt the government in caracas met to try to renegotiate its debts but to no avail. is venezuela running right out of money. the much awaited answer a decisive government meeting with creditors ended abruptly after only thirty minutes afterwards participants talked of having listened to confused statements but no concrete proposals on restructuring the country's massive debt. instead they were offered a colorful packets of venezuelan chocolate and coffee. as recently as sunday

president nicolas maduro had said his country would never default and promised investors a good deal. but venezuelan vice president erica sami wrapping up tuesday's proceedings with a press conference had nothing firm to say about his country's future on state controlled t.v. rather than laying out a plan he blamed the u.s. to venezuela's quandary talking of an economic war by donald trump against the country a few months ago the u.s. imposed sanctions on venezuela the e.u. hasn't followed suit but it did impose an embargo on weapon sales to caracas. the e.u. doesn't want to worsen the plight of venezuela's people who are suffering under catastrophic shortages. inflation is running at fifty percent food and medical supplies are scarce. yet venezuela still hopes support through. there is of course a little bit of perhaps more positive news on the horizon that there are courts

that venezuela could see at a restructuring with russia perhaps that could be announced later on in the week an agreement with russia could keep the venezuela debt cliffhanger going for another few days at least. or more troubles for fox fog and german authorities raided the offices of several senior officials at the scandal plagued or to make at this time in connection with a cushy salary paid to its works council chief investigators search the offices of supervisory board chairman hands data perch and at least two other top executives the raid was related to an investigation into the income of works council chief found austin or the chief work is representative of the company earned as much as seven hundred fifty thousand euros prosecutors say that could amount to an illegal waste of corporate funds and a form of tax evasion meanwhile for fog and reputation is still in troubled waters internationally as well brazilian prosecutors have accused the comic of actively

collaborating with the country's military junta between one thousand nine hundred sixty four and one thousand nine hundred five. brazilian federal prosecutors say german carmaker fox fogging worked hand in hand with the country's military dictatorship to confirm horrendous accusations the v.w. helped suppress regime opponents and they say the company wasn't under duress government appointed investigated what are seeming gardy summed up the damning testimony. it was active collaboration. w. supply details which they weren't asked for on its own initiative b w passed on documents about workers which the company considered to be subversive. of god he went even further he says we double use brazil subsidiary also swap blacklists of government opponents with other companies but it also bears responsibility for the arrests of political dissidents on fox premises the arrested workers were later tortured in

jail by the military and fox bargain headquarters involves the company has so far not commented on the substance of the report but does say it's time for action. within the timber we'll be holding an event in brazil in december where we'll approach the affected people they'll be a meeting with high ranking fox bargain representatives but we'll also be putting a package of sustainable measures into effect. those harmed by fox violence actions can finally hope for compensation after forty years. we have some football for you now and two favorites for next year's world cup in russia germany and france met in cologne last night it was a final international task for this year for both teams. the friendly against france was coach yohimbe lurves last test in twenty seventeen and both teams came out lively after half an hour and the marcial dance around nicholas and

played in alexandra lucky set. and easy tap into good friend so one no laid. after the break it was measured turn to produce a bit of magic then a taking advantage. finishing with aplomb through the cape his legs. fifteen minutes later france were back in front like a set once again put through on goal to one to france killian in but paisa per the sis providing the strikers second on the night. but germany snatched a draw at the death rushed in to make it to two with defense splitting pass decisive. a satisfactory end to twenty seventeen for both coaches. let's talk about this clash between two of the world's top football teams a young speed from our sports this morning. you know germany now remains on beaten

in twenty seventeen but what about last night's result should the team should the coach be happy with the result a draw i think to two against france is a fantastic result especially because i think was a bit lucky for germany they did dominate all the possession but they were a bit lacking in the final third they couldn't quite get their final pass is. quite similar to the semifinal between these two teams in the euros last year. last year . germany's defense was also a little bit shaky for both goals and as i said i did miss a few opportunities overall though i'd say you know human love the coach would be pretty happy with this result it was a standout he showed that his vision is among the best in the world and was good cámara good tobacco as well he says for the second go and as he said on base in twenty seventy you can't really bait that one you can't you know this is a beatable france you know it's considered to be one of the favorites for the world cup next year in russia what makes them so dangerous it's difficult point to know

where to start here the team is just overflowing with talent we saw killian and absolutely bamboozle nicholas sewell in defense for the first goal and he'll be doing that a lot next summer and the scary thing about this france team going off last night is they didn't have the strongest starting eleven they were missing the missing belgium and missing and so they just have a lot of town in this team and i think the stumps is yet to figure out what is strongest eleven is but you figured out they looked very good last night both in defense and on the counter-attack and the same debate for me next on in russia ok a lot of people are tipping france thanks so much for that from the sports desk. well denmark booked their world cup ticket with a dominant display against ireland last night defeating the hosts five one arlen took the lead through shane duffy early on but the danes bounce back in style man of the match was christiane eriksson he grabbed three goals ending the irish hopes

of staging a comeback in tennis the veteran roger federer notched his second one of the a.t.p. finals in london with an impressive three said victory over alexander that of the thirty six year old swiss at the top of your screen was made to work hard and it to our slugfest against the twenty year old german figaro clinched the first in the tiebreaker before vera bounced back to take the second seven five eight a row dominated the final set six one profiting from a double fall to secure his semifinal appearance at the end of season tournaments. representatives from some two hundred nations are currently working on implementing the details of the paris climate accord at united nations talks now underway in here in germany one major issue on the agenda for them is insurance against climate change germany pledged one hundred twenty five million dollars to boost the work of

an international insurance partnership now it aims to cover several hundred million poor and vulnerable people against disaster risks by two thousand and twenty. destruction wherever one looks a small town in colombia after the storm hit this too can be an effect of climate change few people in developing regions like this have insurance when the weather turns violent many lose all they have in africa droughts are becoming more common with their own disastrous consequences germany britain france and several other countries are trying to help the global climate conference in bonn they're leading efforts to provide insurance against these risks. if you've lost two straight harvest drivers and your thought is also looking about you shouldn't have to wait till it's a full blown famine you should have the opportunity to invest to buy seeds for

example. to push off and the goal is to have some four hundred million people insured by twenty twenty one delegate from fiji made it clear how pressing the issue has become in his homeland only one person in ten has any insurance at all. environmental groups welcome the new insurance fund and say it should be mandatory eyeing the state of the shouldn't be on a voluntary basis it should be that whoever pollute the atmosphere has to be involved we're not seeing that right now the rich countries have not gotten involved in discussions about providing compensation for the damage their actions have done to the atmosphere and. countries have pledged some seven hundred million dollars so far but there's still a long way to go developing states often faced damage in the billions after disasters hit. the city that you know still to come on the show more on the

struggle against climate change a group of scientists take to the remote small dark archipelago in the arctic circle their mission to find out why global warming is causing the ice caps to melt so bad. and the perils of crossing to europe we meet a nigerian man who has not heard from his daughter since she set off for a new life in europe in february. all of that and much more straight ahead. cautious top of the line luxury see the cayenne turbos sportiness and pal up next along. with the

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russian meddling in the election. and zimbabwe's army has seized control of the state broadcaster and the boy tanks on the streets of harare the capital it's tonight it's leading a coup against the ailing leader robert mugabe is a power struggle over his succession worsens. now over the past week we've been reporting from the united nations climate change summit currently underway in the german city of boston now the big topic on the agenda is reducing carbon dioxide emissions worldwide that in a bid to curb the rise in global temperatures now one of the most visible signs of global warming is the melting of the of the polar ice caps ice caps and glaciers cover seven percent of the earth's surface now that's more than europe and north america combined but this animation from nasa shows the gradual reduction in the

ice coverage near the north pole based on satellite observations nasa says the arctic ice cap is declining at an average rate of about thirteen percent per decade our next report takes us to the norwegian archipelago of a small bard in the arctic circle scientists there are researching just what is causing the ice to retreat. the small part archipelago is covered with ice snow and glaciers as far as the eye can see at first glance there's no obvious sign of the drastic climatic changes taking place here. but the arctic is warming two to three times faster than the rest of the earth. the appropriately named ice fjord or ice fjord west of the island of spitsbergen no longer freezes over now fishermen catch salmon and mackerel here in the winter in the past they can only do that further south kim hole maine of the norwegian polar

institute says whatever the causes of the current warming of the arctic is unprecedented. we see quite a few results that point to the fact that it is unlikely. we can explain the entire warming the last thirty years without invoking that it must be to a large extent man's change of the jews. in long year been the main town and. climate change is also changing people's lives as the permafrost thaws the soil can no longer support the houses the number of accidents from avalanches has increased dramatically. an international team of researchers led by meteorologist manfred ventilation from leipzig university is trying to find out why the arctic is warming so rapidly. every day they head to long you have been standing airport.

the two converted d.c. threes waiting on the runway are polar research planes from the alfred of a going to institute i suppose on their flights the scientists hope to solve one of the biggest riddles of arctic warming. i just told them that there is global warming but it's most intense here in the arctic. several factors play a role and we think clouds are one of the main ones and we hope to prove it here. how can clouds cause warming put simply they create an insulating layer in the atmosphere that prevents the arctic from cooling down so the scientists take to the sky to collect their data. base or leave for the field and. ice crystals go through as it takes an age shadow of the ice crystal we chatted post to the size of. its shape and we can also get

consultation of ice crystals in the cloud. today they're heading two hundred kilometers to the northeast the team will be airborne for more than six hours. the arctic sea ice has shrunk by half over the past twenty five years due to rising temperatures. as the ice thaws so-called melt ponds are formed then the ice breaks up. the darker water in the ponds absorb solar radiation more strongly than the light colored ice launching a bagel spiral of events. in forty to fifty years the north pole may be completely ice free in the summer with enormous consequences for other parts of the world. on this trip the researchers didn't encounter any large clouds but they did collect some useful data their analysis will take years years in which temperatures will

continue to climb many of the things we associate with. are changing and to that extent. is. detrimental to this we know. the mild weather is certainly detrimental to dog sledding people and long you have been worried that one day the dogs here will . no longer pull sleds but carts all year round. so how quickly are the ice caps melting for more let's bring in your hottest fos from the institute of meteorology at leipzig university which has researchers on the ground in small board thanks so much for joining us this morning professor voss i know the research is still ongoing but can you give us some some theories some ideas about why the arctic is warming up so quickly. yes. you're completely right we do have some clues but and then the devil is in the

detail and there's a plenty of things still to be understood and as you already reported about it in the. previous. section it is clearly one aspect really is in the fact that snow and sea ice both are very bright and so as long as we have snow and sea ice a lot of sunlight is reflected back to space and that sunlight is not available for warming so as the as the earth revolves. more and more sea ice and snow melts and then the darker surface absorbs that sunlight that is one factor among three which we believe are relevant for this fact that the arctic on so much more this arctic and plate amplification the other important one is that the temperature warms differently at the surface and aloft in the high up in the atmosphere and

five to ten kilometer height and that it works differently when we compare the lower latitudes the tropics and the arctic where in the tropics we have. more of a warming aloft and that reduces the greenhouse effect whereas in the arctic is warming is larger at the surface and less aloft which increases the greenhouse effect so when the opposite sign between the lower latitudes and the arctic which also contributes a lot to the arctic implication and then third this unknown role which we investigate also now with the polar aircraft and the ice breaker observations is what is the role of clouds so our cloud current climate models tell us ok that is cloud effect might be mine and mine a contribution only but we have hints at that this is wrong and that we need to improve our climate models ok now i know nasa is saying the average rate of decline

is about thirteen percent per decade and that means in fifty years the polar ice cap at the arctic's dawn does your research show the same thing. this is this is this is also although it is even stronger than what most climate models say it is also what climate models predict but it's very much dependent on how we humans behave in the future so what we do in the climate simulation. scenarios and how the future emissions are going to look like and if we go business as usual so no emission with reductions in the future then this is a possible and even likely outcome so possible in fifty years likely that a longer timeframe but if we now take the measures which are in vision right now then there is a good chance that we prevent at least this fully melting but obviously some more

melting is going to be happening anyway ok we could prevent a full melting but we're still going to see considerable melting is what you're saying if that happens what does that mean for the for the global temperature if the northern ice cap melts. the. it is it particularly important of course for the arctic temperature and then of course i mean this visual effect this additional warming due to the reduced fraction of sunlight reflected that of course accelerates the warming and then at some point of course when you know no sea ice is present anymore and also no surface which is also important of course on the cotton and. then this rate of warming is going to be slowed down but this is the considerably warmer world anyway ok on a squad from the institute of we're all g. at leipzig university thank you so very much for your insights and and all the best

with your continued research. well it's to italy now and earlier this month a telling prosecutors opened a criminal investigation after the bodies of twenty six nigerian women were recovered from the mediterranean sea the spanish ship in tabio docked in sicily on the fourth of november carrying the bodies now there are suspicions that the women may have been sexually abused and murdered as they attempted to cross from libya. more than one hundred fifty thousand migrants have made the crossing to europe from north africa this year those are the numbers we know about now nearly three thousand others have died or gone missing our correspondent on full of shells has spoken to a nigerian father who has not heard from his daughter since she left for europe months ago a faded picture is all that remains. john i'm a cruise daughter disappeared in february she was twenty three at the time

a few weeks ago john received a call she had been abducted in libya on her way to europe and he would have to pay a ransom. the farmer raised six hundred euros but still has yet to see any sign of life from his daughter then last week john found out about the deaths of twenty six young nigerian women off the coast of libya says the. dress with mud of buso wanted to boot i don't know she's among. us. earlier this month the spanish aid ship rescued four hundred africans it see but twenty six nigerian women were found dead at the scene their bodies floating in the water italy launched an investigation and arrested two men on human trafficking charges authorities also contacted the nigerian government but their response was muted. austin aaron may and his team deals with deaths like these on

a daily basis the activist is upset that the nigerian government his government is not doing more people dying on a daily basis so no human being will be satisfied with a little more response that we accordingly get and that is why when you see that means we know that the government season claims that the. government needs to do more. there are many says it's a lack of opportunities at home that's causing droves of young people to flee. although nigeria has more of the strongest economies in africa over sixty percent of its population live in poverty. according to the united nations more than two thousand six hundred people have died on the mediterranean sea this year one of the main countries of origin is nigeria the government has promised to fight human trafficking gangs and to give people a perspective but so far it hasn't lived up to the people's expectations. the

government of course has a different take on all this the mass exodus of nigerian youth has less to do with the quality of life it says and more to do with the lies being told by human traffickers. most of this people that have cross between and see on travelers who do care is that most of that even graduates see if they are not deceived. more it's more than enough past shows. though not embark on such dangerous jungles so kind not only didn't see why that damned bank can outsource to us. john only ku isn't really interested in a political debate now after his daughter disappeared he started working evenings as a taxi driver to make some extra money he may need it if he has to he will travel to libya himself to look for his daughter. now by the author of that report young

philip schultz he's with us from a budget nigeria philip. could you there his daughter still missing a very disturbing tale not only for fathers but for others as well how common are stories like this unfortunately very common of course it's impossible to have any exact numbers but we are definitely talking about tens of thousands of cases each year we know for sure that about two hundred thousand migrants tried to cross the mediterranean last year and a lot of them gets kidnapped so that you can die along the way i've been to been in cities many times this is in southern nigeria and this is where many migrants come from and they all tell you the same story almost every family has a tragic story of a relative that just disappeared along the way and what's the biggest danger right now for the nigerians who are are trying to reach europe. well we hear

a lot of those tragic stories of people dying on the mediterranean sea but their way through the desert is at least as dangerous and at least as deadly because this is where the migrants completely at the mercy of that traffic and i was i got some weeks ago it's a new job republic it's in the tory it's human trafficking in the middle of the desert and what we saw there is very disturbing a lot of smugglers that promise the migrants to bring them safely through the desert actually have contracts with kidnapping networks in libya so what they do is they receive a lot of money from the migrants and then they need them directly into the arms of their kidnappers in the libyan desert ok people in nigeria certainly aware of the stories are out there. who's especially vulnerable here are women aware of what's waiting for them potentially along the route.

it's hard to say of course women are the most vulnerable. group this is for sure three out of four women get raped have some kind of violence experience some kind of violence along the way and even if they reach europe a lot of them end up in trusted shoes and just say they know what's in the waiting for them a lot of them tricked by the traffic as the traffic us tell them that they can work as nannies that they can work as had dresses but even if they have a clue what is waiting for them a lot of them don't have any clue about the cruelties and big stream form of violence that they have to experience your report mentions that nigeria has a relatively strong economy for africa given that why are so many nigerians willing to take the risks the ones you just laid out for us and try to cross over to europe

. this is a very difficult question to answer it has almost become an ideological question in nigeria a lot of migrants and activists say it's the terrible conditions that people have to live in poverty human rights abuses. post specter in general the government on the other side argues that it's the lies of the traffic. you know fairy stories about life in europe that make so many young people leave the country i think there's some truth to both versions definitely a lot of misconceptions about life in europe but the main motivation is. the terrible situation the terrible conditions that a lot of people have to live in nigeria and parts of africa young full of shelves joining us this morning from nigeria young philip thanks so much for your report and for the interview today. we're turning now to the middle east

where rival palestinian groups hamas and fatah last month signed a landmark reconciliation deal ended and being a ten year split between the two factions in two thousand and seven hawse seized power in the gaza strip and a near civil war with fatah over disputed elections tom was left with control over portions of the israeli occupied west bank part of the unity deal would hand over gaza's border crossings with israel egypt to fatah now that would spell relief for the people of gaza they have suffered under a crippling blockade imposed after a mosque took power but many are split over the prospect of unity with fatah nicolo albrecht has this report. it's business as usual in gaza with little hint of any major political change in the offing. here two senior commanders of the militant group islamic jihad receive a martyr sendoff they were killed on october thirtieth when israel bombed tunnels

used by the militants to gain access to israeli territory. islamic jihad propaganda videos show how it plans to destroy the state of israel using various weapons rockets and applying fighters through tunnels. the islamist group claims to have ten thousand fighters at the ready. but change is coming the militant group hamas which controls the gaza strip is in the process of transferring power to the more moderate fatah gazans greatest hope is that the power shift will improve their terrible living conditions. and it was all political groups must speak with one voice we need to be united. but that is precisely the problem in gaza in these uncertain times a key issue in this reconciliation process with fatah is the question of who will

control the armed wing of hamas and above all its weapons. opinions among the funeral onlookers are divided some call for revenge others for restraint. nothing must stop the reconciliation as long as the political will is there on both sides among the younger generation mark what months or doesn't mince words about what needs to be done we need a military response god willing one will come. mahmoud runs a barber shop the twenty one year old story is typical for gaza his father died of cancer now mahmoud must provide for his mother and five siblings. but the overall situation here is terrible there's no future for the young people just hanging around in the streets. at the. mom with customers or young men like

himself none has ever been outside gaza and most are jobless sixty percent of all young people here are unemployed this customer mohamed was successful in graduating from high school but he couldn't find work. i do any job but i'd most like to work for the military they pay more. joining up with an armed militia is also financially attractive a familiar argument here after all gaza is on the verge of collapse with no jobs and very little electricity or clean water and that's partly because hamas has invested mainly in arms and resistance rather than infrastructure and jobs. mohammad al truly is twenty four and unemployed with no prospects but he rejects the strategy of armed resistance saying it's doomed to fail he leads a youth movement that calls for nonviolent solutions. hamas is finally accepts they can't lead us because the people can't take it

anymore the situation is too explosive i hope the reconciliation between hamas and fatah will restore our dignity and human rights i hope we can achieve peace with israel we want a real state with the rule of law. young people aren't the only group hoping to take advantage of the shifting political winds. i must say on has been running a women's rights organization in gaza since one thousand nine hundred one. she says hamas treats women like hostages and regards them as mere breeding machines. there are no laws here to protect women from violence and discrimination in this conservative male dominated society oppresses women at all levels whether in the hall or in the courts. a mile says hamas has hidden behind a false interpretation of islam and the koran to consolidate its power although she

hopes for a more equal society she remains skeptical. when. we women welcome the reconciliation but we feel will continue to be marginalized there were no women involved in the negotiations were completely ignored of the political stage. we meet again with members of his jihad considered the third most powerful political force in gaza the militant group has its own radio station to spread its message in a family friendly format. but we have a variety of programming we cover politics sports entertainment and even have something for women and children before anything happens we're at the scene because people want to know if things are escalating are not. the top news of the day was the burial of the fighters killed in the bombed out tunnels the news anchor says a strike against israel would be justified but may have to be postponed to

a later date. laying down arms she says is not an option. for the moment an unusual calm reigns in gaza many questions are still unanswered in the reconciliation process between hamas and fattah the biggest question of all is who wield control over the regions weapons. are now the top stories we're following for you u.s. attorney general just. sions has denied lying to congress under oath despite. his account of dealings with russia during election campaign he's being questioned by lawmakers as they investigate possible russian meddling in the u.s. election. and zimbabwe's army has seized control of the state broadcaster on deployed tanks on the streets of the capital harare it's denying it's leading a coup against president robert mugabe as a power struggle over his succession of. well don't forget you can always get news

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