special. upgrade yourself with interior design channel on you tube. this is day to. day in france is looted african art could be having a french commission recommends legal changes to a lot of colonial era artifacts to be returned to the countries of origin so will museums elsewhere in europe follow suit also on the program. between a rock and a hard. pushes for britain guarantees that it will have a say over this future otherwise it says it will use sunday to

a new summit to vote against the u.k.'s withdrawal dale. and ron who can grow forest in the desert and african following is just one of the people being recognized as a ceremony. for the right livelihood awards we'll show you how his work is changing lines and. i'm still gail welcome to the program a french commission is recommending legal changes to allow african works of art to be returned to their countries of origin it follows up on a promise made by president emmanuel a year ago to return african artifacts stolen during france's colonial era if the recommendations are implemented it could increase pressure on museums elsewhere in europe to follow suit. in a paris museum on the banks of the sen

a palace of african art but the seventy thousand works here have a troubled past many of them were torn from their cultural home during the colonial era. a new report commissioned by french president emmanuel mccall says that france must return the art it stole. the authors found that as much as ninety five percent of subsaharan african art is held outside the continent. in but mean a country with a renowned art legacy france's move is being hailed as a step toward justice. by returning property is not a matter of victory for someone or failure for others because in the end it's not a battle. he needs these assets to strengthen its national economy to provide employment and also for all the cultural heritage managers and curators in this country. back in paris some resistance french art dealers are

skeptical that museums can or even should return the vast collections. it's one of these things that looks like morally on its face give it back to who it belongs well it is of a long tail and hasn't been in that country for over a hundred years and you know look france built the whole music a bali to respect these objects to preserve them to show them so it's a tricky thing i mean i'm actually kind of in favor of it but i'd like to see how it gets. completed francis wholesale return of looted african art would be historic and could trigger a response from other european countries with colonial era holdings it was not call himself who launched the initiative but it's unclear if he's prepared to see it through. fifty days of threatening to reject the bricks it's deal spray now says it has a commitment from the united kingdom to support a clarification of the status of gibraltar as part of that deal with trade has

a long standing a claim on the british territory which it used to rule after the u.k. leaves the e.u. and next march in london in brussels they do to negotiate applied to government trade there but spade is threaten to hold up the brits a divorce deal unless it has a few just say on gibraltar. i just say. a nasty zero a tonne of blanca is the head of the european council of foreign relations in madrid he outlined spain's concerns. well from the beginning has being a problem related not with so arranging it's because of spain gus and claim that he wants to open the issue of a negotiation on show that i bet on all of the practical issues that relate to it weaves day to day living on an economic exchange in the area and this fact is that it and you rather has benefited from being an up or part of the of britain but also i mean the united kingdom defending it because you know that you know what sort of

sitting that didn't do ends of the table so that a lot of issues related we said you'd rather be coming up next and in an unfulfilling e.u. regulations on environmental issues like bunkering on oil issues on and on shipments that cannot be properly done with because the united kingdom you so we spoke that danger out there on the news an anomaly in our situation there are many workers also coming every day to work and you'd rather that economy these changes that we want to preserve but they are is not at every area of the european union because it's not a territory of four whether it's or you have the united kingdom one day after you need a special relationship the dean with these issues associated you know saratoga blanco from the european council for relationship in madrid now to some of the other stories making news around the world the two leading opposition parties in the democratic republic of congo greeks joined forces a month ahead of presidential elections seeking to defeat the hand pick successor

to president joseph kabila his role since two thousand and one election could lead to the central african countries the first ever democratic transfer of power because this is. the man of the mexican city of tijuana house declared a humanitarian crisis and asked the u.n. for help in dealing with around five thousand migrants we've arrived in this town on the border with the united states u.s. president donald trump has threatened to close that door to a fast puts it mexican authorities lose control of the situation. separatists of stone the chinese consulate in the pakistani city of karachi killing two police officers and two civilians police say that the three attackers were also killed during an intense hour long shoot out china is now asking pakistan to tighten security for its citizens in the country. the moment of the attack the blast and inspiring gunshots can be heard throughout kratos clifton neighborhood the attackers where wearing suicide vests and carrying hand grenades

they came in a car loaded with explosives and tried to storm the building but pakistani police gunned him down before they could enter it eyewitnesses describe the horror that unfolded. there had huge question which they were carrying in their homes they detonated the grenades it created a very smoky atmosphere and then you cannot imagine it was horrendous two police officers and two civilians were killed in the assault as well as the attackers but the toll could have been much higher. your staff. member of the chinese embassy has been harmed in any way our security forces arrived on the scene very quickly and neutralized the attackers if they have managed to get in there could have been a very big tragedy today we're also praising our security forces. a separatist group the ballots liberation army was squeaking claiming

responsibility the group openly opposes chinese projects in the neighboring baluchistan province beijing a close economic ally to pakistan has invested billions of dollars into developing the country's infrastructure china condemned the attack but stressed it would stick to its commitment. china will continue to work with pakistan and bring more benefit to the people of pakistan china and the rest of the countries of the region. this is the highest profile attack in pakistan against chinese presence pakistani prime minister iran can has ordered an inquiry. is playing host to this year's right livelihood awards often referred to as the alternative nobel they recognise people whose work office solutions to global problems one of the laureates says you don't go far from became a fossil used to traditional methods to growth forest in the desert. it would look. cool these patched assume supports trees when yacoob us our don't go fast say

that in the lead nine hundred seventy is falling a long drought everyone said he was crazy since then his woodlands have grown to over forty had his bringing global fame to his home village of coca in north and book in a fossil zinah is a traditional method of cultivation which was originally used for millet so a dog who has perfected the method and i will get the poor hooked up with the same method you dig a hole right where the rain water would simple where you use asked to prevent the water from draining out of the hole and put a dried leaves in it the leaves rot to become composed and nourish the tree and exists water can escape at the site. worked on your crew but so a dog has been experimenting for years now he wants to pass his knowledge on not

only to he's twenty seven children and neighbors and friends but on a much larger scale pondered what we are about summers and look at this forest this is where we'll build our training center to benefits nature the animals and the people. and trainee won't be limited to the ira forest ration techniques so i don't go once more. coral there are roughly ninety different tree types sixty of them growing in this forest i've brought all kinds of sids back from my travels which of planted here and using traditional medicine without plants there's no medication happened and if you don't know what to do with the plant maybe someone will come along and show you one day saw a dog or swears by natural medicine he knows which healing oils leech medication can be extracted from the frauds backs and routes his reputation draws and well people

to him every day whom he and his children treat in these hearts. and i built these houses talk more deaths the sick here they can recover and one of the huts is my store for dried leaves and three bags that i need to treat people we've . already i could really want to put a bug. killing with nature while nature heals us our doubles fam has spread he's now probably known as the man who stopped the dessert on top of that the water table has risen the whole five meters then tire region has become more fire tale. why did the out tentative nobel prize for his life's work and he's already making sure his ideas.

i want to. rival riz will be decided in front of tens of thousands of fans in argentina on saturday for the sat is clubs of play to juniors will face off in the second leg of the co-founder but a daughter's final on saturday and fans are taking it very very seriously. fifty thousand for an addict football fans is this a must win match no it's just a training session the famous la bamba narrow stadium was packed with boca jr fans cheering on their heroes in preparation for the copa liberty dora's final clearly this isn't a run of the mill clash bokeh are facing off against a bitter rivals river plate it's the first time they've come up against each other in a kobo liberated dora's final boca supporters saw their team draw two two in the first leg but won't be allowed to watch the return game at river plate stadium away fans are banned from derby matches in argentina. for their part river fans are nervous

about the match. to be honest i'm a bit tense yesterday i went to sleep and dreamt about the match. you know i want to be here soon but at the same time i'm nervous because i don't know if this game will ever happen again. rivers supporters based lengthy queues to secure tickets both sets of fans will be hoping for a historic win over their cross-town rivals. in the bundesliga dortmund have secured the permanent signing of. from boss alone a striker arrived in germany on a loan deal at the start of the season after scoring nine goals in eight games including this much against a bronze as they go by fals munich don't have decided to shell out twenty three million euros to secure his services twenty five can also sign the contract until twenty twenty three. before we go here are some stomach churning pictures of one of

thailand's newest tourist attractions and it's not for the fainthearted brave physicist of the capital bangkok an hour of modest city skyline through a glass walkway suspended more than three hundred meters above the ground to see through platform from the seventy eighth floor of one of the country's tall the skyscrapers for those you thrill seekers. and maybe even. top stories at this hour a french commission is recommending legal changes that will allow france to return to african artworks to their home countries most of the works were taken during french colonial rule in africa during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. houser received assurances from britain about the future of gibraltar but it was written in writing before dropping its threats or big draft press agreement to

sunday's use. the most. i've three human rights activists were saudi arabia on and on african fama talking desertification amongst the when this video was no dusty ochs home safe know about living on the facade of the meat of this evening in the spanish capital. that's it you're up to date more at the top of the hour or around the clock on the website w dot. com good to. nico he's in germany to learn german. and lived in the. why not learn with him online on the mobile and free stuff from the w e learning course nico speak.