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u.s. backed syrian fighters have claimed victory over so-called islamic state in syria syrian democratic forces say they've captured the village about who's the last crop of territory held by i asked in syria that's all for t.v. and you stay tune coming up next well stories of the week in the ports remember you can always get the latest news on our website at www dot com thanks for joining us . african. president a long. head of the london patriotic front in. the rebel army and in the one nine hundred ninety four genocide wasn't when little in the rooms there wasn't when to ask of the u.n.
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. to enforce it because of the news but does that mean he was not floating in no to . a controversial leader who success is beyond question. time. london tragedy starts people fish on t w. this week on bull stories. true a young woman teaches herself to teach. kenya older women lives with sucked through tucker's but first to the philippines now the second country to withdraw from the international criminal courts.
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mary jane can't understand why salvador had to die. shot in the head before the eyes of their four year old daughter they found drugs on him but if that was the reason for his murder. it's likely she'll never find out the grim reality in a country where extrajudicial killings are encouraged by the president. of the party or lives in one of those communities she remembers august thirty first two thousand and sixteen as if it were yesterday it's the day her son was murdered for being a drug suspect. and not a day has passed since when she didn't think of him. really makes me sad was not with my son when he died. i wasn't there when they killed him. just like visit me in my dreams. i
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want to know what happened to. what you had to suffer. as with the vast majority of drug related extrajudicial killings no one has been held accountable for her son's murder but herbal wants justice that's why she joined dries up a church organized volunteer group assisting the victims of the drug war together they filed a suit with the international criminal court i c c against president to terror to himself for crimes against humanity since the philippines have withdrawn from the i.c.c. to terror to claims the court has no jurisdiction over him his administration will not cooperate with any investigation human rights advocates are calling this a test case for the i.c.c. is relevant. we cannot allow. perpetrators to get away
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with the most serious violations simply by the stroke of a pen we have to show a very strong. example of international justice by ensuring that this mother is fully investigated and if. indictments should follow. that's also what herb hopes for she wants to his henchmen to pay for her son's murder. moving on to peru abiding by age old traditions to your room live on artificial islands in lake titicaca one young woman has decided to break with tradition and people are following your example. lake titicaca impure room thirteen hundred kilometers southeast of the capital lima are the models floating islands home to the indigenous people who once rescued
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themselves from the warring thinkers and learned to adapt to the harsh living conditions of the andes highlands to this day they have preserved their culture and traditions amalia so anya was born on the silent. every morning amalia gets her children ready for school. having her children develop social skills early on is her way of preparing them for the future. so i didn't get the chance to play with other children and learn what those mean yes that's why amalia decided to become a teacher and start up a school in her village. she wanted children to learn and play together amalia knew very well that making her dream a reality would be anything but easy. because she wanted to live differently than how women are traditionally do. they knew that no one in my village noticed they didn't know that i was studying every morning i woke up
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early so that i could help my mother with her handicrafts. they want to study you have to do chores before and afterwards so i helped my mother and wrote off at around eleven i got. her daily commute was long but it was me mad at me and my mother and father were very worried about the long journey i did the commute in spite of the weather to rain and lightning sometimes i only had a plastic bag on my head. the effort was worth it in two thousand and nine and money of founded the small school she had dreamed of here she teaches about twenty children between the ages of joining in fun her own children you know. and the school children's parents are grateful that i was teaching them a second language. it was always my dream to do this here on schools. they send their children to me because
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i speak their language. and know their children talk to each other more and because of this they learn so much better than my school money but in the mood to me and i translate everything into spanish. because the. little ones offers children far more than just a bilingual education. most of them come from poor homes but i can only give them a little bit of what i have my son. my mother takes care of the. children know that and they call her. everyone calls her mama. mama. amalia have just had project forward breaking with the tradition of her community and. and now others are following in her footsteps. as
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a way to make a joke for the when other people saw what i had accomplished they said if you can do it so can i know and laugh. very well or if they. do me that. disabled war veterans compete in the international invictus games one traumatized german soldier hopes his country will host the next games. the games are founded with the aim of raising greater awareness of veterans. military service in afghanistan and especially dangerous missions there's a high risk of being wounded or traumatized something german soldier kevin filey experienced he was stationed in kabul for six months and twenty thirteen there he was exposed to many life threatening situations some of which forced him to make gut wrenching choices. it was always an attack on the campus attack on the camp
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then we would suddenly see people coming towards the camp tired eyes including children. then slowly i began to think if this is real and children are being exploited to see so much that i have to make a decision now ready aim and if necessary fire. and those are some of the things they dream about again and again. on the mission in. fact they also came under fire himself one of the many traumatic experiences he finds it hard to talk about now since then certain things odors or flashing lights for example trigger a massive stress reaction in him. in the name and just appeared in dreams that night from the top in afghanistan from the six months. and at some point i did really wake up terrified in bed drenched in sweat and i even heard myself screaming . sports are still important for folly despite the
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trauma and a knee injury last fall he was allowed to take part along with eighteen comrades in the invictus games in sydney among other things he competed as a rower injured traumatised soldiers from eighteen countries entered the competition. the games were britain's prince harry's idea. he wanted to make veterans more visible to the rest of society. so far the games have taken place in english speaking countries but the german government wants germany to host the games in twenty twenty two. years therefore it would i would be very pleased about our future germany with what soldiers who are wanted in the line of duty a capable of so that they're not just shoved into a corner but that they're also part of society. is an anti-drug search of
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the invictus games are important to family personally he keeps fit hoping to take part once again in the competition. there is a superstition in kenya which often leads to older women becoming victims of rape. they have to decide to defend themselves. in the slum of nairobi they hold their fighting skills with martial arts. just a few years ago this place was known as nairobi most dangerous slum residence in korogocho lived in constant fear with especially elderly women like the sixty five year old well one can bury. by the cool american he would hear screams all the time women were attacked by boys who had come to rate them. monica the grannies of karl got to the core themselves regularly targeted to be stations attackers believed the women raped to be free and that sex with them could kill the only action almost
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daily one of those nuns older women were sexually assaulted raped on that it. skidded on one one day we found moment no good dead with broken bottles inside her body when we carried her body to the police but they closed the gates and didn't let a sin to kidnap of his but we took her body to the mortuary his division and with it and on that day we decided and. nothing is enough and we women will start helping ourselves on the plane to decide to. run it has decided to fight back and others feel the same. as grannies while between sixty five and ninety years old meet once a week to man mush locks and defend themselves in the land of them and i'm. proud including my own in the se and. the costs of.
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rape used to be a daily reality with these granny. but. now running says she only has a case every second month and she will keep on fighting until every woman young or old will say and the neighborhood coming. feel macca will meet their quota ten years from now that this will be a new car. to his every move why even let me it will be known as one of the neighborhoods that people are proud to live and from new orleans. at the school at a different condition.
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enjoy the conflicts with tim sebastian. our guest this week here in london is larger mills and member of the progress of european the search group who just consistently campaign for a tough deal with brussels last week grow mr mills changed his mind he decided to support the reason why is the dream of all the tories have finally given. it's the silence of two tennis courts. ten billion microorganisms. is an extraordinary. with a huge impact on our wellbeing as dr constantly finds it you ever hear about gut feeling. good shape sixty minutes.
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what secrets behind the small. find out. the experience and explore the world cultural heritage sites. world heritage three sixty fifth. britain's foreign secretary has warned of brecht's it paralysis in the u.k. but there are frantic efforts underway to prevent bad happening my guest this week here in london is nigel mills a member of the program european research group which has consistently campaigned for a tough deal with brussels tougher than the one currently on the table or no deal at all last week though mr mills changed his mind and decided to support to reason may's agreement all the time i had finally calling it a day.
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