bialik asked frankfurt airport city managed by from. this is the w. news line from berlin saddam celebrates an apparent breakthrough in its political crisis after months of protest the ruling generals agreeing to share power with civilian representatives for the next 3 years so how viable is this plan for a peaceful transition to democracy also on the program swiss scientists and the best way to fight global warming is to plant lots of trees about

a trillion apparently we have enough space. there was joy in brazil one rare disease their lives downstairs hosts of the 2016 olympics now that are startling allegations that the city bought the games. i'm phil gale welcome to the program african union mediators say opposition leaders on saddam's ruling generals have breached the power sharing agreement under the deal a joint military civilian council will build the country for the next 3 years. not now sudan has been shaken by protests since the ousting of longtime president arm of al bashir in april opposition leaders say the new deal is a victory for their movement. celebrations in the capital hard

to match as a political standoff deescalate in a gesture of peace sudan's ruling military freed more than $200.00 rebel fighters who are part of the country's opposition a step towards reconciliation one rebel leader praised their release. in the images that it shows clearly that the army and the armed forces are our partners and not our enemy. and one short cooperation and understanding we will meet the demands of the sudanese people at the service so that those demands are 1st civilian rule it's been the heart of the conflict which began after the military ousted longtime leader omar al bashir activists called for a transition to a civilian government an impasse ensued and then bloodshed in june security forces opened fire on a protest camp in the capital leaving more than $100.00 dead but after

a month the warring sides were at the table again when power sharing talks mediated by the african union and ethiopia after 2 days of breakthrough was announced. the mission isn't the 2 parties have agreed to share the sovereign council equally between the military and civilian for the period of at least 3 years. with the they have also agreed on an independent civilian government under the leadership of a prime minister. in a further sign of healing they also agree to launch a national independent investigation into the deaths of the sudanese who were killed in the fight for democracy. i did. rick. that extensively from sudan welcome to the studio so this is not the 1st

suppose a deal to be of them so do you see today's announcement as significant it is quite significant it feels like a kind of step in what could be in the future a positive outcome it's important to remember and to think of this for what it is it's a power sharing deal it's not a transfer of power to a complete civilian rule which was the main demand of the opposition from the beginning since december so insofar as that it could in 3 years it remains to be seen if after this transitional period there are successful elections and then we would have civilian civilian rule however if it is a culmination of almost 3 months of extremely turbulent times in sudan that have seen many ups and downs and we've been here before where it seemed like there was a breakthrough there is an agreement and then somehow the military or the opposition something happens and then they back out of the deal so it remains to be seen if the deal holds but for now it seems like it is

a step forward if power sharing rather than complete transfer of power ok so we have the military having seized power after the president went do we presume that the military will have the 1st go at being in charge in this in this power sharing arrangement correct so what we know of the deal now is that the country will be run by a sovereign council and the leadership of this council will be rotated and the 1st the military is up 1st they will be leading the sovereign council 1st for a period of i think a little bit over. 2121 months which which will put them the ministry in power for something like of 2 years i wonder what people think of this i mean it's important to remember that all of this all of these negotiations all of this discussion is happening in the midst of a near internet blackout in sudan that is imposed by the government itself and the government the military council to be quite frank is. is in charge of also the formal means of communication so it's

a challenge to gauge what people think in that regard however we were able to reach some. protestors on the ground i've been touch with some of them some have called this deal and i'll write betrayal of one woman told me if they were willing to compromise the opposition then they should have just compromise with bashir and not put us through for all of these months of violence and the people that have died others see this as a necessary compromise and that to get out of this crisis some compromise needed to be made in the t.n.c. needed to be involved but everybody everyone that i've spoken to more or less has said this is this is bittersweet because a lot of the things that they've demanded are not there and most significant of that is that they're seeing the same faces on the military on the military council that were significant and prominent in a time like hammett t. the militia commander of. and yeah so it remains to be seen where this happens we will talk about this again in the future for him for now thank you. a

multi has agreed to accept dozens of migrants rescued by humanitarian charity vessel in the mediterranean the boats carrying 55 people rescued off the libyan coast in return it's that he will take 55 of the violence currently sheltering in malta the move and the standoff between the charity and medics around him and it's of his populist interior minister who has refused to allow the boat to dog when the migrants don't even make it vis far at least 53 people were killed on tuesday when an asteroid hit a migrant detention center in the libyan capital tripoli now there are plans to close the census. the most effective way to fight global warming is to plant lots of trees that's the conclusion of a swiss study that's just been released since young trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air as they grow the study's authors recommend planting around a trillion as the chief used the most effective way of reducing the amount of c o 2

in the atmosphere by helping to slow climate change. one of the report's co-authors is professor tom crowther from the swiss federal institute of technology in zurich a welcome to d w didn't we already know the trees absorb carbon dioxide and there are lots of tree planting schemes already out there to offset environmental damage . yes you're exactly right we've known that trees are an amazing carbon trap from the last well over the last century and there are projects out there trying to promote restoration but what this new study shows is actually we've got the 1st quantitative understanding of how much that can achieve and it's actually 10 times more than we previously expected placing restoration far far higher than the next best climate change lucian so it's really about figuring out the best ways to allocate our resources and now we know that restoration is a powerful way ok a trillion trees sounds like an awful lot how much space is that

going to take out where would they go. so that's what we've modeled is where trees can exist on the planet and when you subtract away existing urban land and agricultural land we're left with the world's degraded lands and there's that ecosystem that would naturally have trees and there's room for about more point 9000000000 there's a forest in that land that could store 2 thirds of the excess carbon in the atmosphere because of human activity. is that the political will to do this. at the moment there has been some political drive from the un leading the bomb challenge in various countries have been involved but understandably those political decisions have been focused on restoration because we've simply not known whether restoration is one of the top solutions or even in the top 20 now that we know it's not just the best solution but it's by far the most powerful one we have i hope that is going to be a lot more energy focused towards restoration so if we plug these trillion trades

what would happen or what would stop happening. so ultimately we we will be able to draw down a huge amount of the carbon that's in the atmosphere at once we've got that carbon locked up in trees that's $200.00 gigatons out of the atmosphere and when you think that since the start of the industrial revolution climate change has been caused by an excess $300.00 gigatons we really see that that extra $200.00 would be an incredibly powerful solution drawing down 2 thirds of that entire problem i what would the effect on the atmosphere what effect would i say so we immediately see a reduction in the greenhouse gas effect and that's what's driving climate change obviously they'd be various other impacts like changes to al veto which is the amount of energy absorbed by the surface of the earth and also volatile organic compounds but ultimately we'd be undoing the impact that has led us to climate change so the veils with which we should be thinking about well most

importantly this doesn't advocate for just simple global restoration of monocultures this huge areas of land that are turning into tree farms and that is not what we're advocating for this is natural restoration in ecosystems that should naturally support trees so we need diverse communities with a mixture of trees species and native species and that is how we get the most resilient carbon storage good talking to thank you for joining us from fossil tom crowther from the swiss federal institute of technology. thank you very much. venezuela which has been which has been criticizing a new report from the united nations human rights chief and accusing her of bias michel basher that presented a report in geneva today it warns of the rule of law in venezuela has and the president has but dora is still locked in a political standoff with self declared president of one of the better that report is based on venezuela's own figures and it found that security forces loyal to

president maduro carried out nearly $7000.00 killings in the past year and a half many of them thought to be extra judicial the report also said that nearly $800.00 people remain in custody after being arrested arbitrarily and that 1500 deaths over a period of 4 months were caused by a lack of hospital supplies abash last report makes more than 20 recommendations to venezuela's government including talking to the opposition rather than trying to suppress it by encouraging government to view the opposition and human rights defenders partners in the common cause of your rights and justice and to plant the seeds for durable political agreement that leads to reconciliation now disport in their brand new corruption allegations of the awarding of the 2016 olympics to rio de janiero rios former state governor has admitted spending $2000000.00 to buy the votes that ensured the city would host the games. i think it's the 1st time

the olympics have been awarded to south america now rio is 2016 showpiece is again under the spotlight that's off the claims by say rio de janeiro's former state governor he's currently serving a nearly 200 for corruption and money laundering and had this to say at a court hearing on thursday. newsmen looked at me and said listen sergio i want to tell you that the president of world athletics. at that time diac. is open to receiving bribes. and this man is this man collis newsman and then head of brazil's philippic committee he's already on trial in this case and has long denied crying but stephen before the games took place. absolutely dutch there was nothing with a real bid 0 that was allegedly on the receiving end of the money back he's

also being investigated in france every host of other corruption charges together with his son papum assata teac he sets were. $2000000.00 in bribes jackie. said he can get more votes we can obtain almost 9 votes 8 or 9 votes which is he said he needed an extra $500000.00 i said ok you can guarantee that to him. international olympic committee members seen here with diac and former swim alexander popof are among those that says had their votes wait both of tonight this but it was a legend in poll votes saying on twitter that he completely rejected all the false claims while referencing to browse long prison sentence for corruption. his reminder of our top story at this hour sudan has been celebrating an apparent breakthrough in its political crisis the ruling military council has agreed to a lot of pollution civilians to join in

a transition to civil role over the next 3 years position leaders say the deal is a fixed rate for all that. this is state of the news life from bad then business africa with alfas is next i'll be back at the top of the hour of the day. shift. burnley good tourist guide from germany's booming capital i love berlin the scope of the multicultural metropolis you know where you're a mix series the time to plan it seems like struck me i've nothing to show what a system.