we're talking. this week. cases d.w. news line from protesters in thailand sent a strong message to the king in an unprecedented move the activists call for reform of the monarchy installing a clock declaring the country the long term its people time thousands marched across their demands to change at the top also coming up pro-democracy activists called for fresh protests in belarus after police arrest hundreds of women

demanding the resignation of hardline president alexander lukashenko. and us president donald trump says hill appoint another woman to 6 a veteran supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg republicans want to press ahead with the nomination but democrats insist the process should wait until after november selection. i'm rebecca written welcome to the program thousands of pro-democracy supporters in thailand have joined in a rare challenge to the all powerful monarchy and one of the biggest displays of defiance ever seen activists rallied all night in the capital bangkok their demands include curbs on the power of the king fresh elections and wide ranging constitutional reforms. this country belongs to the people the message

inscribed on this brass plaque a symbol of protest cemented into the ground. for months now thais have been calling for reform of the mana king and political system. but this weekend's demonstration was the biggest in the years. tens of thousands gathered in bangkok and stayed to protest throughout the night i. do a little role i want to see changes in the most meaningful way a bigger change than before which will take into account people's opportunities education and our right to speak the truth so we can question and discuss things we're not supposed to talk about. and the world i doubt that matt. meet me or guide them there's a chance we'll be successful without demands but we'll have to wait and see if the protesters are still committed to fixing the constitution then the government won't

be able to ignore them forever really lay out. the protesters a growing bolder on sunday they handed royal guard police a letter setting out their demands. particularly sensitive is the call for royal reform including limits to the king's powers. this is broken it's a bill in thailand where criticizing the monarchy can be punished with up to 15 years in jail. king badger along cohen is out of the country and spends most of his time in europe the royal palace has yet to comment on the weekends protests. but the student activists driving the movement see them as a success. today truce we are all human beings we have the same red blood we prevent that nobody pleads blue blood c. thank protests as a calling for more rallies and a day's general strike so far the protests have been peaceful but some fairly or

thirty's could change tack and adopt a more forceful approach towards dissent. did have any correspondent florin missions in bangkok and he says the latest protests are extraordinary high stagg thailand's students are risking it all by challenging not only the incumbent's military backed regime but also the until now untouchable monarchy this is nothing short of revolutionary in a country that has had its fair share of violent crackdowns against dissenters now the genie is out of the bottle and it's not likely to go back in any time soon many expect this weekend's protest leaders to be slapped with lawsuits and long jail terms for what the government calls inciting unrest or for supposedly defaming the monarchy but the self declared leaderless revolution is set to continue protestors are vowing not to stop until their demands are met whatever the costs may be.

opponents of belarus's hardline president alexander lukashenko preparing mass protests weekly demonstrations in the capital mins become the focus for the pro-democracy movement but in an attempt to reassert control police have already arrested hundreds of women. thank god thank god only cowards beat women shout hundreds of women as they face down the police but the authorities no longer want to let this weekly march go ahead unchallenged. police barely seem to hesitate as they pack women into their trucks even 73 year olds nina but he was briefly detained her defiance of the authorities has made her an i can of these protests overwhelmingly led by women. it was scary at the beginning but then you get used to it what can you do you know

i'm more scared about living with the feeling that i'd have nothing when all this was happening in my country. the crackdown is getting harsher by the day and there's still little sign the riot police are deserving president oleksandr. demonstrators say rigged the august 9th presidential election. we're looking over at what is democracy that's been the majority has voted for the president you know it was you know nobody voted for him. women taking part in opposition rallies now not only have to fear for their safety but also that of their children i thirty's have been threatening to remove sjodin from protester parents a warning that's only been fueling the anger on the streets. data of these nick conley is covering the protests in minsk he says huge crowds are again likely to gather of the authorities are well prepared. or were expecting tens if

not hundreds. thousands of people out in the streets of mean for yet another week and that election that reflects months past now and these protests showing no sign of ending anytime soon police has come out force today huge presence in terms of technology in terms of trucks also vans to take people away that is over the past few weeks a definite attempt to intimidate them just to keep them out of sticks and to where i am now for the suburbs maybe break down protest groups maybe make arrests but if these last few weeks have been a sign of anything it's that every time the government oppression protests that they just bring out more people against them. they may come away speaking to us a little earlier let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world the death toll from a powerful storm which back to greece has risen to 3 science phone yano swept across central areas flooding thousands of homes and damaging roads earlier the storm

force winds friend damage in pull off a nice and iranian islands. spaniel spaniards in the capital madrid is they were protesting a new partial lockdown targeting areas with high numbers of coronavirus and sections residents of low income neighborhoods say they feel stigmatized by the restrictions that are set to begin monday will be closed and shops and restaurants limited to 60 percent capacity. u.s. president donald trump says he wants to appoint another woman to replace veteran supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg who died on friday republicans have vowed to press ahead with the nomination but democrats argue that the process should be delayed until after the election in november. the steps of the supreme court have become a makeshift memorial to ruth bader ginsberg the collection of flowers and cards grew throughout the day. in the eyes of some people ginsberg was more than

a leading judge a champion of women's right. it's even a liberal icon. it was because of the work that she's done that i was able to have a good job that allowed me as a single woman to support myself and to choose to have the family to have reproductive choices that allowed me to. delay pregnancy and till i was ready for it and then to choose to do it on my own. the next supreme court judge could be very different plus some grief ginsburg's passing moves to find a replacement i got a ring pace president trumps a c. could send a nomination to the senate as soon as next week the process will move i think it's going to move very quickly actually i agree with the state that put out by which the god will. do it actually 100 percent i put out a very similar statement you saw so i think we're going to start the process

extremely soon. we will have a nominee version of the statement president trump is referring to his senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's pledge to hold a vote on a nominee before the election that's angered these protesters outside his kentucky home. maybe some 'd democrats complained that mcconnell refused to move on president barack obama's supreme court nomination 4 years ago but there's no legal reason the republicans can't go forward. a 3rd of the presidents have appointed a justice is during an election year and some even appointed them after they had been defeated so there is precedent for that but the lack of consistency between 20162021 the part of the republicans is is stark. the stakes are of course high republicans could secure a 6 to 3 conservative majority on the supreme court and that could have far

reaching implications on issues like abortion obama care and gun rights whoever wins the white house in november. some sports news now and football fans are back in germany thought meant hosted mentioned that bask in the bundesliga with more than 9000 fans in the stands it was the biggest soccer crowd since the pandemic began. there were more than a few bricks missing in the famous yellow wall has dortmund kicked off their season but even with that reliably solid foundation the home side went in front on 35 minutes giovanni raina slotting home to make it what miller break i the 1st ever big disney goal for the young english born american. i. mean minutes into the 2nd half a polite but pointed exchange of views between holland and sun chew over who should

take a penalty kick i in the end the english born norwegian slotted home from the spot was. i the breakaway from a corner so sudden julio holland to see the 3 points on the pier was suddenly best friends. and the frightening bursting pass from the english born englishman a lovely drink from holland. a fine start to the season for daughter and but it hasn't escaped the pessimists that they already like 5 goals behind byron after just one game i when the pandemic means germany's famous i'll tell you the best has been cancelled this year but all is not lost to be a drink has in the very insidious munich some local venues are organizing smaller scale festivities which comply with. coronavirus regulations yes. at 12 on the dot the 1st cake is tapped but that's all that's going on as usual

this year iran 50th meaning speer halls are taking part in their own self styled version of october fest. reason did it it won't be the usual money maker but it isn't a party either it's more like a normal restaurant environment but with a bit more atmosphere these and. it's officially not business as usual this year vacant and almost deserted this site normally plays host to the state organized october fest which brings more than $6000000.00 visitors each year and over a 1000000000 euros in revenue. how does it feel we missed the october fest we're making the best of it. the venues taking part told to keep some of their real festival feeling alive but hygiene regulations are strict entry is controlled social distancing and the wearing of mosques is enforced still some people have their reservations i reckon we could have manage one year without oct 1st since

it's really pretty phil i wouldn't want to throw myself into the crowds. you definitely notice a difference. the police keep a watchful eye as coronavirus cases increasingly rise in need it. for this reason children will have to wear masks to school from monday on and virally just urge caution. and one was sure 95 and 4 we have to appeal to the responsibility of the people at the festival so as not to risk more problems with the schools and the nurseries of the common. the city meets on monday to discuss further measures the mayor has warned of increased risk. will be ensuring that the rules are being followed i don't want to see pictures of people standing on benches and cheering without distance and without masks circulating for the world to see. people who support the event argue that celebrations can be properly controlled because all

visitors have to register themselves even as the beer gardens are filled late into the night people are celebrating in a civilised manner. no watching data but coming up next the date of the documentary operation cunny a us crusade in africa to get you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website at www dot com also follow us on twitter and instagram i'm rebecca and switched. on you hear me now on here's we're going to debut and how the last 2 years gentlemen sound so that when we bring you that magical and you've never tired to have a surprise yourself with what is possible who is magical really what moves back home some who talk to people along the way maurice and critics who want to join us from eccleston stopped.

social networks never forget. so i searched in my personal archives. 2012. march. had i liked or shared the most viral video in history 100000000 views in just 6 days. and my name is jason russell and this is my son. it was the story of a young american director jason russell who hoped his 30 minute video would facilitate the capture of a new torrijos war criminal in central africa. joseph coney.

this is the guy just the coney the. good the bad. for 26 years tony has been kidnapping children into his rebel group the l r a. turning the girls into sex slaves. now. the video was meant to shock to outrage people's faces. to bring joseph kony to justice russell even set up a private n.g.o.s called invisible children. internet campaign kone 2012 was a runaway success. among those who circulated the video

for a few of my friends. until recently i had forgotten all about the video and about joseph koni himself. then 2 journalists from our team entrusted me with this hard drive with footage shot in africa in 2014. the starting point for my investigation. i set out in pursuit of the most infamous war criminal on social networks and of

invisible children begin g.-o. that want to stop them my 1st port of call was good in northern uganda joseph coney is native region. i took the same roads that the directors of coney 2012 took and met the same people. former child soldiers of the n.r.a. the brutal rebel group headed by joseph koni. from the late 1980 s. the warlord raided villages here to replenish his rents with new recruits. it was. frightening. in the money that's when they came to i'll be late. i want jeff all the way. and the 2nd night i was given some simple training for the music gun and i think that. and i realized that when i make it or not i don't like it

i don't know so i have to tough and i said. the 3 filmmakers from invisible children turned up here in gulu in 2003. i was able to track down the woman who served as their guide at the time. and then i walked for a lot of charity organizations and i went to the u.s. to talk about the war you know that in uganda and i started telling how i was a for much i was sold year and then how many kids still being abducted here and that is where i received a lot of people. well they're ignorant about the war and when the boys so i always call them the boys i'm sorry but when the filmmaker was sold this story. they contacted me and definitely i would see this story of how they wanted to talk

about war in africa and they said wait a minute you want to talk about war there is a wall of no then uganda. but because they were now used to i drove with them to the north. there was a lot of. this sort of russian. knows what if it. be with children. and that's how everything started. what they did they made a lot of small videos about. some of the victims of the war. and of course the final the 12 documentary was going to 12. bringing it out in top 10 minutes of. a war that had lasted for more than creating as.

many people even look like a joke. since then the ninety's kids have grown up and they're in geo is now based in washington like all successful mob yes. because it's just we could just put it into just a year before i could talk to the president of invisible children you can let me know if my hair will be a problem at any point and i knew that. there was an endless back and forth of negotiations in 24 teams my colleagues request for an interview was declined it took dozens of. e-mails and months of waiting before i got the green light. to new remember what was the objective of the video and part of my work 6100000000 people have now what's the main objective in the campaign was to push

the u.s. government to remain committed to implementing its counter eller a strategy and then the deployment of the advisers was an outcome of that strategy ready for the videos explicit aim was to provoke the u.s. into sending troops after coni. train track in the vast jungle in order to find him the us government has to deploy them that's where the american advisors come in not for self defense but because it was right. politically speaking it was hugely successful. hugely successful not really 2 years before coney 2012 became a global internet sensation invisible children was already lobbying in the oval office as this photo from 2010 clearly shows.

authorized a small number of u.s. forces i ordered the small number of american advisors to help uganda and its neighbors pursue the l.r. the removal of joseph kony from the battlefield sincerely. it's just a small step from garnering likes to dispatching troops. in the 21st century the video can start a war. but that's the americans helicopter there's a villager says the videos on my hard drive documented the u.s. operation it featured some members of the 100 strong special forces team deployed by obama. may we have just a question with you because we just wanted to understand no no photos go on camera or i don't know. somewhat surprisingly and invisible children

camp can be seen on the footage. surprising because my colleagues shot the material in 2014 in the eastern central african republic by then it had been almost a decade since joseph coney's militia had a bend in their base in uganda. the remnants were holed up somewhere in a vast neighboring area between the democratic republic of congo south sudan and the central african republic. here in obo hundreds of kilometers east of the war torn capital bangui is where the americans claimed that coney and his troops were hiding. on the ground my colleagues realized that not only was invisible children behind the deployment of u.s. army advisers the american n.-g. o. was also hosting military meetings. specifically for the u.s.

special forces directing operations in the hunt for kone and their allies the ugandans who are carrying out their orders now which one good. morning. carol in a way colonel the only only major of the u.s. forces that were. in regional towns course in the el rey bringing the ellery they will hear our office today and they know there's time to follow. the script. for us. thanks to. the bush is still in the bush right but his organization is coming out of the bush it's as you know this is a gigantic area here and to find one person that does not want to be found is very difficult. fast forward 4 years by now the u.s.

operation was over the army advisers had returned home having failed to capture kone. but why end a manhunt when the target is still at large. had the most powerful army in the world been looking in the wrong place. or did the mission have other objectives. my family remained mostly in uganda. the father was prime minister. until that government itself was overthrown by the. thank you. up to 6 years of intervention right they didn't get it right where they even looking for him of course not they were not looking for corn and in fact it's

hard to say it's even a success or failure since i believe 100 percent that was never the objective anyway. this operation those costs more than $700000000.00 is that possible it only makes sense if the money was going to finance another i genda. who are the soldiers we filmed in 2014. what was the true nature of their mission. they were there under the banner of the pentagon's africa command africa. but it's not only a military command. according to this recently declassified internal document afrikan comprises both military personnel and civilians protecting u.s. interests in africa is one of its goals. which interests diplomatic and

military but also economic financial as well as intelligence above all africa operates in the gray zone between traditional war and peace. africa is meant to intervene in a humanitarian role so that is the official narrative. but the more geo political narrative is that the u.s. would be able to start sneaking in u.s. force says through uganda and then spread it into the region to counter other interest in africa. in 2014 the people of oboe rarely saw u.s. army rangers on patrol. what they did see though was their aircraft their helicopters and their drones.

will get. really an inkling out if you're going. to. conquer or. without the excuse of hunting down a war criminal the u.s. military would never have been allowed to conduct an airborne operation over such an unstable strategic area. thanks to operation kone it was able to map the area and install g.p.s. beacons. or in military terms gather intelligence.