what has the sri lankan government done with them?e have evidence to who went where in the commission and all that. >> thank you very much indeed. you can see the full interviewer of the president, on taw "talk l jazeera." >> a suicide attack on the far north of cameroon, four bombs explode, two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in the same town. >>> united nations security council is said to have approved a draft resolution calling for u.n. mission to oversee disarmament should colombia's base deal go through. to verify rebel disarm amount. disarmament. displaced numbers in the millions since 1964. >>> u.s. supreme court has extended a ban on automatic life terms for teenagers, people living life sentence for crimes they committed as teenagers must have a chance to seek their freedom and that could affect about a thousand inmates. >>> nearly 90% of alaska's budget comes from oil. billions are dollars are needed to pay for schools for health and for care, so they're going to have to get that money from somewhere else. from val

in terms of the sri lankan authorities, they set up to driveway the ivory, the clergy had the blessings on the elephant. in different to what happened years ago. essentially asking that responsibility and custody of the tasks be travelled to his crete air yacht. the -- secret air yacht. the government not encouraging the trade, and all 359 tusks were going through it over the course of the day. the resulting fragments that come out of the crusher will be weighed up. essentially bagged up and taken to an industrial incinerator. very much what the central team thinking behind this is there's no value for contraband, and that poaching and the international trade will not be encouraged >>> joe walston is a former director for the asia programme at the wildlife conservation society. they join us from new york. jo, good to have you with us. kenya announced a bigger ivory burn, supposedly attended by heads of state and major hollywood celebrities, do they have a purpose beyond generating attention to the plight of elephants? >> yes, they do. bringing the plight of evidence in and of itself is

. >> the sri lankan leopard are among the animals understand threat. >> environmentalists say the new government in colombo appears to respond to their concerns. >> a presidential task force is coordinating a 3-year protection plan, aiming to reverse some of the damage and expand the country's forest cover. >> we are working together to ensure and by the end of three years, we have an edition of 5-6,000 hectares. >> the challenge is to strike the right balance between, on the one hand, the need to free up lands nor development, and on the other, the need to protect the environment. especially for wildlife species already on the verge of extinction >>> as you are aware. innovative technology appeared on the horizon. as part of a series to look ahead tarek bazly explores gadgets shaping 2016. >> reporter: the market for unmanned remote operated aircrafts better known as drones has grown fast in recent years. it's estimated to be worth over $1.4 billion, and each new generation is getting smarter than before. new models of drones are navigating by themselves and are programmed to film. >

humanitarian-- crimes against humanitarian were committed by both the tam il fighters and fighters in the sri lankan army against tam il civilians >> crimes that are set out has to be investigated. not that we admit it was committed. it should be investigated >> reporter: thousands of tam ils are still missing. this woman laf saw her husband in 2006. he had gone out to the market and never returned. >> translation: people told me that he was caught at the check point, but when we asked, they said he was released. others said they saw two bodies on that day. so much time has gone by. i don't think anyone will have a solution, but i can't give up. >> reporter: for those still hoping to find out what happened to their loved ones, the political debate is yet another object stack em. for them-- obstacle. to them only on closure will bring the end of their pain. they wonder if that will ever come >>> you can see the full interview with the president on saturday. a man died, henry was just 48 kilometers from the ends of his almost 16 hundred kilometer journey when he sent out a distress call after sufferin

my dad was able to insinuate himself to get posted to the sri lankan high commission in canada. i think we were six when myself, my sister, and my parents immigrated. emily: had the war started by then? chamath: it had started. my dad proudly talks about how he was a communist organizer. when he spoke out about that, there was a huge pushback. pushback from the government that said you can't talk like this. so there was a lot of pressure on my father to the point where he could not reasonably return to sri lanka without his life or our life not being in some kind of jeopardy, so we filed for refugee status. the canadian government, out of the goodness of their heart, gave us refugee status, and then we stayed, and literally, like, life as we knew it abruptly stopped and we had to start all over again. no house, no clothes, no nothing. and fast forward, i'm sitting here with you. it's pretty -- it is crazy. it is probably not supposed to turn out this way, but it did. emily: did you go from being fairly well-off to having almost nothing? chamath: we had nothing. i grew up on welf

. >> the sri lankan government destroyed almost $3 million worth of african ivory seized three years ago to show commitment to stopping the illegal trade. a buddhist ceremony was held before the trucks were crushed to offer blessings for the saw therred elephants. >> this had been concealed among waste that was moving through the port of colombo. essentially on the international market, ivory is $3,000 a kilo. one and a half tons of arrivery, one could imagine what that would hold. the ceremony to destroy this ivory, the clergy here invoking blessings on the dead elephants very much inch difference with what happened a couple of years ago when the president asking that responsibility and custody of these tusks be transferred to his secretary. the government making it clear they are not going to encourage trade of contraband. the crusher behind me will destroy all of these tusks going through it over the course of the day. the resulting fragments will then be weighed up, essentially bagged up and taken to an industrial incinerator, where they will be burned. now very much what the cen

the sri lankan businessman purchased the stone late last year at a premium price from a gem merchant. he has kept the discovery and purchase secret because of security fears. it was just a matter of time. "star wars: the force awakens" has become the highest grossing domestic movie of all time. according to disney, the movie earned enough at the box office on wednesday to pass "avatar's" $760.5 million lifetime gross. star wars could take the number one global title when it opens in china on saturday. it's the story of the unbreakable bond between two dogs in orange, massachusetts. two scottish terriers, jock and annibelle, was recently hospitalized. disaster struck when annibelle was injured after falling more than 30 feet down an embankment. and like the famous t-v dog lassie, jock went to get help. jock managed to get the attention of a police officer. the two dogs are now together again. thanks for joining us for the news at 5. thanks for joining us this evening. i'm charles molineaux. police are hunting for two armed burglars who shot at a columbia family. the victims ended up in

the sri lankan leopard are among the animals under threat. environmentalists say the new government in colombo appears to respond to their concerns. a presidential task force is coordinating a 3-year protection plan, aiming to reverse some of the damage, and actually expand the forest cover. >> we are working together to ensure at least by end of three years, that they have an decision of another 5,000 to 6,000 hectares of reforestation. the challenge is to strike the right balance between, on the one hand, the need to free up land for development, and on the other, the need to protect the environment. especially for wildlife species on the verge of extinction >>> now, of all the cities around the world which suffer from traffic congestion, manila is considered among the worst. government leaders say they are committed to tackling the problem. we have this report, that can't come soon enough for the long-suffering commuters. >> reporter: this man has been cycling to work for four years, it's an obstacle course of dodging buses, reckless drive

. >>> the sri lankan government has destroyed ivory showing its commitment to stop the illegal trade. correspondent has more from column bow. >> reporter: this haul has been concealed among sacks of plastic waste moving through the port of colombo. >> [ inaudible ] we had [ inaudible ] information [ inaudible ] to get downloaded. that is the main difficulty. >> reporter: on the international market ivory fetches as much as $3,000 a kilo, and one can only imagine 1.5 tons of ivory what that would bring. the ceremony to destroy this ayery, the clergy here as a tradition on this country, invoking blessings on the dead elephant, very much in difference to what happened a few years ago, essentially asking the responsibility of these tusks be transferred to the secretaryate. all of these tusks will go through the crusher, the resulting fragments will then be bagged up and will be taken to an industrial incinerator where they will be burned. very much what the central team is thinking behind this is showing there is no value essentially for contraband, and that poaching and the international

the sri lankan leopard and slot bear are among the animals under threat. environmentalists say the new government appears to be responding to their concerns. a presidential task force is coordinating a three year environment protection plan aiming to reverse damage and expand the country's forest cover. >> we are working together to ensure at least by end of three years we will have an addition of another 5,000 to 6,000 hectares of reforestation. >> the challenge is to strike the right balance between on the one hand the need to free up lands for development and the on the other, the need to protect the environment, especially for wildlife species already on the verge of extinction. al jazeera, northwest sri lanka. >>> still to come here on al jazeera, the bay on canada's east coast has the world's highest and most vigorous tides, i'll be looking at a new project to generate clean green electric industry from the ebb and flow of the tidal waves behind me. >>> sport coming up. >> solar and wind energy are glowing in popularity at alternatives to fossil fuel

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sri lankan forces and the tamil tiger forces of both accused of considering atrocities in the conflict9. the world's biggest lottery jackpot is still up for grabs. nobody matched all six numbers over the weekend powerball drawing. the total prize is now $1.3 billion and it will only grow before the next drawing on wednesday. slow growth, volatile markets and a weakening currency are just some of the challenges facing china this year. let's get the thoughts of nobel laureate joseph stiglitz. he is at the ubs conference in shanghai. stephen: good morning. this is day one of the ubs greater china conference. we do have the nobel laureate, professor joseph stiglitz of columbia university. economics professor. year. beginning to the just 11 days in. where are we heading economically? stiglitz: a lot of people are thinking that 2016 was going to be better than 2015. 2015 was the worst year since the global financial crisis that i shall he a longer. . 2015 was not good. people were saying 2016 was going to be better. fundamentals, the i didn't see anything really changing. thatason really to