ivory coast was divided by bloody conflict twice in the twenty first century first by coup and civil war and again after the disputed election in two thousand and over five months human rights watch says three thousand civilians were killed and more than one hundred fifty women were raped. refused to cede power holding it from a bunker in the capital. alison waters forces backed by the french military and supported by un peacekeepers arrested him that bo is now in detention in haiti. it was during this struggle that his then wife simone is alleged to have coordinated atrocities ordering retaliatory violence and rapes against political enemies and guiding attacks toward residential areas in defiance of the international criminal court ivory coast's new leader allison watera said the country would try her case on its own soil in two thousand and fifteen simone backbone was sentenced to twenty years in prison but was granted amnesty after just three along with eight hundred other people including her party's former minister of defense so it's not entirely a surprise it's been an issue t

she's still got support why the ivory coast's former first lady is out of jail after serving just three over twenty years sentence. and meet the indigenous filipino man who's inspiring others by becoming the first of his tried to graduate from university. welcome back it's time to look at weather conditions around the levant and western side of asia and here we've got fine conditions for the most part becky stan sunshine thirty seven degrees we've lost the showers on the southern side of the caspian sea but got heavy showers around the caucasus and through on the eastern side of the black sea these are the mediterranean is looking fine temperatures there of thirty one expected in beirut and simmers or temperatures expected through friday so let's head down into the arabian peninsula on the western side of the peninsula temperatures in the low forty's bit of cloud around most is fairly high so just looks quite attractive as the sun sets me more on the eastern side of the peninsula we've got still enough of a breeze to in the course of thursday temperatures here in doha forty degrees cels

support for the iron lady of ivory coast and. the new terrorists causing frustration and fear of famine in yemen. hello and welcome to international weather forecast the heat across central parts of europe is still in evidence on our chart for thursday temperatures well into the thirty's all the way up through the balkans down through austria and towards germany really easterners all looking dry and fine but it's change taking place further towards the west we've got some severe storms we've got much cooler weather pushing across the u.k. down through france the low countries still pretty warm across parts of the iberian peninsula but not as hot as it has been now to move the forecast through into friday that cold air really wins out across many parts of western europe those still with a southerly flow we're getting temps of twenty seven degrees in stockholm which is quite impressive and further towards the southeast looking pretty warm across southeastern areas thirty one is a high enough in for instance it's fine on the other s

she was first lady of ivory coast.he hillary clinton of the tropics. -- she isd is in charged with crimes against humanity which she denies. this happened after the 2010 her husband lost to the current president but did not step down and held onto power which led to violence and 3000 people died. his wife has been implicated in some of the violence. in 2012, the international criminal court brought charges against her. involved in the shelling of a market in an area. the ivory coast did not respond to the root west from the international criminal court. however, in 2015, she was imprisoned on charges -- different charges of endangering state security which is three years in prison. it gets more complicated because oft march she was acquitted the charges of beingng involvevn the violence but last thursday the supreme court overturned the acquittal but four days later she is being pardoned. a lot of back-and-forth. this is seen as some as an attempt at political reconciliation. ,> we turn to our top story iranians praisi

she's still a very backing why the ivory coast former first lady is out of jail after serving just three of a twenty year sentence. but first the u.n. says it's deeply alarmed by a new flare up between israel and gaza at least three palestinians have been killed including a pregnant mother and her eighteen month old daughter in an explosive exchange in the gaza strip the israeli military says seventy rockets were fired from gaza israeli media say six people have been injured by shrapnel in the israeli border town of the rot and in response israel launched a series of air strikes targeting hamas positions andrew symonds has the latest from gaza. the attacks may be more in cements and and less intense but the fighting is going on as strikes some shelling from the sea from the israeli navy hitting gaza panic in the streets and on the israeli side panic that to run across the southern communities of israel and what next it's unclear this is my report. deep into the night intense bombardments the flash of outgoing rockets from gaza. israel's iron dome air defense system knocked out several of

ivory coast's former first lady has been freed from jail after being granted amnesty for her role in the civil war simone backbones husband the wrong refused to accept electoral defeat in twenty ten trillion in a conflict that killed thousands of people her release along with eight hundred others is seen as an effort to soothe political tensions ahead of elections in twenty twenty one and baker has more. the international criminal court has an open case against her she was in prison own country for seven years now simone is going home. after the old pages have been turned to my supporters get ready for a new page we are going forward and we won't stop thank you. simone bag-o. the former wife of the imprisoned president receiving a hero's welcome. ivory coast was divided by bloody conflict twice in the twenty first century first by coup and civil war and again after the disputed election in two thousand and ten over five months human rights watch says three thousand civilians were killed and more than one hundred fifty women were raped and. refused to cede power holding it from a bunk

just months ago the country finally got message and banned all domestic ivory sales.that for elephant survival? >> it's been massive. i think it was probably the sing the greatest thing that could have helped the elephants and i'm glad to say that hong kong and taiwan have followed suit. reseptember recently taiwan made its announcement. poaching has been reduced dramatically. there's an orphanage where they have the babies often from the poach, they haven't had any in for three years the poaching has gone down so much in kenya and it was down to around 60 last year from '0320 before. there's still problems in places, but the situation has gotten better on poaching. >> that's wonderful. i watched a documentary on that elephant rescue and cried my eyes out a few years ago. it's just unbelievable what people do. but there are countries, though, that still allow the sale of ivory, so where are you targeting now? >> well, japan still allows the sale of ivory and you know, they use it for name stamps which they use for business and weddings and things like that. so we just

eventually once he saved enough money to be intends to return to ivory coast. my son needs me he says all of africa needs us but that's in the future right now he's got to figure out where he can sleep tonight. the united nations is calling for an independent investigation into an attack in yemen in which at least twenty nine children were killed the air strike by the saudi led military alliance hit a school bus as it drove through a market in the north a saudi spokesman said it responded to legitimate military action in this battle against the who. but there's been international criticism of the attack. this is yemen doctors desperately fighting for the lives of children the school bus hit by an aerial strike. why witnesses say that they were on their way to a school some account of. the devastation of the blasts showing just how powerful the strike was about that about what the attack happened in the middle of the market and was aimed at the bus full of children. and our shops were open and people were going about their daily lives put on money and those who

eventually once he saved enough money to be intense to return to ivory coast my son needs me he says all of africa needs us but that's in the future right now he's got to figure out where he can sleep tonight. now bring you up to date with some other stories making news around the bond in canada four people have been killed in a shooting in the eastern city of fredericton police have confirmed they have one suspect in custody but are still describing this as an active incident baron medics and firefighters on the scene circumstance of the shooting are still not clear. agencies a warning of the potentially catastrophic effect of a heatwave on north korean crops they see a full blown food security crisis is threatening the isolated country the population already faces food shortages and international sanctions and reports suggest malnutrition among children could now. the u.s. authorities say a fifty one who are man has been arrested on suspicion of setting a massive wildfire known as the holy fire in southern california is orange county forest faces a maximum sentence of life in priso

eventually once he saved enough money to be intends to return to ivory coast. my son needs me he says all of africa needs us but that's in the future right now he's got to figure out where he can sleep tonight. ok let's get more on the story now with a journalist i may have a last question he joins us from. a province i'm a good morning to you how is spain coping with the increasing number of migrants arriving in the country. well the numbers are indeed very high so father rescue teams have rescued nearly twenty thousand people and the weather is good nearly two hundred people arriving daily. and. close to collapse according to police and social services officials the government has pledged more resources to deal with the influx. the prime minister insist there's no migration from the european union and spain believes it can manage of course. of the european union there is public opinion on all of this does the government have a majority. backing it for its approach. well you know we heard that in the report. and it is true that for example the new leader of th

ivory coast's former first lady has been freed from jail after being granted amnesty for her role in the civil war simone bad those husbands are wrong refused to accept defeat in twenty ten triggering a conflict that killed three thousand people have released along with eight hundred others is seen as an effort to soothe political tensions that have elections in twenty twenty coming back as a story. by the international criminal court has an open case against her she was imprisoned in her own country for seven years now simone by boat is going home. after the old pages have been turned to my support says get ready for a new page we are going forward and we won't stop thank you. simone bag-o. the former wife of the imprisoned president receiving a hero's welcome. ivory coast was divided by bloody conflict twice in the twenty first century first by who and civil war and again after the disputed election in two thousand and ten over five months human rights watch says three thousand civilians were killed and more than one hundred fifty women were raped. refused to cede power holding it

but if the traffffic of ivory doesn't stop, we arere going o lose all the elephants. >> last year, 21phants were killed by poachers. that's not m many compared to other countries in africa. confiscated weapons and tusks are put in authorized storage. >> this is one of the biggest we have. it is near 17 kilograms each. so a lot of moneney for the poachers. >> arranz has spent 37 years working as a conservationist in africa, and during that time, he's observed how elephants are gradually disappearing from the continent. >> the last elephants in central africa is here where we are. the rest of the country is empty. the poachers have finished with all of them, and we know that in the future they will come here and they will try to kill our elephants. so we have to be ready to defend us from m them. >> even though rangers patrol the park, they don't have enough weapons and ammunition to ward off the professional poachers. the situation is similar in the rest of africa. >> there are dying a lot of people, and that is the problem that people buying ivory, they think only the elephants are dy

the rest of africa. >> there are dying a lot of people, and that is the problem that people buying ivoryey think only the elephants are dying, but there are a lot of people dying, poachers and rangers, for that. >> during previous posts in chad and northern congo, arranz lost nearly 40 employees in the battle against poachers. >> it's a pity. we are going to destroy africa and we are doing nothing. i think that we are in a war and we are losing that war, and nobody wants to recognize that we are losing that war. if we don't do nothing in the next 5, 10 years, everything will be finished. >> there are still many wild elephants in the sangha clearing. >> we have always the problems with the guns and ammunition. everybody says, "no, how do you want to use guns and ammunition to protect the elephants?" i don't want guns to protect the elephants. i want guns to protect the people that protect the elephants. that is different. because the poachers come with guns. and when our rangers have no guns, they are going to die. >> today, the locals are celebrating the opening of a small center for han

after seven years of investigation by an independent committee in ivory coast only sixty people have been called to face justice for war crimes human rights groups continue to criticize the lack of progress while victims await answers that may never come colin baker al-jazeera. opposition groups in pakistan are holding protests in several provinces against alleged vote rigging during last month's elections that are against the policy of the former cricketer imran khan was declared the winner the two leading opposition parties accuse it on the military of local stretching electoral food. has more from islamabad. all door to ground aligned party consisting of eleven political parties had cared. for head in front of the election commission we have only been able to see a few hundred people every time the political parties lose an election in pa get done they start paying their day election was rigged now they're demanding the resignation of the election commission as red as a reelection and a country like. all the mainstream political parties are now in one page gathered here against th

. >> i was going from ivory coast olivia -- to bolivia but they told me morocco was a better idea.eporter: refugees want to go to spain now. before they chose bolivia or italy, but that route is closed. just 13 kilometers lie there. the country once again has become the gateway to europe for thousands of migrants. brent: now, he see we have a new way for migrants to get into year. re: -- into europe. are we going to have to come up with a new deal like we did with turkey? how does europe deal with this new form of migration? gerald: well, it would be incredibly helpful if the european union would now do the things it has been talking about for three years. we need two things to solve the crisis like this. the ability to quickly decide who of the people arrived need protection in europe and who does not. if you take italy in recent years, four years until a final decision is made. anybody who arrives, stays. so we need speed. and we need to organize this. but in spain or italy and malta. this requires s a european effo. secondly, once we have a decision, and a lot of people who came

eventually once he saved enough money to be intends to return to ivory coast my son needs me he says all of africa needs us but that's in the future right now he's got to figure out where he can sleep tonight. now let's take a look at some other stories making news around the wild bolivia's president evo morales is inaugurated a new government headquarters in la paz morales open to the people's great house project to replace an older building he said represented the colonial stage but he's facing criticism for some of the luxury residences trappings. use authorities say a fifty one year a man has been arrested on suspicion of setting a massive wildfire known as the holy fire in southern california as orange county forest clark faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted and will be formally charged later on friday the fire has to be some twenty thousand people. aid agencies are warning of the potentially catastrophic effect of a heatwave on north korean crops you see a full blown food security crisis is threatening the isolated country the population already faces food sh

in twenty four teens who came to spain from ivory coast to find work he ended up in this slum near the town of limping. along with up to a thousand others fires occur frequently due to the flammable building materials gas canisters and forty degree celsius heat. because no one knew the blast. you know. many. will fizzle on the no orbit trying to look at all. but believe a. dream of a better life in europe has become a nightmare. he has no residence permit and now he has no home. he can only work illegally on one of the many fruit and vegetable plantations you don't have no right to what. you know you don't have no money to see that living out the seed that everyone wants you need to build in one thousand one you know you don't have a lot. we can go a long way his friend motor of the lucy say as in the same position except he's a newcomer in space having recently arrived from senegal. he lives in this hut he says the roots taken by refugees to europe are always changing currently entering europe via the western mediterranean seems to be the safest. a route from libya to italy has lots o

i was going from ivory coast to libya but they told me that morocco would be a better idea. by refugees want to go to say now before they chose libya or italy but that was. just thirteen kilometers lie between africa and europe that spain's southernmost tip with other routes closed the country has become the new gateway to europe for thousands of migrants. i'm just using we've got a new way for migrants to get into europe are we going to have to come up with a new dio the way we did was turkey i mean how does europe deal with this new form of migration. well it would be incredibly helpful if the european union would have or would not do the things it's been talking about for three years we need two things to solve the crisis like this the ability to quickly decide who of the people who arrive need protection in europe and who doesn't and if it takes like and it's only in recent years four years until a final decision is made it basically we don't need insight into something anybody who arrives stays we need speed so we need speed and we need to organize this in the way the d

eventually once he saved enough money to be intends to return to ivory coast my son needs me he says all of africa needs us but that's in the future right now he's got to figure out where he can sleep tonight. at a quick check now some other stories making news around the world in canada four people have been killed in a shooting in the eastern city of fredericton two of them were police officers police have confirmed that they have one suspect in custody and have now lifted the lockdown the circumstances of the shooting are not yet known. zimbabwe's main opposition party the movement for democratic change has filed a legal challenge to the recent election results the constitutional court appeal for will delay the presidential inauguration originally planned for this sunday and d.c. leader nelson chamisa seen here in file footage has called the vote outcome fraudulent illegal and illegitimate. aid agencies are warning of the potentially catastrophic effect of a heat wave on north korean crops they say the full boat loan food security crisis is threatening the isolated country the pop

i was going from ivory coast to libya but they told me that morocco would be a better idea. refugees want to go to say now before they chose libya or italy but that was just thirteen kilometers lie between africa and europe that spain southern most tip the country once again has become the gateway to europe for thousands of migrants. i missed you see we've got a new way for migrants to get into europe are we going to have to come up with a new dio the way we did with turkey i mean how does your deal with this new form of migration. well it would be incredibly helpful if the european union would have or would not do the things it's been talking about for three years we need two things to solve a crisis like this the ability to quickly decide who of the people who arrive need protection in europe and who doesn't if it takes like in italy in recent years four years until a final decision is made it basically we don't need insight into something anybody arrives stace you need speed so we need speed and we need to organize this in the way the dutch have put it beside in six weeks

in twenty fourteen city became to spain from ivory coast to find work he ended up in this slum near the town of under lucio along with up to a thousand others fires occur frequently due to the flammable building materials gas canisters and forty degrees celsius heat. because. you know. many of you. know or be looking for a. dream of a better life in europe has become a nightmare he has no residence permit and now he has no home. he can only work illegally on one of the many fruit and vegetable plantations. you know you don't have no money. to see a doctor you need to be. you know you don't have. his friend. is in the same position except he's a newcomer in spain having recently arrived from senegal he lives in this hut he says the routes taken by refugees to europe are always changing currently entering europe via the western mediterranean seems to be the safest. a route from libya to italy has lots of problems it's almost like a war you can get killed so now many of us are coming to spain through morocco. spain's new government is taking a lenient stance with migrants but the right win

the wooden was adorned with ivory and go. as was the statue of asklepios sculpted by transit midis of paros showing the god with the sacred simple and the goat heads don't. feel. let us go on moon from the temple to the from us. beneath this wonderful second. building there were three interlinked rings of rules like collaborative. no one can say what purpose the building sent. some to reign in dwelling of the sacred serpents perhaps. or did the priests of the scrappiness descend with the sick into the labyrinth to the underworld and leave the natter discover the secret of recovery themselves. we shall never know. we continue from the farmhouse to the avatar if the function of the third us and it sucked iranian complex remains unclear the am a tongue and the cult of therapeutic sleep are profoundly mysterious. the pilgrims who reportedly see the goddess crappiest on their first night and he would explain the therapy too. did they in fact see masked priests visiting the patients by night. and what part did the sacred serpents p

eventually once he's saved enough money to be intends to return to ivory coast my son needs me he says all of africa needs us but that's in the future right now he's got to figure out where he can sleep tonight. they've been having yet to do it some other stories making news around the world bolivia's president evo morales says inaugurated a new government headquarters in the past more or less open the people's greed house project to decrease in the building he said represented a colonial state and he's facing criticism for some of the luxury residences trappings. moscow says considering retaliating against the new sanctions from washington the u.s. state department announced a punitive measures in connection with the poisoning of former double agent said and his daughter junia in britain the u.s. and britain say russia was responsible the kremlin denies any responsibility. u.s. authorities say a fifty one year old man has been arrested on suspicion of setting a massive wildfire known as the holy fire in southern california as orange county forest faces a maximum sentence of life in pr

we have recently seen ivory bands in the u.k. s in the u.k., soon, hopefully, in the eu. that was impossible without u.s. leadership. at our museums, 230 members are engaging in this issue. the modern zoological institution is a purposeful institution. they are powerful. because they represent a collective opportunity. they invest more than $220 million a year in direct support for field conservation. they have more than 200 million annual visitors. and we have recently joined forces with the u.s. wildlife trafficking alliance, now a program of the association of zoos and aquariums. so we are working with partners to bring a voice to this issue worldwide. an expression of that voice in congress was the end wildlife trafficking act. and one of the most amazing things about it, and unusual thing in the world today, a bipartisan act of concern, republicans and democrats coming together to say we need to end wildlife trafficking. and yesterday was international tiger day. we joined forces with the world wildlife fund and the world association of zoos and aquariums to bring fo

troubled human rights record especially when it concerns the treatment of indigenous people ivory coast president alassane ouattara has issued an amnesty for the wife of the former leader and they're all bad but some of them back but it was one of eight hundred citizens ouattara said he'd pop in and during a state address in twenty fifteen she was convicted of offenses against the state during a brief twenty eleven civil war and was sentenced to twenty years in place of ethiopia's federal government has taken over the administration of the east and somalia region and to restore normal to the regional president resigned that lead to hand the power after fifty people were killed in the regional capital judge ago on saturday the violence began after the government deployed troops sparking tensions with local paramilitary forces mammadov though as more from neighboring djibouti. the federal government say suspect in these rare step to issue a security is brought back to the somali region a statement from the prime minister's office hinted at the local administration going rogue and being on

the former first lady of ivory coast has been freed from jail after being granted amnesty for her role in the civil war some of bankers husband law refused to accept electoral defeat in twenty ten triggering a conflict that killed three thousand people she was sentenced to twenty years in prison in twenty fifty days for the headlines about with more news in half an hour here on al-jazeera next it's the bone hunter to stay with us. in the final. stand the differences. and the similarities and cultures across the world. al-jazeera. the remains of rama's new coaches father and brother were finally found a couple of years ago in a mass grave not far from nearby step to meet some. years after he began searching for his family he could finally lead them to rest. but there were more bones to be found and he continued scouring these words to help others also find closure. local government do because all of these old folk were difficult work and so-called political will both work. nor want to move on the knowledge of. the old lead long nebulous slogan more a little local both. local both who bu

ivory coast former first lady has arrived after being granted to amnesty and released from detention for her role in a civil war simone bagfuls a husband long refused to accept electoral defeat back in two thousand and ten triggering a conflict that killed three thousand people she was sentenced to twenty years in prison and twenty fifteen are released on wednesday along with eight hundred all those is seen as an effort to soothe political tensions ahead of elections in twenty twenty. this page is turned today everything is new militants stand up for the new face forward over time on our way on our way on our way amen. vagal is known as the iron lady of ivory coast a devout christian who was ruthless by reputation and one of west africa's most powerful politicians she was an active trade union militant in the one nine hundred seventy s. and married law wrong bible in one nine hundred eighty nine she later became an m.p. and quickly took advantage of her husband's election as prime minister into symes and supporter called her the hillary clinton of the tropics but to critics she was t

the former first lady of ivory coast has been freed from jail after being granted amnesty for her role in post-election violence simone berg was housman laurel refused to accept electoral defeat in twenty ten and that triggered conflict that killed three thousand people she was sentenced to twenty years in prison in twenty fifteen the u.s. says it will impose sanctions against russia over an attack on a former spy in britain earlier this year the state department says russia use nerve gas to poison surrogate script pal and his daughter in the english city of sorcery in march is seventy three years since the united states dropped an atomic bomb and nagasaki in japan which led to the end of the second world war at a ceremony to mark the universe the anniversary un secretary general antonio terror she urged all the leaders to commit to nuclear disarmament saying the fear of war is still present three days before and after sadly the u.s. adopt another atomic bomb on hiroshima roger today those are the latest headlines from us here at al-jazeera coming up next bone hunter. more than twenty

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