were killed, massacred by hutu extremists and forcing many to flee.e hutu elite ruled rwanda and french troops were on the ground on a humanitarian mission. france's president at the time, francois mitterand, had close ties to rwandan president habyarimana, a hutu. so in rwanda, as in france, questions hovered around the memories of these vicious crimes — was france complicit? after two years of digging through a trove of official files, an expert commission has said the answer is no, there is no evidence that the french government wilfully associated itself with the genocide. the charges the report does make, however, are damning. the report says france bears "heavy and overwhelming responsibilities" over the genocide and that it was "blind to its preparations". translation: the french | authorities pursued a policy that was totally disconnected from reality, a policy that bore the stigma of colonisation, that did not actually see that rwanda could get out of it and basically exacerbated the ethnic crisis, aligned itself with the regime. for victims�

massacred by hutu extremists.ed rwanda and french troops were on the ground on a humanitarian mission. france public president at the time friends want me to run had ties to rwandan president, a hutu. soon, rwanda, as in france, a question has hovered around the memories of these vicious crimes. was france complicit? after digging through a trove of official files after digging through a trove of officialfiles for after digging through a trove of official files for two years an expert commission has said the answer is no. there is no evidence that the french government wilfully associated itself with the genocide. the charges the report does make, however, are damning. the report says france bears heavy and overwhelming responsibilities over the genocide. and that it was blind to its preparations. translation: to its preparations. tuna/mom- to its preparations. translation: . translation: the french authorities _ translation: the french authorities pursued - translation: the french authorities pursued a - translat

says another 170 people are injured the cause of the blaze not known this detention center run by hutu rebels who have controlled somehow since the outbreak of yemen's conflict. the u.s. secretary of state's written to afghanistan's president and outlined the by their ministrations strategy to end the conflict and made several proposals one of which involves a leading role for turkey washington plans to abide by the full troop withdrawal by may the 1 announced previously by the trumpet ministration more from our diplomatic editor james bass. some of the american troops now serving in afghanistan weren't even born when the u.s. 1st went to war there in 2001 the united states currently has 2500 troops serving in the country under a deal negotiated in doha between the trumpet ministration and the taliban they're all supposed to leave by the 1st of may last week zalmay holyfield's the u.s. special envoy appointed by president trump but retained by president biden was in kabul for meetings with officials including with the afghan president ashraf ghani the u.s. secretary of state antony bli

killings about 800000 mainly ethnic to see people were slaughtered over the space of 3 months under the hutu grazing. i'll be back with more news in about 25 minutes time i will see that coming up next on al-jazeera it's outfront. as turkey pulls out of an international treaty protecting women's rights we ask renowned author what this means for gender based violence but 1st protests and strikes continue unabated against the military coup and me and maher hundreds have been killed and thousands arrested as the hunted doubles down on its brutal repression so what's next for me and more well as the international envoy for aung sun suu cheez ousted civilian government this week headliner dr sassa. thank you so much for joining me on up for. me the crackdown on dissent since the military coup last month in myanmar has been brutal more than 2500 people have been arrested according to activists over 250 people have been killed by security forces the leader of your party own son suchi has been detained the international envoy are in hiding at this very moment where does your fight go from here. mili

would not be supporting saudi arabia in active operations against the hutu rebels however within the last week or so and the ministration the treasury department has slapped sanctions on 2 leadership sense wire said there might be a sense of impatience creeping in but bottom line what the bite in the ministration needs to do and wants to do is to get some kind of cease fire in the region remembering the why game here and the wider game involves saudi arabia and iran for whom many would argue what is going on in yemen is in effect a proxy war the u.s. and its long term interest is well aware that unless there's some kind of ceasefire in yemen any thought of some kind of negotiated going forward with iran is just not possible thank you very much for now mike hanna in washington. well the u.s. migration agency is saying that it fears dozens of migrants might have died in a weekend fire in an overcrowded holding facility in yemen the international organization for migration says there are estimates that as many as 60 people might have been killed during the blaze in the capital it's not

as well however all of these points as well as the ongoing criticism of the hutu uganda behavior in the war in yemen did not answer the fundamental question of why the biden administration has not doesn't seem to plan to sanction in any convincing. possibly deterred of way the crown prince of saudi arabia mohammed bin solomon. the report from the d.n.i. specifically said that he was in fact the mastermind of the show she is murder and the spokes person was really having a difficult time trying to explain that from ministrations view sanctioning mohammed bin solemn on refusing to engage with him refusing him entrance into the united states for any reason is good be an appropriate punish but the administration's view at least as from what i've been able to us see during this briefing is that there are things there are areas where the u.s. and saudi arabia must cooperate and while refusing to tacitly confirm that muhammad bin solomon is seen as the head of government in saudi arabia that the u.s. has to be able to cooperate with. saudi arabia on pivotal regional security issues of course h

seems like the french knew it was in never archives they knew that in fact this was untrue that it was hutu extremists. all along the plane down and triggered the genocide so that's quite startling revelation i think and what impact do you think it will have on relations between france and the president of our cause saying that he wants to visit rwanda later this year well that in itself would be quite incredible if that happens. what is interesting is in a few weeks time bringing out they were only poured into the role of. independent report by a high profile american lawyer but news that the final report the news report be interesting to see how that tallies with what the french have found in their archives muses fountain one dinar coming right you would hope will normalize ties. probably the most important thing the rwandans want at the minute is that justice starts to happen so far the french are thought only 3 out of dozens of genocide suspects to trial in france they were extradite him so we need to see movement there that the french take the fact they've got genocide suspects living

tore apart houses around the base saudi arabia's confirmed another attack on its energy facilities by hutu rebels in yemen the government says a ballistic missile was fired at the iran co will facilities in the. earlier drone hit. one of the world's largest oil shipping ports riyadh says the damage was minimal in both the rebels say it was much bigger. joey was saying the artillery and drone divisions were able to conduct a y. defensive in the depths of saudi arabia with 14 drones and 8 police. we targeted around. port and other military facilities and the mom more military sites were targeted in a theater design than the strike was precise. the reports from in moscow police have raided young guns general hospital and arrested several people security forces maintaining or hospitals and universities the violence against those protesting the military coup has only been escalating u.k. prime ministers demanding the permanent release of a british iranian woman who was jailed in tehran on spying charges now the names i got are iraq close 5 year sentence has ended but her lawyer says she's been

into the country diplomatic sources have confirmed to al-jazeera that a un report indicates yemen's hutu rebels were responsible for an attack on aid an app or 20 people were killed on december 30th when missiles were fired at the air force in a sense to his a plane that had landed with government officials on board a report submitted to the un security council is set to contain evidence that the missiles a similar of those in the hootie arsenal of fired from areas under rebel control france insists that it only killed armed fighters in an airstrike in mali after u.n. investigators concluded that 19 civilians died a u.n. team says that only 3 armed men were killed during the strike on the village of bunty in january it says that it came to its conclusion after analyzing satellite images visiting the size of interviewing more than $400.00 people france says the evidence is weak the u.n. secretary general spokesman says that they stand by the report and its findings i think the next step is really clued in the recommendations to both the mali and the french authorities to conduct you know

offensive and the whole data part includes open reopening the port in exchange for the hutus going back to this this agreement that the main question i want to ask is how long the hooted have to respond to this initiative and what if anything your government we know your government has back channels to the group. has any sort of work been done already to smooth the ground for them for them to accept this. so sort of can you repeat the 1st part of the question on. the i just i just wanted to know if the the ceasefire in the matter. and the cease fire is envisioned for the entire conflict we want the guns to fall completely silent that is the initiative and that is the only thing that can. really help us get to the next step which is a political process and a resolution that can make yemen safe and secure for the people of yemen it's. a time frame it's up to the who these now and you know we have we are ready to go today we hope that we can have a ceasefire immediately but the onus is on the who think they have to decide are they going to put the interests of yemen 1st or they going to co

ringback 60 years of war but now saudi arabia offers a ceasefire in yemen only if the hutu rebels agree. hello again i'm come all santamaria here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera the e.u. is imposed sanctions on myanmar that military chief and several chinese officials as it focuses on human rights issues around the world. are going. to fire tears through part of a range of tamping bangladesh that houses more than 850000 refugees. and photos emerge of a crowded u.s. detention facility on the southern border where people are hoping to enter the country in search of a better life. it's almost 6 years to the day and saudi arabia intervened in yemen and created what is the world's worst humanitarian crisis but now the country is offering up a plan for peace in the past couple of hours the saudi foreign minister faced open forum has outlined the yemen peace initiative it includes a nationwide cease fire under the supervision of the united nations followed by a resumption of political talks to end the war it would also be an easing of the blockade on the part of the data and the re

summer correction which was signed in 2011 eastbound and the marine and since then has been signed by hutu 5 countries turkey at the time was the 1st country to sign but now instead of putting it into practice instead of doing something to help the victims of violence the government is doing the exact opposite president everyone's justice and development party or the a.k.p. came to power in 2002 and since then we have seen a stunning rise in violence against women we've seen for example from 66 women murdered in 2002 to 953 in the 1st half of 2009 after that the government simply stop releasing data on femicide but women's rights groups say nearly $100.00 have been killed so far this year why has gender based violence increase so much under edwards leadership so the government does not release the numbers but one is trying to get as asians have been doing their best to understand the expense or this tragedy or this human rights crisis that we're going through and. i didn't know that the real numbers are much much higher because there are so many i want humans and i use only killings quote

around the base in other news saudi arabia has confirmed another attack on its energy facilities by the hutu rebels in yemen the government says a ballistic missile was fired at the facilities in. early a drone hit one of the world's largest oil shipping ports riyadh says the damage was minimal in both attacks though who the rebels however say it was much bigger. than a joe in which they all the artillery and drone divisions were able to conduct a wide defenses in the depth of saudi arabia with 14 drones and 8 ballistic missiles targeted around. a port and other military facilities into mom more military sites were targeted in a serious design and the strike was precise the u.s. secretary of state's written to afghanistan's president outlining outlining the by ministration strategy to end the conflict and lincoln called for a 90 day reduction of violence and has asked turkey and the united nations to host talks he says no decision has yet been made on u.s. troop withdrawal. there are reports of 1000000 miles police raiding the general hospital in yangon and arresting several people security

situation as well as the reality of the wider context of this it's not just about saudi arabia against the hutus backing up the government forces in yemen it's also beyond that it's about saudi arabia and iran basically using yemen as a proxy battlefield the u.s. seeking to rekindle some kind of negotiation process with iran this particular point this stalemate in yemen is something that complicates that it mentally and that is what lies behind the u.s. thinking why it is so keen to get some kind of negotiated settlement some kind of cease fire 10 prius that might be under way in yemen thank you very much mike hanna in washington. and then another bit of news from yemen the un's migration agency is saying that it fears dozens of migrants might have died in a weekend fire at an overcrowded holding facility in the yemeni capital the international organization for migration is saying there estimates the fire in santa might have killed as many as 60 people it's not known what caused the blaze which injured more than 170 others as well but the i.o.m. is calling on the who these who controls to give h

aiming for homs machette an area which hosts a number of military bases and has been a target for hutu rebels cross border attacks have been increasing in the past week those are your headlines durian is here next with counting the cost. some people marry for love others it can be a commercial transaction. for 3700 euro payment just for the march counter al-jazeera world meets men and women using marriage as an illegal passport to europe you know just as your computer or the student were attempting to organize a sham marriage and a financial and emotional cost then he left me for a woman 33 years older than him marriage for sale on al-jazeera. hello i'm doubting obligato this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your look at the world of business and economics this week millions of people could be forced to move a sea levels rise but as the cost of building sea defenses increase we ask why wealthy nations aren't delivering on promised money. big investors hand out billions to start ups every year but women and ethnic minorities are missing out. possuelo rich americans don't want to pay h

after 6 years of war saudi arabia offers a ceasefire in yemen but only if the hutu rebels agree. i'm come all santamaria here in doha this is the world news from al-jazeera the e.u. has imposed sanctions on me and mas military chief and several chinese officials as it focuses on human rights issues around the world. a major fire tears through parts of a camp in bangladesh that houses more than 850000 refugees. hundreds of thousands of people have fled the violence in mozambique and there are fears now some could be radicalized by i so. almost 6 years to the day since saudi arabia intervened in yemen helping create the world's worst humanitarian crisis but now it's offering up a plan for peace in the past year as the saudi foreign minister feisal been for outlined a yemen peace initiative that includes a nationwide cease fire under the supervision of the united nations followed by a resumption of political talks to end the war there would also be an easing of the blockade on the port of a beta and a partial reopening of some airport but according to the foreign minister this will

the slaughter of about $830000.00 mainly ethnic tutsis over 3 months france actively supported the hutu led government at the time the report says it could have done much more to prevent the killings the coronavirus funday make now in brazil has reported more than 3600 deaths a new record for a single day queues have been growing for intensive care beds as infections said the most populous states our panel has been badly hit and is extending knock down measures until april 11th argentina meanwhile has announced it will suspend flights from brazil chile and mexico to prevent the spread of new variants of covert 19 the measures will come into effect on saturday the government says it's concerned about the rising number of infections in neighboring brazil which has recorded more than 12000000 cases argentina has recorded nearly 2300000 infections so far. to bangladesh now where there's been anger sprogs by a visit by india's prime minister as the render modi attended the country's 50th independence day celebrations protests against his visit turned violent at least 4 people died and dozens

slaughter of about 800000 mainly ethnic to seize during a 3 month period france actively supported the hutu led government at the time. a growing number of western retail giant sink looting hate shanab and nike are facing a boycott in china there are rising concerns about the suspected use of force labor by weekers engine jones cotton fields the company has made the statements last year but they were repos steered by the communist youth league after western governments impose sanctions on chinese officials that created a backlash on chinese social media richard mcgregor is a senior fellow at the lowy institute he says western brands are not willing to take a political stance if it means losing the chinese market. the 1st time we've had sort of a state lead consumer boycotts in china against japanese south korean goods in the past but i feel it's different this time for a number of reasons this is an explicit response to western sanctions against china and the shin judge in this case which of course is something that's going to be happen more happening more and of course china is a much more

killings about 800000 mainly ethnic to see people were slaughtered in the space of 3 months under the hutu regime france was an active supporter of the government at the time and the report's authors say could have done much more to prevent the genocide. that's it for myself and the team here in london i'll be more coming up tomorrow but now it's time for counting the cost for . talking to al jazeera. can you tell me what the government you represent is now illegitimate we listen we do not sell the fence material any country the conflict in yemen we meet with global news makers until about the stories that matter on syria. by their own kimbell this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your look at the world of business add economics this week nationalism diplomacy and the rights to make sexy is a time for rich nations and drug makers to give developing countries the technology to speed up the rollout of vaccines. the road to a more healthy and productive country could be through improving mental wellbeing we find out why governments are not spending enough on mental health. and despite the p

about a $100000.00 mainly ethnic tootsie people were slaughtered over the space of 3 months under the hutu regime france was an active supporter of the government at the time in the report's authors say it could have done much more to prevent the genocide now us politicians from both sides of the aisle are in texas visiting immigration centers to highlight a recent surge in migrants in asylum seekers at the border with mexico house democrats are saying they are there to fix the inhumane situation of child separation under the policies of donald trump but a group of senate republicans say the influx is a crisis of joe biden's making he says the surgeon arrivals is the result of a seasonal increase let's go 1st to shopper tennessee who is in macallan texas and a great deal of concern about the conditions there in the facilities but equally as more and more unaccompanied children a crossing the border. yes we're actually in mcallen texas. if they're lucky unaccompanied children and families with children under the age of 7 who all being allowed in to the u.s. to pursue their asylum claims. cl

and among the saudi arabian forces but this is now turned down at this stage it would appear by the hutus obviously the u.s. deeply disappointed in this there's been no direct reaction from the special envoy at this particular point but understanding what he is attempting to do is forge the settlement to get negotiations going with the u.s. and importantly under the auspices of the united nations to 1st of all get a cease fire in place to be able to ramp up humanitarian aid but at this stage it appears a stumbling block they've got the hooty leadership saying that the proposal that's been presented to it is a saudi and a u.s. one it does not represent hooty interest so a little bit of a log jam in the situation here while the biden administration may be getting a little bit more impatient than it has been in recent months the un's migration agency fears as many as 60 migrants may have died during a fire at an overcrowded holding facility in yemen last sunday and it's far above its initial estimates more than 170 people were injured in the blaze of a couple sun it's not known what triggere

saudi arabia's concerned another attack on its energy facilities by hutu rebels in the yemeni government as a ballistic missile was fired at the coal oil facilities in the earlier drone hit the us to note which is one of the world's largest oil shit holes. in the us sectors states written to afghanistan's president outlining the biden administration's strategy to end the conflict the. good man to be thinking called for a 90 day reduction of violence and has asked turkey and the un to host talks. reports out of me in ma that the police have raided young guns general hospital and arrested several people shots and stun grenades are being heard in several areas of me and miles largest city security forces so they are quote maintaining all hospitals and universities and violence against those protesting the military coup has only been escalating scott hi liz keeping an eye on things from bangkok in thailand anything more on the. more raids we're hearing of the hospital. yeah the joint is saying they're doing it to uphold the law protesters and residents of yangon saying that this is something

about $800000.00 mainly i think to see is chairing a 3 month period france actively supported the hutu led government at the time the report says it could have done much more to prevent the killings. the indonesian island of bali has been a cultural hub for centuries with galleries and museums displaying the work of traditional artists but the pandemic has false money to close their doors and some artists have found ways to keep selling their work but many say they're struggling to get by jessica washington has the story from jakarta on the island of bali in the village of 5 to one lion mark through has been making and filling masks for more than 50 years they're used for traditional dances and are often sold as souvenirs too but with only closed to foreign tourists because of the pandemic he struggled to find customers lot of young. there are 300 in 4 families in this film 95 percent of us are masks craftsman because of covert or sales or counsel. some artists in the village have turned to other jobs but that's not an option for everyone so you know that when the good. old early i can

killings about a 100000 mainly ethnic shit see people was still ahead of the space of 3 months under the hutu regime france was an active supporter of the government at the time in the report's authors say it could have done much more to prevent the genocide i'll be back with the news hour in 25 minutes time c.n.n. . i like finding old friends and when he has what i know here by from the residential school the mohawk institute when we 1st went in there we were my sister and i were separated into groups and i had one older girl that took me under her wing and my sister don we need look after her well i don't you know when i was there i don't even though remember going there i don't even remember the people think the media but in my home i remember that. oh no i was just there so then i met this this older. person on this older girl kind of took care of me when i was growing up. and she told me when she's ready to leave because she was in 1213 maybe 14 she said that she was going to ask her mother to come and get me and think she could take me home to be her little sister. but didn't happen bec

the other headlines saudi arabia has confirmed another attack on its energy facilities by hutu rebels in yemen the government says a ballistic missile was fired at or oil facilities in the around earlier drone hit one of the world's largest oil shipping ports riyadh says minimal damage in both of those attacks but the who it is so much bigger. and then the saudi led coalition responded to the attacks by marching airstrikes on yemen's capital sana'a a residential area was hit during that operation and there are reports of casualties there are reports that police have raided young guns general hospital and arrested several people security forces say they are quote maintaining all hospitals and universities violence against the protesters has only been escalating the u.k. prime minister is demanding the permanent release of a british iranian woman who was jailed in tehran on spying charges. 5 years sentence has ended but her lawyer says she's been summoned to court next week on another charge. u.s. secretary of state's written to afghanistan's president outlining the by the administratio

the despite international condemnation the hutu appears undeterred continuing to beat and kill citizens who can't defend themselves the united nations says the widespread systematic final it's likely crosses the threshold for crimes against humanity people are being moved. through. in the. big committed against being committed against peaceful protesters he's pushing for a more forceful response from the international community one that includes targeted sanctions on individual members and on the financial institutions that fund the violence. get you up to speed on some other stories making news around the world at this hour germany says it will continue to use the astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine despite some other european countries putting a temporary halt on its use the announcement follows 7 reports of severe blood clots forming and some people who have received the vaccine though no link to the drug has been established astra zeneca insists the shot is safe. explosions from out at have sent a 4 kilometer high plume of smoke into the sky europe's largest active volcano located on t

about a $100000.00 mainly ethnic tutsi people were slaughtered over the space of 3 months under the hutu regime france was an active supporter of the government at the time and reports authors say it could have done much more to prevent the genocide well andrea wallace is a journalist and author of silent accomplice the untold story of the role of france in their one genocide he says this report is an important step forward in the in french rwandan relations. it is exposed in some ways in france the history of france in rwanda in the last 27 years has been pretty grim and they've been various efforts and in $98.00 there was a french report which said been misled by the genocidal government and president sarkozy 10 years ago went as far as to say france had made so this is a substantial increase in language here and really the devil will be in the report itself is 1200 pages it will take a while to get through. but really it is it is explosive stuff and credit to president not going to breaking with his predecessors and allowing. these investigators these historians to look truly archives

welcome to the news hour after 6 years of war saudi arabia offers a ceasefire in yemen but only if the hutu rebels agree. also in the news the e.u. and other western powers impose sanctions on chinese officials over the abuse of weak and muslims it's led to a tit for tat reaction from beijing. believe it or not anybody on. a major fire tears through part of a red ink account in bangladesh or houses more than 850000 refugees. and hundreds of thousands of people have fled the violence in mozambique but there are fears some could now be radicalized by isis. uninstalls lats a neighbor him of it says he's going to give himself every chance of playing in the 2022 world cup one of football's highest profile players is back with the sweden scored for the 1st time in 5 years. almost 6 years to the day since it intervened in yemen and will help create the world's worst humanitarian crisis saudi arabia is now offering up a pan a plan for peace in the past year as the saudi foreign minister finds open for an outline to yemen. peace initiative which includes a nationwide ceasefire under the supervision

guess that's what the saudis say they are now offering but really putting it all in the court of the hutus and saying you have to accept otherwise there's nothing. well let's say here fairness it's definitely and initiative. for conflict was a notion in yemen and i hope it will work but it's still there is a long way to go and my view of this of all it's recognized that this is not the 1st time that saudi arabia makes such initiatives in the past 4 years ago we have seen what was called in being the decisive storm and indeed it would replace it with a storm of all but unfortunately that not where we saw all saw some very bad supporting. a whole day the. agreement that was the then sweden with a one intervention that did not wear p. that it seems that at this time things different at least from the previous times and one major difference is that we have seen this time that we are seeing a strong what it began well on the bidens administration that has been all been talking about that this war must end and sticking its the b. addition actually as the us president untrained in this war and wi