reporter: shady abdallah is an activist who takes very practical steps to clean the river and its bankshe also speaks out against the scourge of trash and pollution. that takes courage. the government has little tolerance of criticism. shady is a co-founder of verynile, an initiative that works with fishermen, ecologists, and the public to clean up the river and to raise awareness. shady: we have had a lot of comments. when i throw my garbage, we ask the question, where do you think it goes? theyey say it just goes away. it's not his problem anymore. he just throws it into a river, and just thinks the river carries it away so it's not my problem anymore. so people don't understand how this can backfire on them, and how it affects them. reporter: it would seem that some egyptians no longer revere and respect ththe river, t m mn source of wawater for ththe population. but the verynile initiative has won the support of the environment minister, yasmine fouad. a surprising development, given that initiatives even slightly critical of the state of affairs in the country are usually nipped in

when ibrahim abdallah saleh and aven others rushed to the scene, their car hi.e.d. it exploded, killing three. saleh lost both legs and an arm. whhe has little doubt abous responsible for both the i.e.d. and the fires. >> ( translated ): isis. i saw them, those who set the fire. there were two. i saw it with my own eyes. >> reporter: i ask the prime minister whether or not there has been a thoroughat investn into the causes. i spent a week on the ground reporting in northern iraq, and i spoke to almost two dozen farmer government officials, security officials, and all of them said th there had not been an official investigation. they had not seen any probe into thwhat was actually causine fires. i'm wondering how certain can you be about the numbershat you have provided in the past. >> we took all the necessary measures, even the other provinces sent their equipment to nineveh to fight res. >> reporter: the people may never know who is behind the majority of iraq's mystery fires. what is certain however is that the losses have proven devastating for farming communit

more tear gas and violence on the streets of hong kong as pro-democracy activist defy abdallah on on them oche. follow that line for the state bar in london with the latest from europe including. reports of more than $700.00 people arrested in russia in a police crackdown on a protest demanding all position candidates be allowed to stand in moscow elections tend to be the same of only supporters colombia is a given but no it's virtually guaranteed to become the 1st man from his country to win the tour de france all of that story and more later this news. thank you for joining is to blame for a brutal crackdown on protesters in sudan early last month is being laid on the action of a few offices the head of a committee has unveiled the long delayed findings of its investigation into the raid by security forces on a sit in outside the army headquarters in khartoum he says a rogue offices violated orders by telling other security forces to fire on demonstrators it was the worst outbreak of violence in the unrest that followed the military's removal of long time ruler omar bashir the oppo