reports of violent crime here in melbourne and there's been a lot of focus in the media on african australian groups call the other side say it's not fair to paint the entire community with the same brush and they say they have come out here in support of immigration and the african australian community. all right still ahead on edge is it a human rights defenders under attack in colombia we look at the unintended consequences of a peace deal with rebels. taking on brazil's criminal gangs the new president sends troops to contain violence in the north east. hello again it's good to have you back well i do want to take you over here towards the western part of the levant we have been dealing with flooding as system after system has become ian off the mediterranean a lot of refugee camps have been flooded because of the very heavy rain that we have seen there unfortunate over the next few days things look about the same as what we have seen before another system is making its way in from the west that's going to bring snow up towards the higher elevations but in syria we are looking at the incr

certainly not specifically to african gang violence so those who are here in support of the african australian community say it's unfair to paint begin higher community with the same brush as a few people who have committed some crimes here in melbourne kathy novak live for us in melbourne thank you police and susanna fire tear gas to disperse anti-government demonstrators who gathered again after friday prayers testers want president omar al bashir to step down over rising food prices and government corruption at least nineteen people have died since the unrest started last month. deployed eighty military staff to go beyond after a disputed military election in nearby democratic republic of congo president donald trump says the troops will support the security of u.s. citizens and personnel in case of violent demonstrations but counting is still underway but the three main candidates have all declare they won the vote at the bishop's field the largest group of election observers they say there is a clear winner and they're demanding accurate results be declared and security council met behind

reports of violent crime here in melbourne and there's been a lot of focus in the media on african australian groups or the other side say it's not fair to paint the entire community with the same brush and they say they have come out here in support of immigration and of the african australian community the us system floyd eighty military stuff after a disputed presidential election in nearby democratic republic of congo president trump says the troops will support the security of u.s. citizens and personnel in case of violent demonstrations after results of the long delayed election on the cleared preliminary final results expected on sunday vote counting is still underway but the three main candidates of all declared they won the vote catholic bishops fielded the largest group of election observers they say there is a clear winner and they're demanding that accurate results be declared the u.n. security council met behind closed doors to discuss the vote. intimidation and harassment against journalists opposition candidates and human rights defenders continues to take place and this being

these areas but on the other side the people are saying that it is not fair to paint the entire african australian community with the same brush that the talk of african gang violence that is often spoken about here in australia is overblown and they have come out to show their support for immigration in general because the. far right protesters are in general and the immigration and some of their leaders have in fact been convicted in the past in fighting. violence against muslims and carefully we were saying what appears to be quite a heavy police presence there behind you just give us an idea of the numbers of these competing groups there. it started out small but it certainly has escalated to the hundreds if not thousands altogether on either side hossam the numbers have grown as i've been standing here as i say earlier it started out quite quietly in fact the weather may indeed have had something to do with it it was raining out a bit loopy here on the beach and unfortunately as the sun has come out of the. that the air of violence has also increased there hasn't been too much physical violen

reports of violent crime here in melbourne and there's been a lot of focus in the media on african australian groups for the other side say it's not fair to paint the entire community with the same brush and they say they have come out here in support of immigration and of the african australian community. the donkey could soon become an endangered species in northern nigeria hundreds of sold in rural markets every week with a growing demand for their meat and their hides but that interest reports now from dundon my one m.p. is pushing for a new law to protect the remaining stock. these animals are heading to the market it's such in that most of them will end up on someone's dinner table and the heights processed for export locals say the rush for the beast is driving the numbers down. but all the dealers are bothered about is price drop. the fall maybe because of lack of money but the fact is you don't see. what the park is do money is not in principle at all. he says there are thousands in the wild where he gets some of his stock. forty don't use are sold of every week in this rural market

reports of violent crime here in melbourne and there's been a lot of focus in the media on african australian groups call the other side say it's not fair to paint the entire community with the same brush and they say they have come out here in support of immigration and of the african australian community. turkey has introduced a charge on single use plastic bags that tries to clean up the mediterranean sea its waters are polluted with thousands of tonnes of plastic every year manufacturers say tens of thousands of jobs are now at risk only with more now from istanbul. like many countries worldwide turkey has a major problem with plastic waste turkey is your second largest plastics producer and six in the world. millions of tons are thrown away every year. often ending up in the mediterranean sea and littering turkey's coastline it is a system aged one hundred forty four tons of plastics from turkey alone and up in the sea every day one are of it refined fish has my free plastic in its digestive system and one million. birds are suffocating in plastic bags every year. the turkish government

they're generally anti immigration and lately they seem to have turned their attention to the african australian community so on the other side there are those who have come to demonstrate in support of the african history and community and of immigration in general so police are here trying to keep both of these groups apart specialization is mounting about a historic visit to south korea by north korea's kim jong il improving relations are having a marked impact on the heavily fortified border that separates north and south korea correspondent rob mcbride traveled to young. short distance from the north korean mainland from its observation points you can clearly make out the coastline of north korea just twelve kilometers away and times of extreme tension young people has found itself in the sights of north korea's guns. eight years ago it was the scene of an artillery jewel that killed four people and wounded nineteen others the most serious clash since the korean war. today the same waterfront is that peace following a year of diplomatic engagements between the leaders of north and south kor

nationalists say they came out to protest against crime on the beaches which they blame on australian african descent ok doing the wrong thing and there's still enough for every hurt me all over we want to have prices but we want our drug back we want the lot but the sudanese australians in particular have been under scrutiny recently with local media airing reports referring to african gang violence but those who rallied in support of multiculturalism in australia say the minority group has been made a scapegoat for bigger issues i've lived in melbourne my whole life now there isn't a problem with african crime we have issues with us not having enough and guys aren't things today it's about the fact there's the fact that they're trying to scapegoat it on africanus ryans is really disappointing only have prior notice that the far right groups would be rallying at the beach and that counter protest would be staged in response to doing all they can to keep the two groups apart to prevent any escalation of physical violence the opposing sides moved from the beach front into the streets of st kil

ges which they blame on australian african descent ok doing the wrong thing and there's still enough for everyone here in the all playable we want to have prices but we want our drug back we want them up sudanese australians in particular have been under scrutiny recently with the local media airing reports referring to african gang violence but those who rallied in support of multiculturalism in australia say the minority group has been made a scapegoat for bigger issues i've lived in melbourne my whole life now there isn't a problem with african crime we have issues with us not having enough and gauge with things today actually about the fact there's the fact that they tried to scapegoat it on africanus ryans is really disappointing only had prior notice that far right groups would be rallying at the beach and that counter protest would be staged in response to doing all they can to keep the two groups apart to prevent any escalation of physical violence the opposing sides moved from the beach front into the streets of st kilda shutting down roads as police maintained their lines us

nationalists say they came out to protest against crime on the beaches which they blame on australians of african descent ok doing the wrong thing and they're still not forever hurt me all we want to fight is but we want to draw back we want the law but the sudanese australians in particular have been under scrutiny recently with local media airing reports referring to african gang violence but those who rallied in support of multiculturalism in australia say the minority group has been made a scapegoat for bigger issues i've lived in melbourne my whole life now there isn't a problem with african crime we have issues with us not having enough and guys meant things today about the fact there's the fact that they tried to scapegoat it on africanus ryans is really just fine i only had prior notice that the far right groups would be rallying at the beach and that counter protest would be staged in response to doing all they can to keep the two groups apart to prevent any escalation of physical violence the opposing sides moved from the beach front into the streets of st kilda shutting down roads as p

nationalists say they came out to protest against crime on the beaches which they blame on australians of african descent ok doing the wrong thing and there's still enough for every hurt me all we want to ever exist but we want our drug back we want the lot but the sudanese australians in particular have been under scrutiny recently with the local media airing reports referring to african gang violence but those who rallied in support of multiculturalism in australia say the minority group has been made a scapegoat for bigger issues i've lived in melbourne my whole life now there isn't a problem with african crime we have issues with youth not having enough and guys meant things today about the fact there's the fact that they tried to scapegoat it on africanus ryans is really disappointing only prior notice that the far right groups would be rallying at the beach and that counter protest would be staged in response to doing all they can to keep the two groups apart to prevent any escalation of physical violence the opposing sides moved from the beach front into the streets of st kilda shutting do

community resistance its own environmental questions, the south african government withdrew the original apoval of 2008. three years ago the australiancompany re-applied and enlisted the support of the traditional pondo chief here, lunga baleni and created xolco, a community based company to give mrc a local footprint. c but the crismittee says the chief cannot consent to mining on behalf of the people, instead he must relay the will of the people and in this case they argue, the people weren'tly proponsulted. they took the issue to court in april demanding that the people must have the right "no." in november, a south africa high court judge ruled in their favor stating mining rights cannot be granted without the full and form consent of the communit johan lorenzen is a lawyer representing the crisise. commit >> whereas the chief would traditionally have a consultative role and facilitate the gathering of consensus by the directly affected people, he's instead become a director in the mining company and has signed an affidavit indiffting that hise will receive four percent of revenue once the mining starts. >> reporte chief baleni d

stray leons of african descent a character on a run from the steel mill for ever hurt me all over we want to buy just but we want our drug back we want the lot but the sudanese australians in particular have been under scrutiny recently with local media airing reports referring to african gang violence but those who rallied in support of multiculturalism in australia say the minority group has been made a scapegoat for bigger issues i've lived in melbourne my whole life now there isn't a problem with african crime we have issues with us not having enough and gauge mint things today asked about the fact there's the fact that they tried to scapegoat it on africanus ryans is really disappointing only prior notice that far right groups would be rallying at the beach and that counter protest would be staged in response to doing all they can to keep the two groups apart to prevent any escalation of physical violence the opposing sides moved from the beach front into the streets of st kilda shutting down roads as police maintained their lines using pepper spray at times to break ups couples extraordinary scenes outside the iconic luna park were children come to ride the roller

stray leons of african descent ok doing the wrong thing and the stealing of forever hurt me all over we want to buy just but we want to draw back we want the lot but the sudanese australians in particular have been under scrutiny recently with local media airing reports referring to african gang violence but those who rallied in support of multiculturalism in australia say the minority group has been made a scapegoat for bigger issues i've lived in melbourne my whole life now there isn't a problem with african crime we have issues with us not having enough and guys aren't things today it's about the fact there's the fact that they tried to scapegoat it on africanus ryans is really disappointing only prior notice that the far right groups would be rallying at the beach and that counter protest would be staged in response to doing all they can to keep the two groups apart to prevent any escalation of physical violence the opposing sides moved from the beach front into the streets of st kilda shutting down roads as police maintained their lines using pepper spray at times to break up scalpels extraordinary scenes outside the iconic luna park where children come to ride the r

australian open the thirty seven year old. twenty year old wonder kid stuff. like. the block of sixteen the southern african countries have congratulated felix just before winning the presidential election in the democratic republic of congo martin for you is calling for nationwide protests says he is the only legitimate president has the latest. this is. the highest court in democratic republic of congo announcing the next president felix just acadia. the constitutional court dismissed an appeal by the main opposition contender martin for you lou who claim that the summer thirtieth poll was rigged for you will argue that just the k.t. had made a power sharing deal with outgoing president joseph kabila a charge both men deny. for you is refusing to accept the court's ruling prompting fears of further unrest. i consider myself the only legitimate president of the democratic republic of congo i call on the congolese people not to recognize someone who would take on that role illegitimately know to a by orders coming from him in. the electoral commission had announced that she's sick eighty received thirty eig

happened also on the programme, australians are warned to stay out of the water — wejoin the we join the dutch army on the frontline against islamic insurgents in the africanito. thousands converged on the imperial palace to pay their respects when it was announced he was dead. "good grief." after half a century of delighting fans around the world, charlie brown and the rest of the gang are calling it quits. the singer paul simon starts his tour of south africa tomorrow, in spite of protests and violence from some black activist groups. they say international artists should continue to boycott south africa until majority rule is established. teams were trying to scoop up lumps of oil as france recognises it faces an ecological crisis. three weeks ago, the authorities confidently assured these areas that oil from the broken tanker erika would head out to sea. it didn't. the world's tallest skyscraper opens later today. the burj dubai has easily overtaken its nearest rivals. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: seven weeks after his arrest on allegations of financial misconduct, the former niss