former warlords jumpier has landed back home his supporters are rallying in the capital kinshasa bamber was convicted of war crimes and served ten years in prison in the hague but he was released on appeal in may he now wants to run in long delayed elections scheduled for december. katherine sawyer joins us now live from concert so how popular is the at this point. a sunny let me just stop by saying that. arrived about that he also minutes ago he was still inside that called police and they want to call him directly from here to the final destination without making. it to address the supporters even up knowledge them but he but he organized this party official that are not having any of that they say there is no way after ten years of bed bath and cognac live and not. only at all the people who have come to welcome him home these are people who never expected to see him any time soon and as he then i feel very much of a lot of people i think that he. was a cold we will mend some to the politics of the country they say that right now the present the. will also can galvanize the oppositio

unhappy because bamber has been going to. by the same call that convicted him now he's here and we're just glad to see him oh we're suffering in this country children are not going to school things are not moving his return gives us hope ember faces some hurdles in his bid for presidency the low ses a candidate has to be in the country but he stay yeah before contesting an election the fact that ben the has been away for ten years and still has a pending witness tampering case at the international criminal court could hartis chances katz was on al-jazeera kinshasa. still had an al-jazeera frankland turns fifty we take a look at the first african-american characters from the popular nine hundred sixty s. peanut's com plus. i'm saying was robbie in the south of tehran where wrongs water crisis is making it more difficult to be present. from a clear blue sky of the doha mooning. to the fresh autumn breeze in the city of los. welcome back days of heavy rain and resulted in flooding issues for hanoi in vietnam we still have shower

bamber was reason here committed by the international criminal court in the netherlands where he was in jail for war crimes for the last ten years. the talcum married came third in the tweens eleven presidential election and hopes that this time he has a shot at the top seats and then they spin leaks. he is the leader of the largest opposition party union for democracy and social change his father the educated came . eleven died last year but they haven't brought his body home because of the entire north. believe they were the banking on his mother's popularity in his bid for president. another popular opposition leader to be who's been in exile says twenty sixteen has been barred by the government from entering the country he says he'll take legal action. groups who have submitted their prejudices can contest. what is by them i need the field agree they all have the right to go to the constitutional court. in all more than twenty kind of dates have filed their papers and paid the mandatory one hundred thousand dollars their political state now lies in the electoral commission as we

the farming terraces they were filled with soil brought up from the fertile bamber valley they're calledand danus and the name of these mountains the andes the terracing makes artificial irrigation easier and stops the valuable topsoil being washed away. these terraces probably didn't produce enough to feed the entire population of the too many sides have been found within a radius of five kilometers which when used only for farming the farmers must have been meatless members of conquered tribes forced by the incas to resettle here. these reconstructed buildings were used for storage next to them are sheds for the lammas which would have transported the harvest bingham's excavations not only provided insights about the ways the incas lived they also presented new riddles the whole known as the motors for example may have been used for a strong nomic or purposes at certain times the hollowed stones were filled with water taking the position of the windows and the direction of the sun's rays into account it may have been possible to make calculations for agricultural purposes. a second the

wing economic freedom fighters supporters of congolese opposition leader and former warlord jumpier bamber are celebrating was convicted of war crimes and served ten years in prison in the hague but he was released on appeal in may and now wants to run in long delayed elections scheduled for december all one hundred three people on board a passenger plane that crashed and caught fire in northern mexico i've survived emergency services say dozens of people needed hospital treatment but mostly for minor injuries is the stream now. the difference. in this in the marriages of cultures of. al-jazeera. i mean ok and you are in the stream. millions turned out to vote one day in zimbabwe is historic close run election day we ask what's next for the country post mugabe so tweet us a comment in the life you choose chad and you too could be in the street. monday zimbabweans voted in the country's first election since former president robert mugabe was forced from power here without mcgovern his name on the ballot voters had to choose from a field of twenty three candidates including the two front run

says it's rejected his application because he's been convicted by the international criminal court bamber seen as a possible front runner for the job is returned home to take part in the vote after serving a decade in prison for war crimes he can still appeal against the decision ahead of december's election migrants stuck onboard an italian coast guard ship for more than a week are on hunger strike italy and the e.u. disagree about who should take them in the european commission it says it will not buyouts and threats made by italy over one hundred fifty people being held off the coast of sicily it's of the deputy prime minister luigi demolish says he'll withhold twenty three billion dollars of e.u. funds unless other member countries take in the refugees for the first time in almost four decades ahead of the catholic church is visiting ireland pope francis lands in a country that's changed significantly in that time numerous cases of clerical sexual abuse have seen the population turn away from organized religion and what was once a bastion of cathal ism the future of the church itself

back among his people congolese opposition leader john pierre bamber returns home after a decade in jail. wildfires continue to rage in california but even before the flames are contained residents are experiencing poor air quality. and in sports india are spoiling the party in england's one thousand test match. democratic republic of congo's health ministry has confirmed four cases of a ball in the northeastern city of goma the ministry says there's no evidence linking these cases to the recent outbreak that killed thirty three people that outbreak was officially declared over last week dr ali khan is dean of the university of nebraska medical center college of public health he's joining us now on skype from omaha nebraska thank you very much for being with us how strong is the argument the medical teams may have actually relaxed a bit too much after declaring the last break officially over. none at all there's no reason to suspect that this outbreak in eastern congo which is twenty five hundred kilometers away from the last outbreak are related so i think the bigger issue is what are t

has returned to a welcome from hundreds of supporters in the capital kinshasa bamber was convicted ofwar crimes at the hague but freed in may after an appeal he now wants to run in long delayed elections scheduled for december catherine soy has more from can shasta. and from the political. momentum to the five hundred yard the yes i'll be seventy five beggarly cancer. right now perhaps the most formidable final. well when i got the recent. one. was. one. anyway the. gunman targeting a convoy carrying election material in mali have killed at least four soldiers eight attackers also died after a shootout in the southern region of segue to vote counting has begun in mali following sunday's presidential election thousands of polling stations were disrupted by violence. the date for afghanistan's presidential elections has been announced the vote will be held on april the twentieth next year the presidential vote will take place six months after parliamentary and local elections scheduled for october there's no let up in california as wildfires and wants now shaping up to be one of the wor

still ahead i'll just erupt form a wall or jump here bamber is returning to the democratic republic of congo to participate in presidential elections but we live in kinshasa. through tranquil review. i do not mean. and if it means going to. hello there is still very hot for many of us across europe at the moment and we still have quite a few thunderstorms around those in the east have been plaguing us for weeks now and there's plenty more of them at the moment and then there's also a more step to area of thunderstorms across parts of france and further east across the alps as well now these are very hit and miss if you catch one you're going to see some very heavy downpours maybe with some damaging hail and damaging gusts of wind as well but maybe a mile down the road you'll miss them all together and then you're just stuck with a very hot day the exception really is the northwest here we're still slightly below what we might see temperature wise but then the hot weather pushes back up again so things will get hotter once more as we head through the next few days for ireland and scotla

unhappy because bamber has been vindicated by the same cold. convicted him now he's here and we're just glad to see him. we are suffering in this country children are not going to school things are not moving his return gives us hope ember faces some huddles in his bid for presidency the low ses a candidate has to be in the country. before contesting an election the fact that there has been away for ten years and still has a pending witness tampering case at the international criminal court could heart his chances katz was on al-jazeera kinshasa. so has her own al-jazeera to tell you how the syrian regime's control of a border crossing could change its relations with a neighbor. i'm seeing basra be in the south of tehran where wrongs water crisis is making it more difficult to be pursued. hello and welcome back so looking pretty warm across many parts of north america the flow coming up all the way from the south are also there twenty eight degrees but still some really heavy rain across parts of the eastern seaboard easterling still down into

unhappy because bamber has been vindicated by the certain call that convicted him now he's here and we're just glad to see him was we are suffering in this country children are not going to school things are not moving his return gives us hope member faces some hurdles in his bid for presidency the low say as a candidate has to be in the country where he stay yeah before contesting an election the fact that there has been away for ten years and still has a pending witness tampering case at the international criminal court could heart his chances. and catherine is joining us live from alabama being gathered heavily by police catherine as he free to move around as this normal. for just arrived here at the electoral commission will be inside filing the people walk in we did on those questions in his party official who told us that we feel that he we don't go movement i've been told to use not being allowed to interact with his many supporters while he wanted to spend the day that he's here in his residence in a call gone by the police have paid no to that so now he spent the night at the off

seeing more gun violence and we are seeing car accident i lost three sisters in a car accident and bamber actually already actually most recently they discovered there are actually more people going to be a car accidents than by gun violence but i agree let us research suicide and suicide prevention and there are groups like both the n.r.a. and the national shooting sports foundation that are working with suicide prevention organizations in order to help address the issue and i don't disagree but when we talk about gun violence we're forgetting that it is a violence issue when you were talking about when you're talking about gun suicides you're talking about a suicide issue we're focusing on what you want to focus on the tool and we're saying focus on the problem and i hear what you're saying though i think that that community member who tweeted and said it's. the fact that these things are readily available that makes that but i want i don't i want to push on just a little bit to a story that has been generating plenty of headlines over the last few days you all know it's three d. printe

seeing more gun violence and we are seeing car accident i lost three sisters in a car accident and bamber actually already actually most recently they discovered there are actually more people dying be a car accidents by gun violence but i agree let us research suicide and suicide prevention and there are groups like both the n.r.a. and the national shooting sports foundation that are working with suicide prevention organizations in order to help address the issue and i don't disagree but when we talk about gun violence we're forgetting that it is a violence issue when you were talking about when you're talking about gun suicides you're talking about a suicide issue we're focusing on what you want to focus on the tool and we're saying focus on the problem i hear you're saying that i think that that community member who tweeted and said it's. the fact that these things are readily available that makes that but i want to i don't i want to push on you just a little bit to a story that has been generating plenty of headlines over the last few days you all know it's three d. printed guns now u

seeing more gun violence and we are seeing car accident i lost three sisters in a car accident and bamber actually already actually most recently they discovered there are actually more people going to be a car accidents by gun violence but i agree let us research suicide and suicide prevention and there are groups like both the n.r.a. and the national shooting sports foundation that are working with suicide prevention organizations in order to help address the issue and i don't disagree but when we talk about gun violence we're forgetting that it is a violence issue when you are talking about when you're talking about gun suicides you're talking about a suicide issue we're focusing on what you want to focus on the tool and we're saying focus on the problem and i hear what you're saying though i think that that community member who tweeted and said it's. the fact that these things are readily available that makes that but i want to i don't i want to push on you just a little bit to a story that has been generating plenty of headlines over the last few days you all know it's three d. print

news our live from london much more still ahead for you but in his hand up the selection john pear bamber makes his presidential ambition officially no new diplomatic territory for syria and jordan as they look to reopen a key border crossing. for my tennis world number one added mari takes another big step come back and get surgery peter will have that story and much more. democratic.

seeing more gun violence and we are seeing car accident i lost three sisters in a car accident and bamber actually already actually most recently they discovered there are actually more people going to be a car accidents by gun violence but i agree let us research suicide and suicide prevention and there are groups like both the n.r.a. and the national shooting sports foundation that are working with suicide prevention organizations in order to help address the issue and i don't disagree but when we talk about gun violence we're forgetting that it is a violence issue when you were talking about when you're talking about gun suicides you're talking about a suicide issue we're focusing on what you want to focus on the tool and we're saying focus on the problem and i hear what you're saying though i think that that community member who tweeted and said it's. the fact that these things are readily available that makes that but i want to i don't i want to push on just a little bit to a story that has been generating plenty of headlines over the last few days you all know it's three d. printed

a former rebel leader here bamber is disqualified from running in elections in the democratic republic of congo. repugnant and a source of shame for the catholic community these were the words of pope francis on his first visit to ireland a country that has faced its share of abuse by priests now the pontiff is expected to meet some of the victims later in the day the irish prime minister told the pope that action must follow words on tackling abuse multiple instances of sexual assault on children by the clergy and subsequent cover ups has turned some people away from the catholic church and for the mental video clips yesterday the failure of a clichy s to call authorities the ship's religious superiors priests and others adequately to address these repellant crimes has rightly given rise to outrage and remains a source of pain and shame for the catholic community i myself share those sentiments. magilla laundries mother and baby homes industrial schools legal adoptions and clerical child abuse are stains on our state's our society and also the church. people kept in dark corners behin