peacekeepers on patrol in beni but for how long it was but agrees that. after a spike in deadly violence in recent months many local see the u.n. is not keeping them safe patience is wearing thin. only in a crisis of confidence the un's been here 20 years we don't know what they're doing though disillusionment runs deep and in a nearby village the coffins explain why i witnesses see the stude little chance when rebels from the notorious e.d.f. militia attacked survivors testify to the barbarism. along for a moment of what it will be like for the we found the decapitated bodies. the heads were separated from the bodies. said that made us angry to the point where today we are ready to take charge ourselves to fight to liberate our lands he didn't know that there. were many that i could only identify my aunt through her clothes my she really was beheaded and. her face was unrecognizable only certain. days later and the hospital here is filled with the aftermath of yet another attack the victims of all ages. carrying a life changing injuries. locals tarn thei

must cross a tributary of the amazon the rio beni. this year exceptional rains have caused massive flooding. and get this done. for inclusion my form for. going to. the dock has disappeared underwater. there are no boats to cross the river. the long wait is frustrating. a ferry struggling against the current finally arriving. edgar is one of the 1st to board but there's not enough room for every one. moment that people can walk on i don't know some of them but there's no. question. the bus is too long. so the sailors let the real wheels rest on the rusty fragile ramp. they usually try and get as many customers as possible on board ignoring the safe. with an old engine and a very strong current piloting the ferry is tricky. enough but i'm a gun. because i will go and look at 1st in the gulf and. the ferries no longer being pulled and begins to drift. it's dangerously close to the banks of the river. the steering cable is finally repaired and at the last moment the pilot manages to safely guy the ferry across. and get to know the owner

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democratic forces armed group is suspected to have been behind the offensive in the city of beni brings the number of civilians killed this week to at least 59 on wednesday at least 36 people were killed in attacks which also took place in the east of the country u.s. special envoy for syria says at least $200.00 asteroids have hit province in the last 3 days. more than 22 civilians have been killed and a hospital in the city of every her was among the sites hit the russian backed government offensive enough 470-0000 people to flee towards the turkish border. reports. this is what's left of the. province. we were at home with their kids when a russian warplane carried out an aerial raid against a hospital and also a residential area people are fed up with life here we don't know where to go no one can help no one can protect us from these attacks. many of the patients here have been injured and evacuated to other hospitals dozens of medical facilities have been destroyed in airstrikes in recent months say these facilities were attacked deliberately. i work in the rehab hospital it was d

the armed group allied democratic forces is suspected of being behind the offensive in the city of beni the deaths bring the number of civilians killed this week alone to at least 15. europe today with the headlines on al-jazeera the stream is next with filming ok. americans live side by side in 2 parallel universes the truck parts of america are getting trampy or there is a poll out a few weeks ago that you had almost 30 percent americans believing that we're on the cusp of civil war both sides accuse each other of doing things that are so blatantly wrong the bottom line on us politics and policies on the reflect on the world. ok and join the strain today a new novel about a mexican families migration to the us will look at why the book is striking a nerve with american latino's online. ringback journalists covering organized crime and drug trafficking and you are in the street. the book is called america and it tells the story of a middle class woman and her 8 year old son who was forced to flee for their lives and seek refuge across the u.s. border. all the news stories and ever hear

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the allied democratic forces armed group is suspected of being behind the offensive in the city of beni the jets bringing the number of civilians killed this week to at least 59 about to wednesday and 36 people were killed in north kivu province as well. well thor he's in australia's capital have declared a state of emergency as bushfires threatened to take over canberra and the surrounding region are concerned the hot weather in the strong winds this weekend will only spread the fire a particular fire south of the city out of control the region's chief minister says it's the worst threats it's going to 2 decades ago when 4 people were killed and 500 others injured in the capital. has decommissioned its space telescope after 16 years of service as one of the 4 observatories that orbit the earth sending back all those images and information about our galaxy and beyond the spitzer itself was launched in 2003 with enough liquid helium to keep it going for 6 years but scientists managed to keep the mission going for an extra decade mike hanna has our report this is the last image the spitze

it's understood that people were hacked to death during a raid on villages in the country's eastern beni region the attack is being blamed on a ugandan islamist group. new clashes have erupted between security forces and protesters in the iraqi capital baghdad at one stage police used tear gas to break up a crowd and was seen beating up one protester more than 450 people have been killed in anti-government demonstrations in iraq since october. u.s. secretary of state mike compel has arrived in london where he's expected to urge the u.k. to reconsider working with chinese company while weigh on the country's new 5 g. network the u.k. says it has previous expertise in reducing the risks of using weiwei technology. after years of wrangling and stalemate it finally happened the european parliament has approved legislation allowing britain to leave the e.u. on friday while most let lawmakers express their regrets one prominent did not hide his satisfaction or the final vote after nearly 4 years european lawmakers overwhelmingly back breaks that happening this coming friday for the architects

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congo the allied democratic forces group is suspected to have been behind the offensive in the city of beni brings the number of civilians killed this week to at least 59. there's the top stories do stay with this one i want east is next looking at why people are dying to get the hands on gold thanks very much watching warnings for your to that i phone. call from a minister. michigan is attributable to. making this country the greatest place holder. followed the final run in to the u.k. its departure from the e.u. . is a gold rush in the philippines worth hundreds of millions of dollars but no one wants you to know about it being a building block market because it can buy the night it be in b. b. michel you know. this illegal industry is leaving a trail of misery for its workers powerful security issues for you know the unity to get people and their families. to be able to get up in the bottom of. the last. one i want east investigates why people in the philippines a dying for gold. on the pacific coast 350 kilometers east of manila is the town of power colorado. it's also known as gold tow

and health workers, so we're being evacuated from butembo.g we're goto beni, a city that's also on lockdownand we're being escorted by the olice. the cibeni, population a quarter-million, has been at the s nter of thoutbreak. the numberf ca down from its peak in the spring, but a deteriorating security situation makes it tough to stamp out the final viral flames. and just as in butembo, there argrowing protests. the lead of this local group, "lucha," or struggle, says they're angry that u. troops aye not doing more to stop the violence, and hethe foreign doctors should leave. >> ( translated ): we have our own black congolese doctors o will stop this outbreak. >> reporter: making matters f woew people in congo trust the official word of the government, or the press. many get theirews through a toxic mix of distortlin, rumor and tical agitation, much of it on social media. >> ( translated ): "westerners want to kill africans and sell vaccines for a disease that can be cured! congolese people are too naive." >> reporter: and some just false. >> ( translated ): "last nig helicopters flew over

understood that the people were hacked to death during a raid on villages in the country's eastern beni region the attack is being blamed on a ugandan islamist group fresh clashes have erupted between security forces and protesters in the iraqi capital baghdad at one stage police used tear gas to break up a crowd and were seen beating up one protester more than 450 people have been killed in anti-government demonstrations in iraq since october. the president of israel today addressed the german parliament here in berlin to mark 75 years since the liberation of the auschwitz nazi death camp reuven rivlin attended a special session of the bundestag an annual of that to remember the victims of nazi germany. the jewish poet is available sang this lullaby to comfort children as they were forced into a gas chamber in auschwitz. addressing the german parliament israeli president rubin rivlin warned of resurgent anti semitism across europe and said germany had a key role to play in combating it get a man you have a chip germany the country where the so-called final solution was devised has assu

democratic forces armed group is the spec to being behind the offensive in the city of beni the deaths bring the number of civilians killed this week to at least 59 on wednesday 36 people were killed in north kivu province and authorities in australia's capital have declared a state of emergency as bush fires threaten canberra and the surrounding region there are concerns the hot weather in the strong winds this weekend will only spread to fire south of the capital which is already out of control you're up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera inside story is coming up next. in the philippines the black market for gold is worth hundreds of millions but not everybody is reaping the rewards to sound the ultimate price when i went east investigates why people like dying for gold on al-jazeera. the u.s. secretary of state lobbies britain once again for a ban on one way is the chinese tech giant a threat to cyber security or are there other reads on washington's opposition this is inside story. hello and welcome to the show i'm sam is a than the u.s. is pressuring allies in the west to b

in the democratic republic of congo rebels with the democratic forces targeted the eastern city of beni early on wednesday officials say the i.d.f. is responsible for a string of killings. government protests have turned violent in the guinea and capital with 2 people killed by security forces in his many days at least 22 people have died since demonstrations began in october making the guy. a standoff in guinea's capital tear gas filled the streets as another round of mass anti-government protests turned violent. police used slingshots with stones as they tried to disperse the crowds and protesters forced back arrests were made by security forces and. told me to go to the garage to work i told her there's a strike on today she wanted me to go anyway but i went outside the police arrested me i was just trying to get to work. this building was set alight in the demonstrations it was a local business a coalition of opposition groups calling itself the national front for the defense of the constitution has been spearheading the protests it called for a national strike on wednesday which sa

congo the democratic forces armed group is suspected to have been behind the offensive in the city of beni brings the brings rather the number of civilians killed this week to at least 59 on wednesday at least 36 people were killed in attacks which also took place in the east of the country. protests have broken out in the occupied west bank against a us plan for the middle east which sides with israel on many contentious issues. demonstrators burned pictures of donald trump and israel's prime minister near the illegal israeli settlement of beirut which lies close to the palestinian city of ramallah under trying to propose all settlements including but it would be an excuse for oh elsewhere riot police fired tear gas and stun grenades as demonstrators threw stones the u.n. has rejected trump's plan police and protesters have clashed in india's capital after a man opened fire at what had been a peaceful rally the latest outbreak of violence and weeks of nationwide protests against a citizen citizenship law passed last month which critics say discriminates against muslims as a both purana re

congo rebels with the allied democratic forces targeted in bed too that's close to the eastern city of beni and it was on early wednesday morning officials say the a.d.f. are responsible for a string of killings in the east of the country since november. the turkish president of edda one claims russia is not honoring its agreements on syria he said ankara has run out of patience with the bombing in italy province by russian backed syrian forces his response comes as they recaptured the key rebel held city of merit our new man turkey and russia had agreed to make it live a deescalation zone but president assad's regime and its allies have bombarded the area for months now since december an estimated 350000 people have been displaced so in cause he has more from istanbul. back in 2018 turkey russia and iran under the scar interest ship a deal for a peace was signed but now it seems neither of them are abiding it except from turkey that's why turkey is that happy is thinking about the situation in that there are thousands hundreds of thousands of people who are right now vice turkey syria bord

republic of congo rebels were the allies democratic forces targeted bedouin near the eastern city of beni early on wednesday officials say the a.d.f. is responsible for a string of killings in the east of the r.c. since november now a security company in the united arab emirates is being accused of deception after giving jobs to young sudanese men who say they were then sent to fight in wars thousands of man is syria turned home but many others are believed to be still in yemen or libya morgan has a story from cotton when abbott got a letter from a recruitment company late last year about work in the united arab emirates he was delighted he would be able to send money back home to help his family he applied for a job as a security guard and was taken on by an iraqi company called black shield but when he arrived in up with he was in for a shock. you know when to go in to go we were taken to a military camp and given training on how to handle heavy weapons most of our supervisors were ever audi's it was not the type of training you'd get for a job as a security guard when i asked why we we

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democratic republic of congo rebels were the allies democratic forces targeted near the eastern city of beni early on when say officials say the a.d.f. is responsible for a string of killings in the east of the d r c since november. now surely as foreign minister has used his 1st feature of the year to defend his country's coal industry he says he's protecting jobs but critics say coal and climate change have contributed to the unprecedented bushfires continuing to burn andrew thomas has more from canberra. inside the prime minister was giving a speech about preparedness for future bushfires outside protesters were beyond angry. now for a month in profits mark it's not anger it's just its fury not it's something. that i haven't felt before we have a government that is not only in the night they are promoting fossil fuel they are promoting. protestors and environmentalists say the ferocity of australia's fires are evidence of climate change what frustrates many australians is australian politicians including the prime minister played down by between climate change and the recent bushfires whi

killed in overnight attacks in eastern democratic republic of congo 4 villages in the territory of beni were raided by a rebel group called the allied democratic forces region has seen a surge in violence since october when the army launched an offensive against the rebels argentina's new government has begun issuing food cards to low income families in an attempt to fight malnutrition the card gives them between $50.00 and $90.00 a month to buy certain food items the country is in the midst of an economic crisis and is gearing up to restructure around $100000000000.00 in debt to risible reports from what is ours. long lines of people waiting to get government help and this is happening in some order only half an hour away from the center of when our societies. this is just one of the places in the country where the new government of a lot of the fatah members has not got a program to fight my nutrition. has 4 children and has been without work for a year. it's a compliment to help. for years we have seen an increase in prices and it's difficult to make sure the kids eat well we bought

the allied democratic forces armed group is suspected to have been behind defensive in the city of beni brings the number of civilians killed this week to at least 59 on wednesday at least 36 people were killed in attacks which also took place in the east of the country. yes special envoy for syria says at least 200 ass trucks have hit province in the last 3 days and he's 21 civilians have been killed and a hospital in a city very high was among the sites hit the russian backed government offensive is now 470-0000 people to flee towards the turkish border but or again the reports. this is what's left of the. province. we were at home with their kids when a russian warplane carried out an aerial raid against a hospital and also a residential area people are fed up with life here we don't know where to go no one can help no one can protect us from these attacks. many of the patients here have been injured and evacuated to other hospitals dozens of medical facilities have been destroyed in airstrikes in recent months say these facilities were attacked deliberately. i work in the rehab hosp