people to access services but some critics say the move just isn't economically justifiable catherine sawyer has this report now from baron his new capital this is ballooned his new political capital. in the middle of the country and was once a copy told of the blue indian more nicky until the kingdom was abolished in 1966 the reason moved became official at the beginning of the year president. hold some of his meetings here the senate and some government offices have relocated it will take a least 3 years before the move is complete. new funding the project is the last feast for us an idea is born we are paying for our own election so i'm sure our money will be found to be in the infrastructure of the capital. some critics suggest the decision to move the capital from bujumbura which remains the country's commercial center could be linked to it's seen as a stronghold of the opposition i generally lection is scheduled for next year and people still remember riots in the streets. because of a disputed pauline 2015. was a decision taken while they even there is no more premisses for the office

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month the most recent was on friday with 14 people losing their lives to cooma correspondent catherine sawyer catherine is this violence still ongoing as we speak. well what happened is that this 2 people it was a couple and a child the child is safe so they were taking a taxi they went to take a taxi to take them to one of those areas. where people are still afraid to go and where these killings have been happening so the tax cuts a bit uncomfortable and took them to the main office where they were questioned they were not clear on that and says they did not have i.d.'s and when they saw this taxi people soft their bags they found all that paraphernalia uniforms belonging to the fire to see that the army. also bullets and a firearm as well and other paraphernalia so people gathered and stoned them to death now what is happening what has been happening since last night is the people in beni have been setting up checkpoints and satch ing everyone who's coming into the city particularly people who are coming from those areas where people were killed they're saying they want to take security on

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hopes he can stay out of politics and keep his family safe catherine sawyer does iraq. well this week the philippine supreme court is set to deliver its verdict on one of the country's worst mass killings 58 people died in the 2009 massacre many of them journalists around 100 people have been on trial for their murder from my guns in our province general and dog and looks back at what happened. even for a country long gripped by violence it was a shocking crime. on the morning of november 23rd 2009 a convoy of vehicles carrying journalists and members of a political family were on their way to an electoral event in mugging down the province in the southern philippines they never reached their destination a gang of armed men stopped and forced them to a hilltop in the village of muscle. there they were repeatedly shocked 58 people were killed over a period of hours and bearing in a mass grave 32 were journalists others were members of the of the data family political rivals to the powerful impact on plant growth wonderful mission to key witnesses interviewed exclusively

catherine sawyer they're monitoring the situation for us and thank you catherine. in libya an airstrike has killed at least 3 people in the capital tripoli and jet targeted the hour for one neighborhood in southern tripoli on sunday military sources say the attack was carried out by forces linked to the war on after and as my one daughter why had reports from tripoli it's not the 1st time civilians have come under attack the tripoli based government which is recognized by the united nations is calling the targeting of civilians a war crime also it's calling on the international community to intervene and protect civilians this is after the sunday attack which is that which killed a number of innocent civilians including women and children in a neighborhood in southern tripoli as a warplane loyal to the warlords really for have to according to the government of national called. targeted a civilian house in a neighborhood killing and injuring a number of innocent civilians this is not the 1st time innocent civilians being killed are wanted by airstrikes or random roc

people there accuse un peacekeepers of failing to protect them from rebel attacks let's bring in catherine sawyer who is joining us now from goma in the eastern. largest city and there's a claim by the military catherine that are militias are infiltrating the protest how are people reacting to that claim. yes the military spokesman yesterday said that. in the protests they said that these protests the tunning dangerous because of that and he did not mention from which group this armed elements are but i did speak to the governor of north kivu province who said that it appears that it's my mind now my my is basically an umbrella name of you know factional groups operating in different parts of the region we're told including here in goma so he said that security forces are going to continue using force until the situation is contained and back to your question about their reaction i've been watching been following conversation online and i've been talking to some people here in goma as well and they're very angry about those sentiments by the authorities they say of thora these want to deflect the

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than $100.00 civilians in the past month the most recent attacks on friday claimed 14 lives catherine sawyer joins us live now from goma in eastern d.c. catherine what's stopping the authorities getting a handle on this. well it seems very much that their congolese military is incapacitated is very thinly stretched this is an area peter that has groups roaming around in the countryside controlling remote villages where there is no government presence in the government is also government troops are also dealing with that so they seem to be a seen live thinly stretched with no resources and also we have been talking to the spokesperson of the military where operations are going on in beni and he said that they are making grounds they are have taken several bases all the a.d.f. deep in the forest and as you mentioned they confirm the killing of a senior rebels commander so they are saying that this is a on the run but it seems very much peter according to people we talking to that these people seem to be running in their own direct because they are coming back to villages and attacking people a

i'm catherine sawyer at the home of the royal drawings. i'll be telling you about a culture that has been. our tester's and iraq's capital have come under attack killing at least 16 people. a gunman opened fire kwame square a focal point of the leaderless protest movement more than 70 others were wounded security forces say they don't know who the armed men were and happened a week after prime minister mahdi resigned timeship cleric has called for a new prime minister to be chosen without foreign interference and that they now from dorsetshire bari in baghdad or so what else do we know about about what happened. well according to our sources this violence began late last night around the square that's just north of here square parent lee a number of armed men in trucks tried to remove a number of protesters who were occupying a building in that area and that's when the violence started we heard from the victims who say that they don't know where these gunmen came from or who they belong to there is no really clear indication what group is

i'm catherine sawyer the home of the royal drums. i'll be telling you about a culture that has been going on. however whether it's set fire across much of china at the moment in largely 2 into the philippines places a little more clout there in between the 2 but generally the fair weather friday might catch one or 2 light showers into type one over the next day or so but as you can see the sun's pretty much out every 19 cell just there for hong kong could well touch 21 as we go through monday and as you say but it dry and 5 across a good part of the philippines most central southern parts could catch one or 2 live shows as is the case 2 to those central areas a vietnam much of indo china is looking dry and sunny and a good deal of dry weather now central areas of india down into the south the showers somewhat fewer and further between them they have been recently we got some wet weather still coming into southern parts of through sunday and going on into monday but for the most part it does loot dry a little more clout the up towards

in a country with limited resources and so many priorities is likely to be a difficult task catherine sawyer al-jazeera. it's being called the biggest crisis to hit boeing in 2 decades the u.s. aircraft manufacturer is suspending production of what was once its best selling plane that's the 737 max it was granted a much have the 2 fatal crashes within 5 months john hendren reports from boeing's head course essential. after slowing production of its most lucrative plane boeing is now hitting the brakes the aircraft maker says it is temporarily halting production of its controversial 737 max aircraft following crashes in indonesia and ethiopia killing 346 people the model was grounded worldwide now with that flight been set to last well into 2020 boeing's rear freeze on production is expected to ripple across the global economy suspending production of a commercial aircraft is something that has been very rarely done it truly is an unprecedented decision and it is one that has massive impact to boeing and its suppliers and the airlines the airlines that have maxed jets on order are eager to ge

africa where refugees are a major concern thousands fled political while and 4 years ago as catherine sawyer reports from are among many refugees have returned home but others are saying away . and his family have just returned home from a refugee camp in kenya. they fled in 2015 at the height of political violence that broke out of a president paragons insist that time election. brings home a new son born in the camp and he's hoping another election scheduled for next year will go ahead peacefully. my parents are planted me my house was find a way to i just need to find a place to stay. about a 100 kilometers southwest of caldwell's home another family that's returned from a comp in tanzania is settling back one week at a gracious leaves in a room longer province on the shores of lake tanganyika. i lived in 2015 because i was i witnessed the ethnic conflict from 993 so i fled with my family because i did not want them to experience what i did but i'm tired of running and i will stay here no matter what happens. government officials in budi have told refugees in neighboring countries that th

in a country with limited resources and so many priorities is likely to be a difficult task catherine sawyer al-jazeera. and let's take you through some of the headlines here now to syria now boeing is suspending production of its best selling 737 max aircraft next month the plane was grounded worldwide in march following 2 fatal crashes within 5 months which killed $346.00 people the decision comes after the federal aviation authority said it would not approve the plane's return to service before $22100.00 has more from chicago. b. after 2 days of board meetings the company made a momentous decision that will reverberate throughout the u.s. and global economies and it will affect suppliers and airlines around the world the company decided it will temporarily stop production of the boeing 737 max plane that's because it's been waiting and waiting since last spring for regulators to approve it it has also been forced to make a number of changes to software and other things that are expected to have contributed to those crashes the top democrats in the u.s. senate has accused president trump o

in a country with limited resources and so many priorities is likely to be a difficult task catherine sawyer al-jazeera get. top stories on al-jazeera this hour the former pakistan president pervez musharraf has been sentenced to death in connection with a treason case the sheriff was in office from 1909 to 2008 after seizing power in a military coup this case relates to the nationwide emergency he imposed after suspending the constitution in the vendor 2007 the sheriff nods and by he was tried in islamabad and. our correspondent now with more from islamabad. you brought your county by iran. prime minister for dictate it from a vietnam. the. high court they create should be good for and good david begnaud good made it work 82 to one they were teeth to dealing with did they shoot gates. hikes he didn't gave there are. other headlines students from a new delhi university a taking their allegations of police brutality to india's supreme court i say office has launched a crackdown as they protested against the controversial new citizenship law on monday the chief minister of west bengal also dem

peacekeeping force minuscule of filing for failing to protect them against a notorious armed group catherine sawyer has more than goma. doctors of the main hospital in the eastern city of beni are treating patients with gunshot wounds sam was participating in a party that was violently dispatched by congolese soldiers on monday the doctors say several need. to live here he's a. shot in the head and died in the night 3 are in critical condition also in the hospital of victims of recent attacks by the allied democratic forces or rebels they've killed more than a 100 people in one month and up to 2000 over the past 5 years with. 3 children and 3 other relatives were killed during one of the latest attacks by remaining son was nearly kills 2. tried to run during the attacks but some of the attackers say they would protect us then they stopped my husband and killed him and then our children. this 2 children watch their parents as they will act to death. it's such scenes that are causing anger on the streets of. protestors accuse the u.n. mission here and government forces of not doing enough to protect

in a country with limited resources and so many priorities is likely to be a difficult task catherine sawyer al-jazeera get. past the hour on al-jazeera these are the headlines former pakistan president pervez musharraf has been sentenced to death in connection with a treason case that relates to a nationwide emergency he imposed after suspending the constitution 12 years ago the sheriff not as into bahrain was tried in the capital in some about in his absence. french transport workers are staging demonstrations nationwide for the 13th day against government plans to reform pensions transport and flights are being disrupted which could continue through christmas workers would need to work 2 extra years before getting a full pension under the proposals. it's been more violence in parts of india's capital over the controversial new citizenship law police fired tear gas and hit protesters with battens after cars and shops were damaged in the demonstrations there is widespread anger against the law that offers minorities from neighboring countries citizenship but excludes muslims. human rights w

than $100.00 civilians in the past month the most recent was on friday with 14 deaths there catherine sawyer joins us live now from goma in eastern d. r. c. catherine just take us through what happened there with this latest installment of the violence. yes these 2 people this was a car full and a child the child is safe so they went to take a taxi to take them to all the chinese some of these areas where people were killed and the taxi man got a constable because he said that people are not going to an only child too unsafe so he took them to the main taxi office where the question but that answers were not clear they did not have id and when the bags was stashed all this paraphernalia was found a military uniform bullet medical kids a firearm as well so people gathered and stoned them to death and what has happened since that time is that the people themselves of benioff say they want to take charge of their own security so they've set up this checkpoints in pots just such ng people who are coming into the city particularly from areas where these killings are happening there's also a gover

catherine sawyer is in the city of goma and the east india say she says that people are now taking security into their own hands. it was found out that this man was a sergeant in the army and he was going to work in it to which is a neighboring province he was accompanied by his wife was also stoned to death and their child who is safe and what happened is that they were boarding a taxi to take them to this area but the taxi moment was very uncomfortable because we're asking to go to places where killings have happened places where people are fleeing in fear and when they were father interrogated people are saying they did not have answers that were clear that they did not have ideas as well when their bags were such there was military fatigues bullets medical kits as well and so on and so they were still to death now what people have done people of beni have done since that time is saying that they what they're going to take charge of their own security so they've set up this checkpoints in some parts and people who are coming into the city and via calls particularly those who are coming f

beni and local people accuse the un peacekeepers of failing to protect them from rebel attacks catherine sawyer joining us from goma from the eastern d. r.c.s. largest city it was a tense day over in beni on monday what are you hearing about the situation on tuesday. why our team in beni has visited the general hospital there and they've told us about quite a few things that are quite difficult to see 15 people are in hospitals suffering gunshot wounds doctors there saying they have to arjun's 0 the operates on 10 of them and one woman who was shot in the head died last night and that's how the death toll has now gone to 5 they also so a team also so people who have been attacked in recent a.d.f. attacks they talked about people who have you know huge wounds caught by a machine by machetes they he talks to a woman who said that 5 of his children were killed so people who are victims of a.d.f. rebels who have very horrific stories to tell are in that hospital as well and on the streets of benny things are calm now but very tense and this follows those dramatic scenes we so all yesterday the mili

times well now young children are being taught the ritual dance to keep their heritage alive catherine sawyeras a story from the shore for. these us some of the best dramas the leaving home to the famous for oil drums and a culture of drumming that dates back centuries the ritual of the royal drums is now in the u.s. called harry's teach laced. leads drama he tells us this compound in the heart or entering a significant wound is ancient king came here seeking refuge when belgian colonizers wanted to kill him at the time of the 19th century he later surrendered but the drumming he loved stayed on to mark the bravery of those who helped him. when people heard he was here they brought him a gift of. he slaughtered them for a feast and used to make 2 roll drums which exist to date in this century. this is a special hardware the most important drums are kept including this still we are told there are about 100 years or conserving the culture is important to everyone here. every time the drums beat shara the whole neighborhood comes out this surgery is one of the country's main tourist attractions

monday demonstrators are upset about what they say is a lack of un protection from rebel groups catherine sawyer isn't go mother largest city in the eastern she explains how the government is responding to the unrest. have been talking to allah our producer there who say that it's calm this morning. all day yesterday all of you know running battles between security forces and protesters the military effectively taking over control of the streets and that press conference we heard yesterday from the army spokesperson saying that now the protests dangerous because they've been in the process has been infiltrated by these elements. from groups this. i did speak to the governor. who say that they. might. say it's historic levels with 127 deaths reported on sunday that's the highest number in a single day since records began in 1907 many are now questioning the new president's strategy to tackle drug cartels a strong typhoon has struck the philippines main island of luzon forcing nearly a quarter of a 1000000 people from their homes. ripped roofs of buildings knocked out power and halted hundreds of

and doesn't have enough resources to deal with that situation ok thank you very much for that catherine sawyer live for us in goma in eastern democratic republic of congo and other world news now the white house says it will not take part in the next step of the beach one inquiry into donald trump the u.s. president had been given until sunday to confirm whether he would send legal representatives to the house hearing on wednesday trump is accused of asking ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden and son exchange for military aid live to our white house correspondent kimberly harkat in washington where president has been speaking about the impeachment proceedings so what happens now kimberly that the president has said he doesn't want to take on. yeah well the process will continue folly this is a really pivotal week in washington with regard to the impeachment inquiry it's very clear that democrats are on a tight timeline we hear that they want to try to vote to impeach by the end of the year so we have this 1st hearing coming up on wednesday and that is the focus of some pushbac

in a country with limited resources and so many priorities is likely to be a difficult task catherine sawyer al-jazeera. in the 3rd consecutive night of post tests in lebanon's capital supporters of the 2 men shia groups hezbollah and amal assault with security forces face repeatedly fired tear gas and mortar tammas to disperse hundreds of protesters and they are it comes hours after lebanon's president bashar delayed consultations with political parties to name a new prime minister major christian posses refused to support the only candidate which is caretaker prime minister saad hariri. human rights watch is accusing israel of using sweeping military orders to criminalize nonviolent political activity by palestinians in the occupied west bank it says in report the orders have been used to shut down media outlets outlawed political organizations and jail activists the rights organization calls the order struck corny and says the time has come for israel to grant palestinians the same basic civil rights as israeli citizens well marcia care is the israel and palestine director of human rights

well as catherine sawyer is in the city of goma in the east india and says that people are now taking security into their own hands. it was found out that this man was a sergeant in the army and he was going to work in it to which is a neighboring province he was accompanied by his wife who is also stoned to death and their child who is safe and what happened is that they were boarding a taxi to take them to this area but the taxi moment was very uncomfortable because we're asking to go to places where killings have happened places where people are fleeing in fear and when they were father interrogated people are saying they did not have answers that were clear that they did not have ideas as well when their bags were such there was military if the t. bullets medical kits as well and so on and so they were stoned to death now what people have done people of beni have done since that time is saying that they were going to take charge of their own security so they've set up this checkpoints in some parts and people who are coming into the city and via calls particularly those who are co

al jazeera as catherine sawyer reports now from goma the largest city in eastern the r.c. . the congolese military has been reinforcing in the eastern town of beni the this people are marching on a un peacekeepers base at what they see as if the un forces to protect them against attacks by rebel groups including the so-called democratic forces determined to keep the mission out protesters have already damaged a number of u.n. buildings supporters started a little over a week ago the congolese army has been sent to end the violence but has failed to stop the a.t.f. killing more than a 100 people in the last month and up to 2000 in the last 5 years now they are ordering the public off the street insisting they and the un are on their side so. we're calling on the population and all members of society in north kivu province to stop working with our enemy the population should not forget about the real enemy the police is not the enemy the earth the soldiers are not generally the un is not the enemy the real enemy is the a.d.f. rubble. the violence in beni is now hampering effor

in a country with limited resources and so many priorities is likely to be a difficult task catherine sawyer al-jazeera. more. i am. returning to the sport that i would santa thank you very much a hallow well it is top flight football league syria is being heavily criticized for its decision to use paintings of monkeys as part of an anti racism campaign the 3 paintings of apes will hang permanently in syria's headquarters in milan the league says they're intended to spread the values of integration baltic culturalism and brotherhood others have branded the exhibits as a sick joke. has been in the open to all of them on the case until creep people are asking why use monkeys for a campaign against racism well at some point you need to show the people in stadiums that it's not right to call someone a monkey just because they're black i thought maybe i'll teach them that we're all monkeys turning the concept around so i made a western monkey with white skin and blue eyes an asian monkey with asian eyes and a black monkey in the center because that's where it all started that's what the theory of

catherine sawyer reports from goma. and the doctors at the main hospital in the eastern city of beni are treating patients with. someone participating in a protestant that was violently dispatched by congolese soldiers on monday the doctors say several need marches the surgery to libya. we received 7 patients from. the shots in the head and died in the night 3 are in critical condition. also in the hospital of victims of recent attacks by the allied democratic forces or rebels well it killed more than 100 people in one month and up to 2000 over the last by the lives of. her 3 children and 3 other relatives were killed during one of the latest attacks by remaining sand was to. try to run during the attacks but some of the attackers say they would protect us. then they stopped my husband and killed him and then our children. 2 children watched their parents as they were hacked to death. it's such scenes that are causing anger on the streets of. protesters accuse the u.n. mission and government forces of not doing enough t

to wonder where he'll be attending a summit on hiv and aids all right karen thanks for that catherine sawyer live for us in goma right now how to deal with convicted terrorists has become an issue in britain's election campaign after friday's attack in central london rory chalons is live for us now from. from london so rory we've been we've been hearing from the leaders of both the main parties on this focusing on this issue of prisoners and early release what are they been saying. yes a lot just listen to boris johnson the u.k. prime minister speaking on the b.b.c.'s andrew marr show where he was getting a bit of a bit of a grilling on what went wrong in this case with was one car a prisoner who was technically serving a 16 year sentence but under the u.k. or the english justice system had being released from prison at the half way point of his sentence after after 8 years he was let out a prison in december 2018 and of course as we know what went on to kill 2 people on the streets of london on friday now this in the end point of an election campaign 2 weeks to go until december the 12th wh

all burundians to access its services some critics argue the move isn't economically viable catherine sawyer reports in the new capital city this is bull rwanda's new political capital the tega is in the middle of the country and was once a copy to all of the blue indian more nicky and to the kingdom was abolished in 1966 the reason moved became official at the beginning of the year president since our hold some of his meetings here the senate and some government offices have relocated it will take a least 3 years before the move is complete. new funding the project is the last phase as an idea is born we have our own election so i'm sure our money will be found to be to the infrastructure of the capital. some critics suggest the decision to move the capital from bujumbura which remains the country's commercial center could billings to it's seen as a stronghold of the opposition a general election is scheduled for next year and people still remember riots in the streets. because of a disputed pauline 2015. was a decision taken while they even there is no more premisses for the offices to be

in a country with limited resources and so many priorities is likely to be a difficult task catherine sawyer al-jazeera. still ahead. here. as they prepare for the biggest. details coming up in sports. let's find out what's happening in the world of sport with far a thanks so much julie we've reached the semifinal stage of the club world cup in doha south american champions flamengo are up against the best team in asia. lets out a side beat african champions esperance of tin is yet to reach the finals for all hell are considered the overwhelming underdogs heading into this match against the copilot doris champions our correspondent andy richardson is at the khalifa international stadium and the al héloïse are they really considered the underdogs heading into this game. we just have to look at the statistics of this tournament had seen from outside of south america or europe has ever won the club world cup the fact that the coaches got rather a lot of inside knowledge about the asian champions george use the portuguese coach hugely experienced in 1000 country. and was their manager and so ear

times and now young children are being taught the ritual dance to keep their heritage alive catherine sawyerhas that story now from the shore. these are some of these best dramas they leave in our home to the famous royal drums and a culture of drumming that dates back centuries the ritual of the royal drugs is now the glasgow heritage laced. leads drama he tells us this compound in the heart or entering a significant wound is ancient king came here seeking refuge when belgian colonizers wanted to kill him at the time of the 19th century he later surrendered but the drumming he loved stayed on to mark the bravery of those who helped him. when people heard he was here they brought him a gift of. you slaughter them for a feast and use your skin to make to rule drums which exist to date in this century . this is a special hardware the most important drums are kept including this too we are told there are about 100 years or conserving the culture is important to everyone here. every time the drums beat shara the whole neighborhood comes out this century is one of the country's main tourist attra

i'm catherine sawyer the home of the royal drums of i'll be telling you about a culture that has been far from true. and in the schools news an american skier is airlifted to hospital after this for a tunnel of venting canada santa is here with that story when we come back. our planet is warming as never before with profound consequences for all life on earth but the world's leading scientists say there is still time to act planet s.o.s. sets out the facts on the science behind the issues affecting our planet. and brings you what people across the globe doing to turn the crisis around. on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. every you're. welcome back you're watching the al-jazeera news hour reminder of your headline is more gunshots have been heard in baghdad after $23.00 people were killed overnight and in another escalation there are reports month i'll start as home was hit by a drone strike but influential terek is said to be in a way at the time. the u.s. and iran have exchanged prisoners in a swap helped by the swiss government to run for least an american held on spying charges or the u.s.

local people have continued accusing the un forces of failing to protect them against rebels catherine sawyer is in goma and says the u.n. is keen to point out it has the rebels on the run. the spokesman of the military did not give much detail about the body of the peacekeeper they found in an operation against rebels in the forest he said he's going to leave that to the united nations to give us details but we know last year 7. were killed in a joint operation against a.d.f. the year before 15 were killed these are some of the most deadly attacks that have happened in this in that region and in this country the spokesman also talked about the progress that troops are making in the fight against a.d.f. they say he says that they have taken several bases in the forest of a.d.f. he says that they have killed 6 commanders as well and groups fighters are very much on the run but a lot of people in beni that with talks to do not seem to be a piece by this they're saying why is it that with an ongoing or fence even there are about 20000 congolese troops with the u.n. carrying out this offensive so

if you have the essays he hopes he can stay out of politics and keep his family safe catherine sawyer al jazeera. now a stray leah has experienced its hottest day on record the average temperature across the country on tuesday was nearly $41.00 degrees celsius and that record could be broken on wednesday as it's only the start of the southern hemisphere summer the searing temperatures have made things worse for crews who are dealing with more than 100 bushfires in the eastern station of new south wales andrew thomas has this update from sydney. what australia's bureau of meteorology has measured is the average maximum temperature nationwide and on that basis they say that the 14.9 degrees average maximum on tuesday was higher than the previous record of 40.3 degrees set in 2030 in other words more places in australia reached their hottest temperature at the same time than had ever happened before now it's been hot for weeks here sydney has been in drought and the bushfires that are burning right across the state of new south wales queensland western australia and indeed some parts of