in goma and in the rest of congo. and a bunch of who leave all everywhere heat and coke with mccalla. me whether you're frying meat or cooking beings of corn you need. coal is the only fuel source in our everyday lives rich or poor we all depend on luck our. world my site also has more than a million inhabitants who get three hundred fifty to two hundred truckloads of mccalla every day. there are virtually no hundred forty and two hundred bags on each truck. this is not a bucket list and. that's thousands of felled trees every day none of them from the room or park supposedly. can or from a national park is very rare in the past f.t.l. our militia soldier supplied us with charcoal from virunga park. but if we get caught selling there mcconnell today we go to jail for years. but the fact is the illegal charcoal trade is impossible to control and it's destroying the park. if it goes unchecked there will be no forests left in eastern congo in less than ten years. that's why part direct him a new way to move towards top p

the treasures of the congo are occurring. at the heart of the seemingly endless war other regions extensive resources its forests lakes and soils are systematically plundered to finance the slaughter. will do for their mining town the euro is that dangerous. yes we could dar you're not and if we survive there's still the memory from. what should be a blessing is a curse here in the virunga region it's vast mineral wealth has plunged the population into extreme poverty. is it you can't see the you. the civil war is driven by economic reasons. it's closely intertwined with the illegal exploitation of natural resources. and the world's poorest have to pay the price but this environmental destruction. in the us is the director of the national park he and his ranges want to break the vicious cycle of over exploitation and war. in the forests of room on mountain iraq angle they risk their lives to restore the last bond between humans and nature. is a jewel of nature it was founded in one nine hundred twenty five with the aim of pro

injuries women suffer from sexualized violence in eastern congo of for the past twenty years. but he also makes sure that he provides that he treats the women as a human being gifts restore state dignity he provide psychological care he provides legal aid because you have to be aware that rape as it is something where a lot of impunity happens that means even if the perpetrator is known does not call to justice so you make sure that women get legal aid to actually sue and get convictions on the perpetrators you make sure that the women are able to find a living giving for example micro finance helping them to start an existence so it's a very holistic human ness that gov croce is following and he has been treating over fifty thousand women since he started pumping hospital about twenty years ago wow this work has made him an a minus. yes i mean he doesn't only treat women holistically but he also calls out the root causes for this violence he says very clearly this is not an ethnic issue this is about resources the international community failed to do to fight for stability an

dennis who quickly gynecologists treating victims of sexual violence in the democratic republic of congo and. the human rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by the islamic state in iraq also coming up. the u.s. senate votes to advance fred come from those nominations to the supreme court the move is likely to further polarize republicans and democrats vote for his candidate seek a second final confirmation vote is set for saturday will get reactions from washington . on the most vulnerable victims of indonesia's quake one week after the disaster authorities and aid groups grapple with how to help children who've been separated from their families. i'm glad you could join us to come pain as for victims of sexual violence the winners of this year's nobel peace prize the committee chose to own a yazidi company and not be a mirage. dennis mccuaig for their efforts to put a stop to rape as a weapon of war. nadia mourad was one of those women in two thousand and fourteen she was kidnapped in mosul and handed over to a militant from the so-called islamic state my religion she managed

the latest suspected attack by rebels in the democratic republic of congo has killed at least fifteen people fifteen others mostly children were abducted the attack in beni near the border with uganda could be a major setback to containing an outbreak of the a bowl of virus many are harmed as more. every. day of tech is came in the middle of the night as they have so many times before the true cost of the violence in and around the northeastern city of binny only clear the following morning in addition to the deed at least fifteen a missing most of them children aged between five and ten years old the fear is they'll be forced to fight alongside they kept is just starting to get it to people outside and shot them in a neighborhood they can seven people living here down there nobody enemy is now able to operate without it being so but on a public. street in movies no security you know any more of them was not a funeral procession became a protest march mourners confronting congolese troops who day say have yet again failed to protect them they believe rebels from the ugandan elijah dem

that is the reason why eastern congo is so unstable and these are minerals that. are used for instance for the cell phones that we use every day like colton so in a way the whole world is co responsible for what is happening in eastern congo and he's never tiring from shining a light on these issues and bringing them to the attention of the united nations right good talking to you thank you so much for joining us all a van that works quote from the right livelihood award and our nadia mourad has issued a statement thanking the nobel committee for sharing and the peace prize on her website not his initiative she said i am incredibly honored and humbled by their support and i share this award with you see these iraqis kurds other persecuted minorities and all of the characters victims of sexual violence around the world. two years ago now you moron it was one of the winners of the european parliament sakharov prize for freedom of thought she said the award with. another using the woman who was sold into sexual slavery by slavic state they spoke to the hoffman in bru

dr macwhich for about fifteen years and today he actually was at his hospital in bukavu in eastern congo performing surgery he had not heard anything he doesn't take his telephone of course into the operating room so he was finishing an operation and he said that he heard a lot of women making an enormous amount of noise and he realized that they were. raising their voices with joy and he says that is how he learned that he was the nobel of nobel peace prize winner for this year really it couldn't be a more fitting way that this amazing man was doing what he loves to do being a doctor in the operating room. helping a person in need and then he hears the cries of joy of the women of bukavu and that's how the noise comes to him. how will the nobel price a dock to mccuaig a in his way raise his profile but more importantly costs a much needed spotlight on what it is that he's doing. but dr mcwhorter certainly hopes as do we all that this prize will raise global attention to this scourge of sexual violence which still is ongoing and actually increasing in the democratic republic of the congo

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and it was of course terrifying dr macwhich had left of the congo for a period of a few months and then. in tells the most extraordinarily beautiful story. market women in the congo began to raise funds from selling vegetables small sale small amounts of money as he says it women the women who just make a few dollars a day to try to raise funds to say we would like you to come back and when dr mcwade heard this he decided i have to return and so it great personal risk he went back exactly to the city where assassins had tried to kill him and he's there today continuing to do is work under great threat we constantly worry about him and his safety and it's extraordinarily important that people like him and as zen is saying is that we're discussing right now the survivors of sexual violence they be given all the possibilities to speak out to be protected to tell their stories and to obtain justice zana you have said in the past that underlying gender discrimination enable sexual violence to occur before and after conflict and during peace time could you elaborate a bit on that. yes absolut

tells the most extraordinarily beautiful story of market women in the congo began to raise funds from selling vegetables small sale small amounts of money as he says it women the women who just make a few dollars a day to try to raise funds to say we would like you to come back and when dr mcwade heard this he decided i have to return and so it great personal risk he went back exactly to the city where assassins had tried to kill him and he's there today continuing to do is work under great threat we constantly worry about him and his safety and it's extraordinarily important that people like him and as zen is saying is that we're discussing right now the survivors of sexual violence they be given all the possibilities to speak out to be protected to tell their stories and to obtain justice zana you have said in the past that underlying gender discrimination enable sexual violence to occur before and after conflicts and during peace time could you elaborate a bit on that. yes absolutely and actually following on tony's comments about dr craggy i have seen and heard in the democratic r

and it was of course terrifying doctor macwhich in left of the congo for a period of a few months andthen. tells the most extraordinarily beautiful story. market women in the congo began to raise funds from selling vegetables small sale small amounts of money as he says it women the women who just make a few dollars a day to try to raise funds to say we would like you to come back and when dr mcwade heard this he decided i have to return and so it great personal risk he went back exactly to the city where assassins had tried to kill him and he's there today continuing to do is work under great threat we constantly worry about him and his safety and it's extraordinarily important that people like him and as zen is saying is that we're discussing right now the survivors of sexual violence they be given all the possibilities to speak out to be protected to tell their stories and to obtain justice zana you have said in the past that underlying gender discrimination enable sexual violence to occur before and after conflict and during peace time could you elaborate a bit on that. yes absolu

and we report from the democratic republic of congo where these two million children face death from malnutrition. now a source from a turkish attorney general's office is so down to zero that they found evidence the missing saudi journalist come up was murdered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul turkish investigators finally got to spend hours inside the building thirteen days after kushal g.'s disappearance when earlier a saudi team and to the compound and what's being billed as a joint investigation al-jazeera the investigation results will be announced in around two to three days' time meanwhile u.s. media reports say saudi arabia is weighing up whether to release a statement that it was killed as a result of an interrogation that went wrong the saudis reportedly plan to say the operation was carried out without official clearance with saudi media said the kingdom will interview those who are mentioned in turkish media as suspects in the case all this comes as u.s. secretary of state mike pompei is on his way to riyadh to discuss khashoggi disappearance with the saudi king mo

the international community failed to fight for stability in eastern congo. the more unstable eastern congo is, the easier to extract the resources, rare earth, coal tar, which is necessary for our mobile phones and he is very outspoken addressing the root causes and saying men have a role. it is not a women's issue. many were not fighting was happening are inhumane. he says if you don't call a rape a rape and are against it, then you are accepting it. that made him a lot of enemies. several of his bodyguards have been killed and we as foundation work on protecting our laureates, so we help to build a new house inside the hospital compounds are he is safe with his family. phil: good talking to you. thank you for telling us about his work and you and from the right livelihood award. thank you. >> thank you for having me. phil: to the united states where key republican senator susan collins has announced as she will vote in saturday's final floor vote on president trump's nominee for the supreme court, brett kavanaugh. >> the facts presented do not mean that pr

a weapon which has plagued east congo for decades here the offenders go largely unpunished. we won't be intimidated men and women must stand up together against rape and war. has already received a number of international awards the nobel peace prize now the crowning achievement in his career. from all we're now joined by more at is smile he is an executive director which is a global yazidi organization thank you for joining us more of islam so i want to focus on nadia mourad been announced as one of the peace prize laureates as we've reported does that come as a surprise to you. thank you so much for having me actually does the price we expect. that she would get another prize even last year and the year before. the war that's you bet of course the nobel prize is a surprise and it's something that. we need for the rock because the strange and. everyone who suffered it was most atrocity so we are very much there's three it and we are very much under the price for those who might not know nadia morag can you tell me what her contribution has been in raising awareness and figh

well that is mcgregor was in surgery in his hospital on the democratic republic of congo when he got a nice child strafford has more now on the incredible what he's done the c.d.c. says he's known among his colleagues and those whose lives he saved or helps to rebuild as dr miracle. this is congolese gynecologist denise mccuaig looking at the puns the hospital which she established in the democratic republic of congo for two decades he has tirelessly works to treat and protect women who have suffered sexual violence and he has risked his life doing so in two thousand and twelve men stormed his home in south keep new province killing a member of his staff. who quickly fled the country but returned in two thousand and thirteen to my decision my decision to come back to because it was motivated by the fact that i was determined to pursue the fight against sexual violence which is taking place in eastern congo the second reason was the determination of the congolese women whether it's women in the d.s. bar or women of the country the band and their cause were too strong for me to resist.

sexual violence not only in their respective countries of iraq and the democratic republic of the congo but these two leaders our voices for the tens of thousands really millions of women and girls but also men and boys who are attacked in every continent. by predators by the powerful by people who are essentially using bodies human bodies as vehicles to exploit territory communities destroy whole peoples or simply exert their authority and their voice from the prize is going to give them a new and expanded platform so that we can really address the problem more tony is this nobel peace prize going to give survivors of sexual violence a much larger platform now worldwide. that is certainly the hope of all of us and dr mccuaig. dr macwhich has been working tirelessly to make sure that the voices of survivors are heard and as susanna said it's not just the congo it's not just iraq as your story said it's myanmar it's colombia it is women going back to world war two who are still are alive the comfort women so-called from south korea there are women survivors who so much want to tell their

far away and have no way of getting help katherine sorry al-jazeera kikwete democratic republic of congo. chinese authorities find the pharmaceutical company one point three billion dollars and the rest of fifteen people including the company's chairwoman over a faulty rabies vaccine. lifesciences limited was found to have falsified dates on its production of a vaccine for humans against a viral infection the company was also found to be using expired fluid to produce some of its batches criminal charges could now follow. so ahead in this news hour a sports this british tennis player makes a good start at the kremlin cup. business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places to get the. business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places together. and now here is file with all this for. barbara thank you so much germany faces serious threat from the way for nations league a top tier after losing to world champions france on cheese day anton greaseman starts for the home side in paris after going behind the atletico forward scored twice to help france to a two one comeba

denis mukwege, speaking to him at the hospital in the congo.ou have worked with nadia murad as well. talk about the doctors work and the work you both time together in the congo. >> i want to sacral young one said surviving this entry will be holding two opposite thoughts at the same time. i'm thinking we have thcapital hearings and dr. denis mukwege winning. what i want to say is it is so fantastic their chosen both a doctor who is been fighting to end rape as a weapon of war and a survivor of that and they have honored them together because it is such a model of how men and women should be working together on these issues across the world. i met dr. denis mukwege in 2006 when i was asked to interview him for the u.n. when i met him, i was overwhelmed by the fact his eyes were so bloodshot witnessing all of the atrocities and horrors he had seen. he invited me to come to the democratic republic of congo so v-day could support his work. i remember the first day i arrived at the hospital and there are hundreds and hundreds of women. all had been

dennis mccuaig a gynecologist for treating victims of sexual violence in the democratic republic of congo and not here murat and yes didi human rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by the islamic state in iraq we'll talk about both winners but also coming up the most vulnerable victims of indonesians are twenty one week after the disaster authorities and aid groups grapple with how to help children who have been separated from their families and. leading jewish figures in germany sound the alarm after the far right a.s.d. party moves to set up a jewish group of its own the party has been accused of flirting with neo nazis. also coming up a problem that's been growing astronomically we're talking about space junk we'll look at some ideas about how to clean up the debris that's one of the main topics being discussed at this week's international astronautical congress. and their dogs and later hose and as far as the eye can see and of course plenty of beer fueled revelry we'll get the scoop on your next october fest which wraps up this weekend. i'm sumi so much going to thank you f

and have been celebrations that located ways panzi hospital in the eastern congo city of kabul. dr mackay gray was in surgery when the announcement was made and says he could hear people reacting to the on tenure with his colleagues and patients dancing in chairing he says the prize shows the voices of women are being heard and another picture of the staff celebrating has been shared on twitter it says outbursts of joy in panzi hospital it's not every day one receives a nobel prize but no time to stop dentist is in the operating theatre a patient is waiting continues well it's now speak to a certain who's the director of international policy and partnerships at physicians for human rights and she's worked with dr mccuaig in the d.r. see she's via skype from iceland thank you very much for being with us on a first you know you've worked with dr mackay go as we said to help here women who are victims of sexual violence tell us about your reaction when you heard the news that has finally been awarded the nobel peace prize why do you think they chose him finally this year. well you

and we report from the democratic republic of congo where at least two million children are at risk of dying because they're not getting enough food. source from the turkish attorney general's office tells al-jazeera it's found evidence that missing saudi journalist. was murdered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul turkish investigators finally got to spend several hours in the building thirteen days after the job g.'s disappearance al-jazeera has learned that the outcome of the investigation will be announced in two to three days u.s. media reports meanwhile say saudi arabia is considering the. either to release a statement saying he was killed as a result of an interrogation which went wrong riyadh reportedly plans to say the operation was carried out without official clearance the saudi media says the kingdom will interview those who who were named in turkish reports as suspects in the case all of this comes as the u.s. secretary of state lands in riyadh to discuss the charges disappearance with the saudi king in a moment we'll go live to charles stratford in istanbul first repor

yes he's a trained gen ecologists he was born in congo he studied medicine in burundi specializing on the gin obst quite early east started to work in a hospital which actually destroyed in the war moved to puns e. and then he realized that women were coming to him with the most atrocious. violations or injuries due to the sexual sexualized violence in this area sometimes walking for several days there. and he actually i should i say he actually is one of the few people to specialize in really doing surgery on this very very heavy injuries and it's working together internationally with the harvard medical school with the fistula hospital and that is a to provide treatment but again it's not just the medical thing it's a very charismatic person acknowledging a person as a human being and what we've seen there in the hospital how to give back dignity to people who have been to the worst experiences is just incredible i mean that you know psychological aid they make sure that women have a way of living giving micro finances giving legal advice because you mention it in your. in the first

rangers and for longer national guard in congo trying to fight off thousands of heavily armed rebels who grab the land of it's not. resources. protecting resources lingo rely habitat next. hundred german must. use list of not to be missed english translations of german novels. something worth talking about. the choice. for. the scenes hundred german must reason enough to craft a good book. sixty minutes long d.w. . sleep. carefully. don't simply mean you need to get. discovered over. subscribed to documentary to. the last gorillas of the room africa's oldest national park because of its immense riches it's also the most endangered. in april twenty twelve wool once again flared up in north kivu in the eastern democratic republic of congo. a rebel group the m twenty three took control of the region including the river and up the hog.

moving to the democratic republic of congo after failing to tune uganda into an islamic state in ghana says they're aligned with somalia's fighters and binny is vulnerable to another killer at least one hundred eighteen people a did from an a bola outbreak but the world health organization has suspended operations due to the violence oh people in the northeast say president joseph kabila has abandoned them. by how many times a week did enough as soon as it is time for us to take charge of security and few here now believe the president's promises that the killings only made him the hard sell to syria let's speak to jason stearns he's the director of the congo research group is joining us via skype from new york thanks for being with us so. benny and particular has been the scene of some of the country's worst massacre is what is at the heart of the conflict there that's a very difficult question to answer your reports what about the this ugandan rebel group that indeed is present but there are many other groups that we have found to be able in the violence including the congolese army

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mangers and for the national guard in congo trying to fight off thousands of heavily armed rebels who rob the land of its natural resources. protecting resources and go rely habitat next on. your max highlights. was the last august last. because region johnson never has enough lag. dry stuff during. the highlights was her eyes on sixty last t.w. . they make a commitment. they find solutions. they inspire. africa on the moon. stories about people in a different scale shaping their nation. and their continent africa. stories about motivational change makers taking their destinies into their own hands. d.w. multimedia series for africa. d w dot com africa. the last gorillas of the room africa's oldest national park because of its immense riches it's also the most endangered. in april twenty twelve wolf once again flared up in north kivu in the eastern democratic republic of congo. a rebel group the m twenty three took control of the region including giving up hot.

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has spent a large part of his life helping victims of sexual violence in the democratic republic of congo since the pouncey hospital was established in the cargo in two thousand and eight dr mccoy and his staff have treated thousands of patients who have four victims to such assaults. most of the abuses have been committed in the context of a long lasting civil war that has cost the lives of more than six million congolese. dennis machir is the foremost most unifying symbol both nationally and internationally of the struggle to end sexual violence in war and armed conflicts his basic principle is that justice is everyone's business men and women officers and soldiers local national and international authorities ally all have a shared responsibility for reporting and combat this type of war crime. the importance of denis mccririck is and during dedicated and selfless efforts in this field cannot be overrated he has repeatedly condemned impunity for mass rape and criticized the congolese government and other countries for not doing enough to stop the use of sexual violence against women as

in congo's war, sexual violence so severe many require surgery. fight for justice, now they are armed with a powerful prize, to try to end one of the worst crimes of war. lyse doucet, bbc news. israeli forces have killed two palestinians, including a iii—year—old, protesting along the gaza border. they shot another 126 people, gazan health officials said. the israeli army said it fired live rounds at demonstrators, accusing some of throwing grenades and rocks towards its soldiers on the israeli side of the border. its air force also bombed two sites in the gaza strip. there were no reports of injuries to israeli soldiers. a man who tried to push two people onto the tracks on the london underground has been found guilty of attempted murder. paul crossley, who's 46 and from east london, said he had chosen his victims at random and hadn't intended to kill them. richard lister‘s report contains some cctv footage that may shock you watch the man in the macintosh coat, sir robert malpas, aged 90, and he never saw this coming. sir robert is badly hurt. c

and i tributary to the congo river but look at it state after years of neglect and dumping of much of the city's waste those who live in the township of colombo and i sall a half and environmentalists but moving away is too expensive it getting there is value don't get everything the local government is doing is not working but it used to rule on the plastic to watch and every time they korea always washes up government workers sometimes collect trash and dump it in a landfill at the edge of town but this does not happen often or cover the whole city of twelve million people the local government has been trying to clean up the river it's a difficult task by limited resources but the more it remains cranked the more dangerous to those who live around it in january forty five people died in floods caused by this river. as bar-b. younger than his father died when the river broke its banks two years ago he was trying to save a drowning child. every time a deer floods our houses fill up with water people die we are forced to relocate the bodies of my father and the child of never been foun

in congo's war, sexual violence so severe many require surgery.w they are armed with a powerful prize — to try to end one of the worst crimes of war. lyse doucet, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: as climate scientists meet to discuss how best to limit global warming, we report from vietnam. this was a celebration by people who were relishing their freedom. they believe everything's going to be different from now on. they think their country will be respected in the world once more, as it used to be before slobodan milosevic took power. the dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet, has won this year's nobel peace prize. as the parade was reaching its climax, two grenades exploded, and a group of soldiersjumped from a military truck taking part in the parade and ran towards the president, firing from kalashnikov automatic rifles. after 437 years, the skeletal ribs of henry viii's tragic warship emerged. but, even as divers work to buoy her up, the mary rose went through another heart—stopping drama. i want to be the people'

spent large parts of his i don't life helping victims of sexual violence in the democratic republic of congo since the pouncey hospital was established in but kabul in two thousand and eight dr mccoy and his staff have treated thousands of patients who have four victims to such assaults. most of the abuses have been committed in the context of a long lasting civil war that has cost the lives of more than six million congolese. dennis mcqueary is the foremost most unifying symbol both nationally and internationally of the struggle to end sexual violence in or an armed conflict his basic principle is that justice is everyone's business. men and women offices and soldiers local national and international authorities ally all have a shared responsibility for reporting and combat ing this type of war crime. the importance of denis macwhich is and during dedicated and selfless efforts in this field cannot be overrated he has repeatedly condemned impunity for mass rape and criticized the congolese government and other countries for not doing enough to stop the use of sexual violence against women a

militants in congo use rape as a weapon to frighten villagers off their land. especially if the land is rich with minerals. dr. mukwege has to ng tried to kill him. d >> i can see how women are strong to fight. this is something really pushing me to go on and say it's not the end. but you have to fight. >> reporter: dr. mukwege was here performing surgery when he learned he'd won the nobel. now his work giving care and hope is being recognized. but sadly, it's not finished. richard engel, nbc news, bukabu, congo. >> a brave hero being recognized around the world tonight. >>> still ahead this evening, beautiful coral reefs so vital to sea life. but also in danger. now the accidental discovery helping them grow in record time. discoverym grow in record time. a coffee h. rinsky's coffee house is open! pop that in for a coffee or brew a shot and froth fresh milk for a latte or cappuccino. easy peasy. now she's a barista! we've got the best coffee in the world being made by an under-skilled staff! excellent. it's so frothy. a little piece of heaven. thank you. but h

why why congo i think it's very much the fact that it's happening in a conflict zone where there's been a chronic conflict ongoing for a number of years in addition to that partly as a result of that there is great mistrust between the population frankly and the authorities and various groups that are operating in this area for example we've had killings of and kidnappings of civilians in these areas also attacks on the red cross recently secondly is very much the issue of how people live we are asking people to be careful of and to avoid being contaminated by the law. those who are ill and to look after them in different ways than they would normally do this is difficult to engage particularly people who are not trusting in the system we know from the past and also from signs that ebola. spreads very very easily across borders as well what is there w h o doing to prevent infections in neighboring countries as uganda for example yes we have worked with the neighboring countries uganda. to help them to be prepared especially in the contiguous blog so they have reviewed and looked at surv