congolese opposition leader and former warlords. is returning home he 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 catherine sawyer reports from the capital kinshasa. was john pierre bemba's supporters all free to welcome people it's been ten long years they say and now it's time for him to take back his rightful place in the country's political scene . we are very happy many people see the hate for all of us i have confidence in him because he's. bambery ties to the democratic republic of congo intense political times president joseph kabila has delayed a crucial election for two years kristen sat in t. and protested which dozens have been killed by security forces many congolese say they feel oppressed corruption is high and the government is increasingly isolated by the international community supporters believe that only he can change the bad tight surely. you don't know congolese need. ten years

you don't know congolese need. ten years in prison for nothing and he is still in the acts of the people. was supported by his rebel group time opposition party many analysts believes that still presents a formidable challenge to the ruling party they were fans of ring was bamberger's moment for the liberation of the congo political party headquarters east of what does that mean you believe that it is a change of action on the back yourself in the coming days really to a little document to the left of commission congolese law states that any kind it has to be in the country for at least one year to contest an election the fact that the has been away for ten and still has a pending witness tampering case that the international criminal court could walk against his eligibility themba told out to sarah that he hopes it does not come to that are you surprised that the government in place say that i'm not. surprised. i think that. the people in the. government the right people are able to talk about it. it's still uncle

the average congolese received about $62. i don't begrudge syrians in need any amount of money, but there's a real disparity there. experts said people just don't care about the congo. amy: nick turse, thank you for being there and reporting this horrific story. nick turse, vice news contributor and author. his latest article is titled "a slaughter in silence: how a brutal ethnic cleansing campaign in drc was made worse by trump's america first policies and the world's neglect." he is also the author of the book, "next time they'll come to count the dead: war and survival in south sudan." this is democracy now! the mexican back up journalist seeking political asylum in the united states is freed by court order after seven months in a detention center with his son. he will speak to us live from el paso. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "freedom is free" by chicano batman. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we now go to texas, where mexican journalist emilio gutierrez soto and

you don't know congolese need. ten years in prison for nothing and he is still in the acts of the people. was supported by his rebel group time opposition party many analysts believes that they still present a formidable challenge to the ruling party the sense of bringing the. moment for the liberation of the congo political party headquarters he said what does that mean you believe that he is a change of action in them by himself in the coming days really to a little document to the electoral commission congolese law states that any kind it has to be in the country for at least one year to contest an election the fact that the has been away for ten and still has a pending. witness tampering case that the international criminal court could walk against his eligibility themba told that he hopes it does not come to that are you surprised that the government. say that. i think that. the people in the. right people are able to talk about it. it's still unclear if president kabila plans to run for a third despite being

congolese former rebel leader.back home but was convicted of war crimes of the hague but he was released in may after and the peel now wants to run the long delayed elections scheduled for december. the date for afghanistan's presidential elections has been announced the vote will be held on april twentieth next year the presidential vote will take place six months off to the parliamentary and local elections scheduled for october . south africa's president says the ruling african national congress will push ahead with plans for the expropriation of land from white farmers without compensation sir ramaphosa says the a.n.c. will try to amend the constitution with the support of the left wing economic freedom fighters the issue of land ownership is one of the most contentious in south africa with some pointing to neighboring zimbabwe's economic collapse after land reforms there the intention of this proposed amendment is to promote redress advance economic development increase our going to cultural production and foo

watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines down congolese former rebel leader . back home but was convicted of war crimes. he was released in april. may rather he now wants to run in long delayed elections scheduled for december zimbabwe's rulings on a p.f. party has won a majority of seats in parliament after monday's vote commission says it was party gained a hundred and nine seats against forty one for the opposition movement for democratic change fifty eight seats are yet to be declared. the date for afghanistan's presidential elections has been announced the vote will be held on april twentieth next year the presidential vote will take place six months after the parliamentary and local elections which are scheduled for october. now dozens of people were injured when a passenger plane crashed and caught fire in northern mexico shortly after takeoff all one hundred three passengers survived the crash the brazilian bilton briar jet belong to the national carrier. aeromexico it was flying from durango to mexico city state governor says the plane was hit by a gus

they that this is a huge step for democracy and congratulated by the congolese people for as they say pushing and pasturing that down and not allowing him to run for us that. we have also seen a statement from the catholic church that has been very critical against president joseph kabila also saying that this is a significant and a good step the president laurent has been under a lot of pressure from the international community who you know sanctioned a several of these advices including show diary he's been under a lot of pressure back home with a lot of fun believe then that in the last years of his presidency he hadn't really believed that the economy's not doing too well the q e three is a big problem in this country a lot of people called the keys high unemployment rate quite high as well to people saying that they need a leader whether they pleaded whether this president is going to come from the ruling coalition all of the opposition they need someone who's going to elevate this country who's going to bring development to this country and it's just going to bring back the dign

congolese politics given. the popularity the opposition is not to galvanize and you have a pretty president who is running in elections in december. absolutely and he's you know his entry into the politics of this country the way he went along supported a little bit i'll tell you that he has the momentum to this politic they say right now he's the most formidable the strongest challenger to the ruling party the strongest person who can compete against. president. even decides to run for the presidency again so people are saying that he also had the capacity perhaps to bring together the opposition to unite behind one candidate now. spoke to al-jazeera really he said that even the most of the suited. for this job but then he is willing to speak with the politicians because that's the way that they can beat. the ruling party and remember also that back in two thousand and. one to run a second term president of president joseph kabila. presidential election in a runoff a lot of people say that. they. know there's

the congolese people think that it's because of the pressure that the public people on president joseph kabila that is what made it in . even tried to run for at that time the catholic church which has been very vocal against president joseph kabila told me that it is a significant step to democracy a lot of congolese also saying that it's a good thing that the the last step down saying that in the last few years we haven't really believe on many of these promises the security in parts of the country still very bad economy is not doing too well. the development infrastructure all the things he promised in the last two campaigns people think that he hadn't really delivered on that as well a lot of people saying that it doesn't really matter who is going to be the next president whether from the ruling party or the opposition they just want a president who will be able be able to elevate this country and and and have the benefit of the huge resource base trickling down to the ordinary consulate. thank you very much and joining us now from washington d.c. is a master herman j. cohen his th

favor of the ruling party meant that a truly little playing field was not yet achieved in other news congolese former rebel leaders on poor bemba has returned to a welcome from hundreds of supporters in the capital kinshasa bemba was convicted of war crimes of the hague but freed in may after an appeal in almost a one and long delayed elections shadowed for december catherine sawyer has more from can chasa. many many of the places accompanied him they polices whilst we're accompanying him there is a lot of security presence here he not only warning i may not be supportive who say that they never expected to see him there was a bit of a problem inside the airport on the block ph so i have been happening between them but he's a political party organizer one of the police saying that they want to put him directly from the air to his home he's out local police to address these people but then he was saying that there is no way after ten years he can just come and you know i can only come here well tell him he's fine boy it's still coming at a very high enough up honey and remember back in two thou

republic of congo twenty six cases have been reported and of those twenty have died just a week ago the congolese government declared that an outbreak of ebola in another part of the country was over. a ban on the full face veil has come into force in denmark the government says that face covering garments like the niqab in the burqa prevent women from integrating into danish society several other european countries have instituted similar bands some danes are planning to defy the new law and swedish police are on the hunt for two thieves who stole seventeenth century royal regalia from the cathedral near stockholm they say that they have received numerous tipoffs but have no firm leads the burglars are believed to have fled on bicycles that were found by a nearby lake but varia has become the first german state to open controversial new processing centers for refugees authorities want to hold asylum seekers there all their applications are being processed which can take up to eighteen months they will be to anyone who is rejected will be deported and critics say the system will get a wise new ar

by wednesday congolese will have a clearer picture of who's running for president in december they want to see who the ruling party kind of eighty's and what that will mean for them catherine soy kinshasa a vintage plane has crashed in the swiss alps killing all twenty people on board the plane crashed into a mountain at an altitude of more than two thousand meters above sea level is seventy nine year old propeller plane was on a sightseeing flight police say they're not aware of any distress call from the pilot before the crash. the white house has declared a major disaster in california a fast growing wildfire is a continuing to spread so far claiming the lives of seven people the declaration makes it easier for cities to get federal money and food aid more residents were ordered to leave their homes this weekend as temperatures continue to rise and strong winds cause the fires to spread further or in other developments the price of health insurance is set to go up for some americans as part of new measures under the trump administration the president has tried to dismantle for presid

joseph kabila says he won't turn his congolese president instead he nominates a former minister to contest december's election. dry and increasingly desperate of australia's most populous state a become a dust bowl. thank . the un says it's deeply alarmed by a new flare up of violence between israel and gaza at least three palestinians have been killed including a pregnant mother and her eighteen month old daughter in an explosive exchange in the girls' a strip the israeli military says seventy rockets were fired from gaza israeli media say six people were injured by shrapnel in the israeli border town of out and in response israel launched a series of strikes targeting hamas positions andrew symonds has the latest from girls. the attacks may be more in cements and and less intense but the fighting is going on as strikes some shelling from the sea from the israeli navy hissing gaza panic in the streets and on the israeli side panic that to run across the southern communities of israel and what next it's unclear this is my report. deep into the night intense bombardments the flash of outgoi

former congolese warlord jean-pierre benda is back in the congoatic republicans after 11 year absence. 10 of those years were spent in prison. engine the international criminal court overturned his convictions for war crimes and crimes against humanity. now he wants to run in december's presidential election. the opposition says he will be declared ineligible. asked him how powerful his support base is in the country. benda is still a very popular man in several parts and several regions in congo. he came second in the 2006 presidential election. but he came first in the city of kinshasa. very popular although considered a tyrant for some. the truth is people might wawana change. is willll bendition the be allowed to r run since there's a criminal investigation for witness tampering. so maybe the constitutional run. won't allow him to he has until august 8 to register. runclaire: there has been a ple crash in the mexican state of durango. nobody was killed. crashed during a storm. there were 103 people on board including two children. thick black smoke rises into the air. the impacts

back among his people congolese opposition leader sean pm bemba returns home after a decade in jail. the date for afghanistan's presidential election has been announced amid increasing security concerns plus. i'm in the south of tehran where ron's water crisis is making it more difficult to beat the summer heat. we begin the program with our live detailed coverage of two developing stories at this hour on the left of your screen the pictures from her daddy where there are mass demonstrations after the announcement of the general election result and on the right you see here bev who's returned to the democratic republic of congo after more than a decade we will be live in kinshasa for more later but first to. well the electoral commission says the rulings on a p.f. has taken a two thirds majority in parliament or president imus and was party swept most rural constituencies while the main opposition one in urban centers but it's yet to announce the outcome of the presidential vote an observer say they're not sure why it's taken so long they're pushing for results to be released quickly

one of the central african villages mostly affectcted by rampaging congolese troops in 2002 and 2003. >> the trial is over and we can no longer appeal. >> for the close to 5200 victims throughout the country a new battle has just begun. the director of the structure has come personally to reassure those waiting to be compensated. >> after his acquittal the icc decided to compensate the victims. they will get one million euros and all which will cover their medical a and psychosocial need. it is our responsibility to assist them as soon as possible. >> even though the initiative sounds reassuring it is not clear how the money will be partitioned. for the victims the fight to be compensated has just begun. donald trump has once again thanked kim jong-un on twitter for returning what is thought to be the remains of 55 americans killed during the korean war. in hawaii on wednesday after spending five days in south korea. the repatriation was agreed at june's summit between trump and kim jong-un. attending the arrival of the boxes in hawaii where the remains will be thoroughly examined was

two years kristen certainty and protests in which dozens have been killed by security forces many congolese say they feel oppressed corruption is high and the government is increasingly isolated by the international community the supporters believe that only he can change the bad tight. turn years in prison for nothing and he still acts of the people. was supported by his rebel group tanned opposition party many analysts believe that still presents a formidable challenge to the ruling party. was the. moment for the liberation of the congo political party headquarters if so what does that mean really is a change of action in. the coming days. after all. that any kind it has to be in the country. to contest an election the fact that the has been away for ten years and still has a pending witness tampering case that the international criminal court could walk against his eligibility member told that he hopes it does not come to that are you surprised that the government in place say that. i think that. those people in the. right people are able to talk about it. was it still unclear if preside

he has frustrated many congolese and the international community.espite a constitutional obligation to relinquish power in 2016, the former rebel leader refused to budge and pushed back elections setting financial and logistical difficulties. the constitutional court a letter to stay in power until a new vote. the move sparked protests across the country, and the brutal repression ensued. united states and european union have sanctioned his close allies over the violent crackdown. deals,e of numerous fighting in the east of the country continues. in place since 2010, the u.n. peacekeeping mission is the largest and most offensive operation with around 20,000 troops in the country. host: that comes as the drc is suffering from a new outbreak of ebola. nine people have died from the virus that resurfaced last week. health officials say it is starting to get vaccinations against the virus as of today. the hunt is on in indonesia for survivors of the earthquake last weekend. people were killed in the 6.9 magnitude quake that hit lomboc island. they are

he was among a group of congolese officials sanctioned by the eu in 2017 for human rights violations. in its six-year for history since independence, the democratic republic of congo has never seen a peaceful government transition. the upcoming election is widely considered crucial for the country's future. the country has begun vaccinations to fight the latest deadly outbreak of ebola. people have died in the new wave of the virus. health officials scramble to contain the 10th ebola epidemic hit the democratic republic of congo since the virus was identified. the latest outbreak presents a particular challenge. it is occurring in the middle of an active war zone. virus has broken out along the eastern border with uganda. the province has seen decades of fighting between dozens of militia groups find for control of the reason -- vying for control of the region's rich mineral deposits. parts of the neighboring province are difficult if not impossible to access because of violent clashes. authorities have begun the so-called ring vaccination campaign during which health workers will be

on the frontline against a deadly disease congolese health workers race to vaccinate people against a boner. hello once again we've seen on the edges this chozen pakistan around the caucasus and decent showers but in the middle throughout iran in particular nothing a toe and tempers again have been hovering around the fifty mark just over the border from iraq this past of iran this is not a big surprise is just persistent the forecast for showers and from the caspian sea closely to southern caspian is still there lies a ridge to run otherwise dry and dusty forty five is still a constant temperature in the middle of iraq in the breezes to the suddenly quite dusty back on the coast lebanon for example by route is thirty one sunny degrees a dry ones as well it's not humid indeed it has been humid recent they get as the wind dropped out around the gulf states qatar in particular and thirty nine hints at more of the same as does the cloud has been some big showers recently in the southwest of saudi and this hints of the potential for more shots of course of her life is still in existence i

i was at a concert with her and i was in the dressing room and congolese rice —— condaleeza rice, anere talking and she suddenly became quiet and listened and said, i love that melody. she proceeded to sit down at the piano, listen, and played the mozart has she was listening. it was extraordinary. i don't know if people really realise she was a musical genius. sorry, didn't mean to interrupt you. thank you so much for sharing with us at this very difficult time, i know. thank you, i am going to miss. that was mary calla ha n am going to miss. that was mary callahan lynch. much more to come on bbc news, including this. the thrill of a killer whale. a new joyride adrenaline junkies in london. she received the nobel peace prize for her work with the poor and the dying in india's slums. the head of the catholic church said mother teresa was a wonderful example of how to help people in need. we have to identify the bodies then arrange the coffins and take them back home. parents are waiting and wives are waiting, so... hostages appeared, some carried, some running, trying to escape the n

amend the constitution with the support of the left 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

you could wish someone a happy they and they played very .opular congolese music they medially brand themselves as the voice of the people. greatrted out as a really happy easy radio station to listen to. once they had their audience and once they had brand of themselves as the voice of the people they started to slip in utsi propaganda. and before you know it they were being called cockroaches. they started singling out tutsis and sympathizers and branding them as the enemy of the people. which is a phrase that should sound familiar right now. once the genocide was actually underway they went as far as urging people to kill tutsis. there was a broadcast where they said, if you see a pregnant woman, don't forget about the baby. at some point in time they were saying things like, look at a person. notice his height and physical appearance. at some point in time they were saying thingsif you see his pree nose, smash it. the importance of the radio was actually highlighted in the movie hotel rwanda which a lot of people have seen. there was a convoy the human was trying to evacuate some

commission presidential hopefuls have until wednesday to file the documents with a commission many congolese are concerned about how katun the supporters will react if the government continues to mount catherine. conciousness. one person has been killed during protests along the gaza israel border palestinian officials say fifty others were injured when these really military use the lives of fire against demonstrators tensions along the border have been growing was weekly advice overturned protests since march thirtieth more than one hundred fifty palestinians have been killed since the protests began stephanie decker has more now from gaza. it is the nineteenth week of protests and people still keep coming to the scene is really the same you can see now tear gas landing on the crowd the crowds are smaller probably even less than one percent of gaza's population but the message is the same they want their lives to improve and what is different this time is the political negotiations that are going on there is a senior delegation of how mass leaders including sali uprooted he is one of the ma

says the government could be making a lot more timber they carried out to the forest and exported congolese hardwoods of demand all over the world most end up in china europe and the us. the government hasn't granted any industrial logging concessions for sixteen years supposedly to preserve the disappearing forests but it now plans to welcome back industrial loggers it says to fund development projects move from don't fall we sell what we can it can be mineral resources it can be any resource it can also be the resources of the forest they are ours we want to turn them into resources that help the wellbeing of our people the forests and also home to about half a million indigenous people who've lived in them sustainably for thousands of years lower miss emmy says they'll be among the many victims if the government goes ahead with its plan. your government has been lying for a long time about development which was never realised the big companies would just take the profits from the forest and leave the population in poverty the government should abandon this plan to benefit the local popul

commission presidential hopefuls have until wednesday to father documents with a commission many congolese are concerned about how katun the supporters will react if the government continues to kick him out catherine sorry al-jazeera. protests in iran are growing over poor social services and the worsening economy videos are being shared on social media. demonstrations. recently in larger cities including the capital from there reports. protesters in iran have been chanting against the religious and political elite but for these men and women what they say is the government's mishandling of the economy is their main grievance. this summer identified woman remove her headscarf and increasingly common way for iranian women to protest and began addressing others. let's build a country with our own hands people do not be afraid if we stand together and united neither internal or external powers can confront us we are a rainy and it is not our business what is happening in palestine syria iraq or lebanon why should all our resources go to them social media messages suggest she was arrested. not

to stand by him no matter what i do see no opposition leaders here coming out to congratulate the congolese people that they have food for so much pressure on kabila that he was unable to attempt even to run for us that time we've seen a statement from the catholic church that all has also been creasy quote very critical against president joseph kabila saying that this is a significant step in the democracy of this country. and more than one hundred fifty thousand people have been left homeless by the earthquake in the indonesian island of long ball the red cross has described the mine was just seven quake as exceptionally destructive at least one hundred thirty one people have been killed and that number is expected to rise as rescuers struggle to reach all of those in need steadfast and forced from the remote village of back to laos in the west of long long where many are still waiting for help to arrive. he shows us destruction that government officials have yet to see. along with what i see now is that all the help is focused in the north of lombok but here in this remote area away from

grave digger claims shows me the tomb of the five year old congolese boy some well was swept ashore here his mother was found dead on the other side of the mediterranean in algeria. it's outrageous there's so much power and money in the world and yet the rich don't invest more in the countries where margaret's come from so they don't need to travel here like animals. until those in power heed that advice the grave diggers just help juggle the consequences. as i bury these migrants i told them that they didn't find a better world down here but i'll ask god to give them a better life up there they have sacrificed everything and this is what is left another monument to a wandering son or daughter name another. culprit whole al-jazeera to refer spain. the world's largest annual pilgrimage the hardships began in saudi arabia's mecca but many muslims from catarrh say they are being stopped from getting there or bad manly reports. this small skin doha's education city suburb is famous for its architecture the impulse was of the car on the wall and a building that rests on five pillars represent

it is because of the pressure that the congolese people on the president that is why the president has decided to stand down to step aside and he. meant in a diary the opposition saying this is a good thing revolting the statement wrong the catholic church saying that this is a picnic. in democracy the catholic church had been a very vocal against president. actually in the last few months when the president was not here on the intention of keeping the country. then that is a good thing and it would only add some of the shows that they have been having a lot. preference or thank you very much indeed. one hundred fifty thousand people have been left homeless by the earthquake in the indonesian island of long book the red cross has described the magnitude seven quake as exceptionally destructive at least one hundred thirty one people have been killed and that number is expected to rise as rescuers struggle to reach all those in need said reports from the remote footage of the two in the west of brown book where many a still waiting for help to arrive. the road to the remote village. is i

stand by him no matter what and you see no opposition leaders here coming out to congratulate the congolese people that they have food for so much pressure on kabila that he was unable to attempt even to run for us that time we've seen a statement from the catholic church that all has also been cruciform very critical against president joseph kabila saying that this is a significant step in the democracy of this country ivory coast farmer for a state he's been released from detention after being granted amnesty for her role in a civil war simone bagfuls has been lower all refused to accept electoral defeat in twenty ten triggering conflict a. that killed three thousand people she was sentenced to twenty years in prison in twenty fifteen are released on wednesday along with eight hundred others is seen as an effort to soothe political tensions ahead of elections in twenty twenty. this page is today everything is new militants stand up for the new face forward all the time on our way on our way on our way amen. well i'm a cook and cooed is the director of the africa program of the eurasian gr

think we often consider but when that's the reality of the grown what you do the decisions as a congolese as somebody living those areas have everything to do with those realities. in terms of i mean it's can you touch upon a here when you talk about how these some of these are contrived some of these situations of ethnic and religious diversity and that are being utilized to basically put people at odds with each other but when i look at africa i mean i've spent some time in with save the children and another n.g.o.s that are trying to do positive it does really begin with a fundamental lack of infrastructure and a lot of this is controlled as we know from i.m.f. and world bank this is where you have the american influence right controlling the purse strings so that should these think these funds are being utilized to actually build up your infrastructure for markets to thrive or you can end up with you know basically commerce and people coming together and having education and having awareness of values so when you look at these situations being depressed who do you think is really behi

distance to the town a part of batty grave digger who claims shows me the tomb of the five year old congolese boy some world was swept ashore here his mother was found dead on the other side of the mediterranean in algeria. it's outrageous there's so much power and money in the world and yet the rich don't invest more in the countries where migrants come from so they don't need to travel here like animals. until those in power he dad advice the grave diggers just help juggle the consequences. as i bury these migrants i told them that they didn't find a better world down here but i'll ask god to give them a better life up there they have sacrificed everything and this is what is left. and not the monument to a wandering song on the. name another. culprit whole lodges era to reef spain. a new film with an asian cough is signaling a big change for hollywood it's called crazy rich asians and it's drawing in the crowds and it's regarded by many as an effort to showcase a long neglected part of american society program notes reports now from hollywood . a gala opening night for a movie that's break

decide there could be a political argument which can only be blocked by the fire and by wednesday congolese will have a clearer picture of who is running for president in december they want to see who the ruling party kind of eighty's and what that will mean for them catherine soy al jazeera kinshasa. now there's unrest in eastern ethiopia after government forces moved into the capital of the somali region their arrival in gigio was resisted by local security forces who were loyal to the regional leaders looting rioting and the burning of churches has been reported the u.s. embassy says the ethiopian military has taken control of highways government buildings and the airport into gita. well listen somali province has been plagued by violence for the past three decades at the heart of the conflict is tension between ethiopian somalis who make up six percent of the population and the majority of people in neighboring province as well as territorial battles of a grazing land there's also the issue of oil wealth not being evenly distributed since coming to ethiopia's new prime minister ahmed wh

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

got to decide there could be a political argument which can only be backed by a forum by wednesday congolese will have a clearer picture of who's running for president in december they want to see who the ruling party kind of eighty's and what that will mean for them catherine soy al jazeera kinshasa. melania trump has come out in support of n.b.a. star le bron james who was the target of an insulting tweet from husband trent was clearly irked by a bronze interview during which the basketball or accuse the president of causing divisions in the united states in a late night tweet the president called interviewer don lemon the dumbest man on television adding that he made le bron look smart which the president said isn't easy to do but it's not a view his wife shares the braun was being interviewed about the school he's opened for at risk children a spokeswoman for the first lady says that maligning it is supportive of the good things that brown is doing for the next generation as well as more and everything we're covering right here as the address al jazeera dot com. a quick recap of the top

distance to the town of a part of the grave digger claims shows me the tomb of the five year old congolese boy some world was swept ashore here his mother was found dead on the other side of the mediterranean in algeria. it's outrageous there's so much power and money in the world and yet the rich don't invest more in the countries where margaret's come from so they don't need to travel here like animals. until those in power he dad advice the grave diggers just help juggle the consequences. as i bury these migrants i told them that they didn't find a better world down here but i'll ask god to give them a better life out there they have sacrificed everything and this is what is left another monument to a wandering son or daughter name another. culprit whole al-jazeera to refer spain. mexico's president elect says the fate of a controversial new thirteen billion dollar appled will be decided by referendum the vote will take place in october there's manuel lopez obrador made the project one of the main issues of his campaign from mexico city rodriguez reports. almost from the moment the grou

the town of a part of the grave digger raphael who claims shows me the tomb of the five year old congolese boy some world was swept ashore here his mother was found dead on the other side of the mediterranean in algeria. it's outrageous there's so much power and money in the world and yet the rich don't invest more in the countries where migrants come from so they don't need to travel here like animals. until those in power he dad advice the grave diggers just help juggle the consequences many people and as i bury these migrants i told them that they didn't find a better world down here so i ask god to give them a better life out there they have sacrificed everything and this is what is left and not a monument to a wandering son or daughter name another. culprit whole al-jazeera to refill spain turkish president are the one says he'll challenge those playing with the economy a day after two major rating agencies downgraded the country's status close to junk already one made the comments as a congress of his ruling party sovereign credit ratings were downgraded on friday in light the turkis

decide there could be a political argument which can only be backed by a fight and by wednesday congolese will have a clearer picture of who is running for president in december they want to see who the ruling party kind of eighty's and what that will mean for them catherine soy al jazeera kinshasa a new presidential plans being proposed in mexico to stop the notorious drug gang wars president elect and well lopez labrador thinks on mexicans can be persuaded to avoid a life of crime and to help us a former cocaine addict and drug gang member who's been elected to congress on home and went to san luis potosi to meet him. it's the new local congressman from san luis mexico and to me his constituents he's unlike any politician they've seen before a chav abunda street kid just like them make good for some petty nicknamed me he's is a blueprint for the incoming government on how they can rescue young people drawn to crime he's buddies a patchwork of tattoos and knife cuts product of a life of violence and drug addiction until he hit bottom and i know. my mother was sick with kidney failure the

the trial of congolese warlord bosco to ghana is drawing to a close at the international criminal court who is known as the terminator faces eighteen counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity from two thousand and two to two thousand and three at the time he was the deputy chief of staff of the union of congo least patriots that's a militia group and the east of the democratic republic of congo a verdict could take months iran and government lawyers at the international court of justice for a third day of hearings to challenge u.s. sanctions u.s. government says the court in the netherlands has no jurisdiction to hear the case or argues it's the victim of economic strangulation and the reimposition of sanctions violating a sixty year old friendship treaty or in sleaze in the hague for the iranians the task at hand is to try to answer the very serious points that the u.s. side made on choose day first of all you know the u.s. said we'll let you the iranians say we're guilty of unfriendly behavior under the terms of the treaty nine hundred fifty five or what about you iran since th

very close confidant of president joseph kabila before they allowed that bringing him here is the congolese people who want him here who wants to run for president and he just want the government to allow him. catherine thank you very much for that for now that's catherine so with the latest from. now a new outbreak of ebola in central africa is warring doctors and national experts in the past hour the well the world health organization has announced it's found the trigger event for the outbreak the death of a sixty five year old woman and hospital but there's now a new suspected case in another province of the democratic republic of congo at least twenty people have died in the past two weeks and this concern could be hard to stop it spreading because of fighting between rebel groups and government forces culture that jan reports in the democratic republic of congo near the ugandan border un experts to the city of beneath in the remote northeastern province of north kivu. scientists are worried fighting involving rebel groups on the government forces in both the d. r. c. and uganda may hin

commission presidential hopefuls have until wednesday to file the documents with a commission made congolese are concerned about how to be supporters will react if the government continues to keep them out catherine. kinshasa brazil's supreme court has started public hearings on changing the country's highly restrictive abortion laws that follows repeated protests calling for decriminalization and for women to have more control over their own bodies the current laws only allow abortions in exceptional circumstances and breaking them can lead to sentences of up to three years in prison rights groups say about one in five brazilian women have secretly undertaken an illegal abortion. the u.s. government and advocacy groups. don't appear to have a clear plan on how to reunite migrant families separated under the trumpet ministrations zero tolerance immigration policy around four hundred parents have already been sent back to their home countries without their children court documents appear to show the government's shifting the responsibility of reuniting the families on to the american civil li

leave some of the roads they have to stay on the roads that have been cleared of the ammunition and congolese them so they have to work with helicopters with the army use that aerial support to put out the fire as they cannot reach it on the ground without being in a lot of danger and whether they you've been speaking to some of the people affected by the fires what have they been saying to you. well a lot of them got really heartbroken very emotional because it's been so stressful for them yesterday they were told within ten or thirty minutes you have to leave your houses grab anything that you can and then go go go and people were telling me that they didn't really have time to think about what to take they just took the insurance papers the papers for the houses in case the houses do get banned but yeah it's been it's been really emotional for them they did tell me though that it's been lovely to see how many of other people's really involved and what's happened to them they opened up their houses so they didn't have to sleep in the town hall a few people did but a lot of really stayed wit