has one two million children are at risk of dying of starvation in a democratic republic of congo aid agencies say years of conflict and instability of created one of the world's most complex humanitarian crises and it's getting worse when the hawk starr reports. this child is part of a great humanitarian crisis one of two million children at risk of dying from mt nutrition in the castle region in the democratic republic of congo. intercommunal conflicts have been escalating here since two thousand and sixteen similar violence across the country has led to more than four point five million people internally displaced that's nearly half of the country's population. the humanitarian community has launched its largest ever appeals the democratic republic of congo asking for nearly one point seven billion dollars to two million kids suffering from acute severe malnutrition who are at risk. of dying of what is what is clear is you're looking at numbers of this magnitude you know the urgent see couldn't be couldn't be greater the world food program emphasized the need for urgent assistance

disaster of extraordinary proportions that's how the un describe what's happening in the democratic republic of congo last month the country has been at war for much of the past twenty five years including recent political instability after president joseph kabila stayed in power beyond his mandated to term in office now as the u.n. plans to hold a donor conference in switzerland congolese officials say they will not attend accusing the agency of exaggerating the problem we've got a lot to talk about with our guests but first this report from charlotte ballasts. she tried to run but marie last child fell trying to escape her attackers. one of the london militia cut me with a machete my brother helped me run away but i was also hit by two arrows on my side four of my kids were killed that same day launch of a new family are among the tens of thousands of congolese who have been injured and displaced during four months of clashes the violence is cement for decades fuelled by disputes over land sharing between haman herders and i do farmers and atory province villages have streamed into domestic displac

and the un's one of the more than two million children in the democratic republic of congo are at risk of dying from acute malnutrition. president rage of type two and says his troops have surrounded the northern syrian town of a free and imminently. well that's after the turkish military seems control of the clear right on up to india to help in the troops advance turkey and allied syrian rebels are trying to push kurdish fighters from the area and fish has been with turkish troops inside syria and they are both in the southwest of chindia us. we drove into syria with the turkish army escort they decided where we would go the destination the village of one of the first retaken from kodesh militia by the free syrian army supported by the turks in the operation named all of brunch sitting in the shade the children waited for the truck to distribute its boxes to date here has been the scene for a while in a small building a makeshift doctor's office treating a lot of minor injuries anything serious in the transfer to turkey for further treatment. for some who do nothing but war. it's a n

the un has warned that more than two million children in the democratic republic of congo are at risk of dying from acute malnutrition but three hundred thousand the fan left in the cast and were fighting between armed groups and forced millions to leave their homes over the past year u.n. humanitarian chief will meet donuts in the d.r. see next week well jan egeland is the secretary general of the norwegian refugee council he says the crisis in the diaz has been forgotten by the international community. i think the drama of the democratic republic of the congo is falling in the shadows of the horrific wars in syria and in yemen could the congo is and has become completely neglected and forgotten as a mega crisis indeed hundreds of thousands of children may starve to death when i was there just last month i could see a tremendous crisis with very little humanitarian response very different from syria or yemen where we do at least have a great humanitarian muscle we don't have that and praise for the congo isis claimed responsibility for suicide bomb attack on the afghan capital kabul

the humanitarian community has launched its largest ever appeal to the democratic republic of congo asking for nearly one point seven billion dollars two million kids suffering from acute severe malnutrition who are at risk. of dying of what is what is clear is you're looking at numbers of this magnitude you know the urgency couldn't be couldn't be greater the world food program emphasized the need for assistance in the custody region alone three point two million people a severely hungry that one in four people. malnourished children at risk of dying three hundred thousand at risk of dying just think of that three hundred thousand little kids. the u.n. humanitarian chief plans to visit castle next month to raise awareness the drama of the democratic republic of the congo is falling in the shadows of the horrific wars in syria and in yemen. called the congo it has become completely neglected and forgotten as a mega crisis indeed hundreds of thousands of children may stop to death the humanitarian community is holding its first ever democratic republic of congo during a conference in geneva

korea after the apparent success of talks in pyongyang ethnic violence escalates in the democratic republic of congo is the displacement of tens of thousands of people continues. when you look into the lives of people living in poverty in china what the government is doing about it. russia's military has offered to guarantee safe passage out of syria's eastern halter for rebel fighters and their families russia's backing a syrian government offensive in the rebel held district which saw at least eighty people killed on monday it was the deadliest day since the u.n. adopted a cease fire resolution and russia ordered a daily pause in fighting force was supposed to allow people to leave that hasn't happened. so in a holder joins us now live. in beirut in neighboring lebanon so are people taking advantage of this russian offer. well the russian military telling the rebels that you can leave with your family we're going to guarantee your safety there are reports from reuters saying that the syrian rebel spokesman said that russia is only interested in escalating the situation and in force this placement

and the united nations as well but more than two million children in the democratic republic of congo are at risk of dying from acute malnutrition. and other stories we're following kenya's president uhuru kenyatta on the main opposition leader promised to begin a process of reconciliation but it came as they met for the first time since last year's disputed election which sparked violence across the country earlier this year a dentist for himself and as the so-called people's president and refused to recognize election when a kenyatta as head of state. you. and that for this country to come together leaders must come together he does must be able to discuss their differences he does must be able to discuss freely and openly what is our country what is the reason and the cause for ethnic divisions and fictions that we see across the country the time has come for us to confront on his own our differences these differences are becoming too entrenched not to cling on said greed on the origins of the differences and what they put in. millions of our children continue to be born unmounted

and calls for help from the international community is violence continues and democratic republic of congo. outgoing u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson is urging a smooth transition after his dismissal by donald trump via twitter on of his top aides released a statement saying tillerson was unaware of why he was forced out that official was later fired also the democrats say it said another sign of chaos and white house trump and says policy differences are to blame but the two of disagreed over a number of issues including the iran deal and the blockade of qatar tillerson will be replaced by cia director mike pompei o the advocates more aggressive stance on north korea and iran and its job will go to jeanne a hospital who's set to become the first ever female leader of the cia we'll get more on that shortly first though roslyn jordan looks back at the friction between tillerson and. it's not every day you lose your job the social media but an emotional rex tillerson deliberately ignored that detail when he addressed reporters on tuesday i received a call today from the president i had

at least seventy nine people have died in the latest into ethnic violence in the democratic republic of congo dozens of people were killed in the village of mass a in the province to me on friday more attacks are being reported in three nearby villages on saturday at least two hundred thousand people have fled the area in recent months to escape the violence paul brennan reports witnesses said the ethnic lendu militia went from house to house hacking people to death with machetes and burning the buildings afterwards the victims came from the majority ethnic haim a group and the number of fatalities makes this the most deadly attack in the recent uptick in violence between them. footage from as a shows some villages looking shocked others appearing vengeful and angry the a cheery region was already blighted by food shortages and now this. people are dying here and there is nobody to bury the bodies and the children are also dying of hunger and there is no supervision we're worried we want peace to return among the population so that everyone can go back to their homes and we can be safe. but s

the start of a new day in the democratic republic of congo. behind the village is done swamp land satellite images have revealed the existence of a peach bowl here in the forest biologists say it's one of the most important of the discovered that's why a team of british and congolese scientists have embarked on a joint research project getting to the peak both involves an arduous hours long hike through the swamp everything is soaking wet english geography simon lewis has been surveying here for years trying to better understand the development of the bug which began forming tens of thousands of years ago made up of decomposed plant material the piece held some surprises for the researcher is that this is peak bodies so this is the partially decomposed plant matter that is a store of carbon so the news is now sampled every fifty centimeters and this is three metres to three metres deep water surprises and we thought the peat here would be maybe fifty centimeters maybe one metre maximum and actually we've got much deeper so that suggests that po

both with the democratic republic of congo to find out more if you meet. with the supermarkets that tries to reduce food waste by acknowledging sobeit. we find out how a bunch of fans in south africa can help the people from the city but. it's no longer news that nigeria generates a lot of waste and the country in these challenges with how to manage this waste whether you're recycling or using the challenge of managing the waste is there now across the country and across the world it had come be turned to well we also have come to terms to beautiful things but is it possible to sit in your house in one place. and make the wealth or make the beautiful things yes it is thanks to this war student of the government goes college and duty who have come up with an i can link those turning the waste to these beautiful beings all paying money for waste and those generating the waste let's go see how their work. waste over three million tonnes are generated annually in nigeria it's an environmental disaster and a health hazard only twenty to thirty percent of the was

the democratic republic of congo boasts assets that should make it the envy of all africa.nd, natural resources, and a youthful population. but the drc has never come close to fulfilling its potential — thanks to political division, intercommunal violence, and epic levels of corruption. my guest today is the drc‘s prime minister, bruno tshibala. can his country finally find a pathway to prosperity? prime minister bruno tshibala, welcome to hardtalk. merci. mr prime minister, would you agree that no african country has been more let down by its political leaders over the last a0 years than it your own country, the democratic republic of congo? but isn't it your own leader, the president of the country today, president kabila, who has generated a huge amount of uncertainty and instability in your country by refusing to leave office when he was supposed to leave office? —— but isn't it your own leader, the president of the country today, president kabila, who has generated a huge amount of uncertainty and instability in your country by refusing to leave office when he was supp

we talked to christine schuler deschryver, the head of the city of joy in the democratic republic of congoout the conflict in drc. >> the problem is really complicated because it is an economic war. it is something that we have our cell phones and computer. i feel like all of the countries and all of the western countries, they don't want this war to end because they want a mess so they can continue to forest,congo and rain so using as terror. if you look at a map and you see where rapes are committed, it is all around mines. we still have lots of guns everywhere and militias. so the goal is for people to leave their villages so they international's can continue to plunder congo. amy: that is christine schuler deschryver describing what is the democratic republic of congo. she is the head of the city of joy. place that for us as we begin to end the show. >> she is the head of v-day and the city of joy. cavell is no killing of many dissenters. they are verging on some kind of civil war again because he will not have an election and there are many people who do not want him there any longer

this child is one of two million in the democratic republic of congo estimated to be at risk of dying from severe acute malnutrition many of them live here in the troubled region. the queues for u.n. aid make a mockery of prime minister been a cheap allows clean this week but the humanitarian crisis there was under control . in the custody region alone three point two million people a severely hungry that's one in four people. malnourished children at risk of dying us three hundred thousand at risk of dying just think of that three hundred thousand little kids tribal violence in the country's east has displaced an estimated two hundred thousand people since mid december far from being under control the u.n. says the situation in the country is deteriorating and appeal to donors to come forward. where we really hope and expect the traditional new donors any kind of us to step forward and recognize that this is a crisis that. you know our humanity should include these people. you're looking at numbers of this magnitude you know the urgency couldn't be couldn't be gracious. u.n. humanita

also at least seventy nine people are being killed in the latest violence in the democratic republic of congo dozens of people were killed in the village of masses a friday more attacks were reported in three nearby villages on saturday palestine's health ministry says a farmer has been shot dead by israeli troops near the gaza border he died while working on his line close to the border fence on saturday according to the israeli military the man was approaching a restricted area and warning shots were first fired into the air the military claims that when the farmer did not stop soldiers shot at him. but operated a military commander says the islamic republic will not negotiate its missile program unless europe and the u.s. does not delayed nuclear weapons to iran says the missile program is for the terrorists and that it is related to the twenty fifteen nuclear deal which led to the lifting of sanctions. polls open in italy just under three hours from now but it could be some time before the country's leadership is decided those single party appears to be on track to gain forty percent requ

the democratic republic of congo's refusing to go to its own donor conference in switzerland next month which aims to raise nearly two billion dollars the country's prime minister says the un's overreacting about the humanitarian needs. anger is mounting in the u.s. city of sacramento over the police shooting of an unarmed black man twenty two year old stuff on clock was shot at least twenty times when officers cornered him in his

why is it so popular more than forty people are reported dead in ethnic violence in the democratic republic of congo. and germany social democrats prepared to announce if that willing to form another ground coalition but i'm going to cause conservatives. syrian government forces are continuing to push into the rebel held enclave of eastern goodson is a mask activists say they've taken almost complete control of the town of funny since february eighteenth more than six hundred people have been killed in the bombardment syrian airplanes on are dropping leaflets telling people to leave the area despite severe shortages of food or medicine. people say that's just not an option they know how the reports from beirut in neighboring lebanon. i was a little shot through or is desperate he is just one of about four hundred thousand people trapped in eastern huta which is under attack. he is very ill and poor living in a besieged enclave means medicine and food are hard to find i remember what a lot of the roads here are i am crying my children are crying because i am unable to buy anything for them my situati

ten people are dead and others a missing after a rebel attack in the north east of the democratic republic of congo it happened on the outskirts of the city of beni in a region that's beset by violence involving the allied democratic forces armed group mariana holland has law. rebecca souci has had enough of broken promises promises of protection promises from the congolese president that the killings willing. come take our houses have them since you're unable to protect us your priority is to look after the rich not us poor people you have to fill your contract killing us just do what you want now we're tired of killing us. her home is a burnt out ruin and two members of his family a deed after elijah democratic forces rebels attacked a village of cacique in the middle of the night residents put up barricades but not for protection this isn't protest i.d.f. rebels have killed more than fifteen hundred people in the region and less than four years they accuse president joseph kabila of failing to protect them and want u.n. peacekeepers and the congolese military to keep them safe but i beat up on a

told the security council last humanitarian needs in the democratic republic of congo have doubled over the past year thirteen million people are in need of a republican and democratic senators in the us are calling for facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg to testify before congress over allegations that data from fifty million of its uses was harvested by the consultancy firm cambridge analytic and may have been used to influence the u.s. election those are the top stories stay where they are inside stories next. the u.s. attorney general fired the f.b.i. his death to director on friday there announced it is president donald trump might surprise the sox special counsel robert muller so what does all this mean for the russia investigation this is inside story.

is warning that two million children risk of death from starvation in the democratic republic of congo aid agencies say years of conflict and instability have created one of the world's most complex humanitarian crises and it's only getting worse how to help. this child is part of a growing humanitarian crisis one of two million children at risk of dying from mt nutrition in the castle region in the democratic republic of congo. into communal conflicts have been escalating here since two thousand and sixteen similar violence across the country has led to more than four point five million people been internally displaced the humanitarian community has launched its largest ever appeals to democratic republic of congo asking for nearly one point seven billion dollars two million kids suffering from acute severe malnutrition who are at risk. of dying of what is what is clear is you're looking at numbers of this magnitude. you know the urgency couldn't be couldn't be gracious the world food program emphasized the need for urgent assistance in the custody region alone three point two million

un's humanitarian chief has told the security council that the humanitarian needs in the democratic republic of congo have doubled over the past year thirteen many of people are in need of aid republican and democratic senators in the u.s. are calling for facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg to testify before congress that's over allegations that data from fifty million of its users was harvested by the consultancy firm cambridge analytic or may have been used to influence the u.s. election those are the top stories stay with us al-jazeera counting the cost is coming up next. alarm has a seeker this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week old million russians getting all they bargained for as lady putin heads for reelection. also this week saudi aramco puts its i.p.o. on ice and keeps the financial world guessing.

on al-jazeera calls for help from the international community as violence continues in democratic republic of congo plus. i'm a quote reporting on the increase in krill pretty good water in a bid to try and restrict. hollywood had some nasty spring storms across central parts of the mediterranean still a fair amount of cloud showing up across italy into the balkans and this little area of disturbed weather brought some vomit storms into southern italy see here into set where we had the tornado bring down trees with some power outages even the local burger king took something off the grilling out of these nasty conditions and we will see quite in down a little as we go on through the next hour or so wednesday still a few showers in place either side of the age of the attic so the west very heavy rain starting to pile its way into that western side of your very windy as well we are going to see those temps just getting up to thirteen or fourteen degrees so there's the spring warmth cooling off a touch as we go on through thursday and note by the end of the weekend temperatures will be struggling in a

the un has warned that more than two million children in the democratic republic of congo are at risk of dying from acute malnutrition about three hundred thousand of them live in the fighting between groups of force millions to leave their homes over the past year the u.n. humanitarian chief will meet done as in the aussie next week. saudi arabia has signed two billion dollars worth of commercial deals with the u.k. including a parliamentary agreement to buy forty eight typhoon fighter jets this was announced on the final day of a three day visit by saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin summoned to the country aimed at strengthening the lateral ties kenya's president who are kenyatta and the main opposition leader raul promised to begin a process of reconciliation it's the first meeting since last year's disputed election which was followed by widespread violence across the country you're up to date with all of our top stories that for myself and the team here in london counting the cost is coming up next and then they'll be more news after that in about half an hour's time from d

warns more than two million children are at risk of dying due to malnutrition and democratic republic of congo. and assessing the damage to some of humanity's oldest cultural sites after years of ice all controlling them. the u.s. president donald trump passed today accepted an invitation from the north korean leader kim jong un for a face to face meeting the development is being hailed as a major diplomatic achievement after months of aggressive posturing between the two men bright has more. this fast moving diplomatic saga has seen many extraordinary twists and turns then the announcement to beat them all south korea's special envoy emerged from a meeting with the u.s. president to reveal trump says yes to kim president from. the review and said he would meet kim jong un by made towards prominent did nuclearized. seizing the moment south korea's president to moon jay in has been quick to credit both north korean and u.s. leaders can you tell when your journey president from leadership will be highly praised by the residents of both class korea and north korea by people all around the world w

has won more than two million children in the democratic republic of congo are at risk of dying from acute malnutrition about three hundred thousand of them live in the kasai region where fighting between armed groups have forced millions to leave their homes over the past year. kenya's president uhuru kenyatta and the main opposition leader raul or data of promised to begin a process of reconciliation it's the past first meeting since last year's disputed election which was followed by widespread violence across the country and saudi arabia has signed two billion dollars worth of commercial deals with the u.k. including a politically agreement to buy forty eight typhoon fighter jets it was announced on the final day of a three day visit by the crown prince vomit been summoned to the u.k. we're up to date with all of our top stories the boy who started the syrian war is coming up next and i'll be back with more news after that in about twenty five minutes time i'll see you shortly. another day another hit and run mission for the free syrian army in the southern city of daraa. and. it

group remains in the enclave millions are displaced in need of aid and malnourished the democratic republic of congo says that's an exaggeration and refuses to attend its own donor conference and the mission to plant millions of seeds in brasilia how it could help the city's water woes. hundreds of thousands of people are taking to the streets across the u.s. calling for an end to gun violence and stricter gun laws the main event is getting underway right now in washington d.c. within sight of the u.s. capitol where hundreds of thousands of protesters are hoping politicians will be listening. the event called march for lines is being replicated across the us where the rallies in cities including boston he said how can florida the scene of february and school shooting that killed seventeen people listening to and the gallagher who is in washington d.c. for us and the you covered that dreadful shooting last month in florida that is indeed what spot told these protests with them really leading the charge did they fail is a feeling that galvanizing opinion by getting someone. well i think you know their

group remains in the enclave millions are displaced in need of aid and malnourished the democratic republic of congo says that's an exaggeration and refuses to attend its own don't know conference and rallying for answers argentinians march in memory of the victims of the nineteen seventies so-called dirty war. mass protests are taking place across the united states and in thirty six more nations worldwide calling for an end to gun violence and stricter gun laws the main demonstration is being held right now in washington d.c. right at the heart of the u.s. political system the event called march for our lives is being replicated across the nation with rallies in cities including boston houston and part one florida the scene of febreze school shooting that killed seventeen people well let's speak to our correspondent on the galleria who is in washington d.c. at that margin and the you covered that dreadful school shooting in florida the real push for these marches and let it go right across the world has been those students saying enough is enough. and as an as you know i don't know if you can hear

security council is africa we've just heard about the crisis in the democratic republic of congo and so russia as a permanent member the un security council will be as focused as any of a permanent member on the africa portfolio and so talk about security council reform as lavrov says has an outer suburb make sense but it's not just about the u.n. security council the second priority will be about the defense industry of russia which is one of their main exporters and the trip has been partly about defense and security very clearly in the countries that he's visited and then there's the economics has visited several countries which have even oil or gas or diamonds and gov mozambique for example the mining opportunities in zimbabwe those are also potentially of interest to russia indeed russia is already deeply involved in diamond mining in angola and one of its gas companies is active in mozambique both big heavy hitters in ethiopia rex tillerson in ethiopia the only country on which in which both men kind of overlap by a couple of hours each why is ethiopia on both of those shopping

the united nations describes the situation in the democratic republic of congo as a forgotten crisis so serious and on such a scale that the un humanitarian chief is there to try to get the world to take notice the u.n. warns millions will starve if they don't get help mark hello caucus calling on nations to act to the donor's meeting in geneva next month the situation is very bad and the single biggest problem we have is were short of funds to meet the needs of these people basically meeting at lifesaving needs food and shelter water health care and so on but all. the things we need to do to give them a chance to rebuild their lives together children back to school many of those caught up in the violence complain the government does little to keep them safe but president joseph kabila is grappling with his own crisis he refused to step down when his to tims in office came to an end in two thousand and sixteen under an agreement brokered by the catholic church kabila was allowed to stay on provided new elections were held in two thousand and seventeen. that deal wasn't honest and sim

anjane: the euronion has warned that the humanitarian crisis in the democratic republic of congo is getting worse by the day. the number of people needing aid this year has doubled to 13 million. -- 30 trllion. the cohas been marred by civil war and the president's refusal to step down at the end of his term has inflamed tensions. our africa editor fergal keane reports from a vilthge that was scene of a recent ethnic massacre. fergal: the killers arrived at the village as the people prepared their ening meal. the extreme cruelty of what followed lives in the memory of the village. they were attacked by members of an ethnic group. fergal: he witnessed his sister's murder as he fled. when u.n. and local officials arrived the following morning, they found scenes of horror. women and children hacked where they had been cornered. a four-year-old was strapped to her moerer's back when both set upon by a man with a machete. fergal: she was found beside her murdered mother. the dead were placed in these mass graves. flowers laid freshly each day. ths,men here were angry with with the u.n., the fore

congo. our it lets us speak now to eve well marty is unicef's the chief of communications in the democratic republic of congo a good evening sir two million children facing starvation i mean that's a staggering number what are the main causes. but the main causes are that children have getting more and more difficulties of having access to proper health care services as well as proper food the consequence of that is that more and more children actually are touched by. diseases and because they don't have the strength to fight is the seasons there it fell into a situation not severe acute malnutrition now the situation of sickies severe acute malnutrition is a very severe situation that can lead to that. we are facing indeed the staggering figure of two million chill and throughout it year congo now that are facing severe acute malnutrition now the both the positive thing about it is that we also know that when we can actually reach the children that are suffering from severe acute malnutrition and we can providing mitten necessary the treatment that they can quickly we cover it without consequences

safety of a kind for refugees fleeing inept upsurge of violence in the democratic republic of congo.ople first had to take the treacherous route across the a0 kilometre wide lake alberta. translation: we left the homes because we were suffering. some people left our houses but we stayed behind without our husbands. some people lost their husbands because they were chopped with machetes. others lost their children and so many have been left orphaned. according to the united nations, the country is in a top level emergency. more than 680,000 congolese refugees are now inside uganda or nearby burundi. another a.5 million people are internally displaced. the crisis is, in part, driven bya are internally displaced. the crisis is, in part, driven by a breakdown of government authority. this man says the problem requires an end to the presidency ofjose makila who refused to leave power at the end of his mandate in 2016. the un says humanitarian aid is needed by over 13 million people. with underfunding the single biggest issue. translation: what we are saying is that not the children are at

a village massacre in the democratic republic of congo, the latest incident in what the un is calling "a horrifying escalation of violence." the organisation i work for is letting these people down. their government is letting these people down. and i think the world is also letting these people down. and in deep water. a new report says we need to look after the earth's resources before it's too late. hello. australia has become the latest country to throw out russian diplomats, part of the biggest mass expulsion since the end of the cold war. in total 2a countries, including the united states and 16 european nations, have united in response to the nerve agent attack in salisbury. the russian government says the expulsions are a mistake and it will respond in the coming days. more on the latest response from australia in a moment but first our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins. sometimes, size really does matter, and this diplomatic action against russia by western democracies is unprecedented in its scale. on their own, the american expulsions are remarkable, 60 russians being

more than half the world's cobalt come from the democratic republic of congo, and 20% of the cobalt thered by hand, often by young children. debora patta saw the dangerous conditions firsthand. >> reporter: ziki swaze has never been to school. he has no idea how to read or write, but he is an expert in washing cobalt. "my parents are dead," he told us, "and i stay with my grandma." so you need to make money for your granny? >> yes. >> reporter: there are thousands more children like 11-year-old ziki. barely 10 years old, these kids lug heavy sacks of cobalt to be washed in rivers. and even those too young to work spend much of their day breathing in toxic fumes. officials make a big show of chasing children away saying nobody under 18 is allowed to work here, but, clearly, that is not the case. we asked these companies whether child-mined cobalt is being used in their products. all acknowledged problems with the supply chain, but say they require their suppliers to follow responsible sourcing guidelines, but our investigation shows just how complicated it is to trace child-mined cobalt. l

at least seventy nine people have been killed in the latest into ethnic violence in the democratic republic of congo dozens of people were killed in the village of la salle friday will return to reported in three nearby villages on saturday. and the polls open in italy is general election in less than an hour from now but it could be some time before the country's leadership is decided no single party appears to be on track to gain the forty percent required to form a majority government. to asian our way special envoy from the south korean president will visit pyongyang for two days beginning on monday it's in response to an invitation presented by kim jong un sr joining her visit to pyongyang chang olympics let's go live now to robert bride in seoul a really strong indications rob that a significant announcement would be made regarding the relationship of the two koreas as they move forward we now have some more clarity. that's right the decision has come the details of come within the last few minutes with an announcement from the government here on the makeup of this delegation it will be a ten

football team has given brandon refugees a real hope in the largest refugee camp of the democratic republic of congo the morningstar squad has few resources but lots of optimism and todd and. the morning star. these young girls were forced to flee burundi in twenty fifteen but have discovered a love of football in their to march was lives now in the democratic republic of congo they have formed an all girls football team in the us and the refugee camp oh me forget we are refugees when we are playing we could be anywhere in the world. despite lacking football boots or even their own bar the girls are making the most of what they have. we are the best football team in this camp everyone has their own style of playing in their own nicknames. this is louis auroras that has packed a. business either to run at this or via lack of funds the girls rely on volunteers coach and fellow refugee eric in town is their biggest fan i'd like to see the girls be encouraged to play and to have the equipment they need to play sports. while during the refugees continue to face hardships in neighboring countries the morn

the human cost of the escalation of violence in the democratic republic of congo — the un admits it'sthere. the organisation i work for is letting these people down, their government is letting these people down, and i think the world is also letting these people down. the porn star and the president — stormy daniels warns of more revelations to come about donald trump. and the crisis in cricket — what next for australia in the ball tampering row? and coming up on sportsday, ryan giggs suffers his first defeat since taking charge of wales after his side were beaten 1—0 by uruguay in the china cup final. good evening. it's the greatest collective expulsion of russian diplomats and intelligence officials in history. 22 countries, including america and 16 eu nations, have united in response to the nerve agent attack in salisbury. the united states is to expel 60 russian diplomats. most are based in washington, but a dozen will leave from the un in new york. 16 eu member states, including france and germany, are taking similar action. today's unprecedented move follows the poisoning of fo