wanted to gain -- we wanted the world's abusers not to gain membership here democratic republic of the congo was elected as a member. the drc is widely known to have one of he worst human rights records in the world. even as it was being elected to inbership's -- to membership the council, mass graves continued to be discovered in the congo. another goal was to stop the council from protecting the world's worst human rights abusers. what happened? the council would not even have a meeting on the human rights conditions in venezuela? why? is a member of the council. as is cuba, and china. similarly, the council failed to respond in december and january when the iranian regime killed and arrested hundreds of citizens simply for expressing their views. when a so-called human rights council cannot bring itself to address the massive abuses in venezuela and iran, and it welcomes the democratic republic of congo as a new member, the council ceases to be worthy of its name. such a council in fact damages the cause of human rights. then of course, there is the matter of the chronic bias against isra

chopping down the world's second largest rain forest in the democratic republic of congo. environmental campaigners say millions of trees are being shelled illegally. syrian government forces say they have taken control of two towns of bursar all harir and. in the eastern darracott countryside state media showing troops believed to be iranian backed militia entering the town earlier on tuesday however the rebel free syrian army says fighting is ongoing in the area first of all her rear has come under heavy air and ground attack in recent days as part of the government campaign to retake the northeastern province the u.n. says forty five thousand people have fled the violence that are heading towards the jordan border the capture of bursa harir is the first major government advance and that offensive it cuts off a k. rebel supply line into a province allowing more pro-government troops to move in retaking the entire province of to give the government control of all the way up to the border with jordan all the way to the israeli occupied golan heights are in carb want to spec

year, the democratic republic of congo was elected as a member. the drc is known to have one of the worst human rights' records in the world. even as it was being elected to -- continue tos be discovered. what happened? the council would not have a meeting on the human rights' conditions in venezuela. why? because venezuela is a member of the human rights' counsel as is cuba as is china. the council failed to respond in december and january when the uranium regime -- iranian regime killed hundreds of citizens. when a human rights council cannot bring itself to adjust abuses in venezuela and welcomes the democratic republic of congo as a new member, the council ceases to be worthy of its name. such a council damages the cause of human rights. the biasthe matter of against israel. the united states made it clear we would not accept the continued existence of agenda item seven, which singles out israel in a way no other country is singled out. year, the human rights' counsel passed five resolutions against israel. more than the number passed against n

alarming rate environmental campaigners are accusing the largest timber company in the democratic republic of congoof illegally cutting down millions of trees paul chodas jan reports. in the heart of africa the congo basin is home to the world's second largest rain forest but a new investigation accuses timber companies of endangering its existence second in size to the amazon the congolese rain forest to some two million square kilometers it covers six countries including the democratic republic of congo where it's shrinking the fastest the nonprofit global witness says the d r c s biggest timber company north through timber is illegally harvesting trees at nearly ninety percent of its sites with impunity north timber which is portuguese owned denies congolese subsidiary sort of force is breaching its contracts it says the accusations have no basis it acknowledges some management plans may not be in place but that it's talking with the ministry of environment about them global witness is also accusing importers such as portugal and friends of failing to take action researchers are trying to learn

by western culture bleaching products been banned in some african countries but in the democratic republic of congo they remain big business . there's money to be made when women feel dissatisfied with how they look skin bleaching products are readily available in pharmacies and supermarkets and the democratic republic of congo business is booming not many women talk openly about using these products clarice is an exception she says having light skin is a beauty ideal she works hard to achieve. different creams which help you get lighter skin or you can use your normal body cream and mix that with a bleaching per day me it's cause you always need to add some guys are in for me there's only one choice a woman with lighter skin is more beautiful than a woman with dark skin you know feel. this ideal is deeply ingrained in many people's minds but it can be harmful dr carr cooler indo via works in a provincial hospital in goma he's educating people about the dangers of skin bleaching. there is a better me says it is a good yeah there are a lot of side effects for example what we call ne which is a parti

eastern parts of the democratic republic of congo that militias have terrorized civilian populations for decades according to one study over a thousand women are raped there every day. the city of bukavu on the banks of lake kivu looks tranquil but in eastern congo scenes like this can be deceiving in this conflict zone rape has been systematically used as a weapon of war will keep the worst thing was that they treated us like animals. it wasn't just one man using me it was all of them it was so painful they beater's and abused as like cattle my family had stayed behind which was awful. my children were suffering at home while i was being raped in the forest you. can't close women have suffered the same way that francine scenarios did to have my mom and penzias a trauma therapist who frequently travels to the villages around to cover to help survivors of mass rape. the roads are in poor condition the region has been destroyed by more than twenty years of war. the women here have suffered horrific ordeal holes. when you're a victim your heart is damaged it's as if you're no longer huma

since nine hundred ninety six war has raged relentlessly in the east and democratic republic of congo the conflict is mostly over natural resources worth millions that are sold to customers all over the world but none of the profits end up here. back in bukavu in a society torn apart children suffer two decades of war have left their mark on everyone here this is clear he says his family tortured her for years and convinced her she was a witch. mackenzie asks her what she's drawn she answers the person who burnt me i want them to burn to the therapist says it's important for clarity's to express herself have been rejected by the community. neve been accused the self it for fusible of violence and all it is being a very small children still if we'd been means to he gain confidence in two people. to clear his who is blamed for everything unfortunate that happened to her family she suffered a lot the scars left by hot melted plastic thrown on her legs a still painful the echo banner house offers children refuge and a place to be a child again the girls put on a play to share their experi

the world health organization says ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo is tapper lising director general ted ross says he is cautiously optimistic after a decrease in the number of cases reported in the past week more than eighteen hundred health workers have received an experimental vaccine for the virus the agency says it's also donating more than fifteen million dollars to countries bordering the d r c to be used in the event of a further break a u.s. special forces soldier has been killed in somalia after an ambush by the group al-shabaab it happened at a joint us somali smily terry outpost in the town of jim ami four other u.s. troops were injured along with another soldier rawson jordan has more from washington d.c. . on friday a u.s. soldier was killed in the southwestern part of somalia during an operation where u.s. forces were providing logistical and aerial surveillance support to somali and kenyan troops trying to clear the area of al shabaab fighters the military is saying that the combined forces came under attack at about two forty five pm local time in th

the world health organization says ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo is tabel izing director general teds was at home on says he's cautiously optimistic after a decrease in the number of cases reported in the past week more than one thousand eight hundred health workers have received an experimental vaccine for the virus the agency says it's also donating more than fifteen million dollars to countries bordering the d r c to be used in the event of a future outbreak now u.s. special forces soldier has been killed in somalia after an ambush by the armed group al-shabaab it happened at a joint u.s. somalia military outpost in the town of jim ami four other u.s. troops were injured along with another soldier now levanon has ordered a freeze on the renewal of residency permits for u.n. refugee agency staff is accused the u.n.h.c.r. of spreading fear among syrian refugees about returning home as in a harder reports. seven years in exile in lebanon mahmoud i use is now getting ready to go back home from the syrian town of moto in the khaled region can't go back because he's

now the world health organization says the break in the democratic republic of congo is stabilizing director general ham on says he is cautiously optimistic after a decrease in the number of cases reported in the past week more than eighteen hundred health workers have received an experimental vaccine for the virus the agency says it's also donating more than fifteen million dollars to the countries bordering the d r c to be used in the event of a further outbreak. a court case against former south african president jacob zuma has been postponed until late july this is the second time the case has been adjourned zuma is facing sixteen charges including fraud corruption money laundering and racketeering they relate to a deal in the one nine hundred ninety s. which south africa agreed to buy several billion dollars worth of european military hardware zuba says the charges should be dropped the latest. in was a quick proceedings it lasted less than thirty minutes inside the court the state say that they are ready but the defense if they are not ready we heard that same as lawyers want the charg

a big show of support for the democratic republic of congo's exiled opposition leader ahead of an election show jewel for december. in a sport sardinia base host to one of the closest finishes in the world rally championship history. the white house has stepped up its verbal attacks on justin trudeau with top advisers claiming the canadian prime minister quote stabbed us in the back at the g. seven summit true to avoided questions from waiting media in quebec for the trump labeled him weak and dishonest for comments made after the summit trader told reporters the us president's decision to invoke national security as a reason for his steel and aluminum trade tariffs was kind of insulting a point reiterated by his foreign minister on sunday. for me what is insulting and what i object very strongly is the illegal and unjustified impersonation of tariffs on canadian steel and aluminum. the freak the national security pretext is absurd and frankly insulting to canadians the closest and strongest ally the united states has have. my kind of joins us from washington so the fallout from this is co

now where more crimes charges were of attend against the former vice president of the democratic republic of congo. it may have changed the complexion of the country's upcoming presidential elections last week an appeals court overturned his conviction for atrocities committed by his militiamen who'd been sent to the central african republic to stop a coup attempt the judge said could not be held criminally responsible for their crimes and his poor today reports that now clears the way for another presidential run. the political future of former vice president. who's just acquitted of war crimes dominates headlines in the democratic republic of congo but for many in neighboring central african republic bemba's acquittal is disheartening. to benbow committed crimes killed looted implemented from this is acquittal is humiliating to us international justice has failed us two years ago the international criminal court convicted bemba for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by a private army he commanded inside central african republic. my daughter was raped and she tried to flee with me i

the world health organization says the break in the democratic republic of congo is stabilizing director general. says he's cautiously optimistic. after a decrease in the number of cases reported in the past week more than eight hundred health workers have received an experimental vaccine for the virus the agency says it's also donating more than fifteen million dollars to countries bordering the d r c to be used in the event of a future break. the u.s. special forces soldiers one of two military personnel killed in somalia after an ambush by the armed group al-shabaab that happened in a joint somalia military outpost in the town of jamais are four other u.s. soldiers and one somali were injured roslyn jordan has more from washington d.c. . on friday a u.s. soldier was killed in the southwestern part of somalia during an operation where u.s. forces were providing logistical and aerial surveillance support to somali and kenyan troops trying to clear the area of al shabaab fighters the military is saying that the combined forces came under attack at about two forty five pm local time in th

come here on the news our demands for the return of the exiled opposition leader of the democratic republic of congo just months ahead of the presidential election plus. facing the music in istanbul why young musicians have to go abroad to play to their strengths. and you pay us we will play that's the word from nigeria's football players as they prepare for their world cup campaign. right. new rules spanning six continents across the do. i'll just here is correspondents live and bring the story state. of. the. letters. were at the mercy of the camp for palestinian but i'll just zero food in world news. it is good to have you with us hello adrian for going to here in doha the top stories on al-jazeera this new u.s. president donald trump has arrived in singapore for tuesday's historic summit with north korea's leader kim jong un trump earlier called the talks a one time shot of peace is administration is hoping the summit will begin a process that eventually leads to pyongyang ending its nuclear program. korea's leader kim jong un touched on it saying a for around five and a half hours ago now he th

a loud cry goes out for the return of an exiled opposition leader of the democratic republic of congojust months before a presidential election that. in sports sebastian vettel will start the canadian grand prix in pole but there is a name that surprisingly missing from the front of the grid will tell you more later. the battle to control the besieged city in eastern libya is intensifying machine guns and heavy artillery a pounding force is facing for the renegade general after entering the coastal city from both the east and the west they're trying to oust militias some of them linked to al qaeda which have controlled for years the largest number of refugees are fleeing the city since fighting escalated two months ago more than three hundred families who feared revenge attacks of the city falls to have to us forces have been rescued by the red crescent volunteers the aid groups appealing for safe corridors to be set up to move others to safety after serious behold up to what is following the story for us from libya's capital tripoli bring us up to speed with the latest developments o

and a big show of support for the democratic republic of congo's exiled opposition leader ahead in an election shuttle for december in support sebastian vettel takes the lead in formula one championship after winning his fifteenth romper on stage. hello there are a few pretty big storms in the u.s. and they haven't used in the white top class but they are by no means gathered together making a bidding big impression this is a frontal system you can draw in there which means to the south it's probably warmer and indeed for overlay the temp should you'll see it is twenty five plus from d.c. down to florida and back through texas and that warmth of the tongue the western side of the plain states as well as cold air coming in across the rockies where the two meet usually get some pretty big showers that's the case and we've gone to monday here from the dakotas northward into canada and again eastern sides a dusting of big showers around in georgia is cooled down with more persistent rain really answers the northern oblations back to the great lakes and through washington d.c. but i'm sort

re forced to some two million square kilometers it covers six countries including the democratic republic of congo where it's shrinking the fastest the nonprofit global witness says the d.r. she's biggest timber company north to timber is illegally harvesting trees at nearly ninety percent of its sites with impunity north timber which is portuguese owned denies congolese subsidy sort of force is breaching its contract it says the accusations have no basis it acknowledges some management plans may not be in place but that it's talking with the ministry of environment about them global witness is also accusing importers such as portugal and friends of failing to take action there are some plans in the books being negotiated between france and norway which if approved or triple the area large one hundred thousand square kilometers to three hundred thousand square kilometers. researchers are trying to learn about the forest unique ecosystem before it's too late. these forests are under pressure from humans so we scientists want to categorize the fauna the birds the only thought of this forest before i

sisted he had done nothing wrong the congolese businessman became vice president of the democratic republic of congo in two thousand and three but the year before when he was a rebel leader ember is accused of failing to stop his private army known as the m.l.c. from waging a campaign of rape and murder and pillage against civilians in neighboring seem to african republic it seemed more than a thousand fighters there to help put down an attempted coup more got to where organize it. loops of three or four souldiers baited houses one by one they stole all the possessions that could be carted off. and raped the goodman. yes and you know this regardless of the age shall never actually issued an order to rape and murder and during the course of the five year trial his defense team insisted that once his fight is crossed the border into central african republic they were under the command of that country's leadership speaking to his ear in two thousand and seven before his arrest been brushed aside questions about the i.c.c. you will know that the international criminal court that are and i'm not of cours

rain forest to some two million square kilometers it covers six countries including the democratic republic of congo where it's shrinking the fastest the nonprofit global witness says the d.r. she's biggest timber company north to timber is illegally harvesting trees at nearly ninety percent of its sites with impunity north timber which is portuguese owned denies congolese subsidy ery sort of force is breaching its contract it says the accusations have no basis it acknowledges some management plans may not be in place but that it's talking with the ministry of environment about them global witness is also accusing importers such as portugal and friends of failing to take action the organization says it's not surprising that the law's flouted in the r.c. but it is shocking that france does so little to put an end to its imports of illegally harvested timber researchers are trying to learn about the forced unique ecosystem before it's too late. these forests are under pressure from humans so we scientists want to categorize the fauna and the birds the only thought of this forest before it is destroyed

acquitted of war crimes could form a democratic republic of congo vice president. a factor in this year's election. the u.n. issues its bleakest warning yet about the risk of climate change poses to the planet to. bring a new way to play egypt updates its families on fitness stop them etc as they prepare for that opening game at the wrong stop on. we should see something of an improvement in the weather across western parts of europe as we go on through the next couple days the loss of showers around italy in the balkans some lively downpours continuing here further west it's been very wet and windy there are say autumnal across the british isles over the last twenty four hours we'll say things and improve as we go on through the next couple days but still quite breezy southwestern parts of france well here we've had some very heavy rain really over the past week or so the right has been coming down for good parts of france this was the scene into the southwest corner of the country to see some very high water as things will dry up it will brighten up please to say

plus the fight against the abode of virus democratic republic of congo. welcome back to a look at the americas this time we have a very active cold front stretching always down across canada and through into the mid atlantic region of the united states is active all the way down so some severe storms particular across more northern areas and see the change in wind direction the southerly ahead of it the northerly behind it and the frontal system itself will head towards the eastern seaboard as we head on through into monday and you see a big drop in temperatures for new york highs which is fifteen degrees or quite a change there compare with recent days largely fine across the florida peninsula some of thirty one in miami and it should be fine across much of the west coast with eighteen the high in san francisco down into central parts of america we still have this massive cloud extending all the way from the isthmus through towards western parts of cuba and the bahamas still a chance of few showers here but generally weather conditions improving many of t

licenses to women as part of a series of modernization reforms there have been rallies in the democratic republic of congo in support of exile the opposition leader morsi khartoum be cut to be as the former governor of the country's katanga province is seen as the main rival in the upcoming election against president joseph kabila. but as fintan modern reports many questions remain over the future votes. thousands gathered to hear the man they believe is the democratic republic of congo's best hope for change but moyes could tumbi hasn't set foot in the country for more than two years in this video message sent from exile he promised to unite the opposition and bring an end to the rule of longtime leader joseph dabo the movies that i believe don't have all this was a demonstration to everyone showing that moyes is alive and he's preoccupied with the situation of all congolese and also to say that we have a project which can probably resolve all these problems we want to transform the congo and restore was quite nice but also we want to unify the congolese people the support today about people is showing t

last stepping up the fight against the a bowl of virus in the democratic republic of congo. and it's. the weather sponsored. welcome back as we look at weather conditions across the levant and western parts of asia there is a frontal zone which is pushing through kazakhstan and is becky stan so we could see some showers in both our marty and tosh count also the risk of showers on the southern side of the caspian sea so tehran may see the odd shower during the day temperatures not too bad pretty hot in baghdad elsewhere some very heavy showers across central eastern parts of turkey sending into the caucuses a chance of thunderstorms here i mean some flash flooding around the eastern side of the mediterranean generally this is certainly one of two showers around but we are family to bright weather pleasant in beirut once again with highs of twenty six it's fine here in the arabian peninsula obviously pretty hot with temperatures in the forty's in many areas but up to forty four in riyadh i would not far behind here in doha the fact that we've got very high humidity at the momen

international criminal court has ordered the release of john peer bamber former vice president of democratic republic of congo he was acquitted of all crimes last week judges said he couldn't be held responsible for trustees committed by his troops in central african republic between two thousand and two and two thousand and three members waiting to be sentenced on separate charges of bribing witnesses during his trial you know the country's president joseph kabila were not seek a third term in december's election that's according to the prime minister kabila second and final term was meant to end in twenty sixteen but he's perspire and elections twice due to fighting in the country the opposition is accused could be in love arranging the delays to stay in office. and aide to donald trump has apologized for a personal attack against canada's prime minister after last week's g. seven summit peter navarro said there was a special place in hell for just and should try and get allies by imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports but he stands by his decision alan fischer as well. as he was making friends with

mentioned before we came, this is going to get here, in 1995, there was an outbreak in the democratic republic of the congo to just show you the connection between clinical care and research, we brought one of the , cloned to bethesda the cells, made it an ant body and now the democratic republic of the congo has asked to us ship that to them for their discretion use as a countermeasure in the epidemic. so it became full circle that our collaboration with them came back with something that perhaps could help them. i want to close in the last couple of seconds with influenza. i wrote this article a few months ago talking about the need for a universal flu vaccine. and in fact we have developed a strategic plan and a research agenda because of the threat not ofpblee getting a better seasonal flu vaccine, but also a threat of a pandemic. we can only do that with a vaccine that essentially is able to protect us against all subtypes of influenza. i'll close on this last slide. this is not working very well. sorry. which is an article that i actually wrote 17 years ago, but it's very relevant today. and what it

the world health organization says breaking the democratic republic of congo is stabilizing director general draws. as he's cautiously optimistic after a decrease in the number of cases for forces in the past week more than eight hundred health workers have received an experimental vaccine the agency says it's also donating more than fifteen million dollars to countries bordering the d.l.c. to be used in the event of a further outbreak. after half a century the longest serving staff member the sydney opera house is calling it a day steve sue colace migrated to australia from greece in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight and soon began working on the operas houses construction just weeks from retirement he reflects on his many years working inside one of the world's most iconic buildings my name is the colors and i'm going in my twenty's of the sydney opera. i arrived in australia in ninety six before i was an eighteen year song and i come to work as five every morning for the last fifty years i was single out with the open in eighty six the heat. on these beautiful building the icon

doctors in democratic republic of congo have found seven new suspected cases of ebola that takes the total to fifty seven since the latest outbreak was declared a month ago in. twelve patients have died while nine have survived china bellus reports one school carries on in the c. bowl a hit corner of the congo but it's hard for students to concentrate is they study health officials and n.g.o.s study them this boy's under quarantine separated from his friends due to a high fever this girl under the care of the united nations children agency after being off and by the outbreak in love we are here for psychological and social care of victims carers and the population we are here for everyone well children at school psychologists to the homes of the widows. i felt really bad when my husband died i said if i scream i'll also cry the authorities were going on the day she state so my older sister ran for water i cleaned him i washed him and i dressed him and then i covered him with a sheet that my sister gave me when i first found out that he was ill. irene has stayed home since refusing to

if you fast-forward a couple of years to where we are today, with the outbreak in the democratic republic of congo, we have learned a lot and are applyingwhat we learned to that. for example, the experimental vaccine that was used in e ringvaccation program has been deployed to the democratic republic of congo and as we speak today, it is being used in a ring vaccination with 50 rings and 150 vaccinations purring. interestingly, as i mentioned before we came, this is -- in 1995 there was an outbreak in the democratic republic of the congo to show you the connection between clinical care and research, we brought one of the survivors to bethesda , took their cells, cloned it and made a antibody. now the democratic of congo has asked us to ship that to them for their discretion to use as a countermeasure. it became -- came full circle and our collaboration came back as something that can help them. i want to close in the last couple of seconds with influenza. i wrote this article a few months ago about how we need universal flu vaccines. and in fact, we have developed a strategic plan and a research

abusers from gaining human rights council membership what happened in the past year the democratic republic of congo was elected as a member. the d r c is widely known to have one of the worst human rights records in the world even as it was being a left to demand worship in the human rights council mass graves continued to be discovered in the congo another of our goals was to stop the council from protecting the world's worst human rights abusers what happened the council would not even have a meeting on the human rights conditions in venezuela why because venezuela is a member of the human rights council as is cuba as is china similarly the council failed to respond in december and january when the iranian regime killed and arrested hundreds of citizens simply for spreading their views. when a so called human rights council cannot bring itself to address the massive abuses in venezuela and iran and it welcomes the democratic republic of congo as a new member the council ceases to be worthy of its name such a council in fact damages the cause of human rights and then of course there is the matter

rain forest to some two million square kilometers it covers six countries including the democratic republic of congo where it's shrinking the fastest the nonprofit global witness says the d r c s biggest timber company north through timber is illegally harvesting trees at nearly ninety percent of its sites with impunity north timber which is portuguese owned denies congolese subsidy sort of force is breaching its contracts it says the accusations have no basis it acknowledges some management plans may not be in place but that it's talking with the ministry of environment about them global witness is also accusing importers such as portugal and friends of failing to take action researchers are trying to learn about the forest unique ecosystem before it's too late. these forests are under pressure from humans so we scientists want to categorize the fauna and the birds the only thought of this forest before it is destroyed and that scientists say the congo rainforest is a source of food and water for tens of millions of people it's also home to six hundred types of trees and ten thousand animal species

al-jazeera then a loud cry goes out for the return of the exiled opposition leader of the democratic republic of congo just months ahead of a presidential election. facing the music in istanbul while young musicians have to go abroad to play to their strengths. however i'm pleased to say that we have got some quiet weather pushing into the southeast of china over the next couple of days clara's skies coming in for a time we have got a fair amount of cloud down into that southeastern corner more wet weather over towards the southwest northern parts of vietnam so you can see home called generally drawing out generous satellites elise through the next twenty four thirty six hours or so but the showers are set to return monday nazi bad thirty four celsius here in hong kong well so weather just pushing across the high and then pushing across the south of the country will gradually make its way back in so we have got flooding at the moment the flooding eases for a time more heavy rain coming in so for the problems coming through then we've had some flooding as well pushing into northern parts of vietnam acr

the world health organization says if boehner outbreak in the democratic republic of congo is stabilizing director general ted just out hannah holmes says he is cautiously optimistic after a decrease in the number of cases reported in the past week more than eight hundred health workers have received an experimental vaccine for the virus the agency says it's also donating more than fifteen million dollars to countries bordering the d r c to help improve emergency care the austrian government plans to shut down seven mosques and could expel dozens of him arms is part of measures by the rightwing chancellor sebastian coots to target what he calls a political islam in the country dominic kane reports from neighboring germany in the six months since becoming chancellor civil courts has taken an even tougher line on immigration and what he says is the threat from parallel societies forming in his country now he's turning his sights on what he calls political islam due from illinois to become we can announce to you today a decision from the office of religious affairs the lead to prohibit shoul

thousands gathered to hear the man they believe is the democratic republic of congo's best hope for change but moyes khatami hasn't set foot in the country for more than two years in this video message sent from exile he promised to unite the opposition and bring an end to the rule of longtime leader joseph. is that i believe that this was a demonstration to everyone showing that moyes is alive and he's preoccupied with the situation of all congolese and also to say that we have a project which can properly resolve all these problems we want to transform the congo and restore was quite nice but also we want to unify the congolese people the support today about people is showing that we will overcome. the flip the d r c in two thousand and sixteen when prosecutors accused him of hiring foreign mercenaries one month later he was sentenced to three years in prison for real estate fraud he denies all the charges against him as promising to return for a presidential run. president joseph kabila has ruled that the r.c. for seventeen years his term in office officially ended in december twenty si

when war crimes charges that were overturned against the former vice president of the democratic republic of congo. they have changed the complection of the country's upcoming presidential elections where last week an appeals court judge the hague overturned his conviction for trustees committed by his militia sent to the central african republic to stop a coup or turn the judge said could not be held criminally responsible for the crimes but as paul should urge in reports that clears the way for another presidential run. the political future of former vice president john p. who's just acquitted of war crimes dominates headlines in the democratic republic of congo but for many in neighboring central african republic bemba's acquittal is disheartening. to bend a committed crimes killed looted implemented from this his acquittal is humiliating to us international justice has failed us two years ago the international criminal court convicted bemba for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by a private army he commanded inside central african republic. my daughter was raped and she tried to

name is the republic of northern macedonia issue has been a stumbling block for the country's bid to join the european union and nato. the former vice president of democratic republic of congo's expected to be released from prison judges at the international criminal court ordered john peer bemba's conditional release after he was acquitted of war crimes he'd been serving an eighteen year sentence after i was found guilty of atrocities committed by his troops but on friday and his pills called said ben but could not be held criminally responsible for their crimes the rockies share cleric titles such as formed a coalition with the pro iranian bloc that amir to form the biggest political group in parliament two men met after saddam's party won the most seats in last month's election and party came in second. those are the headlines earthrise is coming up next big stories generate thousands of headlines with different angles from different perspectives separate the spin from the facts that's why i'm guy. with the listening post on al jazeera. cheap and fast a tile plastic is used for everything furniture tools storage containers clothing even tea bags and glitter on birthday car

alarming rate environmental campaigners are accusing the largest timber company in the democratic republic of congoof illegally cutting down millions of trees poor cheddar jan reports. in the heart of africa the congo basin is home to the world's second largest rain forest but a new investigation accuses timber companies of endangering its existence second in size to the amazon the congolese re forced to some two million square kilometers it covers six countries including the democratic republic of congo where it's shrinking the fastest. the nonprofit global witness says the d r c s biggest timber company north through timber is illegally harvesting trees at nearly ninety percent of its sites with impunity north through timber which is portuguese owned denies this congolese subsidiary sort of force is breaching its contracts it says the accusations have no basis it acknowledges some management plans may not be in place but that it's talking with the ministry of environment about them global witness is also accusing importers such as portugal and friends of failing to take action researchers are try

of the former vice president of the democratic republic of congo is expected to be released from prison judges of the international criminal court ordered pierre bemba's conditional release after he was acquitted of war crimes member was serving an eighteen year sentence after he was found guilty of atrocities committed by his troops but on friday an appeals court judge said bemba could not be held criminally responsible for their crimes they've been sent to the central african republic to put down a coup after put down a coup attempt bemba still faces separate charges for bribing witnesses during his trial and the country's current president joseph kabila will not seek a third term in december's election that's according to the prime minister congolese presidents are allowed to serve only two terms could be the second and final term was meant to end in two thousand and sixteen but he's postponed elections twice due to fighting in the country the opposition says the delays were arranged by kabila to keep himself in office macedonia has agreed to change its name to resolve a decades old