twenty four people have died after contracting the bone of virus in the democratic republic of congo in the last week or during that time the health ministry has confirmed thirty three cases of the deadly fever in total more than one hundred thirty people have died from the burner since an outbreak began in the country in july well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after counting the cost staging thanks for watching by phone. every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking stories. as we turn the cameras on the media focus on how they were called on the stories that matter the most listening pounced on alex's ear. hello i'm adrian for the good and this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week a carbon free future we'll look at what the un's deafening climate warning means for businesses livelihoods and the fossil fuel industry. also this week africa's urban revolution why cities in sub-saharan africa attempt to grow faster than all other big cities in the world. plus new ways to stamp out one

now and world food day i mean look at the situation least two million children in the democratic republic of congo who face death from malnutrition unless aid reaches them many are either displaced or live in remote conflict zones catherine sawyer reports from the southwestern region of cricket. rose mcgeady is recovering from severe malnutrition she's six months old and for the last three has been on a special diet makes given to heart by a nonprofit organization her mother. also has two other children and a younger sister to think about she herself is a teenager and has not been eating while some of the hundreds of thousands congolese who've been displaced by the conflict. my husband was killed when we were running away from karzai i don't know where my parents are i had to travel with the children and did not have enough to feed them on the way they come to this feeding center with others who fled from violence and chaos in central democratic republic of congo fighting between a rebel group called come on and supple and government forces began into sixteen and ended last year the catholic churc

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

a rebel attack on an army post in the eastern democratic republic of congo has left six people dead if thought he say four soldiers and two civilians were killed in the attack in the city of benny near the border with canada a rebel group the democratic forces which opposes ugandan president are in the seventy is believed to be a high new assault. to indonesia now a search and rescue team say more than a thousand people could be buried in a housing complex flattened by last week's earthquake and with hope of finding survivors fading there's growing anger that rescue operations didn't start soon andrew thomas reports now from the scene of a collapsed hotel where bodies are still being pulled from the rubble. at what was the row a row of hotels they're still digging and still finding bodies after the horn sounds the machinery briefly stops and the body is carried out but it's not the one such as husband his body is still somewhere inside last friday he was staying at the hotel business the couple spoke to in the afternoon three hours later their worlds collapsed. and his son drove eighte

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

environmental conservation is a constant challenge in the democratic republic of congo. the park rangers face a moral dilemma should they protect people. or nature. to my sister if you don't go on the slopes of the wrong as volcanoes including in rwanda and uganda there are only eight hundred eighty mountain gorillas left and they need protection you just for this you. are threatened with extinction just eight hundred eighty mountain gorillas on our huge continent and only three countries congo uganda and rwanda to sit in on our feet down for peace that even if . a little under. based on democracy population growth is threatening the grill its natural habitat. in the skill level that some people here need fertile farmland and the park is the only place where they can find it get it back here and act that's why they destroy the gorillas habitat they need fertile farmland. in fifty of. the silverback has become a symbol of the burning in the tional parks struggle for survival. but the fight also takes a heavy toll on the families of the one hundred fifty ranges killed in ac

in april twenty twelve wolf once again flared up in north kivu in the eastern democratic republic of congo a rebel group the m twenty three took control of the region including delivering a park. yet another episode in what's often been called the forgotten war in the country. it is claimed six million lives in twenty years. suddenly we heard shots. really ran away and heard the villagers being shot. they killed my husband and my parents along. the treasures of the congo are occurring. at the heart of the seemingly endless war other regions extensive resources it's forests lakes and soils are systematically plundered to finance the slaughter. mining town of hero is that dangerous. yes we could dar here and if we serve. are there still the minerals from. what should be a blessing is a curse here in the in the region its vast mineral wealth has plunged the population into extreme poverty. sixty gets to be in the civil war is driven by a comic or insists. it's closely intertwined with the illegal exploitation of natural resources. and the world's poorest have to pay the price but this environ

highly persecuted minority in northern iraq that is mccuaig a is a gynecologist in the democratic republic of congo known as dr miracle he established his own hospital in one thousand nine hundred ninety pacifically to treat female victims of sexual violence during the civil war and has helped thousands of women since then. dennis macwhich it is the hill who has devoted his life to defending these victims. rod is the witness who tells of the abuses perpetrated against herself and others each of them in their own way. has him to give greater visibility to wartime sexual violence so that the perpetrators can be held accountable for their actions well tash are going to name has more now on. who spent the last four years campaigning for justice. nudge him a rod refused to be shamed and refused to be silenced four years ago i saw fighters attacked her village in northern iraq she was taken captive and sold repeatedly for sex for her lebanese. he humiliated me every day he forced me to wear coats that didn't cover my body i was tortured i tried to flame but one of the gods stopped me and that night he be

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

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as the teenager held a knife by his side a rebel attack on an army post in the eastern democratic republic of congo has left six people dead the authorities say four soldiers and two civilians were killed in the attack in the city of beni near the border with you kenda. and two people have been killed in ongoing violence along the gaza frontier it's believed one of those killed is fourteen years old protests in writing of been taking place at the border fence that divides the gaza strip from israel for months or have the news hour for you in just over twenty five minutes time now it's the second half of inside facebook. in the lead up to the u.s. midterm elections we'll be talking to the american people looking at key issues for voters from immigration to economic struggles the health care system to racism and women's rights join us through i took over for special coverage on the nonsense the u.s. mood times. with filming undercover in one of facebook's largest content moderation senses to reveal how the social network decides what you can see on its platform and ask someone. if they use a finds a

sexual violence as a weapon of war while mistreated thousands of abuse victims in the democratic republic of congo the other as a survivor of sexual violence and trafficking in iraq john hall has more from that . at home they call him dr miracle denis mukwege again a comb billie's gynecologist who's helped countless women who've been subject to sexual violence as a weapon of war. belongs to the minority yazidi group among thousands of women and girls subjected to a systematic campaign of sexual violence but i soon find is in two thousand and fourteen she's now an activist who speaks out for those women who can't or won't. he humiliated me every day he forced me to wear coats that didn't cover my body i was tortured i tried to flee but one of the god stopped me all those who commit crimes of human trafficking and genocide need to be brought to justice so that women and children can live in peace. they are joint winners of the two thousand and eighteen nobel peace prize both laureates have made a crucial contribution to focusing attention on and combating such war crimes in its citation the committe

you might bank at least four soldiers in two civilians have been killed in the eastern democratic republic of congo authorities say armed men attacked a military holes in the city of beni near the border with uganda a rebel group called the ugandan allied democratic forces is believed to be behind the attack india has signed a five billion dollars deal to buy the russian s four missile system as despite the threat of u.s. sanctions on countries that trade with some russian defense firms mariana hunt has more. an indication that longstanding ties between russia and india are a strong as ever president vladimir putin is in new delhi to finalize a multi-billion dollar deal that includes india's riches of the russian is four hundred missile system it was delayed because of u.s. sanctions on russia but prime minister narendra modi has decided to forge ahead anyway with the he gets a sanctions waiver from washington or not is that aspiration member relives developing the strategic partnership with russia is the culmination of our common aspirations a lot of things have changed in this world but the frien

world food day we're looking at the situation of at least two million children in the democratic republic of congo who face death for malnutrition unless aid reaches them many are either displaced or women remote conflict zones reports from the southwestern region of kick it. recovering from severe malnutrition she's six months old and for the last three has been on a special diet makes given to heart by a nonprofit organization her mother because also has two other children and a younger sister to think about she herself is a teenager and has not been eating well there's some of the hundreds of thousands congolese who've been displaced by conflict. her husband was killed when we were running away from karzai i don't know where my parents are i had to travel with the children and did not have enough to feed them on the way they come to this feeding center with others who fled from violence and in central democratic republic of congo fighting between a rebel group called come on and supple and government forces began into sixteen and ended last year the catholic church says at least three thousand

well the latest suspected attack by rebels in the democratic republic of congo has killed at least fifteen people fifteen of those mostly children were abducted the attack in benny near the border with uganda could be a major setback to containing an outbreak of ebola virus but on the home as more. they attack is came in the middle of the night as they have so many times before the true cost of the violence in and around the northeastern city of binny only clear the following morning in addition to the deed at least fifteen a missing most of them children aged between five and ten years old the fear is they'll be forced to fight alongside the captain is just aren't they took people outside and shot them in a neighborhood they can seven people living here down to go back to the enemy is now able to operate without it being on a public. street in moore there's no security here anymore was not a funeral procession became a protest march mourners confronting congolese troops who day say have yet again failed to protect them they believe rebels from the ugandan elijah democratic forces are resp

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

the main thing is the context in which this outbreak is happening in large part of the democratic republic of congo which has been the scene of conflict and insecurity for many years and of. relationships between various parties the government and the population in the community which really are not filled with charged and openness their world health organization w h o was highly criticized in two thousand and fourteen the last time the big ebola epidemic broke out critics said it acted too slowly and sufficiently so how does the w.h. tackle the new outbreak right now first we have reformed our program on emergencies this was asked by a member states and i think we have done a fairly good job in doing that we have also had the fortune to have a contingency fund placed at the disposal of the ritual that means within twenty four hours forty eight hours we're able to get our experts into countries to start to investigate outbreaks with the mrs this has made a big difference we have also organize a different way of working a very clear coordination mechanism incident management working with the governm

the al-jazeera news out these two million children face death from malnutrition in the democratic republic of congo just one of the stories we'll bring you on this world food day plus all your imagination. your. predictions of a race of super human beings in the colonization of foreign planets stephen hawkings final thoughts released. fifty years on we'll hear from two of the athletes involved in one of sport's most iconic moments. by the springtime flowers of a mountain lake. to the first snowfall on a winter's day. i'm pleased to say we have got some better weather now making its way into the southwest of france i'm afraid the same cannot be said for corsica sardinia at all so for most you can see this area clouds swirling away now western side of the mediterranean it's got to stay pretty disturbed here as we go on through the next couple of days but clear skies there just across southern parts of france the edge of the cloud there you can see just store around the riviera that's in the process of moving out of the way so the flooding is easing you can see we have got try weather police the skies

nobel peace prize winner as he has treated thousands of victims of sexual violence in the democratic republic of congo she is a survivor of sexual abuse and trafficking in iraq and they've both been campaigning against the use of rape as a weapon of war congolese doctor dentist. this human rights activist nadia murat this year's laureates we begin with this report from jonah hall who was at the announcement in oslo. to the to thousand and eighteen nobel peace prize awarded here in although this morning in part a surprising part of the house not a joint award given to dennis mccuaig of the congolese doctor and gynaecologist and nadia move rather member of the yazidi minority subject to sexual abuse by i still when it attacked and tried to wipe out a minority group in two thousand and four to dennis mccuaig a very well known he's been rumored to have been nominated before for the nobel peace prize because nominations were never made public so his name was certainly among those with two possible winners this year he founded clinic in the bukavu and has become famous for treating women victims of gang rap

al-jazeera from london still ahead on the program for you support of the democratic republic of congo's ruling party put on a show of force while the opposition rallies against corruption. and farai candidate gyre both tip for victory in brazil's runoff vote that could rival fernando had died stage a dramatic comeback. holloway got some bits and pieces of rain pushing into central parts of australia at the moment he's out of the country looking fine and dry warm sunshine breeze been getting up to thirty degrees celsius sunday afternoon high teens to sydney for melbourne and also for adelaide but getting into the mid twenty's there once again in perth as it was the weather moving across south australia through the body easing the ace words strieber the coming into high twenty one such as the perth we'll see a little more cloud of rolling in little more clout to the top ten to twenty one that also for sydney as we go on into monday but looking largely to a little cold of the brisbane by this stage with temperatures at around twenty three degrees not a cloud moving across the tasman sea he

john the colleges treating victims of sexual violence in the democratic republic of congo. jim ross in his cd human rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by islamic state in iraq. the u.s. senate has voted to advance the supreme court nomination of judge brett kavanaugh final goal to come from his lifelong appointment is expected to take place on saturday both vote comes after a week long delay to allow the f.b.i. to investigate allegations off sexual misconduct against company. that's it you're up to date to watch indeed of your news from berlin that's a post more news coming up on the island don't forget you can always get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website and in schools e.w. dot com very much for joining us for. the. call smart. take football personally. hand looking down the. bible ha sleeve and some probably finally have to go head to head again to scrape those special second division face off when her black takes on her. own. more than. sixty suicides in the french police force last year and. officers face a constant battle ag

a gynecologist who has devoted his life to treating victims of sexual violence in the democratic republic of congo not here more what is the you see the human rights activist under survivor of islamic state atrocities in iraq nadia moved out has been kidnapped tortured and sold into sex slavery no just twenty five she's been awarded a nobel peace prize for her efforts to stop it happening to other women in twenty fifteen she recounted her experience at the hands of a soldier the so-called islamic state. maybe an equal ailment he humiliated an every day he gave me clothes that didn't cover my body i could no longer bear the rape and torture so why escaped. but i have to i'm out about. last year she returned to her home in northern iraq where i asked kidnap thousands of years of the women and girls the men were killed. since finding freedom nadia has used her voice to farther the fight for the years east and other victims of sexual violence . she will share the award with dr denis mccuaig our known congolese surgeon who over the years has helped thousands of women blighted by sexual violence and war

children that live on the street in contrast to the capital of the democratic republic of congo many are driven there by poverty or after the death of a parent but some are lucky enough to find help. visited a center that offer street children a chance to start off. the young talents this is the brass band of this past must. accomplish organization which helps former street children. based in contrast the center works with children and young people and trains them in music and the arts. all of these band members once lived on the streets they left their homes because they were abused or their families couldn't take care of them. i am an artist a musician. is in my blood. when i was a child living at home i had to. believed in different centers until i came to despise. and here they walk. provide shelter for street. music is something that helps me when i think about. when i play music it helps me clear my mind it also tells music and theatre to be my work so i can make some money to leave. was started by three local artists and is open to children of all ages mundo has been here for t

they're blaming politicians to health workers fighting a deadly ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo been killed by rebel fighters eight been assisting medics within the congolese army the health ministry says the workers were shot dead as a facility in the northeastern city of potential three weeks after parliamentary elections in iraq's kurdistan region the results have finally come out the ruling kurdistan democratic party has come first winning forty five seats and of its coalition part of the patriotic union of kurdistan with twenty one seats those are your top stories this hour that's it for myself in the team here in london viewfinder asia is next with the story of the granny loan shark stay tuned. stories of life. and inspiration. a series of short documentaries from around the world. that celebrate the human spirit against the odds some of them the missile base of a. al-jazeera selects changemaker is. if you find a fresh perspective through the lens of local filmmaker. you. think. i'm around and now. not. you know i mean when i. say what. i want a white man. around. the. now

weapon of war dennis macwhich e a gynecologist treating victims of sexual violence is a democratic republic of congo and not be a moron again cd human rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by the islamic state in iraq we'll talk about complainers also coming up surfer bawler christiana we're not all that was left off of portugal squad the team captain will not play into international matches next week that's after a woman said he raped her we'll hear from one of the journalist who broke the story . and leading jewish figures in germany sound the alarm to the far right party moves to set up a jewish group on its own the party has been accused of flirting with neo nazi. i'm serious almost gone that's got to have you with us to campaigners for victims of sexual abuse of the winners of this year's nobel peace prize congolese dr dennis mccuaig and yazidi campaigner not him a rod were honored for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence during war nobel committee chairwoman chairwoman barrett reese anderson made the announcement in all slow. in the region nobel committee to. has decided to

hundred others have suffered serious burns when a fuel tank collided with a vehicle in the democratic republic of congo it happened in the town of his son to near the capital kinshasa roads in the central african nation and notoriously bad off two years of war and neglect. meanwhile in the next hour a ban on traveling by road rail and will come into force in cameroon ahead of presidential elections on sunday country's been rocked by a violent uprising by phone separatists have threatened to disrupt the vote separatists want the english speaking northeast and southwest regions to be independent from the french speaking parts of the country protests two years ago in the english speaking wage and against marginalization by majority french speakers turned deadly when the government launched a crackdown the heavy handed response by francophone president paul sparked an armed uprising by separatists well then four hundred people have been killed and two hundred thousand displaced the eighty five year old president has been in power for thirty six years is up against eight other candidates algis there is hipp

denis mukwege founded the panzi hospital in the democratic republic of congo in 1999. the clinic receives thousands of women each year, many of them requiring surgery as a result of sexual violence. nadia murad is a 25-year-old yazidi kurdish human rights activist from iraq. thewas ki kidnapped by islamic state and held for a sex life are a must for years. later in the broadcast, we'll talk with eve ensler who has worked extensively with dr. mukwege. nobel prize-winning physicist leon lederman died wednesday in an idaho nursing home at the age of 96. in 1988, lederman won the nobel physics prize for his pioneering work on subatomic particles. in recent years, he began suffering from dementia; in 2015 lederman sold his nobel prize medal for $765,000 in order to pay for his mounting medical and nursing home costs. and the 2018 macarthur fellows were announced thursday, recognizing leadership and dedication in a range of fields including the arts, science, and human rights. this year's recipients include pastor and activist reverend william barber, who helped spearhead the

of sexual violence as a weapon of war one has treated thousands of abuse victims in the democratic republic of congo the other is a survivor of sexual violence and trafficking in iraq joined a whole reports for muslim. look at home they call him dr miracle denis mccuaig a congolese gynecologist who's helped countless women who've been subject to sexual violence as a weapon of war. belongs to the minority yazidi group among thousands of women and girls subjected to a systematic campaign of sexual violence i saw fighters in two thousand and fourteen she's now an activist who speaks out for those women who can't or won't. he humiliated me every day he forced me to wear clothes that didn't cover my body i was tortured i tried to flee but one of the god stopped me all those who commit crimes of human trafficking and genocide need to be brought to justice so that women and children can live and his. they are joint winners of the two thousand and eighteen nobel peace prize. both laureates have made a crucial contribution to focusing attention on and combating such war crimes in its citation the committee d

era including three days of mourning a pain announced in the democratic republic of congo after a deadly accident killed at least fifty people last. opening with a bang the youth and lympics get underway in the streets of what decided. how the last day and a half assertions are tremendously big thunderstorms develop and move through the southern caspian catching well iran just north of toronto this is where the mountains go down to the sea so a significant risk of flash floods here ninety seven millimeters that's the rainfall collects in twenty four hours that seems reasonable nearly three hundred that seems rather unreasonable if it's true that really is dangerous stuff that a whole lot has been moving eastwards and having lost a lot of wards of the caspian sea does little to develop now until something else happens like it comes up against high ground that's going to be the case come monday we're in northern afghanistan tajikistan and beyond rain or snow more likely will become a bit more obvious to the west part of the occasional shower west inside of iran and maybe on the rocky plain

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

in april twenty twelve wool once again flared up in north kivu in the eastern democratic republic of congo. a rebel group the m twenty three took control of the region including the river and up the hog.

twenty four people have died after contracting the virus in the democratic republic of congo in the last week or during that time the health ministry has confirmed thirty three cases of the deadly fever in total more than one hundred thirty people have died from the burner since an outbreak began in the country in july well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after counting the cost staging thanks for watching by phone. every week brings a series of breaking stories. as we turn the cameras on the media focus on how they were glued on the stories that matter the most listening pounced on al-jazeera. hello i'm adrian finighan and this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week a carbon free future we'll look at what the un's deafening climate warning means for businesses livelihoods and the fossil fuel industry. also this week africa's urban revolution why cities in sub-saharan africa attempt to grow faster than all other big cities in the world. plus new ways to stamp out one of the most lucrative forms o

thousands of victims of rape in the democratic republic of congo and has repeatedly condemned governments for not doing enough to stop sex abuse reports. says. he's known among his colleagues and those whose lives he saved or helps to rebuild as dr miracle. this is congolese gynecologist denise macwhich working at the puns a hospital which established in the democratic republic of congo for two decades he has tirelessly works to treat and protect women who have suffered sexual violence and he has risked his life doing so in two thousand and twelve men stormed his home in south kivu province killing a member of his staff. who quickly fled the country but returned in two thousand and thirteen to make this my decision to come back to because it was motivated by the fact that i was determined to pursue the fight against sexual violence which is taking place in eastern congo the second reason was the determination of the congolese women whether it's women in the d.s.p. or women of the country that a band and their cause were too strong for me to resist. the war the d.l.c. officially ended in t

democratic republic of congo has killed six people including soldiers and civilians. reports. the relatives of those killed in the day the brother of one of the victims was caught up in the attack. on the bus or that we heard heavy gunfire we ran for cover behind the house a group of about eight armed fighters told us to lie on the ground they said if we refused they will kill us all but the city of beni is in north kivu province dozens of armed groups operating in the area including the allied democratic forces which is believed to be behind this latest attack originally a uganda rebel group they've been rooted in the d.l.c. through a national park for twenty is they were treated that after a failed bid to turn uganda into an islamic state. the a.d.f. has a brutal reputation it's blamed for hundreds of civilian deaths in beni of the last three years as well as mass rape and recruiting child soldiers people living there say president joseph kabila the government has abandoned them. we are tired of this if the government has already sold this country and they should compensate u

and in other news in the democratic republic of congo at least four soldiers in two civilians have been killed in the east armed men attacked a military posts in the city of beni near the border with uganda a rebel group called the ugandan democratic forces is believed to be behind the attack in gaza two people including a fourteen year old have been killed during protests near the israeli fence at least three hundred seventy six others have been injured they have been weekly protests at the gaza israel barrier for months the protesters are calling for an end to israel's crippling nancy an advocate as well as the right to return to their ancestral homeland. the u.s. senators have advance donald trump supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh sconce from ation with a procedural vote the republican controlled senate voted fifty one to forty nine for a likely final vote on his confirmation on saturday and a limited debate on the controversial nominee cavanagh is accused of sexual assault which he has vehemently denied they were emotional testimonies last week from kavanagh himself and his accu

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

stranded with no future prospects and who's behind the latest attack on the military and democratic republic of congo a region the tours for dozens of groups and it's called an ultimate pay day for the ultimate fighting championship khana mcgregor returns to the sport until they hear that a little bit later. now the president of interpol has been reported missing after traveling to his home country china nobody has been able to get in touch with monk ways since late last month the french police on a investigating the disappearance of french official says he arrived in china or went missing soon after well other prominent figures have gone missing in china recently found to have been under investigation by the authorities these include the actress found being being she disappeared three months ago and popped up again this week publicly expressing regret for allegedly dodging millions of dollars in taxes chinese billionaire. disappeared from a hong kong hotel in january last year this in submerge he was taken to the mainland during an investigation into the turmoil that affected china's stock market in

turnout in the democratic republic of congo where young people living on the streets of stars are getting a chance to start over. the young talents. because of the harsh life on the streets of the capital kinshasa. they found help in the sense of the uses music and theater to help. us and they become. the young talents this is the brass band of this class must. a congolese organization which helps former street children. based in kinshasa the center works with children and young people and train them in music and the arts. all of these band members once lived on the streets they left their homes because they were abused or their families couldn't take care of them. i said. i am an artist a musician. is in my blood. when i was a child living at home i had to. believed in different centers until i came to espouse. and here they walk in exemptions that provide shelter. well ms ignace music is something that helps me when i think about things when i play music it helps me clear my mind it also shows music and theatre to be my work so i can make some money to live off. started by three local a

hundred others have suffered serious burns when a fuel tanker collided with a vehicle in the democratic republic of congo happened in the town of q some too close to the capital kinshasa president joseph kabila has now announced three days of national mourning victoria gay should be as the story. it was early on saturday morning when an oil tanker collided with another vehicle on a busy highway near the town of consent to villages rushed to the scene to collect leaking fuel what happened next has left a community devastated. it was horrible to crash the. villagers went to collect the petrol the accident then an explosion happens many people were killed. just a man gambas son was badly burned and died in hospital in the. us my boy i was waiting to travel to can shots up early in the morning when all of this happened hospital officials informed me that my boy is among those who died. other relatives have gathered outside the only hospital in consent to waiting for the news among them a mother of five his desperate to know what's happened to her children that this is one. of my five children three are missi