the democratic republic of congo in particular for mining cobalt, the democratic republic of congo inion. the first class action. 60% of the world's cobalt is coming from this area, and 30% is unregulated, which isa area, and 30% is unregulated, which is a huge amount. it will only get worse because what is happening is you have technology with phones, and electro vehicles coming into play which is a huge growth market —— electric vehicles. and those bringing the class action suit, it is charities representing the families impacted by this. google, tesla and others have not commented. we will see how this plays out. huge giants making this happen so there has to be something taking place. they are the secondary element, they will buy the stuff but they are not mining the star. there is a producer. but there has to be responsibility about big brands and leading the way in technology. these are huge organisations and if somebody does not do a lawsuit, it will get worse. keeping an eye on the supply chain, as ever. moving on to the times, cobalt is used in smartphones, coming out of the

of the earth's natural defense against global warming but it's on a severe threat from a perfect storm of mismanagement corruption and poverty surprisingly a lack of electricity. in the democratic republic of congo chan called production is taking its toll on the rain forest millions of families in the impoverished country rely on charcoal for cooking and that's eating away at the congo basin forest. making charcoal involves chopping down trees and slow burning the wood in covered of ends all of which comes at a high price for the environment. and with their own hector of trees we get at least 600 sacks of coal with a quarter of a head out we get between 120 and 150. 1 stack costs around $30.00 the trade in chuckle known as mikalah is worth millions and fish in a there are limits on how many trees may be cut down but that's easy to get around lumberjacks just bright the police but they're also efforts to find alternatives to de forest station. this is a reason trees were planted to save the forest in the national park most of the trees here are specifically intended for charcoal there eucalyptus trees that grow rapidly. the aim is to preserve the ancient trees and wetlands deep in the jungle eco

the man. we had 20 . where a new exhibition of art from the democratic republic of congo looks at that country's traditions both past and present. and in our series 100 german must remain. extraordinary memoir an exclusive love in which she tries to unravel the history behind her and parents' suicide. but we start with the superstar of german composers beethoven will be in the spotlight in 2020 as we celebrate his 250th birthday and that means that his music will of course be everywhere as concerts and new recordings abound and in his hometown of bon the bluntest is getting a jump on things with a new exhibition that correlates his musical works with key events in his life. germany has never celebrated a composer dissuade before the 250th anniversary of. starting one year ahead of the actual date and nowhere more than in born germany to compose his hometown. he's director of the anniversary society in the house we have a funding for more than 40000000 euros to celebrate peter from germany germany why . i think it gives them national attention and shows that we look at it as a festival of national importanc

last year deborah patta ex-potioned the brutal conditions for child mining cobalt in the democratic republic of congo. now a new lawsuit blames some of the world's biggest tech companies from benefitting from those conditions. which have sometimes led to the deaths of child workers. cobalt is used in things like batteries and products for many americans iry day. deborah patta is in johannesburg. what's behind this lawsuit? >> well more than half the world's cobalt comes from the democratic republic of congo where the united nations says 40,000 children have been used to mine of metal. in the two years since our investigation, our sources on the ground say conditions are as desperate as ever for these children. kids are still doing the unthinkable in the drc -- back-breaking work even for adults. but a world away in washington, there's new hope for the children in a lawsuit filed

tech giants are being sued for allegedly abetting in the deaths of children in cobalt mines and the democratic republic of the congo parents of those killed say the company has had all the means to prevent the deaths. and while democrats vote to impeach trunk the latest poll shows the president's popularity has in fact been on the rise since the saga began but the commander in chief himself smelling blood . this lola's partisan. is a political suicide bomb for the democratic party. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at moscow thanks for joining us this hour. the russian president's annual q. and a session has wrapped up at the moscow world trade center spending well over 4 hours this year a lot more putin fielding questions on both domestic and international issues with the latest stepping scandal and the impeachment proceedings against donald trump among the topics raised now let's cross live to our correspondent in the a franco lots of topics have been covered what did we learn. hey there jack well 1st of all let me bring up the russian constitution because this is something that lot of our pu

tech giants are being sued for allegedly abetting in the deaths of children in cobalt mines and the democratic republic of the congo parents of those killed say the company has had all the means to prevent the deaths. and while democrats vote to impeach truong the latest polls show the president's popularity has in fact been on the rise since the saga began with the commander in chief himself smelling blood . this lola's.

tech giants are being sued for allegedly abetting in the deaths of children and cobalt lines in the democratic republic of the congo parents of those killed say the companies have the means to her about the deaths. and while democrats vote to impeach trump the latest polls show the president's popularity has in fact been on the rise since the whole saga began but the commander in chief himself smelling blood in the water. this low is partisan speech is a political suicide bomb for the democratic party. you're watching our to international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. the russian president's annual q. and a session has wrapped up at the moscow world trade center spanning well over 4 hours this year a report in fielded questions on both domestic and international issues with the latest doping scandal and the impeachment proceedings against donald trump among the topics raised. has more. why does it rise to hear the essential i mentioned it is to the russian constitution that something the president who is talking about quite often well this time he did and eve

is also on the going reconstruction of companies needed massive government bailouts after alleged mismanagement and corruption nearly bankrupted them. in the democratic republic of the congo charcoal is the go to fuel for up to 90 percent of households mainly due to a lack of electricity but deforestation for charcoal production is eating into the forest of the congo basin which is vital in the fight against global warming too many profits from the destruction from the poor the need charcoal for fuel to the senior officials who profit from illegal logging that's also oil it's exploration and industrial agriculture in the area now on the hillsides around the capital scarcely any trains left congress trying to increase hydroelectric energy production to tackle the problem. illegal logging is a problem all over the world even here in the european union romania is home to more than half of europe's remaining untouched forests thus protecting them has become a dangerous business this year as seen a number of rangers killed trying to rid the country of illegal logging romania's primeval forest are legendary for their beauty and their under threat illegal logging here is bound u

of domestic and international topics. and u.s. tech giants are being sued for allegedly abetting in the deaths of children in cobalt mines in the democratic republic of the congo parents of those killed say the companies had all the means to prevent the deaths. hello you're watching r.t. international i'm rosana thank you for joining us. top story this hour numerous shots were fired by gunmen in the vicinity of the federal security service building in moscow security forces returned fire and one person has been confirmed dead the gun battle happened in the very center of the russian capital only about a kilometer from the kremlin well this video reportedly shows the shooter the moments of the attack he is thought to have been acting alone and his i did he has not yet been confirmed the area around the scene has been cordoned off the following is footage of the moment shots rang out. yes he's a thug but he said i was sitting with my friends above when the shooting began and it was the sound of a kalashnikov assault rifle and i know what it sounds like my friends were like oh it must be firecrackers yes but i told them no way it's not firecrackers and then we sa

making it into the top 20 and are doing fairly well but at the other end of the rankings chad and the democratic republic of congo are at the very bottom of the rankings so i think there's quite a lot of diversity and if you look at the pace of change in africa as a whole on average it's still going to take 95 years to get to parity because of those very different rates of change across those different economies and i think what you see really there is highly unequal societies so there are still a lot of women going into labor force participation but they happen to be very low skilled and lacking the education that could actually make them into medium skilled and high skilled workers so we're seeing some impressive jumps that you think that developed economies are much more set in their own ways and the developing economies in africa are more open to demands of equality. i think there are interesting opportunities for both sets of economies i certainly wouldn't say that advanced economies are set in their ways you can see that the nordic economies are not just at the very top of the rankings but actually continue

of the balkan see. probably. the most successful lines in just. 2 people killed in the democratic republic of congo demonstrations against the u.n. mission there continue protesters are demanding that peacekeepers withdraw after they failed to protect civilians from rebels. surprise for brazil and argentina president trump restores steel and medium tirades against them over their currency devaluations more details ahead. good morning welcome to the program life the off you will do center here in moscow this tuesday the 3rd of december is kevin owen here with a 30 minute live update and 1st this morning it's landmark day for nato leaders of the member states are gathering in the u.k. to celebrate the military alliance is 70th anniversary we asked people in london and what they consider greatest achievement to be. people what they think are the main 3 achievements of nato. and we're going to have no expense for here but. in terms of achievements know very little i don't know what it's about having no idea of any advantage of nato but you know i honestly don't know anything about any sort of flags the other day and

and our reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera police of the democratic republic of congo say 4 people were killed on monday during protests in the eastern town of benny 3 protesters and one policeman gunfire was heard as civilians marched towards a un peacekeeping base in the area the congolese army was deployed to stop them from getting close european stock markets posted their biggest fall in 2 months after u.s. president donald trump announced he's reimposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from argentina and brazil he said the 2 countries had been presiding over a massive devaluation of their currencies the death toll from samoa's measles crisis has reason risen to 5348 of the victims were aged 4 years or younger since it began in october schools have been closed and travel restricted infection rates are climbing in just over 2 weeks the death toll has jumped more than 10 fold . just sagen is a medical officer of the world health organization regional office for the western pacific he says vaccines are the safest and most effective way to tackle the measles outbreak. you kno

of people living with hiv around the world reside in africa in the scientists isolated a previously identified variants of the virus that leads to aids bones and patients in the democratic republic of congo and this latest developments is being seen as beneficial shihab rattansi explains why from washington d.c. . there this is the 1st newly declared strain of hiv in 1000 years it's not actually 8 new strain it was 1st discovered in some one in 1983 in the democratic republic of congo and then someone else in 1990 also in the d.l.c. but only now with the advance of genome sequencing techniques has a 3rd sample isolated in 2001 also in the d r c been definitively identified as the same variant of hiv as the other 2 samples and according to the rules once 3 independent samples of the same hiv variant are discovered a new strain can be announced discovering this new strain of hiv is really just the 1st step we've confirmed that it exists and we've shared the sequence with the greater research community and that will allow everyone to be able to evaluate how it might impact diagnostic testing treatments and potential vaccines researches say this new strain is a variant of the most common for

the center of a divisive nato meeting. and anger and frustration in the democratic republic of congo in the state of security as more people are attacked and killed by armed groups and devastation after more children die as a meals are breaking ravages the tiny south pacific island off some are. welcome to the program donald trump's political rivals have laid out what they say is overwhelming evidence solve the u.s. president's misconduct in office a 300 page report making the case for impeachment alleges abuse of power by trump it says he used his office to solicit foreign interference for his 2020 reelection bid the report from the democrat led house intelligence committee says a phone call between trump and ukraine's president was a dramatic crescendo of a months long campaign to extract personal political benefits it adds trump obstructed the impeachment inquiry by instructing witnesses and government agencies to ignore subpoenas castro is our correspondent live for us in the capitol hill and heidi let's just begin with where this report is at the moment there is a specific sequence of events now leading to it eventual

of the u.n.. all offices of the u.n. will be closed. these adf rebels killing people every day. the democratic republic of congo the situation is quite uncertain. benive had our producer in all day talking about gunshots, security forces, and protesters trying to get to this u.n. base, one of the main u.n. basis, close to security forces, saying they cannot allow protesters to get to that base because it is going to ground everything. i have been talking to the governor here. thats saying that it seems not --y forces are ordinary protesters. people are armed with weapons like a machete, saying violence, they are even attacking residents of beni who do not want to be involved. security forces are going to continue using force to contain the situation. >> the united nations has been trying to stabilize the eastern democratic republic of congo for the past 20 years. it is the largest peacekeeping operation in the world. more than 100 armed groups are believed to operate in the drc. the allied democratic forces, ofo known as the adf, is one the most well-known, formed by ugandan rebels more than two decades ago. it

population and the territory of benny has been mourning for at least 5 years there has not been a satisfactory reaction from monusco well the head of the u.n. mission in the democratic republic of congo sees the escalating on rest as making it increasingly difficult for it to fulfill its duty. where this we know that we assume and accept because we have no other option than to do and to try to mitigate their attacks against this population the protests started last week after peacekeepers government forces failed to prevent a muscular by the so-called democratic forces a shadowy islamist inspired grouping the congolese army launched operations against the organization back in october which responded with brutal reprisal attacks on civilians. the un's largest peacekeeping mission there are over $16000.00 military personnel across the area now the organization has operated in the for years more than 2 decades though it say's its top priority is to protect civilians there from. morris carney from the friends of the congo advocacy group told us the current unrest is a symptom of far deeper problems than ineffective peacekeepers. context in which the instability is taking place in the con

tech giants are being sued for allegedly abetting in the deaths of children and cobalt lines in the democratic republic of the congo parents of those killed say the companies have the means to her about the dogs. and while democrats vote to impeach trump the latest polls show the president's popularity has in fact been on the rise since the whole saga began but the commander in chief himself smelling blood in the water.

of. >> it's completely kovd covered new lava. >> we'll have to watch out. >> reporter: as soeen here in this nat geo special, a team traveled to the democratic republic of the congocollecting soil. >> ooh, there is absolutely no way we're going down there. that is, without doubt, mission impossible. >> there's a lot of lava bombs out here. it's just covered with bombs. >> reporter: lava like that proves there is a seething furnace at the heart of our planet. there are 45 currently actively erupting volcanos. in new zealand, the volcano was active again today. authorities and residents are taking precautions around white island. new zealand is a nation in pain. just how this tragedy will impact tourism here is unknown. but while mourning the loss of so many lives here, it is the last thing on anyone's mind. for "nightline," marcus moore in new zealand. >> marcus will have the latest on gma in the morning. up next, the banana split. modern masterpiece dividing the art and soul of one community. plaque psoriasis. now, there's skyrizi. ♪ things are getting clearer, yeah i feel free ♪ ♪ to bare my skin ♪ yeah that's all me. ♪ nothing and me go hand in hand ♪ ♪ nothing

but the population in a territory of bernie has been mourning for at least 5 years there has not been a satisfactory reaction from monusco the head of the u.n. mission in the democratic republic of congo says that the escalating unrest is making it increasingly difficult for it to fulfill its duties. where this keep it we know that we assume and accept because we have no other option than to do our work and to try to mitigate the attacks against this event population protests started last week after peacekeepers and government forces failed to prevent a massacre by the so-called allied democratic forces a shadowy honest inspired grouping the congolese army launched operations against the organisation. which responded with brutal were cries all attacks on the civilians c. as the un's the largest peacekeeping mission there are over 16000 military personnel in the area the organization has operated in the sea for the past 20 years it says its top priority is to protect civilians and there from armed groups maurice carney from the friends of the congo advocacy group told us the current unrest is a symptom of far deeper problems of the ineffective peacekeepers. the context in which the ins

at least 12 people have been killed in an overnight attack in the village of ca mungo in the eastern part of the democratic republic of congo just a day earlier at least 20 at least 32 people were killed in another attack in banning which was blamed on the rebel group the allied democratic forces. will elsewhere the un security council has been discussing its role in west africa a day off the leaders of the sun hell week and held an emergency meeting in the shia on the increasing violence that just a few days ago 71 soldiers from me were killed by falling has linked i still have a border with mali to address brings us more on this story now from bomb. these desperate times to africa. groups that inflicted heavy losses that forcing thousands of civilians from the whole shebang. leaders of the countries affected no one us g 5 scrambled this meeting in yemi to urgently find a solution host president mohamed use of force says the frequency of sophistication of recent attacks is worse of. that's going to that's what you notice the scale of terrorist attacks are getting larger day after day terrorists are getting more sophisticat

a reminder now of the top stories on al-jazeera police in the democratic republic of congo say 4 people were killed on monday during protests in the eastern town of benny 3 protesters and a policeman gunfire was heard as the army tried to stop civilians marching towards a un peacekeeping base in the area the dollar and global stock markets a fall in after u.s. president of trump announced that he's reimposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports imports from argentina and brazil he said the 2 countries had been presiding over a massive devaluation of their currencies and the death toll from some oh was measles crisis has risen to 5348 of the victims who are aged 4 years or younger schools have been closed and travel restricted to stop the outbreak which began in october. typhoon komori is currently lashing the philippines with winds of up to 175 kilometers an hour before it made landfall tens of thousands of people were evacuated in north eastern regions of the country manila international airport will be closed for most of tuesday as a safety precaution or warnings of severe flooding

vaccine group and this is now being measured in the lives of children who who have died in in the course of this outbreak. a mob in the democratic republic of congo has killed 2 suspected rebels in the town of binay and northern keep to region the crowd attacked a man and woman dressed in civilian clothes after guns and bullets were found in their bags they accused them of being members of the allied him a crowd of forces which is playing for killing more than $100.00 civilians in the past month the most recent attack on friday claimed 14 lives let's take a closer look at the allied to mcready forces group it was formed in 1905 by ugandan rebel leader as a combined regional rebel force it was originally based in western uganda but later expanded into neighboring democratic republic of congo according to the un the group had an estimated 122-1500 fighters in 2013 and operated mainly in the eastern congo the city of beni the allies in the product forces has been accused of committing widespread atrocities in the region including rape and the use of child soldiers up and so as more of the latest attack in cuckoo tama and says families are still afra

of domestic and international topics. and u.s. tech giants are being sued for allegedly abetting in the deaths of children and cobalt lines in the democratic republic of congo parents of those killed say the companies had all the means to prevent the deaths. hello there you are watching r t international i'm rosana loquitur thank you for joining us. now our top story this hour numerous shots were fired by a gunman in the vicinity of the federal security service building in moscow security forces returned fire and one person has been confirmed dead the gun battle happened in the very center of the russian capital only about a kilometer from the kremlin this video reportedly shows the shooter at the moment of the attack he is thought of been acting alone and his identity has not yet been confirmed the area around the scene was cordoned off hours the following is footage of the moment shots rang out. yes he's a thug but he said i was sitting with my friends about when the shooting began and it was the sound of a kalashnikov assault rifle i know what it sounds like my friends were like oh it must be firecrackers but i told them no way it's not firecrackers and

of a home and family. may he bring peace to those living in the eastern part of the democratic republic of the congo, torn nuing conflict. may he bring consolation to all who suffer because of violence, natural disasters or outbreaks of disease and may he bring comfort to those who are persecuted for their religious faith. especially missionaries and members of the faithful who have been kidnapped and to the victims of attacks by extremist groups, particularly in burkina faso, mali, newjersey and nigeria —— niger and burkina faso, mali, newjersey and nigeria —— nigerand nigeria. may the son of god come down to earth from heaven, protect and sustain those who are forced to emigrate in the hope of a secure life. . it is justice that forces them to cross deserts and seas that become cemeteries. it is injustice that forces them to endure abuse and torture and detention camps. it is injustice that turned them away from places where they might have hoped for a dignified life but instead find themselves facing indifference. may emmanuelle bring light to all suffering members of our human family, may he soften our

of domestic and international topics. that u.s. tech giants are being sued for allegedly abetting in the deaths of children in cobalt winds in the democratic republic of congo parents of those killed say the companies had all the means to prevent the deaths. hello here watching r t international i'm rosana lockwood thank you for joining us. top story this hour numerous shots were fired by gunmen in the vicinity of the federal security service building in moscow security forces returned fire and one person has been confirmed that the gun battle happened in the very center of the russian capital only about a kilometer from the kremlin and this video reportedly shows the shooter at the moment of the attack his stores have been acting alone and his identity has not yet been confirmed the area around the scene has been cordoned off the following is footage of the moments shots rang out. yes he's a thug but he said i was sitting with my friends at a bar when the shooting began and it was the sound of a kalashnikov assault rifle and i know what it sounds like my friends were like oh it must be firecrackers yes but i told them no way it's not firecrackers and then

of the u.n. mission in the democratic republic of congo says yes collating unrest is making it increasingly difficult for it to fill fulfill its duties where the scapegoat we know that we assume and accept because we have no other option than to do our work and to try to mitigate their tax against this event population. the protests started last week after peacekeepers and government forces failed to prevent a massacre by the so-called allied democratic forces is list inspired group the congolese army launched operations against the organization in october which responded with brutal reprisal attacks on civilians. as the un's largest peacekeeping mission there are over 16000 military personnel in the area the organization has operated in d c for the past 20 years it says a top priority is to protect civilians there from armed groups maurice carney from the friends of the congo advocacy group told the current unrest is a symptom of far deeper problems than ineffective peacekeepers. the context in which the instability is taking place in the congo is one of 20 years of invasions wars of aggression by s

of torture and inhumane detention camps. # 0 come all ye faithful. in his sermon this morning at canterbury cathedral, the archbishop of canterbury — who was recently in the war—torn democratic republic of the congoring there and the recent terror attack in london. darkness is a monster that lies. it's growling claims seem to call outt with alouder volume than the love— filled whispers of light. we see the shadows out of the corner of our eyes — they may be violence as in the congo or london bridge. and there is one more christmas message still to come, apart from the queen, of course... later tonight on bbc one, grime artist stormzy will recite a passage from saint lu ke‘s gospel. the story of the very first christmas. the dean of westminster abbey says britain is in need of the hope offered by the christmas story. speaking before the midnight service, dr david hoyle said he was hoping the nativity could unite people after years of political conflict. martin bashir reports. this is the first christmas season for the new dean of westminster abbey, dr david hoyle. an ancient cathedral where monarchs have been crowned and poets celebrated, it is at the heart of our nation, a nation that he says is

head of state is elected by popular vote a demand that has thus far been ignored by the political establishment see one of 14 al-jazeera baghdad. a soldier and his wife in democratic republic of congo have been killed by an angry crowd they had been mistaken for rebels it happened in the eastern town of beni in north kivu province the crowd had found weapons in their bags and suspected them of being members of the allied democratic forces the group blamed for killing more than $100.00 civilians in the past month also the un peacekeeping chief visited bernie where they've been protests against un troops as well people say that is not protecting them from the violence to go bust a bit if the message is that you should make the wrong enemies we are on the side of the people of this region the congolese people are there any things we can do better of course they are and we will work on it are our partners with who we work with every day also thinking about how to work even more closely with us the f a r d c armed forces the national police the authorities meanwhile the world health organization has raised concerns over the worsening violence in eastern democratic republic of congo it's

tech giants are being sued for allegedly abetting in the deaths of children in cobalt mines in the democratic republic of congo parents of those killed said the companies had all the means to prevent the deaths. and from the possibility of amending the russian constitution to the doping scandal for me you sanctions through impeachment proceedings stateside the russian president's annual q. and a session as wrapped up in moscow spanning more than 4 hours. of intense joining us here on r.t. to nashville where we start with breaking news from central moscow because numerous shots have been fired in the immediate vicinity of the federal security service building or thought he's the shooter has been neutralized his identity that has yet to be confirmed here is video of the moment of the shooting. ok let's get an update from our correspondents who are on location in central moscow now remind. for us not far from where the shooting occurred 1st. no i like where you are. hello to you from the center of russia's capital as you can see the city's ready for christmas and new year's celebrations is beautiful and lies ever

base in the east of the democratic republic of congo they were heading to the peacekeeping compound near the airport in beni one of 2 bases in that city at least 2 people have been killed demonstrators have been targeting u.n. peacekeepers there for more than a week now saying they're failing to protect civilians from attacks by rebel groups that speak to their as producer. who is in beni for as he is on the line understand that there was a press or a press conference with the congolese army a short while ago tell us about what they have been saying. yes. 4 folks. who are trying to justify their actual no doubt need to be. good most. people probably the group that did not commission which group but he said he would be more tough because. a he said. you know what it is not to get him in. the forces even to please. the people trying to. unify to do the. talking about. good again. what's going on to put this situation is more to. me going to go. against. the. big thing right now the more. these tyrants thought this was referring to to what happened today because this was a real. gun shop th

there over 16000 military personnel in the region because a sions operated in fact in the democratic republic of congo for the past 20 years and its stated top priority there is to protect civilians from armed groups morris carney from the friends of congo spoke to us about it believes in fact the problems much bigger than a failed u.n. mission here the context in which the instability is taking place in eastern congo is one of 20 years of invasions wars of aggression by sponsoring of militia groups in the east of the congo a plundering of congo's minerals by congo's neighbors over one day and uganda in particular and that time during that aggression unfortunately has been backed by the members of the international community united states and the united kingdom i'm so there's a whole chain. starting from local to. a national where there's been a lack of accountability where there's been a lack of justice where there's been impunity so a comprehensive approach is is needed now it's just a question of assuring that the u.n. troops are doing their mission taking their mission properly but there is an int

mission there over 16000 military personnel in the region the organization's operators of the democratic republic of congo for the past 20 years and its stated top priority there is to protect civilians from armed groups but locals are deeply skeptical about the presence of the peacekeepers. we want different military units in our country we no longer want all those soldiers who have been here for a long time. their mission is to restore peace and to accompany the government forces but the population in the territory of benny has been mourning for at least 5 years there has not been a satisfactory reaction from moscow. morris carney from the friends of congo believes that the problems are actually much bigger than a failed u.n. mission a context in which the instability is taking place in eastern congo is one of 20 years of invasions wars of aggression are sponsoring of militia groups in the east of the congo plundering of congo minerals by congo's neighbors over one and uganda in particular. that time during that aggression unfortunately has been backed by the members of the international community the u

2 decades ago it's accused of many atrocities her stuff vogel is a researcher at the university of kent and he's also a former u.n. expert on the democratic republic of congo and he talks us through the mountain of challenges generally in delhi area how we have both been able outbreak coinciding with massacres in attacks that are ongoing since diamond 14 and while those attacks have been mostly attribute it to ugandan on the here with me different actors operating in that area that have also been identified for the involvement internet so when we hear about so-called my militia we need to be aware that those are like one or 2 dozen of very different groups and some sometimes that are my my eyes even used by civilian demonstrators and protesters as well. now we've also seen is a very massive medical to be true to venture to address. which is actually left local populations in doubt over the socal the international community's dedication to also fight the violence with the same energy and moreover the militarization of the medical response in parts as falling trees distrust in an area where government troops and sometimes will peacekeepers are not always see

of once critically endangered mountain gorillas is making a comeback, according to the latest survey of their protected forest home. a census was carried out last year in uganda, and in neighbouring democratic republic of the congoaled that in 2011, there were around 400 creatures in the area. that figure now stands at 459. combined with results from an earlier study in nearby virunga massif — an area at the intersection of drc, rwanda, and uganda — it suggests the global population of the primates now stands at 1,063. much more on all the news for you on the bbc website. in 04 watching. —— thank you for watching. hello. well, wednesday morning is going to be quite foggy across some parts of england so the advice is to take it steady on the roads almost anywhere in england and the fog could linger right through the morning and possibly into the early afternoon, particularly across northern parts of england but as i say, but the south, the midlands, the north are at risk of getting the fog. at the moment, we are in between weather systems. there is a band of wind and rain heading our way but that's not going to reach our shores until a little bit later on wednesday so in the short—term, its quiet out there, the w

of the u.n. say that in many ways the peacekeepers they are being used as scapegoats what do you make of that assessment. the government of the democratic republic of congo has the primary responsibility to protect its civilians both through the political arm of the government as well as through its security forces police and military so in this case i would say while peacekeeping operation should do everything they can to protect civilians they are not the primary actors in that regard so are you saying that the un peacekeepers there they are doing everything they can but ultimately their hands are tied to what else do you think they could do to try to calm the situation or i suppose address some of the issues that people obviously have against them in the r.c. . well i think we should acknowledge that peacekeeping operations don't always have the capabilities thing to protect civilians from different kinds of threats right now the peacekeepers that are based in beni are really military units that have lethal force and have been trained to operate in conflicts not necessarily to deal with popular unrest like we're seeing in beni right now i think this i

hampering efforts to contain an ebola outbreak that's killed more than 2000 people in the democratic republic of congo since august the militarization of the medical response and parents has falling trees distrust in an area were government troops and sometimes peacekeepers are not always seen as positive forces by everyone and now the world health organization has been forced to scale down operations in the area so to hide out al jazeera. let's bring in catherine stories she's joining us from goma that's the largest city in the eastern democratic republic of congo how are people reacting to claims by the military that are in militias are now infiltrating the protests. it's daryn let me start with what's going on in venice we have been talking to all of our producer there who say that it's call this morning this follows those dramatic scenes we so all day yesterday of you know running battles between the security forces and protesters the military effectively taking over control of the streets and the press conference we heard yesterday from the army spokesperson saying that now the protests have tons

eastern europe joins the global trend of restoring national reserves in a bid to try to shake off the dollar dependency. 2 people have been killed in the democratic republic of congo after demonstrations against the u.n. mission there have been continuing protesters are demanding the peacekeepers withdraw after they failed to protect civilians from rebels. good morning welcome to the program live from the r.t. world news center here in moscow this choose day 26 of november just turned 80 have now it's kevin i mean a 30 minute update 1st on this morning it's a landmark day for nato we can report leaders of the member states are gathering in london to celebrate 70 years of the military alliance is existence president trumps already in the british capital where some are expecting a showdown because of course the u.s. leaders been critical of nato recently once calling it obsolete and a relic of the cold war he's also been outspoken about member states not paying their way with us not the only problem the alliance is facing as nicky aaron explains this morning. happy birthday nate say that 70 years of strategic economic and security stability especially if you ask the