unstable situation in eastern congo so you have wonder has very much its hand in it. what south africa does have and does not and let me give you another example of the weakness of african countries. prior to the election there was a meeting. in brazil your next door where the try to sort of. influenced the not to choose and choose a candidate but to to make sure that everybody everything will happen in a proper that the electoral process will lead to work a clear leadership vendor there the congo did d r c did not even attend it and so it has no impact whatsoever sort of grammys. and also i beg to differ to disagree on the on. your position which is divided i think to make a great great effort in choosing one candidate even if backed agreement did not last very long what we saw at the end is that the matter was. appointed common candidate was clearly there will be the leading candidate in that election and if we can believe the pause is really outstanding ok well let's let the us all a similar but i'm going to jump in there bring our light is ok time for you lou he h

cell phones and laptops and the main ingredient to power those products in part are sourced from eastern congo which set off a shooting spree that involve nine african countries and many multinationalin corporations. this conflict that began in 1996 and then 1998 rent driven by the ripples of genocide ended up being called after the world were over 5 million people died q fueled by the demand through tungsten and gold. then fast forward because it's not over to the present. and as the auto industry around the world re- tools and electric cars have been determined the future powered by lithium batteries, and the main ingredient of which is cobalt 65 percent of the world's reserves are in congo a significant percentage is being mined by hand by children. so that history of massive exploitation benefiting us and america and europe to the centuries and now china is the latest and most aggressive entrant into this looting in neighboring countries and that's not the whole story. the congolese people are battling back and have been for quite some time against thisis injustice to change the narrative

much of the eastern congo is in a state of conflict and instability.l tensions across this whole region often spark terrible violence, as happened in our next stop, kalemi, down on the shores of lake. when situations worsen in the drc, this is what happens. people get forced from their homes into camps. two years ago, a get forced from their homes into camps. two years ago, a row get forced from their homes into camps. two years ago, a row over sharing a bowl of forest caterpillars sparked violent clashes between pigmeat and other ethnic groups. —— pygmies. between pigmeat and other ethnic grou . —— ' between pigmeat and other ethnic groups. —— pygmies. inflamed by the politicians, it displaced 750,000 people. they are queueing up to make sure they are on the list for cash payments due to be given by the un the following week. aid workers czech names to make sure they don't get too little or too much of what they are entitled to. there are still many of these camps scattered across the town after the ethnic —based violence erupted into a brutal tit—for

the main ingredients to power those products are impart source from eastern congo. this set off a looting spree that ended up involving nine african countries and many, many multinational corporations. this conflict that began first in 1996 and the second one in 1998 was driven by the ripples of the genocides ended up africa's first world war. five and a million quarter people died. fueled by the demands of these minerals. we then fast-forward again because it's not over yet to the present. as the auto industry in america and around the world the tools and electric cars are viewed pretty much conventional wisdom at this point of the future of cars. powered by lithium batteries the main ingredient of which is cobalt, 65 to 70% of the world reserves in congo. the artisanal mining by hand being done by children. that is history of massive exultation benefiting us, benefiting america and europe and over the centuries and now china has become its latest and most aggressive into this leading looting countries. that is not the whole story. the congolese people are battling

the main ingredients that power those products are in part sourced from eastern congo which set off a looting spree that ended up involving nine african countries and many many multi- national corporations. this conflict that began first in 1996 and a second one in 199f the genecide in neighboring rowa nda in 1994 ended up being called africa's first world war, 5.25 million people died as a result of this conflict, fueled by the demand for these minerals , tungston and gold. three t's and gold, and we then fast forward again because it's not over yet to the present and as the auto industry in america and around the world retooled, and electric cars are viewed pretty much conventional wisdom at this point by the industry as the future of cars, powered by lithium batteries, the main ingredient with which is cobalt and 65-70% of the world's reserves are in congo, a significant percentage of that being mined at least the artisin al mine, the mining by hand, being done by children. so that history of massive exploitation benefiting us, benefiting america and europe and over the centuries a

unstable situation in eastern congo so you have wonder has very much its hand in it. what south africa does have and does not and let me give you another example of the weakness of african countries. prior to the election there was a meeting. in brazil your next door where the try to sort of. influence the not to choose and choose a candidate but to to make sure that everybody everything will happen in a proper that the electoral process will lead to work a clear leadership vendor there the congo did d r c did not even attend it and so it has no impact whatsoever sort of grammys. and also i beg to differ to disagree on the on. your position which is divided i think to make a great great effort in choosing one candidate even if backed agreement did not last very long on what we saw at the end is that the matter for you was. appointed common candidate was clearly the there will be the leading candidate in that election and if we can believe the ports is really outstanding ok well let's let the us all a similar but i'm going to jump in there bring our allies ok time for

unstable situation in eastern congo so you have wonder has very much its hand in it. what south africa does have and does not and let me give you another example of the weakness of african countries. prior to the election there was a meeting. in brazil your next door where the try to sort of. influenced the not to choose and choose a candidate but to to make sure that everybody everything will happen in a proper we know that the electoral process will lead to work a clear leadership vendor there the congo did d r c did not even attend it and so it has no impact whatsoever sort of grammys. and also i beg to differ to disagree on the on. your position which is divided i think to make a great great effort in choosing one candidate even if backed agreement did not last very long what we saw at the end is that the matter for you was. appointed common candidate was clearly there will be the leading candidate in that election and if we can believe the ports is really outstanding ok well let's let the us all a similar but i'm going to jump in there don't bring our leaders ok

congo from its source to the sea. stanley was a welshman, who took 999 days to travel here from the eastern coast of africa. journey, and opened up the interior of africa for exploitation. the belgian king was looking for his own colony. the men met, and the congo free state was born. boma was its capital. this was once the governor general‘s residence, but it is not a time in history that is remembered fondly. the powerful rapids that had been the obstacle for so long remain impassable today. but they have also provided great opportunity — for hydroelectric power. there are few places on the planet where rivers run as fast and as hard as the congo does here as it approaches the sea. a hydroelectric power station built here could provide electricity for the whole of africa. it would produce twice as much power as any other hydro plant on earth. that is how rich the congo could be, if the resources were put to good use. they built two small power stations decades ago here at inga, but there has always been a much more ambitious plan, for a grand inga dam to be built across this whole valley. a deal has recent

in the eastern congo, we are heading to one of the most dangerous parts of the country.ew days has killed probably dozens of civilians. in the vast ra i nforest, we probably dozens of civilians. in the vast rainforest, we go looking for endangered gorillas found nowhere else on earth. and we discover the incredible wealth below the ground that could make this country one of the world's richest, rather than being one of the poorest. if you would like to take an even more immersivejourney would like to take an even more immersive journey up the congo river in virtual reality, visit bbc.com/virtualreality to find out how. hello, once again. just because a big area of high pressure is dominating the weather across many parts of the british isles, and it's dry for many, it doesn't mean to say that we're all in the same boat. as we see here, quite a transformation in the day, once the cloud peeled away to reveal those gloriously blue skies. but, if you kept the cloud right throughout the day, well, then it was pretty leaden fare, despite the fact, as i say, it was dry for the

with severin again and i think it's an interesting conundrum though because i remember being in eastern congo and talking to some of the troops and talking about their engagement in the communities and when you have instances of sexual exploitation abuse the tendency of the mission is to say ok reduce the contact with communities to to keep that distance but exactly talking to people in the communities and engaging with the people in the communities is what needs to be done to understand the local dynamic and so it creates this tension within the mission where you want to be engaged and part of the community but also have enough distance to avoid those kind of situations so i do think it's a dilemma where there isn't an easy. answer and i think that there is the zero tolerance policy and some of that is being implemented but again. really understanding the limits of peacekeeping in some of these situations is part of the story and really having implementing that zero tolerance policy and being willing to send troops home if they violate it is part of the story as well so we talked a lot about

with severin again and i think it's an interesting conundrum though because i remember being in eastern congo and talking to some of the troops and talking about their engagement in the communities and when you have instances of sexual exploitation abuse the tendency of the mission is to say ok reduce the contact with communities to to keep that distance but exactly talking to people in the communities and engaging with the people in the communities is what needs to be done to understand the local dynamic and so it creates this tension within the mission where you want to be engaged and part of the community but also have enough distance to avoid those kind of situations so i do think it's a dilemma where there isn't an easy. answer and i think that there is the zero tolerance policy and some of that is being implemented but again. really understanding the limits of peacekeeping in some of these situations is part of the story and really having implementing that zero tolerance policy and being willing to send troops home if they violate it is part of the story as well so we talked a lot about

miracle or at least that's what people in the democratic republic of congo calling it an outbreak of ebola is still ravaging the eastern regions of the country but a newly born baby is a surprise bright spot the healthy baby girl was born to a woman infected with the disease it's the first known case where both mother and daughter have survived. it's a miracle that she's alive and kicking her mother twenty eight year old josephine e-coli was infected with the ebola virus during the last outbreak and the democratic republic of congo and fell ill while pregnant. doctors at the w.h.o. ebola treatment center still can't believe it. i knew that they were following women who appear to be survivors of who are still carrying healthy pregnancy this was something that were. close to unheard of in the last epidemic and so that was really something exciting to see a woman gives birth to a child. after it appears that she survived the fall. according to the world health organization pregnant women infected with ebola and babies born with the virus have always died that is up until now they say sylvana is the first baby to be born a

with severin again and i think it's an interesting conundrum though because i remember being in eastern congo and talking to some of the troops and talking about their engagement in the communities and when you have instances of sexual exploitation abuse the tendency of the mission is to say ok reduce the contact with communities to to keep that distance but exactly talking to people in the communities and engaging with the people in the communities is what needs to be done to understand the local dynamic and so it creates this tension within the mission where you want to be engaged and part of the community but also have enough distance to avoid those kind of situations so i do think it's a dilemma where there isn't an easy. answer and i think that there is the zero tolerance policy and some of that is being implemented but again. really understanding the limits of peacekeeping in some of these situations is part of the story and really having implementing that zero tolerance policy and being willing to send troops home if they violate it is part of the story as well so we talked a lot about

and eight people have been killed in the eastern parts of the democratic republic of congo armed men attacked families in a town called v.v. just north of benny an army spokesman in the area says they suspect that a.d.f. rebels from may bring uganda are behind the attack elections and some towns in the region were canceled due to security concerns a twenty year old german man has been arrested over a massive data breach that saw the private information of hundreds of politicians including chancellor angela merkel published online german media are reporting the suspect has confessed and that he acted out of annoyance about public statements made by the figures the only political party not affected by the breach was the right wing a.f.p. but police say it's too soon to see if the arrested man has right wing sympathies and also in germany a far right politician has been left seriously injured following what police are calling a politically motivated attack frank magnet's who leads the local branch of the alternative for germany party was set upon as he left the office of a local newspap

hundred are still missing and of a sudden eastern part of brazil this happened near ramadi in the se to sherry s. here's daniel shrine now with the latest congo where you can reduce or in slow will since viewing into the countryside with a series of three collapsed the filled structures of noticed tailings downs filled with residual from on or mining risky operation is underway to evacuate people from vulnerable areas in or around the nearest community beautiful tickle me the town the ruin the mule if it's being made amid fears of widespread pollution to prevent contaminated mud and sludge reaching a refutal by your hydroelectric plant with the national water company said it could happen in two days president bush will noddle said he was sending cabinet ministers to the. region to oversee the operation. tomorrow morning along with the defense minister we will go to bella who saw it there the governor of minister will join us to fly over the region to evaluate the damage and take all the necessary measures to lessen the suffering of relatives of possible victims as well as the environmental issues. the fish while iron ore mine is owned by the

congo but it's disputed, and the runner—up tells the bbc he'll mount a legal challenge. at least 16 people are killed and there's more brutal winter weather ahead for parts of central and easternlian open could be his last tournament.

out a rooftop in the eastern suburb of nasr city comes less than two days before egypt's christian minority celebrates the coptic christians. earlier. term democratic republic of congo's presidential election have been delayed by a week the outcome is expected on sunday but the torah commission says it's counted less than half of the votes. iran is fishing for peace in afghanistan while the u.s. considers withdrawing its troops from the conflict iranian deputy foreign minister met a president in kabul. for the president about recent talks with taliban representatives in tehran the taliban are believed to control nearly half the country and have been behind many attacks targeting government forces in sarkar dame is a lecturer at mary university he says the afghan iranian government seem to forget their troubled past and move forward to ensure a lasting peace. after the conference in afghanistan you see a lot of conducive political environment in the the current iranian delegation was done on this part of the logic process you've been on the stain that the iranian government in basad in afghanistan but it does say that they have influence over iran the taliban leadershi

eastern suburb of nasr city when the suspicious package was found on a rooftop egyptian christians have been targeted in a string of attacks in recent years earlier results from democratic republic of congo's presidential election have been delayed a week outcome as expected on sunday at the electoral commission says it has counted less than half of the votes the. french ministers had held an emergency meeting on for the first yellow vest protest at the new year turned violent police fired tear gas to disperse anti-government demonstrators in central paris or just get eight weeks ago in opposition to arise and fuel tax but now include wider demands for government reforms indian leaders in hungary are calling for a national strike and more protests over controversial labor reforms last month the government introduced what's being called the slave law and increases the amount of extra hours of lawyers can demand while delaying overtime payments is the headlines return you now to iraq a deadly deception keeper. in early october two thousand and two in the u.s. congress a resolution authorizing the war is put to the vote the cia finally presents its estimate on iraq classified as top secret it

eastern alliance which we hope will include the g.c.c. egypt and jordan and all the headlines and influential group of sixteen african nations is calling for a recount in the democratic republic of congo's presidential election the southern african development community or sadec was one of the organizations monitoring last month's disputed votes it's also recommended a government of national unity to promote peace opposition to modify you know is challenging the result in court of his rival felix dishy katie was declared the winner. and the mayor of the polish city of god is in a serious condition in hospital after being stabbed it's a problem here event. that she was on stage at a charity fundraiser when he was stabbed in front of thousands of people the attacker is being questioned by police after being arrested at the scene polish television says he shouted that he'd been put in prison by a previous government which was led by the mayor as former posse. the headlines coming up next three friends sneak up hong kong's towering skyscrapers it's a rebel against the establishment that's in witness to say without their. own counting the cost blame it on briggs it's one trillion dollars wor

congo — but it's disputed and the runner—up tells the bbc he'll mount a legal challenge. at least 16 people are killed — and there's more brutal winter weather ahead for parts of central and easternearful andy murray tells reporters next week's australian open could be his last tournament — he says he's in too much pain after hip surgery. with the partial shutdown of the us government about to become the longest in american history, there is no breakthrough in sight, and many government workers won't get paid on friday. president trump refuses to sign any legislation to re—open the government unless it includes more than $5 billion to fund his long—promised wall on the mexican border. he's again threatened to declare a national emergency, and today took his case to texas, speaking with some of those patrolling the border. nick bryant was there. crowd chants: build the wall, build the wall! the fight over the wall has exposed the angriest faultline in us politics — immigration. chanting: no border wall, no border wall! and a barrier intended to separate america from mexico... go back to your homes! ..is deeply dividing the united states itself. make me leave, make me leave! for su

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the eastern suburb of dosser's city when the suspicious package was found on a rooftop two other police and an onlooker were injured and the blast and early results from democratic republic of congo's presidential election have been delayed a week the outcome is expected on sunday but the electoral commission says it has counted less than half of the votes. special envoy to yemen is back in the country to convince both sides in the civil war to fully comply with the ceasefire agreement and accuse each other of violating the truce now there is hope the warring sides will agree to meet later on this month possibly in kuwait a tale of a saudi on reports. an attempt at piecing together a broken ceasefire the u.s. envoy martin griffiths is back in yemen calling on warring sides to follow the truce they agree to months of negotiations cracked within weeks he was met by cancer patients who demand the sunnah airport be reopened they are among the thousands of patients who cannot travel out of yemen for lifesaving treatments one of the many consequences of the ongoing war. we would like to tell the world that they all those who want to see tonight in saunas and in the rest of the provinces

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