let's get more now from emma hayward. decisive vote, what more can you tellus. >> well, there was never really any cut that the vote would be passed. going 428 saying yes the mission should be extended. so a very decisive victory for francoise who wanted too extend operations. to have of course been concerned concerns about the complexity of the operation that the troops are finding on the ground. concerns too about the cost of it. of course, it will cost much more than anyone else first anticipated but the french prime minister told parliament that they had saved lives in the c. a.r. >> . >> the courage of our soldiers demand admiration. the conditions are now in place for robust international support, military, humanitarian and political, so that c.a.r. can find peace again. >> and can france cope with a long intervention in c.a.r.? >> well, i think many people here feel that they do have a moral responsibility in countries like the c.a.r., but of course, this will stretch them even more. they are, of course, in marly w

emma hayward reports. >> when she was about seven, and live -- she was held down by four adults and cut. after 35, the memories are still raw. >> i remember it now, as i felt it then, if that makes any sense. the flashbacks come back now. i remember the actual cutting of it, what it felt like, everybody though it was supposed to be numb, it was still seeing blood, and -- it was something out of a horror movie. >> sgm can leave women with more physical, psychological problems at a clinic in central london, doctors are trying to help survivors oversome of those issues. and it is now possible for some patient to have their sgm reversed. >> certainly for many of the women, the physical symptoms are relieved so they can have sex without pain, they have lesser chance of having repeated infections. but i think it goes far beyond that, and i think there is certainly many women report that they are -- they feel much better about healths as a result of having the procedure. >> female mutilation has been illegal since 1985, but so far there have been no prosecutions. the home office told us that a

emma hayward has been in paris. >> reporter: it is almost 20 years since the genocide took place in rwanda800,000 people were killed in just 100 days. the fight to bring those suspected of the violence to justice. but the highest court has decided not to extradite the three suspects. all men had denied any involvement in what happened in rwanda in 1994. up with of the lawyers for the man said that the decision made here today was the right one. >> translator: my clients have insisted they are event from the beginning. but if they are called to answer to a french court, they will address this, but today they are saying in rwanda they have no chance of a fair trial. >> reporter: france has been criticized in the past for the failure to extradite suspects. >>> a former guantanamo bay detainee has told al jazeera that britain's intelligence agency new of his trips to syria before he went. he is suspected of attending a terrorist training camp. he is a well-known activist. he was among four britains arrested on tuesday and spoke exclusively to al jazeera last month. >> reporter: he remains in c

. >>> and emma haywarding sent us this update. >> reporter: the battle to keep the water at bay is anng one here. here you can the see water here has already burst its banks. every we have gone today, people trying to shore up the protection, filling the sandbags just to do whatever they can to protect their properties. on friday, more than 20 severe flood warnings issued. that means that there is a risk to life and property. and the environment agency is warning that the risk from flooding could go well into next week. and though flood water has nowhere else to go. so even if it stops raining, the flood water could be hanging around for a long time to come. >> i'll have more from europe lapter in the news hour, including locating looted art. plus . . . >> i'm lower rens lee, where the fault lines over the british government's plan to frac for gas are getting wider. ♪ >>> baharni officials say three officers were wounded from a bomb explosion. it was the key location in the uprising three years ago. 29 people were arrested on thursday in villages near the area. >>> libyans have again

let's get the latest from emma hayward in paris.t happened to paris. >> reporter: the trial got underway around 10:00 this morning. he was brought into the courtroom in his wheelchair and then placed in what is essentially a glass box. the events here being closely followed by people in france but also thousands kilometers away too. for many people this trial is long overdue watching the start of this trial, this case has been a long time coming. just before it began we were allowed inside court number 3 where once the cameras had stopped rolling, the suspect sat behind a glass screen. some had given up hope that those suspected of involvement in the genocide would ever come to trial in france, but not this woman. >> translator: we're waiting for justice to be made. we have been waiting for justice for so long, and we're hoping that here it's going to start doing its work. >> reporter: it's almost 20 years since rwanda deseconded into chaos. $800,000 people killed in just a hundred days. ethnic tensions between the two main groups i

emma hayward thanks very much indeed. >>> more from europe for me later in the news hour. let's go back to doha. ♪ >>> a volcanic eruption has killed at least three people in indonesia's most populated island. it is 140 kilometers from indonesia's second largest city, which is a major industrial center. it is on the island of java which is home to 240 million people. because of fertile land close to the active volcano, hundreds of thousands of people live on the slopes indonesia is drone to volcanic eruptions because of its location on the ring of fire. steph reports from the indonesian capitol. >> reporter: only one and a half hours after the alert level was raised, the volcano erupted. the eruption spewed gravel, rocks, and ashes as far as 17 kilometers away. volcanic ash darkened the sky over large parts of the island of java, four major airports were closed immediately. it erupted in 1990 killing 34 people, and back in 1999 more than 5,000 were killed. there were no deaths after the most recent eruption in 2007 after authorities ordered a successful evacuation. indones

emma hayward reporting from staines in the u.k. >> you are here with the al jazeera, it's day 6 of thepetition, big air equals big scores in the slope style. the latest on the medals in sports. itch >> it hello, scientists informant united states say they are a step closer to producing a form of energy that would be cheep, nonradioactive and abundant. it involved an experiments using 200 powerful lasers. rob reynolds explains. >> scientists say it's a major step towards the holy grail of clean energy. nuclear fusion. in a laboratory experiment reported in "nature", scientists at the lawrence livermore ad contained more energy out of fusion than was contained in the reaction. unlike nuclear fusion, fusion produces energy by forcing atomic party concludes together, rather than splitting them apart. it's the power that fuels the sun and stars. it does not create an explosion, leaves no radio act active waste and produces no greenhouse gases linked to global warming. the fuel source is hydrogen, the most plentiful element in the universe. the experiment deploys 192 powerful lasers focussin

. >> thank you emma hayward reporting from the uk.liament voted to allow assisted suicide for terminally ill children. under present legislation patients have to be 18 before they can ask to die. the bill is likely to become law in april. now, if appointed he will be this country's third unelected prime minister in a row. and he has this report on the latest political crisis gripping italy which is europe's third largest economy. >> selected to lead italy at the time of the political and economical turmoil and since being prime minister last year it has been an up hill battle, a battle he could not win and will submit the resignation to the president on friday after his center left party withdraw their support. >> translator: this is an end and we have positive things to say about the work his government has carried out but we will start the crisis in motion. >> translator: we need to explain that we are doing this for the good of the country. we need to boost the energy levels and get through these new reforms which we really need. >

this is the latest from al jazeera emma hayward and in court this morning and what has been happening>> in the last hour he has appeared in court, essentially he has sat behind a glass box and wearing a brown jacket and wearing a wheelchair and he was a paraplegic and the jury is being picked and we will find out more about the charges against him all of which he does deny. his lawyer yesterday speaking to the french press said it's important this trial was a trial of a man, it was not a trial of the relations between france and rwanda or the genicide it side. >> nevertheless a very significant trial for both countries. >> very significant. i was talking to adjou journali before it started and he said it is being watched close back home and it has been a long time coming for the human rights activists have told us that this is very much a delayed case. but there has not been the political will in france for this kind of case to happen and this may in the end prove to be a precedent for other cases similar to this one. >> emma is live for us in paris and thanks. within the past hour it