wouldn't it be fair for fark to apologize for that. this is i mean it's true that the families of hostages have suffered. that is why the representatives so far have apologized and asked everyone to reconcile. you know my defusing this it is it was that i was the most difficult thing about being held hostage is that from the first day to the last we felt like we were sitting on death row. we were under constant threat during those twelve years we could be shot to death at any moment you can imagine how hard it is to live from day to day just hoping to survive one more day trying to cope with this ever present threat. he said he'd gone just as i mean. during his twelve years in captivity luis mindi a to came to know the rebels who had kidnapped him. there were three times of guerrillas. first the senior founding members of the movement whose ideology was based on communism and who believed in gaining power by the use of weapons. is a. second there were those who had been recruited from various parts of the country when they were ten or

in colombia the former leader of the now dispended fark rebel group is running for president in next year's elections rodrigo long gone or better known as the more chain call was the top commander of fark he became a key figure in the peace process to end latin america's longest running conflict fog is now a political party but many colombian still associate the group with a very violent past this prove beauty contestants have turned their pageant into a protest instead of reading out their body measurements they quoted statistics on violence against women or in this report from marianna sanchez include some graphic images. thank you c.n.n. one by one twenty three women vying to represent be due at the miss universe competition surprised the audience at the municipal theater instead of revealing their body measurements they had a message. my name is camilla kenneth called her and i represent the department of labor my figures are two thousand two hundred two cases of reported fame aside in the past nine years in my country my thanks. to candidates walked in post on the runway against

they put down a pile of money, and leave you fark -- euphoric. >> i want to go home, get some rest, and enjoy the phone. >> it's the date that i wait for each year. for 11 years, since the first iphone, i lineup to have the latest in the range in products. whether it's the watch, the ipad, the mac. i bought three iphone x's so my whole family can enjoy them. >> the latest iphone has an eight to display, and uses facial recognition technology. otherwise, it doesn't seem to be the leap forward that apple claims. it costs around $1000. buyers know they are paying for the brand. how long can apple keep it up? competition is growing, samsung isn't the only chance -- challenger. chinese companies are also fighting for a slice of the pie. >> if in the future it doesn't have enough of main features, chinese producers will bring apple down. the product research and development of chinese producers were copied from apple, but this is changing. chinese producers are the first to produce the whole screen and are emphasizing quality in photos. apple is looking more like a chinese producer. >> that c

disrupt the country's booming cocaine business it's all part of peace efforts between the government and farkrebels who long controlled the drug trade there are asunder and get a report. it's the largest deal colombia ever signed with the un's office on drugs in crime colombia will hand over to the u.n. agency more than three hundred million u.s. dollars over four years in exchange the country receives assistance in its efforts to encourage farmers away from growing coca the basic ingredient for cocaine by replacing it with legal crops like coffee in. both sides describe the agreement this crucial. group will move forward. usually. for a time coca-cola deviation in colombia subsided but it's proving again production is said to have doubled in the last three years. and the country is under increasing pressure to deal with it in part through force the revocation and by convincing farmers to turn their back on the crop for good. but it's proving a challenge the colombian government hopes the u.n. deal will help in most instances the u.n. will monitor and assist the farmers participating in swapp

scientist i just leave to the former leader of the now dispended revolutionary armed forces of colombia or fark is running for president in next year's election no other than as timoshenko was the top commander of sag he became a key figure in the peace process to end latin america's longest running conflict. the us congress is beginning to examine the official response to hurricane maria six weeks after the storm devastated the territory of puerto rico but there are accusations that they only want to hear from those who give the trumpet ministration the thumbs up the u.n. says the situation on the island remains alarming with thousands of people without power or running water she had potentially reports from washington. six weeks to the day after hurricane maria devastated put a rico the mayor of san juan was scheduled to be giving testimony at a congressional hearing on the u.s. government's response not holding this press conference in a corridor on capitol hill thank you very much but the hearing was scrapped by republicans once they heard that a democratic congressman had invited the outsp

struggling to contain a series of scandals that threatened to weaken the prime minister's leadership they fark unravels it all the british prime minister had promised a strong and stable government to lead britain out of europe but recent weeks of be anything but teresa mayes battling a string of crises some with grave implications for more than just the government. a blunder by the foreign secretary boris johnson could see one british woman imprisoned in iran have her sentence doubled as the deans of garri radcliffe has been jailed for five years accused of spreading propaganda about the regime johnson complicated matters by claiming she'd been teaching journalism in the country so gary radcliffe had worked for the b.b.c. and thomson reuters foundation but insisted her trip to iran had been a family visit. everybody in this house wants to see is now salute the ghauri to release johnson is now planning to travel to iran before the end of the year. another scandal involves international development secretary preety patel she was forced to apologize after holding twelve secret meetings with a sa

running for president in next year's elections go to no better known is to go was the top commander of fark he became a key figure in the peace process too and led america's longest running conflict is now a political party that many colombian still associate the group with a very violent past an explosion at a thermal power plant and northern india has killed at least twenty two people police say a pipe exploded at the planet ottar pradesh states feeling hot ash all over workrooms a cause is still unknown several others suffered serious burns and health authorities expect the death toll to rise at least eight people have been killed in a bomb blast in afghanistan their bus caught fire when a fuel tanker exploded and northern province twenty seven people were injured in the provincial capital charo car. miss prove beauty contestants have turned a pageant into a protest and start over citing their measurements they quoted statistics on violence against women in a south america's most dangerous countries for women to them while they're wearing their evening wear the twenty three finalists and