previously the head of greenpeace.e is a lifelong south african human rights and climate justice activist. who we come back, we go to gambia, where an ongoing truth and reconciliation commission is investigating yahya jammeh. we will speak with a gambian beauty queen who has publicly accused him of rape. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. nermeen: we turn now to gambia, where an ongoing public truth and reconciliation commission is investigating the atrocities of former president yahya jammeh, who ruled the west african country of 2 million people for 22 years before his regime ended in 2017. in -- during the hearings, members of his death what have admitted to killing migrants, journalists, and civilians during the president's reign. survivors of the regime have also testified during the hearings, which have been live-streamed across the country. the investigation is part of an ongoing process to reckon with the horrors committed during yahya jammeh's rule,

yes we're on board the greenpeace ship esperanza where scientists are investigating a newly discovered area of reef we're about 600 kilometers from the mouth of the amazon in that direction and about 130 kilometers from the shore french guiana and scientists here on board a conducting all manner of risk from the seabed to the surface hoping to bolster the case for protection of the world's oceans to the chuen of 30 percent by the year 2030 the team here following closely the publication of this report which lays out in stark terms how the oceans are warming the dangers of sea level rise which could affect hundreds of millions of people and the impact on bio diversity in earlier we spoke to search plane from the french center for scientific research and he gave us his assessment the concern is 1st of all very personal news that i i grew up we've a world we've a certain scenario we were certain vision of the world and then we were certain wildlife and i'm always a little sad thing that i will leave to my daughter i've got a daughter she's pretty young she's only 20 year plus and so i wil

yes we're on board the greenpeace ship esperanza where scientists are investigating a newly discovered area of reef we're about 600 kilometers from the mouth of the amazon in that direction and about 130 kilometers from the shore french guiana and scientists here on board a conducting all manner of risk from the seabed to the surface hoping to bolster the case for protection of the world's oceans to the chuen 30 percent by the year 2030 the team here following closely the publication of this report which lays out in stark terms how the oceans are warming the dangers of sea level rise which could affect hundreds of millions of people and the impact on bio diversity in earlier we spoke to search plane from the french center for scientific research and he gave us his assessment the concern is 1st of all very personal news that i i grew up we've a world we've a certain scenario we were certain vision of the world and then we were certain wildlife and i'm always a little bit sad thing that i will leave to my daughter i've got a daughter she's pretty young she's only 20 years plus and so i w

greenpeace said we will resist trump and the oil industry. protest comes as at the top democratic candidates are in houston tonight for the third debate. >>> the emotional court hearing today in san francisco after a former president was denied bail. the sketches from inside the courtroom show the wife of the ex-peruvian president upset of what appears to be shouting at prosecutors. later she was dragged out of court. the attorney wants him to be put on house arrest arguing the mental health has been deteriorating since his arrest. the former peruvian president is wanted in a corruption scandal in his home country. >>> smashing through ice in the antarctic but there is a huge effort to keep it afloat. >>> the nation's only oceangoing heavy icebreaker is back on the drydock again. i will have the story. >>> a couple said the fertility clinic makes up with her daughter with a different biological father. they are demanding to know how this could happen. >>> republicans are meeting right now in baltimore. this is a retreat. the president is addr

greenpeace has estimated that leaks in pipelines caused by foreign soil are leading to about one percent of oil being lost that oil some $5000000.00 tons of it each year seeps into the ground. the residents of the arctic city of cherokee in the far northeast of russia are bearing witness to this rapid transformation. temperatures are rising in exorbitant. asphalt on the streets is beginning to buckle. and several buildings are showing signs that the solid ground on which they want stood has begun to sink. the city of chere ski on the kalinda river is also home to nikita zeem off. even though temperatures drop here to minus 60 degrees celsius in the winter the erosion of the permafrost soil appears unstoppable this is especially apparent at the former water treatment plant. like all the buildings here it stands on pillars. the earth began to sink here just 2 years ago now the crater is already 10 meters deep. into the stars is going to go to so what it was here a week ago there with them those 2 points with you in the air and now we came they really could go up down there is the fusion is

on a greenpeace monitoring flight to inspect the damage to their protected lands.tants have as much claim to this land as its indigenous people, and it pains arnaldo to see the effects of the illegal mines. translation: bolsonaro khan sayed thing is fine. he never spoke to us. how can he say everything is good? his idea of fine is different to us because he wants to destroy the forest, that's how he thinks. so this is not fine with us. as we fly over the rainforest, it's hard convey the extent of the damage we've seen. the lowest protected areas of the amazon are being mined atan alarming areas of the amazon are being mined at an alarming rate, their waterways polluted with mercury. and as president bolsonaro gears up to tell world leaders at the un that he has this situation under control, he's also legalising this activity. and, of course, it's notjust mining. a recent wildfire here burned 1600 football pitches of forest in four days, one of the world's last natural protections against climate change. daniel gutierrez and his tea m change. daniel gutierrez and hi

arts is of an obvious place for you to be campaigning but you also recently made a film film with greenpeace. are you something on environmental activist you think why did you choose greenpeace and when they approached me through the director of the film and. i was really excited because i love. that particular message that they were trying to convey the protection of the oceans when i started finding out a little bit about. how much of the ocean is actually protected when i learn that it's only 3 percent of the ocean that is currently protected and even if we accomplish 56 percent for it to be protected it would be a huge benefit especially because once they arrive to the bowed to this but on so boat in bermuda we started going to the smaller beaches smaller islands had and started finding all that plastic everywhere even from tennis shoe to ropes to be just completely covered in plastic and i found that alarming and that was the reason we're decided to. join forces with the director with better alone so on and create the species that he's being presented by a bit of them at the u.n. to tal

mouth of the amazon is about 500 kilometers in that direction and if you look up you can see the greenpeace campaign vessel esperanza. conducting all manner of research from the seabed to the surface and building the case for introducing marine protected areas to 30 percent of the world's oceans by 2030 this is all part of the measures scientists say need to be taken to help protect the living world from the worst effects of climate change well earlier i spoke to search plane who is from the french center for scientific research and 1st asked him about his area of expertise the coral reefs yes coral reefs will change a lot yes for proof will be transformed there are a species that clearly not are not going to pass these over sort of our scenario and there are species that will disappear and all will be become marginal are all very restricted and we want to be sort of the habitat structure in species that we see now and so in the end we'll have probably will be completely transformed much less diverse as they proceed in terms of coral coral being the. the tax side that's sort of structure of

yes we're on board the greenpeace ship esperanza where scientists are investigating a newly discovered area of reef we're about 600 kilometers from the mouth of the amazon in that direction and about 130 kilometers from the shore french guiana and scientists here on board a conducting all manner of research from the seabed to the surface hoping to bolster the case for protection of the world's oceans to the chuen a 30 percent by the year 2030 the team here following closely the publication of this report which lays out in start terms how the oceans are warming the dangers of sea level rise which could affect hundreds of millions of people and the impact on biodiversity in earlier we spoke to search plane from the french center for scientific research and he gave us his assessment the concern is 1st of all very personal news that i i grew up we've a world we've a certain scenario we were certain vision of the world and then we were certain wildlife and i'm always a little sad thing that i will leave to my daughter i've got a daughter she's pretty young she's only 20 year plus and so i w

he recently appeared in a greenpeace film about protecting the oceans. and as a cultural ambassador for his country persuading world call stances to perform and teach that this weekend and as discusses with us the joy adults or the arts in mexico urgently need government support and how young people should have the chance to realize that dreams lead principal of the english national ballet the 2nd and as talks to al jazeera. is a command us thank you for talking to al-jazeera i wanted to start by asking you how you would describe don't sing to someone who's never seen a ballet or never take an adult's call because essentially you believe the excessive will to everyone it's almost a. basic human right i agree with that statement and actually i consider it a human right something that it's an instinct that we all have you know we've been dancing for a very long time i think from the beginning of time we've done. for really really just purposes we dance for recreational purposes and. i think that it's. fine to an instrument. that allows you to feel a freedo

through these $22.00 pages that i have here of this i supplied of the german government and also greenpeace and many actually condemned this accusing the so-called grand coalition because that's the product of this coalesce and that we have here saying that they lack moral responsibility on the issue of climate so over sounding know from all climate activists here and me now under the plan germany wants to meet its. goal of reducing greenhouse emissions by 2030 is that achievable well depends on who you ask the experts now on the climate action side say not with this plan it's too big it's not the big breakthrough there's not enough. on old technology in there and there's not enough the future to prove policy i'm going to machall also in a press conference said that whether you fulfill certain goals what actually c o 2 emissions are in the end depends on so many fact is that it's simply not possible to pin it down right now so the well the short answer is yes it would be achievable but the big open question still is whether this plan will be enough to do that you know germany was once a fro

correspondent alexander phenomena was at the summit and spoke to jennifer morgan executive director of greenpeace international to get her take on the global communities climate promises. the euro and climate summit has ended with more than 60 countries promising to do more to come with climate change do you seeing that this is an encouraging signal i think it's encouraging when any country says we're going to do more but we need every country to do more we need and then more needs to be well defined we need to have emissions by 2030 and that's the details really matter here there's so much more to do. many of the there's a say that they would do more but they have to think about job security and economic growth do you think that they have a point i think they're missing the point so 2 things one is the cost of the climate change impacts on economies i think is not very well calculated into the debate how much agricultural loss there will be i mean the air pollution law costs as well that's one piece and the other is that actually the countries that are going to innovate and move to a 0 carbon ec

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greenpeace usa said the activists faced abuse while in custody. in 16-year-old swedish climate activist greta thunberg led a school strike for climate in the nation's capital friday, alongside students and environmental activists from the d.c. area. it was her 56th week of action since starting the movement in her native sweden, which has since gone global. she addressed the crowd gathered in front of the white house. >> i'm going to say i am incredibly grateful for every single one of you. i am so proud of you who have come here. it is a lot more than i think anyone had expected. this is very overwhelming. just never give up. we will continue. and see you next week on september 20. amy: greta thunberg will be back in new york city for this friday's global climate strike. you can see our recent hour-long interview with her at democracynow.org. this week democracy now! and over 250 newsrooms around the world are taking part t in the "covering climate now" initiative ahead of next week's u.n. climate summit. we will have more on this initiative late

greenpeace activists suspending themselves from a bridge shutting down the houston shipka ship canal -- or channel, i should say deputies have made arrests. >>> tonight actress felicity huffman is bracing to learn her fate hours from now for her role in the massive college admissions cheating scam and now there are questions about how much one school at the center of the scannal knew and when investigation launched at ucla five years ago involved coaches of the water polo, tennis and track and field teams. also questioned, rick singer, the admitted mastermind of the college cheating scandal still unfolding today. after a water polo recruit was rejected from ucla, her mother appealed the university's decision according to the confidential investigation first reported by the l.a. times, even though her daughter didn't play water polo, the mother stated she was still willing to pay and that she understood from singer that she was expected to donate $100,000 to the program for the admission of her daughter through athletics. it is a striking similarity in the pay to play scheme that led

he recently appeared in a greenpeace film about protecting the oceans. and is a cultural ambassador for his country persuading world call stances to perform and teach that this weekend and as discusses with us the joy adults or the arts in mexico urgently need government support and how young people should have the chance to realize that dreams lead principal of the english national ballet the 2nd hand as talks to al jazeera. these are commands us thank you for talking to al-jazeera i wanted to start by asking you how you would describe dancing to someone who's never seen a ballet or never take an adult's call because essentially believe excessive will to everyone it's almost a basic human right by the. green grew with that statement and actually i consider it a human right something that it's an instinct that we'll have you know we've been dancing for a very long time i think from the beginning of time we've done. for really really just purposes we dance for recreational purposes and. i think that it's. fine to an instrument. that allows you to feel a f

yes we're on board the greenpeace ship esperanza where scientists are investigating a newly discovered area of reef we're about 600 kilometers from the mouth of the amazon in that direction and about 130 kilometers from the shore french guiana and scientists here on board a conducting all manner of risk from the seabed to the surface hoping to bolster the case for protection of the world's oceans to the chuen of 30 percent by the year 2030 the team here following closely the publication of this report which lays out in stark terms how the oceans are warming the dangers of sea level rise which could affect hundreds of millions of people and the impact on bio diversity in earlier we spoke to search plane from the french center for scientific research and he gave us his assessment the concern is 1st of all very personal views that i i grew up we have a world we've a certain scenario we were certain vision of the world and then we were certain wildlife and i'm always a little sad thing that i will leave to my daughter i've got a daughter she's pretty young she's only 20 year plus and so i

the investigation was dropped by borisjohnson and the police did not investigate because the greenpeaceher, so he can still stand and investigated properly. but the cabinet office and the police closed their inquiries, whatever the reasons. they have been uninvestigated, they have gone no further than that. so we are standing to help them to account. serena, you say you were gang raped asa serena, you say you were gang raped as a teenager. tell our audience has something like that changes your life and transforms your approach to issues like this? it transformed my life. i was a light, bright young woman, ready for the world, life. i was a light, bright young woman, ready forthe world, it turned my world into darkness. u nfortu nately, turned my world into darkness. unfortunately, i wanted to commit suicide because i felt like there was no hope. my world was turned upside down. access to health care, mental health care, was very, very limited. i was just given six weeks of counselling by the nhs, however, that was not enough. i remained silent for many years. because i was told even by

is them go out he would think that according to greenpeace india is a still home to 15 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world with denny ranking as the world's most polluted capital. but why efforts are being made in delhi and it's never in areas the city of scrabbling with the rapidly rising pollution that. this city is known as the diesel capital of india over 60 percent of vehicles in calcutta august and even driven but it is hard for businesses to find investors for emission free rental systems since this is an extremely new market bags are on willing to finance it as the founders of expedience however devoted consider changing that approach. we really want to make sure that none of it goes well you the air and you know as many people ask as would we ever going to internal combustion scooters and we tell them no we might move to maybe higher speeds what does that leave in never that is that that is the ethos of our bad move i'm never going to i see i.c.t. . compared to a 4 stroke engine and electric scooter has a much lower carbon footprint depending on how the electricity wa

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mouth of the amazon is about 500 kilometers in that direction and if you look up you can see the greenpeace campaign vessel esperanza. conducting all manner of research from the seabed to the surface and building the case for introducing marine protected areas to 30 percent of the world's oceans by 2030 this is all part of the measures scientists say need to be taken to help protect the living world from the worst effects of climate change well earlier i spoke to search plane who is from the french center for scientific research and 1st asked him about his area of expertise the coral reefs yes coral reefs will change a lot yes for proof will be transformed there are a species that clearly not are not going to pass these over sort of our scenario and there are species that will disappear and all will be become marginal are all very restricted and we want to be sort of the habitat structuring species that we see now and so in the end we'll have probably cory's that will be completely transformed much less diverse as they proceed in terms of coral coral being the. the tax side that's sort of s

mouth of the amazon is about 500 kilometers in that direction and if you look up you can see the greenpeace campaign vessel esperanza. conducting all manner of research from the seabed to the surface and building the case for introducing marine protected areas to 30 percent of the world's oceans by 2030 this is all part of the measures scientists say need to be taken to help protect the living world from the worst effects of climate change well earlier i spoke to search plane who is from the french center for scientific research and 1st asked him about his area of expertise the coral reefs yes coral reef will change a lot yes for proof will be transformed there are a species that clearly not are not going to pass these over sort of our scenario and there are species that will disappear and all will be become marginal are all very restricted and we want to be sort of the habitat structuring species that we see now and so in the end we'll have probably cory's that will be completely transformed much less diverse as they proceed in terms of coral coral being the just. the tax side that's sort

greenpeace activists took over a stadium calling for action on climate change rome was one of the. protests took place but many schools letting students out early to take part. took place in austria and hung. herself addressed hasa 1000000 people at another rally in the canadian city of. a 16 year old activist told the crowd the fight against climate change stop until world leaders take the program problem seriously . time for sports and we can join. the international stadium. welcome back to khalifa stadium where the 1st world athletics championships to be held in the middle east are off and running the man's 100 meter feeds brought some big names to the track on the opening night america's christian coleman who holds the fastest time in the world so far this year stop the timings across the 6 heats defending champion just to gatland and 2011 champion jamaica as you know had blake also ease to victories in their heats it was a busy opening day at the stadium as andy richardson reports. track and field fans in doha have every right to be happy cats host capital city is the setting

yes we're on board the greenpeace ship esperanza where scientists are investigating a newly discovered area of reef we're about 600 kilometers from the mouth of the amazon in that direction and about 130 kilometers from the shore french guiana and scientists here on board a conducting all manner of research from the seabed to the surface hoping to bolster the case for protection of the world's oceans to the chuen of 30 percent by the year 2030 the team here following closely the publication of this report which lays out in stark terms how the oceans are warming the dangers of sea level rise which could affect hundreds of millions of people and the impact on bio diversity in earlier we spoke to a plane from the french center for scientific research and he gave us his assessment the concern is 1st of all very personal views that i i grew up we have a world we've a certain scenario we were certain vision of the world and then we were certain wildlife and i'm always a little sad thing that i will leave to my daughter i've got a daughter she's pretty young she's only 20 years plus and so i

yes we're on board the greenpeace ship esperanza where scientists are investigating a newly discovered area of reef we're about 600 kilometers from the mouth of the amazon in that direction and about 130 kilometers from the shore french guiana and scientists here on board conducting all manner of research from the seabed to the surface hoping to bolster the case for protection of the world's oceans to the chuen of 30 percent by the year 2030 the team here following closely the publication of this report which lays out in start terms how the oceans are warming the dangers of sea level rise which could affect hundreds of millions of people and the impact on bio diversity in earlier we spoke to search plane from the french center for scientific research and he gave us his assessment the concern is 1st of all very personal news that i i grew up we've the world we were certain scenario we were certain vision of the world and then we were certain wildlife and i'm always a little bit sad thing that i will leave to my daughter i've got a daughter she's pretty young she's only 20 year plus and

environmental groups, including greenpeace russia, have warned of serious consequences if the stationents. hamza bin laden — a son of osama bin laden — has been killed in a us counter—terrorism operation. hamza — who was about 30 years old — was reported dead at the end ofjuly, but only now has that been confirmed by the white house. the us state department designated him a global terrorist two years ago and put a $1 million bounty on his head earlier this year. david willis reports from washington. the white house hasn't released details of the operation that brought about the death of hamza bin laden or its timing. there have been various reports here in recent months suggesting that he had been killed, but this is the first time president trump has confirmed the news. the son of the man who masterminded the september 11 terrorist attacks, hamza bin laden had called for further attacks on the united states to avenge his father's killing. and earlier this year, the us state department offered a $1 million reward for information leading to his capture. president trump, in a brief stat

environmental groups, including greenpeace russia, have warned of serious consequences if the stationtorms or accidents. a new storm has brought heavy rain to the bahamas two weeks after hurricane dorian devastated the caribbean islands. tropical storm humberto is passing east of great abaco island, one of the areas which were worst hit. the storm is expected to bring up to ten centimetres of rain in some areas although no significant storm surge is expected. the state funeral for former president robert mugabe has taken place in zimbabwe. at the ceremony in the national sports stadium, african leaders paid tribute to him as a hero of campaigns that freed many countries from colonial rule and apartheid. but the event was sparsely attended with many zimbabweans choosing not to go. 0ur correspondent anne soy has been following the days events. a state farewell for robert mugabe — the highest honour in zimbabwe, a country he led to independence and ruled for close to four decades. family, including his wife grace, as well as current and former leaders from more than a dozen african count

world as part of the anti climate change movement started by swedish teenager gratitude in moscow greenpeace activists took over a stadium. calling for action on climate change wrong was one of 180 cities and towns in se when mass protests took place with many schools letting students out safely in order to take part will turn back as self addressed half a 1000000 people at a rally in the canadian city of montreal a 16 year old activist told the crowd the fight against climate change won't stop until while latest take the problem seriously canadian prime minister justin trudeau was among those who marched at the rally but even he was criticized by 10 back for not doing enough at it the news out but i'll be back in just a couple of minutes with another full bulletin for you in a bit. on the streets of greece anti immigrant violence is on the rise there or you have to go from over 20 of this and that group this is all from plus ism and increasingly migrant farm workers of victims a vicious beatings. is helping the pakistani community to find a voice the stories we don't often hear told by the

environmental groups, including greenpeace russia, have warned of serious consequences if the stationnsic scientists in the mexican state of jalisco say they have managed to identify 44 bodies found in a well outside the city of guadalajara. the remains were discovered in early september after locals complained of a bad smell. mexican police have given no details about the victims. with me is our americas editor, candace piette. first of all, what is the impact of the latest development? well, jalisco, where this is taking place, is one of the most violent states in mexico. two very and dangerous cartels are at war with each other there. so the size of this mass grave that has been found has really shocked many people all over mexico and has reminded people of the case of the 43 students who were killed a few years ago. and the kind of activism that started around that case since then. but it has also shown how violent the war in jalisco has become. and also, the tragedy of the vast amount of people in mexico who have disappeared and who have been killed, and the lack of interest in f