, after french from the tiny island of reunion in the indian ocean, after french social services sold her a lie. did you ever see your sister again? unlike marlene, marise was too young to choose her new french life. her biological mother had put her into care in reunion when she was just a month old. marise was resettled by social services to mainland france aged six. maryse is one of the newest members of a group that has been battling for years to find out why 2150 children were uprooted from their island and moved to france. in a vicarage near toulouse, they're accounting their stories. not everyone had a bad experience, but many suffered terribly. there was racism, sexual abuse and violence, as well as loss of their culture and identity. marlene is here, too. both she and maryse will soon travel back to reunion for the first time courtesy of the french state, which is perhaps finally listening. for two years a government appointed commission has been investigating what happened to these men and women at the hands of france. many here have shocking stories to tell. once a fre

for many this indian ocean island is what paradise looks like the remote atoll is home to the world's largest population of giant tortoises and is the spawning grind for a number of rare species. the seychelles government has now signed a bill restricting nearly all human activity in the water is a grand isle da prop it's the result of a unique deal with its predecessors debt relief in exchange for protecting biodiversity the ambitious plan places thirty percent of the country's territorial waters under protection putting it way ahead of the global marine protected area target of ten percent by twenty twenty took four years to put this together but what happened was is over that time period the seychelles was a poster child of what you do to come out of a debt crisis they were running positive budget surpluses they successfully footed the currency they reduced reduce their debt to g.d.p. ratio in the late two thousand as the seychelles was one of the world's most indebted countries according to the world bank sovereign debt peaked at nearly one billion us dollars today the finance min

taipei with the night a power struggle in the popular holiday spot the mall deaves has plunged this indian ocean island into a deep political crisis president abdoulaye young mean ordered the arrest of the former president and two supreme court judges on monday yummy declared a state of emergency now the standoff between the president and the supreme court erupted when the tribunals ordered the release of imprisoned opposition leaders. judges at the supreme court found themselves on the other side of the law during the early morning raid on tuesday two were arrested including the chief justice their detention comes after they ordered the release of political dissidents and made it possible for the opposition to impeach the president. protestors rist arrest in the capital on monday their fear eous at the president for ignoring the court's ruling last week to free nine jailed opposition leaders the judges said their trials had been politically motivated. with the unrest growing the government has moved to give itself extra police powers the president has declared a state of emergency for the next

india by the name of the india indian ocean. they've been a ride to follow ever. well not only in what he and i don't know. thirty kilometers lie ahead and fall a bow as of being tossed about the river. thank . god. i don't know what's going on thank god. i'm hungry. the time is the hold the bamboo slowly loosened every time the raft hit some rocks . the raft risks breaking up. thank uncle. thank. you the whole i stood you level old boy old me would be on me helping all my all but i'm a bit weak you'll be island. and i am going to go without warning you that you'll be details to help when you all can. go. you know. if we have. the men know well the dangers of the long run. up ahead the cave ghost passage will test. the legendary mekong river old mother of waters is vietnam's main waterway. it nourishes the six countries through which it flows including laos which borders vietnam. after travelling five thousand kilometers from its source in the himalayas this is where the river vents its rate. over time it's carved out the cone fulls one of the widest waterfalls in

verdict had been influenced by the government this ruling could change the balance of power in this indian ocean state. well here in germany has reported its third consecutive annual loss for twenty seventeen the bank is blaming us tax reforms for the less than rosy figures which impacted the total write off for the year c.e.o. john prine says if it weren't for the tax changes the bank would have stayed well in the blank black but other issues continue to plague its balance sheets including the high fines it's paying after being found guilty of market manipulation. earlier we talked with our correspondent daniel cope at deutsche bank's headquarters asking him to break down this half a billion loss for us. in general is saying that they feel that they are on the right track that the main reason why we're seeing those rather bad numbers at the moment is because of rather low interest rates and also because of the tax reform in the united states in the first statement the bank is reporting that without that tax reform they would have been even in the plas with nine hundred and nine hundred million

and then sort of the along the ocean coast trade routes through singapore up of the coast of the indian ocean and ultimately into the mediterranean through through the through the persian gulf. but of course now that there is a may is not endorsing it well at all it would have no role going to pull up up what do you think the people in beijing are going to think when they read in the papers that to raise them a refuses to endorse their project. i mean i suppose it's it's a setback from a from a chinese perspective from a beijing perspective it's also an opportunity. if if theresa may had come on board and said yes we are with it then they would be touting that as here's further evidence that everyone else should be a part of this this is a legitimate project this is not china trying to be you know saying it's illegitimate. well again there's this there is this you know always an open question about what are the strategic interests. and do they align with us what is the conversation being had now and the tree some a has said no we're not going to get on board is. china phobia is alive and well

they are today mapping the seabed of the indian ocean. and they are not doing it to find fish. they want to know where they can put their submarines when they develop an undersea fleet. this is an aggressive development. there is a panel on china tomorrow. what we require is a comprehensive american strategy. the president has raised the ofues of chinese violations their obligations under international trade agreement, their piracy of intellectual property, their discrimination against foreign business people in china, but we need a political military strategy as well. linkage. that all of these issues are together. trumphink that president now has convinced both north korea and china that barack obama is no longer president which is the single most important thing that he could do. mistake,] but make no cia director mike pompeo said recently, north korea is within a handful of months, his phrase to having the capability of thermonuclear weapons on any american city they want. the trump administration has some very hard decisions to make in the future. if china really believed

when we have the same kind of storm in the indian ocean, we call it a cyclone. and when it happens in the atlantic or the eastern pacific, we call it a hurricane. - you mentioned tropical storms, are they just little hurricanes? - tropical storms are a little bit weaker than hurricanes. it all depends on how strong the winds are. if the winds are 74 miles per hour or stronger, we call it a hurricane. if the winds are below 74 miles an hour, it's a tropical storm. - how about a tropical depression? guess that's not just a storm feeling sad? - (chuckles) no, you're right. a tropical depression is weaker than a tropical storm. before you can get to a tropical storm or hurricane, it's gotta start from somewhere. tropical depression is weaker. - thanks, professor. - thank you. - when it comes to understanding violent weather patterns, i guess it's best to be on good terms with mother nature. - if you are afraid of clowns, you won't wanna miss my report. next on teen kids news. - [narrator] closed captioning is brought to you by. - they dress funny, they look funny. a

the marine special plan is the first of its kind in the indian ocean. healthy coral i want everything that i do or should make a difference and if you have any i think it's a really wonderful feeling knowing that whatever information. it's going to want you to the way we do conservation bags going to have a positive in. america so they can be one of the projects runs until twenty twenty by which time the first long term. section plans should be in place the ecosystem in the seychelles is counting on it. in most countries women are an accepted part of the workforce but there are still big differences between nations such as when it comes to the proportion of women in the painted labor force in the us fifty six percent of women and girls over the age of fifteen engage in paid work in the e.u. that figure is slightly lower fifty one percent but in the middle east and north africa an average of just twenty one percent of women have paid work. in jordan that figure is just fourteen percent. change their. drilling hammering and hauling and all in a huge job i

resist across the sands to its new home the indian ocean conservationist. is satisfied with a job well done but back in his office he seems on the money he immediately sets out on a mission to save another title. young was on my walk involves risking sea turtles that have been caught accidentally by fishermen when you're bored. sea turtles are amazing creatures. they're also an endangered species. if they weren't protected there's a chance i may never even have known about them so my story. security has been walking with sea turtles for a decade now. before the project started. about these all the stuff was. in what's happening on earth and cost title protection is being spearheaded by an organization called local ocean trust. turtles were coming up to nest on the beach here in the what henri national park. a times they would get so people became quite upset about all of that and sort of patrolling the beach at night and that's how the first program started everything back in the day started. here. by the local fishermen he drives through the villages buyin

reporter: for many, this indian ocean island is what paradise looks like. the remote island is home to the world's largest population of giant tortoises, and is the spawning ground for a number of rare species. the seychelles government has signed a bill restricting nearly all human activity in the waters around it. it is the result of a unique deal with its creditors -- debt relief in exchange for protecting biodiversity. the ambitious plan faces 30% of the country's territorial waters underproduction, putting it away ahead of the global marine-protected area target of 10% by 2020. >> it took four years to put this together, but over that time, the seychelles was a poster child of what you do to come out of a debt crisis. they were running positive budget surpluses, reduced their debt to gdp ratio. reporter: in the late to thousands, the seychelles was one of the world most indebted countries. sovereign debt peaked near the one billion u.s. dollars. today the finance ministry says it stands at less than half of that. many fishermen accept that the long-ter

resurrect a four hundred year old sea link in the south of thailand the waterway would link the indian ocean and the man sea with the gulf of thailand in the south china sea when hey traveled to seek out to a coastal community during the winter season thailand and i'm in khost is often dark and moody tourists go home leaving local fisherman to ply their trade in relative peace but life could become a lot busier if the proposed shipping canal cuts through here some welcome the prospect of investment while others doubt their lives would change for the better. when it comes to megaprojects it's never the people who benefit it's only the rich people big people from bangkok who get more rich from it and never get anything and the government never helps at the moment ships sailing between europe and china for example travel through the dangerous and congested malacca straits often stopping in singapore to refuel or unload before continuing the tide canal would cut more than one thousand kilometers off the journey but could drastically cut into singapore's shipping trade. the backers of this canal

has plunged this indian ocean island into deep political crisis president abdulla yummie ordered the arrest of a former president and two supreme court justices now on monday yummie declared a state of emergency the standoff between the president and the supreme court it all erupted when the tribunal ordered the release of imprisoned opposition leaders as collating tensions are worrying foreign governments and the people of the maltese who rely heavily on tourism. judges at the supreme court found themselves on the other side of the law during the early morning raid on tuesday two were arrested including the chief justice their detention comes after they ordered the release of political dissidents and made it possible for the opposition to impeach the president. protesters risk arrest in the capital monday on monday they're furious at the president for ignoring the court's ruling last week to free nine jailed opposition leaders the judges said their trials had been politically motivated. with the unrest growing the government has moved to give itself extra police powers the president

for many this indian ocean island is what paradise looks like the remote atal is home to the world's largest population of giant tortoises and is the spawning ground for a number of rare species. the seychelles government has now signed a bill restricting nearly all human activity in the waters around aldabra it's the result of a unique deal with its predecessors debt relief in exchange for protecting biodiversity . in a nutshell. the seychelles managed to. cons. of its debt through debt swap loan agreement facilitated by the nature conservancy and this debt restructuring. and mabel for a certain. amount to be repaid into a trust fund for all to fund conservation related projects and activities the ambitious plan places thirty percent of the country's territorial waters under protection putting it way ahead of the global marine protected area targets of ten percent by twenty twenty four years to put this together but what happened was is over that time period the seychelles was a poster child of what you do to come out of a debt crisis they were running positive budget surpluses they

verdicts had been influenced by the government a ruling that could change the balance of power in the indian ocean state. some eighteen people are injured after a vehicle caught fire and crashed into pedestrians in shanghai police are calling it an accident they say the driver of the van was smoking while transporting gas tanks the cargo that ignited and the driver lost consciousness hundreds of miners trapped for over a day in a south african mine have been safely evacuated buses carried them away from the facility some nine hundred fifty miners became stuck underground after a storm knocked out power to the mine's alligators no serious injuries have been reported trade union say the incident reflects ongoing safety problems in the industry. and a new study suggests polar bears are starving during what should be their prime hunting season scientists at the u.s. geological survey say global warming is melting the sea ice making it harder for the arctic predators to catch seals the study says that also of affects their ability to reproduce and their chances of survival. you're watching the news sti

for many this indian ocean island is what paradise looks like the remote atal is home to the world's largest population of giant tortoises and is the spawning grounds and for a number of rare species. the seychelles government has now signed a bill restricting nearly all human activity in the waters around. it's the result of a unique deal with its predecessors debt relief in exchange for protecting biodiversity the ambitious plan places thirty percent of the country's territorial waters under protection putting it way ahead of the global marine protected area target of ten percent by twenty twenty four years to put this together but what happened was is over that time period the seychelles was a poster child of what you do to come out of a debt crisis they were running positive budget surpluses they successfully footed the currency the debt to g.d.p. ratio in the late two thousand the seychelles was one of the world's most indebted countries according to the world bank sovereign debt peaked at nearly one billion us dollars today the finance ministry says it stands at less than half

of africa strategically located on the state of baghdad meant that the shipping lanes link the indian oceanto the red sea channeling more than half a cargo between europe and asia djibouti is also close to regional conflict zones including yemen somalia and sudan as well as the swiss canal because of its strategically important position the united states chose duty to set up its first permanent military base in africa more than a dozen drone flights are operated daily from camplin one year as well as training and planning for security operations across the region. france also has a military base in djibouti and china set up its first major military base overseas there japan italy spain saudi arabia station troops there as well ironically the country more dependent for its economic survival and djibouti has no military presence landlocked a few open receives eighty percent of its imports from the port china is building an additional port for djibouti and it has recently built a much needed railway line for the transportation of passengers and goods between ethiopia and djibouti the decades l

industry groups are pressuring the thai government to consider a waterway that would link the indian ocean and the andaman sea with the gulf of thailand on the south china sea. during the wait seas in thailand and i'm in khost is often dark and moody tourists go home leaving local fisherman to ply their trade in relative peace but life could become a lot busier if the proposed shipping canal cuts through here some welcome the prospect of investment while others doubt their lives would change for the better. when it comes to make of projects it's never the people who benefit it's only the rich people big people from bangkok who get more rich from it and never get anything and the government never helps at the moment ships sailing between europe and china for example travel through the dangerous and congested malacca strait often stopping in singapore to refuel or unload before continuing the tide canal would cut more than one thousand kilometers off the journey but could drastically cut into singapore's shipping trade the backers of this canal proposal have many problems to overcome not lea

this is all about the indian ocean, by the way. the pakistanis will go get that aid we are going to hold back easily from china. they can make that up. what we need to do with the pakistanis is take it gloves off. 16 years they have been harboring the afghan taliban. they have american and afghan blood on their hands. we have to sanction them and if that doesn't work, we have to target those safe havens. david: the places within pakistan. >> yes. david: we are facing another budget deadline this week. and at best what we are going to get is another one of these continuing resolutions for a short-term budget fix. but that doesn't fix the military, does it? >> not even close. as the name implies, continuing resolution provides the funding level from the previous year. the funding level from the previous year is buying a military that's the smallest in 75 years. 50% of our aircraft in all three services are not fly dog to spare parts. i can make a laundry list of some other problems. we have got to get an appropriated budget for 2018

strategy is traditionally known as kind of a cross the eurasian landmass and then they basically indian ocean being, i forget what which ones the road but essentially, respect the road. i know it's kind of flipped on a lot of these but no. it's important to note that leadership takes a much more cognizant approach of national security interest in terms of how opec as utilized as a tool for foreign assessment. we are taking through not just traditionally, we basically look at and where a small agency so really this is our resources have been devoted which is in terms of us interest in investing and developing countries, how can we support that project? it's on a project by project basis and the idea now is can we tank of a bit more broadly, can we have the regional strategy of specific country strategy and you know, taking lessons from the past, is it smart to look at this as throwing in dollar for dollar or is it kind of taking a cue from i guess being a more digitally connected world, where communication is much broader and in your face, can we take a bit more of a strategic view of looking

range and they found there was no real genetic differences between birds for example from the indian ocean, the pressures for them to move would increase and they would do so quite readily. clearly the underlying issue here is global warming will stop beyond addressing that, other other solutions that can be found to make sure these colonies of king penguins can survive? there are limits to what we can do because there are very few islands for them to move to. we can‘t create them, they may be created by volcanic activity but others may be eroded by sea conditions and become unsuitable. so it‘s reallyjust a matter of trying to sort out global emissions, and trying to make sure all these islands stay as pristine as possible, avoid introducing predators that may make them more unsuitable still. dr ratcliffe, thank you very much forjoining us. now, let‘s go back to those all—important now, let‘s go back to those all—importa nt weather forecasts, a lot of very severe weather on the way. nothing warmer on the immediate horizon indeed as the wind picks up, the wind—chill will become more signifi

they're bringing ships into the indian ocean on a regular basis.ne belt one road initiative is a major investment strategy in infrastructure stretching from china through southern asia into the middle east and up into eastern europe. why? because they want to have geopolitical influence as a result of that economic influence. they want to weaken india, who is a major power in the region, just like they want to weaken the united states. china actually has stated out front in recent weeks that they want to replace the united states as the preimminent global power in the world. they see us as a declining power and they see themselves as a rising power. the national security strategy of the united states identified china as the long term strategic threat the united states is facing in the world. >> dana: and are we prepared to deal with that threat? >> we're getting there. first of all, i think what this administration, dana, has done, look at the world the way it really is. china, russia, iran, north korea, radical islam. these are adversaries in the

hey traveled to seek how where industry groups are pressuring the thai government to link the indian ocean and the andaman sea with the gulf of thailand and the south china sea. during the weird season thailand's endelman coast is often dark and moody tourists go home leaving local fishermen to ply their trade in relative peace but life could become a lot busier you proposed shipping canal cuts through here some welcome the prospect of investment while others doubt their lives would change for the better. when it comes to megaprojects it's never the people who benefit it's only the rich people big people from bangkok who get more rich from it and never get anything and the government never helps at the moment ships sailing between europe and china for example travel through the dangerous and congested malacca strait often stopping in singapore to refuel or unload before continuing the tide canal would cut more than one thousand kilometers off the journey but could drastically cut into singapore's shipping trade the backers of this canal proposal have many problems to overcome not least of