>> the javari valley is a very important area for brazil. entryway to two other countries. we're in a triple frontier there. there are several social problems there to be faced, mainly the most important of which is security. our work has focused on safeguarding our communities, especially access to public policies, and also to protect them from non-indigenous ople who have othernterests in our territory. most of the indigenous people in the region have given us the mandate to represent them. so we are an organization that represents all the indigenous peoples living in that region. so the reflection we bring, the problem we bring is, how is brazil taking care of its borders? and how is brazil taking care of its original indigenous people? because we are dying and our partners are dying, and we're dying in a very abrupt and cruel manner. what we've observed in the region is a deliberate lack of action by the brazilian government, and that has led to the victimization of our peoples, nonprection of our peoples and of our territory in the nati

shot dead as they investigated the involvement of organised crime with commercial fishing in the javari valley son, and two brothers, of one of the three men charged with the murders. environmental and indigenous campaigners say the killings of mr pereira and mr phillips reflect the lawlessness that prevails in brazil's amazon region. concerns are rising for a beluga whale which has been spotted in france's river seine, far from the cold arctic waters it's used to, after it refused food and appears emaciated. the whale has swum 160 km up the seine, past the port of rouen and towards the french capital. officials say markings have begun to appear on its skin, a possible sign of deteriorating health. the white house has called china's actions in and around the taiwan strait "provocative and irresponsible". it comes after taiwan's defence ministry said that chinese aircraft and warships had been rehearsing an attack on the island. it follows a trip to taiwan by the senior us democrat nancy pelosi which china viewed as a challenge to its claims of sovereignty over the island. from taipei, here's t

phillips and pereira went missing in brazil's javari valley in june.their remains were found dismembered about two weeks later. you can go to democracynow.org to see our interview with indigenous lawyer eliesio marubo in brasÍlia about calls to independently investigate their murders. and "the san francisco chronicle" reports at least seven employees with the san francisco district attorney's office have resigned since brooke jenkins was appointed da in july. she replaced former progressive da chesa boudin, who was ousted by voters in june in a multimillion-dollar-funded special recall election led by the real estate industry. 15 other staff members were fired following the recall election. jenkins said she volunteered in boudin's recall efforts but now it has received over $100,000 as a consultant for a nonprofit called neighbors for a better san francisco, linked to efforts targeting boudin, who aimed to reform the criminal justice system but faced mountg attacks by the real estate industry. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!