democratic republic of the congo has been in a state of political unrest the country's president joseph kabila has refused to give up power despite term limits stipulated in the constitution that meant he should have left office by the end of two thousand and sixteen protests have occurred nationwide since then journalists trying to cover the demonstrations have been arrested threatened and harassed by both the police and the intelligence service while various media outlets have had the plug pulled on their signals their transmissions cut however journalists in the d r c face more than just threats and intimidation eighty percent of congolese media outlets are in the hands of or controlled by politicians that means all kinds of stories of corruption this management and human rights abuses go on told and the d r c is not a small country geographically it's the second biggest in africa and it has the fourth largest population on the continent the listening posts johannah who's now in the state of journalism in the d r c and the media space in which information has become a splintered us politics

he denies all the charges against him as promising to return for a presidential run president joseph kabila has ruled that the r.c. for seventeen years his term in office officially ended in december twenty sixth dean but elections have been repeatedly delayed was brought in the protesters are accusing him of trying to hang on to power the constitution bars him from seeking a third term but could be still hasn't confirmed that he won't run again elections are now separate december but whoever emerges as leader will have major challenges to deal with more than a million people have been forced from their homes in eastern province as the military battles armed groups. the chaos has left nearly eight million people on the verge of starvation. the opposition are optimistic but there's still a great deal of uncertainty. will risk arrest to be returned home it's also still unknown it could be low will seek to hold on to power or if the election will be delayed once again. al-jazeera. and watching the news hour live from london still ahead hands across the basque country demonstrators form a two h

president joseph kabila second term ended in december of two thousand and sixteen and kabila has delayed a new election several times citing a threat of violence like of economic resources and voter registration issues. and will be a candidate as you all. members attorney says the former vice president plans to return to brussels to be with his wife and five children and decide what move he makes next. rolls royces announced it'll cost another four thousand six hundred jobs mostly in the u.k. and its latest bid to save money the british engine maker in threats the cuts to free up more than five hundred million dollars a year by the end of twenty twenty now this is a particularly tricky time for rolls royces it's been having problems with the jet engines it makes for boeing's seven eight seven dreamliner this is force planes to be grounded for inspections angering airlines five thousand jobs were previously slashed after a series of profit warnings in twenty fourteen who brennan has more from the rolls royce offices in london. in some ways this is a natural progression from january's rest

president joseph kabila second term ended in december of two thousand and sixteen and kabila has delayed a new election several times citing a third of violence lack of economic resources and voter registration issues that will come and will be a candidate as you all. members attorney says the former vice president plans to return to brussels to be with his wife and five children and decide what move he makes next. the un human rights chief has called for an international inquiry into violations in the region of kashmir divided between india and pakistan they'd rather al hussein says india has used excessive force in response to recent protests pakistan is misusing its anti terror legislation to quash dissent and the un envoy is calling for an investigation into allegations that mass graves are being found in the kashmir valley. the un general assembly has passed a resolution which condemns israel over the recent violence on its border with gaza one hundred twenty nations voted in favor eight countries voted against among them the u.s. it is now mandated the secretary general to explore

president joseph kabila second term ended in december of two thousand and and sixteen. bell has delayed a new election several times citing a third of violence like of economic resources and voter registration issues. will come back and will be a candidate as you was in two thousand. members attorney says the former vice president plans to return to brussels to be with his wife and five children and decide what move he makes next. on al-jazeera. now rolls royce has announced it will cause another four thousand six hundred jobs mostly in the united kingdom and its latest effort to save money the british engine maker expects the cuts to free up more than five hundred million dollars a year by the end of twenty twenty is a tricky time for rolls royce it's been having problems with the jet engines it makes for the bearing seventy seven dreamliner this is forced planes to be grounded for inspections angering lines five thousand positions were previously slashed after a series of profit warnings in twenty fourteen. paul brennan is all reporter keeping an eye on this rolls roy

president joseph kabila has ruled that the r.c. for seventeen years his term in office officially ended in december twenty sixth enough but elections have been repeatedly delayed was a drop of the protesters are accusing him of trying to hang on to power the constitution bars him from seeking a third term but could be still hasn't confirmed that he won't run again elections are now set for december but whoever emerges as leader will have major challenges to deal with more than a million people have been forced from their homes in eastern province as the military battles armed groups the chaos has left nearly eight million people on the verge of starvation. the opposition are optimistic but there's still a great deal of uncertainty. will risk arrest to be returned home it's also still unknown it could be low will seek to hold on to power or if the election will be delayed once again since mon how jazeera tens of thousands of people have united in spain's boss country to show their support for independence from spain they formed a hu

president joseph kabila second term ended in december of two thousand and sixteen and kabila has delayed a new election several times citing a third of violence like of economic resources and voter registration issues that will come back and will be a candidate as you all. of them as attorney says the former vice president plans to return to brussels to be with his wife and five children and decide what move he makes next gen al jazeera. he says sanctions against north korea won't be lifted until it has completely denuclearized might compare is on a diplomatic tour to brief america's asian allies on tuesday a summit between. his comments appear to contradict north korea's view that the process would be phased and reciprocal far sneery has more from beijing. the last stop on u.s. secretary of state might prompt payors asian tour following the summit in singapore it's here in beijing he met chinese president xi jinping where he told him how important it was for him and us president donald trump that from peo is here to personally speak to him about what has been achieved in singapore as we

president joseph kabila second term ended in december of two thousand and sixteen and kabila has delayed a new election several times citing a third of violence like of economic resources and voter registration issues. will come back and will be a candidate as he was in two thousand. members attorney says the former vice president plans to return to brussels to be with his wife and five children and decide what move he makes next. on al jazeera haiti has banned oxfam great britain from operating in the country after its stuffer accused of sexual misconduct the haitian government said the charity had violated laws and people's dignity it's alleged that some aid workers including a former country director used prostitutes working there after the twenty ten quake . the u.s. media company comcast which owns the n.b.c. television network and the universal phone brand has been sixty five billion dollars for twenty first century fox not except for a showdown with walt disney which is already locked in its own multibillion dollar bid for the same assets the move come from comcast comes to us one

president joseph kabila has ruled that the r.c.for seventeen years his term in office officially ended in december twenty sixth enough but elections have been repeatedly delayed was brought out of the protesters are accusing him of trying to hang on to power the constitution bars him from seeking a third term but could be still hasn't confirmed that he won't run again elections are now separate december but whoever emerges as leader will have major challenges to deal with more than a million people have been forced from their homes in eastern province as the military battles armed groups the chaos has left nearly eight million people on the verge of starvation. the opposition are optimistic but there's still a great deal of uncertainty. will risk arrest to be returned home it's also still unknown it could be a will seek to hold on to power or if the election will be delayed once again since monohan how jazeera. as we build up now to the world cup in russia just five days to go in one team has got more than just scoring goals on the

president joseph kabila second term ended in december of two thousand and sixteen and kabila has delayed a new election several times citing a third of violence like of economic resources and voter registration issues. and will be a candidate as you all. members attorney says the former vice president plans to return to brussels to be with his wife and five children and decide what move he makes next. on al-jazeera. and it's time for his efforts and i would said we know that south asia as we can see behind geno does get well soon rain across the board every year but we specific areas highlighted on that really get hit very badly yeah . this is southwest the monsoon so the general faded. across the buying gold feeding into the land on the other side fast but they tend to get the flooding and that's the case and of course it's a massive relief or some of. terrible rains are talking about disasters once again and there you go there's that long sea track right the way from southern parts of india right across the gold into myanmar into bangladesh and we have yes we have seen some flooding he

rally comes ahead of december's election that could end seventeen years in power of president joseph kabila to me as the former governor of the country's katanga province and seen as the leading opposition candidate in the election. this was a demonstration to everyone showing that moyes is alive and is preoccupied with the situation of all congolese and also to say that we have a project which can properly resolve all these problems we want to transform the congo restore its greatness but also we want to unify the congolese people the support today about people showing that we will overcome. all the one hundred thousand supporters of the roumanian government have held a protest in bucharest routing social democratic party alleges that prosecutors have too much power and accuse them of tapping phones illegally and unjustly targeting officials as part of an anti corruption campaign critics say the government rally is designed to intimidate judges. supporters of the british far right activist tommy robinson of march to london calling them to be released from jail robinson his real name is ste

sentenced on separate charges of bribing witnesses during his trial you know the country's president joseph kabila were not seek a third term in december's election that's according to the prime minister kabila second and final term was meant to end in twenty sixteen but he's perspire and elections twice due to fighting in the country the opposition is accused could be in love arranging the delays to stay in office. and aide to donald trump has apologized for a personal attack against canada's prime minister after last week's g. seven summit peter navarro said there was a special place in hell for just and should try and get allies by imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports but he stands by his decision alan fischer as well. as he was making friends with this enemy in singapore u.s. president donald trump also talked about making enemies of his friends the fallout from the g. seven summit in canada has followed him here but the president insists his goal is fear or treat the united states because of bad management because of presidents and didn't care about trade or didn't understand it or

washington the president of democratic republic of congo joseph kabila will not seek a third term in december's election. that's according to the prime minister kabila second and final term was meant to end in twenty sixteen but he's perspire and elections twice due to fighting in the country the opposition says the delays were arranged by could be to keep himself in office. the football world cup begins on thursday and hosts russia go into the tournament is the lowest ranked of the thirty two teams they haven't progressed out of the group stage since one thousand nine hundred eighty six their best hope for victory comes in the tournaments opening match against saudi arabia later on wednesday fifa will decide who will host the event and twenty twenty six the voters between morocco and a joint bid from the united states canada and mexico sports reporter travis waldron from the huffington post believes the united bid will win. if you listen to the north american officials from the u.s. canada and mexico. they've said in the last few days that back in february and march they were a litt

faces separate charges for bribing witnesses during his trial and the country's current president joseph kabila will not seek a third term in december's election that's according to the prime minister congolese presidents are allowed to serve only two terms could be the second and final term was meant to end in two thousand and sixteen but he's postponed elections twice due to fighting in the country the opposition says the delays were arranged by kabila to keep himself in office macedonia has agreed to change its name to resolve a decades old dispute with greece its new name is the republic of northern macedonia the issue's been a stumbling block to the country's bid to join the european union and nato johnson reports from athens. the agreement between prime ministers and alexis tsipras is the fruit of six months of negotiation that ends a twenty seven year standoff between the countries both men heralded the deal as a new era for the whole of south eastern europe renamed savannah macedonia the republic of northern macedonia he says neighbor takes a step closer to e.u. and nato membership see

david: and a club -- >> and a close friend of joseph kabila, and i think these government ties have putf scrutiny on glencore and girl are as well. mark: what are analysts saying? >> the broad consensus is glencore is making some way insulting its problems. i think that -- i think it is interesting that the shares have not moved much today. if it is good news, shouldn't the shares be rallying more? they are clearly trying hard to solve these issues. isn't this tricky, because they are contractually obliged to pay him mining royalties, but it is not straightforward? >> it is a very competent issue. had threatened to take him to court and take over glencore's access -- assets of the congo. they figured this was the best solution all around. mark: and the u.k.'s white-collar crime prosecutor is planning on opening a full bribery investigation? a glencore has really been in pickle in the congo this year. it will be interesting to see how the u.k. bribery investigation plays out, what happens with that. it is safe to say that we just don't know. mark: and glencore is doing well? >> it has un

responsible for their crimes meanwhile the country's president the country's current president joseph kabila will not seek a third term in december's election that's according to the prime minister congolese presidents are only allowed to serve two terms of kabila second and final term was meant to end in two thousand and sixteen but he's perspire and elections twice due to fighting in the country the opposition says the delays were arranged by kabila to keep himself in office. french president has called italy cynical and irresponsible for refusing to allow a ship carrying six hundred twenty nine refugees to dock ship will now head to spain which has offered to take them in refugees were rescued from the sea off libya at the weekend but then found themselves stranded when both italy and malta refused to give their rescue boat permission to dock another journey to the spanish puerto valencia will take three to four days the ship will be accompanied by two italian coast guard boats john hall reports from rome for four days they've been aboard the aquarius relief at being rescued short lived n

but could not be held criminally responsible for the crimes meanwhile that the current president joseph kabila will not seek a third term in the same brazil election that's according to the prime minister all these presidents are only allowed to serve two terms as second and final term was meant to end in two thousand and sixteen but he's postponed elections twice due to fighting in the country the opposition says that the lays were arranged by kabila to keep himself in office you're watching out jazeera coming up in sports will it be fifth time lucky for morocco as they wait to see if they will host the twenty twenty six football world cup. and now here is summer with all the sport. thank you very much barbara well it is just two days until the world cup gets on the way and hosts russia go into the time into as the lowest ranked of the thirty two teams while they haven't progress out of the group stages since nine hundred eighty six the best hope for victory comes in the tournaments the opening match against saudi arabia author's day. everyone you ask even a favorite like the brazilians what

bamber could not be held criminally responsible for their crimes the country's current president joseph kabila will not seek a third term in december's election as according to the prime minister congolese presidents are only allowed to serve two terms because real a second and final term was meant to end in two thousand and sixteen but he perspire only election twice due to fighting in the country the opposition says these delays were a range by kabila to keep himself in office. macedonia has agreed to changes name to resolve a decades old dispute with greece to its new name is the republic of northern macedonia issue's been a stumbling block to the country's bid to join the european union and nato johnson happiness reports from athens. the agreement between prime ministers and alexis tsipras is the fruit of six months of negotiation that ends a twenty seven year standoff between the countries both men heralded the deal as a new era for the whole of south eastern europe renamed savannah macedonia the republic of northern macedonia reeses neighbor takes a step closer to nato membership see for