let's just listen into what's being said there at that ceremony in kigali. i want to work on you, the president, my friend, and you, our dedication to london today is a moment to speak to the present and the future. wider reflecting on the past that brought us here as the president the president has just med unimportant stedman to the getty genocide memorial. this was a powerful speech or the special meaning for what is taking place now. and which we're arisen it well beyond the one his was well, something more vulnerable than an apology. the they were the truth speaking the truth is a risk, but you do it because it is right. even went to cost you something even when it is an, a popular despite some loud noises and voices president, mark grove took this step politically and morally. this was a knocked over tremendous courage. the these risks paid off because there was good faith on both sides. it was important not to rush the process. the facts had to be proper established. our respective societies also needed the chance to the bed and the re but it one was

and so micron began his tor kigali genocide memorial. the phones the funds did not understand that by wanting to block a regional conflict of a civil war. it started the fact code by a genocidal my dream in memorial documents the role trans played in the genocide and the events leading up to it. the captain of this image thought about the military support that the french government gave to the regime of president javier amana. the way that the history is told is very much according to the r p. f version of events and not the narrative that micron and the government of france had now come to accept. but that wasn't always the case. the french government accused the r p. f of shooting down happy ramona's french crude plain. in april 1994 triggering the genocide, it also accused the p. f of massacring hutus. they're both things that kick me and the r p. f. have always, vehemently denied. and france has now stopped talking about london activists have been jailed or killed for questioning the official narrative opposition politician victor ly

speaking at a memorial in kigali this thursday.fter years of rwandan accusations that france was complicit in the 1994 atrocities. >> the kigali genocide room -- memorial, the final resting place for some quarter million victims of the 1994 genocide that killed at least on -- 800,000 mostly tutsi rwandans. >> standing here today with humility and respect, by your side, i have come to recognize our responsibilities. >> as the first french president to give us beach here -- to give a speech here, emmanuel macron solemnly detailed the facts. while stopping short of offering a formal apology, he went further than his predecessors. >> only those who went through that horror can perhaps forgive. and give us the gift of forgiveness. >> the historic visit comes two months after french inquiry panel came out with a long report on the country's role in the genocide, concluding that officials and their colonial attitude had been blind in support for the fallen regime. the president hailed the speech as an act of tremendous courage. >> his wor

and that is all duty in 2021. emanuel micron, the french president's in kigali, and i were wondering genocides memorial. today he laid a reef earlier, took part in a ceremony, and is now just given a very solomon somber speech to the invited dignitaries in which he said, france wasn't an accomplice in rwanda's, 994 genocide. but it did not listen to those who warned it about the situation in rwanda, and that it stood defacto by a genocidal regime. malcolm web r reporter today in kigali, following a manual microns trip there. those are some very, as i said, solomon and important admissions that have been made yes, solemn and humble sounding words from president micron. and what's his 1st step, a visit to rwanda? but clearly a sign of a significant warming off of relations between the 2 countries which have otherwise been fairly frosty for most of the last century. ever since through under civil war and miranda's genocide in 1994. now franz backs the previous government. the government of rwanda that was in power up until then full could gummy, who commanded the r p, f. the rwandan pat

macron began his tour at the kigali memorial. >> france stood by to fact out a genocidal regime.lm: this talks about litary support the french government gave to the military regime. the way the history is told is very much according to the rpf version of events, not a narrative -- now i narrative macron and the government of france have come to accept. but that wasn't always the case for the french government accused the rpf of shooting down the president's plane in april 1990 four, triggering the genocide. it accused the rpf of massacring hutus, both things the rpf have denied. france is now stop talking about them. rwandan activists have been jailed or killed for questioning the official narrative. opposition politician -- this opposition politician spent eight years in prison. >> i was surprised to hear macron to talk today about the past in the future. but if you want a better future for rwanda, you have to include micro c. -- include democracy. we can't achieve peace and stability. malcolm: macron stop short of actually apologizing for france's role in the genocide. that ki

run the most prominent opposition, politicians and there are many opposition. politicians hearing kigali rights groups and political opposition complained is very little freedom of speech. but 2 of them put out the statement, very critical for coming here and showing such open support for the government of rwanda. they sang at a time where it's responsible. and then lastly for crackdowns and right to b. c for detaining people without trial for extra judicial killings. the disappearance is a total lack of freedom of speech. and it's something that long time on the government under the u. s. and the u. k. don't seem to be quite as comfortable with these days as they were in the past, but it's at this moment that we do see president mccomb and the government of france stepping in and warming these relations between rwanda and france, warming them up very much indeed. thank you malcolm web in cali. are the major news today concerns israel and palestine. and the way that is ready and strikes in garza could amounts to walk crimes that came straight from the you and human rights chief michelle

were in here trans without not any more malcolm web out to 0, kigali rwanda and the news ahead israeli security forces accused of using excessive force against palestinians who suffered permanent injuries on a plea for help from the parents of a valor is dissident journalist who was snatched from a diversion passenger plane. ah hello, welcome to look at the international forecast. we're about to lose the some like weather that we've seen across the eastern side of the us. eastern parts of canada recently little area cloud here. the large area cloud that's going to make its way further eastwards and sundry breakdown coming through. so the thursday, temperatures in dacy getting up to 31 degrees celsius. but as we go on towards the weekend to look at the change, the yellow start to push for will lose that deep orange, hugh on our colors here. 15 celsius, the top temperature in dc on saturday. so you really will notice that. and that is because of the thunder re breakdown which extends from the lakes all the way into the deep south. it runs across the appalachians. as we go through friday.

the sounds of the french national anthem echoing in kigali.the second french president to make the trip since the genocide in 1994. mr macron then headed for the gisozi genocide memorial centre, where 250,000 victims are buried. translation: france did not understand that by wanting i to block a regional conflict or a civil war, it stood de facto by a genocidal regime. a report by a french inquiry panel in march said a colonial attitude had blinded then—president francois mitterrand and his officials and that they had serious and overwhelming responsibility for not foreseeing the genocide committed by the hutu government backed by france. translation: and so, | with modesty and respect by your side today, i come to recognise our responsibility. responsibility, but no official apology from france. most certainly a call for forgiveness. translation: only those who went through that - night can perhaps forgive and so could give us the gift of forgiving ourselves. yet emmanuel macron insists french troops were not involved in the massacres. a geno

mac co. physically there today at the susie memorial where quarter the 1000000 buried in kigali with the president and which device groups there. i think that's really incredible when you think this journey in 27 years of where the relations have been before that the meet you obviously will make a big deal about this apology. and for survivors, it is huge. and 5 groups have been very quick to come out and sort of say they out there really disappointed that apology was made. but to be honest, early this year, mac or abuse, to refuse to apologize for the french involvement in algeria. and it's taken pick 2 years to apologize for the reporting to june, to the nazi death camps voluntarily. so, so, you know, wasn't an apology ever likely for political reasons? probably not back home. he got an election in a year's time. he's got both left and right. ready to use any apology to, to try and unseat him. so i think this is sort of be a politic going on. but i think he went as far as he could do, and i think it's present. could army said, what happened was pretty exceptional and was pretty bra

of accusations that his country was complicit in 1994 genocide. malcolm webb has this report from kigali frontage. relations with rwanda have been steadily warming since the french president emanuel macro came to power 4 years ago. rwanda's president, pul cami has visited him in paris twice, but things were frosty for most of the time. since his rwandan patriotic front will r. p. f took control of rwanda in 1994. that was doing rwanda's, genocide, france backs the previous government, took armies enemy in the civil war by providing weapons and military training. many officials from that government organized massacres of ethnic tutsis and modern hutus. then france and soldiers on a un mandate. they created a humanitarian cory door, which also allowed janice adair to escape to gummy accused him of complicity and massacres of tutsis. on the, his rule, rwanda drew closer to the us in the u. k. a quarter of a century of tensions with france followed until now. this is the country that had up to the 1st english harder removed the french david, him borrow, used to be an advisor to become a. he

not any more. malcolm went out to 0. kigali rwanda. nearly 80000 lives known to been lost to k with 1900 and iran, but government officials conceived many more may have died. and after 4 ways, the middle east's worst hit countries facing a 5th, as bank reports now from terror on the buddies come in one after another at thereon largest graveyard factors. after the rough loaded and prepared for burial families, wait patiently for the loved ones washed and shredded according to tradition. they are handed over, prayed over, and then already for burial. ah, this graveyard is vast. the dead buried 3 deep and more grapes have been prepared. 64 year old mohammed leaves out it died from colbert. 19. situation is very bad. i myself got corona 6 months ago, but i recovered my father got it from his labors. my sister and her husband got it, but recovered. he got suddenly during the 4th a, it was the u. k. williams. he was a calm person. he said he didn't want to burden on his children. he didn't want to go to the hospital saying he was okay. you got to use are his mother said a final farewell to his

france his past role in supporting its enemies for relations to proceed. malcolm web al jazeera, kigali, rwanda, not german scientists believe they've worked out why people in very rare cases develop potentially deadly blood clots after receiving the astrazeneca or johnstone johnson vaccines research to london financial times newspaper. the problem has to do with the way that these vaccines deliver proteins which protect cells from cobit 19, is thought with some tweaks, the jobs will no longer trigger reaction that can lead to plunging. surely has the 2nd best vaccination rate in the world, but infections are still rising rather than falling. some experts say the chinese vaccine that's being used is not as effective as jobs and other parts of the world . many also be in the government's eagerness to ease lockdown measures are left america editor lucy and human reports from santiago on overshown piano and long lines lead up to new mobile vaccination centers to speed up inoculations, especially for people under 30 who are now eligible. but the motivation for many of those getting their ja

of france his past role in supporting its enemies for relations to proceed. malcolm web al jazeera kigali rwanda. ah, this is al jazeera, these help stories are masters, political, lead, and gaza is warning of a religious war. if israel persists with its policies around alex, i'm mostly occupied east jerusalem, and elsewhere in the palestinian territories. yes. and we're also keys, us secretary of state and me blinking of trying to stone palestinian divisions lincoln but in egypt and jordan off to intensive talks with israeli and palestinian leaders. the tour gave a boost to the israel. huh. see, saw blake and says he now hopes to build on that and i'm on my conversation with his majesty touched on again a range of topics including the urgent work we need to do together to meet you mandatory and reconstruction needs and gaza. while ensuring that the palestinian people not a mos benefit from this assistance, we discuss jordan's essential role as a custodian of muslim holy places and the importance of preserving the historic status quote attributes on all the sites. jordan also plays a vita

well, malcolm webb was at that ceremony in the capital kigali, and he explains how the 2 countries got to this moment. it certainly follows number events of lead up to this. i mean, it was 11 years ago and president sol cosy, came here, but didn't say anything nearly as didn't acknowledge nearly as much of a role as, as mac has just now for me visited paris twice since mccolan came to power. 2 years ago. things have been steadily storing and in both governments. rwanda and france, commissioned report in the last year or 2 that were both published earlier this year into france's role in the genocide. and now both of those reports kind of pretty much what has been the off line all along is that france was to some degree responsible or even complex. it's been a depending on, on who you are. now with these 2 reports certainly shouldn't be seen as anything that's in any way independent. they're written by 2 players. very much active in this conflict in the early 990 and genocide in 1994 here in rwanda. so they should definitely be taken more of a measure of the political sentiment between t

country's role in the 1994 genocide and manual mccrory made the comments that of vigil in the capital kigali on his 1st visit. there is president, but he stopped short of a formal apology. those are the top stories to stay with us. 11 east is next my colleagues and though he will have more news and half an hour and i'll see you on monday. thanks for watching. bye bye. i am sorry, i should be about raising prices farther down to the time we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world. we live in prime in that setting that i don't have. the baby has the task of fixing a war torn economy. counting the cost on al jazeera in this we city of geneva. thousands of undocumented workers aren't able to legally rent a home instead before to rely on so called slumlord, paying them exorbitant prices to live in overcrowded apartments. it is not been easy or in money. it is like blood and sweat for us. the only solution for us to find a place is to share some slumlord rental dozens of properties to vulnerable workers. she doesn't give receipts why she get payment. she only giv

well the decision really comes at a very significant and sensitive time for relations between kigali and paris they've been strained for decades over these recurring questions over what exactly was for answers role in 1994 accusations that the president francois mitterrand at the time a supported the hutu governments are questions over whether or not france could have done more to stop the violence well 2 very important reports of come out this year one from kigali one from paris and both of those report into france's role of the time say france wasn't complicit in the genocide persone bears a lot of responsibility for the violence bears a lot of responsibility for turning a blind eye to what was happening they could have done more to protect the many people the thousands hundreds of thousands of people who were killed and now those 2 reports sony are a step in what is being seen as a rapprochement or a diplomatic rapport from or between president mark rohr and president gar may in rwanda between the 2 countries that is something the macro has made a real priority of his presidency h

to have macro physically that today at the thursday memorial where quarter the 1000000 buried in kigali with the president. and which device groups there i think is, is that's really incredible. when you think this journey in 27 years over the relations have been before that well, micro may not have apologized, but does it look like we're one is satisfied with what it did get out of the french president? well, it does so many different groups here and you know, the meet you obviously will make a big deal about this apology. and for survivors it is huge. and 5 groups have been very quick to come out and sort of say they out there really disappointed that apology was made. but to be honest, really this year macro abuse to refuse to apologize for the french involvement in algeria. and it's taken 50 years to apologize for supporting the jews to not get camps voluntarily. so, you know, wasn't an apology ever likely for political reasons? probably not back home. he got an election in a year's time. he's got both left and right. ready to use any apology to to try and unseat him. so i think thi

president say that this man is an enemy of the state he's no hero you'd be a very brave person in kigali to stand up and say no i think to this man you know that i owe not only my life but my family's life. however there is a different side to the story one that has just emerged during the genocide france was an ally of the then hutu government and its alleged complicity in the killing has long been a subject of debate to. last month french historian vincent to have released a report which stated that french officials warned the government not to attack the new york police because doing so would risk drawing un troops into a fight in other words the survival of those at the hotel had very little to do with her sister beginner because hutu forces chose not to attack the meal quickly. but then that means. they're in the middle of the jews against a duty that is being used by the government of rwanda to prevent the un from sending more troops and the shock is seen as a safe haven for tutsi so basically. that the center of geo political gamble to protect a piece of the genocide government so

country's role in the 1994 genocide and manuel macro made the comments that a vigil in the capital kigali on his 1st visit there as president. but he stopped short of a formal apology. i know on the to know so and putting myself with humility and respect on your side to day. i am recognizing our responsibilities and gang involved that since 1990 in a conflict in which it had no precedence, france did not know how to hear the voices of those. they warned it also overestimated strength to be able to stop those who were already there. france did not understand why wanting to obstruct the regional conflict or civil war was in fact, staying alongside a genocidal regime. and the you foreign ministers have been meeting to decide how to sanction bela roof over the force. landing of a passenger jet on sunday opposition during list the room and protest of each and his girlfriend were arrested after his flight from greece to lithuania was diverted to min. western governments are calling for their immediate release. those. a are the top stories that stay with us the crypto pia is coming up next that

mccomb told him that france was not an accomplice. malcolm webb was that that ceremony and the capitol kigali, and he explains how the 2 countries got to this moment. it certainly follows number events of lead up to this. i mean, it was 11 years ago and president sol cosy, came here, but didn't say anything nearly as didn't acknowledge nearly as much of a role as, as michel has just now focused on these visited parents twice since mccolan came to power. 2 years ago. things have been steadily storing and in both governments. rwanda and france, commissioned report in the last year or 2 that were both published earlier this year into france's role in the genocide. and now both of those reports kind of pretty much what has been the off line all along is that france was to some degree responsible or even complicit. it's been a depending on on who you are. now with these 2 reports certainly shouldn't be seen as anything that's in any way independent. they're written by 2 players. very much active in this conflict in the early 990 and genocide in 1994 here in rwanda. so they should definitely be tak

tension. french president emmanuel mccall visited his rebundle counterpart polk, gummy in the capital kigali. 27 years earlier, companies were won than patriotic front or p. f was fighting a civil war, france back to the enemy, the government of juvenile, heavier amana, many officials in that government organized the massacres of ethnic tutsis and moderate who to carry subsequently said, france was responsible for genocide. and so micron began his tor golly, genocide, memorial lessons, france did not understand that by wanting to block original conflict of a civil war. it stood defacto by a genocidal regime. the memorial document, the roll from played in the genocide and the events leading up to it. the captain of this image talked about the military support that the french government gave to the regime of president javier amana. the way that the history is told is very much according to the r p, f version of events, not the narrative, that macro and the government, the front have now come to accept. but that wasn't always the case. the french government accused the r p. f of shooting down h

emmanuel micron has arrived in wander as the 2 countries up to reset their relations light fixtures from kigali. he is laying a race at a memorial for the 1994 genocide. before heading to see the president type of in strained off the years of accusations that france was complicit in the genocide. you and security councils used an emergency meeting to call for the immediate release of molly's transitional leaders, vice president, colonel se me go. it was one of the military officers who led last year's coo, he has now ousted and arrested, the prime minister that was on monday. and in democratic republic of congo authorities have ordered a partial evacuation of goma wanting the city could soon be hit by further volcanic eruptions. thousands of people are fleeing to escape the earthquakes and lava flows . those are the headlines from al jazeera inside story next. nelson, sorry, should be about raising prices and harley down to the time we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world. we live in time in that setting that i had made as the task of fixing a war torn econ

it happened during emanuel microns 1st visit to kigali as president. the french leader stopped short of a formal apology. ties between the 2 nations of long, been strained off, drank his ations, france was complicit in the killings. france had banked president gar. ms. rivals in the previous government during the civil war and no longer to know. so in putting myself with humility and respect on your side today, i am recognizing our responsibilities in gang involved since 1990 in a conflict in which it had no precedence. france did not know how to hear the voices of those. they warned, get in. it also overestimated strength to be able to stop those who were already there with france and not understand why wanting to obstruct a regional conflict or civil war was in fact, staying alongside a genocidal regime in an historic sign of reconciliation. president cami praised microns acknowledgement, his words were something more vulnerable than an apology. they were the truth. speaking, the truth is a risk. but you do it because it is right. in the democratic r

the sounds of the french national anthem echoing in kigali.rench president to make the trip since the genocide in 1994. mr macron then headed for the gisozi genocide memorial centre, where 250,000 victims are buried. this is where the french head of state made a solemn speech translation: france did not - understand that by wanting to block original conflict or a civil war, it stood de facto by a genocidal regime. a report by a french inquiry panel in march said a colonial attitude had blinded then—president francois mitterrand and his officials and that they had serious and overwhelming responsibility for not foreseeing the genocide committed by the hutu government backed by france. translation: and so, | with modesty and respect by your side today, i come to recognise our responsibility. responsibility, but no official apology from france. most certainly a call for forgiveness. translation: only those who went through that night can perhaps - forgive and so could give us the gift of forgiving ourselves. yet emmanuel macron insists french tro

preventing more deaths to seize and moderate hutus and this is all seen as part of a rapprochement between kigali and paris something that has made one of the main points of his foreign policy. live from paris and sasha thank you very much. still to come here on our desire. an unlikely goal scoring hero for liverpool in the. premier league will be here with more after the break. for. the time for the sport with lia thank you hala let's start with rafael nadal who's ended on a high note in italy as he prepares to defend his title at the french open at the end of the month the spaniard beat his great rival novak djokovic to win the rome masters and he richardson reports. up to a tennis is all time greats on court and a final it's something fans can no longer take for granted as the years pass and the injuries mounts but the quality of play rafael nadal and of a jock which can still produce shows few signs of dropping. 34 year old nadal took the 1st set in his row masters decider $75.00. only for world number one djokovic to hit back in the 2nd and level the match. this was the 57th time this pair o

now to correspond malcolm web, who's in kigali for us here on the news, malcolm, how will those words from this your macro be received by the people who live through and survive the events of 1994? well, certainly for those who feel that they were let down by the french or even the french was responsible complicit in killing loved ones. that is going to definitely going to mean something strong indeed. but it is difficult to speak to people about these things. in rwanda, it's very of a sensitive topic and a lot of people don't feel comfortable. certainly saying anything that questions the official accounts of the events of the 19 ninety's from kennedy's point of view . he said that this was better than an apology or there, as you mentioned in the ensure, it wasn't, in fact, an apology, and certainly call me any accident microns stopped because stopped short of giving an apology. something that would have left him very vulnerable to attack a home from france is far right and some powerful figures in the french military would have objected to that kind of message. but nonetheless, pul k