and fifteen hundred liberation front members were living in neighboring eritrea returned after a string of government reforms the new prime minister the country's first a rebel leader has courted opposition groups to announce violence and engage in talks he wants to see a multi-party democracy despite being the largest ethnic group a row of approaches to say that felt marginalized. we are supports the or left because of all leftists ourselves the struggle for. our culture our agency for. people in nationality. a week ago another opposition group seven returned after more than ten years in exile. prime minister made this to give a real freedom to ethiopian people and i know it will bring change as once banned fighters return from eritrea there's also a new reconciliation process happening between the countries. that being locked in conflict since one thousand nine hundred eight in a dispute over the shared border that led to a khasi two year war which killed nearly one hundred thousand people now ahmed is pursuing economic opportunities with eritrea in the hope of attracting development

once branded a terrorist group and now the government welcomes back the aroma liberation front three fiocco here is the country on track to genuine democracy and me conciliation what does it mean for the volatile region this is inside story. hello and welcome to the show i'm sam is a than it was an organization once banned in ethiopia now it's likely to become involved in mainstream politics tens of thousands of people attended a ceremony in abbott's out of a to welcome the aroma liberation front while the celebrations took place across the aroma region this is the latest of sweeping measures taken by prime minister abu ahmed since he came to office in april his aim to build a new political framework that involves ousted groups as part of an initiative to end years of ethnic conflict lore about manly reports. an exiled leader and a group of fighters this is one spin consider it a terrorist organization on saturday the aroma liberation front returned to ethiopia to a hero's welcome with a massive concert and out it's about as mescal square. in this world truth good him but love and ha

members of the once banda roma liberation front of received a hero's welcome in the ethiopian capital addis ababa. they return from exile after twenty six years in neighboring eritrea and iraq's parliament has named sunni politician hamas as its new speaker the move paves the way for a government to be formed four months after national elections. when the united states tropical storm florence is slowly weakening authorities warn that it's still causing catastrophic flooding in north and south carolina the storm has knocked out power to more than nine hundred thousand homes and businesses and at least seven people have been killed forecasters say the storm which is almost five hundred kilometers wide is moving very slowly a christian salumi joins us live now from the banks of the cape fear river in five hill north carolina kristen what's it like over there. well as you can see the rain is just coming down it's been doing so here for the last twenty four hours what's happened as the winds have died the storm has stalled creeping along at barely three kilometers an hour dumping in some p

the jubilant crowd each european capital of the sort of the supporters of the or more liberation front when completed out after years in exile in neighboring country to around fifteen hundred or less fighters accompanied him among the welcoming party or less general secretary baker to nigga despite his condition. the fact that there doubt if. there are fighters that have been any. rival again is that we aim for the past seven years i am now well. heroes this saves a lot about how my. very sure that all. of them are just ethnic group in each opiate but for decades they've been complaining of political marginalization liberation front says it represents the aspirations of the almost people it's militants took up arms against the central government for years they described the former regimes in each opiah as an oppressive and demanded self-determination for the oromo the oil f's been banned for years live on the top of it by the open government in july if you hope is newly elected prime minister ahmed granted an amnesty to all dissidents if they denounced violence and agree to talks invol

for the leaders of the aroma liberation front of the latest opposition members to return home a week ago leaders of gin bought seven returned after more than ten years in x.l. when their party was outlawed the gin bought along with the o l n and the organ then national liberation front had been on the government's terror list for years but in july a parliament voted to remove them in the new prime minister abbey aliment invited them to come back and take part in the country's politics prime minister has acknowledged ethiopia has no option but to pursue multi-party democracy or jar mohammed is executive director at media network he says the return of the l.f. marks a milestone for the country. a historic day indeed of almost fifty years of struggle in the being followed some forty years ago come home. about four million people attended today's event yesterday other reason is a little more it in the american protest into the last four years have been the primary cause of the jane they brought to the authoritarian government under the great war and where in the postal tradition to base

and members of the ramon liberation front of the organization once in ethiopia have been given a hero's welcome on their return back home group's leader and fifteen hundred fighters. up to twenty six years in exile. in rwanda the government has released two thousand prisoners among them opposition leader. who was sentenced to fifteen years behind bars in twenty thirteen for terrorism offenses she'd been in detention since twenty ten when she ran against polygamy in the presidential election. i think see if anybody was supposed to me. andy thanks today to president hu give me disability. would you like to ask him if it is a placebo to go to. prison we stay here because if you seem to did election of your concert today you see that the ticket election which there is a hope that today it is see the opening of the political space flooding in eastern sedan has displaced more than five thousand people and destroyed twenty six thousand hectares of farmland the worst affected areas mythos in the state of get out if dozens of villages are submerged and many people who haven't been able to find s

hundred people have been detained the on rest escalated after the once exiled leaders of the liberation front or welcome back to ethiopia over the weekend. people make up about a third of ethiopia's population they've long complained of being marginalized by the government prime minister ahmed is ethiopia's first leader one of his many actions since taking power earlier this year was to remove the aroma liberation front from the country's terrorist but his reforms have yet to halt ethnic violence clashes between a romo's and ethnic medias in the south of the iranian region calls nearly a million people to flee their homes soon after he took power so let's now speak to jordan anderson who's the sub-saharan africa chess market to joins us from washington thank you very much for speaking to us if i can start by getting your initial thoughts on the violence that we've seen in addis ababa could it be the start of something that is more sustained or will it prove short lived so the exact the exact cause of this violence is unknown it's likely it was a minor incident that took place on the fringes o

in the capital addis ababa on saturday supporters of the oromo liberation front when completed. after years in exile in neighboring. around fifteen hundred fighters accompanied him among the welcoming party the general secretary because despite his condition the fact that. there are fighters the. really for the past twenty years now well. heroes. so it's all lot. about how. very short. or more are the largest ethnic group in each opiate but for decades they've been complaining of political marginalization liberation front says it represents the aspirations of the or more people it's militants took up arms against the central government for years they described the former regimes in each opiah as oppressive and demanded self-determination for the oromo the oil efs been banned for years labeled a terrorist organization by the ethiopian government in july if your peers newly elected prime minister i'd be ahmed granted an amnesty to all dissidents if they denounced violence and agree to talks involving government leaders from the ethnic to the political situation remains volatile th

or dizzy or other leaders of the aroma liberation front are the latest opposition members to return home a week ago the leaders of jean what seven returned after more than ten years in exile when their party was outlawed the gym bought along with the land and the old guard the national liberation front had been on the government's terror list for years but in july palmer voted to remove them and the new prime minister ahmed invited them to come back and take part in the country's politics prime minister has acknowledged ethiopia has no option but to pursue multi-party democracy or join our mohammed is executive director at mia media network he says the return of the l.f. marks a milestone for the country. historic day indeed of almost fifty years of struggle and being followed some forty years ago come home. four million people attended today's evil historic day of everything is a little more it in the american protesting to the last four years have been the primary cause of the jane they voted the. government under the great war and where in the past to transition to basement rose cynic

each opiate but for decades they've been complaining of political marginalization the or more liberation front says it represents the aspirations of the obama people it's militants took up arms against the central government for years they described the former regimes in each opium as an oppressive and demanded self-determination for the oromo the oil laughs being banned for years labeled to the top of a school going to buy the the open government in july if your peers newly elected prime minister i'd be ahmed granted an amnesty to all dissidents if they denounced violence and agree to talks involving government leaders from the ethnic to the political situation remains volatile there were violent confrontations earlier this week provoked by internal rivalries some fear groups that have seen their long standing status undermined by the political changes are determined to disrupt the reform process. or dizzy. you know a lot of the government has released two thousand prisoners among them opposition leader victoire anger beard a who was sentenced to fifteen years behind bars in two thousand and

members of the liberation front an organization once banned in ethiopia have been given a hero's welcome on their return the group's leader and fifteen hundred fighters returned to ad after twenty six years in exile. and this year's most powerful typhoon has killed at least twelve people in the philippines eighty seven thousand people in evacuated from high risk zones typhoon manhood is now headed toward southern china. iraqis could finally be getting a working a parliament on saturday m.p.'s elected a new speaker ending months of political deadlock following may's election concerns growing that control of iraq's politics maybe swing towards pro iranian parties well matheson reports from baghdad. after months of political deadlock since the last election iraq's parliament may be growing into gear m.p.'s have finally elected a new speaker of the house he's mohamad a sunni muslim with strong support from the parliament's. coalition but. we need to unify our efforts some members of parliament can reach political consensus and choose our government capable of facing the serious security and

members of the oromo liberation front an organization once banned in ethiopia given a hero's welcome home the group's leader and fifteen hundred fighters returned to its abbot after twenty six years in neighboring eritrea the left been fighting for self-determination for youth e.o.p. is the largest ethnic group since the one nine hundred seventy s. prime minister ahmed removed the left from a terrorism list earlier this year as part of political reforms. is a lecturer of political science at georgia gwinnett college and the political analyst on political issues about the horn of africa with a particular focus on ethiopia he joins us now by skype from atlanta good to have you with us sir how historic moment is this for ethiopia. it's definitely is historic you know since he came home or prime minister. has been really making sure that the promises of broadening the political space. and this political reform is that they they were really probably see have been very much. being implemented and this is just one to be signed that the country democracy is really moving in the right directi

terrorism offenses she had challenge paulk a garment for the presidency members of the aroma liberation front an organization once banned in ethiopia have been given a hero's welcome home the group's leader those fifteen hundred fighters returned to its arab after twenty six years in neighboring eritrea the o.l.f. been fighting for self-determination for ethiopia's largest ethnic group since the one nine hundred seventy s. prime minister i'd be afeard remove the our there from the terrorism list earlier this year as part of reforms those are your headlines up front now. getting to the heart of the matter the three big challenges facing human prine in the twenty first century. climate change and technological disruption facing realities whatever is there is not in me it is in the people of uganda hear their story on talk to al-jazeera as trump kicks the p.l.o. out of washington and cuts funding to palestinian refugees is this the moment benjamin netanyahu claims victory i'll challenge one of the israeli prime ministers closest allies. i met the hot sun also on the show the chinese government d

members of the once banned the roma liberation front of received a hero's welcome in the ethiopian capital addis ababa they returned from exile after twenty six years in neighboring eritrea. and iraq's parliament has named sunni politician hamad as its new speaker the move paves the way for a government to be formed four months after national elections. now it's been ten years since the global financial crisis a period which caused the world to fall into the worst recession in a generation in that time much of the banking industry which triggered the collapse has been overhauled but if another one were to take place what shape would it take and what would trigger it scott hide a report from the chinese city of hang joe on why it could come from china. thirty two focuses all her tension on building her well this motivation she says comes from growing up with very little. money is very very important because money come bring me the sons of security i don't want to live poor. living in hong joe johns joe embodies the entrepreneurial spirit in this city known for its financial technology indus

talk to al-jazeera once branded a terrorist group now the government welcomes back the aroma liberation front to ethiopia is the country on track to genuine democracy and reconsideration what does it mean for the volatile region this is inside story. hello and welcome to the show i'm sam is a than it was an organization once banned in ethiopia now it's likely to become involved in mainstream politics tens of thousands of people attended a ceremony in abbott's out of a to welcome the aroma liberation front while other celebrations took place across the aroma region this is the latest of sweeping.

largest ethnic group in each opiah but for decades they've been complaining of marginalization liberation front says it represents the aspirations of the or more people it's militants took up arms against the central government for years they described the former regime. as an oppressive and demanded self-determination for the oromo the oil left's been banned for years labeled a terrorist organization by the ethiopian government. in july if your peers newly elected prime minister i'd be ahmed granted an amnesty to all dissidents if they denounced violence and agree to talks involving government leaders from the ethnic to the political situation remains volatile there were violent confrontations earlier this week provoked by internal rivalries some fear groups that have seen their longstanding status undermined by the political changes are determined to disrupt any form process. or dizzy or refugees stranded in bosnia say they've been beaten strip searched and robbed by croatian police seventeen people interviewed by al jazeera said the abuse took place during attempts to pass into croatia bosni

the jubilant crowd in each european capital addis ababa on saturday the supporters of the or liberation front welcomed leader home after years in exile in neighboring eritrea around fifteen hundred fighters accompanied him among the welcoming party the general secretary baker despite his frail condition. the fact that mr doubt and his are fighters at me. like it is that he for the past seven years i am now well. heroes this saves a lot about how my. in this very short. are the largest ethnic group in each opiate but for decades they've been complaining of political marginalization liberation front says it represents the aspirations of the or more people it's militants took up arms against the central government for years they described the former regimes in each opiah as an oppressive and demanded self-determination for the oromo the oil f's been banned for years labeled a terrorist organization by the ethiopian government in july if you know piers newly elected prime minister ahmed granted an amnesty to all dissidents if they denounced violence and agree to talks involving government leaders

turn up to twenty six years members of the a romel liberation front the band opposition has been welcomed back after it was removed from radio these terrorists with a look at why the government has changed its mind over the old left and other opposition groups and ten years ago at the around this time actually global markets were in a panic because lehman brothers investment banks filed for bankruptcy in the united states this was seen as the trigger point for the global financial crisis the worst of the so a decade later where assessing the recovery in america and in. some parents are spending more time with teens and then when their own kids a boy in germany started a protest against just that i mean we're hiring with more on that conversation text us for the hash tag aging is. here with the news grid live on air and streaming online through you tube facebook live an al-jazeera dot com and the strongest storm so father sia has smashed through the northern part of the philippines what began as a super typhoon one caught yes it lost some of its sting after it landed on loose on the larges

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and capital to welcome the returning leaders of the once banned oromo liberation front or o.l.f. the group's leader there would be one thousand five hundred fighters returned to is out of a from neighboring eritrea after a twenty six year absence earlier this year the prime minister removed the from the terror list as part of reforms to widen the political space. has been pushing for self-determination for the oromo people since the nineteen seventies in the wonder of jailed opposition leader has been released from prison after an order by president paul gar may victoire ngo b. of a was sentenced to fifteen years behind bars in two thousand and thirteen for terrorism she'd been in detention since two thousand and ten when she opposed gardening in the presidential election in gibeah is one of more than two thousand prisoners who sentences have been commuted from the musician who go is also being freed he was jailed in two thousand and fifteen after the government banned the song he released about one thousand nine hundred ninety four rwandan genocide donald trump has yet to tweet

and members of the or most liberation front organization once banned in ethiopia have been given a hero's welcome on their return back home the group's leader has returned to addis ababa after twenty six years in exile. well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after killing the statement that so much better. a small airstrip north of jerusalem. today it's derelict and abandoned. but for years kalandia airport was the gateway to palestine. on the morning of the seventeenth of september one thousand nine hundred forty eight a flight plane carrying the u.n. and red cross markings landed here. with the first arab israeli war already raging across palestine the un mediator count fall kept them up dogs had come to jerusalem. that same afternoon. as it passed through the israeli controlled part of the city. his convoy was ambushed. one jeep blocked the way and three guys with machine guns came out. to us i went up to the fourth quarter. third one and went directly to the third. shot through the window. by five pm trump and adopt was dead. the assassination was carried

unrest follows a mass rally last week to mark the return of leaders of the formerly exiled oromo liberation front. our u.n. human rights commission on south sudan is calling on the government to set up a hybrid court to try suspected war criminals south sudan's government signed a peace deal last week to end nearly five years of civil war here but morgan reports. it's only days since south sudan's were in parties agreed to end a war which has ravaged the world's youngest country but the united nations is keen for the government to take the next big step as soon as possible form a hybrid court to put on trial anyone suspected of committing atrocities during the conflict on what we said in our report the south sudan is a country at war with the citizens because the attacks continue the violations until new the art flow of internally displaced persons and refugees continue and course the number of children were affected by the continued to go on the increase . were began in twenty thirteen when president salva kiir accused his then vice president riek machar of attempting a coup tens of thousands of

liberation front this was forced out of the country back in one thousand nine hundred two after they demanded more autonomy for most they are ethiopia's largest group well let's talk to our lalo who is a law elector at kill university in the u.k. joining us from a suburb out on skype just your reaction initially to this latest violence because i mean only a few days ago we were looking at the situation thinking wow it's so progressive the over there for us being allowed to come back in the big welcome back now we have the flip side. i think what we have seen over the course of the last few years in this in the round. is shocking and absolutely pencil and what makes this sense to us well and even more outrageous than the fact that it is happening that it then when there is such a remarkable level of democracy opening in the country so the same people same communities who lived together side by side in peace at a time when this country was under dr terry who are now turning against one another at a time when people are able to express themselves more freely able to make demands against

unrest follows a mass rally last week to mark the return of leaders from the formerly exiled or liberation front. zimbabwe's government has banned all public gatherings and ordered food vendors off the streets of the capital as it battles a cholera outbreak the disease has already left at least thirty people dead so far but it's heart of metasearch reports from harare not everyone actually supports the controversial move. the streets of harare a much quieter than usual there has been since the government imposed its ban on stores selling street food it says has had to take such measures to stop the spread of cholera vendors try to keep their distance from right police who have orders to remove anyone who refuses to leave but some people say they have no choice but to ignore the ban they say they need to make money you must find a way to care about things that. were just so you know because the vendors and just you could. probably to get the barber has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world. well now you know i love my charges one month old i'm on the street every day so i get money t

.% >> our heroes offthe natioional liberation front preppre our brothers to face the violelent3 ii, iran'ssit to dl foreign minister emphasizedd helping syria. -pp> given the governnent's resounding victories gainst extremists, it is now urgent to% focusing on humamanitariaa need. separately, -- this at goiig the reason remarked by anotter ally, russia. >> the syrian government has the full right to protect their ssvereignty and to drive out and eliminate the terrorist threat from their territory. >> leaddrs of iran, russia, and turkey are set to hold a summit ankarag. moscow in recent years. intervention saying the for syria and the whole region. the u.n. has warned a military crackdown could end up with 800,000 people being displaced. an estimated 3 million people leaving he aaea. most rely heavily on food and aid brought in across the turkish border. %afteri network has died ill health. he was 72 years old. %he has been paralyzed for the3 thousands of people have attended free concert in the germanncity of chemists over he intention -- the city found itself in the spotlight after far right

banned in ethiopia returned home to welcoming crowds in the capital addis ababa the leader of the liberation front and fifteen hundred fighters had been in neighboring eritrea for twenty six years. earlier this year prime minister ahmed remove the o.l.f. from a terror list the government has been public gatherings in the capital harare to try and prevent the spread of cholera twenty five people have already died from the disease the deadliest outbreak in a decade. and egyptian court has arrested for president hosni mubarak's tucson's on charges of insider trading. barker accused of illegally benefiting from the sale of a national bank. who's the rebels in yemen say they've signed a memorandum of understanding with the united nations to get critically injured people out of the country for treatment the deal was agreed by hoofy officials and the un humanitarian official and yemenis a grand day earlier this month the rebels refused to attend geneva peace talks they said the u.n. had failed to deliver on its promise to provide an aircraft big enough to take injured people on it those are the top stori

political movements spawned movements which called themselves after the vietnamese national liberation front the women's liberation movement the gay liberation movement. and all these social movements of. had a big impact i mean feminism gay rights received it he lost from the period sixty eight to seventy five. in the late sixty's the counterculture magazine others publishes articles about everything the venerable london times went from. sex drugs and rock'n'roll alternative lifestyles and. the psychedelic layout makes it one of the standard bearers of the hippias thirty different items eighty overview contrition then tradition going to fundamentally behind libertine even if he'd look as i know and if you don't give was a feeling if i had specially if you're going to of your own mess and of my idea wouldn't i wouldn't know it from describe what roy or what arc or designation it's what it is was it was a bulk and if so it went on pieces yes stuff to safety just barely to shut off the constantine you for one want to set up the safety of tech on sr for. in the early seventy's some activists ex

in geneva to end the conflict collapsed before they even began members of the army liberation front an organization once banned in ethiopia have been given a hero's welcome on their return back home the group's leader and fifteen hundred fighters have returned to addis ababa after twenty six years in exile. and refugees stranded in bosnia say they've been beaten strip searched and robbed by the creation police seventeen people interviewed by zero zero zero said the abuse took place during attempts to cross into croatia bosnia emerged as a new route to western europe since the e.u. tightened its borders aeration officials deny allegations of police brutality well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after people pass judgment on sort of that. millions of dollars is being stolen in a scam that starts in the philippines and stretches across the globe. exclusive access to this country underworld through a criminal turned whistleblower on al-jazeera. overthrown and exiled they appoint. say if you all this. an intimate film about the struggle of the elected leader of

scenario is entitled to bombing an attack, the nusra front, for what they call themselves now, the liberation front. phil: turkey propose a cease-fire to avoid this potential bloodbath russia and iran both said no. now turkey is looking at potentially, according to the u.n., 800,000 people being displaced from idlib if this assault goes on. they have got quite a lot at stake here. daniel: probably more. yes, of course. totally understand why turkey is try to at least buy time. the problem is, the turks have close to the border -- closed the border, and they want to prevent syrians from entering turkey. they are establishing safe zones inside syria that they can protect with the military. turkey has a powerful military. turkey could of course threatened them and said that if the offense starts, we will counter idlib. of course, they would be encountering russia. not so much iran, by the way. iran is not the main military player. it is mainly the syrian regime and russia. whenever russia and turkey gather somewhere, it is not always about idlib. trump is always in the room. it is about redefining the

in the cans and that she needs leaders of the popular front for the liberation of palestine like guess and kind of funny the writer and spokesperson for the movement who would be assassinated by the mossad in one thousand nine hundred eighty two age and i have. had that message. and later how did the first woman to hijack an airplane who sends a message to the people of japan did you agree like i'm wearing. one of the she is that he also films. the queen of the japanese red army who sicko is still in prison today. with the footage and that she will make his film declaration of world war the japanese red army many thanks to you i don't want to watch the kind of propaganda plume going up the to go and when i'm going to take any hundred out put on the two are simply emotional about it you may shoot one soon you can't fight with the. single type we will take up a pill to sort out. what i want to walk and talk a little bit about it about on the afraid you'll pick up the safety. you don't think i did got instead new so you got to the joist and i don't like the muzzle no no secure how about s

in the cans and that she meets leaders of the popular front for the liberation of palestine like guest and can offend the writer and spokesperson for the movement who will be assassinated by the mossad in one thousand nine hundred eighty two page and people i have. had that and message. and later how did the first woman to hijack an airplane who sends a message to the people of japan did you agree i can wear. one of those is that he also fins. the queen of the japanese red army who sicko is still in prison today. with the footage and that she will make his film declaration of world war the japanese read i mean many things to what i want to kind of propaganda people who will not be to go and i'm going cundiff. and you don't put on the two are simply emotional about it you may shoot one scene you can't fight without. seeing you cannot fight we will take the opportunity to sort out. what i want to focus on what about what about on the high jewel of his i don't listen to. you don't think i did you got instead you say that to the joist i'm not unlike the muzzle no no secure how rough so you

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have two thousand members half of them foreigners there is also the relatively new national liberation front believed to be backed by turkey and includes groups like harare. then you also have groups lie. turkistan islamic party made up of ethnic chinese way course let's bring in marwan to the news great he's a syria analyst and director of the absent for research and policy studies at the doha institute very good to have you with us as we've said there are multiple groups not just one fighting inside it labe right now and these groups are stephanie said are very suspicious of each other how difficult and complicated a battle is this going to be when it actually begins is very complicated this is why the turks have been trying actually over the past few months to sabrina between the so-called extremist and moderates within the syrian opposition as you know it live has become the home of more of the syrian. opposition factions because you know they have been actually relocated from different. places around the country you'll remember that the regime. in fact took. those groups who have very f

we are the national liberation front. we have increased preparation of our units and are training them on all scenarios the enemy might use. reporter: at the u.n. in genevae it has been of urgent meetings. the special envoy to syria speaking to international diplomats, and aid workersar giving fresh wngs about a humanitarian crisis in idlib. >> we have put together a plan, we are looking at the response for up to 900,000 people. reporter: o already, te thousands of syrians have been on the move, escaping towns recently targeted by government shelling of airstrikes. hat happened was total destruction -- bg ning, somethu can't describe. military plane's rockets, everything, they did not differentiate between civilians and others. they want to target civilians. reporter: in damascus, confidence is growing, with most of syria back in regime hands. this international affair has covered his wanting to invest in onreconstructi with its special status with russia and iran. all sides know that the syrian civil war isn't yet over,

tens of thousands of ethiopians have welcomed back a former rebel group, the 0romo liberation front. spent more than three decades fighting a separatist insurgency on behalf of the country's largest ethnic group, the 0romo. they've been allowed to return as part of a new wave of political reforms in the country. this coming week across bbc news, we're marking six months to go until the uk leaves the european union. the british prime minister has passionately defended her plan to brexit and admitted she gets a little bit irritated about speculation about how long she will last in herjob. in an interview with nick robinson for and rama, theresa may was also sharply critical of the former foreign secretary borisjohnson's description of her blueprint for leaving the eu as being like wrapping a suicide vest around the country. borisjohnson country. boris johnson says country. borisjohnson says this plan you've agreed to, it is a suicide health, around the british constitution. well, first of all, i have to say i think that choice of language is com pletely think that choice of language is

is entitled to bomb them to attack which is the front or what they call themselves now at the liberation front of the levant. today turkey proposed a cease fire to avoid this potential. bloodbath. russia and iran both said no so now turkey is looking at potentially according to the u.n. eight hundred thousand people being displaced from italy if this is sold goes on that's got quite a lot at stake here or probably more yes of course and this is really understand why turkey is trying to find to to at least to buy time. the problem here is the turks have. closed the border and they wanted civilians from syria where they want to prevent them to and they are discussing to establish them saves them. inside syria that they can least protect but the military target has a very powerful military and took it could of course threaten and say if this offensive starts we will counter it and we will use our military to counter the syrian regime but then of course they will be encountering russia not so much you run by the way i don't think iran is the military is the main military player here it's mainly th

group once banned in ethiopia have been given a hero's welcome on their return home the oromo liberation front leader dow would have signed fifteen hundred fighters return to ad is out of a after twenty six years in exile in rwanda the government has released two thousand prisoners among them opposition leader victoire in a beary who was sentenced to fifteen years behind bars in twenty the teen for terrorism offenses she had been in detention since twenty ten those are the headlines is inside stories next. confronts rye of the wrongs of its colonial past for the first time since the war of independence in algeria sixty years ago a french president admits freedom fighters were systematically. doesn't matter well because recognition of what he calls crimes against humanity change anything this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. it's an admission of guilt that's been shrouded in secrecy and denial for around sixty years of this week french president in knowledge for the first time the widespread use of torture during algerian war of independence algeria was a french colony for a h

tens of thousands of ethiopians have welcomed back a former rebel group, the oromo liberation front.e than three decades fighting a separatist insurgency on behalf of the country's largest ethnic group, the oromo. they've been allowed to return as part of a new wave of political reforms in the country. the us space agency, nasa, has successfully launched a satellite designed to measure changes in the world's ice sheets and provide precise information on how they are being eroded by global warming. the billion dollar project will put a satellite almost directly over the north and south poles and from there it will fire a laser at sea and land ice to take measurements. professor helen? fricker?from the scripps institution of oceanography, she's a key icesat scientist who was at today's launch and joins me now live. and. welcome, professor, thanks for being with us on bbc news —— live from california. can you explain how it is going to work. icesat-2 is a laser mission, sending a laserfrom space above the earth's service and it will be bouncing off the surface of the earth, all around i

unrest follows a mass rally last week to welcome the return of leaders of the formally exiled liberation front. the international criminal court has fined the former vice president of the democratic republic of congo for bribing witnesses during his war crimes trial. but will have to pay a three hundred fifty thousand dollars fine then the sentence was reduced to time already served in prison need baka has more from brussels. the international criminal court has sentenced. to twelve months in jail and fined him three hundred fifty thousand dollars but the court said that this sentence should be considered already served after spent ten years in jail in the hague on earlier charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity carried out by his movement for the liberation of congo in the central african republic in the early two thousand that only a convention conviction was quashed in june allowing him to be able to return back to the d r c to bounce a presidential bid but the electoral committee of the d r c said that he should be prevented from standing as president while this particular verdic

unilateral revocation of an amnesty sense a chilling message to members of the more islamist liberation front and the new people's army that the government does not fulfill its agreement and that the government simply cannot be trusted. now cities around the world struggle with pollution hundreds of campaigners and scientists are gathering in south korea to find new ways to tackle the crisis and while the spotlight speed on cities like new delhi and beijing hong kong is also suffering from high levels of pollution from the bride reports. and awareness event pollution campaigners in a city that is becoming aware of the growing danger. this summer home kong like. mainland china has been experiencing record levels of ozone a complex mix of pollutants from vehicles and industry that's made worse during heat waves and a problem not helped by climate change hong kong actually has the highest level of always wrong for the last two decades and right now we do not know how to deal with that and it is a problem for hong kong and tied. polluted air has long been in jordan as the necessary cost of rapid

were killed on saturday the clashes escalated after the once exiled leaders of the or on the liberation front welcome back to ethiopia local reports say groups of aroma used looted shops and attacked people from ethnic minorities the international criminal court has given the former vice president of the democratic republic of congo a twelve month sentence for witness tampering but will not go back to prison because of time already served if bach has more now from brussels is currently staying with his family. the international criminal court has sentenced. to twelve months in jail and fined him three hundred fifty thousand dollars but the court said that this sentence should be considered already served after bamber spent ten years in jail in the hague on earlier charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity carried out by his movement for the liberation of congo in the central african republic in the early two thousand that earlier conviction was quashed in june allowing him to be able to return back to the d r c to mount a presidential bid but the electoral committee of the d r c said

but these fighters a coalition called the national liberation front are believed to be backed by turkey and getting them to fall in line will be easy the problem may be with groups that have been deemed terrorist organizations like. formally known as the nostra front and accused of having links to al qaeda. i don't think hired to reality will disappear they will break up and join the other factions there is no way that turkey will accept them staying in a loop so what if the s. and other groups refuse to abide by this deal their positions remain unclear what will turkey do and what happens next will government forces be taking over these areas over time there are many more questions than answers that confusion is also felt in my. city about ten kilometers away from the agreed. again i feel i don't have any or what's happening a lot of foreign states are involved and we don't know anything so. this is not the end of the revolution there are twenty million people who wanted the region to fall that twenty million wanted to liberate syria there are twenty million who want to see the victory

ethiopia have returned home to welcoming crowds in the capital addis ababa the leader of the aroma liberation front to our left i would and one thousand five hundred fighters have been a neighboring eritrea for twenty six is earlier this year prime minister ahmed removed the o.l.f. from a terror list as part of reforms to widen the political landscape the left has been pushing for self-determination for the aroma people since the one nine hundred seventy s. now volunteers are taking part in major cleanup on beaches around the world to mark world cleanup day the rubbish collected will be turned into decorations to raise awareness about the huge amount of plastic being dumped into oceans every day nicholas reports from one such cleanup underway in senegal's capital the car. it is a big operation in this small beach and set a goal to clean up the shoreline it's not just happening here it's happening across the world it started thirty years ago across the atlantic in the united states where a few volunteers started picking up litter on the beach but the litter has multiplied since we find car batteries