i can take examples from my own country, the northeast of nigeria, maiduguri, i went to school there. the young men are not born terrorists, it's an environment that creates that. um, and we need to look at what happened. how were they so excluded they saw no hope and they became easy fodder for people uh, to use in the way they have done and that becomes a tragedy for everyone. [music] announcer: the pacific ocean occupies nearly one third of the earth's surface and contains one of the planet's most diverse eco systems. thousands of species thrive in these waters. pacific coral reefs and the marine environments the sustain provide food and livelihood for over 120 million people, including the inhabitants of a tiny cluster of islands known as the cook islands. and for one cook islander, the ocean has a deeply personal meaning. kevin: at a young age, seven or eight, i'd spend everyday, you know in the sea and uh, in the oceans fishing and uh, out on boats. it just becomes part of you. announcer: though his career as a rugby player took him away from his native cook islands, kevin retur

thousands of people poured on to the streets and protests turned into a mass and the president fled maidugurivory coast. >> i cannot describe my feelings, the moment when we left the country. i felt joy at the same time i felt proud that we had accomplished such a huge task. >> reporter: and new transition government was put in place and charged with organizing elections and two months ago the country was plunged into a crisis with the powerful presidential detained the interim leaders and quick action by west african government helped restore the transitional administration and on sunday it will bring the transition to an end yet some are skeptical the pulse will bring real change here. >> translator: the people are watching the candidates closely. there is no one of them who has not worked with compari and the actors are the same. >> not stopping young people from coming out for the candidates with the president in the race they believe something good will come out of these elections, al jazeera. >>> turning attention to peru where public sector workers clashed with the police for the fifth

the attacks happened at an entry to nigeria's northeastern city of maiduguri, and just across the bordercameroon. police blamed boko haram, the islamic extremist group whose six-year campaign of violence has killed 20,000 people. voters in argentina have ushered in a new era, electing their first conservative president in 12 years. last night, mauricio macri danced on stage with his family at his buenos aires headquarters. the right-wing mayor of buenos aires beat the ruling party's nominee in a runoff, after promising to boost the economy and fight corruption. >> ( translated ): the quality that we have, us argentines, we have to finally put it to work for our future. i want to say to you today, as well as to our brothers of latin america and to our brothers of the world, that we want to have good relationships with all the countries. we want to work with all of you. >> ifill: macri takes office on december 10th, and inherits a country with 30% inflation and stagnant economic growth. back in this country, police in new orleans are trying to find out what sparked a gun battle in a crowde

maiduguri has repeatedly been targeted by group boko haram. >>> a jade mine collapses in e meen mar.ed. the military is working with local residents in rescue and recovery efforts. >>> well, there's word from iran that a journalist from the washington post has been sentenced on espionage charges. >> he's been detained in iran since july of 2014, the newspaper has insisted he's innocent and should be released immediately. >> reporter: washington post bureau chief has been sentenced to prison according to iran judicial spokesman. he was tried on espionage charges. he's been detained in a prison for almost 500 days. what we don't know is the verdict against or the length of the sentence. this comes between ongoing tension between rouhani and hard-liners in the government. there was also hope that following the iran nuclear deals that tensions would thaw leading to his release. now, the washington post says they're aware of this development and added every day that jason is in prison is an injustice, he has done nothing wrong. even after keeping jason in prison 487 days so far, iran ran