roderigo moan dot com is. an agricultural engineer who has been fighting for human right to drinking water for years. rodriguez says there was enough water for everyone before the avocado boom shortages began when the first big plantations moved in. i think. with the entire ecosystem collapses when the river dries up the. clouds can't form without water evaporation so it rains even less then. the big of ocado exporters are disrupting the water cycle. and the damage to the ecosystem is irreversible. gone are the days when small farmers group beans corn and potatoes now it's avocado monoculture everywhere. look at his fellow protesters refuse to accept it. this is the leader of a nonprofit neighborhood co-operative. well provide water for one thousand residents it's right next to one of the big plantations. she says she faces constant threats and accusations of water fast. people on the. field. they put pressure on us and the authorities do too. they threaten us and discriminate against us. but a good laugh at t

of the island of barak are in the philippines has been closed for a six month cleanup president roderigo deterred he ordered the shutdown this month after calling the resort a cesspool that's all for now rebel education is up next to stay with us. education matters the universal rights to expand arise and offer better prospects the passport to a better life yet around the globe schools an institution at breaking point systems been deemed to be no longer vetted a. weak link in the one school of home and how they won identifying the thrill of the knowledge needed in the twenty first century and now a new wave of rebel education is sweeping. educate a radically changing the way people live challenging the old and walk the earth of create same opportunities which will impact in the job and then tired commutes. let me take a one hundred twenty. i started the african prisons project in my second year at university i visited prisons all around africa. i soon saw a huge overcrowding the majority of prisoners were awaiting trial very few prisoners would ever meet a lawyer. prison services didn't

president roderigo duterte declared victory here in marawi back in october, after a destructive five—montht great risk. explosive disposal teams working in the area say they can only be 80 to 90% sure that the area is clear. translation: the reason is because the other bombs are buried into the ground. the others have been imbedded in the buildings and the structures have already collapsed. with great caution over the course of the next month, even more people will be going back, returning to marawi in groups for up to three days each. but it's not a home—coming. instead, it's a salvage mission and there's much work to be done before the rebuilding starts. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come... britain's royal air force celebrates it is 100th anniversary with fly— pasts it is 100th anniversary with fly—pasts and it is 100th anniversary with fly— pasts a nd events it is 100th anniversary with fly—pasts and events across the country. the accident was of the sort that can at worst produce a melt down. in this case the precautions worked. the republic of ireland has become the first

president roderigo duterte declared victory here in marawi back in october, after a destructive five—monthck are doing so at great risk. explosive disposal teams working in the area say they can only be 80 to 90% sure that the area is clear. translation: the reason is because the other bombs are buried into the ground. the others have been embedded in the buildings and the structures have already collapsed. with great caution over the course of the next month, even more people will be going back, returning to marawi in groups for up to three days each. but it's not a homecoming. instead, it's a salvage mission, and there's much work to be done before the rebuilding starts. an out—of control chinese space station is hurtling towards earth and it's set to make impact in the next few hours. china lost control of the nine tonne spacecraft, called tiangong—i, after it was decommissioned in 2013. but luckily, most of the spacecraft is expected to burn up in the atmosphere. we can speak to an expert on space debris, ted muelhaupt of the aerospace corporation. it is so unlikely that anyone will be

philippines is closing one of its most popular and profitable tourist destinations for six months present roderigo to territory says baraka island is a cesspool and needs major cleaning but locals who depend on the area to make a living and not sure of how they'll now cope going has been to visit the island. boruc i may be just one of the more than one thousand islands in the philippines but revenues here make up more than twenty percent of the total tourism industry in the country would spoken to tourists here many say they won't even notice the political turmoil that the island is facing with the government but local workers here feel differently obviously then up among that president to turn to what's going to happen to us i hope you can help us thousands of us workers will be jobless six months. i hope they don't totally close down the island because so many of us employees will go hungry along with our families president of the good that there does this scribed boracay and they quote a cesspool has ordered his government because the island for the next six months for rehabilitation that means

president roderigo duterte declared victory here in marawi back in october, after a destructive five—monthg so at great risk. explosive disposal teams working in the area say they can only be 80%—90% sure that the area is clear. translation: the reason is because the other bombs are buried into the ground. the others have been embedded in the buildings, and the structures have already collapsed. with great caution, over the course of the next month, even more people will be going back, returning to marawi in groups for up to three days each. but it is not a homecoming. instead, it is a salvage mission, and there is much work to be done before the rebuilding starts. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: after 23 years behind bars for a deadly nerve gas attack, could members of a japanese cult now be executed ? the accident that happened here was of the sort that can, at worse, produce a meltdown. in this case, the precautions worked, but they didn't work quite well enough to prevent some old fears about the safety features of these stations from resurfacing. t

let's stay with the philippines because the president roderigo to territory is ordered to the torah starland of barak to be closed for six months saying it's beaches have become and we quote a cesspool the island will be closed from april the twenty six now is home to hundreds of toryism related businesses and the shutdown could displace seventeen thousand workers now in recent years it's become overcrowded with human waste being discharged into the sea the government says cleaning up the environment is needed to further prevent deterioration let's cross over to our correspondent in manila. is a major decision that will affect as we say businesses and workers but according to the president they only have themselves to blame. well the concern about boruc eyes environmental situation has been going on for many years now and so many environmental secretaries have tried but failed to actually find a solution that is sustainable in trying to keep up with the increasingly large volume of tourists every year you've got to understand to heal that it may just be a small island but the revenues genera

the philippines president roderigo to turkey has permanently banned filipino workers from travelling to kuwait for work a temporary ban was imposed in february after a series of allegations of abuse and even killings of filipino workers in the gulf nation is estimated about two hundred sixty thousand filipino still lives in kuwait the thai authorities have released a magazine editor who in twenty thirteen was sentenced to eleven years in prison for insulting the king some york proxy. used his magazine to campaign for the law to be changed he refused to plead guilty or seek a royal pardon critics say the prohibition on insulting the king is used to stifle political dissent scott who has more now from bangkok. it was a song that was released from prison early monday morning after serving seven years of an eleven year combined sentence he was convicted of last month to stay that was supposed to have him in jail for ten years and also the same in a senior military official those supposed to be one year those reduced to a collective seven years about eighteen months ago now we've been in

island aboard a car i say they don't know how they will feed their families after the president roderigo to thirty announced plans to close the island for six months he says the ones pristine location are resembles a cesspool because of over development is there. boruc i may be just one of the more than one thousand islands in the philippines but revenues here make up more than twenty percent of the total tourism industry in the country we've spoken to tourists here who many say they won't even notice the political turmoil that the island is facing with the government but local workers here feel differently obviously that they're not president deter tell you what's going to happen to us i hope you can help us thousands of us workers are going to be jobless for six months . i hope we don't totally close down the island because so many of us employees will go hungry along with our families president of the good that there does the scribe boruc i am a quote a cesspool has ordered his government to close the island for the next six months for rehabilitation that means thirty five thousand wo

it is day one of the philippines president roderigo to texas order to close a popular holiday destination for the next six months he says tourists have turned into a cesspool the beach the trunks about two million tourists a year with a billion dollars in revenue it's now declared off limits to tourists while the government looks at sea which will lead to problems critics say it's an overreaction affecting people who depend on the island for their child's stephen root is a philippines policy analyst who works for the social weather stations sun n.-g. o. group in manila he says everybody's known about the island's environmental problems for some time but the sudden cut off was unexpected and aside from the direct impact on the people who are actually there working there are thousands of workers there there is a knock on effect to the rest of the tourism since about twenty percent of all tourists go there so the jobs will be lost elsewhere in the country while there is this downturn there could easily be a longer term effect tour operators around the world find that the bins are not a relia

given the right to stay in the country but many never obtained possibles the philippines president roderigo to thirty has permanently banned filipino workers from traveling to kuwait to work a temporary ban was imposed in february after a series of allegations of abuse and even killings of filipino workers in the gulf nation is estimated about two hundred sixty thousand filipinos still live in kuwait china's confirm sending his top diplomat to north korea this week meanwhile the u.s. secretary of state says he thinks there is a quote real opportunity for denuclearization on the peninsula however mike pompei o says pyongyang must first take irreversible steps to end its nuclear program this comes as north korea pledged to dismantle its nuclear testing site next month kathy novak has that story from seoul. the world saw the smiles and handshakes on friday now the south korean president's office is revealing more of what was said behind closed doors at the historic summit south korea says kim jong un promised to close the pool in getting a nuclear test center next month and invited american an

the infrastructure and volunteers from the rubbish from the once pristine beaches the president roderigo to thirty old at the shop done this month off to call in the result a cesspool well the forty companies in the united kingdom have pledged to get rid of unnecessary plastic packaging and a bit tackle pollution and other businesses which include major british supermarkets have signed up to eliminate single use plastic by twenty twenty five the voluntary scheme comes as u.k. politicians consider changing the way supermarkets pay for collecting and recycling plastic waste. this is al jazeera these are your headlines so far kim jong un has now become the first north korean leader to set foot in the south since the end of the korean war kim was greeted by the south korean president when g. in this he crossed the line of demarcation dividing the two countries they then held the first meeting between leaders of the two koreas in more than a decade kim told moon that their country shouldn't repeat the mistakes of the past the pair expected to discuss a range of issues including pyongyang's nu

philippines holiday island of boracay could be in jeopardy after was closed for six months present roderigo to ted tourists have turned the popular holiday destination into a cesspool it's also the view of great of a local long complained of being squeezed out by the tourism industry in the gun as more from. the people are the original inhabitants of broccoli island there says she grew up in a peaceful setting with no worries the tilde their own land sea food was abundant and they were free to go beyond and they call the home but not anymore they feel they're being squeezed out around two hundred of them live in this tiny village provided by the government a few years ago. some of us work in hotel construction others go fishing there not many of us get to do it life is hard here because there are different people who live the. life in the village is in stark contrast to the rest of the island settlers moved in the sea and the at are now marginalized. but now one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world more than two million visitors a year but fewer than fifty at the surrey abl

triggered a diplomatic crisis between kuwait and the philippines last month the philippines president roderigo to turkey ordered all philippines workers to return home from kuwait and banned people from working there. while small ground still to cover for you here on the news hour including these stories. i'm john holl and this is russia's radioactive. one of the world's most polluted water away. and stranded so close to home the harsh conditions still confronting people forced to flee during libya's civil war and in sports the tour of flanders gets thrown into chaos santa we'll tell you why in about thirty five minutes. to nigeria now where gunshots and explosions were heard in the northeastern city of my to cooling security forces are said to be battling a large number of fighters believed to be members of book or drum as they try to infiltrate the city with interest has more now from freetown in sierra leone. the fight is suspected to be members of boko haram sneaked into the villages of jimminy and ballet surely under the cover of darkness and then launched at least ten bombs and it's susp

surfer has been officially recognized as new world record holder for the biggest wave ever ridden roderigopasha was confirmed as setting a new log at the big wave awards on sunday he surfed this wave last november off the portuguese coast measured up at twenty four point three eight meters based on the previous best by just sixty one centimeters and to put that into a little bit of context that's just over eight stories tall. another award given out on sunday was the biggest wipeout of the it happened on the same day and at the same event british surfer andrew cotton got the t.v. a sauna dissipates into the surf in spectacular style and that is all the sport for now but that as incredible stuff thank you joe and that does it for this news out have another full news bulletin for you in just a few but it. because you. just. made on al-jazeera. a mocking world press freedom day al-jazeera shines a light on this important issue and examines the state of freedom of the press around the world people in power the top u.s. general in afghanistan about his plans for defeating by the taliban and an

now philippine president roderigo to territory has all but a six month closure of a popular holiday destination that he says tourist turned into a cesspool barricades tokyo's waters and white sand beaches attract about two million tourists a year with a billion dollars in revenues it's now declared off limits when the government looks at sewage related problems critics say it's an overreaction affecting people who depend on the island for their jobs stephen root is a fellow in residence with the social weather stations that's an engine survey group in manila he joins us live via skype so the philippines president had condemned the island's hotels restaurants tourist business is accusing them of dumping sewage directly into the sea so if the island was becoming a cesspool he was right to close it was indeed well there could have is usually a gradual approach to the first place merely dismantle the ones that are very. establishment that are encroaching on the coastline and go through and take the people who are not so. and that there are many violations on the grass for quite some time and the su

have been reported to be abused in kuwait and her case was apparently the last straw for president roderigo deter tech in february he imposed some restrictions on filipinos going to work in kuwait and on sunday he banned them altogether there would be no motive goldman. specially to mystical or would like to address story but with the same company. now this is because over the past few months there have been all these complications between these two governments because of this the philippine department of foreign affairs made several videos like this one public showing embassy workers helping maids in kuwait escape from their employers homes the department said at least twenty six filipino domestic helpers who asked for help were found and rescued this way from april seventh to the nineteenth the philippine government has since apologized for releasing these videos but for kuwait's it seems that this was too little too late kuwait's foreign ministry said that the embassies actions in these videos were a quote full flagrant and grave breach of rules and regulations that govern diplomatic act