you remember in 2011, that rwandas tries to extradite the widow of the former rwanda president, but that didn't get very far, she is still living in this country. so you dr. see the difficult relationship between france and rwanda plays a big here, and it will be interesting to see what happens in the coming weeks and what kind of light that this trial nows on the whole question of the rwanda again side, and how it could have been allowed to happen. it was after all only 20 years ago, but it has taken two decades children were killeding after a mossing and a residential area were attacked. the mosque was being used as a school. a group managed photon a number of houses into temporary teaching facilities. they salvaged whatever they could find and reuse it. >> because of the random government bombardment on a number of schools, parents starting to fear sending their kids to schools, that's why we found these homes instead. >> everyone here is a volunteer. mrs. a constant stream of children who want to learn. packet 150 students attend classes in this houghs, divided into three shifts. but

france has refused to extradite any suspect to rwanda so far. so this first trial of a former intelligence chief is seen by many as a major turning point. for the past 14 years, one couple have given every spare minute to reading, researching, and trying to track down perpetrators of the genocide. here is more from the courthouse today. is a historic trial, both for rwanda and for humanity. because this is a crime against humanity. it has taken way too long. the genocide took place on most 20 years ago. some of the lawsuits were filed as early as 1995, and those people have still not gone to trial. i hope this trial will be the first of a very long series of trials. >> our reporter is at the courthouse in paris. it has been 20 years since this genocide happened. why has it taken france so long to take legal action? trialeed, the very first of its kind here in france as the first case that was filed against the suspect at the rwanda genocide here in france was back in 1995. in 1996, it would enable them to put forward such a trial, but almost 20

ethnic tensions between the two main groups in rwanda had existed for years.ut a systematic campaign of terror and murder began. most of the victims were tootsie and moderate tutus. he was a former captain with alleged ties with the leadership and accused of complexity and genicide and complicity against humanity and he has denied this. >> reporter: they were apprehended on the indian ocean which is france territory and could be tried on french soil. in the past the rwandas tried to extradite people from france but so far none of them returned home. france is one of rwanda's main backers before the war and accused of provided the government military training. for years paris has strongly denied it was complicite in the genicide and under pressure to try to identify any suspects living in france. >> there was a total lack of political will from the french authorities to prosecute the suspects for a lot of historical reasons including the position of france toward the regime and during and after the genicide and reluctance from the french judicial authorities to

john liu on solutions from china, ethiopia and rwanda. coming up on "earth focus." [drumming] >> this is china's loess plateau. until recently, this was one of the poorest regions in the country. a land renowned for floods, mudslides and famine. but with the fanfare comes the hope of change for the better. my name is john d. liu. i've been documenting the changes on the plateau for 15 years. i first came here in 1995 to film an ambitious project where local people were constructing a new landscape on a vast scale. transforming a barren land into a green and fertile one. the project certainly changed my life, convincing me to become a soil scientist. the lessons i've learned in the last few years have made me realize that many of the human tragedies that we regularly witness around the world, the floods, mudslides, droughts and famines, are not inevitable. here on the loess plateau i've witnessed that people can lift themselves out of poverty. they can radically improve their environment. and by doing so, reduce the threat of climate change. >> [singing] >> when i fi

rwanda has tried to extradite suspects in the past from france, but none have been successful.efore the war, france was one of the country's main backers. paris accused of providing the hutu dominated government military training. what happens in this courthouse could throw some light on how one of the worst atrocities was ever allowed to happen. >>> under french law any rwandan suspected of being involved in a genocide can be tried in france. ♪ >>> what a difference a day makes. quite a change on wall street from yesterday. the dow up at this hour, 86 points, a day after the blue chips had a more than 300-point drop. >>> the official at microsoft is official. bill gates is giving up his role and chairman and taking the title of technology advisor, john thompson is going to be replacing gates. >>> a new report finding the affordable care act will cost 2.3 million jobs by 2021. the cbo says the law's impact on jobs will be felt mostly after 2016. >>> the federal government wants your car to start talking, insisting this new technology will save lyes. stun gran neighborhoods to d

since the events of 1994, rwanda and france's relationship has been troubled.ore the war france was one of the country's main backers. they were accused of providing the hue tu government military training. what happens in this courthouse could throw some light on how one of the worst aprosties was ever allowed to happen. >> the genocide happened in just over a hundred days. the genocide ended when a rebel movement captured the capitol, fearing backlash nearly 2 million hutus fled. philip is an author who has written about the rwandan genocide. good to have you with us. knowing what you know about the genocide, how significant is what happened today? >> what is significant about what happened today is that it's happening in france, and it has been 20 years, during which france has categorically denied the reality of its support for the regime before, during, and after the genocide. and it's after the genocide part that is very important here, because france continued to proside enormous cover for both actual individuals implicated in the genocide, and for the i

he also has a dream for the whole of rwanda. >> i am old now. i would like to teach the next generation how to build small hydroelectric power plants. i would like them to continue my work and use all of the water power that rwanda has at its disposal. >> before he sets off back home, he takes one last look, and one last picture of the power plant. that way, he can show other villages how easily the facility works. >> when the global financial crisis -- crisis hit with its full force in 2009, it sent high a demand for diamonds. the global diamond trade is back into the double digits. desperate for the one fine i can secure food for days, weeks, or even months, many sift through the rubble of abandoned mines. there are those who try to survive by finding the raw materials for the insignia of the rich. >> the indian state of module per -- -- of madja pradesh. there are no jewelry shops in the street, but it is a center for smuggling and black market activities. meet the human rights activist. he works for the byronic's trust and deli full -- in de

rwanda. >>> so it's again the news hour begins with a crisis in ukraine.eighboring russia is turning up the pressure. moscow says it will protect its naval fleet. and putin has ordered military drills. russia's black sea fleet is based in the area, and that has been the scene of fighting between russian and anti-government protesters. tim friend is in this the ukrainian capitol. these statements from russia, pretty new. tim, how is it going down where you are? >> well, you can imagine that everyone here is living on their nerves at the moment. it's not only the situation internally, but still extremely volatile of course because it's unresolved as ousted former president is still on the run somewhere, and there is as of yet no proper interim leadership, but as you have just been mentioning, this goes much wider than what is happening within the borders of ukraine, and in many russia itself, president putin ordering this state of preparedness. that's being typified in this russia, t -- at least the information we're getting here in kiev. you can imagine whe

they arthey all denied any invot in what happened in rwanda in 1994.ne man said the decision made today is the right one. >> my client denies the accusations and insists they're innocent from the beginning. but that's not what happened today. if they're called to address this in a french court, they will face that. but they say today in rwanda they have no chance of a fair trial. >> they have beecriticism has bd among civil rights campaigners. >> navy ships in the mediterranean in the 24 hours to wednesday morning. 596 migrants were picked up, all from africa. the italian navy sent to intercept migrants before they reach the mainland. >>> one of the world's greatest guitarists has died. paco delucia suffered a heart attack in the mexican seaside resort of cancun at the age of 66. that's all the news from europe. darren in doha, back to you. >> jonah thank you. now strong winds mean people in beijing can breathe a little easier. for days the city has been covered in smog 20 times higher than healthy levels. >> reporter: they can finally see the sun. aft

the co plaintiffs in rwanda st the punishment is too mild and does not fit the crime she threw the cup cake until zone. fourteen years. it is not very much in to form next to him in the box we have to accept the court's decision you do it may keep the device according to the evidence he should have been convicted as a trainer because he had the authority to give orders that meant a life sentence but the sentence was not a small one is the fact that what happened has been recognized that it's been confirmed that broke on day one was one of the organizers the least eight hundred thousand people most of them tutsis were killed in rwanda between april and july nineteen ninety four. it was the biggest jan assigned to the second world war i am i'll miss the sentence tuesday's ruling may offer some closure to the families of the victims of the qc coral massacre. now later in the show we will top cards and culture. just here are some other stories making news. sure the venezuelan opposition leader and o'connell prices tend to go into them these days. after a warrant was issued for his direct m

the former head of rwanda's secret service is on trial, accused of helping to incite and organize the killings. the bbc's emily buchanan has the story. killing whichf two decades later haunts through wanda. 100 days of slaughter left at least 800,000 dead. bitter ethnic violence in which the majority turned on the minority. many of the leading perpetrators have faced justice, but this man, found in hiding on a french island in the indian ocean, had escaped trial until now. a paraplegic after a car accident in 1986, he is accused after -- accused of complicity in genocide and supplying arms to the militia. he denies the charges. court case, as the is an important step in coming to terms with past harbors. as people came out, the militia slaughtered them. they slaughtered them. they slaughtered them. i went through this too. i was wounded and fell into a coma. when i woke up, i couldn't tobacco my feet because there were dead bodies on top of me. -- i couldn't get back on my feet because there were dead bodies on top of me. >> she and her liar husband have spent 12 years building the ca

oh and the rwanda genocide that didn't exist in france. use a black hole the month has been parliamentary commission to testify. the idea that all was done. distraction for intoxication from not looking good there. bt of the event not looking good. i'm trying to understand what happens on the ground so that they can fix intoxication the station up and stupid stuff like or would even crash the man who leads the beginning that marked the beginning of the genocide which is not interested in the beginning but we did them out to work trying to understand really what happens in ronda and ninety four we've done on the proceeds would be the first occasion friends to make the score was not being done to know. it's very important step the human rights advocates pointing out that some youth had trials of rwandan genocide suspects in the list or belgium switzerland norway netherlands canada and is one now going on in germany it couldn't have happened earlier. it's realistically in political terms. france is encrypted using the country is in the foreig

he's been linked to the massacre of eight hundred thousand people in rwanda. twenty years ago. i'm talking cars are no longer short science fiction in the us is pushing for new ways to let the apples were eight other in their head. that is. it's exciting it's got all spent at first a source close to the ukrainian president viktor yanukovich says he could call early elections to resolve the ongoing crisis there. the report comes from his party representative in parliament. he won the opposition is set to present its latest demands to the ukrainian parliament today including the release of jailed protesters. a team in kiev spoke to the relatives of some of the demonstrators still being helped when the nine to january the twenty second of the husband didn't come home the whole family had just taken out to my dance mode to rise protests outside time to ukrainian officials are hundreds and it was one of the green tea does. he was with some seventeen other members of the evening went back to the right tackle to left of the cia found her husband in custody on an often in the us open b

. >> it's almost 20 years since rwanda descended into chaos. 800,000 killed in 100 days. rwandans genocide was sparked after the president was killed when his plane was shut down. who followed was unimaginable. ethnic tensions between the two main groups, the tutesies and houthis existed. most of the victims were tute sis and mott raid hewitt use. the leader has been accused of complicity in genocide and crimes against humanity. allegations he denies. >> the case is being heard in paris, that's pause pascal simbikangwa was apprehended on french territory. he can be tried tonne french sail. the rwandans tried to extra diet suspects from france. none of them returned home. >> france had been one of rwanda's main backer before the war and was accused of providing the hewitt u-dominated government with military training. paris denied it was complicit in the genocide. it has been under pressure to identify suspects living in france. >> there was a total lack of political will from the french authorities to prosecute suspects because of position of friends towards the regime, b

it will harkins back to rwanda in some cases where you have this really tragic brutality happening on the ground. and it is very worrisome because it is a new thing for sub is a ha sub subsaharan africa. you saw a little in mali and in the brutality based upon religion in the middle of africa is a new thing. it's something we need to be aware of. >> even though the causes as the ba ambassador point out is sneaking to the central african republic, is that kind of con tapeon that can link up with other trends going on to what we see in the region we can analyze what you brought up. if we take a look at the history of rebellion's in central african republ republic in chad next door. also, in sudasudan. and these fighters were proxy this this this this take a new look at news. >> welcome back to inside story. i'm ray suarez. . >>> welcome back to "inside story." i am ray sworees. the united nations says more than 2,000 people have been killed and more than 800,000 have been displaced. the question is: can the international community come together to help solve the crisis? with us, from au

on trial for again side, rwanda's former intelligent chief is finally brought to justice in a landmarkase. starve can police use rub bet bullets to disperse striking miners. sol dare tear across borders journalists send a message to the egyptian government. you silence one you silence us all.

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. >> weather in norway, cuba, or a workplace in rwanda, plastic chairs are everywhere, in all sorts of colors. henning wotzel-herber now runs two websites, both of which are devoted only to the monobloc. he has collected photographs, stories, videos, and music. >> on plasticchair.org, any photo by anyone is welcome. there are still enough blank spots on the map where i do not yet have a plastic chair picture. and i would like to change that. >> with more than a billion monoblocks out there, the plastic chair is now the most commonly-found piece of furniture in the world, whether you like it or not. >> undeniably value for money, that maybe the wrong value there. asean, the association of southeast asian nations, is the fastest-growing economic region in the world, that there is a lot of disparity among its members. we caught up with the singaporean parliamentarian penny low, who has been named a young global leader by the world economic forum. she says it is about time that her country starts sharing its wealth with its neighbors. just turn out a good leader by sending them to a good b

hundreds of thousands fled to rwanda. a third of the city was destroyed. >> a river of lava came bursting out of the ground down here, and destroyed everything in this area, then it made its way down here to the city center. it reached the airport run way destroying everything in its wake. roads, houses. >> if you look at the rocks left behind, you can see the bobbles from where it was boiling, summering. the rock turned out to be useful. a lot of the city of goma has been rebuilt, using it as a construction material. >> the volcano is everywhere. >> they make rocks using the gravel metal. >> the materials can bring wealth. it's bad. it's destroyed everywhere's homes. >> another nearby volcano erupted in 2011. it didn't cause damage. because ns the bush. >> it keeps smouldering. an eruption could destroy it. people can leave the town. but on if they are warned in time. >> to south africa where protests in the ecangala township east of pretoria is more violent. residents torched several buildings, including a clinic. they

this man was found guilty and frankfurt ofin committing genocide in rwanda.udge said he incited his future followers to murder about 400 people were gathered in a church. the trial was held in germany because he fled there after the genocide and asked for asylum. he was sentenced to 40 years in jail. violent thanmore venezuela this week. antigovernment protesters fought holy city streets of the capital of caracas. protesters say the socialist government is to blame for high crime and inflation and for repressing the oppositions. maduro,ident, nicolas called the protesters fascists. he accused them of being in league with the u.s. and trying to stage a coup. >> what will the venezuelan opposition do ? johnbelieving that with kerry and barack obama you can seize power. how long will your violence continue? >> the protesters blame the government for the violence. they say they would stay on the streets until president maduro resigned. >> wednesday, another attack in lebanon targeting a shiite area of beirut. at least four people died when two suicide bombers ble

hundreds of thousands fled to neighboring rwanda, about a third of the city was destroyed the last timeolcano erupted. it destroyed everything in its area, and made its way down here. it destroyed everything in its wake, but if you look at the rocks left behind, you can see the bubbles and holes from where it was boiling and simmering. but a lot of the city has actually been rebuilt using this as a construction material. the volcano is everywhere. this man makes building blocks from lava gravel mixed with cement. >> translator: on the one hand we like it, because the materials can bring wealth, but on the other hand it is bad, because it has destroyed everybody's homes. >> reporter: another nearby volcano resulted in 2011, but didn't cause any damage. meanwhile this volcano keeps bubbling. >>> and thank you for watching al jazeera america. i'm del walters in new york. "the stream" is next. and a reminder for updates throughout the day, all you have to go is go to aljazeera.com, where the news continues 24 hours a day, seven days a week. right now it is 9:30 in sochi. >> i'm lisa flesher

companies who are in the absence of this regime is known to candidates the democratic voices such as rwanda the outcome is unstable in his writings in his knife and in the lives of all the millions of syrians lower this is the crime is it because it's his entire family has been very much a form in the side of the assets on the fur around for decades and they absolutely. and his brothers and sisters that his brother into all of them spectacle of seventy years of syndicates in the us and the father process of dying. the pens have spent seventeen years the last three years under the sun and is now once again to test it. so it's a funny story. it's the syrian story the one off the responses in the la for a dictatorship unfortunately there is no sufficient certainty with the city keeper. we are stopped. between the end of the regime may be talking on the east on sunday. this time so that the costs to society and that is confronting his mixing the storm and some less than a parent is not always make the two human rights tribunal was in studio so i think i know it isn't that well so we hope the us

it harkens back to rwanda in some cases where you have this really tragic brutality happening on the it is very worrisome because it is a new thing for subsaharan africa to some extends. you see a little bit of that going on in mali last late year and toward the beginning of last year. this brutality based on religion in the middle of catch is of aw thing that we need to pay attention to and be fearful of. >> once interim religious conflict breaks out, is that a contagion that can link up with other friends that are going on in west africa or neighboring sudan. >> absolutely. there are a lot of commonalities with what is going on in the central african republic to what we see in other countries of the region of africa in particular. and we can exactly analyze that contagion effect that you brought up f we look at the history of rebellions in central african republic directly related to chad next door and also in sudan. and these fighters were proxy fighters between chad and sudan just a few years ago. and the day to want that was reached between chad and sudan in the late 2,000s kind

in france, a former rwandan army captain is in court, linked to the massacre of 800,000 people in rwanda 20 years ago. and it is a very happy birthday for the company that turned friend into a verb. facebook is now 10 years old.

there are going to be a lot of other issues, the genocide in rwanda would be one example. much of the document is a we expect today comes from the first lady's staff, her press secretary for a while we're told specifically that there will be documents dealing with that as well as advice given to her on children's issues and women's rights, as well as eventually the health care law that she was so instrumental in trying to develop or at least the proposal. >> thank you very much. >> the guardian newspaper is reporting the u.k. has been collecting scene shots of british citizens during their web chat. they along with n.s.a. has been monitoring videos more than 1,000 users were tapped, naming the program away particular nerve. it saves the images, many sexually explicit, whether or not the users were deemed to be a threat to national security. >> california desperately needed rain, but not so much so fast. so much that people are now bracing for floods, many being told to evacuate. they are putting out sandbags to protect their homes. nine miles of the pacific coast highway i

set up shop outside of but rwanda's the street.ng 117 boxes of cookies in two hours. >> : mom says that they went there because there were security cameras and she wanted to show her daughter different places of the neighborhood. >> : there were out by the curb. the people were going out there and enjoying the cookies. >> : young team became an internet darling. one colder one smart cookie. >> : but, says that his once arcady. unattended of course did as a good for her right got killed. marriott saymary and disagree >> : was a girl scout organization said. the organization did not condemn this. therthey put a ban selling girl scout cookies outside of pot stores in colorado. >> : she made a lot of money selling them there. >> : more news ahead will be back good. good answer. check it out. learning's fun now. yeah, back in our day, we didn't have u-verse high speed internet to play and learn online. all we had was that franklin fuzzypants. ah, the educational toy bear. remember when the battery went out? [ slow, deep voice ] give me

the genocide twenty years ago in atlanta at that time he was commander of the school district in rwanda. the judge said he incited his cue to connolly's to murder about four hundred tutsis without the detached. the trial was held in germany pecans robocop made that up to the genocide and asked for asylum. he was sentenced to fourteen years' jail. there was more violence in venezuela this week. anti government protest is called police in the streets of the capital caracas the protest to say the socialist government is to blame for high crime and inflation. and for repressing the opposition ch the president may cause us much duo called the protests to scientists. he accused them of being in league with the us in trying to stage two it would kill us said altantuya minnesota law school the venezuelan opposition to illegal to keep believing that with the support of john kerry and barack obama. you can seize political power. come home eat and to the needy on lines along with your finance continue that way. at one go this is the tomb the protest is dying the governments of the finance they sai

so, for instance, you might say, we should have intervened in rwanda.a lot of people said that at the time. i was a reporter but did not have a column. but what we already learned from some of our interventions already like and afghanistan, maybe we don't know what we are doing and sometimes intervention -- that gets you through day one, you stop people from doing bad things, but i think what we whole middlethe east experience is we can stop people from doing bad things but we can't always make them -- in fact, we rarely -- rarely can make them and in fact maybe we can never make them do good things. so, once you get done stopping people from doing bad things, which we did in libya, for instance, we thought what we thought was going to be a massacre in benghazi, but then we didn't go in and we could not make people do good things and they then started fighting amongst themselves. all i can tell you is my take away over the last 10 years is a lot more humility about these things, too, and if you will the ns,, you better will the mea and back of the a lon

such a global awareness was not like what happened in bosnia or rwanda. politico a matter of -- politics of state. businessmenesenting and human rights associations, we should start a campaign of global -- global awareness. i am telling you i am ready to do more in the name of turkey. us. more pressure on more pressure is needed today. want serious, it is a mess. we did not see any strong global response. seeing all these pictures. for seeing an issue, they want humanitarian access everywhere. the problem is the regime. what is the regime hiding behind? dying.y is state is for human beings. [applause] no human being living in a country. pressureo create more on all international governments .ho are claiming to be >> i am keen to get people in. quick. you, really >> i agree about the limitations of the international framework. there is one issue which makes this conflict specific in comparison with many others. this is the unwillingness and difficulty to negotiate --ctical arrangements and pending. we do not find these at this moment because -- despite the

but after losing a power struggle he handed himself in at rwanda last year. he was transferred to the hague where he is currently being held. he has denied all of the allegations. eu foreign ministers have reiterated offers of foreignen n assistance to ukraine. >> eu foreign policy chief katherine ashton complete with ukrainians last week. >> the importance of stopping any form of violence bringing to justice those who have perpetrated that violence and moving forward to the work of the parliament, on constitutional reform, which is a key part of trying to solve this crisis, and onward to free and fair elections. linked to that the importance of supporting the economic challenges of the country, requires reform, we've always said that. requires them to do a great deal but to make sure that they understand that we are supportive of trying to ensure that the people of ukraine go forward. >> now, staying in ukraine, there is concern over the practice of illegal mining. it is big business but it is taking a deadly toll. hundreds of miners are being killed each ye

now a group formed to fight rwanda forces, but it's leaders are demanding self government.the past 3% homes in the region have been destroyed. more than 400,000 people have been displaced by government showers and the my, my. one lowewe now go to the child . >> they lived in the bush with the rebels who want independence, an province of congo. the 15-year-old said they were finally rescued when some of the rebels in their group surrendered to the congolese army. >> they came. the children must go, the grownups stayed behind. >> here they get psych local help and learn a trade. some were forced to join the armed screws when their villages were looted and burned. >> there were some first who came her here with babies. >> the boys stay in the different part. they can't be integrated back into the communities because of growing insecurity. mothers may never go home. i've seen terrible things and committed atrocities. their communities don't want them back. put it can be difficult. >> miko was not afraid to take in three child soldiers. >> they were afraid. i teach them violence

years ago i went with students to rwanda and we visited a number of memorials. became so clear to me the degree to which the country technologists its past in an honest and straightforward way goes a long way to healing and reconciliation. give you all the justice that you need, but it gives you the first steps, the recognition of your history becomes important. thanks so much for being with us. we will link to your piece, "missing from presidents day: at people they enslaved" democracynow.org. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. back in a minute. [♪] music break >> in the studio today on this presidents' day, indie kids. we end the show with the news that the two largest cable providers plan to merge. comcast has announced plans to purchase time warner cable for $45 billion and stock. comcastover would allow to have a virtual monopoly in 19 of 20 markets. consumer groups will oppose the deal. --e press writes comcast ceo brian roberts praised the deal as procompetitive and proconsumer. we spent a lot of time thinking about it. it

in facer, a trial of 20 years in the making rwanda's former intelligence chief he is in court suspected in that country's gene side, he is charged with crimes against humanity, more than 800,000 people were killed in the massacre. france is accused of helping those involved in the again side. met with prt while antigovernment protestors want too move ties away from russia, and get closer to the e.u. that's not a common goal for everyone in the country. >> the confrontation plays in the city. supporters of closer ties with europe nearly come to blows with activists determine to stay with russia. >> in the end, the anger turns into a snowball fight. but the tensions here are running high. >> outside the city hall, a mirror image of the tent directed in the independent square. but these ones are manned by so called battle groups, determined to prevent any occupation of government here the governors headquarters have been barricaded, a small force of political guard the main entrance, but their shields ready at hand. new volunteers are arriving every day to help them. they say they can sum

after losing a power struggle, he turned himself in in rwanda last year.s at the hague where he is being held, he has denied allegations. >>> peace keepers shot dead a member of the crowd in confrontation at least ten people have been killed in a weekend of violence in bangui. tens of thousands of muslims have left the country fearing for theirs life. they're accused of sympathying with rebels who targeted christians communities last year. >>> australia plans to give ma lamalaysia two patrol boats to stop people smuggling. >> reporter: on the lookout for people smugglers, malaysia's maritime enforcement agency conduct patrols along the coast in the hopes of intercepting boats either arrive organize leaving these shores. around 250 people are caught by the agency each year in malaysian waters. but the true figures of those on route to another country are hard to judge. with so many migrants making their way to australian territories in recent years the government there introduced a turn-back policy to deter the migrant boats. >> one thing that i see which i

nearly 100 people were killed, hundreds of thousands fled to neighboring rwanda.hird of the city was destroyed. >> a river of lava burst out of the ground just down here and destroyed everything in this area then made its way down here toward the city, and even reached the airport runway, destroying everything in its wake, roads and house us. if you look at the rocks left behind, you can see the bubbles and holes from where it was boiling and simmering. this rock could turn out to be quite useful. a lot of the city has been rebuilt using it as construction material. >> the volcano is everywhere. john makes building blocks from it, saying it's earned him good money. >> the materials can bring wealth, but it's destroyed everyone's homes. >> another nearby volcano erupted in 2011. it's in the bush away from the city and caused no damage. meanwhile, an eruption could destroy a lot of the city. people can safely leave the town, but only if warned in time. aljazeera, democratic republic of congo. >> time for sport now. all eyes on russia. >> the first competitive events

she has two young architects in rwanda who are constructing a ventilation system. not just young health workers, but also young people who can set up the technology or a clinic. young people who can help organizations build. we had this fun a luncheon. .ven when president came she did not have a first lady to center so she joined us. that was a thrill for me. i've been able to go to her inauguration and a library of beriashe was -- in li when she was nominated. >> the series is called "first ladies: image and influence," and what did you think your legacy was? >> the things i know will last and will last for a long time to things like the national book festival which was this last month in washington. the texas book festival which is this weekend in austin. those are both great and i hope they will continue long after i am gone to entertain people and introduce people to their favorite authors and introduce people to love reading. and so i ain't that will stay for a long time. that will stay for a long time. and no cello -- and no child -- strongd, strung by bipart

i bought land in rwanda, yes. >> you bought land. >> yes. i want to be there and i want to continue exactly where i've started off and have the continent to be what has all the chances to be, you know. >> my goodness. >> here's an interesting thing, to know both of them that's real genuine and in fact they're doing serious things and enable to pursue that passion. it's not like some nice answer, it is what you're doing. >> no, it's a fact. but i think we have to give credit to -- because it's the most incredible countries and that really opens up your work. it's passion that you travel as well but it's in more remote areas to do most, you see a lot and you see the balance. and i think that it's part of why we sort of start thinking really okay what can we do about it. we have to give credit to south africa. >> where am i going to find you? >> that's a pretty big question when you're -- >> 21. >> i don't know. i will hopefully still be modeling and doing some acting. i would like to do some talk show later in life. >> thank you all. thank you

rule of me wanted to we're coming up on the twentieth anniversary summit is about to the genocide in rwanda. why is this series still being unleashed this list is kind of fury where people can kill each other with machetes. we are not the same situation i can do wrong because in rome that wells up. only in coolidge aviation. can these people. well yes he unto them meanwhile the political agenda. the only new troops and scolding ppl the colonies. these are political problem. we needed to school. these political problem. before we move to something very. knowing that you're one of the ironies of me with another comment from one of yours earlier saying chasing up the moslems were shopkeepers as a century to the food crisis. it's going to be. we are going to feel the air we breathe the price of the us because older although all the history of trade using the indies country. he has not all of the nuisance. so it's going to be very very difficult. to meet our goal. do we need to leave least we talk about a reconciliation in the us and in other places but here is a summit east was saying. i worked

clinton looked back at rwanda and said it was a huge mistake.other side of that, we have demonstrated underened president bush the limits of what the united states can accomplish in terms of reengineering corrupts in the u.s. image or even a more western image. it becomes very difficult. so does it work? you know, this intervention, does it work even if you fulfill a moral imperative. >> you're getting at the something central. this will be a topic of debate in the 20916 presidential campaign. has america's standing in the world been harmed by that moment when president obama refused to -- >> a lot of republicans do not. >> you draw a red line and you're the leader of the free world and you refuse to enforce it -- >> where was the u.s. congress? >> this isn't about the u.s. congress. >> look, he didn't -- you could tell he didn't want to enforce his red line with a military strike. okay? but he knew he had to do this because he drew the line. he knew he had to do it, but he had no political apparatus support both internationally and domestically

and policymakers he finds that there is a sort of shadowboxing going on in the room, the shadows of rwanda and bosnia on one side boxing with the shadows of afghanistan and iraq on the other. think that we hope that in the introduction. it is an evocative image and it is exactly what is going on with respect to syria today. i would say that the differences between the two are vast. think of it this way. i note there are people in this room was very different positions on the war and whether it should have happened, let's put this way, in the case of a rock, has proved as saddam hussain was, mass murderer, at the time that the invasion was exposed there was no ongoing real time unfolding genocide or massive happening in iraq. there was a brutal stage, but it was not an unfolding humanitarian crisis. end the case for war, essentially it was fabricated, some would argue rather deceptively. we don't need to really what happened with this compare that syria. you have resent you the opposite to read the have the worst humanitarian to pat -- catastrophe in recent history. you have over 100,000 pe

straight in to the town and nearly a hundred people killed, hundreds of thousands fled to neighboring rwandathird of the city was destroyed. eye river of lava came bursting out of the ground and made its way down here towards the city center, it even reached the airport runway, destroying everything in its wake. roads, and houses, but if you look at the rocks that are left behind, you can even see the bubbles, the holes from where it was boiling and simmering. but this rock has actually turned out to be quite useful. at lot of the city has been rebuilt using it as a construction material. the value can ope vallecano is . he makes building bricks mixed with cement and laugh owe and it makes him good money. >> translator: on the one hand we like it because the materials can bring wealth but on the other hand it's bad because it's destroyed everyone's homes. >> reporter: another nearby value channel owe erupte vainvv. a lot could destroy a lot of the city. people can safely leave the town but only if they are warned in time. >>> the man who says he spent more than a year drifting across the pac

she has two young architects in rwanda who are deisgning a ventilation system. not just young health workers, but also young people who can set up the technology or a clinic. young people who can help health organizations build capacity. we had this fun a luncheon. even one president came. she did not have a first lady to send so she joined us. that was a thrill for me. i've been able to go to her inauguration in liberia when she was nominated. >> the series is called "first ladies: image and influence," and what did you think your legacy was? >> the things i know will last and will last for a long time to things like the national book festival which was this last month in washington. the texas book festival which is this weekend in austin. those are both great and i hope they will continue long after i am gone to entertain people and introduce people to their favorite authors and introduce people to love reading. and so i think that will stay for a long time. and no child left behind, strong bipartisan support. i hope the principles of accountability and respon