rory chalons live at the hague thank you. government workers intimacy of being on nationwide strike because they say they cult afford to make ends meet more than half a million public sector workers walked out in the demands for higher pay mariana honda has more. from the capital tunis to. the city that gave birth to the arab spring around two thirds of a million people stopped work. was public sector workers went on strike after negotiations between the powerful trade union that represents them and the government failed they want better wages but they say they're marching for old tune izzie and her engineering soaring living costs and high unemployment but soon as you told it here people here don't have enough to buy even the most basic food especially those with children you cannot imagine how difficult the situation is yes this is a revolution of the hungry here in tunisia rather than one of them that i last saw a man there and what have we done to you the government has failed us and undermined the rights of retirees where

the first appearance of alfred in front of the international criminal court here at the hague as you say was was a procedural one the three judges sitting here basically confirmed his identity they established the language in which he is to understand the proceedings as they are unfolds and they outlined essentially the charges against these basically amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity i can list some of them for you now or he is basically alleged to have been involved in these crimes between december two thousand and thirteen and two thousand and fourteen when he was the commander of one of the militia groups part of the anti balika movements which was opposing the seneca rebels many muslim rebels who had taken over the capital bangui at the time now. accused of murder torture cruel treatments mutilation intentional attacks against the civilian population intentional attacks against buildings dedicated to religion as you say lists of children under the age of fifteen years child soldiers essentially displacement of the civilian population and destruction of the adverse

was tortured and beaten with a bust of a rifle there and it was only once he was transferred to the hague that he actually found out any of the charges against him and therefore the judge here at the i.c.c. has rights on the rome statute to protect the defendant's rights and that he wanted the you know the judge to listen to this the judge said that these were matters that shouldn't really be dealt with orally that the defense team had to put them into proper legal files that was should be submitted and they would be dealt with in due course what are the charges that he's facing what is he a legit to have done. well basically they amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity he is alleged to have had criminal responsibility for things like murder torture cruel treatment mutilation the intentional attack against the civilian population of the cia our intentional attack against buildings dedicated to religion the enlistments of children under the age of fifteen years to fights in the. movements deportation or forcible transfer of the civilian population basically you know in the in in t

and tortured after his arrest last month alford yeah catawba also known as ron but has appeared at the hague for war crimes he was a senior leader of the mostly christian movement his fighters attacked was him seneca rebels back in twenty thirteen or chalons has the latest from the hague. well alfred's first appearance at the international criminal court here in the hague was short and procedural just thirty minutes or so long the three judges confirmed the suspects identity they also establish the language in which he is to understand proceedings as they are told and state outlines the charges against him he specifically accused of being involved in murder torture cruel treatments mutilation intentional attacks against the civilian population intentional attacks against buildings dedicated to religion in this mince of child soldiers and displacement of the civilian population this is a step of some significance for the central african republic it's the first time that anyone involved in the recent conflict has ended up here to face charges it's going to be some time before the actual trial

and other signatories of the nine hundred ninety three chemical weapons convention meet in the hague to discuss the future of the o p c w coming up on the show with the british government in chaos we speak to someone who once received the biggest individual democratic mandate in the european union a long time comrade of jeremy corbin ken livingstone's and the agreement to lift sanctions on any track record ninety seen improvement in the field peace and security and the positive steps every train is taking to meet the demands of the security council while britain continues economic warfare all around the world what's behind it voting to drop the un sanctions against the fact the linchpin of global security eritrea plus we talk class in golden age hollywood and the ogre of show business with the son of joan collins author and artist alexander newly told us of all coming up in today's going underground but first to that country bombed out orders from tourism a as today is expected to be the last briefing at the u.n. of on boy staffan de mistura on syria this was the official whose pleas

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chalons has more from the hague. well alfred's yeah it's almost first appearance it's the.

accused of killing civilians rape and recruiting child soldiers where we challenge reports from the hague. well alfred soames first appearance at the international criminal court in the i was short some procedural just thirty minutes or so long the three judges confirms the suspects identity they also establish the language in which he is to understand proceedings as they own fault and state outlines the charges against him he specifically accused of being involved in murder so cruel treatments mutilation intentional attacks against the civilian population intentional attacks against buildings dedicated to religion and this means of child soldiers and displacement of the civilian population this is a step of some significance for the central african republic it's the first time that anyone involved in the recent conflict has ended up to face charges it's going to be some time before the actual trial proper gets underway the judge said that it wouldn't be until april thirtieth of two thousand and nineteen that things really will swing into full action here at the i.c.c. . failed africa ana

was tortured after his arrest last month alfred yeah khatami also known as rambo has appeared at the hague for war crimes he was a senior leader of the mostly christian and movement is fighters attacked muslim celica rebels in two thousand and thirteen more a challenge as more from the netherlands when al jazeera encountered alfred your khatam in central african republic it was two thousand and fourteen the country's ethnic and religious conflicts was in its fiercest stages and yet its own was in charge of a christian militia group fighting predominantly muslim seleka rebels seem filmdom outside the capital bangui on the roads and baking. now he's in very different circumstances appearing for the first time before judges from the international criminal court in the netherlands a preliminary hearing for his forthcoming war crimes and crimes against humanity trial this is the first time that the central african republic has extradited someone to the international criminal court to face charges for their involvement in the recent conflicts and as such it represents a significant step for the

rory chalons has more from the hague. well alfred soames first appearance at the international criminal court here in the hague was short and procedural just thirty minutes or so long the three judges confirmed the suspects identity they also establish the language in which he is to understand proceedings as they are told and stay outlines the charges against him he specifically accused of being involved in murder torture cruel treatments mutilation intentional attacks against the civilian population intentional attacks against buildings dedicated to religion in this mince of child soldiers and displacement of the civilian population this is a step of some significance for the central african republic it's the first time that anyone involved in the recent conflict has ended up here to face charges it's going to be some time before the actual trial proper gets underway the judge said that it wouldn't be until april thirtieth of two thousand and nineteen that things really will swing into full action here at the i.c.c. . rui

to reconsider giving it the power to apportion blame correspondent peter all of us in the hague with the details of the twenty said o p c w conference is underway here in the hague the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons have well a lot to discuss but amongst the things that are on the agenda there is a proposal that was put forward by the united kingdom said extraordinary session of the o.p.c. w. back in june now what this would see would be a huge increase in the power of the old can i say should it would give them accusatory palos allowing them to identify the perpetrators of chemical it's time now. this proposal passed back in june by the very slimmest of margins one hundred ninety three votes in favor eighty three against this proposal was put forward after the poisoning of you and set a good script in solsbury in the united kingdom earlier this year that resulted in london pointing the finger of blame at moscow saying they were behind it russia stringently denies that still and we've heard from alex on the show again he's russia's permanent representative to the

is grandison professor of international relations at the high school of economics in moscow from the hague via skype tell us cause you're ukraine expert and author of putin's war against ukraine and from a chilly here mikhail oh well esky associate professor of the department of sociology and business school at the national university of kill or the hyla academy welcome gentlemen let's start with you glenn how dangerous a situation is this could it spiral out of control as either side prepared to escalate this. well the comfort conflict could become very dangerous quiet fast however i think it should be under control i think that there was some incentives especially from the ukrainian side to elevate tensions a little bit in order to i would argue create a provocation for a bit of an international incident however i think that a broader conflict with russia would not be in ukraine's interest. and now in the same side i don't think russia is an interested either to see this conflict escalate so it's so i think it can be contained i think will be more used to ramp up pressure against russia.

that he was tortured after his arrest last month alford yes also known as rambo has appeared at the hague for war crimes he was a senior leader of the mostly christian movement whose fighters attacked muslim celica rebels in two thousand and thirteen or a challenge as more from the netherlands. when al jazeera and counted out for the ekotto main central african republic it was two thousand and fourteen the country's ethnic and religious conflict was in its fiercest stages and yet its own was in charge of a christian militia group fighting predominantly muslim seleka rebels seem filmdom outside the capital bangui on the roads and baking now he's in very different circumstances appearing for the first time before judges from the international criminal court in the netherlands a preliminary hearing for his forthcoming war crimes and crimes against humanity trial this is the first time that the central african republic has extradited someone to the international criminal court to face charges for their involvement in the recent conflicts and as such it represents a significant step for the co

so we set a plenty more action here in the hague at the o.p.c. w. conference on tuesday i'll be bringing you up to date with it as it all unfolds here on r.t. . and we crack on with more great r.t. programs in seconds this is our teachers. with no make this manufacture consent instant of public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the financial merry go round listen to the one percent so. we can all middle of the room six. million real news room. at the time a local television reporter from detroit is following the case closely bill proctor is well aware of the methods used by local police to close certain cases as quickly as possible. they did this all the time. they had people make statements whether in writing or they did the writing they had some buddies and with the suggestion that hears this and you can go home i've heard that.

conference was taken here to the russian embassy in the hague and i'm joined by the two men that fronted up the delegation for the russian federation at that conference we're going to start off with the head of that delegation. come out of who's the deputy minister for trade and industry also the head of this delegation this didn't go to plan for russia did it there was. the other delegations voted against russia in almost every one of the votes there was today they shot down russia's proposal this morning what reasons were you given by your partners in the o.p.c. w for this ending up this way. we saw the conference during these three days today ahead. seven draft decisions. was russian china. decision regarding the working group regarding the issues on the on the budget. on the tribulation and we were discussing would be would be your best to do with the delegation we needed to have the working group of four x. peers to discuss these issues now we have thirty one country. with russia. because on the boat in the morning we saw thirty one and. thirty countries and ten countries which are

and other signatories of the nine hundred ninety three chemical weapons convention meet in the hague to discuss the future of the o p c w coming up on the show with the british government in chaos we speak to someone who once received the biggest individual democratic mandate in the european union a long time comrade of jeremy corbin ken livingstone's and he meant to lift sanctions on any track record one to see improvement in the field peace and security and the positive steps every train is taking to meet the demands of the security council while britain continues economic warfare all around the world what's behind it voting to drop the un sanctions against the fact the linchpin of global security eritrea last week told class in golden age hollywood and the ogre of show business with the son of joan collins author an artist alexander newly visible coming up in today's going underground but first to that country bombed out orders from tourism is today is expected to be the last briefing at the u.n. of on boy staffan de mistura on syria this was the official his pleas arguably went on

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is grandison professor of international relations at the high school of economics in moscow from the hague via skype tell us cause you're ukraine expert and author of putin's war against ukraine and from a chilly here mikhail oh well esky associate professor of the department of sociology and business school at the national university of kill or the hyla academy welcome gentlemen let's start with you glenn how dangerous a situation is this could it spiral out of control as either side prepared to escalate this. well the comfort conflict could become very dangerous quiet fast however i think it should be under control i think that there was some incentives especially from the ukrainian side to elevate tensions a little bit in order to i would argue create a provocation for a bit of an international incident however i think that a broader conflict with russia would not be in ukraine's interest. and now in the same side i don't think russia is an interesting either to see this conflict escalate so it's so i think it can be contained i think will be more used to ramp up pressure against russia

building up on the ukraine in the west i'm so glad we've got both about both of our guests in both the hague and they give shaking their heads rolling their eyes here you want to come in then. well i mean. i'm sorry this junk western backed coup i was on the on the might done four or five years ago basically every day if it was western backed where's my payout it was in the west and the western backed about it this was a popular uprising against the russian backed corrupt crook and and supposin president but i mean at the end of the day who attacked ukraine why is it that you know you're calling it a ukrainian provocation ukraine has lost territory it is russia that invaded ukraine in crimea it is russia that has invaded the don't vos it is not ukraine that is invading invading russia it's your it's a case of blaming the victim and this is a classic russian excuse me kremlin propaganda ploy where we were going to blame ukraine for the fact that now we have three ukrainian vessels that are held by force by russian forces and we have twenty five ukrainian naval officers that are currently in j

plenty setsuko up here from the hague on tuesday i'll be keeping an eye on it as it develops throughout the day bringing you all the latest here on r.t. yeah appreciate third peter all are live from the hague this our thinking. on american restaurant chain has found itself being drunk true a viral video maelstrom refused to serve a crypt of black men lest they pre-paid for their food bosses off the mexican grill swept in with disciplinary action until new information emerged came up and talk us through it all. well you had to do things you never i mean you. know my. reason lawsuit alevi one of the customers said it was a racist he said she's asking me for a pro who income is if i'm getting a loan all of them need to get fired the person running the ridges to the person making the food need to be fired immediately this is blatant discrimination this send to blackness is disgusting what do you do to do ball days to populate the apparently racist manager was fired this is to pull a statement regarding what happened to the simple restaurant the manager for these gentlemen with the same cust

the agreement is just all about goodies for the hague in exchange for a nominal reconciliation that has not been implemented well, particularly what might've been elements related to reintegration of the forces. even in its practical details, it has not been a particularly good example. i would also say it is more like what i described as a dangerous agreement for the united states to support, one that just sets up mechanisms, principles and procedures for the future. lots of committees set up but not actually resolving any issues. for that agreement, perhaps made sense in that there were not big issues that could be addressed in a way that would bring peace to afghanistan in a deal with the hague. it was also a little less so in its final version that interim version, i also thought it was an imbalanced agreement from afghan government perspective. predominantly give from the afghan government perspective and very little get other than it had to be run out at the end of the day statement against terrorism which he did not even really enthusiastically make. i do not personally see it as

militia leader in the central african republic has appeared before the international criminal court in the hague where he's accused of war crimes. also known as rambo faces war crime charges he was a senior leader within the mostly christian movement. the united arab emirates is reviewing a request for clemency from the family of a british student jailed for life for spying. for the u.k. has defended the judge's decision matthew had just was arrested a dubai airport and may while on a research trip for his university faces his family say he was forced to sign a confession in arabic which he doesn't understand paul brennan has more from london. the u.a.e. ambassador who's come out and first of all defended the integrity of the united arab emirates judicial system saying that that he had just was not convicted after some five minutes summary justice trial the three senior judges examined his case over the period of a month and found that the evidence against him was in the in the ambassador's words anyway compelling that said he said that on the u.a.e. law there was the possibility of a defendant

well prime suspect has been extradited to the hague for alleged atrocities against muslims in the central african republic is a sitting member of parliament he was a senior leader within the mostly christian and t. by lack of movement its fighters attacked muslims after muslims rebels seized power back in twenty four teams. the health ministry in the democratic republic of congo has suspended all the work in the eastern region after several attacks targeting health workers in the past week its acts took place in beni a local emergency center and hotels of several response teams battling the worst ebola outbreak in the country's history and on group has threatened un peacekeeping missions bases in the area at least sixteen world health organization staff were temporarily moved out on saturday after a shell hit the building they were staying at. well unrest in the region killed un peacekeepers last week ceremonies being held for the six who died in an operation against the allied democratic forces group in beni the a.t.f. has killed hundreds of people since twenty fourteen an environmental

militia leader from the central african republic has opened at the international criminal court in the hague alfred yet the tom is charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity known as colonel rambo he led a militia that targeted muslims in the c.a.r. five years ago. a group of armed separatists to storm the chinese consulate in the pakistani city of karachi killing two police officers and two civilians police say that all three attackers were also killed during an intense hour long shoot out china is now asking pakistan to tighten security for its citizens in the country. the moment of the attack the blast and inserting gunshots can be heard throughout crashes clifton neighborhood the attackers where wearing suicide vests and carrying hand grenades they came in a car loaded with explosives and tried to storm the building but pakistani police gunned him down before they could enter it eyewitnesses describe the horror that unfolded. they had huge question which they were carrying in their arms they detonated the grenades created a very small. and then you cannot imagine it was. two pol

ago reportedly killed at least forty people yet extradition to the international criminal court in the hague is thought to be the first from ca are prosecutors say they're determined he won't be the last rob matheson al-jazeera well jeffrey nice is a former international criminal court prosecutor he says this case has a wider significance. it's worth bearing in mind that this transfer comes first follow it comes following an investigation by the prosecutor a photogram suitor herself it wasn't a referral by the state concerned it wasn't a referral by the security council so that shows her doing her job independently in the way that people often fear i.c.c. prosecutors do not do second as some of your viewers may remember only a few weeks ago trump the president of the united states of america and bolton is security advisor made very very strong statements seeking to terminate the international criminal court altogether and indeed threatening that prosecutors from the court if they stepped foot in america when they were concerned with american commission of crimes would be arrested that absolu

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is grandison professor of international relations at the high school of economics in moscow from the hague via skype tell us because you're ukraine expert and author of putin's war against ukraine and from a chilly here mikhail oh well esky associate professor of the department of sociology and business school at the national university of kill or the hyla academy welcome gentlemen let's start with you glenn how dangerous a situation is this could it spiral out of control as either side prepared to escalate this. well the comfort conflict could become very dangerous quiet fast however i think it should be under control i think that there was some incentives especially from the ukrainian side to elevate tensions a little bit in order to i would argue create a provocation for a bit of an international incident however i think that a broader conflict with russia would not be in ukraine's interest. and now in the same side i don't think russia is an interested either to see this conflict escalate so it's so i think it can be contained i think will be more used to ramp up pressure against russi

it's all thora to but syria is not among them which is why the hague is not an option here the last resort would be for the security council to have the case referred to a special tribunal on syria. but so far attempts have been vetoed by russia and china. carla del ponte he said she did not want to be an alibi for inaction by the international community. so excited to say that right now i don't see a way out. i don't see the political will to achieve justice and actually get other. buy out and i still imagine that the high official is a political and military leaders might one day appear in court. but if it is a little bit ahead for gets a hold that i have to admit it's only a small unfortunately and health. and human rights violations documented in syria are appalling you. know you for i have come across new methods of torture i had never heard of before in forty years on foot i live in bandra most importantly it. other torch it involves keeping people alive for as long as possible before they die. and that is unbelievable this is all gladly meanwhile the syrian human rights activists re

election was well organized for war crimes suspect all for the record some has been extradited to the hague for his alleged role in the trustees against muslims in central african republic this comes just days after a warrant was issued against your khatami who is a sitting member of parliament he was the senior leader within the basically christian movement is five to systematically attacking the muslim population of to select a rebel seized power. al qaeda attacks in northern mali are increasing especially against the u.n. peacekeeping mission despite the challenges u.n. troops are trying to fill the gap left by eight inches who have fled the violence as. the conflict in northern mali has caused hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes and lose their livelihoods those who can't leave often leaving poverty facing hunger and violence their region is remote there are no public facilities or services and aid agencies are unable to gain access to most areas. of the u.n. mission in mali you start with stabilizing the country and supporting the population the mission of other foreign

affectively been stopped from leaving pakistan pending the appeal speaking at a press conference in the hague her lawyer today said that he fled the country fearing for his life after hardline violence erupted following news of the acquittal. or d w spoke with pakistan's information minister a short while ago when we asked him whether ozzy abebe is safe to remain in pakistan giving the violence and the intense anger over her case. she is a she has been particularly for the security. industry at least. i think quite confident that she is she is really a fish is popular cool to see and she is obviously not in not in the city and but because of for security she is. she's under a new security. that was pakistan's information minister speaking with us earlier but here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world video has emerged reportedly showing some of the around eighty students kidnapped from a school in the city of bomb india in the western english speaking part of cameroon it's believed that they were taken by a group of separatists waging an armed struggle for

war crimes suspect alfred yeah khatam has been extradited to the hague for his alleged role in atrocities against muslims in central african republic tom is a sitting member of parliament he was a senior leader within the mostly christian movement its fighters systematically attacked the muslim population after muslim salak a rebel seized power. let's take you through some of the headlines here on al-jazeera now the u.s. government is expected to give its conclusion on who killed sally journalist amounts of shoji in the next two days that's according to president trump who says he's awaiting a final report earlier a number of media outlets the cia believes saudi crown prince mohammed bin sound man ordered the killing still. director terrific very knowledgeable and been studying this very closely and it's a horrible thing that took place the killing of a journalist a very very bad situation. and. somebody who's respected it should never have happened and we'll be having a very full report over the next two days in the meantime we're doing things to some people that we know for a fact were

britain was considered to be ripe with revolution in fairness to the poor people they have removed the hague from the black bit inside the poppy and yeah arguably to distance themselves from alleged you know on the issue of the british legion their president was in two thousand and twelve investigated by the sunday times and was forced to step down because it came out that he'd offered his services as an arms lobbyist to people he believed to be arms dealers from korea you know you have be a systems involved in the poppy ball previously you have fails setting up shop and arms company french arms company at westminster chub station you have not keyed martin also sponsoring another ball for general remember and stay in the celebration of these things you know the point is that on companies had the same interest then as they have now and that is making money and imbue a people with n m o d and be a system sponsored conception of the past in order for them to think less critically about the present in the past few days there has been an iconic photograph from palestine and people comparing it to

that he has in the hague hace. pocas washing machines that is it would allow because it's very rarely. such such as yeah yeah i know to continue buying it. well well well. junction every seizing strangers on signs of he's going to outlaw. but the real well second because we could use us as it is today and then just rurush rush incident remain. on top cop. judge -- social european commission action. coalition that is that not not. change anybody also includes guys government ending that debt and deficit this dislike biting warnings budget but if you could be subjected a second time. on monday daytime social -- you're censoring bangor toward receivers contagion italy it arrived at that level. things in certain certainties raise raise your water service or not. thank i sang sensors you'll you'll return on talking about bonds rose rose on a day. friends expansion. we really really did see frustrate straight across not walking. over to that a love of our in one month frustrate st expects nothing product has a rather [in

but overall the election was well organized a war crimes suspect alfred thomas been extradited to the hague for his alleged role in atrocities against muslims in central african republic tom who is a sitting member of parliament was a senior leader within the mostly christian movement it's fight to systematically attack the muslim population after muslim seleka rebels seized power. in france protester has been killed and more than two hundred injured in demonstrations against the rising cost of fuel there says the start of twenty eighteen prices have increased by twenty percent the government's added green taxes to try to lower air pollution new parco reports from powers. they are the sights and sounds of protest in the heart of the french capital there have been many demonstrations during president micron's leadership as he tries to introduce a raft of economic reforms but this new round of protests is different. around two hundred fifty thousand demonstrators took to the streets in more than two thousand protests nationwide this was bordeaux his main square. it began as a grassroots movem

is accused of killing civilians rape and recruiting child soldiers his extradition to the hague several days ago was the first from the central african republic northern california has had its first significant rainfall a month's helping to douse the deadliest wildfire in the state's history the wet weather is expected to continue for several days and people have been warned to prepare for flash flooding and mudslides in some areas at least eighty people have died and more than five hundred others remain unaccounted for those are the headlines one to one is coming up next right here on al-jazeera. china could be facing a debt i suppose that's according to s. and p. global trumpet ministration just been insisting towards the saudis and. that they want to have more production to cool down the prices we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera. in china women are in short supply. millions more men than women. so when it comes time to marry the odds aren't good. it's estimated one in five men won't be able to find a bride a persona

goes before judges at the hague. and sport madrid forced to deny claims their captain failed a drugs test he said with the details of that. has been a significant white house report released quietly the day after a national u.s. holiday in fact which says extreme weather disasters are getting worse in america and climate change is to blame it frequently. president donald trump who once said global warming was a hoax this is the national climate assessment was written before the catastrophic wildfires in california but interestingly it does warn that the warmer and dry conditions have contributed to an increase in large forest fires in the western united states it goes on to say damaging weather events in the past few years of smash records costing four hundred billion dollars and twenty fifteen and one of the co-authors actually remarks we are seeing the things that we said would happen and they're happening in real time let's start with mike hanna looking at this report for us from washington d.c. it's an old politic

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last week the b is believed to still be in custody in pakistan speaking at a press conference in the hague her lawyer said he fled pakistan fearing for his life after hardline violence erupted following the acquittal of his client. and joining me now on the phone from islamabad is pakistan's minister of information and broadcasting mr farwell dream mr terry thank you so much for taking out the time to speak with this c.m. bibi's lawyer say for men to flip to the netherlands following threats to his life can the government of pakistan can local authorities guarantee a c. a b. b. safety in her country pakistan. yes sure she is in fact the son for my kids nine years now she's there for and even after the good sturdy she is he she is going back to release but the security around her is strictly tight and i think we are quite confident that she is the she's pretty fishy is mrs harter what do you mean by practically released ish released from custody or is she not but after the court decisions here is this the not good and not in the custody and sense but because of her security she is. she's un