the steep slopes of this mountain in west java.stjava. the guide knows the steep slopes of this mountain in west java. the guide knows this lush forest inside out. it is where he made his living. this shows you how to make a bird trap out of sticks from around us and a piece of string. and then it is caught. where will those birds go? he no longer hunts here. he is now a conservationist. but in forest across java, songbirds are still trapped in vast numbers. jakarta, the largest wildlife market in asia. up to 16,000 birds can be found for sale here in a single day. the vast majority of those will have been caught in the wild. it is the co nsta nt been caught in the wild. it is the constant harvesting of wild birds by their thousands which has driven the extension crisis. —— extinction. the bitter irony is it is driven by a national passion for songbirds, something on full display at this competition. by deet has now reached a tipping point. this bird may be the only one of its kind left on the planet. this bird in here could be the

the steep slopes of this mountain in west java. slopes of this mountain in westjava. our guide the steep slopes of this mountain in west java. our guide knows the steep slopes of this mountain in westjava. our guide knows this lush forest in out. it is where he made his living. this is showing me how you make a bird trap out of sticks from the trees around us and a piece of string. where would those birds go? he no longer hands here. he is now a conservationist but in forests across java songbirds are still trapped in vast numbers. this is in jakarta, the largest wildlife market in asia. up to 16,000 birds can be found for sale here in a single day. the vast majority of those will be caught in the wild, it is that co nsta nt caught in the wild, it is that constant harvesting of wild birds by the thousands which is driving this extinction crisis. the bitter irony of the destructive trade is that demand is driven by a national passion for songbirds. something on full display at this bird singing competition. but it has now reached a

up in the rural hills of west java is cikananga conservation breeding centre.usands of these birds, almost all of the tiny remaining population is now housed here. for andrew owen, this place is the focal point of his work on the songbird crisis. so, this one's a young javan green magpie, bred here at cikananga. as we can see, beautiful birds. this is one of the rarest birds on the planet, i mean, how many of these are left in the wild? yeah. what we do know is, there's 60 in conservation breeding situations, there's 60 on the planet as far as we know, plus a handful possibly in the wild. that makes this centre the unlikely international hub for a conservation mission. so, we have three magpies to examine, one needs chipping and all three need sexing... this team made up of wildlife vets and zoologists is from chester zoo in the uk. this one is 970... ajuvenile bird has been caught for a vital health check. remember to keep it in with yourfingers. he could be a 60th of the entire world population, so the chester vet coaches the cikananga keepers in carrying out

up in the rural hills of west java is a conservation breeding centre. almost all of the tiny remaining population is now housed here. for andrew allen this place is the focal point of his work on the songbird crisis. —— 0wen. this one is a young javan pie thatis 0wen. this one is a young javan pie that is bred here. —— pie. —— green magpie. this is one of the rarest birds on the planet? how many are left in the wild? there are 60 in the breeding programme, so 60 on the planet, that we know of, and maybe a handful in the wild. that makes this into the unlikely international hub proconservation mission. —— this centre. we have three magpies to examine. 0ne centre. we have three magpies to examine. one needs shipping, all three of them sexing. this team, made up of white light that sender zoologists, is from chester zoo in the uk. this one is aged 970... a juvenile bird has been caught a vital health check. he could be one 60th of the entire world population. so the chester that coaches the keepers in carrying out thorough assessments. these can be surpris

the steep slopes of mount mala bar, west java. our guide knows this lush forest inside out.ird trap out of some sticks from the trees around us and a piece of string. ah...and then it's caught. yeah. where would those birds go? he no longer hunts here. he's now a conservationist. but in forests across java, songbirds are still trapped in vast numbers. pramuka injakarta, the largest wildlife market in asia. up to 16,000 birds can be found for sale here in a single day. the vast majority of those will have been caught in the wild. it's that constant harvesting of wild birds by their thousands that's really driving this extinction crisis. the bitter irony of the destructive trade is that the demand is driven by a national passion for songbirds — something on full display at this bird—singing competition. but it's now reached a tipping point. this bird may be the only one of its kind left on the planet. this bird in here could be the last of this kind of bird? yeah. the rufous—fronted laughingthrush is one of 19 species identified by a global assessment to be on the brink of ext

low she miti in hong kong but we still got the potential drawing some showers in the mountains west of java on the border with vietnam. she was a society hostess in the nine hundred forty. people from the lebanese. make this work. and she spied for mossad in lebanon. it was such a big break as it would make. the baby. at this time. recapping the top stories for you here on al-jazeera with some live pictures first coming to us out of japan because exit polls are saying she has won the japanese election as polls close just fifteen minutes ago the close at the top people across the country braved the typhoon to vote in the election which the prime minister mr abbott called a year earlier than expected. spain's foreign minister is urging people in catalonia not to listen to their regional leaders as madrid moves to take control of that area catalonia as president has accused the spanish government in madrid of attacking the region's democracy. u.s. secretary of state rex to listens in saudi arabia as part of renewed efforts to end the gulf diplomatic crisis between cata and its neighbors but he

anywhere over land could see these white blobs big showers they come straight into the west sumatra thailand western side of java and that's certainly where they are in the forecast with big holes in between the middle east singapore's involved and most of borneo maybe less maybe less so java but you wouldn't want not completely would take him out of the forecast and leave and dry a forecast of showers in jakarta is just as likely as it could ching the south of this of course we've seen quite a turbulent spring but as summer slowly comes in the still plenty of cloud giving i think what is termed useful rain even for sydney which of course had a month's worth of dry but the forecast for thirty is hardly summery proper rain a line from brisbane just off the coast of new south wales and than towards the tasman sea behind it is rather cooler than the seventeen in melbourne and breezy signify adelaide twenty two in a rather quieter weather spell in perth and that's warming up and by the time it gets to friday chances showers in the heart of australia still there and the same is true of southern queens in fact sydney

the way of drawing weather here but still one or two showers even as far south as java and in jakarta towards the west lots of whether here in the southern parts of india and a few showers still making their way into the eastern parts of india as well and through bangladesh and this is really how things are going to stay as we head through wednesday and thursday towards the west largely dry and the temperatures easing a little bit so new delhi thirty four. the weather sponsored by cattle raise . a family business so called between two worlds really by tending to the dead to the living a better an intimate portrait of an industry most encountered only fleetingly al-jazeera correspondent death in the family at this time. let's take a look at the top stories shall we here at al-jazeera u.s. backed opposition forces have driven eisel from rocka itself declared capital in syria kurdish led syrian democratic forces raised their flag in this is stadium after a four month battle on the sea international is calling on the international community to take action to stop what it calls crimes against humanity in m

the way of drawing weather here but still one or two showers even as far south as java and in jakarta towards the west we'll see whether here in the southern parts of india and a few showers still making their way into the eastern parts of india as well and through bangladesh and this is really how things are going to stay as we head through wednesday and thursday towards the west largely dry and the temperatures easing a little bit so new delhi thirty four. the weather sponsored by cats race . news has never been more available it's a constant barrage of it every day but the message is a simplistic you have the brain a good logical rational crazy month and misinformation is rife dismissal and well documented accusations and evidence is part of genocide the listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narratives at this time on al-jazeera when the news breaks. and the story builds. much better marketing. when people need to be heard they thought they were american until they broke the law now they're deported to cambodia al-jazeera has teams on the ground to bring you m