de janeiro is. a contributing editor with the intercepts brazil and south hollow activist jimmy lauder barrow and in austin texas kristen smith associate professor of african and african diaspora studies and anthropology at the university of texas austin welcome to the stream all of you i want to start. line with the way that this. has reverberated across the world betty franco steam was mentioned nearly a million times online you can see it on my screen here and that since her death on march fourteenth sixty percent of that traffic came from brazil the rest mainly came from the u.s. france argentina and the u.k. really showing how global this conversation has gotten i want to share a tweet with someone with you from someone who explains that this is stuff she says mary alley and anderson's daffs are so impactful because they were so brazen and cruel intentionally squandering black. excellence and hope with bullets she goes on to say that this killing of a black l.g. p.d.q. woman who did everything

de janeiro's. it's an attack against the rule of law. signed against democracy. many in brazil believe franco was assassinated for her political activism a day earlier she blamed the police for the death of a young male in. franco was a vocal critic of the president's decision to put the military in charge of security in rio and was part of a committee investigating military abuses as grief turns to anger the question on everyone's mind is who killed mariel franco. by. now at its peak last year the drought that scorched parts of east africa for twenty million people on the brink of famine the extreme dry spell is withered crops and killed life stock triggering one of the region's worst food crises in decades the german government has just approved fifteen million euros to help hard hit communities the money will fund aid on the horn of africa for families forced to leave their homes in search of food and water you visit dolo on the somali ethiopian border. it's early morning in dollar a small town

in rio de janeiro they are protesting in the streets after a murder. mario franco was a highly regarded local politician known for her work in the poor -- work with the poor. franco frequently criticized police killing of shantytown residents. rios police force is one of the most deadliest. human rights groups say more than 1000 people were killed last year. i'm joined now on the phone by dominique phillips, a journalist and rio de janeiro covering this story for us. dominique, tell us more about maria franco, and why her work was so important. >dom: she was a counselor for a left-wing party. that all remain her -- already made her unique political voice in rio. she was a proponent for people living in these impoverished communities. she also denounced police abuses , because as you mentioned there of the problems here in rio. she also denounced the killing of young man when he was taking his girlfriend back from an evangelical church. brent: have the authorities said who they suspect is behind her telling? >> no, they haven't. they have said they susp

and expect a brand now and tensions are running high in rio de janeiro is exactly right christophe in rio de janeiro they are protesting in the streets after the murder of a popular councilor who was gunned down there on wednesday mario franco was a highly regarded local politician known for her work with the poor in rio's developes franco had frequently criticized police killings of shantytown residents rio's police force counts as one of the world's deadliest human rights groups say more than a thousand people were killed last year. i'm joined now on the phone by dominic phillips a journalist in rio de janeiro who's covering the story for us dominic can you tell us more about mario pronto and why was her work so important. yes show money and it's part of why yes i can buy really franco was a challenge for a left wing politicians from the mire pace of valor which is one of the biggest and most dangerous for balancing really has that she's done already made has quite a unique unique political voice in a way has and she's come to represent so many of the voter incentives if anything al

in rio de janeiro time tens of thousands of people take to the streets to protest the killing of a popular local politician the outspoken critic of police violence was gunned down by unknown assailants. and russians prepare to cast their ballots in a presidential election on sunday it's a day that also marks four years since the annexation of crimea we had to the peninsula to find out how people there are feeling out of the vote. i'm sumi so what's going to thank you for joining us russia's foreign minister says moscow will expel a u.k. diplomats after western allies accused it of attempting to murder a former russian spy in britain and a joint declaration the u.s. france and germany backed britain directly blaming moscow for last week's attack using a nerve agent. british prime minister to reason may is one of the few visitors to salzburg these days traders in the cathedral town say tourists and shoppers are staying away in the wake of the poisoning of former russian double agent sergei script and his daughter yulia may visit at the restaurant where the chemical attack took place and put

in rio de janeiro tens of thousands of people take to the streets to protest the killing of a popular local politician hell spoken critic of police violence was gunned down by unknown assailants. and so long farewell to dortmund insult sport after a woeful performance over two legs the. dumped out of the roper league a look at where it all went wrong for those men. i'm sorry march and good to see you russia's foreign minister has said today that moscow will expel u.k. diplomats after western allies accused it of attempting to murder a former russian spy in britain in a joint declaration yesterday the u.s. joint france germany and britain indirectly blaming moscow for last week's attack using a nerve agent it comes as washington separately announced sanctions against russia for allegedly meddling in its elections. british prime minister to reason may is one of the few visitors to salzburg these days traders in the cathedral town say tourists and shoppers are staying away in the wake of the poisoning of former russian double agent sergei script and his daughter yulia mae visited the res

thirty or de janeiro who was brutally murdered. franco rose from a poor background in the surveillance to be elected to the rio city council in two thousand and sixteen. she used her platform to call on the city to track statistics about violence against women and spoke out about frequent police shootings. death has sparked an outpouring of grief. mourners see or she was silenced. for the west said because today a black woman who had much hope in the struggle and who lived in the for then i was taken by all this injustice in rio de janeiro was we're not going to allow this to continue with mariel is here mary you know is she it was if it was her supporters have called for her killers to be found and brought to justice they vowed to continue franco's fight against official violence in a city which according to human rights groups has one of the deadliest police forces in the world. just reminder the headlines we're following for you today german chancellor angela merkel is heading to france for talks with president and men while. di

rio de janeiro has been particularly hard hit the city had hoped that it would reap enormous benefits from the world cup and the summer olympic games but that never materialized the olympic park is deserted in twenty sixteen many olympic events took place here today it's arenas are taking. paolo melo is the president of brazil's olympic governance heritage authority the plan to privatized the olympic venues has failed virtually nothing has gone according to plan not even the scheduled disassembly. have to alice it's a mall the sports hall was supposed to be dismantled and then reassembled in pots and full schools but the city of rio which is responsible for the project doesn't have the funds. rio did derives some benefits from the games for example the modern light rail system the expansion of the subway network and the new express bus system but the expected tourist boom never materialized after the olympics the number of tourists coming to rio plummeted. by sound bassy hotel occupancy in rio now stands at only fourteen percent but they don't go tells are trying to adapt to this new

muerte de franco, una concejal de r de rÍo de janeiro q que fue acribillada a balazos, el gobierno puso al ejÉrcito a cargo de la seguridad en la capital donde el nÚmero de homicidios aumentÓ dramÁticamente. >>> y espaÑoles de la tercera edad salieron a las calles del paÍs para pedir incrementos de los cheques de jubilaciÓn y pensiones, que no aumentaron a la par de la inflaciÓn. >>> vamos a conocer las condiciones del tiempo con lucrecia, dÍa lluvioso pero parece que se va. >>> asÍ es, lluvias producto de un sistema de baja presiÓn, pero tendremos condiciones secas para maÑana. >>> a disfrutar. >>> bueno en lo que respecta de los prÓximos dÍas condiciones secas en los altos 60 y bajos 70 grados las temperaturas. hay cÉlulas aisladas de lluvias por este sistema de baja presiÓn. si miramos el radar condiciones secas, para el domingo alguna neblina, pero aclara y el lunes condiciones secas en la bahÍa. las temperaturas varÍan un poquito para esta noche de san patricio, 46 grados en san josÉ y condiciones despejadas. para las prÓximas horas descenso en el termÓmetro co

the warm and sunny shores of rio de janeiro area the warm and sunny shores of rio de janeiro are a long way from norway but there is big money to be made for scandinavians here. statoil recently snapped up a stake in brazil's third biggest oil well. a few years ago, many of the ships that leave these shores, they would go out to sea and service petrobras platforms but that picture is dramatically changing with more foreign companies exploring brazil's oil. for almost a decade, resilient oil. for almost a decade, resilient oil was meant to long —— belonged to brazilians only. petrobras had preferential treatment. that all changed after a massive corruption scandal three years ago. petrobras is still a dominant figure that has seen is still a dominant figure that has seen its market share sink. foreign companies like statoil, shell and chevron increased their output by 2596 chevron increased their output by 25% last year. they have big plans the region. a substantial part of the region. a substantial part of the international activity will come in brazil. this has enabled us to make i

de janeiro it's an attack against the rule of law and against democracy the u.n. is warning more than two hundred seventy thousand people in pop warner guinea need immediate humanitarian assistance the country is struggling to recover from a strong earthquake which hit more than two weeks ago tents medicine food and water urgently needed more than one hundred people died in the quake and they've since been several powerful aftershocks. vietnam is marking the fiftieth anniversary of the my lai massacre american soldiers killed five hundred four unarmed civilians mostly women and children during the vietnam war they'd been sent to the mission to confront the national liberation front or viet cong thought to be hiding in my life village any one american soldier was prosecuted for the incident when a reports. it's normal to see grave sites scattered around the villages and rice fields of vietnam but in this area there's a common date etched on them the sixteenth of march one thousand nine hundred sixty eight that's when most people who lived in the village of me lie k

de janeiro it's an attack against the rule of law and against democracy robert mugabe has spoken out for the first time since being ousted as zimbabwe's president he's called his removal from office in november a coup saying it never thought emerson man and god where would turn against him the ninety four year old described his ousting as a military takeover the u.n. is warning more than two hundred seventy thousand people in new guinea need immediate humanitarian assistance the country is struggling to recover from a strong earthquake which hit more than two weeks ago tents medicine food and water . within one hundred people died in the quake and they've been several powerful aftershocks since then as the headlines a news continues on al jazeera after the stream. it is a very important source of information for many people around the world all the cameras are gone i'm still here go into areas that nobody else is going to talk to people that nobody else is talking to and bringing that story to the forefront. hi i'm really could be and this is our and american sign language interprete

de janeiro. the assassination of councilman r.t.l. and her driver and us and go as is unacceptable in admissible like all the other murders that happen in rio de janeiro is truly an attack on the rule of law and on our democracy has promised to carry out a full and transparent investigation. the people on the streets are angry and point the finger at the are far too nice to say that because there is a lot of indignation against this cowardice they want to silence a woman who fought for rights for justice for young black women. if there was a place where we were in two thousand and eighteen in the injustice carries on that's why we gathered here today we're tired of injustice we want this to go not unpunished for our friend our colleague our sister's death not to go unpunished because her blood cries out. one of franco's farno posts on twitter criticized the police killing of a young man as he was leaving charge. he remarks groups say police are responsible for at least one thousand killings last

she was the fifth most voted councilwoman in municipal elections in rio de janeiro in 2016 and she had more than 50,000 votes. so you can imagine the representation of a woman, a black woman, from the hood, from the slums, basically, having 50,000 people voting for her and giving her the power of representation. because they saw their reflection of her. so, for us as black activists in brazil, especially those who were welcoming with marielle directly, what is not my case, but i know people who are really close to her. it's like marielle's death, it's in a certain way, our death as well. >> let's show some video of marielle on wednesday night. and this was literally just before she was kill. she was speaking at an event she'd organized about black

de janeiro. the assassination of the councilwoman r.t.l. and her driver and us and go as is unacceptable miscible like all the other murders that happen in rio de janeiro is truly an attack on the rule of law and on our democracy has promised to carry out a full and transparent investigation. the people on the streets are angry and point the finger at the or far too. because there is a lot of indignation against this cowardice they want to silence a woman who fight for rights for justice for young black women. is the reason why we are in two thousand and eighteen in the injustice carries on that's why we gathered here today we're tired of injustice we want this to go not unpunished for our friend our colleague our sister's death not to go unpunished because her blood cries out. one of franco's final posts on twitter criticized the police killing of a young man as he was leaving church. human rights groups. police response to for at least one thousand killings last year. on a hoax that al-jazeera.

de janeiro's. it's an attack against the rule of law. signed against democracy. many in brazil believe franco was assassinated for her political activism a day earlier she blamed the police for the death of a young male in a shia franco was a vocal critic of the president's decision to put the military in charge of security in rio and was part of a committee investigating military abuses as grief turns to anger the question on everyone's mind is who killed mariel franco. you're watching d.w. news still to come crimea and the russian election and national vote takes place exactly four years after the disputed region sanitation will find out how it helped who can define his presidency. but first a health care company looking to go public and make a big splash exactly so he is germany's siemens which is expected to raise four point two billion euros in an initial public offering of its health than is medical tech business the i.p.o. was initially took to be one of the biggest in germany but the dead b

de janeiro before you know it's an attack against the rule of law. signed against democracy or. many in brazil believe franco was assassinated for her political act. is them a day earlier she blamed the police for the death of a young male in a for. the brink it was also a vocal critic of the president's decision to put the military in charge of security in rio and was part of a committee investigating military abuses as grief turns to anger the question on everyone's mind is who killed mario franco. well now to another salvo in the standoff between russia and western allies over the poisoning of a former double agent in britain british foreign secretary boris johnson has said that it was likely that russian president vladimir putin personally ordered the nerve agent attack on sergei scribal and his daughter here's what johnson had to say all quarrel is with putin is criminal and with his decision and we think it overwhelmingly likely that it was his decision to direct the use of a nerve agent on the streets of of the u.k. on the streets of europe fo

de janeiro's you know it's an attack against the rule of law. at the. sound against democracy or. many in brazil believe franco was assassinated for her political activism a day earlier she blamed the police for the death of a young male in a. frank who was a vocal critic of the president's decision to put the military in charge of security in rio and was part of a committee investigating military abuses as brief turns to anger the question on everyone's mind is who killed mariel franco. now to a story about the money trail led to one of the biggest uncut diamonds in the world nearly a year ago miners in sierra leone dug up what became to came to be known as the peace time and the government promised to pour some of the profits back into development projects but the villagers who found the precious stone say that has not happened due to his entering creech has this exclusive report. foreheads traveled for an hour through the jungle of sierra leone and the move wanted to show us the mine that is known the world over and the head of the nearby vil

de janeiro security forces say they were searching tat with police in rio de janeiro security forces say they were searching for suspects involved in a police killing when their patrol was attacked those military took command of the city last month in an attempt to curb rising violence those are the headlines talk to is next to this is really an attack on itself is a lot of the some of the standing of what free speech is supposed to be about the context of hugely important setting the stage for a serious debate up front at this time on al-jazeera. you will. see.

de janeiro it's an attack against the rule of law and against democracy relatives of crew members on a missing argentine submarine are demanding answers they're not convinced by government assurances that all is being done to find the vessel in the southern atlantic that is about reports of. a small group of protesters in front of argentina's presidential palace most of them relatives of the forty four crew members of the one submarine. we feel abandoned not only by the government but also by side. we've been alone this whole time as if nobody kid it's been four months since the submarine went missing in the southern atlantic it was feeling from the southern argentine city of. the commander of the vessel told his home base water had entered resulting in a battery function. and the water listening devices scattered around the world's oceans identified the hydro acoustic anomaly in the area the navy believes it was an explosion. that was part of the crew he has been pushing for the government to continue with the search and the investigation into exactly what happened there with almost

angry outburst of grief on the streets of rio de janeiro after the killing of a popular politician. and a bitter taste robert mugabe says he never believed zimbabwe's new president would turn against him stay with us. from cool brisk north in fuel. to the warm tranquil waters of southeast asia. welcome back across central and southern parts of china we've got some rain across eastern areas but you'll notice the winds coming from the east not direction from the south not direction and whether to come together we're going to get a coming together of their masses some ascent and therefore some rain forming so heavy rain is likely cross this region certainly global impact and temperatures to change to just seventeen degrees further so still looking fine for vietnam where there are twenty six agrees just wanted to showers across the rest of indochina so let's move on down into the southeastern part of asia where for the philippines we've got fine conditions i think across much of luzon manila there looking bright with highs of thirty two some heavy showers across borneo and we've got som

de janeiro. the assassination of councilwoman r.t.l. and her driver and us and go as is unacceptable in visible like all the other murders that happen in rio de janeiro is truly an attack on the rule of law and on our democracy has promised to carry out a full and transparent investigation if the people on the streets are angry and point the finger at the or far to. the banks there is a lot of indignation against this cowardice they want to silence a woman who fought for rights for justice for young black women. if that was the reason why we were in two thousand and eighteen in the injustice carries on that's why we gathered here today we're tired of injustice we want this to go not unpunished for our friend our colleague our sister's death not to go unpunished because her blood cries out. one of franco's farno posts on twitter criticized the police killing of a young man as he was leaving church. he remarks groups say police are responsible for at least one thousand killings last year. on a hoax

feat execution style murder of a brazilian councilwoman in rio has sparked huge protests in rio de janeiro and b. all tens of thousands have taken to the streets to protest the killing of mari other franco an outspoken critic of police violence who was gunned down by unknown assailants angry protesters marched to the city state assembly demanding an end to the violence that's plaguing brazil anger mixed with grief the loss of a rising political star. mariano franco spent a short political career campaigning against police killings of poor residents in rio de janeiro's for velo as vibrant and outspoken she appealed to young and marginalized voters through campaign videos like this one less like your style. but on wednesday mario franco became the city's latest victim of violence she was shot dead in her car along with her driver. the characteristics are of an execution we have to resolve this is soonest possible not just for us but for rio de janeiro this is completely inadmissible a person full of life full of desire a fundamental person. who was brutally murdered. franco rose from a poor

and now to rio de janeiro where tensions are running high after the death of a popular local politician sara we're talking here about an execution style murder kristoff the murder of a city councilor in rio de janeiro in fact it has sparked huge protests mirelle franco was known as an outspoken critic of police brutality the un and amnesty international have demanded a thorough investigation into her death. a community in mourning mariel franco was of beacon of hope for the poor in marginalized of rio. black female and lesbian she was a rarity in brazil's political scene franco rose from the slums to become a leading voice against police violence which disproportionately affects the black population a powerful voice now silenced the day after her killing a thousand sick to the streets to protest her violent death and demand answers. they killed my friend. they killed our colleague. but if they think that it will make us rich treats they are wrong. i'm so busy downtown shit imo so it feels like they're trying to remove our voices the voices of all the black women in this country. franco

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de janeiro security forces say they were searching tat with police in rio de janeiro security forces say they were searching for suspects involved in a police killing when their patrol was attacked those military took command of the city last month in an attempt to curb rising violence those are the headlines talk to edges here is next. this is really an attack on itself. free speech. context it's. setting the stage for a serious debate up front at this time on al-jazeera. calling it a ridiculous trade deal us president donald trump withdraws from the transpacific partnership. just three days into his administration most assume the deal is now dead but challenging u.s. global leadership the eleven remaining pacific rim countries led by japan forge ahead regardless and just as president trump is fears of a trade war by imposing steel tariffs a riband version of the t p p is signed in santiago chile sending a powerful message that free trade can and will go ahead without the united states the comprehensive and progressive trans-pacific partnership or eleven for short includes canada me

on wednesday in rio de janeiro the thirty eight year old was a popular public official and a critic of killings by police in some of rio's poorer districts. that. the murder of council member mary ellen dr anderson is unacceptable like other associations that happened in rio de janeiro it's an attack against the rule of law and against democracy the u.n. is warning more than two hundred seventy thousand people in new guinea need immediate humanitarian assistance the country is struggling to recover from a strong earthquake which hit more than two weeks ago tents medicine food and water . vietnam is marking the fiftieth anniversary of the me lie massacre american soldiers killed five hundred four unarmed civilians mostly women and children during the vietnam war they've been sent on a mission to confront the national liberation front or vietcong thought to be hiding in me live in each only one american soldier was prosecuted for the incident those are the headlines the news continues analysis there after people in power america's guns secret pipeline to syria. al jazeera it's just swell

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de janeiro on it was the highest number since the numbers are recorded so we have a huge problem now that we have a problem but we are in the well funded election we're going to have elections. in october it's. also sounds like a message for people who was the what's the politics just the name of the boys brazil's president michel tema has promised a fool and transparent investigation in february to put the army in charge of security in rio de janeiro a move condemned by mariela frankel and some of those demonstrating in brazilian cities which will actually edition i am here for black women who make it despite all the difficulties and for all of those who don't make it those who are down in the those who have been killed by the state which is killing us every day. a vocal critic of brazil's security forces may have been silenced but her supporters are still determined to be heard rob matheson al-jazeera. peru's president had the republicans in scales faced a tells of questioning on his ties to a brazilian construction giant at the center of a corruption scandal it comes a day after c

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