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the base in northern iraq as part of their plans to withdraw more troops and why some of the capital kinshasa fare measures to prevent the virus from spreading could kill more people than they help. when the central mediterranean storm has brought a lot of rain to its elaine it's the still going to be getting some more the cloud though has brought itself up over eastern europe and the consequence of that southerly breeze is things are warmed up considerably now the full cost of rob is still a wet one for some parts of its leads fighting further west is fighting through further east through greece as well spit centers now tension sorry it is now up to 10 so we've risen here and space and things are still quite cold in madrid for example but that too should improve the madrid forecast through the weekend sees temperance the low teens at least and it stopped raining it will at least be brightest not sunny for a time there are a good part of your of it is sunny and warm of than it was the rains spreading from greece to turkey come saturday we got a few showers in the mediterranean coast of spain

it began to crackle and what became kinshasa and went from kinshasa to haiti in the world. i went to southeastern cameroon to learn but i could about the state of relations with chimpanzees there now where the people were still killing and eating chimpanzees and exposing themselves to other spillovers of the simian virus that became hiv, it's true they are. i heard about from sort of a confidential source i heard about a practice, but quality tribal initiation practice called beco which involves some rituals including the eating of chimpanzee arms. people were exposing themselves to the viruses of chimpanzees carry. in one office, and office of the wildlife department in the southeastern corner of cameroon, i saw a poster and aids awareness poster in french french is the colonial language most people speak there. a poster in french trying to educate people about the dangers of aids. what they call the red diarrhea. with poster said there was not practice safe sex use condoms, don't exchange needles, with the aids awareness poster saying in southeastern cameroon is don't eat

come the government of the democratic republic of congo has banned travel in and out of the capital kinshasa a part of its measures to try and stop the spread of coronavirus for many who struggle to get by made life even harder. than you imagine a president taking the decision to ban travel and restricting other ways do business freely but without any measures to help the population even the price of everything has gone up nothing works well for us now in this town of kinshasa the streets normally packed the government's also closed congo the borders with almost no food is produced here in the city that depends on supplies brought in from elsewhere. we've become bts business of preparing shoes has dried out he says he's expecting food shortages and price hikes there is a possibility we believe the president is right to take measures against coronavirus but he must also be aware of how else daily life as an artist out there because no one lives in a kind of charcoal without going out in free day the lack of food after killing people daily in those countries but more than back over on to. cong

ban on travel to and from the capital kinshasa reports that these people want to buy bus tickets but no he's going to come the government of the democratic republic of congo has traveled in and out of the capital kinshasa as part of its measures to try and stop the spread of coronavirus for many who struggle to get by made life even harder in the sense that several of them you imagine were present taking the decision to ban travel and restricting other ways to do business freely but without any measures to help the population even the price of everything has gone up nothing what's well for us now in this town of conscious on the streets and normally parked the government's also closed congo's borders with almost no food is produced here in the city it depends on supplies brought in from elsewhere we become babies business of preparing shoes has dried up he says he's expecting food shortages and price hikes. we believe the president is right to take missions against coronavirus but he must also be aware of how steady life as one of those towns are because of our no one lives in consci

to his supporters thomas lubanga left mcculloch prison in kinshasa. but to others he was considered one of the most dangerous moon in what's now the democratic republic of congo. you know me better than these 3 international criminal court judges who tried to present me as a devil i remain thomas lubanga who suffered with you in 20022003 during these conflicts and who turi i remain the same to you my people that are not militia this young girl was among many who was taken from have family trained and forced to fight in the 2nd congress will was. a head is a militia called the union of congolese patriots all the u.p.c. one of 6 groups involved in fighting for control of the mineral rich turi region between 19092003 he was later found guilty of abducting children under the age of 15 and forcing him to fight he denied the charge. 10th of july 2012 and historic moment for the i.c.c. its 1st ever case arrest and trial vanga. recruit train and use hundreds of young children to kill. the lights and rape the city banker is sentenced to a total period of 14 ye

was greeted by supporters as he was driven out of jail in the democratic republic of congo capital kinshasa or was found guilty in 2012 of recruiting child soldiers to fight the 2nd congo war in 20022003 international criminal court was set up in the netherlands in 2002 to tackle war crimes and crimes against humanity. all 3 years after signing an historic peace deal in colombia former fart rebels feel they've been betrayed by the government many of joined a reintegration village in the north since giving up their weapons but have come under attack by dissidents how does their. visit at the reintegration of an edge in the town of. m buses in armored cars $100.00 police union rights defenders in in geos arrive at the center lucy a fire cream to gratian village in oregon colombia for months former combatants have been denouncing threats and attacks from paramilitary groups and this has been factions of the fire fighting to control the territory which remains a key corridor for the trafficking of cocaine and illegal gold mining. at the colombian government doesn't have that little will nor the

greeted by supporters as he was driven out of the jail in the democratic republic of congo's capital kinshasa the bongo was found guilty in 2012 of for committing child soldiers to fight in the 2nd congo war in 2002 in 2003 the international criminal court was set up in the netherlands to tackle war crimes and crimes against humanity. an explosion near an oil pipeline in nigeria has killed at least 15 people and destroyed dozens of buildings emergency workers say it happened because a truck caught fire nader near a pipeline in lagos that had previously been targeted by oil thieves the oil company has now switched off the flow. isn't a boucher and says the area has seen several fires in the past. this is not the 1st time that area has witnessed pipeline explosions were recorded several before and even this year in generally generally 1000 an explosion in the same area killed at least 5 people and a procession launched by security forces and i did include the military way back in 2017 has so far field 2 and pipeline vandalism where people were thieves break into pipelines to you either a crude

declared an emergency borders and are closed and there was a ban on travel to and from the capital kinshasa welcomed weapons are poured. over these people want to buy bus tickets but no pass he's going to come the government of the democratic republic of congo has banned travel in and out of the capital kinshasa as part of its measures to try and stop the spread of coronavirus for many who struggle to get by made life even harder. can you imagine a president taking the decision to ban travel and restricting other ways to do business freely but without any measures to help the population even the price of everything has gone up nothing works well for us now in this town of conscious and the streets and normally packed the government's also closed congress borders but almost no food is produced here in the city it depends on supplies brought in from elsewhere we become bts business of preparing shoes has dried out he says he's expecting food shortages and price hikes. we believe the president is right to take measures against coronavirus them but he must also be aware of how daily life as i'm

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greeted by supporters as he was driven out of the jail in the democratic republic of congo's capital kinshasa the buying that was found guilty in 2012 of recruiting child soldiers to fight in the 2nd congo war in 20022003 the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is corruption trial which is due to begin on shoes there has been postponed for at least 2 months because of concerns over coronavirus that's now who has started holding cabinet meetings via video conference saying with gatherings of more than 10 people banned you're up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera will have more news for you coming up after one ace thanks for watching but by. across south korea the birth rate is plummeting. as families move to the cities rural towns are losing their residents and their schools. out in. change to meet in those in the she means cutting. but some communities are trying new ways to keep their classrooms open so you believe it oh not at all i only offer all the all take me one no one east meets the grandmothers finally fulfilling their dreams for an education while helping save korea scho

was greeted by supporters as he was driven out of jail in the democratic republic of congo's capital kinshasa coming up next here on al-jazeera it's romania people in power are. there. any that you might. want to let you know. once the most corrupt country in the european union romanian society is engaged in an unprecedented fight against corruption. on the 31st of january 27th in the biggest protests since the fall of romania's communist dictatorship broke out in the streets of who caressed. the newly sworn in government had secretly foster the creek that would grant its members immunity from prosecution on some corruption charges. hundreds of officials including businessmen mayors government ministers and members of parliament have been charged and convicted at the center of it all is an independent judicial body the national anti-corruption directorate for d.n.a. in the early 2016 the d.n.a. prosecutor announced a sharp spike in corruption charges for 3 missions with the gotta focus on me i thought that users think all part of the corporate learnable not she made. all for 3 missions or the

and the country has gone into lockdown closing bars and restaurants and now most flights to and from kinshasa are battened in this covert $900.00 special we're looking at how african countries are preparing for the upcoming challenge on their already vulnerable health care systems. thanks for joining us corona virus is sweeping across africa but the true number of cases is unknown as mass testing has not yet been rolled out here's some of the latest information we have for you the number of confirmed cases in africa shot past the 2000 mark on wednesday now the majority of the continent's 54 countries have registered infections ivory coast and senegal have both declared states of emergency and south africa will begin a lockdown starting thursday. joining us from abroad seville in the republic of congo is michel yeah he's the program manager for emergency response at the world health organization in africa also here is edwards he's a professor and immunologists at reading university welcome to you both michelle i'll start with you what sort of advisory has the w h o given africa if any. the adv

released from prison thomas lubanga was greeted by supporters as he was driven out of jail in the capital kinshasa. those are the headlines on al jazeera rewind is coming up next stay with us with the plummeting bath rate and families moving to the cities south korea's rules schools are shutting down one on one east meets the grandmas who is saving these schools finally getting an education on al-jazeera. hello and welcome to rewind. back in 2014 liberia was locked in a desperate struggle to control an epidemic of the ebola virus journalist sorious samura is from neighboring sierra leone and in a remarkable documentary he followed liberia's poorly paid and ill equipped health workers as they risked their lives to treat the infected and recover the bodies of the dead and we're talking with sorious in a while 1st here is his powerful film liberia living with ebola. ebola is named after a river a force of nature it flows through countries and it feeds like we had drawn me. the border outbreak in west africa claimed its 1st victim in a small village in cells on guinea. fish and 0 was a 2 year old boy

was greeted by supporters as he was driven out of jail in the democratic republic of congo's capital kinshasa the bank it was found guilty in 2012 for putting child soldiers under the slogan they would all pipeline the nigerians killed at least 17 people with an injured 60 others emergency workers in lagos say it was caused by a truck that calls those are the headlines inside story is next to stay with us. libya syria and yemen are bracing for a possible corona virus outbreak officials there have shut down schools and impose travel restrictions but how can this virus be contained in conflict zones and can developing nations cope with the pandemic this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm. from complete lockdowns of cities to building new hospitals rich countries appear to be better suited in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic but covert 19 is straining health systems and some governments are struggling and this raises fears that nations whose hospitals are closed or ill equipped may not be able to cope conflict zones are for particular concern libya's u.n. recognized

released from prison thomas lubanga was greeted by supporters that as he was driven out of a jail in kinshasa those are the headlines coming up next here on al-jazeera it's a listening post so i hope you just stay with us. all new counting the cost we go behind russia and saudi arabia's oil prices bust up and find out how low the oil prices will go plus lebanon defaults on its debt for the 1st time we see going on the bailouts and china's grip on ai facial recognition surveillance counting the cops now there's a. lot of firing that's right across the border but officials that are on i'm going to. go there are there are now and we're going to want you to 6000 cases a lot more than 100 countries with you anywhere you see the new york chicago. hello i'm richard burton you're at the listening post among the media stories that we're covering this week china tries to flip the script on covert 19 it has issues with the way the international media are covering the story right down to where the virus was born the film industry in apartheid era south africa. and the subsidy that was supposed to help bl

you can restamp they penetrated deep into central africa and renamed the cities of kiss on gandhi and kinshasa after himself and he was soon joined by other european explorers who entered africa from the west these expeditions marked the transition from evangelizing missions to imperialism. as a young boy began to trade along that settled route into it when the congo traded over a large area and was the most powerful figure there. also had his own almost no army. although now in a state of neglect to putin is house in zanzibar tells us much about the fortune amassed by the powerful merchant in his autobiography he recounted his negotiations with stanley and the belgian diplomats. stanley arrived with a dozen europeans we met at the consul's and he told me. we wish you to accept to become governor in the name of belgium and that your voice the belgian flag in the districts or under your rule i harvested wanted stanley falls when i arrived i my men did the same wherever we came. former slaves were enlisted in the conquering armies weapons in hand the french the belgian and the british went deepe

released from prison thomas lubanga was greeted by supporters that as he was driven out of a jail in kinshasa those are the headlines coming up next here on al-jazeera it's the listening polls i hope you just stay with us. all you counting the cost we go behind russia and saudi arabia's oil prices bust up and find out how low oil prices will go let alone default on its debt for the. 1st time we see going on the bailouts and china's grip on ai facial recognition something that's counting the cost analysis a. common virus that's right across the world but if it is that hard on i'm going to make little. children are there are you going along looking for $6000.00 cases plus more than $100.00 countries with you any place you think you can get your shocked shocked. hello i'm richard burton you're at the listening post among the media stories that we're covering this week china tries to flip the script on covert 19 it has issues with the way the international media are covering the story right down to where the virus was born the film industry in apartheid era south africa. and the subsidy that was

released from prison thomas lubanga was greeted by supporters as he was driven out of jail in the capital kinshasa. those are the headlines on rewind is coming up next stay with us with a plummeting birthrate and families moving to the cities south korea's rule schools are shutting down one on one east meets the grandmas who is saving these schools finally getting an education on al-jazeera. hello and welcome to rewind. back in 2014 liberia was locked in a desperate struggle to control an epidemic of the ebola virus journalist sorious samura is from neighboring sierra leone and in a remarkable documentary he followed liberia's poorly paid and ill equipped health workers as they risked their lives to treat the infected and recover the bodies of the day we're talking with sorious in a while 1st here is his powerful film liberia living with ebola.

greeted by supporters as he was driven out of the jail in the democratic republic of congo capital kinshasa the bangle was found guilty in 2012 of recruiting child soldiers to fight the 2nd congo war that was in 20022003 was the headline inside story is next. libya syria and yemen are bracing for a possible corona virus outbreak officials there have shut down schools and impose travel restrictions but how can this virus be contained in conflict zones and can developing nations cope with the pandemic this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm studying obligates from complete lockdowns of cities to building new hospitals rich countries appear to be better suited in the fight against the corona virus pandemic but covered 19 is straining health systems and some guy.

was greeted by supporters as he was driven out of jail in the democratic republic of congo's capital kinshasa there's the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after upfront which is next. what's behind the recent tensions between pakistan and india we've given them the opportunity to. but. it's not just politics it's the you can walk and lots of people. foreign minister shop mahmood qureshi talks to al-jazeera . today on the front it's now officially a pandemic so how do you stop the spread of the corona virus and a year on from the massacre of muslims in christchurch how big is the threat from white nationalism. the coronavirus has now hit every continent except antarctica on wednesday the world health organization officially declared it a pandemic so how do we stop it to discuss this i'm joined by eric feingold being an epidemiologist and visiting scientist at harvard health economist and a fellow at the federation of american scientists eric thanks for being on the show very rarely do we have a story like.

greeted by supporters as he was driven out and jailed in the democratic republic of congo's capital kinshasa. the news continues here on al-jazeera after front which is next. what's behind the recent tensions between. india we've given them the opportunity to engage but. it's not just politics it's the new. foreign minister. 0. today on the front it's now officially a pandemic so how do you stop the spread of the corona virus and a year on from the massacre of muslims in christchurch how big is the threat from white nationalism. the corona virus has now hit every continent except antarctica on wednesday the world health organization officially declared it a pandemic so how do we stop it to discuss this i'm joined by eric feingold doing an epidemiologist and visiting scientist at harvard health economist and a fellow at the federation of american scientists eric thanks for being on the show very rarely do we have a story like this that affects every corner of the world all of our viewers watching up front on almost every continent there's a tendency when we talk about story this big for some

was greeted by supporters as he was driven out of jail in the democratic republic of congo's capital kinshasa the bank it was found guilty in 2012 of recruiting child soldiers to fight in the 2nd the cold war. there's a line got more news coming out right off the al-jazeera. who are born or. this is the hotel drew a well established french auction house in the 9th out on the small of paris known for selling final art and antiques. the auction today is of 19th and early 20th century work by artists who painted in what's known as the oriental mist style. orientalism was a term used to refer to martin literature depicting the east or the orient by artists and writers in the west. edward saeed's $978.00 book orientalism caused critics and historians to reappraise their view of this style i cited argued it represented a pattern izing colonial attitude towards the knife culture and people of the middle east. but in this part of the collection is the work of our false. unlike most orientalism painters d.n.a. travelled frequently to north africa so his work far from being colonial in outlook came to

was greeted by supporters as he was driven out of jail in the democratic republic of congo capital kinshasa a bangle was found guilty in 2012 of recruiting child soldiers to fight in the 2nd congo war in 20022003 an explosion near an oil pipeline in nigeria has killed at least 15 people and destroyed dozens of buildings nijinsky workers say it happened when a truck or fire near a pipeline in lagos are you back with the news hour 2100 g.m.t. join me then. but. before that the commission of ex-pats was founded in new york where the global community recognizes states and suffering borders as pows you do you got there and zara is that's jeezy institute joining bob peeped. for the 1st time in the history of humanity a land grab occurred based not only more on traditional forms of power but rather on geological findings. of the experts who tipped the scales in loring's about maritime territories a notoriously unforthcoming one members agreed to speak about the commission on the condition the team meters not to new york but in which city in fromm's. being an personally i've always felt that we cou

outbreak health ministry initially said the patient was belgian and quarantined on arrival in the capital kinshasa it later clarified that the infected person was in fact a congolese citizen who contacted health services 2 days after returning from france. it was the news hour live from london still ahead. italians appalled that doctors and nurses and seen from their balconies to keep best spirits. and another set back on the pasta talks between the afghan government and the taliban we'll tell you about that also a sport coming up to organizers of the tokyo lympics remain upbeat a bomb possibility of holding this is games on time. will keep going on all those stories making news around the world and iraq's military says to add defense servicemen in 3 coalition members of been critically injured in an attack on taji base north of baghdad it's not yet known who is responsible but it comes a day off the u.s. air strikes on multiple sites in iraq the pentagon says it targeted those behind the killing of 2 american troops along british soldier in an attack on wednesday iraq's president called the u.s.

was greeted by supporters as he was driven out of jail in the democratic republic of congo capital kinshasa a bunker was found guilty in 2012 of recruiting child soldiers to fight in the 2nd congo war in 20022003. some sports news still ahead for you this stadium once held meeting 200000 fans in a world cup final what a change peter would explain how its latest match featured no. 4 hour climb. for 4 minutes of practice. but to achieve their dream of becoming afghanistan's 1st ever win to win in p.m.'s they will have to overcome many mountains. can all be a part of hope and inspiration where the light shines witness on al-jazeera the. latest news as it breaks the fast train service is supposed to start from early next year but the corona virus outbreak could put the brakes on the project and slow down construction with details coverage we know that more than 40 people were killed in the violence and officially 350 people were injured from around the world they weren't enough to create a logistical problem for the greek will sorties but they were enough to make many of the people of lesbos ar

down to 0 it's a release that's divided the community a former condo more load is freed from jail in kinshasa. ghana could be forced to import mortars and government struggles to contain illegal gold mining. good school coming up 20 minutes on the future of europe 2020 nominee peter we'll have the details. across japan at the moment we have had a rather wintry starts to the wake with some snow in place an area of low pressure now pulling out of the way not a little feature that just over the wall says towards the whole sheet was on it's an improving feature so we're losing the snow that we've seen in tokyo for example telling increasingly to write in temperatures here as around 13 degrees still a chance of wanted to well wintry flurries just on the western side of honshu but even these will pay to rattle brighton rock not as a go in through the next couple days more sunshine and it'll sound warmer as well take a 15 degrees celsius. the so will choose day because of touch 19 in beijing some of the positron in the 2 bateson to the south will be how can see increasing areas of cloud and rain com

the 1st man ever convicted by the international criminal court has been freed from prison in kinshasa supporters gathered outside mccollough prison to welcome thomas lubanga the bundle was found guilty in 2012 for recruiting child soldiers to fight in the democratic republic of congo war crimes were linked to a period between 20022003. but banks are kenya's public hospitals are running dry forcing many patients to ask for donations themselves u.s. funding for transfusion services was pulled last year catherine sawyer has the story from my ruby. it has taken helen barazan month to get 4 pints of blood from a government hospital so she can start treatment as recently diagnosed with cervical cancer and traveled to nairobi from western kenya to begin radiation therapy sessions doctors told her she needed more blood but the hospital did not have it neither was it possible for people to donate because the national transfusion center was shot off screening agents so. i'm just praying and i know it will get better i have faith but i've gone through with this disease is a nerve i have looked f

supporters as he was driven out of jail in the democratic republic democratic republic of congo's capital kinshasa lubanga was found guilty in 2012 of recruiting child soldiers to fight in the 2nd congo war in 2002 in 2003. russia and turkey have been holding joint military patrols in syria to monitor a cease fire in the last rebel held stronghold of italy province that's despite backing opposing sides in syria's war which started in 2011 the peace deal was finalized on friday after 4 days of talks and i see in kosovo 2 reports now from istanbul. these syrian protesters and the town of their rob and don't want turkish or russian troops in their area the 2 military powers are patrolling a section of the m 4 highway that the federation was stopped after dozens of activists who oppose the russian presence and that blocked the highway. we're here to send a clear message to the russians and the turks we will not open the road unless assad forces and russian militias withdraw isn't even enough they killed displaced us. from the joint patrols are part of an agreement struck between russian president vlad