the democratic republic of congo in particular for the democratic republic of congo in particularfor mining the democratic republic of congo in particular for mining cobalt, the democratic republic of congo in particularfor mining cobalt, a class action. the first class action. 60% of the world's cobalt is coming from this area, and 30% is unregulated, which isa area, and 30% is unregulated, which is a huge amount. it will only get worse because what is happening is you have technology with phones, and electro vehicles coming into play which is a huge growth market —— electric vehicles. and those bringing the class action suit, it is charities representing the families impacted by this. google, tesla and others have not commented. we will see how this plays out. huge giants making this happen so there has to be something taking place. they are the secondary element, they will buy the stuff but they are not mining the star. there is a producer. but there has to be responsibility about big brands and leading the way in technology. these are huge organisations and if somebody does n

>> well more than half the world's cobalt comes from the democratic republic of congo where the united nations says 40,000 children have been used to mine of metal. in the two years since our investigation, our sources on the ground say conditions are as desperate as ever for these children. kids are still doing the unthinkable in the drc -- back-breaking work even for adults. but a world away in washington, there's new hope for the children in a lawsuit filed

police in the democratic republic of congo say 4 people have been killed during new protests against un peacekeepers demonstrations started in the city of beni last month over what people see as a lack of u.n. protection from armed rebel groups. the congolese military has been reinforcing in the eastern town of benny but the protests and the shooting continue. carney gave this graphic updates of the chaos. around the future of. this protest not discouraged him but if. you have killed a police officer and his body was even supported by the protesters. on the. big challenge for soldiers right now kristie. these people are marching on a u.n. peacekeepers base furious at what they see is the failure of u.n. forces to protect them against attacks by rival groups including the so-called aligned democratic forces determined to keep the mission outs protesters have already damaged a number of u.n. building since process started a little over a week ago the congolese army has been sent to end the violence but has failed to stop the a.d.f. killing more than 100 people in the last month and mor

base in the east of the democratic republic of congo they were heading to the peacekeeping compound near the airport in beni one of 2 bases in that city at least 2 people have been killed demonstrators have been targeting u.n. peacekeepers there for more than a week now saying they're failing to protect civilians from attacks by rebel groups that speak to their as producer. who is in beni for as he is on the line understand that there was a press or a press conference with the congolese army a short while ago tell us about what they have been saying. yes. 4 folks. who are trying to justify their actual no doubt need to be. good most. people probably the group that did not commission which group but he said he would be more tough because. a he said. you know what it is not to get him in. the forces even to please. the people trying to. unify to do the. talking about. good again. what's going on to put this situation is more to. me going to go. against. the. big thing right now the more. these tyrants thought this was referring to to what happened today because this was a real. gun shop th

and our lack of electricity threatens the last train forest in the democratic republic of the congo. also a global trade emergency the world trade organizations. the tradition system collapses in disarray after u.s. pressure holds. its its top. this is business africa. as well. but 1st we go to south africa where heavy rainfall has triggered widespread flooding whole neighborhoods have been submerged and the country's oh utility. is introduced rolling pollak to relieve the national grid that has forced many mines to shut down posing a threat to the export sector it's a major blow to the country's already slowing economy which contracted in the last quarter. since taking power in 2018 of the opium prime minister that implemented sweeping political reforms. the nobel peace prize which he collected today ethiopia's economy also goes from strength to strength but a lot remains to be done because foreign investors are mainly. by the incredibly cheap wages their companies say they don't break the law and support efforts for a minimum living wage in the country but in the meantime despite s

lack of electricity threatens the forests in the democratic republic of the congo. also a global trade emergency the world trade organization system collapses in disarray after u.s. pressure. it's its top. this is business africa. as well. but 1st we go to south africa where heavy rainfall has triggered widespread flooding whole neighborhoods have been submerged and the country's how utility eskom introduced rolling power cuts to relieve the national grid that has forced many mines to shut down posing a threat to the export sector it's a major blow to the country's already slowing economy contracted in the last quarter. since taking power in 2018 of the opium prime minister that implemented sweeping political reforms that won him praise and the nobel peace prize which he collected today ethiopia's economy also goes from strength to strength but a lot remains to be done because foreign investors are mainly. by the incredibly cheap wages their companies say they don't break the law and support efforts for a minimum living wage in the country but in the meantime despit

a soldier and his wife in democratic republic of congo have been killed by an angry crowd they had been mistaken for rebels it happened in the eastern town of beni in north kivu province the crowd had found weapons in their bags and suspected them of being members of the allied democratic forces the group blamed for killing more than $100.00 civilians in the past month also the un peacekeeping chief visited bernie where they've been protests against un troops as well people say that is not protecting them from the violence to go bust a bit if the message is that you should make the wrong enemies we are on the side of the people of this region the congolese people are there any things we can do better of course they are and we will work on it are our partners with who we work with every day also thinking about how to work even more closely with us the f a r d c armed forces the national police the authorities meanwhile the world health organization has raised concerns over the worsening violence in eastern democratic republic of congo it's as the fighting in the area has limited health w

gunshots are heard in the eastern democratic republic of congo as crowds run towards a u.n. peacekeeping base. watch al-jazeera lie from a headquarters in doha. also ahead he was president donald trump slaps tariffs on metal imports from brazil and argentina opening a new front in his trade war. shuts down the government in order staff to help contain the missiles outbreak that's killed more than 50 people. also the 3000 kilometer pipeline that will deliver russian gas from siberia to china as energy hungry said. hello at least 2 people have been killed in the eastern democratic republic of congo where gunfire has been heard as locals again marched towards a u.n. base so they were heading to the peacekeeping compound near the airport in beni one of 2 bases in the city congolese government soldiers blocked them from getting too close demonstrators have been targeting u.n. peacekeepers there for more than a week saying they're failing to protect civilians from attacks by rebel groups that speak to al-jazeera as producer and now you can ease him benny's joining us on the teleph

base in the east of the democratic republic of congo they were heading to the peacekeeping compound near the airport in beni one of 2 bases in that city at least 2 people have been killed demonstrators have been targeting u.n. peacekeepers there for more than a week now saying they offer to protect civilians from attacks by rebel groups there speak to al-jazeera producer. who is in beni and joins us on the lie i understand the congolese army has just held a news conference what have they said. to . rule them in. that. was. exactly what happened. i don't we're going to leave it there because we're having a hard time understanding you the phone line unfortunately is not very good with many. there are produced conny updating us on the situation in beni where protesters tried to storm a u.n. compound in that city. protesters have been protesting now for about a week again he when troops in the democratic republic of congo accusing them of not doing enough to protect civilians against rebel attacks. on to other world news and the white house says it will not take part in the next step of the

14 al-jazeera baghdad a soldier and his wife in democratic republic of congo have been killed by an angry crowd they were mistakenly accused of being rebels this was in the eastern town of bay in the north kivu province the crowd attacked them after finding guns and ammunition in their banks they were suspected of being members of the allied democratic forces which is blamed for killing more than 100 civilians in the past month. the u.n. peacekeeping chief has also visited benny where there have been protests against the u.n. troops people say that is not protecting them from violence to go bust would be different to the message is that you shouldn't make the wrong enemies we are on the side of the people of this region the congolese people are there any things we can do better of course they are and we will work on it are our partners with who we work with every day also thinking about how to work even more closely with us the f a r d c armed forces the national police the authorities. the world health organization has raised concerns about the worsening violence in eastern democra

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police in the democratic republic of congo say 4 people were killed during protests on monday demonstrators are upset about what they say is a lie. from rebel groups. almost 130 people have been killed in one day of drug cartel violence in mexico that's an unprecedented number and many are now questioning the president's strategy of hogs not bullets and tackling the cartels reports from mexico city. to repair the damage to view when your own city hall the memories of what happened here will last much longer. than saturday afternoon a convoy of vehicles covered in the initials of the local drug cartel c d n drove into town and began fighting this the authorities believe was sending a message to the regional government to. security forces surrounded the turn 60 kilometers south of the texas border by the time the gun battles ended on sunday 22 were dead 16 gunman 4 police officers 2 civilians pictures of local politicians were riddled with bullets locals had to literally run for the lights you mustn't down the passing yellow plastic thank you we were arriving at the palace on the back childre

including a police officer been killed in the democratic republic of congo. after hundreds of people march towards one of the un peacekeeping bases there. u.s. president donald trump is restoring tear of song steel in. argentina and brazil making the announcement on twitter he said that the 2 countries over a massive devaluation of their currency which are not good for farmers. the search for a new prime minister in iraq has begun after the resignation of his cabinet. government killed more than 400 people. talk about iraq with. his a researcher at the university of exeter a strategy and security institute he's joining us via skype from there thanks through time with us on the al-jazeera news hour how challenging are the next couple of weeks going to be for parliamentarians in particular in iraq and in the search for a new prime minister are we looking at a political tug of war. i think we're going to see something that we see quite often in following iraqi elections although albeit this is not an election it's just a prime minister stepping down but you ofte

new exhibition of art from the democratic republic of congo looks at that country's traditions both past and present. and in our series 100 german must reads we feature your hot i don't yon's extraordinary memoir an exclusive love in which she tries to ravel the history behind her grandparents' suicide. we start with the superstar of german composers and beethoven who will be in the spotlight in 2020 as we celebrate his 250th birthday and that means that his music will of course be everywhere as concerts and new recordings abound and in his hometown of ball on the board of quince talent is getting a jump on things with a new exhibition that correlates his musical works with key events in his life. germany has never celebrated a composer this way before to 250th anniversary of libby from beatles birth starting one year ahead of the actual date and nowhere more than in born germany the composer's hometown. he's director of the anniversary society and the b. to open house and we have a funding for more than 40000000 euros to celebrate beethoven german germany why. i think it gives the natio

police in the democratic republic of congo say 4 people were killed during protests. protests 1st broke out last month over what locals call a lack of u.n. protection from armed rebel groups. the congolese military has been reinforcing in the eastern town of benny but the protests and the shooting continue. conny gave this graphic updates of the chaos. around the siege of. protester did not discourage him but. you have killed a police officer and his body was even supported by the protesters. on the. big challenge for soldiers right now chris. these people are marching on a u.n. peacekeepers base furious at what they see is the failure of u.n. forces to protect them against attacks by rebel groups including the so called democratic forces determined to keep the mission outs protestors have already damaged a number of u.n. building since process started a little over a week ago the congolese army has been sent to end the violence but has failed to stop the a.d.f. killing more than 100 people in the last month and more than $1500.00 in the last 5 years now they're order

and angry crowds kills an army man and his wife in democratic republic of congo suspects in them of being rebels. security issues come to the spotlights in the u.k.'s upcoming general election after the stabbing on months and bridge. i think its whole system of automatic i'll be relieved to be with you by that i mean whether or not the parole board will involved. an uphill climb scientists in guatemala battle climate change and poachers to save a rare animal species. or we begin in iraq or parliament sans approved prime minister abdullah abdullah resignation so tension i turns to will replace him and can that person because it stops in months of violence and government protests it's now up to the largest parliamentary bloc to choose the next prime minister and submit their choice to president saleh the outgoing prime minister abdul mahdi handed in his resignation on saturday will news of his departure force a rocket out onto the streets one. again as they continue their pressure campaign pushing for a completes political overhaul remember more than 400 people have been killed by security

and a crowd in eastern democratic republic of congo have killed 2 people accusing them of being rebels fighters from a rebel group of killed more than 100 civilians in the past month. well the u.n. peacekeeping chief is visiting benny where there have been protests against the perceived failure of u.n. forces there to protect residents against the violence he admitted the u.n. has room for improvement but he did call for unity among local partners to the city go bust a bit if. the message is that you shouldn't make the wrong enemies we are on the side of the people of this region. congolese people are there any things we can do better of course they are and we will work on it are our partners with whom we work with every day also thinking about how to work even more closely with us the f a r d c armed forces the national police the authorities. 6 european countries have joined a trading system developed to do business with iran without violating u.s. sanctions belgium denmark finland sweden norway and the netherlands have all become shareholders in stacks now the system was founded by

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republic of congo suspecting them of being rebels. security she's sick the spotlight in the u.k.'s upcoming general election after the stabbing on london bridge i think this whole system into magic i'll be relieved. by that but i need to know whether or not the parole board fully involved. and thousands of protesters turn out in malta demands and the immediate resignation of the prime minister. i. know we begin in iraq where parliament has approved prime minister abdullah abdullah mattie's resignation so attention now turns to who will replace him and can that person put a stop to months of violence antigovernment protests it's now up to see the largest parliamentary bloc to choose the next prime minister and submit their choice to president barham salih outgoing prime minister abdul mahdi handed in his resignation on saturday and news of his departure boards iraqi sites on to the streets once again as they continue their pressure campaign pushing for a complete political overhaul more than 400 people have been killed by security forc

gunshots are heard in eastern democratic republic of congo as crowds run towards a u.n. peacekeeping base. hello again i'm not and this is al jazeera live also coming up the white house declares president donald trump who won't participate in the next impeachment hearings calling the proceedings that baseless. someone's shuts down its government in order stuff to help contain a measles outbreak that's already killed more than 50 people mostly children. and the 3000 kilometers a pipeline that will deliver russian gas from the siberia to cities across china. now hundreds of people have again marched towards a u.n. peacekeeping base in eastern democratic republic of congo gunfire was heard as congolese government soldiers blocked the crowds from getting too close to the compound near the airport in the town of it's one of 2 u.n. bases their demonstrations have been targeting u.n. peacekeepers accusing them of failing to protect them from attacks by rebel groups in the region now our producer new conny is in beni and joins us now on the phone and talk us through what you've

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an angry crowd kills an army man and his wife in democratic republic of congo suspecting them of being rebels. police in hong kong fire pepper spray on demonstrators in a new wave of protests. and uphill climb scientists in guatemala battle climate change and poachers to save rare animal species. of iraq's parliament has accepted the resignation of the prime minister and his entire cabinet but. these government will continue to serve and i can take a capacity until the president appoints a new leader of the mad he handed in his resignation to m.p.'s on saturday but his decision to step down has done little to calm protesters who are demanding a complete overhaul of the system they blame the government for widespread corruption high unemployment and poor public services more than 400 people have already died in the protests which began in october give the latest now from simona fulton who is live in baghdad so simona the parliament is accepted the prime minister's resignation so something's changed at the same time it hasn't because he and his cabinet remain there for now. well that is

the democratic republic of congo. >> the situation is quite uncertain. benive had our producer in all day talking about gunshots, security forces, and protesters trying to get to this u.n. base, one of the main u.n. basis, close to security forces, saying they cannot allow protesters to get to that base because it is going to ground everything. i have been talking to the governor here. thats saying that it seems not --y forces are ordinary protesters. people are armed with weapons like a machete, saying violence, they are even attacking residents of beni who do not want to be involved. security forces are going to continue using force to contain the situation. >> the united nations has been trying to stabilize the eastern democratic republic of congo for the past 20 years. it is the largest peacekeeping operation in the world. more than 100 armed groups are believed to operate in the drc. the allied democratic forces, ofo known as the adf, is one the most well-known, formed by ugandan rebels more than two decades ago. it is accused of many atrocities. at

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hello again the top stories on al-jazeera police in the democratic republic of congo say 4 people were killed during protests in beni on monday demonstrators are upset about what they say is a lack of protection from armed rebel groups. turkish president is threatening to oppose nato as plans for the defense of baltic countries he spoke and ahead of the nato summit in london. the alliance to recognize groups he's fighting in northern syria as quote terrorists. mexico's homicide rates hit historic levels with 127 deaths reported just on sunday that's the highest number in a single day since records began in 1900. the former malaysian prime minister najib razak has been on the witness stand for the 1st time to defend himself against corruption allegations the trial in the high court has to do with a multi-billion dollar scandal that malaysia state funds known as one m d be accused of illegally receiving about $10000000.00 when he was in office he's pleaded not guilty to all the charges which include money laundering and abuse of power here's some of what had to say in ports the. scheme w

police in the democratic republic of congo say 4 people have been killed during the protests against un peacekeepers demonstrations started in the city of beni last month over what people see as a lack of u.n. protection from rebel groups so hideouts has the latest. the congolese military has been reinforcing in the eastern town of benny but the protests and the shooting continue. carney gave this graphic updates of the chaos. gunshots around the city of. protestors not discouraged him but. you have killed a police officer and his body was even supported by the protesters. on the. big challenge for soldiers right now kristie. these people are marching on a u.n. peacekeepers base furious at what they see is the failure of u.n. forces to protect them against attacks by rival groups including the so-called aligned democratic forces determined to keep the mission outs protestors have already damaged a number of u.n. building since process started a little over a week ago the congolese army has been sent to end the violence but has failed to stop the a.d.f. killing more than 100 people in

now police in the democratic republic of congo say 4 people have been killed during new protests against un peacekeepers demonstrations started in the city of beni last month over what people see as a lack of u.n. protection from armed rebel groups so to her that has the latest. the congolese military has been reinforcing in the eastern town of benny but the protests and the shooting continue. carney gave this graphic updates of the chaos. around the siege of. this protester not discourage him but. you have killed a police officer and his body was even supported by the protesters. on the. big challenge for soldiers right now chris. these people are marching on a u.n. peacekeepers base furious at what they see is the failure of u.n. forces to protect them against attacks by rival groups including the so-called democratic forces determined to keep the mission outs protestors have already damaged a number of u.n. building since process started a little over a week ago the congolese army has been sent to end the violence but has failed to stop the a.d.f. killing more than 100 people in the l

and protests in the many region of eastern and democratic republic of congo have left at least 5 people dead demonstrators accuse the government and the un peacekeepers of failing to protect them against armed groups . but the world health organization says efforts to eliminate measles globally have slowed back as the death toll in some most outbreak continues to rise 60 people have died since the epidemic started in mid october 50 of those are children under the age of 4 up to now some are low immunization rates of just over 30 percent emergency measures including making immunizations compulsory and closing schools but the crisis shows no major sign of slowing down 171 new cases have been recorded in the last 24 hours and that brings the number of cases in this outbreak to more than 4000 in the population of 200000 people jessica washington is our correspondent and joins us from the capital appear and of course jessica you've seen the immunization process of what the government is trying to do in terms of trying to limit the expo. of german measles to the public at large what's your ge

the crowd in eastern democratic republic of congo has killed 2 people it's accused of being rebels that happened in the eastern town of benny in the province of the crowd attacked a man and woman dressed in civilian clothes off planting guns and bullets in their bags they suspected them of being members of the allied democratic forces which is blamed for killing more than $100.00 civilians in the past month the most recent was on friday when 14 people were killed. the u.n. peacekeeping chief visited benny when there had been protests against the failure of u.n. troops to protect residents against violence he admitted there is room for improvement but called for unity secure but he did. the message is that you shouldn't make the wrong enemy because we are on the side of the people of this region the congolese people are there any things we can do better of course they are and we will work on it are our partners with whom we work with every day also thinking about how to work even more closely with us the f a r d c armed forces the national police the authorities. when i was there as cath

a reminder now of the top stories on al-jazeera police in the democratic republic of congo say 4 people were killed on monday during protests in the eastern town of benny 3 protesters and a policeman gunfire was heard as the army tried to stop civilians marching towards a un peacekeeping base in the area the dollar and global stock markets a fall in after u.s. president of trump announced that he's reimposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports imports from argentina and brazil he said the 2 countries had been presiding over a massive devaluation of their currencies and the death toll from some oh was measles crisis has risen to 5348 of the victims who are aged 4 years or younger schools have been closed and travel restricted to stop the outbreak which began in october. typhoon komori is currently lashing the philippines with winds of up to 175 kilometers an hour before it made landfall tens of thousands of people were evacuated in north eastern regions of the country manila international airport will be closed for most of tuesday as a safety precaution or warnings of severe flooding

and our reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera police of the democratic republic of congo say 4 people were killed on monday during protests in the eastern town of benny 3 protesters and one policeman gunfire was heard as civilians marched towards a un peacekeeping base in the area the congolese army was deployed to stop them from getting close european stock markets posted their biggest fall in 2 months after u.s. president donald trump announced he's reimposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from argentina and brazil he said the 2 countries had been presiding over a massive devaluation of their currencies the death toll from samoa's measles crisis has reason risen to 5348 of the victims were aged 4 years or younger since it began in october schools have been closed and travel restricted infection rates are climbing in just over 2 weeks the death toll has jumped more than 10 fold . just sagen is a medical officer of the world health organization regional office for the western pacific he says vaccines are the safest and most effective way to tackle the measles outbreak. you kno

gunshots fired in democratic republic of congo as protesters marched towards a u.n. peacekeeping base in banning. hello again i missed and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up somewhat shuts down its government in order to help contain a measles outbreak that's now killed more than 50 people my street children. as a conference discusses an aids free africa will meet one of the many families campaigners say affording because of a failing response. and the $3000.00 pipeline that will deliver russian gas from siberia to cities across china. now at least 2 people have been killed as heavy gunfire continues on the streets of benny and eastern democratic republic of congo the firing started off to hundreds of people marched towards a u.n. peacekeeping base congolese government soldiers blocked the crowds from getting too close to the compound which is near the airport and one of 2 u.n. bases that demonstrators have been targeting u.n. peacekeepers accusing them of failing to protect them from attacks by rebel groups well our producer 11 counties in beni and he

a crowd in eastern democratic republic of congo have killed 2 people accused of being rebels fighters from an armed group of killed more than $100.00 civilians in the last month. and protesters in hong kong have held a march of gratitude to the u.s. organizers say they want to thank washington for approving legislation last week aimed at protecting human rights in the territory. the pressure is growing on malta prime minister after a prominent businessman who is allegedly close to him was charged over the murder of a journalist your gun fetch has denied complicity in the murder of daphne. in 2017 and it's his family has called on the prime minister joseph muscat to resign his chief of staff quit earlier this week after being questioned by the police. as a journalist at the malta independent. the prime minister is he expected to be giving a teleprompter address tomorrow morning and the indication is that he will be announcing his intention to step down and got taking up the process for the leadership race for the labor party which is what he's part of which will culminate ultimately in

republic of congo plus. farms of the future we travel to wales to see how all techniques could help save the planet. hello again welcome back to your international weather forecast well here across turkey it is going to be very messy wintry weather over the next few days and the reason being is we have a front that is coming in off the black sea bring you winds out of the north temperatures will be falling as we go from sunday as well as into monday but starting here in ankara it's going to be a rainy and windy day for you temperature of about 10 degrees by the time get towards monday the temp is dropping but you will be seeing more sun in the forecast out to the east so it is going to be quite heavy snow particularly the higher elevations and a lot of rain down across parts of iraq for baghdad you will see that rain as well your forecast is going to start with rain starting on sunday evening very heavy rain by the time we get to monday as well as some very gusty winds and tuesday a much better day with the

in the museum in the democratic republic of congo beat. these rare mountain gorillas close to extinction but thanks to we sustain the comes a vision campaign we are here to state. you're welcome to the program east africa is in the thick of the brutally unusual rainy season and it's set to get worse 2 tropical storms i suspect that's a hit a region in the coming days 4 weeks torrential downpours have triggered landslides and flash flooding that that toll stands at 250 with some 3000000 affected there are growing fears of starvation and disease outbreak the wet weather is due to warmer temperatures in the indian ocean in a moment we'll get the latest on the response from nairobi but 1st this report from the kenyan village of. these floods may have killed scores deprived thousands of their homes know they threaten to wash away the dead. not if these villagers have anything to do with it . and if this moaned lies to also a bongos late wife. we're putting big rocks on top of the grave to prevent the coffin from coming out due to these floods.

in the democratic republic of congo. and these mountain gorillas are close to extinction but thanks to sustain the conservation campaign it's a state. you're welcome to the program east africa is in the thick of the brutally unusual rainy season and it's set to get worse to tropical storms are expected to hit the region in the coming days 4 weeks pause have triggered landslides and flash flooding but that toll stands at 250 with some 3000000 affected their growing fear of starvation disease outbreak that is due to warmer temperatures in the indian ocean in a moment we'll get the latest on the response from nairobi but 1st this report from the sub kenyan village of. these floods may have killed scores deprived thousands of their homes you know they threaten to wash away the dead. not if these villagers have anything to do with it . anything that's moaned. a bomb goes late wife. we're putting big rocks on top of the grave to prevent the coffin from coming out due to these floods. the dying pours have only compounded the gr

the democratic republic of congo are at the very bottom of the rankings so i think there's quite a lot of diversity and if you look at the pace of change in africa as a whole on average it's still going to take 95 years to get to parity because of those very different rates of change across those different economies and i think what you see really there is highly unequal societies so there are still a lot of women going into labor force participation but they happen to be very low skilled and lacking the education that could actually make them into medium skilled and high skilled workers so we're seeing some impressive jumps that you think that developed economies are much more set in their own ways and the developing economies in africa are more open to demands of equality. i think there are interesting opportunities for both sets of economies i certainly wouldn't say that advanced economies are set in their ways you can see that the nordic economies are not just at the very top of the rankings but actually continue to move their scores up higher so iceland the number one country in t

the democratic republic of congo are at the very bottom of the rankings so i think there's quite a lot of diversity and if you look at the pace of change in africa as a whole on average it's still going to take 95 years to get to parity because of those very different rates of change across those different economies and i think what you see really there is highly unequal societies so there are still a lot of women going into labor force participation but they happen to be very low skilled and lacking the education that could actually make them into medium skilled and high skilled workers so we're seeing some impressive jumps that you think that developed economies are much more set in their own ways and the developing economies in africa are more open to adopt the demands of equality. i think there are interesting opportunities for both sets of economies i certainly wouldn't say that advanced economies are set in their ways you can see that the nordic economies are not just at the very top of the rankings but actually continue to move their scores up higher so iceland the number one co

in the democratic republic of congo people are voicing opposition to the u.n. peacekeeping mission demanding it leave the country that's very much more of a break this is art. up until recently politics were about policy preferences and ways to implement them that is not the case today your political views are now what define you as a person and there is a moral dimension bias against those who are not politically correct is the last acceptable form of discrimination this is the end of politics. welcome back this is international now it has been 35 years since one of history's most devastating industrial disasters hit the indian city of volpe hall a highly toxic gas leak from an insecticide producing factory spread to nearby towns with catastrophic consequences thousands died and around half a 1000000 more were fact. it is still unclear to this day what really caused the incident as the indian government continues to argue over the disaster and how it was handled by the company which ran the factory at the time called an act of sabotage back in 2008 former plan

in the democratic republic of congo. where close to extinction. in the conservation campaign they are insisting. your welcome to the program east africa is in the thick of the brutally unusual rainy season and it's set to get worse tropical storms i expect that to hit the region in the coming days 4 weeks torrential downpours have triggered landslides and flash flooding that that toll stands at 250 with some 3000000 affect it growing fears of starvation and disease outbreak the wet weather is due to warmer temperatures in the indian ocean in a moment we'll get the latest on the response from nairobi but 1st this report from the submerged kenyan village of. these floods may have killed scores deprived thousands of their homes you know they threaten to wash away the dead. not if these villagers have anything to do with it . any less moaned. a bomb goes late wife. we're putting big rocks on top of the grave to prevent the cotton from coming out due to these floods. the darn pours have only compounded the grief joseph married his wife just last week o

the most successful lines in just. 2 people killed in the democratic republic of congo demonstrations against the u.n. mission there continue protesters are demanding that peacekeepers withdraw after they failed to protect civilians from rebels. surprise for brazil and argentina president trump restores steel and medium tirades against them over their currency devaluations more details ahead. good morning welcome to the program life the off you will do center here in moscow this tuesday the 3rd of december is kevin owen here with a 30 minute live update and 1st this morning it's landmark day for nato leaders of the member states are gathering in the u.k. to celebrate the military alliance is 70th anniversary we asked people in london and what they consider greatest achievement to be. people what they think are the main 3 achievements of nato. and we're going to have no expense for here but. in terms of achievements know very little i don't know what it's about having no idea of any advantage of nato but you know i honestly don't know anything about any sort of flags the other day and

gunshots fired in democratic republic of congo as protesters mobs towards a u.n. peacekeeping day from benning. in the says al jazeera live from doha also coming up some washouts down its government in order to help contain a measles outbreak that's now killed more than 50 people in my state children. as a conference discusses an aids free africa will need one of the many families campaign as a affording ill because of a failing respond.

republic of congo. just as march towards you in h.q. in the east the country demanding they withdraw from the city they accuse the peacekeepers of failing to protect civilians from rebel attacks. launched operations against the militant group the allied democratic forces in october and in response the rebels carried out massacres in an apparent bid to try to discourage civilians from helping the military. as the un's largest peacekeeping mission there over 16000 military personnel in the region the organization's operators of the democratic republic of congo for the past 20 years and its stated top priority there is to protect civilians from armed groups but locals are deeply skeptical about the presence of the peacekeepers. we want different military units in our country we no longer want all those soldiers who have been here for a long time. their mission is to restore peace and to accompany the government forces but the population in the territory of benny has been mourning for at least 5 years there

demonstrations continue in the democratic republic of congo. what you see here is protesters marching towards u.n. h.q. in east the country demanding they withdraw from the city they're accusing the peacekeepers of failing to protect civilians or rebel. we want different military units in our country we no longer want all those soldiers who have been here for a long time exactly sure their mission is to restore peace and to accompany the government forces but the population in the territory of benny has been mourning for at least 5 years there has not been a satisfactory reaction from moscow meantime the head of the u.n. mission says the escalating unrest as make it increasingly difficult for it to fulfill its duties. where this keep guard we know that we assume and accept because we have no other option than to do our work and to try to mitigate their tax against this event population the protest added last week of peacekeepers and government forces were unable to prevent a deadly attack by the militant group the ally democratic forces the col

republic of congo. testers march towards un h.q. in the east of the country the money that would draw from that city they accuse the peacekeepers of failing to protect civilians from rebel attacks. we want different military units in our country we no longer want all those soldiers who have been here for a long time. their mission is to restore peace and to accompany the government forces with the population and the territory of benny has been mourning for at least 5 years there has not been a satisfactory reaction from monusco meantime the head of the u.n. mission says the escalating unrest is making it increasingly difficult for it to fulfill its duties. where the scapegoat we know that we assume and accept because we have no other option than to do our work and to try to mitigate their attacks against this civilian population the protests started last week after peacekeepers and government forces run able to prevent a deadly attack by the militant group the allied democratic forces the congolese army

1st discovered in some one in 1983 in the democratic republic of congo and then someone else in 1990 also in the d.l.c. but only now with the advance of genome sequencing techniques has a 3rd sample isolated in 2001 also in the d r c been definitively identified as the same variant of hiv as the other 2 samples and according to the rules once 3 independent samples of the same hiv variant are discovered a new strain can be announced discovering this new strain of hiv is really just the 1st step we've confirmed that it exists and we've shared the sequence with the greater research community and that will allow everyone to be able to evaluate how it might impact diagnostic testing treatments and potential vaccines researches say this new strain is a variant of the most common form of hiv and is detectable treatable and also very rare as sequencing technology advances it's likely more new strains will be discovered and this researchers say is not necessarily a cause for alarm but will help them understand how the virus has developed over time such vigilance is also necessary as there is

base in the east of the democratic republic of congo they were heading to the peacekeeping compound near the airport in beni one of 2 bases in that city at least 2 people have been killed demonstrators have been targeting u.n. peacekeepers there for more than a week now saying they're failing to protect civilians from attacks by rebel groups that speak to al-jazeera as catherine soy who's in goma the knowledge a city in east india r.c. catherine tell us 1st about what you're hearing about the situation in beni what's happening on the streets there right now. well right now the military in beni is expected to hold a press conference in the coming hours the military has had a military escort has had to go and pick journalists up from there will tell where they are to take them to the location of the press conference because it's still very unsafe on the streets the situation quiet and cited as we've had our producer in benny all day talking about you know gunshots throughout the day running battles between security forces and protesters who are trying to get to this u.n. base which is one

people are killed in the democratic republic of congo would govern straight into the u.n. mission there continue protests demanding the peacekeepers withdraw they failed to protect civilians from rebels. and a surprise for brazil and argentina president trump has restored steel tariffs against them over the currency devaluations we'll bring you more details. good morning from moscow then welcome to the program live from the r.t. worldview center here it's the 3rd of december it's kevin i'm with you for the 30 minute update 1st on the smalling it is a landmark day for nato the leaders of the member states a gathering in the u.k. to celebrate the military alliance his 70th anniversary we as people in london 1st off what they considered to be the greatest achievement to be them. people what they think are the main 3 achievements of nato. i'm not going. to you know here in terms of achievements know very little or i don't know what it's about have no idea of any advantage of nato but you know i honestly don't know anything about any sort of flag feel that day and only my husba

of hundreds if not thousands of children in the democratic republic of congo all to feed the wallets insatiable appetite for the very nativist gadgets defendants ample google bill microsoft tesla are knowingly benefiting from aiding and abetting the cruel and brutal use of young children and democratic republic of congo to mind called the young children are not merely being forced to work full time extremely dangerous mining jobs at the expense of their educations and futures they're being regularly mean been killed by tunnel collapses and other known hazards common to call gold mining in the d.r. see the case has been brought forward on behalf of 14 congolese families 6 of who have lost children walking and mines the document makes 5 harrowing ranting with stories of broken spines paralysis and people buried alive and collapsed tunnels children as young as 6 forced to walk up to 24 hour shifts using tools the human rights group brandt's as from the stone age many of these children while also trafficked. and while the latest i phone retells around $1000.00 these children were being p