republic of congo fighters from the allied democratic forces launched an overnight raid on a tina 18 kilometers northwest of the city of beni there have been several protests in beni in recent weeks with locals accusing the un peacekeepers of failing to protect them against rebel attacks perelman tasa has been following developments from nairobi. it's now calm but tens of thousands to the death toll would likely rise in fact this day the number is now $23.00 solely because the killing spree went on for hours and many people still aren't accounted for they say when the rebels into the village they went from house to house burning everything in their path anyone they came across including women and children they killed the worst thing happening but a couple of hours that people been trying to walk to any town a woman that can take them hours when they get big they plan to sleep in churches if that is possible or speak with family members you get a sense there that people are terrified the a.d.'s are from uganda they've been operating in that part of for more than 20 years causing havoc

a rebel attack near beni in eastern democratic republic of congo has killed at least 23 people fighters from the allied democratic forces notorious on group and watched an overnight raid. and judges in sudan have sentenced 29 members of the security forces to death for torturing and murdering a protester schoolteacher met her was killed in february during protests and eventually deposed president bashir 2 months later. spain says it will expel 3 bolivian diplomats as part of a tit for tat move it comes after bolivia's interim president asked to spanish diplomats and the mexican ambassador to leave the country janine years has criticized mexico after it granted asylum to form a bolivian president evo morales and some of his aides and yes has also accused spain of trying to help around as its allies. drive home is live for us in mexico city so what's happening right now in this diplomatic spat. well the last thing that's happened is that the mets can interior minister olga sciences has just come out and said they're not going to do the same in spain they're not going to kick out the boliv

rebel find is a being blamed for killing at least 18 people and torching their homes in democratic republic of congo police say the overnight raid is the latest in the eastern region of been the by a.t.f. rebels they operate in both to see and neighboring uganda rid of killed hundreds of people recently has been following developments from nairobi and says it is expected the death toll will rise it's now calm but this is the death toll would likely rise in this day the number is now 23 silly because the killing spree went on for many people still unaccounted for they say when the rebels entered the village they went from house to house cleaning everything. in their part anyone they came across including women and children they killed what can happen in the couple of hours that people been trying to walk to any town a walk that can take them hours when they get big they plan to sleep in churches if that is possible or speak with family members you get a sense there that people are terrified. from uganda they've been operating in that part of for more than 20 years causing havoc attacking vil

least 18 people have been killed in a rebel attack in eastern democratic republic of congo it happened just northwest of the capital benny in the territory police say it's the latest attack by the a.d.f. rebels they have been blamed for killing hundreds of people in recent months. the united nations has sent a rapid response team to central african republic after violence between shop owners and fighters demanding money at least 40 people were killed in the capital bangui on thursday the un's warning against an escalation of fighting following years of unrest between muslim and christian militias. that market in bang gave which was attacked and explains now what ultimatum traders have given to the armed groups. reconstruction look at the particular 5 neighborhood market is ongoing dozens of stores were burned or destroyed by the militias when we came at tacking on the french mission in this market attacking traders in the process right now traders are busy trying to organize and reconstruct their stores and start business going again in the meantime this market has been closed by the a

and a bowl of patient in eastern democratic republic of congo has the car the 1st person to recover from the virus and then for sick again the world health organization says 11 new cases have been confirmed in the past week more than 3300 people have for an earlier in the day are things late of the ball or epidemic and 2200 of them have died the outbreak is the 2nd worst on record. now more than 70000 hectares of farmland has been destroyed in somalia and neighboring ethiopia by a plague of locusts the united nations food agency says the invasion is the worst of its kind in 70 years of farmers in somalia now warning that they're unable to feed their families an average swarm of locusts locusts can destroy crops enough to feed $2500.00 people for a whole year i am holding locusts finished the whole area they came to our farms and ate our plants once they're done we won't have anything to feed our children and we weren't even able to buy anything from the market. now more than $50000.00 guns have been handed over to new zealand since a ban was imposed on assault weapons the government star

while health organization is saying that an ebola patient in the eastern democratic republic of congo has become the 1st person that a relapse in the current outbreak the organization is saying 11 new cases have been confirmed in the past week all believed to have caught the virus from the person who relapsed so far more than 3000 people have been infected in the about the epidemic in congo but has killed more than 2000 people since the middle of last year the outbreak is the 2nd worst on record. many farmers in somalia have been left on able to feed their families because of a locust plague the united nations food agency is saying invasion is the worst in 25 years having already destroyed 70000 hectares of farmland in somalia and in neighboring ethiopia the un is saying an average swarm will destroy crops that could feed 2 and a half 1000 people a year a locust plague has been worsened by heavy rainfall and flooding there are calls for government and international help to protect crops. well momo. spanish the whole area they came to all farms and ate all plants one said don we won't

now the former governor of democratic republic of congo's a katanga province is katoomba he has formed his own political party and plans to stand in next in the next presidential election once an ally of former president joseph kabila khatami was forced into exile after defecting from the den ruling party in 2015 the following year he was convicted of property fought and barred from returning and running in the 2018 presidential vote but that ruling was overturned in april allowing him to return home while speaking to out as they are to be defended the un mission in eastern d r c and he blamed rampant impunity and mismanagement for the instability in the region. what is creating the today insecurity ones is poverty because congo is very rich and the people are very poor and secondly there. is a new government edited the previous government because they didn't really put money in the infrastructure the road what it and what their road can bring also and security he usually shows group there is no factory of the gun in the congo was giving them guns because of impunity can what is people

the former governor of the democratic republic of congo's katanga province always cuts him but he has formed his own political party and plans to stand in the next presidential election once an ally of the former president joseph kabila could soon be was forced into exile after defecting from the then ruling party in 2015 following year he was convicted of property fraud and barred from returning to the country and running in the 28000 presidential votes a court ruling was overturned in april allowing him to go home. and earlier i spoke to movies katz m.b. and asked him about attacks on un peacekeepers in the eastern democratic republic of congo people there say the peacekeepers are failing to protect them from rebels because m.b. defended the u.n. saying it's being blamed for the government's mistakes. what is creating the today and security ones is because congo is very rich and the people are very poor and secondly there are. these new government edited the previous government because they didn't really put money in the infrastructure the road wanted and what their order can bring

the former governor of the democratic republic of congo's ca tomba region morley's ca to me has formed his own political party and he plans to stand in the next presidential election once an ally of the former president joseph kabila could soon be was forced into exile after defecting from the then ruling party in 2015 following year he was convicted of property fraud and barred from returning to the country and running in the 28000 presidential vote but the court ruling was overturned in april allowing him to go home and we cannot speak to mo he's got somebody who's joining us here in doha thanks very much for being with us on the al-jazeera news hour so you have launched your own party now as we've been reporting just talk us through why you've decided to do that at this particular points thank you very much since i returned to my country. i went to see. people going different provinces which i went to of congo in qatar anger my welcome was very successful and on the demand of the congolese people they wanted me to do a new body to do which can bring order to the people of congo. wha

conflicts in countries like south sudan somalia and the democratic republic of congo and the majority of people who flee often move to neighboring countries such as ethiopia sudan and uganda home to nearly 1400000 refugees uganda is the largest refugee hosting country in africa or burundi is one of many countries in the continent where people being displaced is a major concern thousands fled 4 years ago during political violence connected to the presidential election and as catherine saw reports many refugees have returned home from camps in neighboring countries but others say they are afraid to return. and his family has just returned home from my refugee camp in kenya. they fled in 2050 at the height of political violence that broke out of a president. home a new son born in the comp and he's hoping another election scheduled for next year will go ahead peacefully. my parents planted me my house was. i just need to find a place to stay. about 100 kilometers southwest of home another family. in tanzania is settling back. one week ago gracious leaves in room longer province on the sh

from africa including south sudan somalia democratic republic of congo and the central african republic and for the 5th consecutive year turkey is the country with the largest number of refugees nearly 4000000 mainly coming from syria but there are others form iraq iran and afghanistan though the majority of refugees often move to lower middle income countries like pakistan uganda lebanon and bangladesh let's go more on this from sun up moustapha who's engine even if she's a a syrian refugee and founding member of the network for refugee voices good to have you with us here on al-jazeera now your story is quite an inspiring one you appear to want to be one of the lucky ones really many other refugees or so they end up trapped in 3rd countries what message are you trying to get across at this forum. thank you for having us yes we are and we are witnessing now a historical moment at the global if you form in geneva and it is historical not only because it's the biggest refugee for him or the biggest form of issues but the fact that there is actually over 70 refugee representatives at this

but these 12 people have been killed in a rebel attack in the eastern democratic republic of congo the rape happened overnight on monday in the village of congo a day or earlier at least 32 people died in another attack in beni which is blamed on the rebel group allied democratic forces or the allied democratic forces was formed in uganda when several rebel factions merged but it expanded into the eastern do r.c. in the late one $990.00 s. and it opposes the governments of both countries groups accused of killing thousands of people including un peacekeepers often in cutting collaboration with other militias several a.d.f. attacks have been claimed by eisel but there is a lack of evidence linking the 2 groups who are buddhas head of the un's mission in benny and he says attacks have increased because the a.d.f. rebels are under pressure. it has always been the case that they're back to civilian communities but there has definitely been an increase in the number of attacks in the last weeks and it's quite longer than that almost a few months now this is merely because they are on the ru

part of the democratic republic of congo just a day earlier at least 32 people were killed in another attack and any which was blamed on the rebel put the allied democratic forces. well the council has been discussing its role in west africa a day after its leaders of the leaders of the saw whole region held an emergency meeting in asia on the rising violence that just a few days ago 71 soldiers from me were killed by fighters linked in the border with mali ahmed interest has more from. these disparate time so off recursively. groups that inflicted heavy losses on news that 40000 civilians from the. leaders of the countries affected no one us g 5 scrambled this meeting in yemi to urgently find a solution almost president mohamed a use of force says the frequency of sophistication of recent attacks is waters of . enough doesn't it doesn't you notice that the scale of terrorist attacks are getting larger day after day terrorists are getting more sophisticated weapons the terrorists have been real war professionals they progress every day on the strategic operative and tactical levels. t

at least 12 people have been killed in a rebel attack in the eastern democratic republic of congo it happened overnight on monday in the territory of watta linga just a day earlier 32 people were killed in another attack in bending the eastern region seen a wave of attacks by a rebel group called the allied democratic forces at least a 170 vine civilians have been killed since october when the government launched an offensive against the rebels opposition parties in the gambia are rallying against president adama barrel they want barrow to honor his promise to step down by the end of this year he made that commitment in a deal to form a coalition government 3 years ago but has since changed his mind saying he will serve his food 5 year term barrels 2016 election victory ended the 22 year long rule of former leader yard chammy well nicholas hawke is in bombshell where protests to say president barrel has made living conditions are worse than they've been in previous years. the beginning there was hundreds of people and then the crowd swelled up to tens of thousands and they've success

and at least 12 people have been killed in a rebel attack in the eastern democratic republic of congo and happens overnight on monday in the territory of what's just a day earlier 32 people were killed in another attack in beni eastern region has seen a wave of attacks by rebel group called the allied democratic forces at least 179 civilians have been killed since october when the government launched an offensive against the rebels. leaders from the sahara region of held an emergency meeting in the gerrity discuss escalating attacks by armed groups well that comes ahead of a un security council meeting on the situation and security situation in the area just days are there eisel linked fighters killed 71 soldiers from the army near the border with mali digits reports from bamako. these are desperate times so africa's a hell week jim armed groups are inflicting heavy losses to our music and forcing thousands of civilians from their homes. leaders of the countries affected known as g 5 scrambled this meeting in yemi to urgently find a solution host president mohamed use of force says th

of congo's say members of a rebel group have killed at least 32 people in an overnight raid happen in beni where there's been a wave of attacks by the allied democratic forces at least $179.00 civilians have been killed since the government launched an offensive to flush out rebels from their hideouts in october it is 75 to help countries have visited the graves of 71 soldiers killed in an attack near new shares border with mali eisel says it was behind the strike on troops from the share at a remote military camp on tuesday but she 5 sale forces made a military from mali chad and share faso and more tenure presidents from those countries are meeting to discuss how to counter armed groups gaining ground in the region thousands of people have fled their homes in western share since that isolette attack the violence has raised the issue in a tarion concerns in the region many reports from mali's capital. on the one surrounded by friends and family mohamed describes his near death experience when i was still fighters at the town of connectors last week for the thought time this year. the

police in the eastern democratic republic of congo say members of the allied to democratic forces rebel group of killed at least 32 people in an overnight raid the attack happened in beni region which has seen a series of deadly attacks in recent months at least $179.00 civilians have been killed since the government norge an offensive against rebels in october and stay in the eastern d.r. see at least 30 people have been confirmed dead after a landslide hit a gold mine in it 2 reprograms heavy rain has been falling for days across the east of the country witnesses say the landslide caught miners by surprise when the area was engulfed with mud and water the number of dead is expected to rise as rescue efforts continue security forces in lebanon have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at anti government protesters would gather outside parliament for a 2nd night these are live pictures from the capital where demonstrators have been calling for a new independent head of government to be named by the president on monday but there are suggestions he could recommend former prime minister saad

at least 6 people are being killed in an overnight attack in the democratic republic of congo the raid in the northeastern city of beni is being blamed on the rebel group allied democratic forces it's the latest in a string of deadly attacks which triggered protests against the congolese army and u.n. peacekeepers are resident who say they're fighting to protect the tax have disrupted efforts to contain an ebola outbreak in the region which is killed more than 2200 people. mommies government has no interest in a national debate aimed at finding a solution to the increasing violence by groups in the sahara region across the border 3 days of national mourning have been declared after dozens of soldiers were killed in attacks this week i'm going to just reports from mani's capital bamako. it's been a tragic week for countries of the cell funerals of taking place of 7 to one so just killed by 5 just leapt islamic state in egypt it's a biggest loss ever suffered by the country in a day and its president promised the country will not forget the sacrifices. in this is a man that i have come h

country on the border with democratic republic of congo from saturday night into sunday morning at least 20 others were killed by floods and mudslides earlier in the week. police in india say they don't expect to recover any more bodies not a building that was destroyed in a fire in the capital on sunday when 40 people were killed when the blaze tore through one of the oldest markets and burnt down a factory in new delhi is the worst fire in the city in more than 2 decades the cause of the fire is not yet known but the building's owner and manager have been arrested. muslim families in india are worried that a new nor could make them stateless even though they have deep roots in the country a citizenship amendment bill targeting illegal immigrants is due to be tabled in parliament on monday it aims to exclude muslims but encourages religious minorities from neighboring wisdom countries to become citizens in india and of war explains. monica john is relieved to be back home but remains haunted by the 4 reaction 4 months she spent in edge attention center of foreigners tribunals which has

the country on the border with the democratic republic of congo from saturday night into sunday morning at least 20 others were killed by floods and mudslides earlier in the week . british political parties have been making a final push ahead of thursday's general election the british by mr boies johnson has insisted he wants to cut back on e.u. immigration has pledged to deliver a transformative brigs it doesn't stand still has more now from london. it's the final push to the finish line with just days to go before the election the party leaders are rallying for every vote some appeared on the u.k.'s main political programs including prime minister boris johnson he appealed to voters who want to leave the e.u. promising to get bags of done and lower immigration what we want to do is bear down on migration particularly skilled workers who have no job to come to and i think that's what's happened over the last couple of decades or more you've seen quite a large number of people coming in from the the whole of the e.u. 580000000. you know population able to treat the u.k. is that it's bas

the country on the border with democratic republic of congo were battered by torrential rain from saturday night into sunday morning at least 20 others have been killed as a result of floods and mudslides in the past. 2 days after a building collapse in kenya rescue crews are found a pair of survivors while digging through the day bri they are being treated in hospital after being pulled out from the rubble of the 6 story building the residential complex in the capital nairobi fell to the ground on friday killing at least 5 people more than 20 people are still missing but the kenyan military and the red cross helping in the search. nearly 130000 people have been displaced by fighting near the libyan capital the 8 months long battle for control of tripoli has created a housing crisis and left many people home some displaced families are demanding that the government provide compensation for their destroyed homes where the bit where he has. this is state owned apartments in central tripoli have no become a makeshift shelter for families who fled the war on the southern outskirts of the libya

the country on the border with democratic republic of congo it started saturday night went into sunday morning at least 20 others were killed by floods and mudslides earlier in the weight. the gambian president is promising action against people traffickers after dozens of his country's citizens drowned off the coast of our 10 year they were trying to reach spain's canary islands at least $85.00 people did survive and were brought ashore some of them as this report from north western martain. 2 nephews were victims of the boat which capsized on wednesday she's a migrant from. to mauritania a few years ago. and that the boat was anchored on the sea shore this marketers were scouting for passengers my grandson and 2 others heard about this and they decided we were hopeful that they were going to succeed. out of 150 mostly gambian migrants 85 managed to swim to safety and were found by the mauritanian military near the northern city of what they were given food cloth and shelter by mauritanian authorities and various you want agencies including the international organization for migration

the democratic republic of congo follows a series of violent attacks by rebels in and around beni the ally democratic forces an armed group with roots in uganda have killed more than $100.00 civilians since october aid groups have suspended operations in the area following attacks on their facilities by a different rebel group last month at least 8 people have been killed in an attack on a bus in kenya near the border with somalia the attack took place near the area of kut to know the somali based al-shabaab group prime responsibility vowed retribution on kenya for sending troops to somalia to fight. well now at least 3 people are dead and 11 have been rescued after a 6 storey residential building collapsed in kenya's capital nairobi it's not clear how many people were inside the building when it came down early on friday but the red cross says that 22 families might have been inside because of the collapse is not yet known but they are common in kenya where a recent survey found 58 percent of nairobi's buildings were unfit for habitation. will now have also been flooded more heavy ra

have died of ebola in democratic republic of congo since 2018 iraq's parliament has passed a bill to reform its electoral commission in an effort to ease tensions after 2 months of anti-government protests on sunday the country's prime minister tendered his resignation but the move hasn't appease demonstrators still suggest body reports from baghdad i chanting says stanley you're the leader of the revolution they made their way to tahrir square because i the chance refer to grand ayatollah ali al sistani to see a leader who claims the government and security forces for the deaths of demonstrators the protesters teens from various other parts of baghdad but their message is the same as others who come here every day i don't know god now. we demand an end to the system we don't want to see still the basic nation of the prime minister is not enough we want to resignation of a lot of good will by living. we want this crazy to step down we don't want to new promises from any of these political blocs at least 430 rocky's have been killed in 9 weeks of anti-government protests among the dem

accounted for more than half of all these cases democratic republic of congo liberia madagascar somalia and ukraine and the w.h.o. says that as of last month has been a threefold increase in the number of cases in 2019 compared to last year when medical teams are going door to door in some more as they race to vaccinate as many people as possible against measles fewer than one in 3 were vaccinated before the current crisis and most of the dead as you say before are young children jessica washington joined a team operating out of the capital city apia. thousands of red flags hanging all over some each one represents an unvaccinated household as the measles crisis in some o. escalates authorities have opted for a change in strategy. no longer asking people to go to clinics the message is to wait at home and help will come to you the only family is among those immunized in the early hours of the vaccine dr we are so thankful and and i know that it's very important very important to be vaccinated for the safety of all for family my family my child and then also for all the time once the cit

died of ebola in the democratic republic of congo since 20. landslides have killed at least 26 people in northwest burundi security force commanders in a cebu t.k. province say at least 10 others are missing heavy rain triggered by landslides in hills close to the border with one. pirates have kidnapped 18 indian crew members from an oil tanker off the coast of nigeria a turkish colleague was also seized from the hong kong flagship in the gulf of guinea the shipping industry recently warned of the increasing danger in the area accounting for 80 percent of crew kidnappings world why it's. now monday is expected to be decision time for lebanon's politicians to nominate a new prime minister. a businessman with connections to the ruling elite appears to be the favorite to replace. but that's angered both anti-establishment protesters who are demanding a complete change at the top and also the sunni community as in a harder explains from side on in south lebanon. the numbers are a lot lower than joining the early days of the uprising that began alm

died of ebola in the democratic republic of congo since $28.00. still ahead on this news hour. breaking their silence thousands of people in chile call for an end to violence against women in sports another racism raw hits italian football people happy story to stay with us we're back after the break. hello again welcome back to your international weather forecast where we are watching one system coming out of turkey bring some rain towards parts of eastern turkey as well as into syria by the time we get towards friday it is going to be a chilly day there for aleppo where the temperature a few of 11 degrees and a chilly day in baghdad clouds in the forecast for the time to there of 18 now as we go from friday and into saturday that system makes its way down here towards the southeast bring a lot of heavy rain across the region also snow in the higher elevations so for quite city expect to see some thunderstorms possibly as we go towards saturday tempers are coming down but we do think by sunday it could be looking much better a little bit cooler t

especially for the army and democratic republic of congo says the body of a u.n. peacekeeper has been found a year after he was killed in an ambush it comes as protests by local people have continued accusing the un forces of failing to protect them against rebels catherine sawyer is in goma and says the u.n. is keen to point out it has the rebels on the run. the spokesman of the military did not give much detail about the body of the peacekeeper they found in an operation against rebels in the forest he said he's going to leave that to the united nations to give us details but we know last year 7. were killed in a joint operation against a.d.f. the year before 15 were killed these are some of the most deadly attacks that have happened in this in that region and in this country the spokesman also talked about the progress that troops are making in the fight against a.d.f. they say he says that they have taken several bases in the forest of a.d.f. he says that they have killed 6 commanders as well and groups fighters are very much on the run but a lot of people in

at least 5 people are being killed in protests in the eastern democratic republic of congo residents in the city of benny accuse the un peacekeeping force failing to protect them against the notorious armed groups catherine sawyer reports. doctors at the main hospital in the eastern city of beni treating patients with gunshot wounds some were participating in a party that was violently dispersed by congolese salters on monday the doctors say several need. to live here. we received 7 patients on monday. in the head and died in the night 3 are in critical condition also in the hospital victims of recent attacks by the allied democratic forces or rebels they've killed more than 100 people in one month and up to 2000 over the past 5 years with. 3 children and 3 other relatives killed during one of the latest attacks by remaining son was nearly killed 2. tried to run during the attacks but some of the attackers say they would protect us then they stopped my husband and killed him and then our children. 2 children watch their parents as they were hacked to death. it's such scenes that are

and anger frustration in the democratic republic of congo at the state of security as more people are attacked and killed by armed groups and devastation after more children die as a means to break ravages the tiny south pacific island off samar.

un protests in the eastern democratic republic of congo a police officer is among the dead that. the city of beni where local people accuse the un peacekeeping force that's. of failing to protect them against a notorious armed group the allied democratic forces or a.d.f. catherine sawyer reports from goma. and the doctors at the main hospital in the eastern city of beni are treating patients with. someone participating in a protestant that was violently dispatched by congolese soldiers on monday the doctors say several need marches the surgery to libya. we received 7 patients from. the shots in the head and died in the night 3 are in critical condition. also in the hospital of victims of recent attacks by the allied democratic forces or rebels well it killed more than 100 people in one month and up to 2000 over the last by the lives of. her 3 children and 3 other relatives were killed during one of the latest attacks by remaining sand was to. try to run during the attacks but some of the attackers say they would protect us. then they stopped my husband and killed him and then our

the democratic republic of congo at least 7 people are recovering in hospital after gunfire was heard throughout the city of beni on monday the situation remains tense security forces say they were forced to fire on protesters who were making their way towards a u.n. base locals accuse a peacekeeping force called minuscule of failing to protect them from rebel attacks being who are supposed to the. i was short women to school soldiers these people who are shooting from everywhere as he was storming the building on monday but would leave the situation we will continue to fight against the u.s. i'm calling on other people to continue the struggle while we're here in the hospital we will push the u.n. out of beanie. now iranian state television has acknowledged for the 1st time that people it describes as rioters were shot and killed during recent protests thousands of people joined demonstrations to voice their anger over an increase in petrol prices human rights groups say as many as 200 people were killed reports some tehran. iran has acknowledged what many here already know security

the democratic republic of congo and the 7 people are recovering in hospital after gunfire was heard throughout the city of beni on monday the situation remains tense security forces say they were forced to fire on protesters who were making their way towards a u.n. base locals accuse a un peacekeeping force called miniscule of failing to protect them from rebel attacks. i was shocked by the news goes soldiers these people were shooting from everywhere as he was storming the building on monday but whatever the situation we will continue to fight against the u.s. i'm calling on other people to continue the struggle while we are here in the hospital we will push the you in us of being. al jazeera as catherine sawyer reports now from goma the largest city in eastern the r.c. . the congolese military has been reinforcing in the eastern town of beni the this people are marching on a un peacekeepers base at what they see as if the un forces to protect them against attacks by rebel groups including the so-called democratic forces determined to keep the mission out protesters have already da

republic of congo at least 7 people are also recovering in hospital after gunfire was heard throughout the city of beni on monday the situation remains tense security forces say they were forced to fire on protesters who were making their way towards a u.n. base locals accuse the local peacekeeping force called an oscar of failing to protect them from rebel attacks even good news i was there that. i was shot by the new school soldiers these people who are shooting from everywhere as he was storming the building on monday but whatever the situation we will continue to fight against the u.s. i'm calling on other people to continue the struggle while we're here in the hospital we will push the u.s. have been. that's her live now to catherine so who's in goma that's eastern diaz's largest city catherine you're on the ground there give us a sense of what it's like both in goma and in beni after all of yesterday's violence. well go mice quiet today schools have been closed by them children have been told they can go back to school today university students have also been protesting against w

and police in democratic republic of congo say up to 5 people were killed during protests in beni on monday demonstrators are upset about what they say is a lack of u.n. protection from rebel groups are returning now to our top story the nato military alliance that seems to be on shaky ground we've been hearing from president trump who spoke just a short while ago and he directed his attack against u.s. ally and french leda emanuel his government is proposing taxes and retaliation for french levy is on american tech products france's fat finance minister has responded by threatening a strong e.u. response if the top administration doesn't follow through on its threats if it were to take advantage of the american currency it's going to be us it's not going to be france. we can actually use you know we're going to be a warm and everything else and we have a very very. cross one of the talked about that joins us now live from paris natasha what sort of french goods could possibly face these tariffs. or u.s. trade officials are talking about tariffs on dozens of french products in retali

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

catherine saw we heard more from goma the largest city in eastern democratic republic of congo. it's still very unsafe on the streets the situation quiet and sartain as it hard our producer in bed 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 of the main u.n. bases which is very close to an airport so security forces say they cannot allow protesters to get to that base because it's going to ground everything i have been talking to the governor of north he would here in goma not. benny is enough province so i've been talking to the governor who is saying that it seems that this port the security forces are not anymore battling ordinary protesters that he's saying that people are armed with weapons like a machete he's saying that they're violent even attacking residents of many who do not want to be involved in this process they say security forces are going to continue using force to contain the situation the united nations has been trying to stabilize eastern

the government of the democratic republic of congo has the primary responsibility to protect its civilians both through the political arm of the government as well as through its security forces police and military so in this case i would say while peacekeeping operation should do everything they can to protect civilians they are not the primary actors in that regard so are you saying that the un peacekeepers there they are doing everything they can but ultimately their hands are tied to what else do you think they could do to try to calm the situation or i suppose address some of the issues that people obviously have against them in the r.c. . well i think we should acknowledge that peacekeeping operations don't always have the capabilities thing to protect civilians from different kinds of threats right now the peacekeepers that are based in beni are really military units that have lethal force and have been trained to operate in conflicts not necessarily to deal with popular unrest like we're seeing in beni right now i think this is an indicator that peacekeepers need better training an

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 the congolese army says the rebels are the protesters enemy and not the u.n. is promising to deploy more troops to restore order in beni. now catherine soy is in goma the largest city in eastern d.r. c. with more on the demonstrations still very unsafe on the streets the situation quite uncited as we've had our producer in bed 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 of the main u.n. bases which is very close to an airport so security forces say they cannot allow protesters to get to that base because it's going to ground everything i have been talking to the governor of north he would here in goma on the. beni is in a provinc

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

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

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 they've been mistaken for rebels happen in the eastern town of beni in north khyber province the crowd found weapons in their bags and bought the members of the allied democratic forces a group blamed for killing more than a 100 civilians in the past month but the un peacekeeping chain visited bennett where they had been protests against u.n. troops people say they're not protecting them from the violence to go bust every day. the message is that you should make the wrong energy use 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. our d.c. armed forces the national police the authorities well catherine sorries in the city of goma in eastern the r.c. she says people are now taking security into their own hands. it was found out that this man was a sergeant in the army and he was going to work in a tool which is a neighboring province he was accompanied by his wife