In hospital. 14 people accused of helping gunman attack the french that area week its a typical weekly Charlie Hebdo going on trial security has been tight as Police Convoys carrying the accused arrived at court a short time ago its been 5 years since armed men stormed the paris office of shot he had 012 people were killed a police woman and 4 people inside a jewish supermarket were killed over the following 48 hours the gunman was shot by police in separate standoffs shot he had always targeted after publishing controversial cartoons of the prophet muhammad. Natasha buffalos joining us on the line from paris natasha this is a case thats going to be watched very closely tell us whats going to be happening at the court. Yes and we want very closely by many people in trials because of course the attacks that generate 2015 show so many there was an enormous outpouring of grief now 3 common at the center of the tax 2 brothers and sherry squash you attack the shoddy at the new type of business that kills a Police Officer and they call the can collaborate because we went all over the next few days to kill the policewoman for people who take no Energy Supermarket 3 gunmen were killed at the time d by police that absence we have here in d a 14 people on trial accused of being accomplices accused of offering various degrees of help and Logistical Support to the government for everything from supplying weapons to shelters to helping with communication now 11 of those people will be actually in court they will be present but 3 will be tried in absentia looting 9 amitie could be part of the people market attack including his wife she actually thats syria just a few days before the attacks a generation is a wanted of course by part 2 sorties you were ported to still be alive the whereabouts of the case begins Charlie Hebdo has republished the controversial cartoon whats the reaction been to the. Well you have there is a very famous i dont want to use paper here it sounds well does courting controversy point to recall portrayal of a politician religious people. Targeted charlie it because it had repeatedly in the poll published images of the prophet. By some as offensive now surely a decision to retire blish some of those cult leaders on the trial is being seen by 2 people as a provocation but the newspaper has defended its position it is saying that a republic copy is a freedom of speech or freedom of expression and only believe what this child the president the french president Michael Michael speaking to let them. Is a country where you can blast where you can criticize government so controversial decisions as i said charlie after to take control of the nevertheless what you should know is that some of the survivors of the shortly after the attack and the hostage taking of the jewish people market they will be in this quarter is the next few months they will be telling their story they will be. Eyewitnesses that ladies those are going to be a very emotional trial cathartic. And the proceedings are in there and as a child regresses were going to be checking back in with you Natasha Butler joining us from paris natasha thank you u. S. President donald trump is accused protesters of domestic terror in a city where a black man was shot 7 times in the back by police the name of jack a break now paralyzed wasnt mentioned instead trump spoke in support of Law Enforcement against those he labeled anti american john hendren has been. The rubble is still piled high in the streets of can no ship buildings boarded and tempers flaring president Donald Trumps arrival in this battered city pitted his hardcore supporters against the demonstrators protesting the shooting of another black man by police. He came to praise police but must give far greater support to a Law Enforcement its all about giving him Additional Support these are great people he came to condemn protesters these are not acts of peaceful protest but really domestic terror and he came to take credit once they responded and once we took you know control of it things when really in the 2 hour tour the president declined to say the name of jacob blake the black man now paralyzed from Police Bullets the officer responsible he said just choked and you have people to joke theyre under tremendous i said it yesterday i said it last night theyre under tremendous pressure he left the city more divided than ever his supporters on one side but want to show support for him arriving as well supported. Victimized. Loot and murder. Stands for in the protesters of black lives matter on the other its a fair. Seen a spike in my system since donald trump came to office this is a fact its totally out of control right now its totally out of control americans are fighting americans everybody talking about civil unrest in the next war this is our country. There is also a 3rd group who gathered at a spot sacred to them to reflect on what happened. When Group President didnt meet with the blake family they preferred to be here at the scene where jacob blake was shot among supporters to trump blakes family said simply stay away to the demonstrators they called for more protests and more peace were not mad at you when you stand youre angry and upset and we could see why you would want to burn some guy who asked you not to that 1st day to put up an anchor whereas you know raise up high and unity and come on both the blacks were going to make some big changes that affect own little jakes over. Many in this divided city believe there is still hope of unity once again here. Just little evidence of it any time soon john hendren and you 0 can no share wisconsin. China has rejected a pentagon report which says beijing plans to double its Nuclear Weapons over the next decade its believed to have 200. 00 warheads but thats a small fraction of what the u. S. Has and its awesome particle reports. Every year the pentagon is required to paint a picture for congress of the potential threat posed by china this years paint a military on the rise and gaining on the United States. Some Key Statistics chinas navy is the biggest in the world its army the largest by far the report alleges that china is looking to expand by Building Bases around the world and it says that it has 200 Nuclear Warheads and wants to double that number in a decade as a report notes within the next decade china is on course to expand its. Ballistic submarine fleet into more capable one green sea launch Ballistic Missiles complete development of its Nuclear Capable airlines Ballistic Missiles and shield observer say the u. S. Is likely to use this to try and push china to join a trilateral nuclear deal that would also include russia although beijing has said given that it has only a fraction of the u. S. Arsenal such a deal would be unnecessary they were not just reluctant but refused to really show any interest in signing on to a follow on agreement to the treaty between russia and the United States before tensions deteriorated but of course when youre shouting at each other then that makes the green to do anything not much harder this is an annual report but it is being released today a time where the relationship between the u. S. And china is severely strained but also is the Defense Department is justifying its own budget to congress the pentagon is expected to get more than 740000000000. 00 for next year that is more than 3 times what china is believed to spend on its military political gain aljazeera. Attorney he was monitoring chinas reaction to the u. S. Report from beijing she says china has been displaying its military power across the region. Well time has upon it quite angrily to this report Chinas Foreign Ministry spokesperson acquired tuning was want to join a press briefing in saying that the us report was full of lies and bias and that it distorts chinas military strategy which is based purely on defense she said she also said that chinas Defense Strategy has always been consistent and transparent for a long time now beijing has held that its military has never had any colonial or expansive tendencies of the past few years past centuries i mean unlike other western countries she also hit back specifically at the u. S. Saying the u. S. Is using this report as an excuse to attain what she called military had germany when it comes to military power globally and she said that the u. S. Spending in terms of military budget is outspending the following 10 countries when it comes to its own military funding and that the u. S. Should stop releasing such irresponsible reports now we do not take his comments with a grain of salt of course china has always tried to paint itself as quite a peaceful multilateral player but it is true over the past week weve seen quite aggressive displays the military prowess on behalf of beijing up and down the chinese coast in the East China Sea the South China Sea the Taiwan Strait weve seen all these sea military drills with china parading its aircraft carriers in all its warships weve also seen drills taking place on land along the tibet and border and these rules are going to be taking place for the rest of the month. During the commercial executioner who killed thousands of cumbrians in the 1970 s. Has died at the age of 77 whose real name is congo has been serving a life sentence for atrocities committed as the head of the tool slaying prism you oversaw the mass murder of at least 14 photos come bodie and its got harder looks back at his life. The man known as commodore who ran cambodias most notorious prison when the camaro rouge ruled the country has died. And that you killed. You was the 1st commander of the genocidal regime to be convicted of crimes against humanity back in 2010 his appeal was rejected in 2012 by un backed tribunals can somebody get them i am responsible for crimes committed at s 21 especially the torture and execution of the people there during his trial doing apologized for the horrors at the prison he controlled claimed that he was a junior officer following orders he was serving a life sentence at the ken doll prevention prison when he died up to 2000000 people are believed to have been killed worked to death or died of starvation during the camero ruses 1975 to 1979 bloody reign in cambodia doink was in charge of the toslink prison codenamed s 2114000 people were killed there many sent to their deaths in the nearby killing fields executed after they were tortured until they confess to crimes against the regime the conviction of boy is thought to have brought closure to many of the cambodians who suffered through the time of the camero ruse even though most cambodians now alive were born after their nations dark period. Still ahead on aljazeera a torture epidemic Amnesty International accuses iran of rights abuses following antigovernment demonstrations last year. Community organizers in california are trying to get latinos to participate in the census. Clouds and of course with that. Across much of indonesia were going to see some heavy downpours in borneo but also that extend across into somalia some very heavy rains across these Western Areas also the a peninsula very unsubtle not about day generally across the philippines scattered showers and thunderstorms in ages that mass well up to the northeast that is the latest thai food but it pulls away from this region heading towards the north now as you can see him more rain on friday so a very heavy again across much of borneo and also across into solo essay but its a bit of a nice dry spell across the southeast of australia the also showers on the way but look at this sydney people enjoying the role Botanic Gardens some nice warm weather the flowers certainly are loving it and then further to the south a melbourne again not a bad day now theyre also showers on the way across into melbourne its a warm day in sydney 29 degrees that will change but its improving picture thursday and friday across Western Australia partly cloudy skies a high of 21 on friday in perth with the showers pushing into sydney by then 22 so a down day but not a cold day not a bad day thursday across both on and off to the north it really is friday that is when the rain very heavy rain manton snow and strong winds pushing to the south highlands. A unique kid endangered biodiversity lives in the heart of one of ecuadors tropical jungles there was a lot of misinformation about a city i knew most of which half here and now that probably alleges becoming by said their self conservation and their communities out there are journeys deep into the rain forest to follow a scientist and had teams efforts to save the flora and fauna so precious in the region women make science ecuadors Hidden Treasure on aljazeera. The way. To. We want you to see it on the mind of our top stories this hour 14 people accused of helping gunman at tak the french satirical weekly show you had joe and a jewish supermarket have gone on trial in paris 17 people were killed in the attacks 5 news in the. U. S. President donald trump has called anti racism protests domestic terror fueled by democrats he made the comments during a visit to connote shop for a black man jacob was shot 7 times in the back by police. China has rejected a pentagon report which says beijing plans to double its Nuclear Weapons over the next decade its believed to have 200. 00 warheads but thats a small fraction of what the u. S. Has in its arsenal. I must Say International is detailing what it calls a torture epidemic by police and Security Forces in iran that misty says 7000. 00 or anyones were detained during nationwide Anti Government and fuel price protests last november theyre said to have included 10 year old children the Human Rights Group says detainees faced mock executions sexual abuse and were drugged and beaten 500. 00 protesters were subjected to unfair criminal proceedings police are also accused of routinely torturing suspects to get forced confessions are there any in government has yet to respond to the allegations and muhammad mondy from the university of tehran says the report is biased. Were talking about Amnesty International that gets its funds from socalled independent bodies in the United States were talking about Amnesty International thats supported by western governments and in particular the United States as i said very clearly iran has different Political Parties during those riots a 1000 banks were destroyed within 2 days western media persian language Media Outlets were egging on the riots if iran was such a dystopia that Amnesty International likes to picture it as alongside pompei oh then why is it that when the Senior Iranian commander general saw in mind he was murdered by the americans why was there such enormous crowds in tehran where your reporters reported it and so did other reporters and again where is Amnesty International right now hundreds of iranians are dying as we speak because of chemical weapons as we speak theyve been dying a slow death for the last 4 decades where are they in europe and the United States in front of the u. S. Congress or white house calling for compensation. There have been more protests in lebanons capital coinciding with a visit by french president the money well not crawl but he was fired tear gas to disperse crowds outside parliament in beirut many are calling for political change and the call is threatening sanctions if that doesnt happen fast enough to reports. Projecting influence and power its another landmark visit by the french president a man well mccraw who was here less than a month ago he has taken the lead in responding to lebanons economic and political crisis made worse by the explosion at beiruts port mccraw came back with the same message officials need to tackle corruption and reform state structures to get International Financial assistance this time however he talked about a timetable and consequences macross said lebanons leaders promised a government of experts in 2 weeks and that he expected the government to start delivering on a roadmap of reforms within 6. 00 to 8. 00 weeks. I think sanctions can come at the right moment if it is necessary and in the manner of sanctions policy done when actions have been proven but not necessarily just in the political framework the sanctions make muslims can also be activated when we see illegal activities which can be military terrorism related financial the french president who has repeatedly denied that hes interfering in the countrys internal affairs chose to return on a symbolic day 100 years ago the state of greater lebanon was proclaimed by the french mandate authorities he also chose went to meet officials after a packed schedule in what was seen a political message. Actions. Are clearly very. Nature and theres a clear power dynamic there and theres a. Sense of where the pressure on this. Frances influence in lebanon which has long. News this is an International Playground wane