union ambassador to the u.s. said during a discussion about how to take me to the quote in africa the conversation is not even begun we are nowhere near where we need to be what's your reaction to that. i very much agree with embassador and my country ghana the conversation has been extremely muted about me too and the sense that people have not been publicly name in those who have violated them those who have assaulted them people have actually been speaking about the need for us to have this conversation but no one is really speaking of that's because the consequences for woman who name people who violates them is really still to hash in about a few years ago in twenty fifteen that prominent. public personality quickly changed the chua was allegedly accused of raping a young woman there were people who were witnesses to the fact that she had been abused by this man she went to hospital the doctors verified that she had been sexually assaulted the state of government took up a case back to this woman was vilifie

when you unveiled, 100,000 african americans are now working hard in our union war effort, if i cancelled it they might not do that, we might lose the war. one of the most important things you need from a president is the ability to not only make tough decisions but also to be able to explain it to people so that they feel included. a tweet will never do that. >> brennan: we seem to be for d we' not necessarily in isg agreement on what the american values are right now. >> i think some of that were frozen in these two camps really is technology driven, dide imp blasey ford-catch saw is where people distorted themselves out into the camp is and who you believe which i was on likely response to any possible impea impeachment proceedings. that political division between conservatives and liberals who are asked to believe in fundamentally different values and not asked to think about one another's values are, still by some very cynical political consultants who wanted to get voters to the poll using emotionally charged, life or death issues that were constitutionally weak, sort of abortion sc

union ambassador to the u.s. said during a discussion about how to take me to the quote in africa the conversation is not even begun we are nowhere near where we need to be what's your reaction to that. i very much agree with embassador and my country ghana conversation has been extremely muted about me too and the sense that people have not been publicly name in those who have violated them those who have assaulted them people have actually been speaking about the need for us to have this conversation but no one is really speaking of that's because the consequences for woman who name people who violate them is really still to hash in about a few years ago in twenty fifteen that prominent. public personality quickly changed the chua was allegedly accused of raping a young woman there were people who were witnesses to the fact that she had been abused by this man she went to hospital the doctors verified that she had been sexually assaulted the state of gamma took up a case back to this woman was vilified in the p

mediation of the african union the hype limitation twenty one others but i think at the end of the day it's for sudanese if there is if there is the political will among sudanese then we can reach a solution but the problem is the question is the n.c.p. is ready to engage seriously to actually move the country for and agree on how this continues going to be governed and ruled by also the knees that is the that is the question which is remain to be seen the orchestrated the so-called national dialogue and which is ended and you did nothing and that you condition is not been implemented are nothing happening and now. seeing the sudanese have to agree on how to govern the country that yes we need the support of that the national community but at the end of the day is this the sudanese they have to address that they have to agree on how to move things war and how to work together to serve the country from actually the brink of collapse and bankruptcy i think that is what we need to do as a sudanese and we need the help of our friends from the international community they waited for the pro

mediation of the african union the hype limitation twenty one others but i think at the end of the day it's for sudanese if there is if there is the political will among sudanese then we can do so legally but the problem is the question is the n.c.p. is ready to engage seriously to actually move the country for and agree on how this continues going to be governed and ruled by also the knees that is the that is the question which is remain to be seen the orchestrated the so-called national develop and which is indeed did nothing and that you condition is not been implemented are nothing happening and now. i think the sudanese have to agree on how to govern the country that yes we need the support of the international community but at the end of the day is this the sudanese they have to address that they have to agree on how to move things war and how to work together to serve the country from actually the brink of collapse and bankruptcy i think that is what we need to do as a sudanese and we need the help of our friends from the international community they waited for the process of re

mediation of the african union the hyper limitation twenty one others but i think at the end of the day it's for sudanese if there is if there is the political will among sudanese then we can do but the problem is the question is the n.c.p. is ready to engage seriously to actually move the country for and agree on how this continues going to be governed and ruled by also the knees that is the that is the question which is remain to be seen the orchestrated the so-called national dialogue and which is ended and you did nothing and that you condition is not been implemented are nothing happening and now. i think the sudanese have to agree on how to govern the country that yes we need the support of the international community but at the end of the day is this the sudanese they have to address that they have to agree on how to move things war and how to work together to serve the country from actually the brink of collapse and bankruptcy i think that is what we need to do as a sudanese and we need the help of our friends from the international community they waited for the process of rebui

music for them to be one so that we would no longer be indian africa who would be trinidadians big union and i was really how the thoughts about it started you know i mean he was part of. his mom was a dog lover which is a mixture between indian african and he had his grandfather was an indian man but he was seen as a black boy so growing up in east indian village he faced a lot of racial discrimination because of his column because of what he looked like but he was part indian saw he always wanted to connect the two so that there wouldn't be this divide anymore. after so many years of experiments and with music because he was a calypsonian first he decided that he was going to me. and that's where it's that it is resonating and has resonated so we got tweets about people's appreciation for the music and of course also for the history of how it came to be this is true now who is picking up on that idea uniting groups of people she says i think so but is the dance hall of color so i believe it's created to be a. band-aid to the knife wounds of racial tension and racism it is usually suffi

union. i spent time in haiti and one of the things about it is it's a really -- it's a dire country in many ways that has -- dire circumstance that is has had too many peace operations over the years. so understandable desire to wind it up. it's a country also that has become overly dependent in a pathological way on international assistance. the winding up of the peace operations has to be part of that. quickly on the international organizations how to reform. geneva-based organization, the world health organization, one of the problems there is their funding as been up and down and disease specific versus strengthening the overall agency. i think that one way to reform would be to sort of balance the relationship between headquarters in w.h.o. and its rather strong regional offices. i think that could have helped the response to the ebola crisis. i think there may need to be further reforms in the w.h.o.'s international health regulations to deal with some of the biosecurity threats coming

need the lead of the african union in order to shore european partners that we know what we're doing and we know why what other are concerned what is what is the most urgent task right now for this body all of these need to be addressed sumo tenuously you cannot just take one separately from the others they have to be taking that into account when you sleep when we're talking about the how there is also a development branch of the g five star how called. meaning that you cannot take away the security aspect of it without addressing the development needs of the region so we're doing both at the same time again it's a complex situation it's a multi-dimensional situation so all of those issues need to be addressed at the same time ok let's move on to the issue of human rights if we can the foreign minister one of our teams was recently at the mali mauritania border and they encountered a number of mali and specifically from timbuktu who had crossed into mauritania that currently some thirty seven thousand refugees at the mater refugee camp in mauritania and most of them say they come fr

need the lead of the african union in order to shore european partners that we know what we're doing and we know why whatever we are still concerned what is what is the most urgent task right now for this body all of these need to be addressed sumo tenuously you cannot just take one separately from the others they have to be taking that into account in your sleep when we're talking about the how there is also a development branch of the g five star health called. meaning that you cannot take away the security aspect of it without addressing the development needs of the region so we're doing both at the same time again it's a complex situation it's a multi-dimensional situation so all of those issues need to be addressed at the same time ok let's move on to the issue of human rights if we can foreign minister one of our teams was recently at the mali mauritania border and they encountered a number of mali and specifically from timbuktu who had crossed into mauritania.

union. haiti, i spent some time in haiti, it is a really dire country in many ways in dire circumstances, that has had too many operations over the years so an understandable desire to wind it up and has become overly dependent in a pathological way on international assistance so winding up the peace operations has to be part of that. on the international organization, i will pick a geneva-based organization. the world health organization, one of the problems is funding has been up and down and disease specific versus strengthening the overall agency. one way to reform would be to balance the relationship between headquarters and who, a strong regional office and that could have helped the response to the ebola crisis and there may need to be further reforms in the who's international health organizations to deal with the bio security threats coming down the pike but it is possible to get reform in a place like who, all the major stakeholders to get behind that kind of reform. we saw that in

need the lead of the african union in order to shore european partners that we know what we're doing and we know what other are concerned what is what is the most urgent task right now for this body all of these need to be addressed sumo tenuously you cannot just take one separately from the others they have to be taking that into account in your sleep when we're talking about the how there is also a development branch of the g five so how called. meaning that you cannot take away the security aspect of it without addressing the development needs of the region so we're doing both at the same time again it's a complex situation it's a multi-dimensional situation so all of those issues need to be addressed at the same time ok let's move on to the issue of human rights if we can foreign minister one of our teams was recently at the mali mauritania border and they encountered a number of mali and specifically from timbuktu who had crossed into mauritania that currently some fifty seven thousand refugees at the matter refugee camp in mauritania and most of them say they come from money ca

union in vienna on tuesday improving economic growth in africa would reduce migration flows participant said increased european investment has also ended curbing china's reach on the continent. the line of official vehicles goes on and on top politicians from twenty different countries have come to vienna to take part in the e.u. africa summit along with c.e.o.'s and managing directors from around a thousand companies. a speech this isn't just about foreign aid or migration this is about a partnership between equals and that's what we're going to do today in big part we way too late china's been doing this for years yes but we do it better. a lot has certainly gone wrong in the past around five hundred billion dollars and development aid has been transferred from wealthy nations to africa since the one nine hundred fifty s. and there's not much to show for it now the partners hope economic cooperation building infrastructure and factories and creating jobs will be more effective at pushing development forward as there is going to be mutual benefit. africa gains and europe and gave us un

s membership of the european union. there's a top stories do stay with us and war hotels is coming next thanks for watching. young african footballers are traveling to thailand in hopes of becoming professional players but they risk discrimination and exploitation. when he's the best against thailand's football factory on al-jazeera. the holiday inn hotel was our house. people were shot dead on the entrance of the hotel. i do remember a time when hotel was shelled and started burning. resume your fellow. below the rest of us to. show. up and turn to the camera man said look let's get the hell out of your. out of this place continued to function in a half years of siege. on again was the best.

union of concerned scientists, religious group. just gave it talk couple of weeks go to a another group. they are trying to figure out and we all need to figure out, what are the analogous, new ways of speaking. that we need to adopt in order to get through to people on the urgency of the danger that we are facing there. i don't know what they are but i think it proves us all to be trying to figure that one out. that's a big one. [applause] >> thank you very much. his books are available at the checkout desk. please form a line to the right of the table and he would appreciate if you put up your. chair. >> author of educated. killing the deep state.

we are in trouble to come pilger the african union has agreed on a vision twenty three and above the need to put an end to instability conflicts wars and the issue of the people displaced in places like sub-saharan africa south sudan different parts of africa and your critics say basically you've paid to address those issues and then you come into the richest nations to provide you help or to police the world order that you've failed to protect yourselves. there first before i respond to that and i just also want to add. those must is that i skipped you can understand you know you can't avoid. to discuss the demographic impacts of migration on their own that was doing states. you know very well that it's done to prevent blindness for its people you know. they missed on the demographic. figures about a bore and. needs a plan and here all the civil service education and all of the social. services that acquired to be provided to the people by government and so they. and primed for. the influx of people to some strange words on a variant exactly you imagine especially for there was more

we are in trouble to come to the african union has agreed on a vision twenty thirty and about the need to put an end to these the billeted conflicts wars and the issue of the people displaced in places like sub-saharan africa south sudan different parts of africa and your critics say basically you've failed to address the issues and then you come into the richest nations to provide you help or to police a world order that you fail to protect yourselves. if i respond to that our debts or so it's too bad. about this that i get you can understand you know you can't avoid. to discuss the demographic impact of migration on their own that was doing states with you know all very well that it's done to print black. it's for its people you know a. prime minister on the demographic. figures are very poor and. needs a plan and here all the services education and all other social. services that acquired two to be provided to the people by government and so they. and primed for. arrivals influx of people for some strange words on a variant exactly you imagine especially for there was more economies

best you are wrong because america knows your interests better than the african union anybody but this seems to me this is getting down to almost chaos theory because i mean we believe these institutions for better or worse they have a ball through time but it was basically to give all states nation states some kind of footing here when pompei it was tearing that all apart but that's what he recognized as being that weakness if you read to listen to this little ball well what he sees for the whole world the court of peace useless if you read his whole speech the main takeaway would be his argument that multilateralism is not necessarily a good thing and the argument because because that's a barrier to his gemini whoa and it was the united states that's. a liberal democracy some of the freedom loving countries that should not become strained or by giving a voice to the rest of the world so this is very much the concept of liberal head of money and it saying that only the united states has sovereignty and no one else has solved it and this is kind of the liberal version of george orwell'

and that is what maya we'llly was referring to -- maya wily was referring to in the labor unions. african-americans were excluded for many years, until the middle of the 20th century, does it become a real recognition that there is a kind of co-fraternity of interests between those labor and those of african-americans and the reach, the attempt to gain rights for inequality for all. looking at it from that point of view, it could be -- the temptation to be depressed would be great saying that we have seen this again and again and again and again. but in 1965 when martin luther king gave that speech at the end of the montgomery march, he said that colonialism had taken the land from black people and given -- taken the land and given black people the bible. and he said that in america they had taken the wealth from white people and given them segregation. and that they had been tricked into believing that they had this thing that had actual value. and king goes on to talk about a very vital and important tradition, an inclusive tradition of populism. that when they talk about george

has issued arrest warrants for its former president here and other officials but you're is now the african union's representative in mali is accused of being involved in the one nine hundred ninety three assassination of undying burundi's first elected hutu leader the murder led to years of civil war between the hutu and tutsi ethnic groups countries in southern africa have made progress in fighting hiv and aids but still have the highest rates of the disease and it's estimated that despite better treatments and education almost ten million young people in africa will be infected by twenty fifty for me a minute reports now from cape town. on the thirtieth anniversary of world aids day this small church to raise awareness of the disease while people here are celebrating a decline in new infections they say it's not enough government statistics show that about seven point five million south africans a living with hiv that's one of the highest rates in the world everyone should be able to know there's a bus it's their health including bags. in the last year more than one million people in cap

the rudy has issued arrest warrants for its former president and other officials for years now the african union's representative in mali is accused of being involved in the nine hundred ninety three assassination of show undervalue burundi's first elected leader italy's foreign minister some of the egyptian ambassador to demand justice for those behind the murder of italian student julia regaining it follows prosecutors in rome announcing plans to investigate members of egypt's secret service the cambridge graduate student disappeared in january twenty sixth seen his body was found the following month with signs of torture in the desert outside cairo and a british students facing trial in egypt after taking a photograph of a military helicopter nineteen year old muhammad fathy hossam was detained in arrival at alexandra airport last week on the marriott international hotel chain says it's been the victim of a major data breach involving at starwood reservation database the hack may have affected five hundred million accounts marriott says it's been happening since twenty fourteen the data

but has issued arrest warrants for its former president and other officials for your years now the african union's representative in mali he's accused of being involved in the nine hundred ninety three assassination of. india's first elected hutu leader the murder in the two years of civil war between the hutu and tutsi groups. unicef is warning of an unprecedented humanitarian disaster the children in central african republic it says tens of thousands could starve to death as rival groups battle for control of land and resources reports. these are the victims of one of the world's most forgotten conflicts starving children fill central african republic only pediatric hospital and their frail bodies are fighting an invisible enemy hunger to inform on placed in one place. it's really sad because it's an illness that can be prevented but we see dozens of cases if for a day sometimes children arrive here in a very serious condition they go straight to the emergency ward and some die it's really painful. the u.n. says children a suffering the most in the fighting that began in two thousand and

a union representing many city employees says african-americans face discrimination regularly. at a hearing in september, employees told personal stories. they say african-american workers are paid less and are more likely to be fired. >>> and now let's check our traffic. hi, alexis. >> good morning and i do finally have some good news here at the bay bridge toll plaza. we have a two-vehicle collision on the right center side there. i believe it was in lanes 9 and 10 that go clear to the parking lot. no injuries, but definitely pretty heavy traffic on the approaches to the bay bridge toll plaza. and just got good news here, westbound 580 before canal boulevard. if you're heading out towards the richard/san rafael bridge, crashes in the left lanes. that one just cleared, too, but still have some residual delays. ♪ ♪ connecting people... ...uniting the world. ♪♪ >>> now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> good morning. light-to-moderate rain on the way from half an inch in the north bay potential to only a tenth of an inch tapering in the south bay. but we do ha

. >> a union representing many city employees says african-americans face skrimgs discrimination regularly. they say african-american workers are paid less and more likely to be fired. after the issue came to light, mayor breed created two new position to create more diversity. >>> 28-year-old ian long shot and killed these 12 people in thousand oaks earlier this month. long also died. today investigators will reveal new information about the timeline of the attack. detectives have talked to hundreds of witnesses and gathered bullet indicationings and surveillance video as they try to piece together what happened. today's news conference will be the first since the mass shooting. >>> in the south bay san jose's police chief says the action of officers who exchanged gunfire with an armed felon were nothing but heroic. they took a man into custody after a standoff that lasted for hours. chief garcia said three officers who responded to the bhan a gun were met with gunfire. says one ground. tactical officers used tear gas. he suffered a gunshot wound and a dog bite by k-9 unit. >>> it's givin

union look like you have all spoken and just raised about the degree day son of walking resorted to the great nation of ecosystems as well and just how important it is to harness this economy and joining me to discuss it by the. united nations development program regional director thank you i'm the session is just over as i mentioned what have you taken out of that opening session and what the leaders will think actually a lot was said in that room and a lot of substance actually two things. one is the commitment and readiness of africa. the economy. and the second one and we've heard from the president of kenya who is hosting this conference but also the. second one is not just another easy that. the whole world is drawn into it so get busy around but that this is actually about life is about our lives and we heard this from president mostly of any the president of uganda and that we need to make the human story the center of everything that will be on the economy so what do you think what impacts do you think this conference will have it is the fact you're having. well the fact th

presidents a remote force are in a difficult position talking to people like talking to the european union talking to the business community saying that land reform won't be done in a haphazard manner that this will be controlled and there will be land grabs but the same time having to placate voters having to placate south africans who want and being stupid action and wanted to be included in the economy thank you for that from a dominican life or a seine cape town. crown prince is in bahrain as part of his first foreign tour since the murder of journalists shoji mom had been salman held talks with king hamad bin isa sunday he'll be in egypt on monday for a meeting with president abdel fatah sisi and on tuesday he is expected in tunisia but activists there are trying to mount a legal challenge to stop the visit journalists have been demonstrating with photos of the crown prince holding a chainsaw. now breaking news out of the united arab emirates and a british academic who had been sentenced to life in prison for spying in the u.a.e. has been pardoned my few pages pardon is said to be par

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it's one of the most conservative states in the union. you know, strategists are expecting the vote to break down largely along ethnic racial lines with espy trying to turn out as many african-american voters as he can to support him. the problem he faces is a simple one of math. there's many more white voters in mississippi than black voters. that being said republicans are nervous about cindy hyde-smith. they feel she's a weak candidate. she's had a number of stumbles. if she doesn't have high turn out in the election this week that's going to be a problem for her. >> the public hanging comment has now opened the door to a greater examination of her past which has a lot of instances in which she has had praise for neo-confederate groups and attempted to rename a highway after jefferson davis. she was photographed in a confederate hat the other day. all of that kind of goes to the larger question that's being played out in mississippi. she's clearly someone who has a lot of sympathies with the neo-confederate movement and the white supre

and to then take up the plight of south africans during the height of apartheid and then as a consequence of lessons learned through that philanthropy, made a decision that he was going to cede the open society foundations to help build robust institutions of democracy throughout the world and. he's been doing that work for over two decades now, and the criticism that you heard him lift up about facebook in those remarks is in keeping with that philanthropy. there are authoritarians like the prime minister of hungary who have used george soros as a convenient scapegoat when they feel threatened by their civil society who's are asking important questions about corruption and transparency and the integrity of elections and academic freedom. i'm here in europe right now, christiane, in brussels. i just came from the european union, which not that long ago moved articles against hungary for the repression of rights. so it's only natural that the victor orbon's of this world, and regrettably now apparently the president of the united states would use old tropes of puppet mastery, anti-semitic

it's a strong message to the leaders of armed groups as the political dialogue with the african union approaching us. central african republic has suffered years of violence u.n. forces have recently been on the streets of the capital bangui and elsewhere fighting just a few days ago reportedly killed at least forty people tom's extradition to the international criminal court in the hague is thought to be the first from ca our prosecutors say they're determined he won't be the last rob matheson al-jazeera in northern california the search for human remains has been stepped up in the aftermath of the raging wildfires there seventy seven people are confirmed dead and about one thousand i'm missing as christensen we discovered the city of chico is struggling to accommodate an influx of event. evacuees from the wildfires take solace in some music in the company of newfound friends but their retreat to a church shelter has brought new challenges an outbreak of norovirus and other gastrointestinal problems i threw up for three days in. my parents for three days i was sick three day. about t

it's a strong message to the leaders of armed groups as the political dialogue with the african union approaches. central african republic has suffered years of violence u.n. forces have recently been on the streets of the capital bangui and elsewhere fighting just a few days ago reportedly killed at least forty people yet on his extradition to the international criminal court in the hague is thought to be the first from ca our prosecutors say they're determined he won't be the last rob matheson al-jazeera government leaders in tanzania may soon have two hundred thousand tonnes of cashew nuts on their hands the government plans to buy the entire crop to try and end the price dispute between farmers and traders as catherine sawyer reports the army's brought in and as processing workers are sent home. day nest number is have a sting the last of her cash not crop that it's been a bad idea a disease or dries of food has men she's only managed to fill seven sacks instead of the usual forty on average to make matters worse middlemen offered to buy them at an unacceptably low price that of c

it's a strong message to the leaders of armed groups as the political dialogue with the african union approaches. central african republic has suffered years of violence u.n. forces have recently been on the streets of the capital bangui and elsewhere fighting just a few days ago reportedly killed at least forty people yet the tom's extradition to the international criminal court in the hague is thought to be the first from ca our prosecutors say they're determined he won't be the last rob matheson al-jazeera the u.s. is rushing to complete its border wall with the mexican city of tijuana in hopes of keeping fountains of central americans out they've been making their way through mexico hoping to seek asylum in the united states ordered three thousand people are seeking shelter in a sports complex in the border city. castro has been speaking to some of them if. they came in the night bus loads of central american asylum seekers greeted by the applause of those who arrived before them. but morning illuminates the challenge ahead american workers rushing to complete the border wall and

it's a strong message to the leaders of armed groups as the political dialogue with the african union approaches. central african republic has suffered years of violence u.n. forces have recently been on the streets of the capital bangui and elsewhere fighting just a few days ago reportedly killed at least forty people yet the terms extradition to the international criminal court in the hague is thought to be the first from ca our prosecutors say they're determined he won't be the last rob matheson al-jazeera britain's prime minister is dismissing calls to amend her breaks that deal with the european union writing in the tabloid newspaper the reason may said that it's the only agreement that will work the deal is to be signed or signed off for an e.u. summit in brussels next week a number of ministers resigned after cabinet approved the agreement on wednesday some senior figures in our party a demanding a rethink while rebels seek support for a possible leadership challenge al-jazeera sania gago reports from london. there was an acknowledgment from the prime minister to reserve me of

it's a strong message to the leaders of armed groups as the political dialogue with the african union approaches central african republic has suffered years of violence u.n. forces have recently been on the streets of the capital bangui and elsewhere fighting just a few days ago reportedly killed at least forty people yet extradition to the international criminal court in the hague is thought to be the first from ca are prosecutors say they're determined he won't be the last rob matheson al-jazeera well jeffrey nice is a former international criminal court prosecutor he says this case has a wider significance. it's worth bearing in mind that this transfer comes first follow it comes following an investigation by the prosecutor a photogram suitor herself it wasn't a referral by the state concerned it wasn't a referral by the security council so that shows her doing her job independently in the way that people often fear i.c.c. prosecutors do not do second as some of your viewers may remember only a few weeks ago trump the president of the united states of america and bolton is security

it's a strong message to the leaders of armed groups as the political dialogue with the african union approaches. central african republic has suffered years of violence u.n. forces have recently been on the streets of the capital bangui and elsewhere fighting just a few days ago reportedly killed at least forty people yet tom's extradition to the international criminal court in the hague is thought to be the first from ca our prosecutors say they're determined he won't be the last rob matheson al-jazeera. geoffrey nice is a former international criminal court prosecutor and he joins us live via skype from canterbury in england good to have you with us suggest free what in your opinion why in your opinion is is this referral so significant. checking the by the route prosecutor the yugoslav tribunal or the international criminal court this is extremely important because states transferring people to the court for the court to exercise its jurisdiction doesn't happen that regularly the more it happens the more of the legitimacy of the court is control and of course more people the more

has been extradited to the hague for his alleged role in atrocities against muslims in central african republic this comes just days after a warrant was issued against your council who is a sitting member of parliament c.d.n. leader within the mostly christian and bloc a movement whose fighters systematically attacked the muslim population after muslim so that the rebels seized power. al qaeda attacks in northern mali are increasing especially against the u.n. peacekeeping mission despite the challenges u.n. troops are trying to fill the gap left by aid agencies who fled the violence how involved is this report. the conflict in northern mali has caused hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes and lose their livelihoods those who can't leave often leave in poverty facing hunger and violence their region is remote there are no public facilities or services and aid agencies are unable to gain access to most areas. from the un mission in mali you start with stabilizing the country and supporting the population the mission of other foreign armies is to provide protection for peop

backed african union initiative has stalled russia together with sudan is trying to broker a peace deal between the fourteen active militia groups. or. the i'm here is to avoid a blood she'd so i've traveled the country and meet with various rebel leaders to get them around the table. in july three russian journalists were killed in car they claimed these russian instructors are in fact mercenaries working for a private security company called wagner's which has close ties to the crowd and. so how tough denies these claims that i was about what wagner this is just an urban legend these are russian reservists nothing more than. wherever they are twenty seven years after the fall of the soviet union the russians are stepping back in the heart of africa at a time when the west and notably france the former colonial powers retreating. with more weapons and instructors on the way this may be just the beginning nicholas hawk al-jazeera baringo the central african republic. since an argentine navy submarine with forty four crew members on board went missing in the self atlantic ocean and sea s

backed african union initiative has stalled russia together with sudan is trying to broker a peace deal between the fourteen active the little group. or frankly i forgot but the i am here is to avoid a blood shoot it so i've traveled the country and meet with the various rebel leaders to get them around the table. in july three russian journalists were killed in car they claimed these russian instructors are in fact mercenaries working for a private security company called wagner's which has close ties to the crowd and. so how tough denies these claims closer to what i was about what wagner this is just an urban legend these are russian reservists nothing more than. whatever they are twenty seven years after the fall of the soviet union the russians are stepping back in the heart of africa at a time when the west and notably france the former colonial powers retreating. with more weapons and instructors on the way this may be just the beginning nicholas hawk al-jazeera baringo the central african republic. quick reminder you can always catch up with all the stories we're reporting on th

backed african union initiative has stalled russia together with sudan is trying to broker a peace deal between the fourteen active militia groups. or i forgot but the i'm here is to avoid the blood she'd so i've traveled the country and meet with the various rebel leaders to get them around the table in july three russian journalists were killed in car they claimed these russian instructors are in fact mercenaries working for a private security company called wagner's which has close ties to the crowd. so how tough denies these claims close close of the eyes of our show is what wagner this is just an urban legend these are russian reservists nothing more than. whatever they are twenty seven years after the fall of the soviet union the russians are stepping back in the heart of africa at a time when the west and notably france the former colonial powers retreating. with more weapons and instructors on the way this may be just the beginning. nicholas hawk al-jazeera baringo the central african republic. tanzania has just lost a three hundred million dollar world bank loan over human righ

we fight to make this a more perfect union or less imperfect union depending how you look at it. it's not all about race but the democratic party i believe is starting to embrace people of all races, all religions, all genders and that's a good thing that congress will start to look more like the people it governs. >> perfectly answered. thank you, representative richmond. let's talk about nancy pelosi. she's confident she's going to be the speaker of the house. there are democrats who oppose her. do you support her? does the cbc support her. >> i'm chair of the congressional black caucus. i don't put my fingers on the scale of many races. i wouldn't bet against nancy pelosi. she was a great speaker. she ushered in the affordable care act. many people in the congressional black caucus support her. but there are things that i think people bring up valid reasons and right now, i'm tunnel vision on one race. it has i'm not for or against nancy pelosi. i love nancy pelosi. i love steny hoyer. i'm for jim clyburn. out of the three leadership positions, only the african-american male h

union and french forces already there since then cease fires have been signed in violated and all sides have been accused of war crimes now one man wanted by both the u.n. and c.r.s. government is the man he was once a celica rebel but is now in charge of a neighborhood known as p.k. five in central bank in the capital and in this exclusive interview with al jazeera he tells nicholas hockey stay and defend his people. in hiding but still in charge surrounded by young heavily armed teenage boys is tar john moose otherwise known as general horse. accused of war crimes including a murder torture rape and extortion the government wants his arrest. but he's not ready to give himself up and if. when he's he said we had one thousand in this neighborhood ready to defend our people even to pick a fight a neighborhood because of us they are under threat from the christian militias the government forces and u.n. soldiers. in april soldiers belonging to the un stabilizing force in car backed by the central african army stormed forces hideout in an attempt to arrest him but despite being better equi

calls a forgotten conflict in central african republic. of into the new the u.k. prime minister truth may has won the backing of the cabinet for a draft deal struck with the european union this is may says the decision is a decisive step towards a final deal paul brennan reports. the maritime cabinet meeting concluded after five hours the outcome theresa may has the backing of her government ministers at least. the choices before us were difficult particularly in relation to the northern ireland backstop the collective decision of cabinet was that the government should agree the draft withdrawal agreement and the outline declaration and there was a deeply personal phenolic i believe that what i owe to this country is to take. decisions are in the national interest and i firmly believe with my head and my heart that this is a decision which is in the best interests of our entire united kingdom since the first leaks of the draft rex a deal emerged on choose the evening has been a feeble use fear in westminster ahead of the cabinet meeting there was a boisterous sess

union and french forces already there but since the cease fires have been signed violated all the sides have been accused of war crimes. one man wanted by both the us government. he was once rebel but is now in charge of the neighborhood p.k. five in the capital buggy and in this exclusive interview with al jazeera he tells nicholas her kill stay and defend his people in hiding but still in charge surrounded by young heavily armed teenage boys is. otherwise known as general force accused of war crimes including a murder torture rape in extortion the government wants his arrest. but he's not ready to give himself up and if. need is he said we are nine thousand in this neighborhood ready to defend our people they are safe when they pick a fight a neighborhood because of us they are under threat from the christian militias the government forces and u.n. soldiers. in april soldiers belonging to the un stabilizing force in car backed by the central african army stormed forces hideout in an attempt to arrest him. but despite being better equipped they were outnumbered and retreated the raid w