think we should seriously consider merging north and south com and emerging u com and africa com. there are obvious deficiencies in doing so, operational additional benefits that derive. and i think finally, it is a way to begin reducing what has been correctly identified as the bloat in the operational combatant command staffs. would associate myself with general schwartz and a number of others who have testified with the idea that we should consider independent, general staff in strengthening the role of the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. practice, as a combatant commander, i would very typically all the chairman. check signals with the chairman. i would not undertake a radical departure without talking to the chairman. inhink putting the chairman the chain of command, as general schwartz as outlined and a number of other witnesses have mentioned, is efficient, sensible, and frankly, codifies what is in effect today in many ways. in addition, i think the chairman would be well served with what some have termed a general staff. this is the idea of taking midgrade militar

to have an africa com based in germany, right next to euro command? let me start out with a fairly -- and let me add onto that 1 -- is in there now and need, as much as we are trying to reduce and streamlined, is in there now a need for a cyber command, given the nature of that threat? general? general schwartz: the original thinking on north com was concerned about having assigned forces to a senior officer, with responsibilities for the u.s. and domestic circumstances. foreclosed at the time the possibility of having a joint command for both north and south america. in this time, now, with the passage of time to consolidate both of those organizations, as the admiral suggested, the africa wasor ferent.t differen it was the place it on the continent. senator mccain: that did not turn out very well. general schwartz: it did not create but you see ho. but you see with the passage of time, it is a good way -- that is an act of consolidation that certainly makes sense to me. and with respect to cyber com, yes, once they have assigned forces, it is time to establish cyber com as indepe

failed to do that. -- the 1998 east africa embassy bomber to the federal court in new york for trial in a series of other evens soured the mood on capitol hill. it was during 2009 and every year since that the democrats that controlled congress and the republicans controlled congress in the house, passed a series of restrictions barring the president from bringing detainees the united states. which was inevitably a part of his so-called closure program. we are pleased to have senator cotton here to discuss the play today. back when the president was elected, isis was never they are today. now, the breadth of isis and transnational terrorism, senator cotton has prepared a thought-provoking series of opinion,n why his closing guantanamo bay today makes little sense. [applause] thank you for the kind introduction and warm welcome. month marks the anniversary to close want from obey. he chose this initiative out of all of the issues he faced, the subject of his very first executive order. the first of very many executive orders. he states the signing of it in grand fashion in the oval office

term in office ever for a south africa finance minister. he is out after 48 hours and a new man takes on the job. more signs of trouble for brazil's president. thousands of protesters call for her to step down. more on those stores but first-- stories but first some breaking news. some turkish troops are being withdrawn from mosul. going to our correspondent from erbil. what more do we know about this? >> reporter: according to the news agency which is pro-government, we know a large number of troops have left the outskirts of mosul and only a small number of advisers have been left in a camp. this is the place that had caused a huge argument between the two governments of iraq and turkey regarding the deployment of the troops to turkey, insisting that it sent these troops on the request of the former governor of mosul. it was a claim that it was an infringement on their sovereignty. a number of vehicles moved in and they were carrying large heavy equipment carrying vehicles. they've taken back most of the heavy weapons and the troops that were deployed to this area. all of this is ac

as we get it. will change the middle east in p north africa forever. would lead to antigovernment protests revolutions and war, it started with one man, a tunisian that had had enough. >> the police decided to confiscate his cart and scales he was turned away. they refused to speak to him. >> mohammad's goals in life was simple, he wanted to earn enough money to get married, and to help his family. be uh the constant harassment prevented him from achieving his ambitions. hopeless about the future. haze hissen are decided he wanted to die, right outside the officials that treated him so badly. hid present was close by. >> me set himself on fire, because he felt discriminated against. i saw him on fire, i saw people surround him, and try to put the flames out. it was such a painful scene. >> he was suffering a lot at the time and had a lot of problems. no one was there to listen to the concerns or worries. >> his friends and family took to the streets. we were able to erase slogans like employment is all right, which spoke out against the injustices and his fate that was the beginni

pledges allegiance to groups outside of syria and iraq? whether it is africa or the middle east? are they subordinating authority,to isil's or are they more technical submissions to the they get this?ing from reason i ask, ultimately, is it possible that we might see some of these groups do to isil what isil did to al qaeda? after originally eating a part of it, thank you. >> i think it is a phenomenal question. group.wer depends on the some cases, there is a clear subordination. number one, you have the pledge. second, is the pledge accepted? some cases, it has not. --isian groups have played pledged, but some have not. third, look at isil leadership. isil's strongest hub -- state ground in libya gives it the ability to have a command of control hub. i think it would be likeliest ald be -- boko hoaram, group that tends to be difficult to control. then you get into the question, if the andral leadership weakens it starts acting out ways that defies it, that is the kind of thing for both organizations that creates a potential for a tailspin. case has dealt with that for a number of ye

africa might not work here. might not work. -- we should see things as they are and then we should learn from other experiences. but we should not copy them because they might not work. for instant, there is a lot of israelout boycotting because of what happened for south africa. which i believe is wrong because i think that we should boycott givingwho are anti- palestinian rights. or who arere against pro-occupation. for those who do not believe in collaboration or coexistence. you do not boycott the whole entity, those who are supporting the cause and to those who are against the cause. basically, what worked for south africa will not work in our case, in israel and palestine. s.at is why i am against bd that is why a believed i had clogged is the answer. maybe that was the -- that is why i believe dialogue is the answer in our case. that to iin the sense believe that in trying to reach out to the other, we need to bring the good in the other. withis what i am against trump and his speeches where he is trying, like mccarthy before him, he is trying to bring the evil in the indivi

: this is music, a kind of zulu folk. it's one of the most popular genres in south africa. christopher works in a factory at night, but during the day he indulges his passion at the downtown music hub. it's owned by the government, and su is one of the best recorg studios in the country. >> i to bring my voice to the people, when persons listen to me singing, you hear me proper because now as we working with these guys i am working with the professional people today. >> reporter: the building which is home to the music hub has been associated with the music industry since the 1970s. the government bought it seven years ago with the idea of making world class recording facilities accessible to the general public. and at a cheap price. the renovations report quite finished but the studios are busy with budding artists. >> from its inception it has always had a developmental agenda and hack cesc has always been a core issue. so our aim is really to keep our prices at a level where anyone can come through and record their music. >> reporter: this building has housed a music studio for deca

in the country. >>> south africa's ruling party a.n.c. still backs jacob zuma following leaders and opposition physician calling for him to step down. zuma is criticized for a series of cabinet shuffles that has seen the appointment of three finance ministers in less than a week. >> south africa's president zoom in a coming under an enormous amount of pressure. he sacked the finance minister last week after only 18 months in the job. the south africa currency reacted by tumbling, a lot of criticism from economists, political analysts, as well and was he got a very hard time from his political opponents. pressure from within the party, a u turn, he got rid of the finance minister only in the job four days and replaced him with the previous finance minister gordon, a steady hand. he'd calmed the markets on monday, however, zuma facing a lot of pressure. civil society and some opposition politicians otherwising marches calling for the president to be recalled. there were a few rumors on twitter from the a.n.c.'s own account saying that the president was about to be recalled, however, t

ambassador from south africa, really pulled together the hardliners and pulled g-77 meeting,hole all the developing contry, and even the progressive voices among the developing countries were pretty much silenced. you had this roiling, angry, acrimonious meeting just a month before paris, basically. so i and the two weeks after that there was a session of which happensries every year called the prec.o.p., meeting of ministers, this is bigger than usual, usually about 40 countries, but chaired by the french, and i went to that meeting because of the experience of october very much focused on rekindling a coalition that the e.u. had pulled together fete of durbin -- at the time of durbin to get durbin done. e.u. worked with the island and least developing countries who had interest and perspectives that often are different from china, israel, and brazil. pre-c.o.p. to the very much with a mission to get that coalition restarted and to put the u.s. firmly in that coalition where we had always been on the margins. and to show flexibility in certain areas, different from what we had done all

a schwab particularly >>> china's president xi jinping will arrive in africa. he will pledge money to the cash strapped country. there is concern that the proposalise of new loans could eventually burden zimbabwe with more dead >> reporter: most products sold in this world are made from china. >>> i just went and for almost for two months, i have visited. >> reporter: zimbabwe's manufacturing sectors operate at less than half its capacity. many goods sold here comes from china. western sanctions are blamed for the weak sector. allegations that the government denied. china has been criticised for not speaking out against its trading partners of the government officials say they want to borrow money from china >>> live now to the lebanese/syria border. we told you about that prison swap which is due to get underway. we are told it's happening right now. the lebanese army has received the body of a soldier killed by the armed group news road accident front last year. this is the first stage-- nusra first. this is the first deal with that armed group. more soldiers are expected to be r

africa and china have signed trade and investment deals worth 6.5 billion dollars. china's president is in a summit. several african heads of state are effected to attend friday's meeting. the chinese president began his tour in zimbabwe on tuesday. in the city of chennai residents have been struggle with a flood. more rains are expected. over flowing lakes are the main concern in the low likelying coastal city. -- low lying coastal city. >> reporter: a city punished. the heaviest rainfall in chennai for over 100 years. roof tops have beening their sanctuary. -- become their sanctuary. >> translation: my house is submerged. we are not getting any help from anyone and there is nothing to eat. >> reporter: the military, police and firefighters have been deployed to rescue those trapped in their homes and to distribute aid. the prime minister pledged 150 million dollars to its rehabilitation and reconstruction. >> the government of india stands by the people in their hour of need. it begins immediately. >> reporter: chennai was originally a city of lakes and mashes, but the lo

liberty in the dock. perhaps the shortest term in office for the south africa finance minister. after 48 hours he is out and a new man takes the job. you more signs of troubles with brazil's president. thousands call for him to step down. now, there's a significant international push to try to end the nearly five-year war in syria. europe is center stage this monday. clear leaders are meeting in paris and in brussels. security in the middle east and threats from i.s.i.l. they're top of the agenda at these meetings of foreign ministers in brussels. you can see the foreign minister of the e.u. >> we will have the foreign minister of turkey joining us for an informal session over a working lunch. with him we will face mainly the foreign policy and regional issues. so syria first of all, the fight against d.a.e.s.h., counter terrorism again, especially the issue of foreign fighters and obviously libya as well >>> more than 250,000 people have been killed and over a million injured in this five-year civil war. most of them civilians. nearly seven and a half million syrians are displaced ma

africa to the battle of the bulge. he was the best man that we ever had overseas, thank you. >> thank you for the call. of the mentioning some remarks after the muslim-ban proposal that donald trump talked about. he is leading in the polls by over 20 points. this is a tweet from the hill. leading by over 20 points in the first national poll after the muslim ban proposal. it does not appear to be hurting him in the polls, the republican voters. that were surveyed there. i want to let you know that we will have our phone lines back open as we do every morning on "the washington journal." you you can join us at 7:00 a.m. eastern time and in the meantime will take a look back now at the entirety of what the democratic presidential candidates had to say. the former governor of maryland when he visited a mosque today. this is martin o'malley. o'malley: -- >> we do have a very special guest with us today. [indiscernible] show some courtesy and help us to welcome governor martin o'malley. we are facing a very difficult time here. we have people who are attacking our community all of the time.

to that place. arab immigrants went to south america, many went to africa, but the u.s. became the home of mostly lebanese and syrian immigrants at the turn-of-the-century through after -- i and immigration was frozen for about 30 years and after it eased up and the flock on arab immigrants tended, there were much more diverse components. today there is a large number of egyptian americans and you many emenicans -- yo americans. you also have moroccans and nigerians coming in in large numbers and interestingly, it is a success story. and all of the data we have income is higher than the national average, ownership of business higher than the national average. yemenis, they went from a short period of time from dockworkers to business owners and their children are in the professional class. doctors, lawyers, and engineers. syrian refugees fleeing the situation in your country them, or thoseof seeking refugee status have that family tie here? >> many of them do. they have a village tie or some kind of connection with the church or the mosque. it is familiar with them and their backgr

return home, but not everyone is convinced. the rainbow nation goes green. how south africa is looking to replace coal with wind. >> the only live national news show at 11:00 eastern. >> we start with breaking news. >> let's take a closer look. >>> welcome back. you're watching al jazeera live. a reminder of the top stories. venezuela's opposition has triumphed winning control of the national aseam plea. the right wing victory-- assembly. u.s. president obama has pledged to destroy i.s.i.l. in a rare address from the oval office. he says the threat from terrorism is real but america would overcome it. he has defended his national security policy after 14 people were shot dead in california on wednesday. france's national party has seen its best ever result in elections. they have received 30% of the vote. there will be a second round of voting next week. the final week of talks to reach a global deal on climate change is underway in paris. ministers are facing days of tough negotiations on a draft agreement that was approved by the weekend. they're aiming to reducing global warming by cut

, the hub bringing world-class recording facilities to the public in south africa. ♪ >>> the foreign ministers of 17 countries are currently holding meetings in new york on new talks on how to end the war in syria. they are hoping to arrange a ceasefire from january, and then direct negotiations between the syrian government and opposition. but the opposition says it won't agree to a ceasefire unless president assad steps down nfl and ministers have yet to resolve their differences over which opposition groups to involve in the talks and which to define as terrorists. >> on the two importants a sects, one is the opposition groups, and the other is the composition of the opposition and the list of terrorist organizations. there seems to be no agreement. >> we are heading across to our correspondent in new york in just a moment, while we wait for that, let me report that russian fighter jets have carried out air raids in syria. an isil affiliated media outlet reporting that nine people were killed in strikes east of aleppo. >>> iraqi medical sources say 11 people from two families have

where you come out five years later -- stokely eventually moves to africa, embraces and african pan-afric -- embraces an socialism. then, a professor on the use of opium and laudanum in the 19th century. >> the attitude at the time was that a woman should not drink. why would lot of them be something that she could look to as an alternative -- would laudanum be something she could look to as an alternative? to theer: we looked back 2000 campaign of al gore as he toured the state of new hampshire. mr. gore: you have seen new hampshire change from a time when you were losing 10,000 jobs a year to a time now where you are gaining 12,000 jobs a year. and that is partly because we have had fiscal responsibility. president clinton and i have put in place an economic plan that has balanced the budget, turned the biggest deficit into the biggest surplus. announcer: al gore went on to win the democratic nomination, but lost the general election to george bush, in one of america's highly contested presidential elections. american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, only on c-span3. announ

dengue fever gets approved in mexico. >>> i'm in south africa, find out how these girls were forced into marriage and what the government is trying to do to end child marriages. >>> the inauguration of argentina's president-elect macri is about to get underway. outgoing president won't attend because of a agreement over the venue for the ceremony. >>> 27 iraqi soldiers have been killed fighting isil in rimadi. >>> gulf leaders renewed their position that bashar al assad has no place in syria's future. the saudi foreign minister told the gulf corporation council meeting in riyadh he hopes the syrian opposition wilson sol date its position. >> in paris, environmentalists are debating a shorter draft of the u.n. backed international climate agreement. friday is the last day for the deal that will set carbon emission limits. some major sticking points remain. our environment editor nick clark is live from paris for us. nick, not a lot of time left, is there, before that friday deadline. are they going to pull it off? >> remains to be seen what happens over the next 24 ours or so. we had

. this is the intersection of peninsula and north africa, and the epicentre of unrest in april. you are someone that grew up here as well. do you feel like it could have been you? >> it could have been me. i'm running into police, obeying intentions and stuff like that. i know my rights. i will not let them abuse me or anything. >> is there more tension between the community now than there was before ex. >> yes, a lot. >> the police say their actions here are not good. every time the police intrct with someone. they'll end up with freddie gray. >> ask what he sees in the neighbourhood and a sense of a community transforming itself. >> it maintains and keeps peace or happiness here. maybe we could set an example for across the world. maybe you can turn poverty into a different thing. >> a few blocks from peninsula north, we met up with writer and activist. the trial's outcome was disappointing. he said a sign of an injustice, a system that favors the peace over the community at large. >> i think for the people it's simply, we don't see what is behind it. we see freddie gray was alive. he

a meeting on the sidelines at the xhiment change conference, francois hollande said although africa is not responsible for emitting greenhouse gasses, it is suffering the consequences. the leaders want nations to put more money into the fund >>> the u.s. president has met with leaders at the paris summit, speaking alongside the leader of various countries, obama said the very existence of some island nations is at risk. he says actions on climate change is an economic imperative >>> if we let the world keep warming as fast as it is and sea levels rising as fast as they are, an weather patterns keep shifting in various ways, we will have to devote more and more of our economic and military resources not to growing opportunity for our people, but to adapting to the various consequences of a changing planet >>> chicago police chief has been fired after public protest over the shooting of a plaque teenager by a white police officer. the mayor says the superintendent had lost the public's tuft t 17-year-old was shot 16 times in october last year. -- public's trust >>> the use of torture

bishop tutu and the others struggling for freedom in south africa. [applause] we have in the last few years spent more than we can afford. we have pounded our chests and made bold speeches. but we lost 279 young americans in lebanon and we live behind sand bags in washington. how can anyone say that we are safer, stronger, or better? that -- that is the republican record. that its disastrous quality is not more fully understood by the american people i can only attribute to the president's amiability and the failure by some to separate the salesman from the product. [applause] and, now -- now -- now it's up to us. now it's up to you and to me to make the case to america. and to remind americans that if they are not happy with all that the president has done so far, they should consider how much worse it will be if he is left to his radical proclivities for another four years unrestrained. unrestrained. [applause] now, if -- if july -- if july brings back ann gorsuch burford -- what can we expect of december? where would -- where would another four years take us? where would four years

atmosphere, and it needs to be stabilized to not effect the climate. >>> south africa's government tries to fix a long-running energy crisis. it believes that at least part of the solution is wind power. we have the details from port elizabeth. >> the turbines towering over the landscape are hard to miss. government officials hope that if more of these go up they could help address south africa's energy crisis. ththe area is heavily depend on fossil fuels like coal. >> it is not doing enough in our addiction to coal. generating almost 90% of cool. i think this is wrong. >> developers of this wind farm project have signed a 20-year contract. this wind farm just outside of port elizabeth has 20 wind turbines that generate 16 mega watts of electricity. that's enough to power 40,000 medium-sized homes. port elizabeth is known as a windy city. the coastal winds make this a perfect place to build wind farms. the electricity produced is cleaner and ultimately better for the environment. a percentage of the profits go into a community trust that decides what families need like healthcare, education

won't change their laws. you mentioned the issue of africa and the lbgt community. i it tell you that i am glass and i hope our government is is not to -- i hope we are saying to them that we are not going to support your government when you have policies like that. universal, there are a lot countries in the world that have those kinds of laws. and by the way, who to pass those laws are funded by entities here in the united states. i think if we stand for anything. lawed.ht to be out we shouldn't be micro managing other people's laws, but human rights ought to matter, as to whether or not we are giving taxpayer money to other country. when it comes to lbgt laws, there are countries in africa where they get the death penalty. i hope we are making a big stink about that because we fall on the opposite side of that as a nation. i would like to think we do anywhere. but i appreciate you being here nonetheless, and we will see you on the floor tomorrow, i guess. >> gentleman yields back his time. the gentleman, from lewisville texas, dr. burgess. >> some four hours ago when we started this

for fifa. >> south africa's top appeals court has today found the paralympic athlete oscar pistorius guilty of murder, overturning a conviction of a lesser charge of culpable homicide. pistorius killed his girlfriend in 2014 after shooting her through a locked door, saying he thought she was an intruder. he faces the minimum prison sentence in south africa. >> brazil's president is facing impeachment proceedings accused of manipulating accounts last year. rousseff denies any wrongdoing. our latin america editor has more. >> in a very brief address to the nation and looking serene, president rousseff flatly denied wrongdoing and said that the charges against her were unfounded. she also called on brazilians to remain calm and to have faith in their institutions. she added that she had never stolen money or accepted any bribes, which was a clear jab at the pot of the lower house who hours earlier had accepted the opposition's call for an impeachment proceeding to begin against the president. now what comes next? first it goes to a special committee of all the political parties in blow

has pledged 8.5 billion dollars to africa to improve services. more than 150 leaders are attending co p21 and hope to reach agreement at the end of 12 days. after four days of smog over beijing. the skies are have cleared. on tuesday night it listed the hazard for the city. a station recorded a reading of a thousand. anything over 100 is considered unhealthy for groups. president xi jinping signed deals to fund communication and energy projects. zimbabwe's president has increasingly turned to china for investment. >> reporter: it's the first time a chinese president has visited zimbabwe since 1996. the government leaders are telling them that trade agreements signed with china will among other things resuscitate manufacturing as well as infrastructure and energy sector. businesses are hoping to make money so president xi jinping means more possibilities. >>> i hope you can bring more of the projects, more financial supporting for chinese. >> reporter: common aand zimbabwe have been trade willing partners and allies for decades. the community is growing. >>> we came here for more th

troops in other parts of the world like africa, germany could step in and take up some of their operations and give french troops the opportunity to act where they want to act. it seems as france wants germany to be visibly involved in this and this is the commitment that germany wants to take because france is the closest ally >>> how long do you see germany willing to be involved? <>> do you think in the end it is going to get the go ahead? <>> thank you so much. political analyst joining us from berlin. >> you're welcome >>> police in thailand are reported to have received a warning from russia of possible i.s.i.l. linked attacks against russian visitors. an flernl

new markets, particularly in africa, asia, and central and south america. it is about bringing more choices to more consumers around extending including the reach of iconic american brands such as budweiser to new markets. what this combination is not about is changing the competitive landscape of u.s. beer market's. the u.s. beer industry is more competitive than other -- than ever, with more than 4000 breweries. on average, two new breweries open every day. aisleake a walk down the of your local grocery store and you see an incredible amount of choice. beer drinkers have more than ever before. this competition is being byven, first and foremost, the growth of craft brewers, which rose from 3.8% of the --ket in 2007, 211% in 2014 in 2014. the beer industry faces competition from wine and liquor. the combination with sab miller will lessen the competition. of miller coors ensures the market share in the u.s. will not change as a result of the combination. our total beer condition -- production will not increase. and suppliests will not change. our distribution system will not be imp

anymore. nobody asks me about anymore. although we still have some problems in west africa, we have dealt with that problem. we have shown leadership in fighting pandemics. when you are in the midst of it is frightening. but it is solvable. that, i am going to go home. france! >> on the next washington congresswoman susan dell that may talks about an investigation into planned parenthood. she will discuss policing and criminal justice issues. at the pacific standard cover story on the labor economy. we will talk to editor-in-chief nicholas jackson. washington journal is live with your phone calls and your tweet. tweets. book tv has 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. the 15th annual vegas valley book festival. about thes a word uncontrollable loss of a place that has been pulled out from under your feet. up.place you grow >> pulitzer prize-winning journalist gilbert gaul will talk about college football. >> i don't think the players going to be satisfied with just a couple of thousand dollars. they are smart enough to see where the money is. >> joining the conversation is tom

talking to us live from hong kong, thank you. >>> now to south africa where tremendous jacob zuma has replaced the country's finance minister just days after appointing him. david took on the job on wednesday. but president zuma was hugely criticized for the move. let's go live now to johannesburg. am i right in saying we have had three finance ministers in almost as many days? >> reporter: that's exactly right, martine. it's been quite a chaotic week in south africa, related to the economy. president jacob zuma first replaced one last week on wednesday, with david, a little known municipal manager as finance minister. as you mentioned there was massive criticism and outcry from opposition commentators, analysts against jacob assume's decision, at that points he didn't say why he was replacing him. only after that massive criticism did he say that he was -- that [ inaudible ] was possibly standing for a position in a regional position with the bank here in southern africa. since then after david was appointed and was sworn in on thursday last week, over the weekend, there has been

rand rallies as south africa gets its third finance minister in a week. >>> and the tunnel that one cartel uses to bring drugs to the united states. foreign ministers are in paris for high-level talks trying to increase the diplomatic pressure to end syria's bloody civil war. fighting has killed more than 250,000 people in five years and injured more than a million. most of them civilian. more than half of the 22 million population of syria has been displaced. lost their homes. that's 7.6 million inside the country. 3.9million outside of syria. and the u.s. .2 million people inside the country meets humanitarian assistance. steve o'brien has been in the syrian capital o. >> winter has arrived in syria, bringing with it a new set of challenges for people who displaced from their homes. >> these heaters are dangerous to have in a tent. children can suffocate from the smoke. >> 35,000 syrians live in this camp on the northern outskirts of aleppo. while fighting in the area continues, and this perhaps the most intense anywhere in syria, in the central city of homs, an u.n.-administered

the final patient and no new infections and ebola in west africa was first reported in guinea in march of 2014. since then 4809 people have died in liberia. 3955 in sierra leone. 2536 have died in guinea and eight in nigeria. the world health organization declares nigeria free of ebola in october last year. liberia was declared free of ebola in may and seven weeks later more cases were reported and sierra leone was declared ebola free last month. but the search to find a vaccine against ebola is far from over. nicholas hawk reports now from a lab in sinagal in dacca where doctors are conducting clinical trials. >> reporter: when they come to the lab for testing they wonder which one of them has been injected with the experimental ebola vaccine, one given a placebo and the other a trial vaccine and scientists looking for a cure against the highly contagious and fatal ebola virus. >> translator: at first our family was scared and didn't know what they were injecting me with and wasn't sure what reactions it would cause and doctors reassured me it's my way to contribute in the fight

poorest parts of one of the poorest countries in africa. the government neglected the region, where the seleka tapped into feelings of discontent. only an elite few benefit. they fund armed groups. investment and employment is needed. the country never knew good governance. the process has to start now, of constructing that, putting in place an accountable government. and that accountability is at the heart of getting this right. a sense that the government in bangui can't just do what it wants. >> the local pastor hopes the election is fair and peaceful. >> i tell people in church to leave the past in the past. we need to fined a new way for development. we have to demand this calmly, not with guns and macheteies. we are told that this is a fraction of what is out there. as the country tries to move forward, it has to start somewhere >>> burkina faso's new president has been sworn in, by the constitutional court in the capital following his election. he succeeds blaise compaore who ruled for 30 years, and was overthrown in an uprising in october 2014 >>> a top aid to north korean l

africa region and caucuses, that's where you get your most experience fighters, the already experience fighters. not so much in north america, but the caucuses in north africa, they are experienced fighters some going back to the 1980's in afghanistan fighting the satisfactory yet. >> the u.n.'s refugee agency appealed to jordan to allow syrian refugees to cross the border. there are currently 12,000 trying to flee the war. stranded between the borders between two countries, the lives of refugees will be at risk in the coming months. >> a meeting between syrian opposition groups is in riyadh, discussing way to say overcome differences and form a united front ahead of talks with the syrian government. both the political and armed opposition are represented, but neither the kurds for al-nusra front were invited. we've been getting some reaction from the meeting. >> the syrian national coalition is optimistic that progress will be made. >> most of the opposition has been folder in egypt, do buy and other countries, the committees that are present here. there has been communication. a big

. ♪ >>> diplomatic efforts aimed attending the conflict in libya are underway in north africa, and in europe. representatives of the country's two rival administrations are in tunisia for talks on austin under -- u.n. brokered diplomatic deal. libya has been split between two competing administrations since august of last year. the u.n.-recognized government is based in tobruk, and the illegal administration is in tripoli. alongside the two governments multiple armed groups including the islamic state of iraq and the levant have risen to powerful positions right across libya. well, zana hoda has been following events from rome. zana, as we were explaining there are two meetings, ahead of the big one in rome. explain how the one in tunis is effecting what is going on in rome. >> reporter: well, the meetings in tunis and the agreement that was reached in tunis will reflect positively on that conference you are talking about that will be held here in rome on sunday. we heard representatives from the two rival camps, the two parliaments agree to sign the u.n.-draft deal, calling for a national u

powerful than fear as obam a vows to defeat i.s.i.l. the rainbow nation goes green now that south africa is looking to replace coal with wind >>> venezuela's opposition has triumphed over the socialists. madu ruchings conceded his party's defeat. the land sloe slide victim marks a break with the legacy of the late leader-- victory. some seats are yet to be counted, but so far the opposition has won 99 seats. that's more than double of the ruling party which has 46 seats so far. 22 seats are still to declare >> reporter: the country wants a change and this change begins today. the agenda of peace reigns. the people spoke clearly. venezuelan families are tired with living with the consequences of failure. >> translation: we've lost a battle today, but the struggle to build new socialism and a new society starts now. we should take this as a slap in the face to wake up us so that we can work towards the future. we must start over in a lot of things. that's fine. we're experts at it. we came from the struggle of the streets >>> more details from latin america. >> reporter: it was past midnig

corruption swiftly. al jazeera, nigeria. >> chinese's president xi jinping has arrived in south africa for a state visit. he has announced billions of dollars in new trade project. there is also a push to strengthen cultural ties. >> president xi jinping has deep pockets and china has always been willing to spend in africa. >> china-african relations are better than ever. we've had fruitful talks and we've deepened relations. >> he's here on the cooperation. and they have been hungry for africa's raw materials. africa is it's largest trading partner. over the past 15 years trade has risen from 11 to $220 billion. investments now totals $30 billion, but in the first half of this year investment slumped more than 40% compared to the same time last year. that's because china's economy is slowing. it has hit commodity prices which many countries are overly reliant on. but that's just one side of the story. >> china has a need in terms of resources, the changing economy. it's increasingly becoming a consumer driven economy. i would not say that china needs african countries as much as afric

africa for example. what would become known as the arab spring would lead to anti-government protests, revolutions, and war. it started with one man, a tunisian who had had enough. his name was mohammed bouazizi. he set himself on fire outside of the local government offices after being harassed and abused by officials. bouazizi died 18 days later, and the massive anti-government protests which began after his act, quickly grew. knowing that his 23 year rule of iron fist were over, the president fled to saudi arabia. he would be the first of many dictators eventually forced from power as the arab spring erupted across the region. >> reporter: this man says his cousin was trying to sell his fruits and vegetables, but the police kept moving him on. his family relied on his income, and he had to take the risk. >> translator: the police decided to confiscate his cart and scales. when he went to the municipality to meet the governor, he was turned away. they refused to speak to him. >> reporter: he wanted to earn enough money to get married and help his family, but the constant police hara

. >> what do you mean by increasing the war? how is it increasing the war? >> solutions for africa, for the region, for drc, sustainable solution will be made by locals. don't think that in your office in washington, in london, in paris, in brussels, that you'll be implementing policies which will be helping us more here than us are concerned. if you look at our families here, every congolese that lives here they will tell you that everyone, somehow was affected by the war. how do you think that people who are in europe will be or in u.s. will be more caring for us than ourselves? because we need more peace than anyone else. this is our land, this is our country. >>> announcer: this is al jazeera. >>> welcome, you're watching the newshour, i'm peter doby from doha. in the next 60 minutes - spaniards vote in a landmark election which is likely to throw up two parties in the race for power for the first time in decades. >> we need to make sure that the discriminatory messages that trump is sending around the world do not fall on receptive years. >>> thedi

time before they shot dead 14 people last week. the energy crisis is south africa. we will find out which artist has been awarded one of the art world's most presstigious prizes. welcome. washington has denied accusations by syria's government that air strikes by the u.s. led coalition hit one of its army camping killing three soldiers. damascus say four aircrafts were involved in the strikes in the province which has a large presence of i.s.i.l. crisis. it's calling it an act of aggression. more now with the u.s. reaction. live in washington, what have the u.s. been saying? >> reporter: the u.s. said that there were coalition air strikes launched against targets in syria on sunday, but the targets were oil well heads in a part of the province that is controlled by i.s.i.l. there was about 55 kilometres from where the u.s. says it believes a syrian military installation was established, meaning that there was no attack on this military installation. it was part of the ongoing coalition efforts to degrade the oil infrastructure which has provided considerable amount of money to i.s.i

fighting line of coalition forces. the rand rallies as south africa gets its third finance minister in a week. and we look at tunnels used by mexican cartels to smug drugs to the u.s. hello there good to have your company. ah a ceasefire has been expected to come into force in yemen an hour ago but shortly before it was due to start, take effect from 0900 hours gmt. that's when the the sides are to begin talks in geneva. backed by ali abdullah saleh they swept through other regions in yemen. the houthi advance on aden in march was the trigger of saudi arabia and its gulf allies to support abd rabbu mansour hadi with air strikes. it's come at a cost. almost 6,000 civilians have been killed inches since march, 2.1 million people have been forced from their homes and 21 million people have been on the brink of starvation. zeina khodr sends us this report on the latest statement to end the fighting. >> it is a show of force just before the warring sides talk peace. the yemeni government and its supporters in the saudi led coalition have deployed forces along the front lines close to the capi

on a hotel in mali which killed 21 people two weeks ago rejoined al-qaeda's north africa branch and will have joint attacks in mali and abroad and victoria reports. >> reporter: the algeria based armed group says it carried out the attack on the radisson blu hotel in the mali capitol bamiko and split from the al-qaeda branch two years ago. but the two groups have joined forces again. the leader of al-qaeda's north african branch made the announcement in an audio message. >> translator: we tell our beloved nation that the lines of islam have joined al-qaeda in islamic and we will be one sword to slaughter our and my france and the agents in the region. >> reporter: he and al-qaeda and the islamic say they coordinated the attack on the radisson blu hotel. other armed groups including i.s.i.l. operate in north africa but they say his decision to align itself once more with al-qaeda, not i.s.i.l., is telling. and they want its fighters freed from mali's prisons and army attacks on north mali people to stop. the president rejects accusations and their demands. >> translator: we do no per

countries in africa. former president francios bozize neglected this region where the seleca tapped into feelings of discontent. the country has diamondss. >> translation: this country has never known good governance so the process has to start now, putting in place an accountable government. accountability is at the heart of getting this right, the sense that the government in bang eau can't do what it wants-- bangui. >> reporter: they hope the election is fair and peaceful. >> translation: i tell people in church to leave the past in the past. we need to find a new way of developing to build roads and fields. >> reporter: the fighters have been handing in their weapons for a place in the work program. we're told this is a fraction of what is out there, but as this country tries to move forward it has to start somewhere >>> clearly huge challenges ahead for the winner of this vote. how difficult is it going to be to reunite the country? >> reporter: it will be extremely difficult not only because of the last couple of years of sectarian violence, but i need to point out to undersco

pakistan, afghanistan, syria, iraq, tunisia, part s of north africa where you have a lot of support for radical jihad, we're not reviewing the social media even though that is the world? n which they operates. we don't regularly review that and that is a major problem. so -- look. i think if someone is applying for citizenship to the united states, it is entirely reasonable that we ask for their social media contact, their information that -- these people don't radicalize overnight. a lot of them have had public statements. not their private emails. i know that tashfeen malik, maybe her stuff was private. we should have got that anyway. we should have said we want your social media, your private stuff and your public in your private stuff and your public stuff. that is entirely reasonable. why aren't we doing that? like colleges. i represent massachusetts. 52% of our colleges request all the information on their social media. , halfpplicant to college of our employers do. they want to know what is going on on your facebook, your social media. if have the employers in america are doi

was at tuesday's main event along with many other world leaders on what solution africa can offer to help solve climate change and in the capitol beijing have been told to stay indoors for the first time in two years and the second highest orange alert issued over air quality and adrian brown reports now from beijing. >> reporter: in paris they are talking about how to save the planet, in beijing they are just trying to breathe. smog thick enough to see, accurate enough to taste. government leaders call these conditions unfavorable, many others call it crazy bad and it's been this bad since saturday. yet some appear obvilous to the threat there the pollution is so bar and doesn't matter if you wear the mask or not, how much can the mask really help you? >> translator: you can't wear the mask all the time, if you are in the room the smog can get in and impossible to wear the mask 24 hours. >> reporter: schools are open but many parents like lou-ping are keeping their children at home. >> translator: today the school is still open but my son doesn't feel well and has a sore throat and

solution in jerusalem? when heple the pope visited several years ago and in africa for example and central african republic when he tried to bring together the muslims and the the messagehe had of peace of tolerance. very distinguished family. how do you think the religion can be advancing some of the proposals you have made? why i am focusing on two asked xp the religious aspect in the political aspect. -- people want to come and pray. place ande holy people might want to come to visit there. it actually could be international, muslim, christian, george, international, and special status. outside the city is where we can do this politically. authenticity is divided into an , and then there is western slum, the joy sector -- the jewish sector. -- he want to pick up will look at you and say, that is crazy, go over there. the areas with paris -- palestinians, the israel lease they do not feel secure. now, no one is going to the israeli section. fearing on both communities. basically what i am saying is we have to deal with that fear. one way is to have recognition of each other's's history a

poorest parts of one of the poorest countries in africa. former president president francios bozize neglected this region with the seleca tapped into feelings of discontent. investment and employment is badly needed here. >> this country has never really known good governance. so the process has to start now of constructing that, of putting in place an accountable government. it's accountability that, i think, is really at the heart of getting that right. >> reporter: the local pastor hopes the election is fair and peaceful >> translation: i tell people in xhumpb to leave the past in the past - church. we need to have ways to demand things calmly, not with guns and weapons. >> reporter: they have been handing in their weapons for parts of work in the program. as this country tries to move forward, it has to start somewhere. tania page. al jazeera car >>> the u.s. coalition says air strikes have killed ten senior i.s.i.l. leaders in iraq eau and syria this month. among them is charaffe al_mouadan who is the u.s. says had ties to the master minds to the paris attacks. sweeping and cle

and groups including i.s.i.l. operate in north africa but analysts say the decision of the leader here to align his group once more with al-qaeda, not i.s.i.l., is unsurprising. >> i think in this particular context it's probably more personality based but it's possible the kinds of ideology flows from that in some way but i think this group is very much one that is sort of linked around the individual leader and he is a figure who has always been very explicit in the al-qaeda camp rather than the i.s.i.l. camp. >> reporter: he says they want the fighters freed from mali's prisons and armies attacks on the northern mali to stop. mali has been in a political crisis since the coup thee years ago and it was followed by an armed rebellion in the north which led to french military involvement. since then mali has taken control of its own security but its allies france and the united states remain ready to help as they did during the attack on the radisson blu hotel. the leader of al-qaeda's north african branch says in his audio message he welcomed the hotel attack and will stay warned of m

jazeera and still to come trouble for south africa president zuma and appoints the third finance minister in less than a week. >>> i'm in las vegas with the trump campaign, the man who is the frontrunner for the republican presidential nomination and changing the political play book in the u.s. ♪ the only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and that's what we're doing at xfinity. we are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. and this includes our commitment to being on time. every time. that's why if we're ever late for an appointment, we'll credit your account $20. it's our promise to you. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. hello again and you are watching al jazeera the top stories there and has been isolated outbreaks in yemen less than two hours after a ceasefire came into force the truce has been aren'ted to coincide with peace talks between the warring sides in switzerland. saudi arabia has announced new alliance of 34 countries with the