environment magazine. on d w. this week on the world stories. the women of morocco. and an uncertain future salvadorians facing expulsion from the u.s. but first we turn to bangladesh bloggers commentators and human rights activists have increasingly attracted the wrath of radical islamists in the southern asian nation. the father of one of their victims. and their student said dhaka university letting the had down the semester is over. just a few metres away is the spot where dry was murdered in february two thousand and fifteen the atheist writer was paying a visit to book fair while walking home with his wife he was attacked by radical islamists we're doing machetes. royce father is heartbroken h o royce a retired professor of physics has son of egypt was one of five secular guys murdered in two thousand and fifteen three years later and none of his killers has been convicted average royce father placed the great his share of the blame with the government. to have a did you hear did it. all. in on publish what. they have discontinued which. should be. ready. if. the country has be

border crossing has brought to light a darker side of morocco's trade relationship with spain most of morocco's imports come by way of spain some make the thirty kilometer crossing from the spanish port of cirrus to the spanish enclave of sciutto on morocco's northern coast they are then transported through customs into morocco but some importers take advantage of a new poll to avoid paying customs duties namely by having the goods carried literally and it's morocco's most vulnerable women who pay the price. every pace is a struggle hand to hand battle with burdens weighing up to one hundred kilos these moroccan women work as mules moving merchandise across the border from the spanish enclave of seawater into morocco. all this to get fifteen euros per trip the taxi to the border costs four euros before we even start how are we supposed to eat. legal commerce across the border between spain and morocco or tax evasion goods carried across the border on foot don't attract import duties depending on what they carry these women earn between ten and twenty five euros a load. the trade is we

between spain and morocco that story and a whole lot more is coming up in just a few minutes here on state of the in news in the meantime i'm sorry i'm s. heard kelly thank you so much for your company here. frank food. international gateway to the best connection sells road and rail. located in the heart of europe you are connected to the whole world. experience outstanding shopping and dining offers and trying our services. be our guest at frankfurt. managed by for. i. cannot go out of my will not succeed in dividing us so i don't not succeed in taking the people off the streets because we're tired of the stick trying to show up. taking the stand global lose that matters. made for mines. they came to reform france and europe one of us into a man with presidency we look at his achievements and challenges also coming up more rock n women their heavy loads so that a few business men can avoid paying important duties. welcome to you. business now this week marks one year since france elected a man when mccall as president and since then he has wasted little time following through his c

so that they can keep their family together. most of morocco's imports come by way of spam many through the enclave of saotome morocco's northern coast. although profitable for importers it's morocco's most vulnerable women who pay the price. every pace is a struggle hand to hand battle with burdens weighing up to one hundred kilos these moroccan women work as mules moving merchandise across the border from the spanish enclave of seawater into morocco. all this to get fifteen euros per trip the checks each of the border costs for euro's before we even start how we supposed to each. legal commerce across the border between spain and morocco or tax evasion goods carried across the border on foot don't attract import duties depending on what they carry these women earn between ten and twenty five euros a load. i'm not. in the trade as well organized by wholesalers who make a generous margin. for general medical gain a bit annoyed that the moroccan state gives nothing to women what do you want that they go into prostitution no they come here they transport a packet and then they can

proposalfrom the usa, canada and mexico up against morocco. the race is thought politically to be too close to call despite a big financial and infrastructure gap between the bid from north america and its north african rival. our sports news correspondent richard conway has been to morocco to assess their bid. this is the training academy on the outskirts of the moroccan capital and it is here that youngsters aged between 12 and 19 perceive an academic education and a football education. it is a hothouse of moroccan footballing talent and they are proud of this facility and their world cup bid. they want the world cup here in 2026 and speaking to the players, you can see what a catalyst it is and what a target it is for them to aim at, as they try to become professional players. them to aim at, as they try to become professional playersm them to aim at, as they try to become professional players. it is a great honour to organise the world cup here in morocco. and we have all the facilities to do that. i think. football is live, you know. that vote for the 2026 world cup takes place i

the us, canada and mexico, and one from morocco. to north africa to evaluate to moroccan case. his report contains some flashing images. chanting. then morocco's bid for 2026 would be a certainty. to cheer on their side. wants fifa's members to see and vote for. world cup and there is no shortage of enthusiasm. what there is is a shortage of infrastructure. of the sort of investment morocco must make. morocco is modernising. of recent investment. to the global event. to morocco 2026. on the continent's young generation of football fans. it would be an honour to host the world cup, this boy told me. many famous players will come here. it can deliver huge profits. politics is never far from the surface with fifa, though. work to lobby against the us bid. want voters to decide solely on sporting merit. but what is in the best interests of football. thought to be too close to call. where the stakes are high. and for moroccan fans, it would mean the world. richard conway, bbc news, casablanca. been largely sidelined. as michael cowan reports. north korea is the world's most repressive r

, morocco's bid for 2026 would be a certainty. would be a certainty. thousands of fans turned out to cheer on their side. cheer on their side. football but morocco wants fifa's members to see and vote for. members to see and vote for. believes it has a chance of hosting the 2026 world cup. the 2026 world cup. there is no shortage of enthusiasm. shortage of enthusiasm. what there is is a shortage of infrastructure. is is a shortage of infrastructure. the sort of investment morocco must make. make. country can play host to the global event. event. gathering of people and we want to have the world coming in 2026. have the world coming in 2026. continent's young generation of football fans. football fans. to host the world cup, this boy tell me, many famous players come here. me, many famous players come here. morocco would need to beat a bit from the united states and canada. from the united states and canada. politics is never far from the surface with fifa. surface with fifa. countries that we always support was to lobby against the us bid. to lobby against the us bid. north americans

preserve the around nuclear deal. and the dark side of trade between spain and morocco the moroccan women working in so-called mules carrying heavy merchandise across the border businessmen exploiting them to take advantage of an import tax loophole it is in our morocco's most vulnerable women are painted price . i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us international calls for restraint are growing after the most serious military confrontation between israel and iran in years the german chancellor on the america was among those who condemned the apparent or rainy in attacks on israeli positions and a phone call with iran's president hassan rouhani yesterday the channels are pointed out. that this is not the way forward and rouhani for his part said he does not want any new tensions in the mideast now those tensions were triggered when israel carried out widespread deadly raids tonight ago two nights ago against what it says were a rainy and targets inside syria now this was in response to israeli positions coming under was believed to be a rainy and rocket fire in the israeli

morocco's trade relationship with spain most of morocco's imports come by way of spain some make it the thirty kilometer crossing from the spanish port of us to the spanish enclave of sea uter on maracas northern coast then transported through customs into morocco and some importers take advantage of a loophole of avoiding paying customs duties namely by having the goods carried and that literally and its morocco is most vulnerable women who pay the price. every pace is a struggle hand to hand battle with burdens weighing up to one hundred kilos these moroccan women work as mules moving merchandise across the border from the spanish enclave of seawater into morocco. all this to get fifteen euros per trip the taxi to the border cost four euros before we even start how are we supposed to eat. legal commerce across the border between spain and morocco or tax evasion goods carried across the border on foot don't attract import duties depending on what they carry these women earn between ten and twenty five euros a load. i am not. going to trade as well organized by wholesalers who make a ge

football education. education. the hot of morocco pasay footballing talent. footballing talent. proud of this facility and proud of their world cup bid. their world cup bid. they want it here in 2026. here in 2026. them to aim at as they tried to become professional players. become professional players. great honour to organise the world cup here. in morocco. have all the facilities to do this i think. football is the... its life. the vote for the 2026 world cup will take place in moscow. take place in moscow. the usa canada and mexico combining for a joint campaign. for a joint campaign. to stage a 48 team world cup as it will be. will be. executive of the bit to see what he had to say. had to say. and its way of celebrating the gathering of people and everything. gathering of people and everything. we want to have the world coming into dust 26. into dust 26. it means a lot in every single aspect. every single aspect. russian world cup starts in a few weeks' time. and it is a key decision. decision. between the united states, mexico, canada. two bits i couldn't be more different. differ

political corruption plus the dark side of trade between spain and morocco they call them the mules moroccan women who carry heavy merchandise across the border businessmen exploit them to take advantage of an important tax loophole for rocco's most vulnerable women are paying the price and she cut cut cut. cut it. shut. what. combines the spectacle salt sexy dance music and a dose of pure catch it is of course the at your grow vision song contest it is this weekend and by golly i'm good at youth culture that will be here with all the favorites in. the order. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program they so much for joining us. iran's foreign ministry is condemning israel's attack on iranian targets inside of syria the first official reaction to the attack came from the ministry spokesman who called them a blatant violation of the country's sovereignty that were conducted on fabricated and baseless excuses for israel struck dozens of iranian targets inside of syria in retaliation for a rocket barrage on israeli positions in the golan heights now israel's government is blaming iranian

lobbyist helped arrange a $100,000 trim to morocco for guess who. epa chief scott pruitt. that very same lobbyist now has a $40,000 a month contract with the moroccan government. pretty swampy huh? >>> the president's longtime doctor goes off claiming the president's men raided his office and revealed what we all expected about his glowing review of president trump's health. >> that letter that showed up in "times" about his health, he wrote it himself. you know that. >> yeah. >> he wrote it himself. >> that's for real today. we begin with robert mueller issuing a warning to the president, testify or else. now, the threat of a subpoena is adding new drama and adding new details. i have a great team to break all of it down. but first, i want to explain why this is such a big deal. up to this point, we had understood that mueller's team and the president's team were investigating a possibility of an interview. according to "the washington post" those investigations got very heated during a meeting back in march. that's when the protests, quote, president trump's lawyers insisted he ha

scott pruitt. more questions about the epa chief and $100,000 trip to morocco. >>> also the battle at the border despite the president's attacks on that migrant caravan, dozens of them seeking asylum have already been processed. next. and start to cause what we call acid erosion. if there's a thinning of the enamel, the teeth actually start to appear more yellow. with pronamel, it is making your teeth harder and stronger and more resistant to wear. start using pronamel right away and have that be your toothpaste for the rest of your life. these are the last set of teeth that you're getting, you don't get another set, you have to protect them. ♪ the nation's largest senior-living referral service. for the past five years, i've spoken with hundreds of families and visited senior-care communities around the country. and i've got to tell you, today's senior-living communities are better than ever. these days, there are amazing amenities, like movie theaters, exercise rooms and swimming pools, public cafes, bars, and bistros, even pet-care services. and nobody understands your options li

, again, over his foreign travels. most notably a trip to morocco last year to promote natural gas, something that's not part of the epa. the trip cost taxpayers more than $100,000. partly arranged by a long time lobbyist friend. he was hired by morocco's government. he was a lobbyist for 13 years for comcast, parent company of msnbc. he did not respond to the post request for comment. legal experts tell the post it's very unusual for someone outside the u.s. government to help arrange such travel details for the head of a federal agency. revealing the key role outsiders have played in pruitt's foreign travel. thank you very much for joining us. tell us your main concern. we've been focusing on the ethical travels that i've been worried and a lot of my colleagues that we haven't had the bandwidth to look more closely in the deregulation and that's something you addressed in your op-ed. the epa administrator, his job is to protect the health of the american public and from what i read, what i see he's doing quite a opposite. i think he's more interested in helping corporate allies g

a night berrien affair with spain taking on torch ago there's also the matter of a tricky morocco side and the relatively unknown quantity of iraq. we might be a long way from russia but madrid is the real battleground for this world cup for one simple it's the home of europe's most successful ever club site and at the heart of that is the man who is unquestionably the biggest footballer of all time christiane i right now one so i'm going to win this battle for now on all of his adopted father and could anyone else trip up one of these giants of the global game or we'll be laughing at spain again like in twenty fourteen pullover now don't be left in floods of tears again like two thousand and four. sit back and let me tell you what's going to happen in group b. . so here we are santiago bernabéu one of football's genuine coliseums where sorry many greats have graced the guy their current was not bad either what with all those champions league wins and some of those players will be heading to russia as part of the spain squad that includes elf capital and himself sergio ramos the

morocco the moroccan women working as so-called mules carrying heavy merchandise across the border businessmen exploit them to take advantage of the important tax loophole it's morocco's most vulnerable women who pay the price. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. iran's foreign ministry is condemning israel's attack on iranian targets inside of syria the first official reaction to the attack came from the ministry spokesman who called them quote a blatant violation of the country's sovereignty that were conducted on fabricated and baseless excuses for israel struck dozens of iranian targets inside of syria in retaliation for rocket barrages on israeli positions in the golan heights now israel's government is blaming iranian forces that are inside syria and has accused tehran of crossing a red line there have been growing international calls for restraint. on its way to destroy and defense system this slowdown fitted freddy's by israel's defense force shows one of the strikes on iranian military sites in syria israel's prime minister gave the justification.

morocco, and the revelation that the lobbyist who organized the trip for pruitt was then hired by the government of morocco as a $40,000-a-month foreign agent. 40 grand? for that kind of money, you could join the soundproof booth of the month club! of course, the e.p.a. insists that his trip to morocco was a legitimate effort to nail down details of a bilateral trade agreement. and thanks to scott pruitt denying global warming, we'll soon be trading climates with morocco. ( laughter ) speaking of shady business, a museum in southern france has discovered more than half its collection is fake. yeah, yeah, they're pretty upset about that. more upset than i thought. ( laughter ) it's the biggest scandal to hit the french art world since we learned that mimes can talk. ( laughter ) they've. been. lying. to. us. ( laughter ) located in a small town in southern france, this museum is centered around the early 20th century painter etienne terrus. never heard of him? then boy do i have some paintings to sell you. ( laughter ) because when a local art historian reviewed the collection, he foun

eventually expanded into all of his 2017 travel including expensive trips to morocco and italy. >> $100,000 trip to morocco. >>> if democrats regain control of the house in november, nancy pelosi plans to reclaim her old job as speaker. in an interview with the "boston globe," the minority leader says, quote, we will win. i will run for speaker. i feel confident about it, and my members do, too. a lot of democrats believe new blood is needed at the top of the party. they want more moderate voices from the nation's heartland to help them appeal to more blue collar voters. police's also become the primary tug of republicans ahead of midterms. yes, you will be seeing pelosi all across the country in republican ads as we approach the midterms. they believe she is easy to run against. republicans like that optic. >> okay. >>> nine minutes past the hour. temperatures are rising. so are -- also rising, bug-borne diseases typically transmitted in the summer. why has the number nearly quadrupled in the u.s. since 2004? ahh... summer is coming. and it's time to get outside. pack in even

depressants of the group in the north east of nigeria. iran's ambassador to morocco is being expelled and diplomatic ties cut because the iranians are accused of supporting the policy front the opposition groups fighting for independence from western sahara. iran and its lebanese hezbollah a training and fighters. the reason behind what we did today is related to a threat to our national security and to the safety of our citizens morocco has obtained strong indications and evidence that hezbollah in coordination with and support from the iranian embassy. has provided all kinds of support to the post to foreign military commando and to train the policy they even handed arms to the policy in september and november i have handed all this evidence today to my iranian colleague during a visit to tehran. millions of privately owned homes could be seized by the syrian government under a new property law homeowners have until the middle of next month to present their deeds of ownership or risk losing their properties well that includes the hundreds of thousands of people who've been displaced

its commitment to end the precedence of the group in the north east of nigeria morocco has suffered diplomatic ties with iran accusing tehran of supporting the opposition group the policy front pasar is fighting for independence for western sahara most of which is on the moroccan control of iraq accuses iran and its lebanese ally hezbollah of supporting policy by training and arming its fighters the rocket will close its embassy in tehran and will expel the iranian ambassador about. the reason behind what we did today. is related to a threat to our national security and to the safety of our citizens morocco has obtained strong indications and evidence that hezbollah in coordination with and support from the iranian embassy. has provided all kinds of support to the post to foreign military commando and to train the policy they even handed arms to the policy in september and november i have handed all this evidence today to my iranian colleague during a visit to tehran. millions of privately owned homes could be seized by the government in syria under a new property law syrians have u

when the war and. iran. rejecting accusations from morocco that they've been training and arming fighters from the audio front opposition groups in the disputed western sahara iran's ambassador has been expelled from the capital robot and diplomatic ties have been severed hezbollah accuses moroccan leaders of yielding to what it calls american israeli and saudi pressure. as in the moroccan capital robot with the details. a few days after the u.n. security council adopted neuros aleutian on western sahara morocco has decided to cut its diplomatic ties with iran morocco says he has evidence of. the lebanese movement backed by iran helping the polish are you front movement which claims independence of western sahara by providing the movements of the of the polish how you've done with technical and military assistance via an iranian diplomat based in algiers. moroccan foreign minister traveled yesterday to tehran and met with his counterpart. and explained this evidence and presented this evidence to. he said that he wanted some answers from his iranian colleagues but he also said th

over trip to morocco. >> brangham: the "washington pt"nd others reported that pruitt's trip to north africa last december was arranged in part by his longtime friend, former comcast lobbyist, richard smotkin. a few months after the trip, according to the post, smotkin was awarded a $40,000-a-month thontract he moroccan government. federal laws prohibit public officials fromsing government resources to financially benefit their friends. but the e.p.a. has insisted the trip was proper and that pruitt did not fully know about smotkin's ties to the moroccan gerent. pose of the trip has bee publicly questioned by some lawmakers, and so was its cost, which reportedly topped $100,000. juliet eilperin of the "washington post" helped break this most recent story about scott pruitt. welcome. >> hello. >> brangham: what else to you tell us about the trip to morocco and the questions about it? >> dollar lot of interesting aspects of this trip, but irt would sith the fact that first of all many people, as yo notestioned why the administrator was going there. it is true he did spend part of his ti

the agency. looks a little bit fishy to me. as i understand it your trip to morocco cost taxpayers nearly $100,000, but had little connection to the epa's traditional mission or activities. it is also reported that the trip was largely organized and arranged by richard smolken a comcast lobbyist you have reportedly known for over a decade. almost immediately after the trip mr. smolken became a registered foreign agent on behalf of the moroccan government with a $40,000 a month contract. individuals familiar with your morocco trip indicated that mr. smolken was, quote, a near constant presence during your trip but mr. smolken has also been involved in other matters with the epa during your tenure, for example, he arranged your meeting with canadian prime minister steven harper, tried to plan two other trips to australia to address a business council for international understanding and dined with you on multiple occasions in 2017. did you discuss official epa matters with mr. smolken during any of your extensive interactions with him? >> i'm so glad you've asked this question about m

trip to morocco cost taxpayers $100,000 but had little connection to the epa's traditional mission or activities? the trip was largely organized and arranged by a comcast lobbyist, reportedly you have decade.m for over a almost immediately after the trip, he became a registered foreign agent on behalf of the with an government, $40,000 a month contract. individuals the milieu with the trip indicated he was "a near constant presence," during your trip. he has also been involved in other matters with the epa during your tenure. he arranged a meeting with the prime minister, tried to plan two trips to lust really a for a business council with international understanding, and tied with you on multiple occasions in 2017. did you discuss official epa matters during any of your extensive interactions with him? is one ofitt: morocco these situations, we were on the ground for 36 hours. sen. udall: i asked you a very specific question. matters?discuss epa madame chair, he is not answering my question. >> you need to give him an opportunity. trip, pruitt: the morocco there is a free trade agree

and prove their soil at a locally sustainable level you know. these agricultural experts from morocco share the same goals agriculture plays a fundamental role where they come from. here they can see first hand how soil improvement functions in detail. that helps them find solutions for their own environmental problems. and very dark you see. in general our main problem is the intensification of agriculture because it also leaves us with fewer organic waste products for food money as you know our city. they want to use the charcoal rich terror prater in morocco as well if it's such and bring it also into as a material. it once the ground is contaminated or depleted it takes many years to recover so we have to find a solution to tackle that problem. and the soil we've been shown here the terra preta is an excellent solution. these riesling vines when growing well anymore many of them were small and spindly. the ground was dry and depleted so the vintner added terra prater to the soil. this is sort of thing is we're here in an area where vineyards have existed for almost two thousand ye

the mediterranean from morocco to spain with tons of hashish it finds its way to buyers across europe it is a frustrating race or police who often find themselves outclassed by newer and faster boats all the smugglers have made the spanish city of. own their home port located just across the strait of gibraltar it is a place increasingly plagued by violence and corruption members of its police force have been attacked by crowds while seizing drugs one officer was run over and killed while chasing a smuggler and most recently masked men freed a suspected trafficker from a hospital while he was under police guard our first report features a local policeman who's speaking out anonymously about a city living in fear. the african coastline is just barely visible on the horizon yet morocco one of the biggest cash producers worldwide is just thirty kilometers away more trucks than ever before are passing through la linea dellec concepts young spain people are worried that a lot of them it's never been this battle the empathy the reforms bedrocks here but not on the scale he must really add e

to escape in a movie in adam our state no group has yet claimed responsibility but. morocco has severed diplomatic ties with iran accusing terror on of supporting the opposition group the policy area front policy areas fighting for independence for western sahara most of which is under moroccan control morocco accuses iran and its lebanese ally hezbollah of supporting policy by training and arming its fighters oracle would close its embassy in tehran and will expel the iranian ambassador in robots the highest ranking chinese official to visit north korea and three years as arrived in the capital china's foreign minister wang knees there for a two day visit relations have been strained over a cut in chinese exports to pyongyang as part of sanctions against its nuclear program. six people have died after a sudden snowstorm left hikers stranded in the swiss alps fourteen were stuck outdoors without shelter overnight near the matter horn five italians and a ballgame and woman didn't survive well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after slavery a twenty fir