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 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 feed their children or i don't recall that out she was a mother and her blind daughter it's handicapped women the elderly sing

most of morocco's imports come by way of spain many through the enclave of same time 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 taxi to the border cost for euro's before we even start how 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'm not. going to trade as well organized by wholesalers who make a generous margin. for example model again a bit like 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 feed their children or i don't recall that out she was a mother a

trade relationship with spain much of morocco's imports make the thirty kilometer crossing from the spanish port of alga cirrus to the spanish enclave of say utah on morocco's northern coast they then transported through customs some importance take advantage of a loophole 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 to trip the taxi to the border cross for euro's 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 sure you have. the trade as well organized by wholesalers who make a generous margin. for general medical gain a

avoid the import duties moroccan women pay a heavy price for a trade the loophole 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

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. the students at dachau university the had on the semester is over. just a few metres away is the spot where black object roy was murdered in february two thousand and fifteen the atheist writer was paying a visit to a dock us book fair while walking home with his wife he was attacked by radical islamists wielding machetes. roy's father is heartbroken ajor roy is a retired professor of physics his son of egypt was one of five sexual ablog us murdered in two thousand and fifteen three years later none of his killers has been convicted average royce father laced the greater share of the blame with the government. who have been here did it. all. but. if this could get in or. should be. ready. or not if. the country has been governed by a prime minister shake. extends two thousand and ni

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 in a couple of weeks' time in moscow and morocco are up against a north american birds, usa, canada and mexico combining. morocco believes it has the ability to stage the world cup and i have been speaking to the chief executive to hear what he has to say. we would be so hear what he has to say. we would be so proud to welcome all the footballers of the world and it is a way of celebrating the gathering of people and we want to have the world coming tomorrow —— coming to earth in 2026. the decision on where the 2026 world cup will be played is made the david silva —— like the day before the russian world cup starts and it is a key decision, between morocco and between the usa, mexico and canada, two bids that could not be more different, morocco needing to and from —— to upgrade infrastructure and stadiums. c4‘s voters must now make a big decision

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 want voters to analyse sporting merit. analyse sporting merit. focused on which is growing the sport at grassroots. sport at grassroots. geopolitical context, but what is in the best interests for football. the best interests for football. different but this race is now thought to be too close to call. thought to be too close to call. financial, where the stakes are high. high. for the moroccan fans, it would mean the world. while playing for liverpool. in russia at the world cup. by a reporter as he left the airpoirt in valencia. posted on social media. with the injuted left arm! world cup, with egypt returning for the first time since 1990. while, panama are making their debut in the tournament. american team. here they are meeting the country's president, juan carlos varela. costa rica in the final round

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 generous

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 regime. an absolute control over information. access to the internet. questions to two ordinary north koreans. concealing their identities. this man is a father who works in the military. husband and two daughters. notorious labour camps. by calling them spies. they make up stories for their own performance. to china and then deport them. here there are a lot of government captures. people arrested and take

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 occupied golan heights just across the bor

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. different. morocco needing to upgrade its infrastructure. upgrade its infrastructure. next year and offering huge amounts of revenue. of revenue. voters, all 211 member nations must now make a very big decision. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. bringing us tomorrow. chartered certified accountants. welcome

and one candidates attempt to stop 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 gover

morocco last december. said to "the washington post" it cost more than 100,000 bucks. later on in april, he won a $40,000 a month contract working for the moroccan government. just a reminder, pruitt and the epa facing at least 11 federal investigations right now. i want to bring in eric lipton. he's a national skornts for "the new york times." he co-wrote one is of these. and he worked for comcast, the parent company, he left that company after july. >> so he and pruitt get to know each other when pruitt is the attorney general, pruitt is going to park city, utah, a ski resort. and there's a gathering of attorneys generals. and snotkin and pruitt get to know each other. and he's pushing them to go after google. because it thinks google is allowing nbc to be bootlegged on the internet. so they become close. and he's working along with other attorneys general to go after google. fast forward, pruitt is epa, and he comes up to him and talks about meeting with the former canadian prime minister. and then he's presumably pursuing a lobby extract. so, he helps pruitt arrang

a new report says that he took this $100,000 trip to morocco. well, it was partly arranged by a lobbyist. >> that friend became a registered foreign agent for the moroccan government in his role in this trip is raising new questions this morning. cnn's renee march has more. >> reporter: we're learning that pruitt's trip to morocco was twice as expensive as originally thought this all according to the "the washington post." back to that lobbyist involved in arranging that trip. richard snowkin not only helped arrange the trip but he participated in meetings during the trip including meetings with industry. then just months later the moroccan government hired him to work as a foreign agent. it raises questions, did he get the job because he successfully organized this trip for pruitt? it's also very unusual for lobbyist to be involved in planning a trip for the head of a federal agency. there's a lot more pruitt news today. just in the last 24 hours we learned that two key aides abruptly left the agency including the head of his security team. dem

when you look at something like this trip to morocco where he missed the flight to morocco from paris so ended up having to spend another day and a half and another night in paris. only in morocco for one day on this three day jaunt in an area completely outside of his agency's work. how do they defend that? >> that's difficult for me to speak to. it does seem the administrator went outside the scope of his responsibilities as epa administrator on an energy trip. in terms of ethical issues surrounding the trip, as a federal flow we had to take ethics training every year. we all know what waste frauds and a abuse look like. it's drilled into us. we know what the con squsequenc are. these are regulations that we follow. that we're obligated and required to follow. if all of us have to follow these regulations, doesn't it follow the administrator does too. he's supposed to set the example. there's like 12 investigations going on with the administrator. i'm confident the current investigations will reveal the facts and show what's happening or not. >> best to you and thanks very much for

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 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 feed their children i don't recall that out she was a mother and her blind daughter it's handy kept women the elderly single mothers or widows morocco's most vulnerable women who do this heavy work. a few weeks ago two women were killed in a stampede crushed by the weight of the bundles now spanish authorities have imposed stricter regulations on the trade they've demanded that the women use trolleys many say that this has only made the job harder. but these women count themselves lucky to have been able to get over the spanish authorities only allow four thousand porters per day to cross

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 and fear returning to government controlled territory re

is 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 won't be a pushover they have you they sense about many commanding. troops and some tricky attacking midfielders like fall and shell k. youngster i mean ari but even with them and real madrid's ass rafiki me i just don't see them troubling the iberian big boys. and as for iran just to keep the madrid league going they have form of portugal and of course rail coach carlos queiroz in charge. but in my eyes they still don't have anywhere near enough to get out of the great. so here's my prediction for how great they will finish success for madrid spain as they finish top and success just about the madrid favorite summer now though as portugal finished second disappointment for morocco is third place sees them depart and predictable failure for iran as they complete the group in full. one calling spain to finish top of the great part that doesn't mean portugal won't go further than their neighbors overall if you're a twenty sixteen taught us anything it's that you can never write off for now those boys. what a handsome chap wish to keep you around madrid

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 time working on bilateral trade agreement between morocco and the.s. however, according to the y porting at the we've done, he was vcused on the issue of natural gas exports from the united states to morocco, that's what he focused on in the runup to the trip and also while he was there and,ain, much of this trip was arranged by richard smotkin. as much as a friend of his who has worked as a lobbyist in different capacities and both some of the information we got today as well as yesterday shows that he was intimately involved in essentially serving as a liaison between the moroccan government and pruitt's top aides, both as they were trying to decide what he would do and once they arrived at block o he joined them, whether a constantc presence atl events as well as some of t

hear what its citizens think about the historic summit and the dark side of trade between spain and 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

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 found that 82 of the 140 pieces in the collection were counterfeits. 82! less than half of the paintings are real? you're a museum like how gatorade is juice. ( laughter ) apparently, some of the forgeries didn't even try. one painting included a castle tower that had been built in the late 1950s even though etienne terrus died in 1922. ( laughter ) experts were further tipped off when t

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 that he believed was in shock and provided no substantial answer and thus this decision by morocco to ties to recall him in iran and ask the iranian ambassador morocco to leave this is a very dramatic development in the iranian moroccan relations we remember that in two thousand and nine these relations were severe and then restored when you fourteen at the time nobody traveled to tehran to inform the iranians and the seriousness of the evidence of the moroccan says they have about this alleged have

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 morocco because it's one of those situations that we were on the ground for 36 hours -- >> i'm -- sir, i just asked you a very specific question. >> and i feel like -- chairman, if i could -- >> did you discuss -- did you discuss -- madam chair, he is not answering my questions. >> you need to give him an opportunity to answer. >> you made a lot of statements, senator, with respect to characterizing the morocco trip and there was a free trade agreement

morocco is a number -- is another natural partner with a strong commitment to pluralism. in 2015, the king established the mohammed the sixth institute withhe training of imams, male and female religious guidance. its mission is to promote religious scholarship and a message of tolerance, particularly in africa. school attracts students from across continents and from europe as well. a student body of over 12,000 asple per year hail as far morocco, guinea, mali, senegal, -- voices that will ultimately drown out the extremism preached by isis and al qaeda. what is the u.s. role? candidly, i think we need to approach that question with modesty. the federal government is not a religious authority. there are limits to what we can do to disprove our adversaries' theological claims. partner witho is leaders and authorities who share our values and interests. let me tell you what the counterterrorism bureau in particular, and the state department in general, has been doing to support our friends in this contest of ideas. promoting authentic voices committed to pluralism and huma

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the one to morocco reportedly cost $100,000 along with a lobbyist. >> yeah. certainly is a huge distraction. the white house has said that they're happy with his work, what he's been doing, slashing regulations. but all of that spending and all of those conflicts certainly overshadow that. >> tough to explain his continued presence. all right. >>> temperatures are going up, up, up. so are bug-borne illnesses. 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 more adventure with audible. with the largest selection of audiobooks. audible lets you follow plot twists off the beaten track. or discover magic when you hit the open road. with the free audible app, your stories go wherever you do. and for just $14.95 a month you get a credit, good for any audiobook. if you don't like it exchange it any time. no questions asked. you can also roll your credits to the next month if you don't use them. so take audible with you this summer... on the road... o

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 first century evil staging and so watching. u.s. president donald trump has said he will slap n

it is true he did spend part of his time working on a bilateral trade agreement tween morocco and the u.s. however, according to the eporting at the we've done, he was very focused on the issue of natural gas exports from the united states to morocco what he focused on in the runup to the trip and also while he was there and, again, much of this trip was arranged by richard smotkin. so as much as a friend of his who has worked as a lobbyist in different capacities and both some of the infortion we got today as well as yesterday shows that he was intimately involved in essentially serving as a liaison between the moroccan gt overnmd pruitt's top aides, both as they were trying to decide what he would and once they arrived at block o he joned them, whether a constant presence at social events as well as some of the official meetings on the itinerary. >> brangham: the question would be, i guess, smotkin helps arrange the trip and in some way helps pruitt get to morocco wd a onths later smotkin gets this lucrative contract.t' tthe ethical question here? >> yes, that's the most pressinh ea