damming the river nile ethiopia's prime minister questions whether the largest hydroelectric project in africa will ever see the light of day is years away from opening because of controversy and construction delays and what about water shortages feared in neighboring egypt this is inside story. and on welcome to the program for autumn the grand renaissance stand being built an ethiopian is planned to be the largest hydroelectric power plant in africa with a multi-billion dollar project which ethiopia says is vital for its future economy it's dogged by dispute and delays in egypt and also rely on the revenue egyptian farmers fear they'll have less water to irrigate their fields ethiopian government leaders deny they'll cause water shortages talks have been deadlocked for months and leaders have valid to iron out their differences peacefully egypt's foreign ministers some issue korea and head of intelligence met ethiopia's prime minister on monday for the latest talks. well if the o.p.'s prime minister is warning that the dam and his words may not see the light of day and blames a com

damming the river nile ethiopia's prime minister questions whether the largest hydroelectric project in africa will ever see the light of day is years away from opening because of controversy and construction delays and what about water shortages feared in neighboring egypt as inside story. on welcome to the program for autumn the grand renaissance stand being built an ethiopian is planned to be the largest hydroelectric power plant in africa with a multi-billion dollar project which ethiopia says is vital for its future economy it's dogged by dispute and delays in egypt and also rely on the revenue egyptian farmers fear they'll have less water to irrigate their fields ethiopian government leaders deny they'll cause water shortages talks have been deadlocked for months and leaders have valid to iron out their differences peacefully egypt's foreign ministers some issue korea and head of intelligence met ethiopia's prime minister on monday for the latest talks. well if the o.p.'s prime minister is warning that the dam and his words may not see the light of day and blames a company run

damning the river nile ethiopia's prime minister questions whether the largest hydroelectric project in africa will ever see the light of day is years away from opening because of controversy and construction delays and what about water shortages feared in neighboring egypt this is inside story. and welcome to the program i'm elizabeth arrived on the grand renaissance stand being built an ethiopian is planned to be the largest hydroelectric power plant in africa but the multi-billion dollar project was she the o.p.'s says is vital for its future economy it's dogged by dispute and delays in egypt and also rely on the revenue. egyptian farmers fear they'll have less water to irrigate their fields ethiopian government leaders deny they'll cause water shortages talks have been deadlocked for months and leaders have valid to iron out their differences peacefully egypt's far most us on the issue of korea and head of intelligence met ethiopia's prime minister on monday for the latest talks. his prime minister is warning that the dam and his words may not see the light of day and blames the

ethiopia's emperor of people -- appeared before the league of nations. [speaking ethiopian] narrator: "i must still fight on until my tardy allies appear, and if they never come, i say to you without bitterness, the west will perish." members of the league half-heartedly stopped trading with italy, but refused the only thing that will stop any aggressor, force. ethiopia was left to herself. native leaders came to pledge their allegiance. the people of ethiopia, with their spears and bare hands, faced the guns and the tanks of the invaders, fighting desperately and gallantly to save their country from conquest. they fought, and they died. but in the end, there could be but one result, might triumphed. italy conquered ethiopia. many of our elected leaders warned us of danger. franklin roosevelt: without a declaration of war and without warning or justification of any kind, civilians, including vast numbers of women and children, are being ruthlessly murdered with bombs from the air. narrator: but we were still hypnotized by the fact that two broad oceans s

ethiopia's emperor of people before the league of nations. ethiopian] narrator: "i must still fight on until my tardy allies appear, and if they never come, i say to you without bitterness, the west will perish." members of the league half-heartedly stopped trading with italy, but refused the only thing that will stop any aggressor, force. ethiopia was left to herself. native leaders came to pledge their allegiance. the people of ethiopia, with their spears and bare hands, faced the guns and the tanks of the invaders, fighting desperately and gallantly to save their country from conquest. they fought, and they died. but in the end, there could be but one result, might triumphed. italy conquered ethiopia. many of our elected leaders warned us of danger. franklin roosevelt: without a declaration of war and without warning or justification of any kind, civilians, including vast numbers of women and children, are being ruthlessly murdered with bombs from the air. narrator: but we were still hypnotized by the fact that two broad oceans stood betwe

wired to prime minister abbey ahmed's rise to power ethiopia had had just two prime ministers in twenty three year olds. who spent his seventeen years consolidating power around his ethnic group the to. and. whose leadership only preserve the status quo ignoring widespread calls for a full. during that period ethiopia's democracy was stained with sham elections and clamped down some media criticism to coney and legislation such as the two thousand and four criminal code and the two thousand and nine anti terror proclamation was repeatedly abused landing thousands of journalists and political activists in prison and sending countless others into exile. i've been in prison my daughters for over nine years i'm for what for simply writing my views not nothing more this time i was in prison for six and that first i was charged as a terrorist. and loads. of course i've never been attacked there's this is what triggered for working as a journalist and turns into that. critical media was dissin of being disseminated one way or another and journalists to swear leaving the country we saw that kin

ethiopia was left to herself. leaders came to pledge their allegiance. [foreign language spoken] witheople of ethiopia, their spears and bare hands, faced the guns and tanks at the invaders, fighting desperately and gallantly to save the country from conquest. [explosions] [bombs whistling] they fought and they died, but in the end there could be but one result. might triumphed. italy concord ethiopia. many of our elected leaders warned of the danger. war,thout a declaration of and without warning or justification of any kind, civilians including vast numbers of women and children, are being ruthlessly murdered with bombs from the air. narrator: but we were still hypnotized by the fact that two broad oceans stood between us and the rest of the world. we did not realize that months -- had ended, that steamships had cut the months to days and the whole surface could be covered in the space of ours. nation that a wanted peace but we had not yet learned that these for us means piece for all. nobody would run the risk of war because of some barren plains in o

wired to prime minister abbey ahmed's rise to power ethiopia had had just two prime ministers in twenty three year olds. who spent his seventeen years consolidating power around his ethnic group the to griet and. whose leadership only preserve the status quo ignoring widespread calls for a full. during that period ethiopia's democracy was stained with sham elections and clamp down some media criticism draconian legislation such as the two thousand and four criminal code and the two thousand and nine anti terror proclamation was repeatedly abused thousands of journalists and political activists in prison and sending countless others into exile. i've been in prison my daughters for over nine years i'm for what for simply writing my views not nothing more this time i was in prison for six and that first i was charged. loads of course i've never been attacked there's this is what triggered for working as a journalist and turns into that. critical media was dissin of being disseminated one way or another and journalists to swear leaving the country we saw that kind of feel up in the media an

lot in the last few weeks in hama just earlier this week we were talking about the somali region in ethiopia talk us through what's happening with the aroma. kemal this is a huge boost for prime minister. because of the liberation from a group founded in one thousand seven hundred three and has largely been fighting for the independence of the almost region from the rest of ethiopia is from these all ethnic group one hugging a rebel group fighting his government which is from his own ethnic group would have been a setback for his government so this is a huge boost for him secondly he removed the almost liberation front from the list of terrorist organizations just last month something we knew would pave way for this agreement that was signed in us matter today but one of the main reasons why it's coming now and not because almost in power you also have lost considerable support which was reaching them from a trial which has now normalized relations with ethiopia good stuff mama gerri thank you for that update from djibouti saudi arabia state line is suspending flights to toronto in an intens

wired to prime minister abi ahmed's rise to power ethiopia had had just two prime ministers in twenty three years. who spent his seventeen years consolidating power around his ethnic group the to groening's and haile mariam to selling.

there that has in the city of pick up a couple of the somali region of ethiopia federal troops continue to arrive some of them by plane and on friday residents of the city was surprised to see federal troops and walling into their city with hunger and at this point the local or special police exchanged fire with the federal troops and these created some confusion in which. began something that's so the entire market of hugo looted two charges and up to fifty people losing their lives the government in december by justifies why it sends the troops saying that there was a rift between the regional administration and the federal government and that there was a plan by the region session to announce a separation or secession from the rest of ethiopia something that course outrightly denied by the original president. a leading syrian scientist reportedly involved in missile development has been killed in an explosion. and his driver died in the blast sites in twenty twelve an armed group killed another senior scientist in damascus israel and western intelligence agencies were accused of bein

ethiopia's government says troops was sent there to hold a secession attempt. and israel's prime minister is defending a new law which has outraged the country's druze minority on saturday trees protest has rallied against the legislation which they say reduces them to second class citizens even though they also in the military and in the police. that's it for myself in the team here in london coming up next it's witness. on counting the cost pakistan's new leader is facing some tough financial questions will be taking a look at the economic and human cost of extreme heat events plus china the u.s. and soybean economics counting the cost on i'll just be about. to. do. you. know. the man. that. there. is that he. would save me a lot of really. become so from what i would say. nestle the out of. the genius of the. head you know well you. know yeah. there was no if you really. are. think of the police when the going to be good when the guys would like a weekend for the day because of the type. of big data must remain at the met post have had enough good to stop at

mike hanna his era of fighting in eastern ethiopia is being followed by a whitening rift between the government and and regional leaders at least fifty people died in ethnic fighting which began when ethiopian troops were sent from the capital to make arrests injured jigger in somali state local military there for the ethiopian army and groups of ethnic somalis were reported to have been to businesses political leaders in somali state have long campaigned to join neighboring somalia. is in neighboring djibouti mohammed your sources telling us the latest information from this area. while a bit of a town condo in the city of the couple of the somali region to be here pure which lies on the border if you appear shares with somalia residents of the city won't friday to see tunks and troops rolling into the city taking over holliman some of the main streets and also surrounding the presidency and office of the president of the somali region and now government officials and others some of us say this was innocent tainted by a rift between them and the regional administration and a full on

and the growing on unrest in ethiopia's east and some on the region as federal troops try to take control. scrambling to protect the president venezuela's leader claims an assassination attempt during a military rally on his for the first trophy of the new english football season is already up for grabs premier league champions manchester city about to take on chelsea for the community shield. students have blocked roads for an eighth straight day in bangladesh and that campaign may be having some effect the prime minister and house a short time ago the police are launching a drive to in their words bring discipline on the roads the roads in the capital were blocked by protesters again on sunday and in several places around dhaka police fired tear gas to break up groups we'll get to that in a moment but first this report from paul chandler again. student protesters have blocked streets and boggled us for the past week they're demanding governor. action to improve road safety to young students were knocked down and killed by a bus last week traffic accidents kill at least seven thousand ba

is editor in chief of the standard that's an online news magazine covering ethiopia she says tensions have been building now from wild. intervention by the federal government police force and an army force begun actually unfolding on wednesday and thursday when so much i reached down to state government. for resource the paramilitary d.-u. for his first week with them came to drain to another neighboring city to disrupt meeting by elders who have been denouncing the human rights abuses of the region not government. the president and so they have sent to disrupt this meeting to three day work and that lead to an increase in the in military activity in that region by the federal police also leading to the bridge to us city administration which is a chartered city to declare passion military command post to protect the meeting and also the city so that events start unfolding on wednesday and thursday leading into the military the federal military to be deployed in and around got city yesterday no health insurance options in the united states are becoming more expensive and harder to come

there's growing concern about the rift between national and regional governments in ethiopia after at least fifty people were killed in fighting and ethnic violence in the east began when ethiopian troops were sent from the capital addis ababa to the eastern somali state to arrest regional officials there they clashed with local forces further violence followed with a force of groups of ethnic somalis attacking other civilians mounted the joins us live now from neighboring mohammed how significant is this. while quite significant. the people of good hugo was surprised to see government troops federal troops in their midst with their tongues surrounding parliament the president's residence and other important is the lucian's in the capital is when the local police force loyal to the regional president started attacking the federal troops something that created the riot which. resulted in the bombing of the charge of the looting of the town and the loss of almost fifty people in this city now all these potted according to senior government officials and that is because the federal troop

and eritrea recently that was brought together by the uae with a $3 billion investment into ethiopia , as part of a larger move for allowing russia into that part of africa. in addition to that, you're seeing ethiopia get closer to moscow on religious grounds which is part of the expanding tactic from the christian middle east. because of ethiopia's riches and the strategy to extract goods from that country out through we are going to see a lot of russian pmc's popping up there. let's go one seat down. thanks so much for speaking today. i have a quick question. with the tools we have available and knowing that we should be working with an international law and these companies work outside of that in the gray zone, what recommendations would you have for the west to combat this threat using the tools we have available? >> the threat is not primarily military. it's primarily political. to strengthen the economic and political capabilities of these states to deal with the problems they have civic conflicts don't corrupt in them or between them -- iraq in them or between them. them or er

there's a tense handle in the city of tick tick up a couple of the somali region of ethiopia federal troops continue to arrive some of them by claims and on friday were that into the city was surprised to see federal troops walling into this city with hun. at this point the local or special police exchanged fire with the federal troops and these created some confusion which. began something that's so high a market of you go to churches and up to fifty people losing their lives the government in addis ababa justifies why it sends the troops saying that there was not a rift between the regional administration and the federal government and that there was a plot by that it was russian to announce the suppression of secession from the rest of ethiopia something that was outrightly denied by the regional president . during his eyes jordan anderson who's an analyst of the africa country risk team that i am chess market thanks for coming in so what was your interpretation of events on the ground and what triggered all this so there's three key events that have triggered the deployment of fe

i think because of the agreement that was signed between ethiopia and eritrea just recently, that was brought together by the uae with the $3 billion investment into ethiopia, is part of a larger move for allowing russia into that part of africa. in addition to that you are seeing in ethiopia get closer to moscow on religious grounds, which is part of the expanding tactic from the christian middle east, and, therefore, because of ethiopia is strategy in which to extract goods from that country out through eritrea, i think that will be seeing a lot of russian pmc popping up there. >> since we are right there let's go just one seat down. right there. >> thanks so much for speaking today. i just have a quick question. with the tools we have available and knowing -- knowing that these companies go outside of that in this gray zone, what recommendations would you have for the west to combat this thread using the tools that we have available? >> first of all, the threat is not primarily military. the threat is fundamentally political. really when you do strengthen the economic and political

hired to prime minister ahmed rise to power ethiopia had had just two prime ministers in twenty three year olds. who spent his seventeen years consolidating power around his ethnic group the to groening's and. whose leadership only preserve the status quo ignoring widespread calls for a full. during that period ethiopia's democracy was stained with sham elections and clamp down some media criticism draconian legislation such as the two thousand and four criminal code and the two thousand and nine anti terror proclamation was repeatedly abused thousands of journalists and political activists in prisons and sending countless others into exile. i've been in prison my daughter's for over nine years. and for what for simply writing my views not nothing more this time i was in prison for six and that first i was charged as a terrorist. of course i've never been attacked first this is what triggered for working as a journalist and turns into that. critical media was dissin of being disseminated one way or another and journalists to swear leaving the country we saw that kind of feel up in the

there is a tense standoff in the city of to kick up a couple of the somali region of ethiopia federal troops continue to our lives some of them by planes and. they residents of the city was surprised to see federal troops rolling into the city with tongues and at this point the local or special police exchanged fire with the federal troops and these created some confusion in which. began something that's so the entire market of your looted to churches and up to fifty people losing their lives the government in december but justifies why it sends the troops saying that there was a rift between the regional administration and the federal government and that there were plans by the regional administration to announce a separation. from the rest of ethiopia something that course outrightly denied by the regional president mahmoud. a russia has given turkey just over a month to unite the syrian rebels in it live under one banner excluding the former affiliate the head of the share in the moscow ankara deal is meant to stop the syrian government from carrying out a military offensive on ita

ethiopia's government says troops were sent that to hold a secession attempt up talk to al jazeera is coming up next. it's a story of survival. it's a story about how people led to live in such a remote land. pretty true to the way it did with cheese and how that instinct help them recover from the financial crash i will continue as long as i can stand. this is a story about iceland. a jute on al-jazeera. and . you. will. see. the landmark conviction of. crimes and crimes against humanity by the international criminal court in the hague has now been overturned and mr bevan that cannot feed held criminally responsible under article twenty eight for the crimes committed by and all seek troops to end a car operation. the former rebel leader and vice president of the democratic republic of congo has spent nearly a decade behind bars. he was sentenced to eighteen years in prison up to sending his militia to the central african republic to help put down a coup attempt they conducted a reign of terror a rampage of looting and killing of civilians followed including the mass rape of hundreds

a hundred senators both using the hash tag aging you spread and tension rises in ethiopia's east in somali region a place run by local leaders but now federal government troops have taken control as the capital is hit by losing rioting and the burning of church. but the newsgroup to live on air and streaming online through you tube facebook live at al-jazeera dot com they say they wanted a peaceful protest but rubber bullets and tear gas have ended hopes of bangladesh's protests over road safety and the recent deaths of two students have become more violent this sunday tear gas has been used to break up the demonstrations in dhaka and activists say at least four people have been injured on what is now the eighth straight day of protests in a moment we are live to the streets of dhaka with some via choudhry first the full story with paul shouldn't you. student protesters have blocked streets and bangladesh for the past week they're demanding government action to improve road

in the city of a couple of the somali region of ethiopia federal troops continue to our lives some of them by planes and. they residents of the city was surprised to see troops rolling into the city with tongs and at this point the local or special police exchanged fire with the federal troops and these created some confusion in which. began something that's so high a market of hugo looted to churches bombed and up to fifty people losing their lives the government in addis ababa justifies why it sends the troops saying that there was a rift between the regional administration and the federal government and that there were plans by the regional administration to announce a separation or secession from the rest of ethiopia something that goes outrightly denied by the regional president mahmoud. standard that's an online news magazine covering ethiopia she says tensions have been building for a while. intervention by the federal government police force and an army force begun actually unfolding on wednesday and thursday when so much i reached down to state government. for me force the pa

there's a tense in the city of tick tick up a couple of the somali region of ethiopia federal troops continue to arrive some of them by claims and. the residents of the city was surprised to see a group troops walling into the city with tongues and at this point the local or special police exchanged fire with the federal troops and this created some confusion which. began something that's so the entire market of hugo looted to churches and up to fifty people losing their lives the government in addis ababa justifies what the troops saying that there was a rift between the regional administration and the federal government and that there were plans by the region with russian to announce the suppression of the session from the rest of ethiopia something that goes outrightly denied by the original president stopped him humble. honest on our suicide bombers attacked a checkpoint in jalalabad killing three soldiers and he said recently set up checkpoints around the east and says after a wave of deadly attacks that early as three soldiers from the czech republic were killed in and around t

prior to prime minister ahmed rise to power ethiopia had had just two prime ministers in twenty three year olds. who spent his seventeen years consolidating power around his ethnic group the to. and. whose leadership only preserves the status quo ignoring widespread calls for a full. during that period ethiopia's democracy was stained with sham elections and clamped down some media criticism to coney and legislation such as the two thousand and four criminal code and the two thousand and nine anti terror proclamation was repeatedly abused landing thousands of journalists and political activists in prison and sending countless others into exile. i've been imprisoned for over nine years i'm for what for simply writing my views not nothing more this time i was in prison for six and that first i was charged. and months of course i've never been attacked first. this is what triggered for working as a journalist and turns into that. critical media was being disseminated one way or another and journalists to swear leaving the country we saw that kind of feel up in the media and of course the

hired to prime minister ahmed rise to power ethiopia had had just two prime ministers in twenty three year olds. who spent his seventeen years consolidating power around his ethnic group the to. whose leadership only preserve the status quo ignoring widespread calls for a full. during that period ethiopia's democracy was stained with sham elections and clamped down some media criticism to coney and legislation such as the two thousand and four criminal code and the two thousand and nine anti terror proclamation was repeatedly abused thousands of journalists and political activists in prisons and sending countless others into exile. i've been in prison my daughters for over nine years i'm for what for simply writing my views not nothing more this time i was in prison for six and that first i was charged as a terrorist. of course i've never been attacked there's this is what you get for working as a journalist and turns into that. critical media was dissin of being disseminated one way or another and journalists to swear leaving the country we saw that kind of feel up in the media and o

ethiopia is home to over 80 different ethnic groups. in these latest clashes, oromo, gedeo and somali ethnic people have been driven from their homes. emmanuel igunza has this. it is example for anything that can be the fighting hunger and cold way. and just days, this has become home to more than 60,000 people who have escaped fighting between the gedeo and oromo communities. in the next two weeks, she will give birth to her fifth child. translation: as a pregnant woman it is very difficult here. theyjust look around and see this environment. how can i deliver my baby here? the government says we can go back on. there are still killings happening. it is a big problem. like her, few here are willing to return to their homes. across the country, more than 2 million people have been displayed by ethnic conflict. here in the capital, they can jump yet another conflict in the region has sought refuge. local security forces are accused of targeting somalis in what has been described by human rights groups as a vicious campaigns of killing, b

still to come this half hour a surgeon ethnic violence to space is almost one million people in ethiopia in less than four months. and iraq is protesting basser after contamination water leaves hundreds of people in hospital. hello it's good to have you back well we have been watching a tropical depression here across parts of taiwan move very slowly to the west where with this tropical depression we've seen quite a bit of rain across the area actually over nine hundred fifty millimeters just over the last forty eight to seventy two hours in this region now as a system makes its way a little bit more towards china the rain showers are going to continue but the amount is going to start to come down slowly but the flood risk will stay up over the next few days heavy rain also down towards hong kong over towards vietnam though hanoi not looking too bad for you maybe about thirty five degrees mostly cloudy conditions there were here across india their concern over the next few days is going to be up here towards the north and down here towards the east as well as saw the clouds on the satell

there are other reasons why the well i've signed this agreement in a smarter with the government in ethiopia and the hostilities with the state they were getting most of their support from the air tran government and now that the air tran government has normalized relations with the if european government support was not forthcoming the ethiopian government removed all liberation front from the role of terrorist organizations a distinction they were labelled by the former government just last month. the top stories here on al-jazeera iran's foreign minister has held talks with his north korean counterpart with u.s. sanctions on a name that's come into effect wow magellan's a reef met a young hole in tehran was being seen as a defiant message for the u.s. president. trumpeted that the sanctions are the most biting ever and calls and has warned businesses not to work with iran our white house correspondent kimberly how can some of them are listening. well the governments are doing one thing business is doing something very different of the last couple of hours we have news that the french auto

high level talks are taking place in ethiopia on the multi-billion dollar grad renaissance dam project that's upsetting egypt. so the united states and mexico have agreed to overhaul the north american free trade agreements known as snuff. discussions focus on new rules for the automotive industry that was a central issue for president bush described not as a disaster for american workers canadian prime minister justin trudeau is now under pressure to agree to new terms so made part of the three nation pact and he has assured mexico's president of his commitment to the agreement. well negotiations have dragged on for more than a year threats by trying to ditch the one nine hundred ninety four accord of cost turbulence on the financial markets putting pressure on the mexican paso and the canadian dollar speaking from the oval office the us president praised the new deal our white house correspondent kimberly haokip has the details. frequently accusing the news media of not reporting on his accomplishments u.s. president donald trump brought reporters into the oval office oh to listen in

ethiopia's federal government has taken over the administration of the volatile eastern somali region and to restore law and order the regional president resigned and agreed to hand over power after fifty people were killed in the regional capital gigo on saturday the violence began out of the government deployed troops sparking tension with local paramilitary forces ivory coast president alassane ouattara has issued an amnesty for the wife of former leader neural bank simone babbitt was jailed for twenty years in twenty fifteen for offenses against the state in the twenty eleven civil war. and a new wildfires broken out in california burning hundreds of hectares of scrub in a matter of hours planes and helicopters are battling the flames near tribute canyon in orange county people in the community of holy jim have been told to leave their homes as a precaution the army is sending troops to help emergency crews who are battling more than one hundred twenty fires across the western united states but those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story of the

ethiopia's defense ministry is promising to take all necessary measures to restore order in its east and somali reachin on saturday government troops clashed with paramilitary soldiers loyal to the local government in the regional capital juba ethiopia's government says troops was sent there to hold to secession attempt. and israel's prime minister is defending a new law which has outraged the country's druze minority on saturday druze protesters rallied against the legislation which they say reduces them to second class citizens even though they also serve in the military and the police but benjamin netanyahu said the law is meant to protect israel status as a jewish state. all that brings you up to date with all of our top stories i'll have more news for in about twenty five minutes time do join me then coming up next it's twice a victim. each so called terror attack in europe has been followed by an outpouring of. unfortunately these armed attacks have stirred hatred islamophobia is on the rise and fear of our muslim neighbors has grown. but you know every attack there were also m

there is a tense standoff in the city of to kick up a couple of the somali region of ethiopia federal troops continue to arrive some of them by planes and on friday residents of the city was surprised to see federal troops rolling into the city with tongues. at this point the local or special police exchanged fire with the federal troops and this created some confusion in which. began something that's so the entire market of looted to churches and up to fifty people losing their lives the government in addis ababa justifies why it sends the troops saying that there was a rift between the regional administration and the federal government and that there were plans by the regional administration to announce a suppression or secession from the rest of its european something that course outrightly didn't mind by the original president. let's talk more about this joining us on skype from atlanta as you are is a lecturer and political science at georgia when it college nice to have you with us your highness when things like this happen and i mean a big government with its coming in and usin

balance breaks out in ethiopia somali region is the government deploys troops after an apparent rift with the local authorities. the wire rock music festival dubbed russia's woodstock is providing the stage for the kremlin's heavy weapons as well as heavy metal. but no place in bangladesh have fired tear gas at thousands of angry students rallying for an eighth straight day in the capital dhaka demanding safer streets after two teenagers were killed by speeding buses last week the government has promised to crack down both on dangerous driving and the protesters and pro-government activists have been attacking demonstrators and journalists will try to jam has more. student protesters have blocked streets and boggle desh for the past week they're demanding government action to improve road safety traffic accidents kill at least seven thousand bangladeshis every year two young students were knocked down and killed by a bus last week in the net i'm going to we have been protesting on the roads for a few days with some of out demands with demanding justice for those students of the colle

damning the river nile ethiopia's prime minister questions whether the largest hydroelectric project in africa will ever see the light of day it's years away from opening because of controversy and construction delays and what about water shortages feared in neighboring egypt. story. and on a welcome to the program. the grand renaissance stand being built in ethiopia is planned to be the largest hydroelectric power plant in africa with a multi-billion dollar project which ethiopia says is vital for its future economy it's dogged by dispute and delays in egypt and also rely on the revenue the.

we've got a lot more coming up on this out is here in news hour including a surge an ethnic violence in ethiopia threatens to undermine the new prime minister's calls for unity. life goes on in syria as a dalit province but under the looming threat of a possible large scale military offensive. and install peace it will be here with all the latest from the asian games in jakarta on a day when twenty six gold medals are up for grabs. the palestinian leaders of strongly criticized the u.s. decision to cut more than two hundred million dollars in aid saying it shows how washington is using aid to influence policy that the u.s. is already withheld millions of dollars from the u.n. relief agency for palestinians the state department says the money will now be redirected to programs that quote align with the u.s. interests relations really in the u.s. in the palestinian leadership deteriorated after president trump recognized jerusalem as israel's capital and move the american embassy there in may let's go live now to our correspondent charles who is in girls authorise and charles two hundred million d

in addition to that you are seeing ethiopia get closer to moscow on religious grounds, which is part of the expanding tactic from the christian middle east. and, therefore, because of ethiopians riches and strategy which to extract goods from that country out through eritrea, i think we're going to be seeing a lot of russian pmcs popping up there. >> since w we're right there, let's go just one seat down. right there, ma'am. >> thanks so much for speaking today. i just have a quick question, with the tools that we have available and knowing that we should be working with international law and that these companies work outside of that in this sort of gray zone, what recommendations would you have for the west to combat this threat using the tools we have available? >> first of all, the threat is not primarily military. the threat is fundamentally political. really we need to strengthen the economic and political keep it those of the states to deal with the problems they had so that conflicts don't erupt in them are between them. which is what provides rush with opportunities. russia d

rioting looting and dozens of deaths the growing unrest in ethiopia's east and some ali region as federal government troops try to take control. rushing to protect their leader panic at a military parade in venezuela in what president maduro is calling an assassination attempt. and a show of force how russia's biggest rock festival is mixing music with military might. and i'm far as small with the sport including all the buildup as at forty zero as manchester city face chelsea with the first piece and silverware the new english football season on the line. below growing student protests in bangladesh are taking another dangerous turn in the past few hours police have fired tear gas to try to break up student demonstrations in the capital dhaka activists say at least four people have been injured on the eighth straight day of protests paul cheddar john reports. student protesters have blocked streets and for the past week they're demanding government action to improve row. it's safety to young students were knocked down and killed by a bus last week traffic accidents kill at least seven th

still ahead a knowledge is it of violence in ethiopia forces hundreds of thousands to flee their homes in a good undermining the new prime minister's calls for unity. and come pope francis' secure the future of ireland's catholic church as it reels from clerical sex abuse scandals. through tranquil rave you can you. deny it and it's in the. hello there it's mostly dry across the middle east at the moment you'd expect that at this time of year but we are seeing a little bit of cloud on our charts there through parts of tajikistan and up into canada stan few showers here but they're trying to clear away but i think we'll see a few more bubble up in the region as he had three saturday and sunday away from that mostly fine though and just hot kabul up at thirty one degrees and for the towards the west for baghdad will be up around forty five here in doha the temperatures are actually going to drop over the next couple of days look at this forty three on saturday but as we head into sunday thirty nine don't celebrate yet though the only reason the temperatures are coming down is because the

thank you so much mohamad with all the latest on on what's happening there in ethiopia somali region reporting to us from djibouti now the new christopher robin movie will not be released in china and many believe that's because leader xi jinping is prickly about comparisons between him and one of the lead characters winnie the pooh china's censorship of the cartoon battle started last year with authorities blocking images on social media because people were likening crews of parents to she is a dream brown explains. winnie the pooh of course means different things to different people to many children around the world he's the adorable pudgy bear with a partial for honey but it seems here in china he has become an enemy of the state that's because a new film made by disney christopher robin in which winnie the pooh of course has a starring role will not now be shown in china no reason has been given china imports about forty foreign films a year and while that quota hasn't been reached yet no reason has been given as to why christopher robin will not now be shown in china now winnie

that this company transition in local languages and messenger apps they've established a factory in ethiopia to show their commitment to africa and they've set a full customer care facility something glaringly missing from any other imported brands portfolio in my opinion they've done what nokia could have and should have done cater to the emerging markets across the developing world where they had originally begun connecting people so you know he basically the chinese mobile phone manufacturers certainly for the whole east africa they have money awfully on that market they're basically own that market at this point one of the trying to be the commodification of these high end products like the phone the i phone you know the as an extraordinary profit margin forty percent or so which is almost unheard of in the manufacturing business but as the market becomes saturated this type of product in this market where the margins are going to be thin they have a chance to penetrate that market and grab a large percentage of the market with a product that doesn't have the right. high margins but it w

can introduce cryptocurrency a frictionless market frictionless way to transfer value from kenya to ethiopia or you know tens and somewhere like that you are able to really. crypto in the u.s. are not high because there is no urgency but here there is urgency so the adoption rates in africa could skyrocket compare to the rest of the world and be the cutting edge toward crypto adoption for the world yeah but also i'm saying like we don't necessarily know what is opposed to us world oppose us empire world is going to look like we don't know yet what china will do that here they're building up africa is africa going to be one of the biggest economies in the. they entire continent is a enemy an economic force that it never has been in a thousand years a little headway i mean that's what could very well be a crypto makes that happen economies of crypto are exponentially more powerful than anything we've seen in the history of economics could leap frog by a hundred years of very very quickly well it'll be interesting to see and that's our summer solution for this we're looking at what china might

can introduce cryptocurrency a frictionless market frictionless way to transfer value from kenya to ethiopia or you know tens and somewhere like that you are able to really. crypto in the u.s. are not high because there's no urgency but here there is urgency so the adoption rates in africa could skyrocket compare to the rest of the world and be the cutting edge toward crypto adoption for the world yeah but also i'm saying like we don't necessarily know what is opposed to us world oppose us empire world is going to look like we don't know yet what china will do that here they're building up africa is africa going to be one of the biggest economies in the. they entire continent is a enemy an economic force that it never has been in a thousand years a little way i mean that's what could very well be a crypto makes that happen the economies of crypto are exponentially more powerful than anything we've seen in the history of economics could leap frog by a hundred years of very very quickly well it'll be interesting to see and that's our summer solution for this we're looking at what china might d

from sudan and egypt which fear the power generating dam could reduce their agricultural water supply ethiopia says that they will let the water pass through to generate as much as sixty four hundred . megawatts of electricity doubled their current level making them a net energy exporter mr because it was an abaya for an announced press conference addressing project delays leading to anguish suspicion and speculation across the of the o.p.'s to why mr kelly may have been murdered. as we reported last time the july jobs report is out and while the number of jobs created rose by one hundred fifty seven thousand it was be low what many expected that said there are on average each month this year two hundred twenty four thousand jobs created that's above this time last year the unemployment rate nudged down a tenth of a percent to three point nine percent and here to break it down further is conservative t.v. and radio commentator steve morals big steve happy monday welcome what does the bureau of labor statistics say about individual sectors like manufacturing or health care for july which did we

can introduce cryptocurrency a frictionless market frictionless way to transfer value from kenya to ethiopia or you know tens and somewhere like that you're able to really. crypto in the u.s. are not high because there's no urgency but here there is urgency so the adoption rates in africa could skyrocket them for the rest of the world and be the cutting edge toward crypto adoption for the world yeah but also i'm saying like we don't necessarily know what is opposed to us world oppose us empire world is going to look like we don't know yet what china will do that here they're building up africa is africa going to be one of the biggest economies in. entire continent is the enemy an economic force that it never has been in a thousand years a little why i mean that's what could very well be a crypto makes that happen economies of crypto are exponentially more powerful than anything we've seen in the history of economics could leapfrog by a hundred years of very very quickly well it'll be interesting to see and that's our summer solution for this we're looking at what china might do with the worl

can introduce cryptocurrency a frictionless market frictionless way to transfer value from kenya to ethiopia or you know tens and somewhere like that you're able to really. crypto in the u.s. are not high because there's no urgency but here there is urgency so the adoption rates in africa could skyrocket to the rest of the world and be the cutting edge toward crypto adoption for the world yeah but also i'm saying like we don't necessarily know what is opposed to us world oppose us empire world is going to look like we don't know yet what china will do that here they're building up africa is africa going to be one of the biggest economies in the. they an entire continent is an enemy an economic force that it never has been in a thousand years a little headway i mean that's what could very well be a crypto makes that happen economies of crypto are exponentially more powerful than anything we've seen in the history of economics could leap frog by a hundred years of very very quickly well it'll be interesting to see and that's our summer solution for this we're looking at what china might do wit

can introduce cryptocurrency a frictionless market frictionless way to transfer value from kenya to ethiopia or you know tens and somewhere like that you're able to really. crypto in the u.s. are not high because there's no urgency but here there is urgency so the adoption rates in africa could skyrocket them for the rest of the world and be the cutting edge toward crypto adoption for the world yeah but also i'm saying like we don't necessarily know what is opposed to us world oppose us empire world is going to look like we don't know yet what china will do that here they're building up africa is africa going to be one of the biggest economies in the entire continent is the enemy an economic force. that it never has been in a thousand years a little why i mean that's what could very well be a crypto makes that happen economies of crypto are exponentially more powerful than anything we've seen in the history of economics could leap frog by a hundred years of very very quickly well it'll be interesting to see and that's our summer solutions for this we're looking at what china might do with th

in two thousand and fourteen followed by indonesia with four hundred eleven thousand metric tons and ethiopia with the production of three hundred ninety thousand metric tons meanwhile here in the u.s. the number of people who drink coffee is that its highest level since two thousand and twelve. over a hundred and five according to a recent survey commissioned by the national association of coffee over two hundred twenty five billion dollars was spent on copy in two thousand and fifteen and coffee drinkers spent a whopping seventy four billion on coffee that same year the association found that the industry employs around one point seven million jobs in the u.s. and generates about twenty eight billion dollars in taxes however the intercontinental exchange shows that coffee futures have dropped in recent years in november two thousand and sixteen futures were being bought at over one hundred ninety dollars but today prices are down to only one hundred six dollars and seventy cents but those numbers don't seem to be slowing business that coffee shops i buy two cups of coffee a day that's what

from sudan and egypt which fear the power generating dam could reduce their agricultural water supply ethiopia says that they will let the water pass through to generate as much as sixty four hundred . megawatts of electricity doubled their current level making them a net energy export or mr big cali was in addis ababa for an announced press conference addressing project delays leading to anguish suspicion and speculation across the of the o.p.'s to why mr kelly may have been murdered. as we reported last time the july jobs report is out and while the number of jobs created rose by one hundred fifty seven thousand it was be low what many expected that said there are on average each month this year two hundred twenty four thousand jobs created that's above this time last year the unemployment rate nudged down a tenth of a percent to three point nine percent and here to break it down further is conservative t.v. and radio commentator steve morals steve happy monday welcome what does the bureau of labor statistics say about individual sectors like manufacturing or health care for july which did w