finally we move to mauritania way to block us have been detained for more than 2 months after writing facebook posts electing corruption among government officials including the country's president under him and with the and shake only did though are being held on charges of malicious accusation amnesty international and human rights watch are calling for their immediate and unconditional release them and facebook posts covered a property scam that defrauded thousands of mauritanians and allege that president mohamed odeh these stood to benefit from it press freedom watchdog reporters without borders sent this video comment their detention clearly bears a political signature it also sends a very chilling message among the journals in the community just a few weeks ahead of the presidential election and for a report is weasel borders it also highlights the fact that press freedom is significantly decreasing in mar a tiny country as those to 46 places enormous of stress freedom index things 2016 it's one of the biggest faults organisation has reduced in the recent years joining us from

operation that these 2 journalists engaging in the government of mauritania as we all know has has no qualms about committing criminality to protect itself to tighten its grip on on the power and these 2 have been in the opposite opposition in the past they've been this gate of journalism and this these arrests signaled that the merton in government is worried about the upcoming elections which are high stakes just imagine exposing by the corruption and criminality in the highest spirits of government being exposed right before the elections that could have an impact on what's going on what's coming up soon they say though we got this tweet from seemed and he says i'm against their detention and i asked the president to release them on the eve holiday that's coming up i think though they should not make public conclusion by sharing fake news we don't want our country to be a chaotic country where you can publish whatever you want we want responsible freedom what did they do and why are there people online who say its fake news quote unquote. this issue goes to a core of one of the fun

finally we move to mauritania way to block us have been detained for more than 2 months after writing facebook posts electing corruption among government officials including the country's president under him and with that they and shake only did though are being held on charges of malicious accusation amnesty international and human rights watch are calling for their immediate and unconditional release them and facebook post cover property scam that defrauded thousands of mauritanians and allege that president mohammed these a stood to benefit from it press freedom watchdog reporters without borders sent this video comment their detention clearly bears a political signature it also sends a very chilling message among the jungles in the community just a few weeks ahead of the presidential election and for a report is weasel borders it also highlights defects press freedom is significantly decreasing in mar a tiny country as those to 46 places in orissa spread freedom index things 2016 it's one of the biggest faults organisation has reduced to in recent years joining us from cincinnati

finally we move to mauritania way to block us have been detained for more than 2 months after writing facebook posts electing corruption among government officials including the country's president under him and with that they and shake only did though are being held on charges of malicious accusation amnesty international and human rights watch are calling for their immediate and unconditional release them and facebook post cover property scam that defrauded thousands of mauritanians and allege that president mohamed these a stood to benefit from it press freedom watchdog reporters without borders sent this video comment their detention clearly bears a political signature it also sends a very chilling message among the jungles in the community just a few weeks ahead of the presidential election and for a report is weasel borders it also highlights defects that press freedom is significantly decreasing in mar a tiny country is almost 46 places enormous of stress freedom index things 2016 it's one of the biggest faults organisation has reduced to in recent years joining us from cincinn

police and education michael's three day visit includes stops in burkina faso mali and the share with mauritania and chad the nations are central to the germans to help strategy itself part of a larger e.u. emphasis on the region terrorism and conflict are the focus as is curbing economic migration. now let's zoom in on one side help country in order to understand the region's challenges mali is one of the world's ten corus nations just under half its population lives below the extreme poverty line agriculture is the chief means of employment a cotton is one of mali's most important exports gold is another income for mining has risen steadily in recent years last year the economy expanded by five point one percent of mali faces serious economic problems among them urbanization and a growing population. there are currently around eighteen point five million people in mali the median age is just sixteen point two years analysts say the government has to focus urgently on jobs for young people and on improving the security situation particularly in the north that could encourage private investors i

police and education michael's three day visit includes stops in burkina faso mali and the share with mauritania and chad the nations are central to the germans to hell strategy itself part of a larger emphasis on the region terrorism and conflict are the focus as is curbing economic migration. now let's zoom in on one side help country in order to understand the region's challenges mali is one of the world's ten chorus nations just under half its population lives below the extreme poverty line agriculture is the chief means of employment a cotton is one of mali's most important exports gold is another income for mining has risen steadily in recent years last year the economy expanded by five point one percent mali faces serious economic problems among them urbanization and a growing population there are currently around eighteen point five million people in mali the median age is just sixteen point two years analysts say the government has to focus urgently on jobs for young people and on improving the security situation particularly in the north and that could encourage private investors inclu

the last word to mr president of mauritania an interim of god. gods or peace be upon i care just been listening there to mahmoud abbas from palestine reiterating many of the comments we have herod's am he did have some fairly strong words there saying he is coming out against the deal of the century and thanked the other leaders there for their words their solidarity and the fact that so many of those gathered here at. you've gathered here at this gulf leaders summit the arab league summit sorry have been standing in solidarity with them ever had back tomorrow and bashara al-jazeera senior political analyst who's been listening in to this live from london marwan what do you make of the statements there from mahmoud abbas. well it's certainly very clear and direct. and i'm sure it put some of those in attendance at an ease especially they can come up by a rain that is hosting the 1st economic war ship or for the deal of the century i think what's interesting is that one with a bus did not just project his own personal sentiment on the issue he bas

euros in germany eight to fight terrorism and support economic development in the g five countries of mauritania mali chad and back you know foster economy is the region are suffering due to poor security and conflict and poverty a driving migration to europe. the german chancellor has come to this to show solidarity in a region where countries like book enough. have to spend more than a fifth of their budgets on security germany has some eight hundred fifty soldiers stationed in mali as part of the un force machall pledged support to continue to build up the g. five own capabilities to tackle terrorism. at their joint meeting in what they do go to five leaders called on the chancellor and europe to help solve the political conflicts behind the violence. so that they sort of learned we talked about the situation in libya questions concerning old theory. and also first and foremost the impact of the crisis in libya on security in the extended region. we were all of the opinion that it is important that europe's leaders and institutions make a plea in favor of the chief five so hell for all of the

it could be country code 22 from mauritania, 232 from sierra leone, 421 from slovakia or any other country. >> starting at 1:15, my phone started ringing incessantly. >> reporter: that's w keith walker. awakened from a sleep. he feared it was a family emergency. hat costs you money.o a 900 er >> they're getting you when you're at your most vulnerable. so it's extremely aggravating, especially for those of us who put in many hours at work and really look forward to getting our sleep at night. >> reporter: americans received 4.9 billion robocalls just in april. that's 163 million calls a day. many from numbers spoofed to look like your number or area code. now the fcc is demanding phone companies deploy new technology to verify legitimate phone calls. >> the best way to think of this is a digital fingerprint for every single phone call. >> reporter: and congress is soon to pass tougher robocall laws. don't answer phone numbers you don't know and don't call back. lester? >> tom, thank you. >>> coming up, the mystery growing this evening over the new royal baby. police say this tell the whole

malique the sheriff and mauritania are all in the song home region churches and christian schools there are increasingly being targeted by islamist extremists. while weak security in the region is also impacting local economies here's what the chancellor had to say on the promise of german aid. when you really visit. due to the very difficult security situation around fifteen percent of budget spending is on security because this figure is increasing spending has to be cut back elsewhere that's why it's important for the international community to stand ready to assist so that development can continue with those troops and provide them in the. mall staying in africa relief efforts are continuing following cycling kenneth which tore through mozambique a week ago the government's confirmed that the death toll has now risen to forty one but the total scale of the disaster is not yet known many parts of mozambique are now inaccessible our correspondent easily increased travel to you bo an island in the north of the country it was especially hard. we are onboard an aid flight headed towards

mali chad and mauritania are all in the saw hell region and churches and christian schools there are increasingly being targeted by radical islamists. or weak security in the region is also hurting local economies here's what the chancellor had to say about why that makes international aid so very important. when people hear this feeling is the. key to the very difficult security situation around fifteen percent of budget spending is on security because this figure is increasing spending has to be cut back elsewhere that's why it's important for the international community to stand ready to assist said that development can continue with the streets and provide street amidst the think you'll call for a new. israel is marking its annual holocaust remembrance day with twenty four hours of ceremonies commemorating the millions of jews who died in nazi concentration camps. was a two minute siren sounded at ten am local time people across the nation pausing to honor the victims the day is one of the most solemn in the national calendar with morial events taking place across israel televisi

that a you has dispatched a special envoy he is mom of all how some love bodies a former minister from mauritania he is in that country right now he also says that he's speaking to both sides that you just a few days ago issued a sixty day deadline to the transitional military council to hum over power to civilians now of course this is also the position of the united nations which has given its food blocking to the african union and a solution in that seems to be the position of the international community you saw a lot of diplomatic shuttle going on right it's not well how much what's going to happen if these talks negotiations don't work is there any indication from the protest leaders what they're going to do next. well for the protest leaders and the protesters as a whole they say one hundred of a revolution is not an option for them will spell the death of sudan that's why this saying for them these absolutely not option but to continue with the polls and they're saying they're not short of options. to try and put it in more pressure on the transitional council to hand over power they're ta

in mauritania, sudan and somalia, same—sex relationships can be punished with the death penalty. there are many countries like kenya, where it is illegal to have same—sex relationships, including algeria, botswana and guinea. however, there are 19 countries where same—sex relationships are completely legal, including guinea—bissau, south africa and rwanda. the issue of same—sex relationships is a divisive one in kenya. most christian and muslim groups support the current law, and the kenyan attorney—general had argued against decriminalisation. the people of kenya are happy that the courts have not been misused to try to introduce laws that a majority of kenyan people and their institutions are opposed to. campaigners first filed their case three years ago and there have been delays in getting to today's verdicts. human rights groups have criticised the court's decision but the country's lgbt activists have vowed to carry on their battle in the courts. school students have been holding strikes in countries around the world to demand action on climate change. organisers

and mauritania are all of the sahal region churches and christian schools there are increasingly being targeted by islamist fighters a week security in the region is also hurting local economies here's what the chancellor had to say about why that makes international aid so important. when. this feeling is. due to the very difficult security situation around fifteen percent of budget spending is on security because the figure is increasing spending has to be cut back elsewhere that's why it's important for the international community to stand ready to assist said that development can continue with the streets and provide street amid the secure go for funding the german chancellor there now to some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. attorney general william barr has canceled plans to testify a second time i think the house committee on robert holder's russia report he exacted the attention to have lawyers question him democrats really control the house of representatives are demanding the release of a copy of the full report which investigated president trump's ties

in mauritania, sudan and somalia, same—sex relationships can be punished with the death penalty. there are many countries like kenya, where it is illegal to have same—sex relationships, including algeria, botswana and guinea. however, there are 19 countries where same—sex relationships are completely legal, including guinea—bissau, south africa and rwanda. the issue of same—sex relationships is a divisive one in kenya. most christian and muslim groups support the current law, and the kenyan attorney—general had argued against decriminalisation. the people of kenya are happy that the courts have not been misused to try to introduce laws that a majority of kenyan people and their institutions are opposed to. campaigners first filed their case three years ago and there have been delays in getting to today's verdicts. human rights groups have criticised the court's decision but the country's lgbt activists have vowed to carry on their battle in the courts. ramzan karmali, bbc news. school students have been holding strikes in countries around the world to demand action on c

aid to help fight terrorism and support economic development for kenya faso mali and share chad and mauritania are all in this a health region of churches and christian schools there are increasingly being targeted by islamists which security in the region is also hurting local economies here's what merkel had to say about why that makes international aid so important. when. due to the very difficult security situation around fifteen percent of budget spending is on security because this figure is increasing spending has to be cut back elsewhere that's why it's important for the international community to stand ready to assist so that development can continue with those troops and provide speed. for a new. to venezuela now where opposition leader one way though as called for a series of strikes to oust president nicolas motherhood all from power clashes yesterday between pro and anti-government supporters left one woman dead and dozens injured while they always been trying to persuade the military to shift its allegiance of president maduro says why those efforts at a coup have failed. a viole

suffered many setbacks hope of a bloke the g 5 joint force was set up by the sahara countries chad to mali mauritania bikini a fast so and me share 2 years ago but it's still barely operational lacking funding and key equipment one of those nations bikini faso was a largely peaceful country just a couple of years ago but things are deteriorating fost villages burying their dead after an attack at the weekend on worshippers in a church in the north of the country in new york ambassadors have heard a grim account of violence and instability spreading across the sahara and local and regional armed groups expanding their operations with no respect for national boundaries moves it down the threats from these groups remains strong and exerts an enormous pressure on our states and all across the threat is gaining territory it is no longer contained to the north of mali or the deserts of broken a faso or along the mauritanian borders it has taken new forms with more terrible consequences the un does have a large $16000.00 strong peacekeeping force in. ones are held country mali but they don't have the mandat

many setbacks what were probably the g. 5 joint force was set up by the sahara countries chad to mali mauritania bikini a fast so and me share 2 years ago but it still barely operational lacking funding and key equipment one of those nations bikini a fast so it was a largely peaceful country just a couple of years ago but things are deteriorating far here villages burying their dead after an attack at the weekend on worshippers in a church in the north of the country in new york ambassadors have heard a grim account of violence and instability spreading across the sahara local and regional armed groups expanding their operations with no respect for national boundaries moves it down the threats from these groups remain strong and exerts an enormous pressure on our states and all across the threat is gaining territory it is no longer contained to the north of mali or the deserts of broken a faso or along the mauritanian borders it has taken new forms with more terrible consequences the un does have a large $16000.00 strong peacekeeping force in one's country mali but they don't have the mandate to

union has dispatched a special envoy ma'am but the world has an labatt he's a former minister from mauritania and he is in the country talking to both sides to try and bring them a schools are a sport the main board of contention being who is going to get a majority in that transitional joint transitional council that were supposed to all formed and which will take the country through a period of transition of them organize the elections so efforts going on right now in the united nations is lending its full support to the african union which has already given the transitional many military council sixty days with which to hunt over power to a civilian administration mohammed of the given any indication the protesters that is about what they plan to do in the event that the talks fail. well of course the deadlock is a big concern for the protesters the sum of all the must saying that if they lose now and go back and this past. then there would be what they're calling an evolution which they say is going to be the is going to spell the death of saddam so for them a living that square outside t

in mauritania, sudan and somalia, same—sex relationships can be punished with the death penalty. there are many countries like kenya, where it is illegal to have same—sex relationships, including algeria, botswana and guinea. however, there are 19 countries where same—sex relationships are completely legal, including guinea—bissau, south africa and rwanda. the issue of same—sex relationships is a divisive one in kenya. most christian and muslim groups support the current law, and the kenyan attorney—general had argued against decriminalisation. the people of kenya are happy that the courts have not been misused to try to introduce laws that a majority of kenyan people and their institutions are opposed to. campaigners first filed their case three years ago and there have been delays in getting to today's verdicts. human rights groups have criticised the court's decision but the country's lgbt activists have vowed to carry on their battle in the courts. ramzan karmali, bbc news. let's head to peru now and an extraordinary story about generosity and hard work. the generos

in mauritania, sudan and somalia, same—sex relationships can be punished with the death penalty. there are many countries like kenya, where it is illegal to have same—sex relationships, including algeria, botswana and guinea. however, there are 19 countries where same—sex relationships are completely legal, including benin, south africa and rwanda. the issue of same—sex relationships is a divisive one in kenya. most christian and muslim groups support the current law, and the kenyan attorney—general had argued against decriminalisation. the people of kenya are happy that the courts have not been misused to try to introduce laws that a majority of kenyan people and their institutions are opposed to. campaigners first filed their case three years ago and there have been delays in getting to today's verdicts. human rights groups have criticised the court's decision but the country's lgbt activists have vowed to carry on their battle in the courts. let's head to peru now, and an extraordinary story about generosity and hard work. the generosity came from a middle eastern busi

it could be country code 222 from mauritania, 232 from sierra leone, 421 from slovakia or any other countr >> starting at 1:15, my phone started ringing incessantly. >> reporter: that's how they got keith walker. awakened from a deep sleep, he feared a family emergency, hit redial, and was connected to what he fears was a costly 900 number that will soon appear on his phone bill. >> they're getting you when you're at your most vulnerable. so it's extremely aggravating, especially for those of us who put in many hours at wand really look forward to getting our sleep at night. >> reporter: americans received 4.9 billion robocalls just in april. that's 163 million calls a y. many fm numbers spoofed to look like your number or area code. now the fcc is demanding phone companies deploy new technology to verify legitimatehone calls. >> the best way to think of this is a digital fingerprint phone call. >> reporter: and congress expected to soon pass tougher robocall laws. in the meantime, experts say don't answer phone numbers you don't ow and don't call back. lester? >> tom, thank you. >>> comin

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violence in the somehow west african region with representatives from britain a facile child's mother the mauritania and asia briefing the council on how to combat armed groups in the area it comes after wednesday's attack in the share that killed $28.00 soldiers well our diplomats had said james baines joins us now live from the united nations headquarters and james have been hearing from briefing on the saddle region what's the assessment so far well i think ambassadors will be quite shocked by what they're hearing because often they talk about one country now we're talking about instability and violence spreading across an entire region there are countries in this region that used to be pretty peaceful just a few years ago and they're seeing a great deal of violence between of us so is one of those countries where they've been attacks recently on churches and christians and attacks in recent years that have been getting worse and worse in a country that same 3 years ago was seen as a peaceful place just last week we had a french special op forces operation to free 4 hostages far so for foreign ho

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from a particular country and we put out an advisory about a one-ring scam, where a call comes from mauritania or sierra leone and the phone rings once, prompting some to call back. it's a good example of the collaboration between chairman simons' agency and mine. we direct them to the f.t.c. if they want to fall a complaint, we urge them not to answer the calls. we want to empower consumers and get -- we want to encourage companies to get rid of the scourge of civilization, as senator fritz hollings called it. senator coons: do you feel you have the resources you need to continue this work? mr. pai: yes, we have the division i know members of congress, members of the body and both parties are looking at legislation like the trade stack which i support. we want additional tools to help tack until problem, i think the trade stack in particular is a step in the right direction. senator coons: what's the f.t.c. doing as part of this? and what comments do you have on the scope and reach of your authorities and whether they're sufficient? mr. simons: we continue to sue people who engage in robocall

just last week we put out a consumer advisory about the one-ring scam in which a call comes from mauritania or sierra leone. it only rings once and attempting some people to call back. you get all these fees per minute if you call back. so a very good example of the collaboration between chairman simons' agency and mine. we direct them to the ftc if they want to file a complaint. we urge them not to answer the calls. we want companies here to get rid of this scourge of civilization as former senator fritz hollings once called it. >> we can continue that work in his memory. does the ftc have a dedicated unit focused on this, and do you feel like you have the scope and reach of authorities you need to continue the work you describe? >> the answer to the first question, senator, is yes. we have the telecommunications division within our enforcement bureau, the primary focus of which is tackling this problem. i know that members of this body, of both the parties, are looking at legislation like the traced act, which i support. we want additional tools to help tackle this problem, and i think th

. >> reporter: a 222 code from mauritania. t listen to this. soon there could be an answer for all of those unwanted calls. >> hello? >> reporter: the fcc will announce today it is proposing a new regulatoryrule. that will authorize and require phone carriers to automatically opt in all of their customers to robocall blocking technology. right now you have to manually sign up. if the new rules are approved, carriers would detect, analyze, and block those calls even before they reach your phone. >> allowing the companies to block by default, we think will stem the tide which has been overwhelming for many consumers and has led to many consumers to stop answering their calls entogether. >> reporter: could you a text or just block them all together. the new fcc proposal comes as robocalls are getting more sophisticated. >> welcome to our customer communications management platform. >> reporter: the latest money grab known as the one ring scam. >> you get a call often while you're asleep that hangs up right away.um the nr may even call multimillion