key partner helping to solve the on going crisis in south sudan and later we will meet with leaders across the region to encourage the government and opposition in south sudan to end the violence and move towards a peace agreement. i want to thank ethiopia for helping those who fled south sudan and conflicts throughout the region. finally i would note that everything i have mentioned, sustained and inclusive growth development, secureity gains depends on good governance and we had discussions driven by technology and the internet and continued growth depends on information and open exchanges of ideas. i believe that when all voices are being heard, when people know they are included in the political process that makes our country stronger and more successful and more innovative

and talked about steps they can take to show progress on good governance and protecting rights and strengthening democracy and this is an area we tend to deepen our conversations and consultation because we strongly believe in ethiopia's promise and its people. ethiopia is a strong partner with the united states and leader on so many vital issues in the region and it has the opportunity now to extend its leadership in ways that benefit all of ethiopia's people and it sets a positive example for the region. it's hard work. but my message today to the people of ethiopia is that as you take steps moving your country forward the united states will be standing by you the entire way. so prime minister thank you for your hospitality and for the important work that our nations do together. [applause]

now we do have some time for questions and first from ethiopia ethiopia. >> thank you very much mr. president and mr. prime minister. mr. president, you mentioned earlier that combatting terrorism is on the itinerary but organizations in the u.s. and nigeria have members and with regards to the investment corporation how committed is your government to transform with the corporation? thank you very much. >> well, on the first issue this was part of our conversation both with respect to security and also with respect to good

governance and human rights issues. our policy is that we oppose terrorism wherever it may occur. and we are opposed to any group that is promoting the violent overthrow of a government including the government of ethiopia that has been democratically elected. i also share with the prime minister our interest in deepening intelligence cooperation and we've had some fruitful discussions about ending the flow of foreign financing for terrorism. our cooperation regionally is excellent. i know that there are certain groups that have been active in ethiopia that from ethiopia government's perspective pose a

significant threat our intelligence indicates while they may have opposed the government they may not have tipped into terrorism and we have some very clear standards in terms of how we evaluate that. but what i indicated to the prime minister is that in our consultations and deepening intelligence cooperation, we will look and see what evidence we have where there are real problems and where we see genuine terrorist activity. that's something that we are going to want to cooperate with and stop. so a lot of this has to do with how we define a particular group's activities if they are just talking about issues and are in opposition and are operating as political organizations, we tend to be protective of them even if we don't agree with them. that is true in the united

states that is true everywhere and we think that is part of what is necessary for a democracy. if they tip into activities that are violent and are under mining a properly constituted government then we have a concern and so this will be a matter of facts, what are the facts with respect to this issue in determining how we can work together and on shifting development models part of what i have been preaching ever since i came into office and what i have been putting into practice is i travel across the continent of africa and true in latin america and true in asia. in this modern woshld -- world just to provide aid and sometimes aid is critical and we are proud of the work we have done to provide health aid that has saved millions of lives with

respect to h.i.v. aids. we are very proud of our ability to mobilize humanitarian assistance when there is a drought and potential for starvation. those are still necessary. but what we also believe is that we are your best partners and your best friends when we are building capacity, so instead of just giving a fish we teach you how to fish. and whether it's the work we are doing in agricultural or on energy our goal is not to simply provide something and then we go away and then later on we need to give you something more. our goal is to help you advance your development agenda so that

it's ethiopian businesses and ethiopian technical experts and scientists and ethiopian agricultural workers who are continually building capacity and increasasg development inside the country. and can be a very effective partner. >> that is the u.s. president barack obama charming the room there full of journalists in ethiopia and standing alongside the ethiopia prime minister with the talks and let's bring in our correspondent mohamed and seemed like a very friendly light-hearted press conference with a long list of areas from both men on areas of cooperation cooperation. >> reporter: indeed, yes, laura. this is not a new relationship. actually ethiopia is one of the longest relationship with the u.s. and started in 1993 with

barack obama and they alluded to the length of the relationship the two countries have. and if you look at areas of discussion there are by lateral talks and three main areas and one of them is security and then trade and also human rights and democracy. president barack obama as expected raised with the ethiopian government his concerns about what some are calling the problematic and performance of human rights and democracy of the ethiopian government. there were elections held just here in which the government took all of this in parliament 547 of them elections they described as a sham and rigged. however, prime minister alluded to the fact there were some

disagreements on how fast ethiopia should have a democracy and change the situation in the country. on the issue of security prime minister briefed president obama on progress in somalia particularly in terms of fighting al-shabab and told him they have retaken his forces thousands of them who are part of the african union mission in somalia and took two of al-shabab's main strongholds, remaining strong holds and one in the town of southwest somalia and president barack obama who said they need to keep under pressure on al-shabab and also past issues pertaining to trade and president obama also alluded to the fact that the united states wanted to get into the

scramble for ethiopia's growing economy, one of the fastest in the world and biggest in africa and had a number of arguments and also assigned an energy argument under president obama's power africa initiative. >> i will leave it there thanks very much from joining us there as u.s. president barack obama holds a press conference with ethiopia prime minister. now, counter terrorism police in turkey have arrested 15 i.s.i.l. suspects during morning raids in the capitol ankora 13 p.k.k. suspects have also been detained in yemen in the southeast. now turkish jets have again been bombing the kurdistan workers party or p.k.k. targets across the border this northern iraq. syrian kurdish fighters also known as the y.p.g. who are

battling i.s.i.l. say they shell their positions near the town of kobani and that is a claim denied by the turkish government and says the y.p.g. could have a place in syria's future if it cuts all ties with the assad regime and turkey has no plans to send ground troops into syria and we have been following events live from istanbul and we will talk about y.p.g. in a moment but tell us a little more about the arrests we have been seeing. >> reporter: well those 15 arrests on raids in ankora were all foreigners according to kurdish security services and they are the latest in the series of 900 people arrested so far in raids going on really for the past weeks and months but they stepped up just sort of in the last week or so after that suicide bomb attack in near the

border with syria. turkey showing it seems a new willingness and determination to try and pick out potential i.s.i.l. supporters sympathizers and supporters living in turkey and arrests also included people from the p.k.k. the government says and members of an extreme left wing group here in turkey and the government says it's not just targeting i.s.i.l., it is targeting what it says are other threats of turkey to the p.k.k. and extreme left laura. >> it seems allegedly that turkey is also striking the y.p.g. what is turkey's military saying about that? >> well the y.p.g. have said a village near kobani has been shelled twice by the military once on friday which they believed was a mistake y.p.g. says but then it was shelled again on sunday and the y.p.g. now says the turkish military is

doing this deliberately but they put out a statement earlier today saying that it is only targeting i.s.i.l. positions in syria. it is investigating the claims that it targeted, that missiles or shells hit y.p.g. positions in syria but the turkish authorities say they are only interested in i.s.i.l. in syria and targeted p.k.k. kurdistan workers party positions in northern iraq but the government is investigating this. >> thanks very much for the update there from istanbul. now at least eight people have been killed in attack in the state in northern india which is still ongoing. a group of armed men attacked a bus and stormed a police station near the border with pakistan. and in new deli we explain the importance of where the attack took place. >> is near the india/pakistan border and also neighbors an

area in india which is home to key india army establishments and facilities. in terms of the india/pakistan relationship as well just weeks ago earlier this week modi met with counterpart on the sidelines of a regional summit in russia and hoped this meeting would perhaps propel forward the two leaders and countries in dealing with long-running issues and it's a big question in india how this attack if there is confirmation of these gunmen coming from the pakistani side what impact that will have on any forward movement in the relationship and there is an update that security around the indian parliament in the capitol in new lel di deli has been stepped u up but it's on going and unclear of exact details but an investigation is ongoing as

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tuesday the u.s. president is the first president to address the african union. turkish police detained dozens of i.s.i.l. and p.k.k. suspects in early morning raids in the country and turkey called for an emergency nato meeting for the threats to national security. at least six people and two gunmen are dead after an attack on a police in a bus station and set up security on the pakistan border in response to the attack. saudi-led coalition forces responded to houthi shelling in yemen close to saudi border and 24 hours since a serious fire to allow aid to be sent in and secretary-general issued a statement saying the houthis and the general people's congress and all other parties will agree to have the humanitarian force for the sake of all people and saudi arabia says they will react to military action by the houthis and says the latest response does not violate the

five-day hold and shelling and we have more. >> reporter: thousands of people in the mountains outside the city of thai are in desperate need of humanitarian aid. pro-government tribes in yemen's military have been making gains in the west but the contested city is under siege by houthi fighters and loyalists, a five-day saudi-led truce is meant to stop this and reach areas of thai. >> translator: our goal is clear, it's the safety and security of the yemeni people and importance of delivering humanitarian aid. there is a commitment from the u.n. that the houthi malitia will accept a ceasefire, allow food to reach citizens and not attack or steal humanitarian supplies and they have not committed to the cause and talked about breaches of saudi arabia by the truce called by the u.n. >> they want to view the ceasefire to the position their

troops on loyalist in aiden and they will use the ceasefire to bring more troops in the name of humanitarian aid to aiden. >> but yemen's government in exile says it is purely humanitarian and burden of houthi fighters for 21 million yemeni people who need assistance. >> translator: as yemen's legitimate government we are with the humanitarian truce and support a truce that is fully implemented and would not support one used for expansion or to change conditions on the ground. >> reporter: in the southern port city of aiden more help has arrived with the coordinator and the biggest challenge after storing the supplies is reach places cutoff by fighting and the blockade has made matters worse. >> the problem with this conflict is insecurity because of the ground fighting but also the extreme application of the

resolution 2216 of the united nation which, in fact with the weapon is a restriction and hampered the life of everybody. >> reporter: for now a one-sided truce is in effect in a country where two previous ceasefires failed and civilians continue to pay the price. al jazeera. burundi's main opposition party turned up in parliament despite earlier threatening to boycott the first session since the election and we have called for a fresh vote and denounced the president's third term win and pierre nkurunziza got 60% of the vote last week but the vote was neither legitimate and report. >> reporter: supporters has been mixed and some say they are angry and frustrated and disappointed and cannot understand why they called for him to boycott elections and the first to arrive at the

parliament building behind me but this could be the way out of a crisis and many people say they don't want war or violence and being here in parliament is agreeing to be in parliament brings peace so be it and if it is proposed of what actually happened would it actually work and a lot of people know it could take time and pierre nkurunziza don't get along and say they don't trust each other and if he agrees to a unity government he will only do one year of sharing power and says he cannot do five years so after one year he says this country then should have another election. groups outraged at foreign hunters butchering one of africa's most famous lions and he was lured out of the national park in zimbabwe and shot with a bow and arrow and hunters tracked the bleeding big cat for 40 hours before shooting him again with a rifle. he was beheaded and skinned corpse was later found and

reports to have paid $55,000 for the chance to hunt lion in zimbabwe and authorities are investigating the incident and serving for the offender. serious flooding effecting almost 300,000 in pakistan. days into heavy monsoon rains and at least 51 people have been killed. the worst is the northeast of the country where many people are still stranded and carolyn malone reports. >> reporter: villages are deserted at some of the flood-hit parts here. in other parts of the district people are trying to dig themselves out of the rubble. there have been days of heavy rain causing rivers to rise to dangerously high levels. rivers washed away as flimsy buildings as well as cattle. crucial crop harvests have been damaged, people are dis prettypretty. >> translator: i have lost everything but there is no help from the government. they are treating us like cattle and there is no support in the

coming days then there is no way for me except to commit suicide. >> reporter: military helicopters have delivered aid to some people stranded by the floods. bottled water is more valuable because drinking water is running out. >> translator: we are in dire need of food and water after we lost everything in the flood. >> reporter: many are desperate to get out of the worst-hit areas. some made it on to military helicopters sent by the government, more rain is expected and everyone is trying to do what they can to prepare for any more flash floods. carolyn malone al jazeera. meanwhile western myanmar people killed by monsoon rains has risen to 14 and heavy rains effecting many parts of the country damaged roads and bridges including a 100--year-old bridge in the northern state. guards in bangladesh trying to

combat illegal drug smallingly and methamphetamine and yaba as it's locally known comes from the north and police seize millions of pills every year but think 90% of the trade is getting through. >> reporter: 400 border guards on duty her it's a tough ask. this 54 kilometer stretch of the river is one of the busiest in the world. a suspect, the guards insist they can smell the methamphetamine on him. they search his boat for evidence and take him in for questioning questioning. >> translator: it's not possible for us to search every inch of this border every single second and the small ler smugglers are on both shores and always communicating by mobile phone. >> reporter: most look like regular fishermen and this one spoken condition of animimity is

on the water even as the storm approaches and the lure of meth money is too strong. >> translator: we are just middle men and pay 250-300 to carry 100,000 pills across the border. >> reporter: as the government focuses its attention on catching the traffickers the amount of pills being confiscated is rising fast. rehab centers say while most of their clients have traditionally been heroin addicts about 60-70% are trying to wean themselves off of yaba. we met one former user, a member of bangladesh upper class and spoken condition of animitity. >> there is a chance somethingone in the building is taking the drug now and the next building and the next. >> reporter: no signs of slowing down and as use spreads from the cities to the villages it is leaving in its wake a

generation of young people struggling to salvage their lives, al jazeera, bangladesh. the high-tech of the future seems to lie in going back to nature at least according to developers trying to create more friendly robots and we are in london seeing the softer side of hardware. >> industrial robots like these are strong and powerful tools. they are also dangerous and a little menacing, cold hard arms to do tasks largely oblivious to those around them and at kings college london are developing what is known as soft robots. >> a soft robot is enherntly safe because when it comes into you it will be soft and bounce off of you. what we would like is to be able to make systems that humans can collaborate with people can work together with a robot and you don't have to have the fear

that the robot is going to crush somebody if the robot is soft. >> reporter: it's the natural world that has been the source of many of the ideas behind the team's new designs. >> the researchers took inspiration from the octopus and an animal that doesn't have a hard skeleton but able to be stiff and rigid and uses silicon and small graduals and air to make an arm that would make robot surgery considerably safer. >> if you have a very rigid robot you can harm a patient moving away from that leaving that behind and really exploring the idea of soft robots will make an enormous difference because suddenly we have a robot that is effectively not capable of injuring the patient even though we have a very close contact between the robot and the patient. >> reporter: they are also looking at this and she got a

scholarship from the ecuador government to look at how agricultural robots can be made more mobile. >> most of the robots they have wheels which are not suitable for the land that we have because we have farms and hills and we also have obstacles like rocks and trunks and are not going to be able to work this that kind of area. >> reporter: other members of the team are looking at human arm muscles to look how they work with tendons to control limbs and others are using a robot finger to mimic how they feel below the skin and normally not associated with machines. these innovations and techniques are still years from being rolled out but the team believes they will form the basis of a new generation of softer and more friendly robots.

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