the arab literary scene. and a feminist writer and her time. so why did her story and in such tragedy. al-jazeera won't expose the life and why of maisie at this time on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. has a stake in this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes a blast of rips through new year's celebrations in afghanistan's capital at least

twenty six people have been killed. some of the one hundred ten schoolgirls abducted in nigeria are back in their home village and more details from our correspondent in yola. the suspect in a spate of bombings in the u.s. state of texas is reported dead. syria's government says dozens have been killed in damascus one of the highest number of casualties in the capital since the conflict began. hello at least twenty six people have been killed in a suicide bombing in afghanistan's capital during new year celebrations there the attack a blew himself up close to a shrine in the west of kabul near the university imtiaz reports. chaos and confusion on the streets of kabul as a burden see crews right. to the scene of the latest bomb blast the apparent target

afghan celebrating no ruse the iranian new year we're going to look at the number again unfortunately once again our enemies are spilled the blood of our innocent countrymen the young men were holding celebrations for nauru's but he's attacked them here far away from their chosen targets which is an important shrine. kabul is being repeatedly attacked a car bomb explosion by the taliban killed at least two civilians on saturday several others were wounded in the morning rush hour suicide blast in an industrial area of the city the afghan government said a private british security company was the target it was the four suicide attack in the afghan capital in the past three weeks a u.s. general in afghanistan has said protecting the capital is the americans main effort but the attacks continue increasing pressure on president gunny he offered peace talks to the taliban last month as part of his efforts to end this sixteen year war

but any sort of negotiated settlement appears a long way off the ball a bomb has continued to grow in strength since the withdrawal of the u.s. led nato combat troops four years ago and most security analysts predict its annual so-called spring offensive will be more intense this year as taliban fighters respond to repeated u.s. and afghan airstrikes as well as ground assaults. al-jazeera. some of the one hundred ten schoolgirls who were abducted in northeastern nigeria have been returned people from the town of death she say they were brought back by men they thought were members of the armed group boko haram but it's not known at this stage how many girls are back but we are getting reports now from the wire service saying nigeria's government says the seventy six of them. out of those one hundred ten schoolgirls they were allegedly abducted by boko haram have been confirmed

freed. joins us on the line now from the eastern nigerian city of your loss i mean what more do we know unfortunately just been told we we've just lost our connection to. apologies for that we'll bring you try to bring you more on that developing story as and when we get it and hopefully get back on the line our third developing story we're following for you on this news hour police in the u.s. state of texas say the suspect in a series of pasok bombing says killed himself the bin at least six explosions that killed two people and injured several others in the u.s. state earlier this month now earlier on tuesday a package bomb filled with nails and shrapnel exploded at a fed ex distribution center now a suspect in the series of apostle bombings as we said has been killed let's listen in now to f.b.i.

officials who are giving a news conference at this time. anderson and that the best ation is continuing and everyone still has urged to. be vigilant and look for things that are out of place but that said gentleman. on behalf of it incredibly thankful community i just want to say thank you and if you would pass that on to the men and women that you work with. chief family to you and to your officers to this literally. army. both neighboring cities and state and federal agencies. thank you.

and i'd just like to close with. just really a thought for the families in our community who lost loved ones or who had loved ones sick seriously hurt in these incidents our heart remains with you as you go through your healing process in your time of sorrow and we stand by you and with you in your time of need and with that will open it up for questions he's really going to be needed resonator may be in here was with us more than all of the other picks and bob are still moving over to me this was a little while this investigation is still underway so we cannot say that this was a act an individual acting on their own and that's why this investigation will continue through the day and through the day war days coming without a net loss mcnally's of my graph will be filled. with you know often resident the individual involved in this incident was a twenty four year old white male and we're not going to give out any information

regarding his residence meaning almost. starting maybe over to me and you know. as i said he has. said this investigation is ongoing we want to make sure that we have for the confirmed that he either acted alone or if there were any accomplices then we identified them through the residence or back of the united states back to the business date back this individual big or so that we believe that this individual is responsible for all incidents that have taken place in austin starting on march second those that occurred since then as well while you're having to do now maybe you mean thirty thirty. there is an operation going on in church texas i believe at that warehouse again wanting to make sure that that warehouse is safe in addition to the fact that a bomb detonated in that warehouse and it takes a while to process a post blast investigation like that so that's going to take

a while for that one to be clear until you get to the line here why you would want to resort to the kind of narrative that. there were several leads that led us to this person we had a lot of evidence that came to us via. video sources as well as witnesses with you on your radar. this was a subject all right you've been listening to law enforcement officials in the u.s. there. giving a news conference to update the situation on the suspect. who was thought to have been behind a series of package bombs in the u.s. state of texas they were confirming that the suspect is now dead just hearing there from the austin police chief brian manley he said earlier that the suspect set off a bomb with a swat team closing in on him and that he is now a dead they cannot confirm if he was acting they believe he is the man behind this

but they cannot confirm if he was acting alone or that he was part of a group and they said a far as his identity well they're prepared to say at this time is that he is a twenty four year old white male we will of course following this developing story for you and we'll bring you more when we get. i'm back to watch one of all the top stories some of the one hundred ten schoolgirls we were telling you about who abducted in northeast nigeria they have been returned as many gees joins us on the line now from nigeria's eastern city of young black men what more can you tell us. on the on thing like that. some thirty minutes ago. because of the image of all of you called the gold are now in custody of the department of justice but because. the government.

is what you call the. one hundred and goal of the good news what we understand for now is that something. may have to complete before this goes . back to the earlier reports to go. by people with respect to the members of the big. a lot of people are doubting because of the presence. it's going to buckle. when this goes just about a month ago but definitely they were too quick and there was one kind of foreigner in the goes. all right ahmed to life for us there in eastern nigeria. plenty more ahead on this news hour myanmar's the first civilian president in more

than half a century quits we look at what it means for his close ally. a long war for water we're with a kenyan community and increasingly dire straits. and later in sport you know messi and argentina get ready to take on italy as preparations for this year's world cup . so those stories still have a first in syria at least sixty civilians have been killed in the last remaining rebel held parts of eastern ghouta they were killed in attacks by the syrian military and its allies the syrian government says another thirty five people died when a rocket fired by rebels landed at a government controlled and government controlled damascus it happened in the school area close to the front line in the fighting between government and rebel forces this makes it one of the deadliest attacks in the capital since the start of

the war say no hotter has more from beirut. reports of an agreement between one of the rebel factions in eastern and the russian military. controls the town of because right now the. divided into three pockets controls one of those pockets and there are reports that it has reached a deal with the russian military those fighters agreeing to lay down their arms in exchange they're going to get a safe passage to leave to other rebel controlled areas in the north of the country you know there are three rebel factions in eastern talks with the other two have not really made much progress so the deal with this reported deal will undoubtedly put pressure on those two rebel factions which have vowed to continue to fight until the end but their bargaining power really they do not have much bargaining power because their pockets the pockets that they control are surrounded by pro-government forces and according to the united nations hundreds of thousands of

people are trapped inside and many of them have been appealing for a way out a lot of the civil defense volunteers as well as media activists who are wanted by the state they have been appealing to the united nations to open poor doors safe passages for them to leave that are monitored by the united nations because they fear that if they cross into government controlled territories they could come arrested or even be executed so there's this fear among civilians who are trapped inside so reports of a possible deal the first such deal of its kind we know what the pro-government alliance wants and they want a surrender and this is since they they launched this bombing campaign over a month ago. now the israeli military has confirmed for the first time it bombed a suspected nuclear reactor in syria eleven years ago its release previously classified cockpit video of the air strike me again to jordan two thousand and seven israeli intelligence say it should be a warning to iran that it won't be allowed to develop nuclear weapons. myanmar's

defacto leader aung sang suu kyi is without her right hand man after the sudden resignation. of the country's president in a statement on facebook president chin quire said he wanted to take a rest from his current duty his role is largely ceremonial but he is a close confidant and political ally of the country's vice president is expected to fill the void until a new president is selected florence louie has more from kuala lumpur the myanmar president is supposed to be the head of state as well as the head of government but ten char occupied a largely ceremonial role has been handpicked by aung san suu kyi to be the president while she became the actual leader of the country and she couldn't become president under the military draft constitution even though she had led her party the national league for democracy to a landslide victory in the election in two thousand and fifteen so she picked her trusted friend to fill that role now and there has been some suggestions that could

have ruffled some feathers in the military ofter he called for constitutional reform in a speech made on independence day in january of this year constitutional reform is a particularly sensitive topic among the military because it is the military draft at constitution of two thousand and eight that secures such a powerful role for the military having said that tin child's health we know has been quite bad in recent months we know he's been suffering from ill health he's been seeking medical treatment abroad so this resignation shouldn't come as too much of a surprise it does have a take immediate effect now analysts have said however that it shouldn't affect the day to day running of the country because he occupies a largely ceremonial role and because the government has said it will pick a successor within the next seven days. and i speak now to adam cooper yang gone via skype he is the country representative at the center for humanitarian dialogue

good to have you with us so let me ask you first of all i mean we were saying there . that. this position was largely ceremonial so how significant is it really that. resigned well i don't think this is going to have a huge impact on the country in the way in scotland as your reporter notes it is a primarily ceremonial position of power in the country is really concentrated in. this with council unsound suchi with margaret she senior general men online and those of this few major senses of power and the president is just that sounds and sure did not play an active role in policy discussions especially related to the major issues facing the country on the economy and it's ongoing and we should expect the same is likely. so what happens next and what will what's the process in myanmar going forward well i think that there is

a legal and constitutional process whereby allow a house of parliament will nominate. a replacement and that will be voted on and you can expect that to happen quite quickly i think we can to expect the much of this is been decided and choreographed in a bomb so we have a that the current speaker of the parliament and the close ally of she and michael . will be nominated as the next president and that should happen within the next couple of days so there is a legal process to be followed the conclusion is probably foregone and any talk at this point about who his replacement will be. the look of the town is that the speaker of the parliament is a man with a legal background as. the national league for democracy for many years

was originally elected as a member of parliament in ninety and has so well as a speaker of parliament he will even lightly choice so he would probably follow in the same mold as the previous president taking his direction from aung san suu kyi carrying out his heart and up as faced as faithfully as he can within parliament so we shouldn't expect a major shift. in the way that government or the parliament. is cut from a similar this is previous us now we reported there about his health problems and you talked a little bit about that earlier whenever you hear about a politician resigning for health reasons there is a certain amount of cynicism that comes with that explanation that there's something else going on here more significant that there are other reasons behind it than just house is there is there reason to think that in this case well i think you know especially in

a country like nam all this often kind of conspiracy theories they get. and there's intense speculation around the state of civil military relations in this country and and the tensions between me and. and so there are some remove reference that but from my own perspective i don't think that's because you believe there was a poll and in this case sometimes the simplest explanation is the right one you know the president to ensure he has health problems you have medical treatment all that's been reported publicly and so i think in this case it's probably like the stated reason is the actual it's good to speak with you adam cooper joining us from yangon. france's former president nicolas sarkozy is facing a second day of questioning of allegations his two thousand election campaign was illegally financed police are looking into claims that the libyan leader moammar

gadhafi gave sarkozy as much as sixty million dollars when he was running for office sarkozy denied any wrongdoing natascha bol is live for us in. paris force so in a tasha another day of questioning there for former president. that's right or the former french president nicolas sarkozy is still in the building that you can see behind me here in just outside of paris he was taken here on tuesday morning for questioning now we understand he was allowed to go home last night to get some rest he was allowed out for about eight hours before being pulled back here this morning on wednesday and what police are trying to find out what they are investigating is whether or not nicolas sarkozy accepted illegal funds from libya back in two thousand and seven when he was running as a presidential candidate now police say that years cooperating fully he is onstream

questions and this case opened five years ago but it is the first time that he's been arrested in connection with well he police say that he has forty eight hours and during that forty eight hours he will be questioned and after that magistrates will have to decide whether or not they will place him under formal investigation a lot of people will be wondering about the libyan connection in all of this in these accusations why why libya perhaps and what would they have been getting out of this. well that's right well back in back in two thousand and seven when nicolas sarkozy was actually running as a french presidential candidate was around the same time that the former libyan leader mohammed gadhafi was really trying to enter. the world stage he had been seen as something of a pariah libya was considered

a rogue state and around that time gadhafi had then given up the country's nuclear weapons program i did also taking responsibility for the downing of the pan am aircraft over scotland in one nine hundred eighty eight and in nicolas sarkozy be he perhaps or someone who could help him really into that world stage will surely ofter cozies election in two thousand and seven sarkozy invited gadhafi out a very controversial visit a state visit to paris it was extremely lavish gadhafi has a lot of pictures tens in the center of paris news all seen as part of this being able to kind of reintegrate in the world stage sarkozy also signed a number of trade deals with the libyan all of that is the context really surrounding this investigation and what's interesting is over the years when this case has been open as i said for about five years will over the years that been several witnesses and people who have come forward and one of the most important or significant is a lebanese

a french businessman who came forward back in twenty thirteen to say that he had personally delivered millions of euros in cash to a close aide of nicolas sarkozy so it seems now with the arrest of the former president here just outside of paris that perhaps police feel that they are coming closer to make a direct link between sarkozy and that possible money that is something that wasn't made before because sarkozy has always said that he has no links to libya that he is completely innocent of these allegations all right phenomena tasha bala live for us there in paris like. now saudi crown prince mohammed bin cell man has met the u.s. president the white house with donald trump using the encounter from an unusual photo opportunity he displayed large cards to illustrate the benefits of arms being sold to riyadh rights groups say those sales shouldn't be made to saudi arabia which is leading a campaign in yemen against hooty rebels alan fischer reports from washington. it was a looky arrival for such

a high profile visit the crown prince from saudi arabia did not go in through the front door but soon found himself in the oval office and the us president donald trump addressing merely a domestic audience took the opportunity to learn the financial importance of the soda relationship some of the things that have been approved and are currently under construction and will be delivered. so the review very soon this is mohammed bin soundman second visit to the white house in a year and he was keen to point out this was the continuation of an old alliance the oldest ally for us of america in the middle east right more than eighty years but there was a warning from the president to saudi arabia and others in the region whether it's on arabia or other countries as we know there will be no funding it is we have a zero tolerance for the funding of terrorists among the things to be covered in the talks the iran nuclear deal security across the middle east. and the war in yemen which was also being discussed across time with some u.s.

senators expressing concern about america's continued support of the saudi led operation in the country u.s. forces have been actively engaged in support of the saudi coalition in this war providing intelligence an aerial refueling of planes whose bombs have killed thousands of people and made this humanitarian crisis far worse crime prince's visit here to the white house marks the start of a three week trip to the united states he'll meet business leaders oil executives academics representatives from silicon valley's high tech companies and the movie industry all in good reshaping his kingdom's image here in the united states but one analyst says there are bigger issues to deal with closer to home for saudi arabia of course saudi arabia has transformed itself as a from a status quo power to it but to an activist party in the region which has put it directly at coalition course with iran and sets the stage for

a very dangerous and unpredictable environment there was no mention of the ongoing gulf crisis in the oval office treated bargo against qatar as no been in place for ten months and donald trump has moved away from his offer to host talks for everyone at camp david mohammed bin salman has a long list of things to be discussed debated and agreed to ring this u.s. trip and he does so believing his relationship with the president is deep strong and mutually beneficial alan fischer al-jazeera at the white house. all right in a few moments we'll have the weather with richard but still ahead on al jazeera. the pressure keeps piling up for social media giant facebook over a major data breach. introduce you to the woman working to save an ancient. capital. and serina williams digs deep but her home torment as a tough first round opponent awaits her in miami.

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the adriatic in fact gusts have been around about one hundred thirty kilometers per hour on the cross coast of croatia and the temperature of four degrees that wind is making it feel more like minus thirteen degrees and as i run this sequence the snow area develops also lots of heavy snow like you across rumania in moldova and extending the way across the black sea region into wards the caucuses but this area of snow is going to give some big accumulations and with it some strong winds blizzard like conditions. the weather sponsored by cats on a race. looks ugly it sounds ugly in scares people from america's high streets to mexico's on the world's record holder is the size and who controls the other side people in power follows the smuggling route and test the ease of acquiring untraceable weapons on american soil the weapon that was designed for war and it took you about five minutes to buy it shows you america's

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again you're watching a. top stories this hour at least twenty six people have been killed in a suicide bombing in the afghan capital the attack a blew himself up close to a shrine in the west of kabul some afghans are mocking notice holidays celebration of the start of spring. ideas government says seventy six of the one hundred ten schoolgirls abducted by boko haram last month or been returned members of the group reportedly dropped the girls in the center of the northeastern town of dappy early . a wednesday morning. police say the suspect behind a series of possible bombings in the u.s. state of texas has killed himself they've identified him as a twenty five year old white might white male but say the motive behind the blasts is unclear. we began following the vehicle again waiting to get the tactical vehicles here so we could take this and make a stop however the vehicle ended up stopping in the bar did on the side of the road

behind us. as members of the austin police department swat team approached the vehicle the suspect detonated a bomb inside the vehicle knocking one of our swat officers back and one of our swat officers fired at the suspect as well. the suspect is deceased and has significant injuries from a blast that occurred from detonating a bomb inside his vehicle let's get more on this now from john hendren who is live for us in austin texas so john a major development in this case but still a lot of questions that remain unanswered. that's right what we do know is that as you saw there with the police talking that the man believed to be responsible perhaps not the only person responsible has been found

and that he detonated a device as he tried to move his car when police were near him they had not confronted him but they were approaching him what we don't know still is his motive we don't know whether he has accomplices we don't know whether there are other bombs packages that are making their way through this city we had found today one was at a fed ex shipping center the other one was at another fed ex shipping center that one here in austin in balad one was located by police we believe that one of the reasons they caught this man was a they had video surveillance of him and they also had some witness reports so they knew they were looking for they knew what his car looked like and they tracked him down to this location they were hoping this would not be combative confrontation but that is how it ended up and they believe that he set off the explosives that blew him up tonight. all right phenomena john hendren live for us there in austin

texas thanks so now a police officer in the u.s. state of minnesota has been charged with murder for shooting an unarmed australian woman last july mohammad nor shot fourteen year old justin daymond while responding to a nine one one call about a possible sexual assault near her house prosecutors say he abused his authority to use deadly force. in the short time between when ms damon approached the squad car and the time that officer noor fired the fatal shot there is no evidence that officer knew or encountered a threat appreciated a threat investigated a threat or confirmed a threat that justified his decision to use deadly force instead officer nur recklessly and intentionally fired his handgun from the passenger seat in disregard for human life facebook bosses are and

a mounting pressure from politicians in the u.s. and europe to answer questions over a major data breach the company at the center of it all cambridge analytic accused of misusing the data to help rig elections worldwide so you've got to go reports from london. a virtual world with a very real money making data trail uses of social media platforms unaware how profitable the information they have is for those willing to access it the scandal involving facebook may make many of us reconsider that. cambridge analytical is accused of misusing the data of millions of facebook uses we've had quite a few with a whistleblower who worked for the british based data mining firm says the information was used to build a system which may have influenced voters in the u.s. presidential election as well as all the votes and a company even had dealings with russian interests we made it pretty damn

clear to a lot of people in russia that we had this giant data site and that it was all sort of prepackaged with you know predictions about what's going to influence people and their political you know orientation. and that that can like plug right into you know like online display networks and advertising networks. and and that that data was being modeled by somebody who was also working in russia on russian projects that were very similar to some politicians the advantage of using information harvested from social media be used as a try and get into the minds of potential voters but there's been little questioning of the consequences which is now information commissioner wants that search warrant to get into the opera. and to get an audit of. the

details of millions of facebook users were reportedly gathered by a university professor using a personality testing up he created called this is your digital life well uses gave that information to be used by him it's alleged the data was then sold to a third party cambridge i listen in via. nation of facebook's own policies but cambridge analytic denies doing anything wrong and says it deleted all records when it discovered how the data had been attained from facebook not only is britain's data protection watchdog after proof of data was wiped facebook says it wants that proof to the social media giant has since hired a digital forensics to find out how the data was leaked and assurances that it was destroyed but its response may have come too late facebook share price fell almost seven percent wiping nearly forty billion dollars of its value the company's chief of security alex thomas is reportedly to leave because of internal disagreements at

how facebook should deal with its role in spreading disinformation politicians in britain and the u.s. are now pushing for facebook's chief executive mark zuckerberg to appear before them to answer questions over the massive data breach meanwhile the accusations against cambridge analytic are rapidly growing since. an undercover investigation by britain's channel four secretly taped a cambridge analytical executive appearing to boast about the firm's ability to sway elections by entrapping politicians in compromising situations. and conducting fake news campaigns something facebook's accused of enabling and failing to tackle effectively sunny day ago al-jazeera london. well let's take a look now at what we know so far livermore about cambridge analytical operations

its executives reportedly boasted of targeting more than two hundred elections around the world including kenya nigeria india the czech republic and argentina is perhaps best known for its work in the u.s. on donald trump's presidential campaign two years ago it's been operating in the u.s. since twenty thirteen spahn office cambridge analytic and funded by prominent conservative donor robert mercer steve bannon was also on its board it operated from operating in kenya from twenty thirteen its job was to help kenyatta who was facing charges of crimes against humanity before he became president he was accused of stoking ethnic tensions and demonizing kenyatta opponent. in the caribbean s.c.l. is accused of targeting st kitts opposition leader lindsay grant in two thousand and ten setting up and filming a shady deal and then distributing the video online cambridge analytical has been

tied to a social media campaign to discredit qatar in the ongoing gulf crisis and in the u.k. worked for the leave e.u. campaign during the break that referendum. let's speak now to be in nairobi he is a constitutional worth who helped write the kenyan constitution thanks for being with us so we mentioned earlier there the kenyan connection to cambridge and let's go we'll talk a little bit more about that what do you make of these. revelations and does it. does it kind of fill in the a lot of the blanks here as far as the the sense of divisiveness among kenyans that we saw during during that election campaign. well clinics then it does but again this is information on someone that was in the public domain prior to the elections or during the campaign period. information relayed by

various media houses was the public domain as to who. the different candidates and especially presidential candidates. for different services both the president to king are tend to believe party and former prime minister raila odinga and the nationals and so in terms of this coming out it's sort of vindicates information that i'd already been out there and in social media also especially where kenyans i've been debating the role that the different providers. played in the influence the elections in kenya and influencing the decisions that kenyans did me so you know we does vindicate the information that was already available and debated in different quarters big question as well that you could ask about any of any of these various campaigns around the world and i suppose there's

no real way to answer it but whether whether or not this made any difference in the outcome. well several issues to be determined. one we know that these are. allegations we just deal in contestation. we know the background of you know voters that they do get trained in their. regional. political cocoons and vote for the candidates. or propagate the interests. of. those regional. influences and so in terms of how much this information. in social media or other media does influence the final outcome it's subject to debate definitely. as i said

before because mind set quite tightly before the election because of those influences. it does in one we. make sure that voter turnout is high and also. people do not. so you know in a way it does the other important point to discuss is also we're going to have bridge for instance media did i'm so sorry to interrupt but unfortunately we're going to have to leave it there because we are a bit tight on time in this news hour but we do appreciate you talking to us probably mcconkey joining us staff from nairobi thanks for being with us. more than half of kenya's population only have access to unsafe drinking water from ponds shallow wells and rivers and as catherine sawyer reports now from the lack of clean water causes conflicts between farming communities. there has been some rain in

what year county for the fast time in months. and had neighbors in the village of. their train water that collects in paddles on the main road. they have no clean water source and often rely on deliveries trucked to them by the local government from a borehole more than forty kilometers away it's been a week since they last saw the truck. and we don't have anything else to drink right now we cook food to feed two children come from school they drink sometimes they get sick but we have few options. but the rains iraqi control to frequent forcing hiding communities to walk longer distances in such for food and water and fights often break out as resources become even more scarce this come all the being taken to another far away area where it has rained but most conflicts over water and pasture happen during drought seasons where there's not much to go around

elders we talked to told us that the traditional ways of solving problems over resources are somewhat ineffective now because of political interference. here the elders discuss reason territorial clashes between two communities claiming rights to an area where trains more at least eighty people have died in a dispute over land since more than a decade ago four of them including its pregnant wife were killed in the most recent conflict she's left behind six children. from the other community need water or food they should come and ask but by force that's what leads. conflict and it's. the government and other development partners have been sinking boreholes building dams and constructing water plants to bring water closer to hard isn't there anymore but even then finding it is getting more difficult with used to be very popular for shallow wells who are only the globe with the egyptians used to.

to collect water. in perth fits. the what now you determined sixty fifth. of the back of the village and her neighbors have hired their feel and it's time for the goats to train the villagers hope that what is truck will soon come knowing that even when it does arrive there's never enough for all of them catherine sawyer al-jazeera well not eastern kenya. water shortages are being felt around the world but in parts of east and north africa the united nations says the situation is extreme an unprecedented freshwater resources have already been reduced by two thirds in the last forty years by twenty fifty that amount is expected to be hard and most of the region is semi arid and dry and that means more than sixty percent of water has to be piped in higher temperatures and

rising sea levels could result in short term crop growing seasons reducing them by more than fifty five percent in the next eighty years jonathan far is a senior policy analyst at not a nonprofit water thanks very much for being with us so first broadly speaking what do you make of all of this. well we clearly we're facing a water crisis around the world. up to sixty percent of areas are experiencing water stress. unfortunately eight hundred forty four million people in the world that access to even basic water supplies and that means they have to try to travel more than thirty minutes to get to a usable water source and as far as where things go from here i mean what sort of improvements do you think need to be to be made to address all of this . so the most important thing we do see is we need to see water become an urgent

political priority this can bring many benefits in terms of improving people's access to education improving people's economic prospects and avoiding diseases and as we've seen in lots of countries such as or india when water does become a political problem priority we can see rapid progress very quickly. do you think that the government doing enough to to to address this at this point from from what you've seen well governments are facing a multitude of threats as we were talking earlier climate change brings a number of problems also increased urbanization and industrialization bring new pressures to water supplies and that means that my work worked well in the past is not doing so well anymore so as we've seen most recently in cape town. they were very developed city has come very close to running out of water and we sing that

replicate in other cities potentially in the puto in mozambique later this year which is already putting restrictions in place so we need the international community to work with governments and work communities to attend for these threats and put in trucks in place to avoid them get to speak to you jonathan for joining us there from london. thank you. and as he is in danger of losing much of its rich cultural heritage ancient buildings are fallen into disrepair watch additions and crafts are disappearing fast but one woman has taken it upon herself to save what she can. lead to meet her in tunis for layla there is no place more in chanted when she discovered this house several years ago it was a transformative event the fourth time i walked there. and i know it sounds funny but it felt like the building was talking to me layla who is passionate about

preservation worried that not enough was being done to protect tunisia's cultural heritage so she bought the property which was built in the seventeenth century and decided to turn it into a hotel the data been gusen is located in the medina of tunis a unesco world heritage site every corner has a story of an artist. gypsum carving. everything is how. the entrepreneur says the restoration process was extremely difficult but she was determined now she puts money back into her community so that other spaces can also be restored and more jobs can be created. there are thousands. of products. especially with. purchasing power increasing.

in the. decreasing a lot. a growing number of tunisians say the medina which is considered the historic heart of the country's capital is falling into disrepair while its narrow streets still contain a rich sampling of tunisian artistry and craftsmanship vendors are growing concerned. down one of the alleys plies a trade he inherited from his father and grandfather making traditional tunisian hats his family has owned and operated this business for close to one hundred years to keep the national when you see it somewhat in the ward it's like you are seeing the tunisian flag because of how it exists only in tunisia like many other merchants here struggles to get by he also worries an important piece of tunisia's cultural past may be slipping away from. there used to be lots of other shops around here now as you see they are all closed not that many people are active

anymore in this field. but not all hope is lost and not all traditions are being forgotten in another part of the medina tunisians come together in a colorful celebration of the past this is an example about how our heritage is important to tunisians today is the national day of traditional dresses where it's a day when men and women young and old gather in the medina they march through the old city's alleyways and wearing their country's traditional attire. here generations of tunisians are attempting to build a better future on the foundations of their shared heritage mohammed gentleman dizzying tunis. all right.

i guess for you is that you are thank you very much house and the houston rockets up the portland trailblazers the thirteen game winning streak with the victory on tuesday one hundred fifteen to one hundred and eleven was the school records james harden scored forty two points on the night portman's winning streak had been tied for the second longest in front tries history elsewhere and need davis scored thirty seven points for the new orleans pelicans to lead them to a win over the dallas mavericks one hundred fifteen to one hundred five was the

score in that game new orleans aren't a tight race in the western conference for playoffs. six teams are currently fighting it out for the last two remaining cricket world cup places the qualifier tournament is taking place in zimbabwe as you can see here the hosts on the west indies currently lead the way with each team souls of play one more game the united arab emirates have been eliminated that each of the other five still have a chance while the west indies and scotland are currently on the field in harare at first when it takes all matches the winner will qualify for england next year right now is not looking too good for the windies though batting for us there are hundred eighty five for eight after forty six overs. serena williams will continue her comeback to tennis following the birth of her first child home tournament about the miami open later on wednesday williams has won the event a record eight times but she's been handed

a tough first round draw this year against the newly crowned indian wells when i know i mean osaka ahead of the blockbuster clash williams helped to launch the construction of the new venue for the miami open from two thousand and nineteen the joint men and women's tournament is relocating to the home of n.f.l. team but miami dolphins which liam's owns a stake in the. the six year old who grew up just outside of miami has high ambitions for the future off the event. we want this to be the best tournaments ever we want this to be the best experience ever we want to read we want the players to feel like this is the best stop we can't wait to get here we never we never want to miss it this is exactly what we're looking for and that's what we're going for the countdown to this is welled up in russia is well underway and top teams of putting the finishing touches to their preparations with international friendlies that this week li na meth erupted in manchester on tuesday to join up

with argentina as they get ready to face it's only on friday argentina failed to impress in the qualifiers needing a hat trick for methane in the final game to make the finals in russia. south american rivals brazil are getting a glimpse of what to expect at those finals they are in moscow for friday's friendly with host russia it'll be the five time while champions first game of the year and of course they'll still be without stop playing neymar whose remains the doubt for the world cup because of a broken foot. as well as giving teams a chance to higher in the world cup preparations this week friendlies will also mark an important return to football for iraq fifa lifted a twenty eight year ban on the country hosting internationals on friday this was a well. this was the welcome the syrian team got when they arrived for

a training session iraq will play syria next weekend pastor but first faith cattle later on wednesday that game kicks off in the next few minutes and bucks. from the heat of middle east to the ice rinks of north america and the tampa bay lightning were on the winning side on tuesday in the n.h.l. but they had to do it the hard way they were up against the toronto maple leafs and found themselves trailing three nothing in the second period but just when it looked like it was going to be a night to forget for the home fans in tampa the lightning came storming fag final score four three to the phone conference later for their fiftieth win of the season . elsewhere the winnipeg jets secured in overtime when i over the los angeles kings neither team scored until the second period dustin brown giving the los angeles kings the lead even to the game up for the jets now with neither team but once again able to score in the third period the game went into overtime and cano got

his second goal to give his team a two one win. does all this both anomaly to fact he has been very much. and that is it for this news hour and for me has him say that was our raman is here shortly with more of the day's news.

on the markets from. a new poll ranks mexico city is the pull first in the world for sexual violence many women are attacked while moving in the crowded spaces of the metro buses and even at the hands of taxi drivers the conversation starts with do you have a boyfriend very pretty and young you feel unsafe threatened you think about how to react what do i do if this gets way no money on the uses a new service it's called learn to drive it's for women passages only and drawn by women drivers pull for some extra features like a panic button in twenty force of among the train of drivers. talking about ivory

poachers who have decimated populations of elephants in africa they almost always ship the ivory out of a different country from where it was poached because that's where you start to search for looking in the wrong place this radiocarbon dating method tell us their trade ivory is legal or not then we have a place who can focus law enforcement on take those out and perhaps choke the source of the id from entering the network take no at this time on emphysema. a suicide bomb blast in afghanistan's capital at least twenty six people were killed celebrating the potion.