zone dominic kane as the latest from ballad to announcements from germinal forages regarding the saudi arabian government and its role in the affair the first came from foreign minister in brussels where he and i once the decision to impose travel bans on eighteen saudi citizens who have been implicated in this affair calling for other european governments to follow suit and then separately here in berlin the economy ministry has announced that all arms exports to saudi arabia whether they offer you church signed agreements or current signed agreements are to be frozen that is important because the german armaments industry does exported considerable amount several many consignments to the saudi authorities well all those are now kurt alles truncated as it were the point will be whether this is something that will be followed by other european governments certainly that's what the german government wants to see the chorus of concern and then criticism that came here in

germany was equalled was was as it were followed suit by european authorities but now the question is will other european authorities impose an arms embargo. the u.n. special envoy to yemen has welcomed to hear his decision to stop drone and missile strikes against the sound led coalition iran backed rebels also say they are ready for a broader a ceasefire if the coalition quote wants peace comes as yemen saudi backed government has also confirmed it will take part in the u.n. backed talks in sweden nation this month my motto reports from neighboring. these are the kind of attacks the voters say will lead ballistic missiles fired into so that it be a from across the south of the border in the. whole the president of the whole thing supreme revolutionary committee said we are now so initiatives by calling on

the yemeni official forty's to stop the launching of missiles and drones on the u.s. so the countries and their allies in yemen in order to stop any just difficulty for their continued aggression or siege while preparing to freeze or stop military operations on all fronts to reach a just an honorable peace if they really want peace for the people of yemen. after we started using missile attacks and we started to target saudi forces near the border saudi arabia is now portraying its aggression on yemen as if it is just a response to our missile and border attacks via for today's steep imes to once again clarify our position we also announce that we are ready to stop all operations at all fronts to show the world who is doing what and to give peace a chance we want to prove to the world that we want pace but hell the rebels are

still preparing to bottle in the vital port city of data even though pro-government forces say they are paused fighting there ahead of peace negotiations in sweden and to allow. being humanitarian aid this just in case the sodium or article pollution ignores the. two and the tux well. they are a challenge to the so. they really want to get my island into the so the will actually accept it because many times. similar. still this did not like. international pressure has been mounting on yemen's warring parties to and the white house killed thousands of people and pushed the country to the body of starvation the threat from diseases grows all the time. has more on the upcoming year and back talks from neighboring djibouti peace talks

between yemen's warring parties is looking ever more likely because for the first time we're seeing a united international community countries like britain the united states france all singing from the same exacting pressure on this so the democratic or lucia and as well as the who and the last round of talks in geneva collapsed because the holders did not turn up now. with the u.n. special envoy so he will travel with them from sun are to sweden if need be which makes many people have hopes that talks might be possible at last. there are still ahead israel's government narrative voice collapse and then you question mr threatens to pull his party out of the coalition before deciding against it. because parliament meets again to try to oust a disputed prime minister. hello

winter has arrived with a vengeance in europe that only four days ago has joined the teens and sunshine but the cold coming from russia really and this cloud coming from the south means the two are clashing brody's in steroids a car pacing out in the balkans that snow keep going through ukraine and there are masses route running up through the balkans into most of the alps and up as far north as berlin probably by tuesday the green is rain it's been stormy around both greece turkey and probably italy that's going to continue as well the snow itself will be regenerated i think of the carpathian arms and keep going over the alps and south of the lower ground in germany is just the cold remaining and you know it is now almost all of europe is in single figures as the height of g.'s madrid's and it is managing twelve surbiton a change big change to be honest and it's always been inducing the warmth to come

out of africa not is very warm the one hundred twenty two or twenty four twenty five in libya significant raise already fallen in morocco and that could be more to come is disappearing from algeria and tunisia or notis and this massive cloud is drifting through the eastern mediterranean that's a result of what's still happening around the igi in the black sea will eventually throw some more rain into the levant and beyond. a rite of passage through the generations my cousin was laying down there screaming she was helpless the woman after indoors as if i cold pain for what. meets the women affected by s.g.m. and those reshaping perceptions do you think people will abandon this even threw it a bit to them to take al-jazeera correspondent because.

they're in wonder top stories here now to syria saudi arabia's king sound man has heaped praise on his judiciary in his first public comments since the murder of jamal khashoggi a journalist was killed and dismembered in the istanbul consulate last month fronting the gulf nation into one of its worst international crises in decades. meanwhile senior democratic senator ron wyden is calling u.s. intelligence officials to release their findings into murder u.s. media reports say the cia has identified the saudi crown prince as ordering the killing of president trump says such conclusions a premature. at the u.n.

special envoy to yemen is welcome to the who the rebels decision to stop drone and missile strikes against the saudi that coalition rebels say they're ready for a broader ceasefire if the coalition quote wants peace. britain's prime minister says her breakfast plan is best for jobs as she battles officials from her own party who want to out theresa may has told business leaders that her strategy on exiting the european union is the best deal britain can get even as it causes widespread political opposition meanwhile e.u. foreign ministers have been meeting in brussels ahead of a summit on sunday where they're expected to sign off formally on the withdrawal deal the european union's chief negotiator has called the agreement fair and balanced. we are in fact at the decisive moment in this process no one no one should lose sight of the process the progress that will be achieved dressers and you know the longer. pretty that ministers today's report to overall

package in particular member states through ports of the draft with direct removed . he is following that for us in central london so we aren't about that no confidence vote and the forty eight letters going in or not yet well i wish i could tell you to be honest the only person knows is the chairman of this backbench committee and he won't say until forty eight letters are in and so it's anybody's guess really the thing about these rebels is they don't appear to be a very tightly knit unit because some of their leaders have been saying over the last day or two that it appears that some of the parliamentary colleagues say they put votes in against the reason may the letters in and then haven't or my support letter then changed them on withdrawn them again and so it doesn't look as if they're talking to each other in any way that looks particularly impressive and i have to you have to come to the conclusion that given how urgent it is for them to try to overthrow sarees in may that if they were going to do it to bite by bite

today than it would have happened by now and in the end that apparent lack of coordination between them i think works pretty well for some reason maybe because she can basically face them down and say look you know if you haven't got forty eight letters against me then how are you going to get one hundred fifty eight members of the conservative party in parliament to vote me down. and then go to lots of other m.p.'s and say stick with my deal because it's better than all the alternatives and as fragile as she looked at the end of last week it does appear for the time being at least that she has momentum behind her momentum seems to slips away from those who are trying to unseat her and as is all viewed by the european union. well i think they're pretty they must be pretty satisfied with with with how things are going there managed to organize a situation in which the u.k. if it's a greet will be in the european union's business orbit at least potentially until

twenty twenty two now through continued membership of the customs union the u.k. still has to pay in to the european union during that time as well that puts business as easy keeps the northern ireland border with republican open and it stops the u.k. from slipping away entirely they've obviously signed it off with a view to it being gratified at this summit on sunday the your opinion has made it absolutely clear that there will be no renegotiation which is what the rebels over here want so they're shut down that avenue as well and all of those things again place it series amazes vantage because she can say to not just her own m.p.'s but politicians from across the block before the crucial votes are going to be held here in parliament in december look what are the alternatives in you might as well stick with my deal because otherwise the whole thing could fall over so for all of those reasons i think it's looking increasingly like the chance of no deal i think is lessening at least for the time being in the chance of either to resume

a winning support as unlikely as it sounded last week or indeed the u.k. to not leaving at all looking creasing the likely options thank you very much. the man who is credited with saving one of the world's largest carmakers from bankruptcy has been arrested for lying about his salary dollars going to the chairman of japanese auto giant nissen was arrested after being questioned by prosecutors in tokyo is and says an internal investigation found go on understated his income by millions of dollars and used company money for personal benefits the company says it will move to sack him during a board meeting on thursday. going as also chairman of japanese company mitsubishi and chief executive of francis renner which allied with nissen france's finance minister insists there are no new risks to the conglomerates stability and about the reports from paris. well hala scone could be facing a real fall from grace the japanese carmaker nisanit will consider on thursday of

all meeting on whether or not to sack him as their chairman they are alleging financial misconduct on the behalf of kahless gone they say that he was using company money and assets for his own financial benefit and gain now how this came about is that nist and have been investigating going over the past few months they were tipped off by a whistleblower they've now given all the documents and information they have to japan's public prosecutor was speaking at a press conference on monday the c.e.o. of nist and said this was a very serious matter when or if you'll get it was a company of course this is definitely an acceptable and we were also told by experts just misconduct is serious enough to dismiss zammit mistake or go on isn't just the chairman of the knesset and but also of mitsubishi motors another japanese motor company as well as the chief executive or french car maker rhino now the

french state is a shareholder in rhino and earlier the french president reacted to the news. we will be extremely vigilant about the stability of the alliance and the renault group and also as regards to belittle you for employees to whom i want to say that the state as a shareholder is ensuring that all of its support will france as finance minister says members of the french government will meet renault representatives in the coming days if carlos corner is sacked from this and it would be a huge blow to his career to his reputation he is someone who's been at the top of his industry for more than two decades. israel's government has narrowly avoided collapse education minister naftali bennett had been threatening to pull his party out of prime minister benjamin netanyahu is coalition but has decided against it which will give most of the lead to a snap election stephanie decker has the latest from west jerusalem after all the criticism after all the ultimatum that he gave to the israeli prime minister

naftali bennett will not be quitting this government he had made a very loud point where he said that if he was not given the post of defense minister that he would be resigning which would effectively have collapsed this government it hasn't happened now yes he extensively criticised the prime minister particularly his policies when it comes to the palestinians when it comes to the gaza border protests when it comes to how he's dealt with hamas when it comes to the fact that the prime minister hasn't yet demolished that bedouin village in the occupied west bank connel ahmad but after one of that he said that he would be remaining in government bennett doesn't want to be seen as the man to bring down this right wing government that is also the position that the israeli prime minister i put him in netanyahu remains a shrewd political operator he played the security card when it came to defending his policies of these of the how mass to the cease fire in gaza so for the moment snap elections seem to have been avoided but it remains a fragile coalition only one seat majority many people will tell you that netanyahu

is keen on early elections but not under these circumstances and certainly not handing over what would have been a huge political victory for hamas if they would play it if the government had collapse at this stage they would have played it as a victory to that so for the moment it's been avoided but again many people will tell you that early elections will probably still happen they've just been avoided for doubt. sure i guess parliament has delayed a third no confidence vote against the president's choice of prime minister but in direct impact it's already passed to no confidence missions that wretch about says refusing to step aside president cena held an unsuccessful meeting of political leaders on sunday in an attempt to break the deadlock bennett smith reports from colombia this session of sri lanka's parliament was over within minutes of it starting the session was adjourned there was no third vote of no confidence speaker

story consider the first vote sufficient and then of the second vote he considered that even more than was necessary the president refused to accept both of those votes of no confidence because they were conducted according to procedure he was prepared to accept a third vote if it had been conducted according to procedure but it's not gone ahead to the parliament adjourned again this is beginning to become a legal battle between the courts various cases being filed in the courts of palm and he's not able it seems to decide who should be prime minister of sri lanka the government at the top of government run ill witnessing as he is still prime minister is staying in the official residence manner rajapaksa though is gazetted on the air on the official government document as being prime minister so he's carrying out the duties of prime minister parliament now might try and vote to strip some funding from the proc prime minister's office in a way to stop him exercising his powers but all of this political crisis this

constitutional crisis being still hurting sri lanka's economy the rupee again at an all time low against the us don't. the presidents of russia and turkey are celebrating a major step in the construction of a vital energy supply line between the countries that amir putin and the one i met in istanbul to mark the completion of the offshore part of the turk stream pipeline which will carry natural gas from russia to turkey and iran has called it a new step in energy cooperation between ankara and moscow to extreme says it expects to start pumping gas by the end of next year and a quick reminder you can catch up with all the stories we're covering by checking out our website the dress that is al-jazeera dot com and you can also watch us live by clicking on the orange line like on al-jazeera dot com. and one of the top stories on our syria saudi arabia's king solomon has heaped

praise on his judiciary his first public comments since the murder of. a journalist was killed and dismembered in a stumble concert last month funding the gulf nation into one of his worst international crises in decades. the kingdom was established on the principles of justice and that's why we have all the trust of the judiciary and that they would do the necessary to establish the truth and surf jumpsuits. also ensure that no penalties unpunished. meanwhile senior democratic senator ron wyden has called on u.s. intelligence officials to release their findings into the show g.'s murder us media reports say the cia has identified the saudi crown prince as ordering the killing but president donald trump says such conclusions are private your report into the matter is expected from the u.s. by tuesday the u.n. special envoy to yemen has welcomed the whose he's decision to stop drone missile

strikes against the saudi that coalition. the iran backed rebels also say they're ready for a broader ceasefire if the coalition quote wants peace it comes as yemen's saudi backed government has also confirmed it will take part in u.n. back talks in sweden later this month britain's prime minister says her brakes it plan is best for jobs as she battles officials from our own party who want to out trees mayors told business leaders the test strategy or exit in the european union is the best deal britain can get even as it causes widespread political opposition meanwhile e.u. foreign ministers will be meeting in brussels ahead of a summit on sunday weather expected to sign off formally on the withdrawal deal and also expected to agree an extension to the transition period which currently runs to the end of twenty twenty. seven days current nissen is considering sacking its chairman for allegedly lying about his salary carlos ghosn was arrested after being

questioned by prosecutors in tokyo and says an internal investigation found understated his income i'm millions of dollars and used company money for personal benefits. just to stream is up next on more news for you after that thanks for watching state of it. a new wave of diplomacy sweeping the horn of africa is bringing eritrea in from the cold war what does that mean for millions of ever try it today will consider

whether the recent spirit of openness between eritrea and its neighbors is still tearing down to its people and your thoughts via twitter and you tube for today show. for years a pariah state it appears the door is opening for eritrea to rejoin the international community just last week the un security council lifted an arms embargo and targeted sanctions against the country the restrictions had been in place since two thousand and nine following controversial allegations that eritrea had supported al-shabaab fighters in somalia and which considers distinctions unjust and illegal the security council vote comes amid sweeping diplomatic change in the horn of africa in july eritrea's president assayas after working signed a peace deal with ethiopia's prime minister and two simmering border disputes and ever trace relations with somalia and djibouti also for him after years of friction but millions of eritreans are waiting to see if assizes government will work to

improve human rights in recent years thousands of people have fled eritrea to escape indefinite military national service that the un has called enslavement human rights watch and amnesty international say there are severe limits on freedom of speech and assembly and that arbitrary arrest and imprisonment is common so what are the prospects for eritrea is leading eritreans leading better lives as the country remains relations with its neighbors to discuss this we're joined by asylum solomon she is a multimedia journalist with voice of america's africa division in luntz we didn't we have right how well she is a political scientist and a researcher she's also an advisor to the africa youth movement. i went to a welder michael is an associate professor of african and world history of queen's university he focuses on developments in the horn of africa he joins us from the canadian province of ontario hello everybody it's really good to have you here for how i just want to remind our audience plus you about this headline is from v.o.a.

voice of america from their web site un security council live sanctions against eritrea jury member where you were what you felt describe that moment when you heard about it i was actually on my way to pick up my son from daycare and i thought it was going to be a very long process i had started watching the live feed of the time i got downstairs listening to what they were saying it seemed like they already have the vote and then that followed with many delegations from around the world can graduate in. peace. across the horn of africa and the state of eritrea for its. emotional or just a diplomatic move for you for me. i thought of motional of course but. it felt like the. almost

a decade long struggle against these unjust sanctions. coming to an end and i felt very vindicated actually the reasons why the sanctions was put there in the first place were very political and the same process the political process that made those sanctions come about was. was the reason why it was lifted prime minister of the one that had visited. levy was in june of july and the next day after he took a flight from eritrea to ethiopia and had a meeting with the once you commit a secretary general like around noon that day and the first thing he did was present a letter requesting that. the u.n. would lift sanctions so we've been anticipating this and now it feels very good it feels great and i'm very happy and i continue to celebrate and we celebrate in this for a very long time. to be only one you said you felt vindicated i want to share this

tweet from seattle who likely felt the same way this person says this is a positive development the apparent isolation of eritrea was actually uncalled for so this is a new era of engagement for the eritreans but on the other side of that coin is our views like this this is from fishtailing who says i think paratransit would be better to lift assayas after working rather than sanctions lifting sanctions means authorizing him for further atrocities and allowing him to acquire weapons he's the most difficult burden for innocent people not the sanctions so nothing has changed can you explain to us why we see these two very competing views very different views so in the beginning of the sanctions when sanctions were imposed in two thousand and nine there was a lot of proxy war going on between ethiopian eritrean so this has used this you know. a way of isolating i think the country for

a while but in the early stages of the same. before i became bob used to be islamic courts union and i think there was some meddling proxy war going on eventually the un launched an investigation didn't find any evidence that i was supporting. so there was no reason to have it but mind you that sanctions were toothless so they were targeted they were targeting government officials who traveled by the way even though there were restrictions they didn't have assets to freeze anyway so i mean it was toothless in that way but it had symbolic symbolic ramifications and meaning foreign governments cannot do business with the country in that way so it had indirect. issues but the thing is what that means for average eritreans average area chance when you're thinking about you know internal issues like national service that is indefinite when you're thinking about internal issues

that affect average eritreans that is now a subject or a topic to be talked about because the government has used the sanctions and also hostilities between ethiopia and eritrea for many years as a first reason to basically not prioritize when they're criticized about their human rights records when there were criticized about internal issues like you know civil society crushing down of the media and all these things that are that matter most to air tran's within a week looking so thought for can we start with what this means for the neighbors around eritrean eritrea's relationship with its new neighbors well thank you. in the first place the sanctions were. in the context of hostility between europe if you're an ethiopian diplomatic success success alignment with the us in the global war on terror. the fact that there is a new government in ethiopia the direct effect of it has been normalization of

relations with eritrea and ethiopia i mean the new government in ethiopia the snowball effect of it was the lifting of the sanctions. it it's it's a good sign because we have decades long of unsuccessful sanctions which hurt the people more than more than the governments or the individuals that they targeted in light of that it's a positive sign that this albatross sort speak has been removed from the country from its image and and he meant term harm that could have. come from it on the population has been removed that's a great positive thing but it's full effect on the daily lives of individuals cannot be really exaggerated because. it was targeted significant parts of it were not implemented. as asylum was saying this is this has

a lot more symbolic what weight than substantive weight. but the fact that it's lifted and the fact that all countries in the region have come around editorial to support this lifting of the sanctions is indicative of the positive diplomatic. dynamics that's going on in the region the question however is that each of these countries have internal problems and because eritrea is the topic of our conversation it's time that we start talking of of. stagnated political reality the kade. conditions in eritrea as a result of. government policies actions and inactions. we're having a very rich conversation with the three of you we also try to reach authorities in eritrea or get a government voice we were unable to reach that government voice but i know that certain area chains are very active on twitter so if we see it and we look out for

it those comments we will bring them into the show while waiting in the live show so a couple of people mention the word positive here and so that's what i want to pick up on i heard the stagnation that you talked about in your comments there a wet and so we will get to that but i want to bring this in because it echoed something i heard earlier so here on twitter says this is a positive step for helping to ease the tension between the two countries. i was in northern few weeks ago on assignment and i witnessed lots of positive energy and optimism so that's the view from across the border we also got this video comment from someone who is a human rights activist in london and she also talks about some of the positives have a listen recent developments in trying to. reach the sanctions have been live to have been. and diplomatic and other relationships across the region which is positive development. however the situation. has

changed particularly the things that have been of. human rights activists and people who are concerned about it. so i hope she mentioned those diplomatic relations that she sees is being a positive out of this what's your view on. i agree i mean it's definitely a positive move and terms of the international community but this idea that this is now opened. eritrea's participation in diplomatic talks and negotiations. out of like a complete darkness i think is. a bit dishonest. eritrea has had diplomatic relations with various countries actually lived in the sanctions and in fact i mean i can mention of for instance up south africa has played a major role in creating

a bridge between different bilateral actors advocating for the lifting of the sentients also with the european union. you recall the euro as a two thousand and eleven european union after negotiating with the government on its terms decided to continue with the european development fund so there has been diplomatic relations this is just you know how can we say. this in itself and the fact that peace has been developed. really just exploded over the region because of the peace agreement to actually see opiate of course it's going to get better i mean our for business for developments for cooperation and social economic cultural i mean i think their style is really the limit and we just have to give it time you know. so i just had a future home but. yes eritrea did have diplomatic relations yes eritrea positive

engagement with its partners but you cannot underestimate the fact that it was considered rightly or wrongly again to not put value judgment on that assessment but you cannot underestimate the value of the fact that eritrea was deemed chorus the. subject of sanctions again just or unjust is an altogether different question we can get into but all these are important negative marks on record a country accomplished much in asserting the human rights of its people through its liberation struggle and independence which is a fundamental human right to be within a decade or two to be associated with the simple the mere association of being implicated with terrorist groups not not that it was but the fact that it was the diplomatic blow to editor and on editor us record also just to add to this

conversation about diplomatic relationships. here's the thing even when the peace deal was signed and declarations and joyous reunification of families that you've seen family separated because of this war for twenty years there's your people don't have agency at this point because in one thousand nine hundred three when independence the referendum was you know the character became independents we haven't seen elections we haven't seen a government all these deals are done with the agency of the people so we don't know what these agreements are at this point me as a reporter working on these issues for instance when we want to see when what is being signed for instance these are basic asks about what is going on who is signing on behalf of who these are the things that are not discussed so you can talk about eritrea as a. but let's talk about the government structure here. general assembly hasn't

since two thousand and two we haven't seen elections since one thousand nine hundred three the last time the president was asked if there are going to be elections my understand i think it was our jazeera he said. thirty twenty years twenty thirty years i don't know but the excuse and the reason that's been given is that you know we don't want sham election to make us seem like there's a democratic process and continue autocrats autocratic governments but fundamentally air tran's fought for thirty years for independence just so they could have a government that represents their needs and have a transparent process where they see what is being signed on their behalf so here's the question what has change what did november the fourteenth what did the lifting of the sanctions do that change that in the hell we're talking about less than a week it happened last wednesday. and you know to talk about the single events having you know why would you go get the top of drastic change or not i think it's

. yeah it's too ambitious to ambitious it's not just too ambitious i mean you know what have you had years you know given the gratian it's only seven years for one accomplice to night a year after the decision on the border was given it took then another was sixteen eighteen years until the peace agreement was you know well when any of these are true and with between energy if you are right now i mean we cannot expect you know democracy and economic prosperity to happen and we're talking about like seven days six seven days and also is there also the peace between if you're in eritrea that has been happening for a much longer period of time if i can jump and the peace deal has happened and what what came out of this is that the president and his government have come out strong so if you stick with me for as long as you do twenty years plus and sacrifice as

much then you get the result is what the message comes out be it the peace deal we had the lifting of sanctions but the flipside of that coin is that now people have highest expectation for whatever it is that they sacrifice for twenty years to bear to see the result of that. so the domestic if i can jump in here the life of the country entirely and every and every aspect of it has been held hostage by a succession of crises. the worst the briber war the wars the state of no war nor peace that lasted until just last june and then there were some in between and there were many other mishaps that happened in the past two decades so the life of the country economically politically in every respect was held hostage to that and every modest and by modest i mean in every sense of the word modest.

requests for improvement in the internal situation was rebuffed under the guise that our trail was face an existential threats in this form or that form so yes i agree with what held that seven days is too short but but as you correctly pointed out this process is a snowball process that started in early june. officiated in july. and throughout we have not heard any official statement from the government whereby it can tell its citizenry x. y. and z. have happened and now we are moving to a b. and c. . so we haven't seen that again seven days is too short for a government to make any meaningful change on the ground but at least one as a citizen one would expect a declaration of intention especially in light of the fact that now the two major hardness to the two editorials internal political and economic life are now

practically removed which is that the border conflict with. the state of normal peace and the sanctions have lifted which are the two main hurdles or the two main excuses depending on where you stand on the political spectrum that prevented the editor and government from responding positively to people's demand for change in the internal affairs now all the hope is that there is no more excuse for the police i am. someone who would agree with at least part of that is ileus here on you tube who says lifting the sanctions is a slight reminder to us can't turn around the hardship overnight so of course not enough time is what people are saying but there is this criticism here from been as a birthday who says the change in foreign relations has actually nothing to do with domestic change and at best it gives opponents other eritrean regime she says more ground to stand on when advocating for human rights in the country as the excuse is

that the government wants had are now gone she sent us a video comment to elaborate on that point that she raised there and i want to have a listen to it. so there are two. there too and government has to use the war with your p.r. with the no war no peace to ation as an excuse for its oppressive politics but the fact that nothing to change to follow the peace of the summer and the national service for means indefinite the national let some vessel not been open the concert and some up and implemented proves that this was never about national security as a simply about a government i want full control over its people and we need to stop entertaining side to get that you know the lifting of economic sanctions or the improvement of relations between not only a few opium but other foreign countries is going to change anything in eritrea the problem in eritrea last are to their interim government and as long as they are in power no significant or meaningful change is ever going to happen. you know this thing that of the us are called excuses. and i think there are very

very solid reasons for the way that things happened in airshow. after the border or and or the peace agreement but this idea that nothing has changed since the peace agreement is false i mean the i think one of the biggest changes is the opening of the border the demilitarization of the opening of the border where people can you know across it without any permit without a passport without even you know making any type of declaration of what we're going to come back that is a very significant. effect of the peace deal not just like you know i. would like to jump in here about a process in which the economy so before the sanctions before even the border conflict eritrea has a command economy the government controls everything even a simple as an entrepreneur trying to open a business is very extremely hard one thing that's not even talked about is how

successful eritreans are in neighboring countries when you go to a war torn air place like south sudan and you sell tea to make money to return it back home that throws you the level of how how people are not even able to entrepreneurs to try to operate as they want military service is another way another way of controlling the population and we are seeing something that is more positive than the track that we're going on right now which is the idea of business coming back into eritrea and thriving these are people in the eritrean port of misawa talking about the potential for tourism have a listen. but how do you say that there were times we didn't have a single person coming to dine or stay at our hotel often not a single person to receive or host but now we've started to work a lot because that you know what it is that i did with. my happiness is limitless now this place. will be business as our brothers will

start coming here and having a good times here and we will welcome them with all we have overall i think this place will come alive again. he would. look at those smiles look at the positivity if you would can suggest a place for people who are watching this around the world where they could go and have a trailer where would you take them where would you show them it's been a while since you've been back home. well i don't know i'm not even sure where exactly i would go so i wouldn't recommend anything for anybody but let me let me say something and this may be a topic for a future discussion here are. much as i celebrate the peace much as they celebrate the lifting of the sanctions much as i celebrate the bringing in eritrea from the cold in from the cold the way it is happening is of concern the fact that internally at a tree and legal system the editorial system of the absence of rule of law the

fact that the militarization of a doctrine society is still in place in the past few days the men of a certain age are required to report for training these are old men mostly so it internally not much has changed of course in a week we don't expect much but even the way the border is operating right now is not something to be happy about. although the movement of people and goods is something to be welcomed this unregulated interaction is not helpful that was part of the reason we went in to begin with so we have to work this very cautiously. because we're talking about the economy there i want to end with this tweet from emanuel who says the economy is yet to recover but there will be citi cash flow to the government like from the point that if european other nations have started using investments by private institutions will also see a boost or something to look out for thank you very much gas for being part of this

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istanbul consulate last month and u.s. media say the cia has found the saudi crown prince responsible but white house adviser kellyanne conway says the u.s. government has been moving fast so those responsible. reluctant or even slow moving the seven hundred sanctions should be second and minute before he got there to try to get answers he's waiting for the final report obviously many comments not just the ones that some of you can see when he cherry picked about the tragic in unspeakable murder. of mr shogi and obviously we've already taken action . there been more revelations in the turkish media about the murder reports that nineteen course were made from they stumble consulate to saudi arabia on the day of the instant mohammed has the latest from istanbul. the x. have still have a lot to it if you have to the world and they still have a lot of ammunition for the total destruction of the soudan over to the latest of

that came today reported by two newspapers who had access to part of the recordings and new sections of the recordings that the turkish security authorities apparently have got. and that shows that the saudi narrative about the fact that the fifteen men who came here who were sent. to negotiate according to the saudi story to negotiate with the to return to saudi arabia that is not true according to these revelations they show that the moment he entered the consulate the consulate foreman received him there in section a the visas are normally processed and one of them grabbed his hand and pulled him to the section b. was the office of the concert is located and he. tried to this is that and told the man leave me alone who do you think you are and the response of the man who is said

according to the recordings to be. to be one of this special advice special security aide to mohammed the same man the crown prince he shouted at him insulting him and he said traitor your day of reckoning has come and then they took him to the office of the consul and that's when the recording. field shouts and screaming and pain from torture cries. and that was apparently the beginning of the operation. the u.n. special envoy to yemen has welcomed the who feels decision to stop drone and missile strikes against the saudi led coalition iran backed rebels also say they're ready for a broader ceasefire if the coalition quote wants peace it comes as yemen's sounded back government has also confirmed it will take part in u.n. back talks in sweden later this month israel's government as an early avoided

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a four year old daughter. i grew up in sweden but ameritrade and bauer's and. it was while making a web documentary fall about female genital mutilation that i realize how deeply rooted it is in many cultures including my own. i have family and friends who have been through it but it's not something you talk about. as a child i attended a close relatives gathering after she was caught. it was then that i wondered have i been kept. to my relief my mother told me that she chose not to. when i think about the severe health risks involved in after i can't help but wonder. why does this practice continue in so many countries.

and what would it take for to start with and when i'm on the internet and what and how do some manage to change my own health attitudes towards cutting was stupid having their own culture. you know and then there are more personal questions like whether my mother has been cut it. i've never asked or. i'm determined to find out more about the different reasons why f. jam continues and to understand better what's needed to end it. i've come to somaliland because together with the rest of somalia it has the highest rate of female genital mutilation in the world. f.p.m. is banned in most countries but here it's still legal. in

somaliland children mostly caught between the ages of six and eight. after come to the afghans of a geisha the capital to meet a traditional cutter. of the world are known as being cutting girls for over forty years around twenty five a day attack peak. how many girls have you got what you look about and what type of cuts have you performed on the girls. couldn't father why entire leg in a three year. with an all star. and this italy good new chorus. done by the. sub that allows solo a good year for only. now kids so know why entire this week

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this is how big the opening is only this but well good luck once and you're supposed to urinate from the earth when you're a teenager mr asian go through this whole. yeah over ninety percent of girls in somaliland are cut by traditional causes. unlike neuro most have no medical training. most girls and women here have had the for rooney and i want to know the consequences and i. am a business junior midwife at the local hospital ground so you have a very beautiful thank you very much she was born in somalia but moved to sweden as a result of the civil war. and i tonight and i i decided to come back to prove something for myself people because i most needed here how have you been

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