successful economy therefore it hasn't really held much sway with greek voters in claiming to be bringing back the good old days the pre-crisis days when you could find a job you could get a bank loan you could take the risk of opening a small business these things are now very much more difficult to achieve c.d.'s are hasn't shown that it's been able to pass reforms quickly enough and effectively enough to liberalize the economy and enable people in the private sector to generate wealth it has focused much more on the state on creating new types of welfare support which some people believe it has used rather cynically to buy votes with effectively to give these handouts to its own supporters ok john we'll leave it there many thanks. still ahead here on al-jazeera we'll tell you why this meeting of monks in sri lanka has taken on renewed significance. also ahead peaks

of change how farmers in the pound are adapting to climate challenges. well last week we were talking about the flooding rains affecting japan now this weather system is the same one it's c.m.i. you by front it's the other the plum rice that's stretching from the southwest right up into that eastern side of china and again we have been producing some huge amounts of rainfall large hail as well damaging winds we have seen a fair bit of damage across a good part of that is the side of china the size of those house days golf ball sized big enough to cause some damage and as you can see there has also been some flooding there that wetter weather tended to sink a little further southwards and a swiss but you can still pick out the chain of thunder has that run across the southern half of china well continues just

a little further south as we go on through the next few days but the wettest weather is up towards that eastern side of the country monday going on into or choose day 6 a little further south with the hong kong join in the party will see some wetter weather just fading its way in here that wet weather stretching all the way across into northern parts of the non the showers of course across parts of india china also affecting me i'm opposition up into the northeast of india bangladesh and of course the monsoon rains now bringing some very big downpours into central parts of india hopefully easing the next couple days. every reclaim brings a series of breaking stories this maximum jail term has jumped from 5 years to. 175 years during the listening paste as retain the cameras on the media donald trump shouldn't be the one deciding who is a journalist and who isn't to focus on how very was caught on the stories that

matter they move closer and closer to the tire shut down both international and domestic news coverage on alex is the. welcome if you're joining us you're watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha mining's peter dhabi your top stories iran will increase in which its uranium levels in the next few hours breaching the limits set on the 2015 nuclear deal to iran had given the e.u. until sunday to save the agreement plans to scale down commitments every 60 days but says it is still open to talks. protesters have returned to the streets of hong

kong in their fight to have a controversial fix tradition bill scrapped tens of thousands march towards the train station which links the territory to the chinese mainland. and voting is underway in the greek general election the 1st since the financial bailouts ended opinion polls are predicting defeat for the left wing prime minister alexis tsipras the new democracy leader is tipped to be 10. dozens of migrants rescued off the coast of libya disembarked in italy despite an italian government ban on rescue vessels docking there the alex has been impounded on the mediterranean island of lampedusa and a german vessel with 65 rescued migrants on board is heading to malta instead of to italy or a burden manoli has more. thirsty and exhausted but safe they survived the dangerous journey across the mediterranean from north africa after the italian charity mediterranea rescued them from the stranded. but arriving

on the island of lampedusa they were surrounded by police and ordered not to disembark the charity says they're lucky to be alive i think one montanus or not more of those new ones in that sea did die such a small dinghy does not even gets parted by the radar they were lucky they were able to one of us shortly before we had met in the water and the rest of the ship wreck. the italian flag rescue boat the alex had run out of drinking water and was carrying 3 times as many people as it should when the boat's crew were denied permission to dock by the italian government malta offered to take the vessel but the crew declared a state of emergency government so you don't think you could feel that we are in imagine sea conditions that force is to go to the nearest port we finished our food and water supplies we are overcrowded with several cases of physical pain coast principally by whether this boat is not suited to remain for 45 hours in these

conditions therefore we ask you to risk or to report. the island of lampedusa is closer to north africa than italy but migrants aren't welcome. last month italy's interior minister and deputy prime minister met there said vinie is used to create imposing heavy fines a migrant boats which trespass into italian waters. he normally oh yeah i am not reopening a tally imports especially if you ask me to there is a german ship and then you take care of it or we put them all on a bus in front of the german embassy that's enough and this applies to the french the dutch and to anyone who thinks anything can be done in italy. but just over a week ago after rescuing dozens of migrants the captain of a german rescue ship was arrested when she defied italian orders and docked in lampedusa and italian judges since ordered. roller rocketed to be freed from house

arrest saying she'd been acting to save. the human rights group says 681 people have died while attempting to cross the mediterranean just this year but many continue to attempt the dangerous the crossing in search of a better life and dressy crew say they'll continue to put the lives of refugees before rules. area and bernina have now become the latest african countries to ratify a deal to create the world's biggest free trade zone eritrea is the only member of the $55.00 member african union not to sign up to the deal aimed at creating a single market of one and a quarter 1000000000 people the agreements being finalized and a new summit our correspondent address is in the capital niamey on the face of it this sounds like an absolutely huge daunting very ambitious project.

agrarian business probably greater and it's basically part of 12 point i joined of african leaders came to an opening and of course integrating the continent they have ambitious plans from cropping border borders as well as lifting terraces along 884000 kilometers of borders. on the african continent setting up a wall rail networks road networks huge infrastructure they talking about m b shoes projects to put these things together and of course the expectation is that when this agreement takes off next year by 202020 there will be able to raise in traffic and trade from the master sent it is now to over 60 percent in the next 3 or 4 years however most all leaders here and economist and other observers

of the believe that there are a lot of challenges i had before this gets off the ground in particular the issue of security. stepped up security in the hurt of the capital underlining the growing concerns not only here in the sahara region of africa but in many other parts of the continent from north to south east west and in the hurt of africa 2 governments are struggling to contain communal clashes and violent extremism. african leaders hope the new free trade deal is the answer to help reduce the poverty that helps fuel the fighting. experts say an african common market will come with additional risks that as national organized crime criminals could take advantage of this free movement you know to floor from one country to another and it is killed just as or to perpetrate their nefarious activities so definitely do looking for the for the chink in the armor you looking for the weak

link if the countries do not have you know security act at some countries risk becoming safe heaven for you know or terrorist or criminal organized criminals governments say they're working to stop that from happening. we have decided to escalate our security approach in dealing with these attacks and violence so that's africa union will come in and take charge. this way the cell region will be safer and all the flashpoints can be contained in the solved by africans themselves on the african continent of free trade agreement is expected to create the world's largest single market the continent is home to one and a quarter 1000000000 africans leaders hope that the free trade agreement will help create jobs and spur economic growth but it's not clear whether investors will overlook the internal strife in many african countries and bring in the much needed capital to boost production of goods and services.

african entrepreneur say the agreement could be the answer to the continent's many problems the truth is we do have. to get the kind of returns on investment to get in so you are confident the investors will come and. fall we need to do. for them what's going to develop policies that will be able to create jobs of us if there are also fears that corruption and we can force for some countries the success of what's being billed as a historic free trade agreement. and it's interesting to see how the african leaders will be able to sort out the disadvantage questions of the continent when compared to other productive economies like in europe asia and the rest now there are a lot of countries in africa that are dependent entirely dependent on imports because they have a weak manufacturing base people are expecting to see how these leaders will

address these issues before the single market takes up the issue of security is also part of mt this much has been said by the chairman chairperson of the african union the president of egypt as well as the president mohamed you support the president of nigeria unless security is tackled it could derail the plan for a single. single market in africa. thank you. well supporters of the deal hope it will create employment opportunities for millions of africans al-jazeera as malcolm web reports now from kenya and what it may mean for farmers there. betty tibet grows here on how farming kenya ends up in more than a dozen african countries beings from these soya plants will make cooking oil our idea is some also be added we know or more they so we we decided to call soya because this is the. draft and then it is the

main class crop for us. the oil from bessie's beans is bottled at this food factory in the town of. as well as using locally produced oil its own is sometimes called toil from neighboring countries as well but that's subject to trade tariffs and so it costs more the products made in this factory were also subject to trade tariffs in some of the african countries that they're exporting to the proponents of a new prison continental free trade agreement so that it's seen. nearly all of the member states of the african union have signed the agreement is due to take effect next year and progressively phase out 97 percent of terrorists. at the factory the director told us it will create jobs and reduce costs if it's implemented there's going to be the single biggest market in the world where there will be free movement of goods and services big macro projects like this is

a very good but they implemented has to be done with a united africa with the united thinking united limitation when leaders promise free trade at the african union many still pursue protectionist policies at home selling manufactured products across africa's borders often isn't easy it's here at the port of mombasa that goods manufactured outside of africa are imported to the region. most african countries trade more with countries in europe and asia and with each other economists say that free trade agreements alone won't solve that and that they'll be resistance from a powerful few who make fast profits from the status quo the politicians have become beholden to these types of folks and i think you're breaking up much more than might appear at 1st glance here bringing in a system that's been there since independence the products from the food factory

a truck to around the region that this kind of manufacturing and export happens less in africa than any other continent economist say free trade within the continent would change that and create more jobs and income for people like betty but many feel it's still a long way off malcolm webb al-jazeera kenya farming in the shadow of the world's highest mountains has never been easy and climate change is making it even more difficult sabina stressed now reports from the power villages are having to come up with innovative ways to grow their crops because of a lack of water. there is a drought here and governor district but culture basi doesn't seem to be suffering this canopy of green has been made possible because people here have changed the way they've harmed. the village tap runs only for a few hours a day at the mills in a says the farmers don't waste any water every drop is trained to do this pool for their crops. as the temperatures have risen so to have the number of pests

i mean. earlier we want over there and we would literally spray the village with chemicals these are much better. she is referring to the eco friendly compas she uses now gone are the chemicals that once made her body ache and gave her headaches i wanted a few years ago these streams were a constant source of water now it's just a trickle the springs that feed into these streams have all but dried up people here say the monsoon rain patterns have changed the rain still come but they are now followed by long periods of drought at the international center for integrative medicine development easy mode climate change scientists on both the shasta says people across the region should prepare for disasters caused by a changing climate this includes prolonged period of drought intercepted by floods

from intense monsoons for others it could bring floods from the accident rated ice melts of the himalayan glaciers listen this is also to go through this. picture. league in 2016 nearly 200 nations signed the paris accord that seeks to limit any average global temperature rise to one and a half degrees celsius. but even if that goal is met scientists predict that by the year 2100 at least one 3rd of the glaciers in the region will have melted managing those extremes so that's going to be the most important factor. in the future the decision for no the farmers in this village are coping but they don't know for how long swedish russia. district and. thousands of buddhist monks are gathering in these for lincoln city of candy ahead of the presidential election in december

some muslims are closing their shops the gathering is called by the head of the buddhist nationalist group. the city has seen a spate of anti muslim riots in recent weeks following the easter sunday bombings which killed 258 people. the brazilian musician known as the father of the bossa nova has died at his home in rio de janeiro gilberto was 88. the girl from ipanema was a global hit in 1964 track from his multi-million selling grammy award winning album that helped popularize the fusion of somber and jazz which became known as the bossa nova. this is al jazeera these are the top stories so far this hour iran will increase enriching its uranium levels in the next few hours breaching the limits set under

the 2015 nuclear deal tehran had given the e.u. until sunday to save the equipment it plans to scale down commitments every 60 days but says it is still open to talks for such a body has more from tehran. we heard from the deputy foreign minister who said that the pomus is not being abandoned the iranians are only interacting certain clause within this nuclear deal because they feel that the remaining signatories are not abiding by their and the bargain they are saying they are giving them another 60 days in the meantime they have said that as of tomorrow morning we i.e. inspectors that are in the country on a regular basis will find that iran will have exceeded the 3.67 percent of enriched uranium that they have agreed to protesters have returned to the streets of hong kong in their fight to have a controversial extradition bill scrapped tens of thousands march towards the new train station it links the territory to the chinese mainland organizers say they want to educate visitors from china about their struggle. taliban fighters in

afghanistan say they killed 8 security personnel in a car bomb explosion close to 200 injuries were reported in the central province of guns need the taliban say an intelligence gathering base was the target well that attack coincided with the beginning of 2 days of talks between taliban representatives and afghan society groups here in qatar the german government is mediating the talks which is separate today also in doha but in the taliban and the united states voting is underway in the greek general election the 1st since the end of austerity triggered by the international bailouts the prime minister alexis tsipras called the election early after european election losses in may the conservative new democracy party is expected to make big gains. shiria and the nino the latest african nations to ratify a deal to create the world's largest free trade zone is being finalized at a summit of african union leaders in the plan could create

a single market of well over a 1000000000 people up next it's the listening post i'll see you from 10 g. tomorrow. plans to abolish the death penalty dividing the. more than 1200 prisoners on death row 101. 0. not just for. narrow. journalistic turkey behind that. time. i'm. going to go out. hello i'm richard just put in you're watching a special edition of the listening post coming to you from istanbul last month turkey's president regifted type area one held a rare press briefing for journalists here in that meeting air to one said that

freedom of the press was of quote vital importance to him it was a statement that failed to square with the facts let alone the numbers because for each of the past 3 years ever since july of 2016 when an attempted coup failed to depose erda one turkey has imprisoned more journalists than any other country in the world in this program we will take you behind those numbers unraveling our complex and sometimes contradictory picture a story that we'll examine in 3 parts to begin with we'll look at the many journalists who have fled turkey to avoid ending up behind bars later the ironic flipside to that story how a country that's been described as a living hell by many of its own reporters has become a safe haven for. journalists from other countries primarily arab ones who come here to work for fear of being jailed at home in between we'll get a perspective on the government's treatment of journalists including behavior that

borders on the dictatorial from one of president air to one staunchest supporters in the turkish news media but 1st a listening post flow phillips on journalists in exile park watch. just a few months before i was kicked out i was a already attracted a lot of attention by the government with my reporting back that. there was a arrest warrant against me we thought that they wouldn't come to the news if we're so actually stayed in the newspaper overnight but they came to the nice effort and my editors were staying with me so they told me that i should flee from that door. i left turkey because of the prosecutions that has been brought against i had already been to jail for my journalism so this time i chose a different path. i

was facing 20 to 25 years in jail my passport has been revoked so like many refugees i got on a boat and crossed the marriage river to greece well to say when you understand english i published the story about the government of 2 key who was trafficking to a neighboring country illegally. i found myself in jail 1st and then he makes. of course leaving the country was the easy decision i left my hometown my family went to all my papers my library my dog. everything my life. left behind. but they knew that this is the price of being a true news. janda. chad ash kept my his in

a lot just 3 among school is a turkish journalists now living in exile for the past few years the government of president has carried out an aggressive campaign monitoring targeting prosecuting and jailing reporters for some the situation became so dire that only option was to flee. with one of the most prominent newspaper editors in turkey he rang him her at the country's oldest daily center left paper that were team investigated and took home the ruling government for the past 3 years he's been living here in berlin he came here after spending time in a turkish prison for publishing a story that exposed illegal arms support weapons that the turkish intelligence services were providing fighters in syria he was sentenced to almost 60 years behind bars and he decided that life in turkey was no longer an option.

he couldn't deny the story because it was true but he said it was a state secret sort of trail of blood from you so i was getting a lot of threats by the government by the crew or i was attacked or informed of the group told. i saw someone coming to me. he called me that's great too so you were convicted for revealing state secrets but you pleaded innocent and were peeling the decision why didn't you stay in the country to clay on day because. i lost trust in traditionally. to do the trick with him. alone changed the whole system to. 1st thing he has done was to arrest the high judges who decided for a release so they're still in jail the adult independent justice really content

yourself sold that little being. putting my hat into the computer team. on july 15th 2016 a fraction of the turkish army attempted a coup it was a spectacular failure using some of the very media outlets he's been attacking the other one running popular support for stopping the coup in its tracks. on. the government penned the blame on the girl and his movement forces loyal to the islamist cleric for 2 local and a one time ally turned and. the event was a watershed moment in the country's history and for the media it marked a seismic shift in their fortune. within 2 weeks more than

100 media outlets had been shut down and in the years since those considered inconvenient to the government have been taken over by over one allies while journalists critical of his policies have been systematically rounded up and imprisoned. one of the media houses forced to close with zara a company widely seen as close to the good in his movement magazine a lot of work to zam an english language newspaper today's emma but his struggle with the government had started well before the coup on 25th of december 2 dozen 13 i wrote an article about the corruption case which targeted president so when i wrote that story all hell broke loose for me one of the. just published my. if you're just saying that turkey beware of this traitor and on that they present out on press charges against me. after 6 years in prison why do you think the

government and one specifically took such extreme measures there are some red lines that you should not cross one of them is undoubtedly corruption investigations that target the present and the other thing is the military coup attempt you cannot question it there's also the kurdish issue there are over 60 journalist. deported from the country and most that most of them or kicked out of expelled from the country just because they wrote about kurdish issue kurdish conflict. the battle in the southeast of the country between turkey and kurdish insurgents demanding equal rights nor tommy. has lasted more than 40 years the leading insurgent group classified as a terrorist out by ankara is the kurdistan workers' party on the p.k. k. . the group its leaders and its message are all red line issues covering human rights abuses by turkish forces is fraught with challenges and kurdish language media

operate under significant restrictions. chadash kaplan was one of 32 kurdish journalists arrested back in 2011 for him the most dispiriting thing was not so much his arrest but the lack of support and solidarity from his fellow journalists . the journalists who didn't speak up for the kurdish media back then today they are the ones being victimized i hope my colleagues don't mind my criticisms because i criticize them on any platform for example zemo newspaper men will shut down i defended them and said it was illegal but when i was arrested in 2011 labeled me a press terrorist. he's absolutely right and i think. yesterday and today. failed to support those causes and that's the tragedy. is that the victim does not support the other victims and kurds have always

been alone in this fight. they're not alone anymore all 3 of these exiled journalists have been classed as quote terrorists by the turkish state we contacted various representatives of the government requesting interviews however none of the officials agreed to speak with us. from their homes in athens washington d.c. and berlin cap plans. continue with their journalism it hasn't been an easy journey particularly so. what sort of pressure or intimidation you continue to feel both from the turkish government but also from the pro i don't want supporters living here in germany. 8 and they're a little for it all fanatics around and they are trying to intimidate. and there's an. intelligence. to this here i guess there are informants among the

society another one himself came to germany and called you out is that right. there . you show it to believe he has from government to give me back to turkey what's in scott german government knows with what's going on into . the some of turkey's exiled journalists those goings on resemble a living hell one in which the ability to report freedom to hold power to account and to expect process seems all but dead and buried. in the father's freedom of the press in this country has been buried in a big grave byo leaders not just by it we have to fight for it just like our other rights because we have the power to dig up these fundamental. right from the grave but we can only do that by resisting otherwise it's impossible that. we wanted to get the air to one government's response to some of the allegations

made by saying aloft and catholic journalists the turkish state calls terrorists we requested interviews with a number of senior state officials including the president's director of communications his spokes person and his special advisor none of them agreed to speak. so we asked for an interview with jim and aired on loyalist and a prominent face on the privately owned t.v. channel t g r t. agree with strict conditions he said he did not want to answer any questions about the turkish government's handling of specific journalists in particular the exiled reporters we interviewed he said our questions would be better answered by a representative of the state he did however defend certain other statements about the media made by president aired on and some of his closest advisers telling kids they can you know listen. to

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a computer the. news in. journalism may be under siege here in turkey but there's a specific group of journalists foreign ones thriving here in the aftermath of the arab spring hundreds of reporters from egypt yemen libya and syria have all fled authoritarian governments oppression prosecution in some cases war to come to turkey there are more than a dozen arab t.v. stations now based in this country most of them right here in istanbul deeming their content back home to the arab world now the irony of all of this as well as the apparent hypocrisy turkey jailing its own dissident journalists while playing host to those from foreign countries is not lost on either turkish reporters or their foreign colleagues they all know that there are politics at play here we've come to istanbul to speak to arab journalists about life in exile as well as the

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a number. you've been watching a special edition of our program in turkey a country that while offering refuge to hundreds of arab journalists has grown into a giant prison be it metaphorically or literally for many of its own reporters a concerted campaign of intimidation arrests and closures by the government in all korea has ripped huge holes in the turkish media fabric the fact the turks at least those who look beyond their television screens can still find news and information that questions the official line is a testament to the courage of those who risk their safety and their freedom be it at home or in exile in the name of journalist we'll see you next time here to listen just. from cutting edge medical technology toxic could be a fast track to resource the development of lifesaving drugs to advances in the

most difficult regions of the world raising it and it's something that many of the worst hit in the you heard here upside. down are innovative solutions to global health care problems if you hope to make a difference maybe out of all these words good sure to solve the cure on al-jazeera . this is al-jazeera. hello i'm sam is a guy and this is the news hour live from doha also coming up. defying the nuclear deal iran will start enriching uranium beyond the limits agreed but says it also

wants to talk plus. thank the african union moves a step closer to creating what it calls the largest trading block in the world. falls in greece close in less than an hour in the 1st general election since the end of the financial bailout plus. the new stand off in hong kong its place trying to clean streets and kalou not the 10s of thousands take their protests to tourists from the mainland. in sport the women's football world cup final is just getting underway in france european champions the netherlands taking on 3 time champions the usa. stuck to the nuclear deal for nearly 4 years but iran's commitment on uranium enrichment will likely be broken within hours by monday morning it expects to pass

the limits agreed to in 2015 iran's deputy foreign minister blames european countries for failing to live up to their own commitments or until now iran's kept the maximum level of uranium curacy 3.7 percent enough for electricity generation and compliance with the deal will be reduced every 2 months unless other signatories worked to stop u.s. sanctions uranium becomes nuclear bomb grade material if it's enrich to 90 percent the iranians deny wanting nuclear weapons france says the dispute resolution mechanism won't be triggered at least for now if the disputes can be resolved un sanctions could follow those jabari has more from to head on diplomacy is not being abandoned that's according to the deputy foreign minister following today's announcement now the raney's have said as of monday morning when the i and

a inspectors see the country's latest enrichment levels they will have increased it from the 3.67 percent that's good that was agreed under the 2050 nuclear deal but iran hasn't specified how much higher they will go they said that it will depend on the country's needs now the foreign minister gerard zarif has tweeted his reaction that these these steps are absolutely necessary for iran in order to preserve the country's interests but they are reversible as soon as the remaining signatories the european signatories of the nuclear deal make good on their promise and comply with this nuclear agreement so for now iranian officials have given the european countries another 60 days in this hand to salvage the nuclear deal. well all sides say there's no need to trigger the dispute resolution mechanism of the iran nuclear deal for now and what is it well it can be triggered if any of the signatories

finds another in breach of the agreement negotiators from the e.u. china russia and iran would then have 15 days to resolve the issue if they can't foreign affairs ministers would get involved then and advisory board if still unresolved issues be taken to the un security council which could lead to what's known as a snap back sanctions being reimposed on iran mark fitzpatrick is an associate fellow at the international for strategic studies he previously worked and served for the state department and is a founding member of the european union nonproliferation consortium joins us now from washington d.c. so there is some kind of dispute mechanism in the deal why isn't it being activated . i think the europeans are reluctant to activate this dispute mechanism because at the end of the process if it's not resolved it goes to the

security council where snapback sanctions can be imposed the europeans want to try to resolve this informally and diplomatically before beginning such a legalized process and by the way the united states can't begin it because it said last year it's no longer a party to the deal well despite the latest announcement iran says it still considers the agreement to be valid is to her on maneuvering. tehran has absolutely maneuvering you know they waited for a year after the united states pulled out they employed what you might call strategic patience. it kept them in the international consensus they had the moral high ground but they didn't get any oil revenues to replace the oil that was being taken away and now even more oil is being taken away and other revenue so they are trying to put pressure to get leverage by is mentally increasing the level of

enrichment and the amount of enrichment and they can keep going or they can go backwards it's all reversible if they can get a better deal for it better benefits from the europeans all right so if this is about getting benefits better benefits what more can the europeans do to mitigate the effects of u.s. sanctions that seems to be the biggest problem for the europeans is it not absolutely and the europeans cannot do what the iranians are asking which is to make up for the lost oil to make up in trade europeans cannot order their companies to do business with iran and thereby fall to risk the imposition of huge penalties by the united states the europeans have done what they could do in terms of putting this mechanism in place to provide a financial channel it took them a long time they should have done it quicker they're now providing credits for this

channel they need to get this going they need to show iranians that there is some real practical benefits and i expect have been expecting that for several weeks now and it's been slow how far is iran from the degree of enrichment needed for a nuclear bomb. although they're pretty far away from it so you need about 90 percent for a nuclear bomb today today's announcement was about 5 percent now in terms of the amount of effort to get to 90 that's actually pretty far it's it's probably 70 percent of the the effort but getting to 90 would be a huge step they're not going to to do that and then of course you need to to get enough of it and then you need to fashion it into a bomb so they're still at least i think a year away from being able to produce a bomb which was the whole purpose of the iran nuclear deal but the higher

enrichment they go the shorter this time period becomes. thank you so much for analysis. nigeria and benny now the latest nations to sign the african free trade deal of the african union summit in the air $54.00 out of $55.00 countries in africa are now part of the single market agreement eritrea is the only african country that hasn't signed up to the deal yet it didn't participate in negotiations in the past because of its conflict with ethiopia and remains hesitant the accord removes 90 percent of trade tariffs between signatory states trading is set to start next july to give member states time to prepare. is to kick it is the biggest historical event for the african continent since the creation of the organization of african unity in 1963 and its transformation into the african union the continent of free trade area is the path to prosperity for africa it is the establishment of a market a vast market the largest market in the world

a market of $1200000000.00 consumers today and it will be 1700000000 consumers in 2030. all the agreements being finalized within a you summit in the jeff. is in the capital are they close to finalizing it for the launch. well basically. there was bombed and high expectations this morning when the leaders walked into this very you right where i'm standing. nigeria's president. and to paper and signed the agreement and then china west african nation of bill republic also picked up and signed the agreement making it $54.00 out of $55.00 now during the debate the basic threshold has been crossed long ago now you have almost everybody on board however the finest finest details are yet to be walked out some countries

which you will see in the next few months or so before it finally takes up next year demand certain concessions nigeria remember. president to sign this. sort of agreement earlier simply because it wanted assurances of how to protect its local market how to make its market competitive remember nigeria has nearly 20 percent of the african population i country of more than 200000000 people so it once guarantees it has a weak production base because of power shortages because of capital flight so countries like that want to see government is before they move ahead a lot of challenges ahead including of course the issue of security which of course the president the host president mohamed useable mentioned in his opening remarks that the right of extremism extremist violence and various places across this health and the rest of the continent can jeopardize this agreement unless african leaders put had together to deal with the same problem now the issue of security.

by almost everybody in this conference and even outside of. stepped up security in the hurt of the capital underlining the growing concerns not only here in the sahara region of africa but in many other parts of the continent. from north to south east west and in the hurt of africa 2 governments are struggling to contain communal clashes and violent extremism african leaders hope the new free trade deal is the answer to help reduce the poverty that helps fuel the fighting. experts say an african common market will come with additional risks that as national organized crime criminals take advantage of this free movement you know to flow from one country to another and it is killed just as or to perpetrate their nefarious activities so definitely going to be looking for the for the chink in the are you looking for the weak link if the countries do not have you know

security at some countries risk becoming safe heaven for you know terrorist or criminal or organized criminals the government say they're working to stop that from happening for samantha and some we have decided to escalate our security approach in dealing with these attacks and violence so that's africa union will come in and take charge. this way the cell region will be safer and all the flashpoints can be contained in the solved by africans themselves but the african continent of free trade agreement is expected to create the was the largest single market in the continent is home to one and a quarter 1000000000 africans leaders hope that the free trade agreement will help create jobs as breaking a growth but it's not clear whether investors will overlook the internal strife in many african countries and bring in the much needed capital to boost production of goods and services.