witness through the lens of the human eye. is what inspires them. witness documentaries on how to 0 ready. i'm out in the heat into how weather headlines on al-jazeera donald trump a just $750.00 in federal income taxes the year he ran for president and his 1st year in the white house those revelations were published by the new york times he say they've obtained t. decades worth of tax states are on trial and his business empire the paper reports trump didn't pay any income tax in 10 of the past 15 years says he lost far more money than he made. were through the same person in the same questions for hours ago had a little good to talk about. total fake news no actually paid tax but. the

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a flare up of the long running conflicts between armenia and azerbaijan despite its international calls for calm armenia state media says 31 of its troops have been killed in more than 200 as a bridge on these soldiers the standoff over the nagorno-karabakh region has lasted for more than 2 decades it lies inside the us a bunch on but is run by ethnic armenians the number of corona virus infections in india has passed 6000000 it's the 2nd worst affected country in the world after the united states than. of new daily cases is declining but there were more than 82000 confirmed infections in the past 24 hours india has also recorded close 210-0000 deaths a former foreign minister mocked our one has been named molly's interim prime minister it's hoped this civilian appointments will help ease sanctions imposed after a military coup last month the transitional government has agreed to serve for 18

months before elections can be held belarusian police fired stun grenades and tear gas to disperse 100000 people in the capital minsk on sunday rallies against president alexander lukashenko took place in one the other cities around the country some 200 people were arrested sunday marks the 5th straight day of protests against a presidential election the opposition says was riggs and a judge has temporarily blocked the trumpet ministrations attempt to ban u.s. downloads of the chinese video sharing up tick tock the ban was due to take effect by the end of sunday washington says the company poses a security threat something take talk denies those the headlines the news continues in al-jazeera after a struggle over the now. last

. week the nile to the world's longest river. a 7000 kilometer lifeline for almost 400000000 people. flowing north the nile runs through 10 countries. the highlands in the heart of africa to the shores of the mediterranean sea. a source of sustenance but also one of tension even potential conflict.

for centuries egypt has sought to be must of the not. seeking to time the rivers unpredictable flow until ensure exclusive control over its use. but today countries upstream much challenging this dominance and end up pushing for a greater say and a greater share the river nile. cairo capital of egypt. a teeming metropolis. that has grown on the banks of the nile. was.

it's the 1st day of spring when egyptians from moods of life. flock to the river. to celebrate the arrival of the new season. with a kid to america a few of them you have good and mostly every egyptian wants live by the nile is the thought that if they can't then at least they can sit and picnic they're living in the soviet it's the place of their dreams and mahmoud everybody from young lovers to troubled souls come here for different reasons either to enjoy themselves or to wash away their pain as you heard him not. the ancient greek writer who wrote it has described egypt as being the gift of the

nile it was a fitting description. we made to cities that run along and are only there because of the nile and the novels and it would just be another part of the so hard that you know it would just be dust and sand you couldn't live without and it is the life blood. 'd attached to this source of life 95 percent of the egyptian population lives along its banks just 5 percent of egypt's land the rest just desert. the miles maybe most commonly associated with egypt. but its waters begin their journey thousands of kilometers upstream. there are 2 main sources of the river. one is the great lakes of eastern africa. and the other is in the ethiopian highlands where the majority of the nile waters originate.

this is the summer rainy season in ethiopia. the rainfall forms gushing rivers and tributaries. they collect here in like ton. ethiopia's largest lake and a main source of the nile. the 600 year old monastery is situated on one of the lakes many islands. decorated with biblical

paintings it belongs to the ethiopian orthodox church. the custody of the monastery of adult it believes the nile holds magical powers and is akin to god. patten as an unworldly and bang of the nile is one of the 4 rivers mentioned in the holy bible that feeds heaven and i know that. the nile gives us as well as other countries like egypt all sorts of benefits mithun are you going to have and that. water isn't the nile's only get. the surging streams in ethiopia turn red would suit washed from the volcanic to turn. this silt rich in nutrients and minerals is born downstream. it

was to prove a blessing for the 1st settlers in the nile valley thousands of years ago. each year rainfall in ethiopia caused the nile downstream to flood its banks in what is today egypt. this unusual phenomenon known by the ancient egyptians as the inundation was celebrated as a divine event. it was day find in the form of a god known as hobby. in minimum a most how happy if you look at the pictures of this character and graves on the walls of egypt's temples you find that have is their strange character on the whole he's a man with large breasts but not a woman welcome most of the caribbean he also has a petroleum belly so these 2 characteristics symbolize fertility and generosity

granted by the nile xeon locals who what. was the key gift. when the nile flood receded the rich silt carried by the river remained behind fertilising the soil creating arable land in stark contrast to the surrounding desert. ancient egypt was the birthplace of agriculture. techniques developed thousands of years ago. are still in use to this day. early thunder in the herd envelop dylan was with still used the old plough the one pulled by cutting. there are many cracked it here my uncle has attacked my neighbor has what everybody has attracted and that would what a one at any thought but i pray. the traditional method.

the pharaohs have long since passed from the stage of history but some of their legacy and years. from time immemorial the river has been a subject of adoration. and diana news all found a full mile all bountiful in iowa old bountiful mild ancient egyptians exulted the river nile there's an old chant that goes people don't eat jewels they eat the bread made from the wheat that grew on the banks of the river nile and. but there's a duck aside to this love of the nile. such adoration can lead to possessiveness. to the egyptians the nile is unquestionably their river

above and beyond the claims of any other nile basin country. by the early 1906 great britain ruled the length of the nile. egypt was strategically crucial as the suez canal controlled access to india the jewel in the crown of the british empire. to co-opt the allies in 1929 britain awarded the egyptians exclusive control of the nile to phuket does our issued in the 1929 agreement stated that egypt had the right to veto any project on the nile that would affect its share of the waters or the flow of the river to the north towards egypt. this stipulation was based on the fact that egypt comes. lethally depends on the nile waters but while the upstream countries have other water sources.

30 years later in 1959 a 2nd agreement was signed. freed from colonial overall egypt and sudan agreed on dividing the rivers waters. during the 1960 s. african nations upstream gained independence. nowadays these countries are challenging agreements signed when they were under colonial rule. look at the legal instrument and then. we had 2 countries sit down make us a thing now and that need to said then tell what us them said and knowing really where this what that that they want to share within the 2 countries actually.

to this day egyptians regard the 929 and 959 agreements as technically binding. egypt has its reasons for wanting to uphold the treaties. that share of the nile waters has remained at 55 and a half 1000000000 cubic meters a stipulated in the 1959 agreement. however since then egypt's population has tripled to over 80000000. taking the country into water poverty. lift the figure that had been at these agreements give us a minimum amount of water. less than what we actually need we on tomming any of the nile basin countries they don't need to know like they get their water from nature . annual amount of rainfall at the sources of the normal is $1.00 trillion cubic

meters egypt and sudan use less than 5 percent of this amount the rest that's 95 percent is lost through evaporation in the swamps. but sometimes rainfall is not enough. famine has ravaged states through which the nile floods. here in ethiopia one of the river source is the failure of the annual rains has led to catastrophe in the past. millions have died. beyond such tragedy upstream states claim the past agreements violate their national sovereignty and prevent them harnessing the river for their own development. i know that some people in egypt. and

i.d.'s. want to fashion i.d.'s based on the assumption that the night want to be long still and egypt and that egypt has a right to decide us for gets what of the night water and the countries that are unable to use the night water because they will be unstable and because doing before. this circumstances have changed and changed forever. the change came in may 2010 at a meeting going into uganda when the upstream countries took matters into their own hands. in an unprecedented move 6 of the 8 nations signed a new agreement declaring greater autonomy in decision making over the nile's waters aware of the agenda egypt and sudan had refused to attend.

what was signed an entirely set off alarm bells in cairo. touching the very core of egyptian fear about its water source of law would must it is a red line for egypt's existence. there is a difference between security and existence itself. we are wholly dependent on the nile we have no other water sources. so the truth is that any threat against the nile waters will result in the reduction of egypt's share this with threaten us with thirst and. the specter of a water war looms over the region. for egypt securing the nile waters is a matter of national security even if it means military action. a

common feeling shared by most egyptians. egypt would die what would we drink about it of course we would fight we would fight anyone who attempts to stop i would force a water. 'd throughout its history egypt has been at the mercy of the nile. along the river columns such as this known as my limit as have been built to measure the height of the waters. controlling the river was of paramount importance. with the well being of the state dependent on the level of

the annual flood waters. the key was in finding a way to reserve these waters for use during the drives some of periods. the ancient egyptians 1st attempted this. but it was the founder of modern egypt mohamed ali pasha who built the 1st ever down on the nile in the mid 19th century. to this day the old brick dam known as the delta still stands. in a new land as long as i live in the nile was on muhammad ali's agenda it was extremely important because egypt was threatened by drought that if. you wanted more cotton and grain plantations as well since in those days egypt used to export these products to your. muhammad ali himself laid the dams 1st stone in 847. but this was only the beginning.

as demand for water grew more irrigation projects were completed in the 1st half of the 20th century. but it wasn't until early 1950 s. that egypt began to put in place plans to finally control the nile once and for all . in july 952 a group of army officers carried out a coup d'etat. egypt's king was dethroned then exiled a new regime to power. the main office a behind the coup was jamal abdul nasser we're going to gender to modernize and strengthen egypt. adoptive plans for a massive new dam to be built in southern egypt to harness the full potential of the nile. called the last one high dam it would be

built on this stretch of river at a cost of some $1000000000.00 u.s. dollars egypt was going to need help. in the beginning britain and the united states went together and told. bank they were supporting them. however that support came with strings attached. egypt was expected to join the western camp. but nasa was his own man. in the cold war setting he was committed to a policy of non-alignment. a policy that displeased the americans. on july 19th 1956 john foster dulles the american secretary of state withdrew the offer to finance the us

one high dam. nasa would not be intimidated one week later he hit back. with. nasa his decision to nationalize the company that owned the strategic suez canal was a bombshell. the revenues paid by ships passing through the canal could help egypt finance the us one hype that. it was a trump card but it rattled the powers in europe and led to the suez crisis of $956.00. last. britain france and israel conducted a joint attack on egypt to win back control of the canal. british and french

troops landed in port sight on the northern tip of the suez waterway. but this was as far as they went. the fading armies were forced to win. draw on the heavy international pressure from the united nations. egypt's relations with the west was shattered. nasser now look for friends elsewhere. in 1958 egypt signed an agreement with the soviet union for the financing of the hide them 'd also the russians egypt 2 laws or 40500000000 finally this was not a question egypt paid back these loans from the suez canal revenue as reese. with

the soviet loans nasa inaugurated the start of construction of the us one high down in general 960. the project was immense. it is said that enough rock was used in the construction of the dam to build 17 great pyramids. through the 11 years of construction egyptians sold the dam as a symbol of national pride and defiance to the west. the shop a muslim operetta lot of the egyptian people prove that you here and bracing hide and project we should only they glorify it in their songs in t.v. and radio shows movies plays and everyday activities. that's how it became such an icon of the nation in the shop something everybody rattie behind. him in.

nasa the father of the project never live to see the completion of the dam. just 4 months before construction was finished he died of a heart attack. the opening ceremony in january 1971 was attended by egypt's new president anwar sadat . the dam save the flow with over 30000000000 cubic meters of floodwater each year water that otherwise would be lost into the mediterranean sea . behind the dam a huge manmade reservoir known as lake massa was created. the

water held in this lake was egypt's insurance policy against the river's unpredictable flood. they also. gave the egyptians a guarantee that the rain always the water there i mean during the drought. in the night and so on does not and they does. in sudan in the field go. to gyptian so they could go on cultivating us before because i don't as working behind the down and as wrong. but perhaps most important it was a. in the way national. living now in the. elsewhere the river remained untamed. upstream countries were still at the mercy of the nile and. experiencing at times either famine. or devastating floods.

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