i mean this is from across africa a gathering of the moroccan city of marrakech for a united nations conference on economics top of the agenda is a plan to introduce a free trade area across much of the continent if implemented the said will include forty nine countries and boost intra african trade by an estimated thirty four billion dollars the week long event will also focus on education and digital industries. now that if the delegates don't get lured outside into the sunny weather because morocco gets around three thousand hours of sunshine each year it's a commodity in abundance and in a few years forty percent of the country's energy is expected to come from solar and wind as well as large scale energy producing facilities smaller companies are also working to supply remote rural communities. there's next to nothing in the mountain village of top draft in the high atlas they water no electricity no telephones and this family's been eagerly awaiting the arrival of solar engineers show wired a robe a of his colleagues the panel is installed on their roof at a cost of a few hundred euros. n

as the united nations conference began in nairobi, delegates remembered those doctor, aid workers academicseral antonio guterres spoke about the tragedy. 0ur colleagues were women and men, junior professionals and seasoned officials, hailing from all corners of the globe and with a wide array of expertise. they all had one thing in common — a spirit to serve the people of the world and to make it a better place for us all. it's the second time this type of aircraft has crashed in five months. in october, an indonesia—bound airplane came down shortly after take—off killing all 189 people on board. today, china and indonesia along with ethiopian airlines, grounded their fleets of the 737 maxss. recovery efforts are coming to an end but an investigation into what happened to flight et302 will continue for many months. emmanuel igunza, bbc news, bishoftu, ethiopia. you're watching newsday on the bbc. live from singapore and london. still to come on the programme: it's been ruled a socially harmful cult by the new south wales supreme court. we track down the group known as universal medicine. al

as the united nations conference began in nairobi, delegates remembered those doctors, aid workers, environmentalistscrash. the un secretary—general antonio guterres spoke about the tragedy. our colleagues were women and men, junior professionals and seasoned officials, hailing from all corners of the globe and with a wide array of expertise. they all had one thing in common — a spirit to serve the people of the world and to make it a better place for us all. it's the second time this type of aircraft has crashed in five months. in october, an indonesia lion airplane came down shortly after take—off, killing all 189 people on board. today, china and indonesia along with ethiopian airlines, grounded their fleets of the 737 maxss. recovery efforts are coming to an end but an investigation into what happened to flight et302 will continue for many months. emmanuel igunza, bbc news, bishoftu, ethiopia. our north america correspondent peter bowes in los angeles has more on what the us aviation authorities have been saying. they say this jet is airworthy, but they require boeing to make some software enhanc

as the united nations conference began in nairobi, people remember those academics who died in the crasheral spoke about the tragedy. our collea g u es spoke about the tragedy. our colleagues were women and men, professionals and seasoned officials hailing from all corners of the globe and with a wide array of expertise. they all had one thing in common, the spirit to serve the people of the world and to make it a better place for us all. it's the second time one of these types of plane has crashed. in indonesia, a plane has crashed. in indonesia, a plane came down killing all people onboard. today china and indonesia along with ethiopian airlines grounded their fleets of the 737 max8. recovery efforts are coming to an end but an investigation into what happened will continue to many months. algeria's ailing president bouteflika has given in to weeks of mass protests. he won't now run for a fifth term in office. he says he will give way for, in his words, a new generation. the 82—year—old also postponed elections due next month, saying they would be organised after a national conference

joanna toole was on her way to a united nations climate conference.has described her as a warm and loving person who just wanted to help people. a teenage boy has become the second person to be charged with the murder of 17—year—old jodie chesney. jodie was stabbed to death in a park in east london ten days ago. the 15—year—old is due in court later today. number ten has conceded that negotiations with brussels over amending the brexit withdrawal bill are deadlocked on the eve of a crucial parliamentary vote. downing street says talks will continue today but theresa may isn't expected to make a last minute trip to brussels. mps are supposed to be getting a second vote on the prime minister's brexit deal tomorrow — but conservative brexiteers have warned that they won't vote for it as it currently stands. a 27—year—old man is due in cout today charged with assaulting aston villa's jack grealish on the pitch during a game. paul mitchell is accused of attacking the player less than 10 minutes into the championship clash at birmingham's st andrew's stadiu

we're learning about loss in the craft including a 36-year-old woman on her way to united nations conference and a georgetown man headed back to kenya for the death of his fiance's mother. at the site of the plane crash for us, david. >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. yes. this is the debris field behind me. up until a few moments ago they've been picking from that field trying to get evidence from the site of this catastrophic crash. i spoke to investigators a short time ago and said they felt the plane may have come at a vertical angle into the ground because of how deep that crater is in this hillside. the black boxes and audio recorders are in the hands of the officials and they are investigating and hoping to analyze them soon because of questions mounting about this boeing 737-800 max. the airline manufacturer is standing by that aircraft and faa as you mentioned. look at this list of aircraft and countries that are grounding these planes. it's a bit windy here. china, singapore, indonesia, australia, kays a man, mongolia, just a partial list of all of those countries and airliners th

they include citizens of 30 countries, many of them headed to a united nations environmental conference in nairobi. deborah patta has the latest. >> reporter: "flight delayed" read the bland announcement at nairobi's international airport. however the delay was anything but bland, as news of the worst possible kind reached franc family members. all 149 passengers and eight crew members on board ethiopian airlines flight 302 had died. a grim-faced ethiopian airlines c.e.o. tewolde gebramariam faced the public. >> we are very, very saddened. our heart is broken. >> reporter: the jet was a new boeing 737 max eight delivered to the airline last year. it's the same type of plane operated by indonesia's lion air that crashed shortly after takeoff last october killing all 189 on board ethiopian airlines ethiopian airlines flight 302 lost contact just six minutes after take-off from the capitol addis ababa when it went down en route to nairobi. according to the flight tracking service flightradar 24, the plane had unstable vertical speed during its ascent. investigators rushed to the crash site

maneuver this is not a real political change it's worth noting that the suggestion of uniting a national conference on consensus was already hard won by allies on. so this is not. unusual to continue we're suggestion a new solution to solve the ongoing crisis. they were trying to. new consensus within the regime the coming so the suggestion of a national conference of consensus is not more than a political maneuver to stay in power and to keep going through and that's often what was behind the decision to postpone april's presidential election. it's important to to have a look at the way how the us during regime is working we're not talking about a dictatorship we're not talking about an autocratic regime we're talking about a semiautomatic regime composed of several weems and what we're witnessing for quite a while is a policy struggle between several up between so when we took your words of units in two thousand and fourteen between squatting to be on another candidate to put people what kind of an emergency solution because they couldn't find another kind of. buying time buying time to find anot

many headed to a united nations environmental conference in nairobi. the latest. >> reporter: flight delayed with the announcement at nairobi's international airport. howeve as news of the worst possible kind reached frantic family members, all 149 passengers and eight crew members on board flight 302 have died. ceo faced the public. >> we are very, very saddened. our heart is broken. >> reporter: delivered to the airline last year, it's the same type of plane operated by indonesia's linair that crashed last october killing all 189 on board. ethiopian airlines 2 l contact shortly after take off when if went down inroute to nairobi. the plane had unstable vertical speed during its assent. about 30 miles from the ethiopian capitol. it's unclear what caused this plane to crash but the pilot was clearly in distress. >> the pilot mentioned that he ehad difficulty and he wants to -- >> but then they lost all contact with the plane. the ua sends its condolences to everyone impacted by the flight the embassies have offered assistance to the ethiopian governmen

the trump administration has denied visas to dozens of women scheduled to attend a united nations women's conference this month. campaigners say at least 41 women were denied entry to the u.s. to attend the annual commission on the status of women, most of them from nations blacklisted under trump's travel ban. the move is an apparent violation of a 70-year-old treaty which obligates the u.s. to allow entry to people attending the united nations headquarters in new york city. president trump claimed wednesday he would welcome it can special counsel robert mueller's report public. he made the claim even though he spent months assailing the program to russia's role in the 2016 election as a witchhunt and tweeting just last week there should be no mullah report. prpres. trump: it is interesting that an man gets appointed byby deputy, he writes a report. never figure that one out. man gets appointed by deputy and writes a report. i have the greatest electoral victory, one of f them in the history of o our country, tens f millions of voters, and now somebody is going to write a report. who never got a vo

. >> reporter: since then she's taken her message directly to the united nations climate change conference 24 is in you are not mature enough to tell it like it is. even that burden you leave to us children. >> i was amazed because she put the world leaders in their place. she really pointed out that they are acting like children. >> i'll link you into all the e-mails, okay? >> rep h organizing sco. thouf g hundreds. we're still influencing. we're still powerful because a voice is a voice, and every voice has power. >> reporter: a lesson you don't always learn in a book in a fight that certainly won't be over tomorrow. >> if you could teach everybody one thing abouthat you've learned about climate change, what would it be? >> that a lot of world leaders and politicians have to start making decisions based on facts. they need to start listening to scientists and they need to stop being bought off. >> and if they don't? >> if they don't then you can say good-bye to your life and your future. we will continue striking until the necessary actions are taken. weltoppg. >> and that's the "overnig

thank you, rico hizon. 19 united nations staff were on the ethiopian airlines plane. they were en route to a major un environment conferencee in nairobi, attended by 193 un member states. we had thought our next guest would not want to join us in view of the circumstances. but united nations assistant secretary—general satya tripathi wanted to speak to us because of the importance of today's conference. hejoins me now from nairobi. first of all, and a deep condolences to you at the un for having lost 19 of your staff. thank you, thank you so of your staff. thank you, thank you so much. it is a very tragic time, not just for the un so much. it is a very tragic time, notjust for the un but so much. it is a very tragic time, not just for the un but for all member state delegations and the private sector who were coming here to serve the cause of the environment, which is so important to the planet at this time. thank you. tell us about this conference. of course, it will have a different field because of what has happened with regards to the crash yesterday, but you wanted to talk about how significant and important it is. ab

were there so it's really going to be a very solemn start a very sad starts to this united nations environment conference that is going to go wander through the week. catherine so bring us the latest from nairobi thanks very much catherine well with more on china's order to ground the boeing seven three seven max a jets his age and brown from beijing. well china has now become the first country to ground the boeing seven three seven max that decision was taken by the chinese civil aviation administration this is the body that controls regulates the aircraft industry here in china and of course most airlines in china are controlled by the state so it makes it that much easier for the chinese government to do what it's doing now now there are some sixty seven three seven max aircraft in operation here in china or have been delivered another one hundred have been awarded a total of nine airlines here in china use the seven three seven max some of the world's biggest airlines like air china and china southern now there were a chinese nationals on the doomed ethiopian airlines seven three seven max which cras

conference. >>> the united nations announce it is pulling out all diplomatic staff from venezuela. secretary of state, mike pompeo said it is due to the situation there and mass power outages plaguing it for days. >>> nancy pelosi announcing a marker not all democrats like. she said she is against impeaching president trump saying quote he is not worth it. >>> in ethiopia at the site of the plane crash. it's a remarkable vision you've had behind you the last few days. tell us what you're seeing behind you this morning. >> reporter: john, if you can hear me, we have two teams coming through the debris. the debris is where this brand new plane cratered. they believe it was a vertical trajectory, slanling into the mountain, going deep into the ground, if you will. what strikes me is how small the debris is. this is a big commercial aircraft. there are just a few different piles and the other part of the engine. really, this plane was obliterated. gingerly picking through the wreckage, trying to find any evidence so they can let their loved one know, give them details, tragic moments a

conference that is starting tomorrow at the united nations and vironment assembly president emmanuel mccraw all france is going to be attending that conference seven of his citizens who are in that flight path and i'm sure you were speaking to people at the airport today that awful situation of people waiting for loved ones who were never going to make it what was it like. well it was a very emotional time like i mentioned people were being taken to this rescue center this information and counseling center people were in tears just wondering what could have gone wrong we did speak to some relatives who were telling journalists about their loved ones one particular and said that he was waiting for his brother who was coming from canada to kenya on holiday another family said that their relative is a missionary who had finished her tour of duty in congress just coming back home should spoken to them was very excited to be coming home and spoken to very excited to be with her young daughter who was there at the airport waiting as well so a lot of these families like i mentioned just tryi

united nations. they were headed to an environmental conference in nairobi. two brothers from redding were among the passengers killed. melvin and bennett were on vacation and had spent time in australia and mogadishu before boarding the jet in ethiopia. the two brothers attended st. joseph's catholic school in redding when they were children. today people left flowers and candles outside the parish church as a tribute to the two brothers. >>> a woman who works for san francisco nonprofit was also on board that flight. is planning to be her next week for a conference. >> jana katsuyama is here with her story and the concerns of others flying with that same aircraft. joke i spoke with her coworkers in san francisco and they are shocked. they said they were looking forward to seeing her here next week for that conference and it has not just taken down but also passengers who are on that same type of aircraft flying here into sfo tonight.>> reporter: at sfo monday evening, several flights using the 737 max 8 taxi into the gate. passengers on one air canada fligh

conference. we hear from vice president mike pence, new york city mayor, mike de blasio, former u.s. ambassador to the united nations company key haley, and secretary pompeo., mike >> the american israel public affairs committee is holding its annual conference in washington week. vice president mike pence spoke to the group about the trump administration's commitment to israel and its security. his remarks are 30 minutes. ♪

. >> reporter: since then she's taken her message directly to the united nations climate change conference it like it is. even that burden you leave to us children. >> i was amazed because she put the world leaders in their place. she really pointed out that they are acting like children. >> i'll link you into all the e-mails, ago. >> reporter: haven coleman is organizing students from her home in colorado. >> it doesn't matter if we get thousands. it doesn't matter if we get hundreds. we're still influential, we're still powerful because a voice is a voice, and every voice has power. >> reporter: a lesson you don't always learn in a book in a fight that certainly won't be over tomorrow. >> if you could teach everybody one thing about what you've learned about climate change, what would it be? >> that a lot of world leaders and politicians have to start making decisions based on facts. they need to start listening to scientists, and they need to stop being bought off. >> reporter: and if they don't? >> if they don't, then you can say good-bye to your life and your future. we will continue

conference. we hear from vice president mike pence, new york city mayor, mike de blasio, former u.s. ambassador to the united nations company key haley, and secretary pompeo., mike >> the american israel public affairs committee is holding its annual conference in washington week. vice president mike pence spoke to the group about the trump administration's commitment to israel and its security. his remarks are 30 minutes. ♪ announcer: our next guest has a deep and personal relationship with israel and with aipac. his decades of public life, vice president mike pence has demonstrated a profound love for the jewish state. and at this moment, with israel under attack, we are proud to be joined by a leader who has always stood with israel in her time of need and has always supported her right to defend .erself [applause] >> we are greatly appreciated of all the trump administration has done in the past year to advance the u.s.-israel relationship. [cheers and applause] america has toughened sanctions and hezbollah. america has defended israel some way assaults at the u.n. america has pulled out of the flawed iran nucle

conference on monday to the united nations and vironment assembly but most of the passengers who diedwhat kenyans thirty three of the men who are the airport all day today and we saw a lot of their relatives coming just to get any information about their loved ones and information and counseling center has been setup we see in relatives been taken to that center of very distraught in a lot of grief just trying to understand an entire analyze what has happened we also had a press conference from the few been airlines saying that the pilots all died at crufts seems to notice that their walk problems and requested to town back to the ball international airport in id suburb us at this request was granted but then the plane went off radar almost immediately after so i'm going to go on interesting to see going forward what the investigations which have started are going to an author because a lot of people really are quite unsure as to know what happened and what could have gone wrong. for us back syrian democratic forces have launched a full on assault against i.c.l. and that. syrian encla

conference. >>> the united nations announce it is pulling out all diplomatic staff from venezuela.ue to the situation there and mass power outages plaguing it for

outside the swedish parliament and by taking her message to world leaders at the united nations climate change conferenceture enough to tell it like it is. even that burden you leave to us children. >> she told crowds in stockholm friday, the world faces an existential crisis. a day earlier, she spoke to cbs. >> i felt like no one is doing anything to fight climate change. if no one does anything, i will have to do something. >> as her story spread, youth around the world rallied to her side, like 13-year-old alexandria villasenor, the co-founder has been skipping school to protest outside the united nations every friday for the past three months. her message to politicians -- >> we will continue striking until the necessary actions are taken. we will not be stopping. >> one tangible change students demanded is for countries to become carbon neutral as soon as possible. for her efforts, greta this week was nominated for the nobel peace prize. she took to twitter. >> powerful to hear a 16-year-old tell adults we're not mature enough to tell it like it is. >> more amazing to think she started thinking abou

at least 22 in the work for agencies affiliated with the united nations and were headed to nairobi, kenya, for an environmental conference. two brothers from redding, california, were among the victims. melvin and bennett were on vacation expressed to friends as an overseas adventure. that travel to australia and mogadishu before boarding the doom to jet in ethiopia. they attended st. joseph's catholic school in redding when they were children. >> i did visit susan and i can this morning together with some other priests. there place faith is really strong. >> flowers and candles have been placed outside of st. joseph's church as it tribute to melvin and bennett. >>> another crash victim was a woman working for san francisco nonprofit organization and was scheduled to fly to the bay area next week for a conference. >> as jenna reports, it has left her coworker shot shocked. >> reporter: at so monday evening, several flights using the 737 max eight aircraft taxied into the gate. passengers on one air canada flight said they have been thinking about the ethiopian airlines crash when they saw their plane was the same model.

going to tell us how hard it is to tell you how i will say the united nations discuss a space in two different areas they have the conference disarmament which is where daniel was and then they have the committee on peaceful uses of outer space yeah and that deals with civil space and that means in vienna last year in june of two thousand and eighteen. copus to this committee been read to twenty one guidelines for the long term sustainable use of outer space now this is a consensus driven documents of them that you have every single member of copas had agree us russia china iran everyone had to agree so that's a big deal as it is possible i have faith daniel i know you can do this. i'm just saying let's be realistic about the idea of a treaty so everyone has to sign up to everyone has to agree to it and then everyone has to keep to it to say to is that possible from what we know about the international treaties that exist so far in the world well we already have an outer space treaty and i stick as i said the space is so sort of a global commons it's for everyone and everyone is affected and as daniel said we all depend on

united nations that. the outcomes of this conference must be those that are not not just embraced by the world because it'sabout innovation it is about the challenges of climate insecurity that we need to deal with and you can sound that lisa tried to will overshadow this very important conference that is going on this assembly that is going on as well i think today when you would have noticed the moment of silence there is a unity of purpose that events like this will not discourage us but actually spur us into action and make sure that we have a successful outcome of this thank you very much that was. china's e.g. who is the resident coordinator of un kenya and he's basically said here these spirit of resilience despite those deaths and he also talked about the thirty three kenyans i think the two kenyans who also died most of the people who died in that crash what kenyans and as i mentioned we were at the airport all sunday and so some of this relatives were very distraught and now they're asking questions about what could have happened and also about when they're going to get the bodies of their loved

united nations. they wereheaded to nairobi, kenya, for a conference. now, two brothers from the bay area were on the plane. they were on what they described to friend as an adventure. >> i did visit susan and psych this morning together with some of the priests and their faith is really strong. >> reporter: flowers and candles were placed outside of the church as a tribute. >>> one of the passengers on board of that ethiopian airline flight was tied to the bay area tech community. she was supposed to fly san francisco next week for a conference. people who worked with her says that she was a working mother who had a passion to help nonprofit in africa gain access to technology. >> she did that with verve and drive and passion and that's always come across to me, someone who is trying to make things work, very kind in the way she would work with the people around her. >> she is is your involved by her husband and young children. coworkers say that thing how much her family lost makes her loss even more difficult. >>> stay tuned with us. we'll bring you

phones to try to get any information that we could get. major international conferences being held here at the united nationss in nairobi tomorrow and a number of the delegates are travelling from all over the world were on the plane. the executive director of the world food programme, members of his staff and other un employees were killed. the aircraft was brand—new. ethiopian airlines, africa's biggest and most successful operator received its first boeing 737 800 max aircraft in june. received its first boeing 737 800 max aircraft injune. it flew up from johannesburg south africa this morning. it is the same type of aircraft bought by line air that crashed last october that killed passengers shortly after take—off. the technical team is ready to provide assistance. all thoughts are with the family of those killed, workers have already began to find out what caused the crash. the us aviation authority says it will be involved in the investigation. our correspondent, emmanuel igunza, is at the crash site near bishof—tu in ethiopia, and sent us this update. the recovery efforts you can see going on behind m

a major international conference is being held here at the united nations headquarters in nairobi tomorrowdelegates travelling from all over the world were on the plane. the executive director of the un's world food programme said a number of his staff and other un employees were killed. and tonight, another briton who's died has been named as 36—year—old joanna toole, who was heading to that un conference. the aircraft was brand new. ethiopian airlines, africa's biggest and most successful operator, received its first boeing 737—800 max aircraft last june. the plane that crashed was only delivered in november, four months ago. it had flown up from johannesburg this morning. and it's the same type of aircraft bought by lion air that crashed off indonesia last october, with the loss of 189 passengers and crew, also shortly after take—off. boeing said it was deeply saddened and that a technical team was ready to provide assistance. while all thoughts are with the families of those killed, work has already begun to find out what caused the crash. the us federal aviation authority says it will

at least 20 to work for agencies affiliated with the united nations and were headed to an environmental conference in nairobi. in the bay area, the crash has shocked workers who lost a colleague on board. it is also raising safety questions for air travelers arriving at sfo tonight on similar aircraft. were coverage from sfo with that part of this story. >> reporter: julie, this tragedy is being built very deeply in the bay area. one of the passengers killed was an employee of a tech company based in san francisco. i talked to them today and they are stunned. they said they were expecting to see this woman just next week here at a conference. >> reporter: at sfo monday evening, several flights using the boeing 737 max 8 aircraft taxi into the gate. passengers on one air canada flight said they have been thinking about the ethiopian airlines crash when they saw that their plane was the same model. >> it was pretty terrified once i saw in my seat and the card said the 737 8, i was terrified for a little bit. >> reporter: the fatal crash stuck at the heart of tech workers in the bay area. at tech sou

united's resurgence but how long with paul. remain a read at a press conference with his national team france four by declared his admiration for another giant of european football bulldogs compatriot is in a dean's adot. i was. always said ramage rate is a dream club for everyone it's one of the biggest clubs in the world. yes he does is it don who's the coach is a dream for every child for every player. but at the moment i'm happy in manchester i'm playing and we have a new coach ok all right let's go back to that top story now the one that's dominating the political agenda right here in europe breaks it the search for a delay british prime minister theresa may is in brussels tonight on a mission to delay the u.k.'s departure from the european union she is scrambling to avoid a no deal that she is currently waiting for a new leaders to emerge from closed door talks those talks now running late into the night it's being suggested that the european union is prepared to give britain a short delay to bret's it but that would come with strings attached including britain's parliament would have to ratify the bright sit divorce agre

, aide workers and people on vacation. 22 of them worked for the united nations they were heading to kenya for an environmental conference. two brothers from at the time area were on the plane. two brothers were on a vacation what they described and overseas adventure. they asended st. joseph's catholic school. >> the faith is really strong. >> the flowers and candled railroad placed outside of st. joseph's church as a tribute to the brothers. >>> the board of supervisors will take a vote on urban shield. they gave unanimous preliminary approval last month to change the training program. urban shield was created after september 11th to help first responders prepare for terror attacks and environmental disasters. >>> nurses at two santa clara hospitals are staging a one day strike today. nurses at o'connor and st. louis are due to walk off the job. it is tide to a contract dispute that followed the recent sale of the two hospitals. they say that they will city treat patients despite the walkout by the nurses. >>> a protest is set for noon today by health care workers at san jose's good samaritan clinic. they say that they

at least 20 to work for agencies affiliated with the united nations and headed to nairobi for an environmental conference. two brothers from redding were among the victims, melvin and - - mel and bennett riffel were on vacation and they describe it as an overseas adventure, they traveled before boarding that jet that crashed in ethiopia. the brothers attended st. joseph school when they were children. >>> one passenger on board has ties to the bay area. and the tech community.anne musyioki was based in nairobi. she was supposed to fly to san francisco next week for a conference. people who work with her say she's a working mother who had a big passion to help nonprofits in africa gain access to technology. >>> she did that with - - would drive and passion and i think that came across to me and someone who is really trying to make things work very kind in the way she worked with people around her. >>> she is survived by her husband and young children, coworker said thinking how much her family lost makes her death more difficult for them. >>> we will bring you the very latest information from boeing and t

a major international conference is being held here at the united nations headquarters in nairobi tomorrow number of the delegates travelling from all over the world were on the plane. the executive director of the un's world food programme said a number of his staff and other un employees were killed. the aircraft was brand—new. ethiopian airlines, africa's biggest and most successful operator, received its first boeing 737 800 max aircraft in june. the plane that crashed was only delivered in november, four months ago. it had flown up from johannesburg this morning. and it is the same type of aircraft bought by lion air that crashed off indonesia last october with a loss of 189 passengers and crew, also shortly after take—off. boeing said it was deeply saddened and that a technical team was ready to provide assistance. while all thoughts are with the family of those killed, work has already began to find out what caused the crash. the us federal aviation authority says it will be involved in the investigation. emmanuel igunza is at the scene. well, the recovery efforts you see behind me

was also a student at georgetown law as well as 19 members of the united nations who were headed to a global climate change conferenceies found the plane's two black boxes. ground control lost contact with the plane six minutes after it took off from the capital addis ababa. nbc's tom costello who covers aviation for nbc is in washington. sarah, first to you, tell us what do they know so far about the cause? >> reporter: good afternoon, andrea. well, several members of the national transportation safety board are assisting with the investigation. boeing is also sending a team to the crash site and we are learning more about the identity of the victims. this is a very diverse passenger list. at least 30 different nationalities onboard. you mentioned the eight americans. there were also at least 32 kenyans and one of them was a young student at georgetown law. his name was cedric asiawugu and a third-year georgetown law student from mumbasa, kenya. he'd been returning to kenya to visit family after his fiance's mother passed away. sadly, his classmates are now mourning his passing. the united nations include 21 of its

going to tell us how hard it is to tell you how i will say the united nations discuss a space in two different areas they have the conference disarmament which is where daniel was and then they have the committee on peaceful uses of outer space yeah and that deals with civil space and that means in vienna last year in june of two thousand and eighteen. copus to this committee been read to twenty one guidelines to for the long term sustainable use of outer space now this is a consensus driven documents of them that you have every single member of copas had agree us russia china iran everyone had to agree so that's a big deal as it is possible i have faith daniel i know you can do this. i just say let's be realistic about the idea of a treaty so everyone has to sign up to everyone has to agree to it and then everyone has to keep to it to say to is that possible from what we know about the international treaties that exist so far in the world well we already have an outer space treaty and i think as i said the space is so sort of a global commons it's for everyone and everyone is affected and as daniel said we all depend on th

elizabeth it's also important to note that tomorrow is very important to start un conference here at the united nations environment assembly is going to be starting for some delegates who are coming in so it's going to be interesting to see whether some of. that flight but it's a very unfortunate thing that it's a very big trying to do something that has not happened. in this region catherine thank you very much for that for now that's catherine soy the latest information that we do have live thank you. let's move on to other news from now in parts of venezuela remain without electricity as another power intensifies mass rallies have been held for and against president. he's blaming the power and telecoms blackout on what he called and to national cyber attack and a coup attempt. has been defeated the opposition to lead a nationwide march. stories and there. it was a protest territory in the capital. thousands responded to opposition leader call to take over. an area that's been off limits for the op. decision because it has been traditionally controlled by supporters of the i a free though to me it wa

united nations. they were held to nairobi, kenya for a conference there. melvin and bennett were on a vacation they described two friends is an overseas that denture. they had traveled to australia and mocha d sharif, were boarding the doomed flight . they attended a catholic school in reading when children.>> i did visit together with some other priests. their faith is really strong. >> flowers and candles have been placed outside of st. joseph's true dictate church as -- church as a tribute. >>> the board of supervisors set to take a final vote on the future of the program known as urban shield. supervisors gave unanimous preliminary approval last month for the program. it was created after 9/11 to help first responders prepare for terrorist attacks and other disasters. the program has been heavily criticized as making local law enforcement departments look more like the military. changes include training on first responders for emergency situations such as natural disasters. >>> a shooting on highway 24 this morning. the lanes are clear now but all west

of these people were delegates elizabeth who are coming to you when conference that was that is starting tomorrow the you united nationsand vironment assembly that is to start tomorrow some of those delegates for that we've seen a statement from cordon of that assembly talking about that crash. giving its condolences as well to the relatives of those who died seven of those who died were french french nationals president. is going to be coming to kenya for that conference towards the end of the week it's going to be interesting elizabeth to see how this play out what the investigations. because we are also being told that just at the beginning of this month i think the fourth plane also developed some mechanical problems it had to be delayed for from a trip for two hours there was a statement that came out from ethiopian airlines then saying that it's for the safety of the passengers catherine thank you very much for that for now that's catherine so over the very latest live in nairobi thank you well the jet that crashed is the latest version of the world's best selling airliner a brand new boeing seven three seven max

united nations. they were headed to nairobi, kenya, for an environmental conference. two brothers from redding, california, were among the ethiopian plane crash victims. melvin and bennett ripple were on that plane. the two brothers attended st. joseph's cat click school in redding as children. >> i did visit susan and ike this morning together with some of the priests. and their faith really strong. >> flowers and candles have been placed outside of st. joseph church as a tribute to melvin and bennett ripple. >>> the alameda county board of supervisors will vote on the program shown as urban shield created after 911 to help first responders to help. but the program has been criticized making the police department more as a military agency. the program will be changed to prepare to help with natural disasters. >>> and they are about to walk off the job at o'connor hospital in san jose and read hospital in gilroy. this is tied to a contract dispute that followed the recent sale of those two hospitals. administrators say that they are ready to treat patients despite the

independence referendum something morocco opposes marcus has urged the united nations to broker a lasting peace in the region but at a recent conference in pretoria south africa lent it supports to the polish sario calls the region's fate remains uncertain tens of thousands of people fled to refugee camps in algeria when moroccan of forces arrived in western sahara in the one nine hundred seventy s. while many foster hopes they might eventually return to their homeland one enterprising young woman is determined to make a go of it in the algerian desert. this car is delivering pizza in the desert. and it makes me proud to have established the first pizzeria in the refugee camps and that i've done it alone as a woman using my own resources. a lot of that. up pizza delivery service in algeria sahara desert with a young woman at the wheel twenty eight year old hindu money is one of the ingredients in this rather unusual story. hundreds of thousands of side are we use the indigenous people from western sahara have lived in these refugee camps for many years now they fled here after morocco annexed their homeland money grew up in a camp lik

going to tell us how hard it is to tell you how i will say the united nations discuss a space in two different areas they have the conference disarmament which is where daniel was and then they have the committee on peaceful uses of outer space yeah and that deals with civil space and that means in vienna last year in june of two thousand and eighteen. copus to this committee been read to twenty one guidelines for the long term sustainable use of outer space now this is a consensus driven documents of them that you have every single member of copas had agree us russia china iran everyone had to agree so that's a big deal as it is possible i have faith daniel i know you can do this. i just say let's be realistic about the idea of a treaty so everyone has to sign up to everyone has to agree to it and then everyone has to keep to it to say to is that possible from what we know about the international treaties that exist so far in the world well we already have an outer space treaty and a stick as i said the space is so sort of a global commons it's for everyone and everyone is affected and as daniel said we all depend on the s

people from thirty five countries in nairobi the united nations environment assembly paid tribute to their colleagues who died on the way to the conference. to be more on let us to be frank that i welcome. to travel and work far from their homes and local ones who have made a bet the place to live there you know that nation's ofis at nairobi is ready to support all dispatch by this tragedy the crash has affected people across the world and they are hoping the investigation will tell them why their loved ones didn't make it home. let's go to nairobi. correspondent. welcome so a day what is the mood that. yes i'm here at the airport where the fight e.t. three zero two was expected to arrive yesterday of course it didn't and here as well as in the rest of the city you can really feel that all of kenya is mourning asking the question what happened we've been waiting for updates all day long but the has been very little information because there hasn't been a major development we have learned though that the families will be told later this week when the bodies of their loved ones can be returned and buried and of course the two black boxes h

people from thirty five countries in nairobi the united nations environment assembly paid tribute to their colleagues who died on the way to the conference. as to be more let us be free. to travel and work from their homes and local ones who have made a bet the place to live there you know that nation's ofis at nairobi is ready to support all dispatch by this tragedy the crash has affected people across the world they are hoping the investigation will tell them why their loved ones didn't make it home. melanie credible is following the story from nairobi she has more information about the victims of yesterday's plane crash. details about the people from all over the world who were on board of the plane which never arrived here in nairobi are emerging according to kenya has the highest number of casualties with thirty two followed by canada with eighteen if european lost nine and italy the u.s. and china all had eight nationals on board the list of their names has been published and we're learning more about the people behind these numbers one of them for example was. he was born and raised in mumbai studied law in washington d.c. and was