as fronts for past a whole sapphic in leaders grappling with a dramatic surge in violence in the sahara which. the leaders of libya's warring sides are preparing for separate talks in the russian capital after a cease fire came into force there's no suggestion yet the 2 leaders will meet but the wages of element has raised hope of a path to ending years of civil conflict international diplomatic efforts to end the fighting have stepped up in recent weeks that shows brokered by turkey and russia came into force on sunday morning while otani for have to offer is a ready in moscow and they you

and militancy isn't the only pressing problem people in the sahara are suffering from high levels of poverty ethnic conflict and the effects of climate change it's an explosive cocktail that's prompting more and more people to flee their homes and head for a year up many of the african migrants who arrived in europe have come from or have travelled through the 5 countries that make up the so how. now in other news. libya's warring rivals are expected to hold peace talks later in moscow all this after a failed. and his u.n. backed government agreed a conditional truce with rebel leader before half dark both sides have accused the other of violating the agreement. clashes marred a carnival opening event in rio de janeiro on sunday police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse huge crowds gathered in the city's copacabana district it's not clear what sparked the unrest revelers have accused police of using excessive force. rain is forecast for new south wales the state worst affected by australia's bushfire crisis prime minister scott morrison has seen his popularity nosedive lar

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the priority is the islamic state of the great sahara which doesn't prevent us great sahara which doesn'te main enemy. because they are the most dangerous. we are now implementing a joint military collision between our operation and the joint forces. there is rising anger towards a french military presence, triggered by the number of going casualties. the summit was intended to bolster the coalition, governments will have to update game without they are to the is honest missed's advance. it's oscar season, and the joker is smiling, the movie about that creepy comic book character has 11 nominations. while director sam mendes is hoping 2020 will be the year for his world war one epic 1917. but there's controversy about the female directors who were overlooked, and the lack of diversity among the nominees. the bbc‘s arts editor will gompertz has been reviewing the nominees, and has this report. to bring laughter and joy to the world. the oscar nominations are in and, perhaps unsurprisingly for an awards season being critisied for a lack of diversity, the four leading contenders all tell whi

even special envoy to west africa mohammed in us has warned the security council that the sahara region is experiencing a devastating surge in violence in 201-6770 people were killed during attacks in booking a fast so mali and michette that number jumped to 4000 last year in the confess so 80 people were killed in 216 but a shift in the focus of attacks eastwards from mali and seen the number killed a rise to more than 1800 in 2019 the humanitarian cost is also growing the u.n. estimates half a 1000000 people have been displaced by the moderns a 10 fold increase in 3 years there's a common interest has more from the nigerian side we've seen an uptick in violence over the past few months and it's the same across the sahara over the last 2 or 3 months the trend is more daring attacks by groups fight armed groups in the region a book coram in nigeria islamic state i saw islamic state in the levant in this a hell area we're seeing several attacks especially in the border areas of mali booking a fossil energy as well as on the lake chad side where we've seen several attacks inside cameroon

and farmers there's no deagle route to europe most pass through the sahara desert and then cross the mediterranean according to the international organization for migration or i.o.m. 16000 canadians took this path to italy in the last 5 years. many african migrants end up in southern italy but tomatoes grown here are processed and sold in cans including at low prices in ghana with production heavily subsidized italian tomatoes have a competitive advantage over local goods in africa. the seasonal workers from africa actually contribute to the problem by working for rock bottom wages which further lowers production costs few of them have residue. it's punnets but day laborers are exploited by my field and i sections recruited by agents known as puppet on the peace middleman who paid them to crate off today to talk to the commission only in the end but if you feel particularly since you feel like this you know this before you go for it and use it to have fun up with little good to come from coca-cola you know country music. from one it's moving to quickly like 28 or 30 it'll i did. to g

thousands of troops have been deployed to the area from the sahara countries but also france and the us the french minister for the armed forces was in washington on monday she says expected cuts by the pentagon to its africa mission would severely limit counter-terror operations our friends in the us so are in a situation where our assistance is critical. and i have expressed the hope that boasts the united states and france will keep on supporting them but the impact of the conflict goes beyond violence there's hunger too and not enough water 670000 children who've been forced from their homes into camps like this say stop and what used to be a school. this little boy may be in a classroom but there's no math or science here just tough life lessons taught to soon brian al jazeera. that the u.s. is disputing ripples that taliban fighters shot down an american military plane in afghanistan it crashed in a mountainous area of girls in the province large parts of which are controlled by the taliban now these are exclusive pictures that were obtained by al-jazeera and they show the wrec

al-qaeda or the so-called islamic state the g 5 soho group is focusing on the latter the crisis in the sahara erupted in mali in 2012 and has expanded into 5 countries last year about 4000 people in the region were killed in attacks hundreds of thousands have been displaced by the fighting. a crowded courtyard on the outskirts of water due to the refugees living here lack electricity and lack trains around 10 people share sing the room space is so tight that some even have to go to a nearby school every night to sleep. along with his family of 9 he said double fled his village of 200 kilometers most of the capital about a to seek safety here. we grew several types of crops in our village and after every harvest our store remorseful. back then we never would have imagined having to go to bed with an empty stomach much less having to leave home. the circus of a double decided to flee 2 years ago when attacks became more frequent in the north of book enough fassel. they looted everything they could onto a donkey carts and walked for days until they finally reached while the ducal. when we took t

thousands of troops have been deployed to the area from the sahara countries but also france in the us the french minister for the armed forces was in washington on monday she says expected katz by the pentagon to its africa mission would severely limit counter terror operations our friends in the us so are in a situation where our assistance is critical. and i have expressed the hope that boasts the united states and france will keep on supporting them but the impact of the conflict goes beyond violence this hunger too and not enough water 670000 children who've been forced from their homes into camps like this say shop and more used to be a school. this little boy maybe in a classroom but there's no math or science here just tough life lessons taught to soon brian al-jazeera. hello again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera palestinians have been protesting ahead of donald trump's announcement of his plan to end the palestinian israeli conflict is you to reveal this plan in under a half an hour time with this or else foreign minister benjamin netanyahu standing by

french oil company very much involved in libya there is a strategic interest and that goes beyond the sahara desert to west africa to the countries of need book enough os the book enough madi in this area there has been a significant rise in recent years of islamist groups groups that are close to the so-called islamic states or to al qaida and they have made significant progress in . significant inroads into those regions there's been a an international force involved in trying to pacify that region for many years france is especially deeply involved in that has many soldiers stationed there and helicopter crews has in fact lost quite a number of soldiers in conflict in that region and that borders on libya it borders on southern libya so this region of west africa the sod. borders on libya and the. islamists that are involved there obviously don't respect these borders so the whole conflict spills over into libya as well partly because general huffed is more or less in control of southern did france might be interested in cooperating with him in order to try and. gain some more control in

borders with mali and begin a faster no one has claimed responsibility for this latest attack in the sahara region libyan warlord khalifa haftar has agreed to a cease fire that's taking effect in libya that's despite previously refusing to order his forces to put down arms the move has been welcomed by. the prime minister of the un recognized government. has moved from tripoli. after rejecting a cease fire call by turkey and the russia last week war lord harry for have to change his mind a few hours before it was due to go into effect. the general command of the libyan ira bomb forces announces a cease fire in the west inside of libya the cease fire starts from one minute past midnight on the 12th of january 2020 the other party should stop any type of military operation at the same time we will respond harshly to any violation of the cease fire. in a joint press conference earlier putin angular merkel made their position clear and into the ongoing violence in libya including peace talks to take place in berlin we're going. to put an end to the opposition between the libyan national army le

has warned of security council that the sahara region has to experienced a devastating surge in violence in 26770 people were killed during attacks in the can a fast so marley and me share that number jumped to 4000 last year in book a fast so 80 people were killed in 2016 but a shift in the focus of attacks eastwards from mali has seen the number killed there rise to more than 800 in 2019 humanitarian cost is also growing the u.n. estimates half a 1000000 people have been displaced by the violence a 10 fold increase in 3 years. joined by judy one o security consultant to have a consulting that specializes in solutions to security and defense problems in africa so thank you very much for coming to talk to him why do you think there has been such an upsurge in violence in that region well the part of the issues in the sahara relates to what's going on all over the world a climate change and also the rise of islamic states which is given a lot of local small local groups that really wouldn't have had a cache or that kind of resource or power the kind of forage and the spread around the are

absolutely it's not only the french forces of war the french have a large number of troops in the sahara region more than 4500 but put together the number of multinational forces or other international forces in the sahara in particular is close to or even up to 20000 and lot of people in the region are wondering why these forces despite their training despite that it could mean despite the level of intelligence gathering they have these attacks continue we've seen several protests in the region in nigeria in mali we've also heard a lot of voices are asking why the united nations and other international forces who are on the ground with a lot of bases in west africa unable to do women some are angry voices some are asking questions that needed to be honest but yet no answers to the violence continue not only in the south but also in this part of the we just in niger we've seen how violence escalated from there on the especially those groups that are late with islamic state in west africa programs or eisel itself up with thank you achmet idris joining us there let's discuss this further n

thousands of troops have been deployed to the area from the sahara countries but also france and the us the french minister for the armed forces was in washington on monday she says expected katz by the paint again to its africa mission would severely limit counter-terror operations our friends in the us so are in a situation where our assistance is critical and i have expressed the hope that both the united states and france will keep on supporting them but the impact of the conflict goes beyond violence there's hunger too and not enough water 670000 children have been forced from their homes into camps like this say shop in what used to be a school. this little boy maybe in a classroom but there's no math or science here just tough life lessons taught to soon brian al jazeera. now madagascar 3 in a week of floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain at least 30 people have died in large parts of the northwestern town of void is submerge and that's forcing thousands of people to leave their homes priyanka gupta reports. this is what a week of torrential rain has done to the people

borders with mali and begin a faster no one has claimed responsibility for this latest attack in the sahara region libyan warlord khalifa haftar has agreed to a cease fire that's taking effect in libya that's despite previously refusing to order his forces to put down the move had.

is the islamic whichthe greater sahara, does not prevent us from fighting against all armed terrorist groups, but they are the most dangerous we have seen. we are changing methods by implementing a joint military coalition. concentrating our efforts in this zone. >> we will hear from natasha butler, who has been following the summit. correspondent: at the end of this summit in southwestern and thethe g5 leaders french president agreed to cooperate more closely militarily and politically to fight what they called growing terrorism. the president of burkina faso said 2019 has been a difficult year, with an increasing number of fatal attacks against the military and against civilians. he talks about there being a humanitarian crisis that was unprecedented in the region. with the leaders said they needed to do was basically bolster the region, the border region between burkina faso, ager, and molly, -- and mali, volatile region where attacks have taken place. france sending 220 extra troops. they also called on the international community to do more to support this region, to support the

the great green wall project aims to transform the sahel, the region to the south of the sahara desertence to climate change. the hope is to create 10 million jobs, some of them in tourism, as travellers flock to see the changing face of africa and what's billed as the largest living structure on the planet. that's it for now, but keep your questions coming. you can contact us on any of our social media accounts, and i will do my very best to help. see you next time. to end this week, i am headed down to sarasota, on florida's glorious gulf coast, where every year a small neighbourhood is transformed by one of america's most distinctive communities. welcome to pinecraft. since starting as a tourist resort in the 19205, this has become a holiday hotspot for the amish. we have a mural here depicting everyday amish life. and a friendly man welcoming us. maybe we can ride the horse. the amish are christians that have held on to a simple, rural way of life. they are best known for their regimented plainclothes, worn for reasons of humility and modesty. they also reject most forms of modern

this whole semiarid region south of the sahara is expected to suffer some of the worst effect of climatet down leaving just this rough scrub. that makes the soil much more vulnerable to erosion and the land much less fertile. but ethiopia has been fighting to break that vicious cycle. it has restored one and a half million hectares. one half million hectares of degraded land. so how has ethiopia done this and what can the rest of the world learn from its example? 100 years ago, trees covered one third of ethiopia. now it is less than 5%. and without trees, there is nothing to protect the soil from drought, wind and burst of rain which all become more intense with climate change. when the soil goes, very little grows. but people are breaking this vicious circle. this one is the african olive. does it bear fruit? yes, it does grow olives. sarah tewolde—berhanis an expert at restoring degraded land. this is her tree nursery at mek‘ele university in northern ethiopia. some 30 or 40 years ago data shows that droughts were occurring every ten years. now they are every five years. so we need to

well there is so much expectations from ordinary people in the sahara in the rest of west africa why you don't only have armed groups in mali. and the violence spilling over into a book in a fossil and this year but also book. which has expanded from nigeria a decade ago into china need a chemical and probably a few other countries now the expectation of everybody in the region is that the region as well as the international community will collaborate father or more to see or to bring an end to these attacks talk to everybody on the street their expectations is that they want peace a lot of people in the region in the style especially where we sit we've seen. demonstrations on the street is people don't understand why with the presence of nearly 20000 international forces including 4500 from france the violence still continues in the region people will not understand that despite the technology despite the weaponry despite their training all these on the part of they do not come into the community especially the french these violence will still continue and we've seen in the genre he

translation: the priority is the islamic state of the greater sahara, which doesn't prevent us from fightingain enemy, because they are the most dangerous. we are now implementing a joint military coalition between operation barkhane and the joint forces of the g5. there is rising anger towards the french military presence in the sahel, triggered by the growing number of casualties. this summit was intended to bolster the coalition. governments will have to up theirgame if they're to roll back the islamists‘ advance. bill hayton, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: lagos becomes the new gotham as nigeria's comic craze creates local superheroes. day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attack since the second world war. tobacco is america's oldest industry and one of its biggest, but the industry is nervous of this report. this may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigarettes. there is not a street that is unaffected. huge parts of kobe were simply demolished, as buildings crashed into one another. this woman said

in the greater sahara- and that the rule on the same page as far as that is concerned the big question now is of course. whether the money will be forth coming to build up those regional military capacities and whether the political will- what will maninifest itself not just from the just five so how countries in front old so. the europeans the united nations an international development diurnas said all. the things will be. to watch at the next. g. five so hell plus front summit which will be coming up in new axle in mauritania in june of this year. answering force armand georgian thank you so much for your reporting. protesters raging any ron for a third day not against the united states but their own government right police were deployed and at times they crackdown violently on protesters. images that show people bloodied crying out that they have been shot but two rounds police chief is denying that live rounds have been used. there has been widespread shock and outrage since you run in authorities acknowledge accidentally shooting down a ukrainian passenger plane. it's been three

and a half hours in french troops already active in the region all the sawhill lies south of the sahara desert stretching from coast to coast across africa it's difficult to police and several on groups are active there including some affiliated to al qaida soldiers from bikini chad mali mauritania and jemma make up the sawhill chief 5 joint force helped by those friendships so it's actually been following events at the summit in poland explains why the 5 leaders won the french troops to stay. well at the end of this summit in poland southwest and france the g 5. leaders and the french president agreed to cooperate more closely militarily and politically to fight what they called a growing terrorism in the region the president of bikini said the 29000 had been a very difficult year with an increasing number of fatal attacks against the military and against civilians he talks about being a humanitarian crisis that was unprecedented in the region now what the leaders said they needed to do was basically bolster the region the border region between bikini faso nisha and mali a particularly

side of typical for this time the year there is cloud but it's quite high cloud running across the sahara so don't expect much from it a little bit or a might be possible in libya the breeze the standard breeze the northeast is running across sudan all the way west through the beyond and that's a dusty breeze not especially strong moment in northern libya that circulation which formed in eastern tennessee is moving eastwards that's going to be a wet period i suspect to tropical after a few showers in kenya but the concentration of rain is tom the it's a bit further sasnett still there angola namibia and eastwards. in a 2 part series. observes the lives of 2 children. over 20 years. insights into circumstances that shape lives. in a rapidly changing. 20 years it. starts with blood and land to story on how to 0. the. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera qatar is amir is calling for a dialogue to diffuse regional tension and what he called a critical time iran's government is facing growing anger over its initial failure to admit responsibility for the downing of the ukrainian airliner

chief after 89 of their soldiers were killed in the latest attack well it was so health south of the sahara desert stretches from coast to coast across africa it's difficult to police and several armed groups are known to operate there including some affiliated to i still and to al qaeda soldiers from bikini chad mali mauritania and new jet make up the sahil g 5 joint force currently helped by those french troops which are following events force and have any sort of understanding. well the president saw $55.00 sile countries are still locked in talks with the french president we are expecting those talks to end soon and to have some sort of statement a little bit earlier those leaders pay tribute to 13 french soldiers who were killed in a helicopter crash in mali in december now those soldiers were from a barracks in the southwestern city of poor which is why this summit is taking place here and those deaths of those french soldiers really through the spotlight for many people in france on just how violent and dangerous the silence coming of course violence is surging there and people in fr

with mali and the kenya fast so no one has yet claimed responsibility for this latest attack in the sahara region libyan war oddly if i have to has agreed to a cease fire that's taking effect in libya just a few hours ago that's despite previously refusing to have forces loyal to him put down arms in april have to us forces launched an offensive on the capital the seat of the un backed government. had has more on that ceasefire from tripoli the united arab emirates egypt and russia have to allies and after today's meeting between the russian president vladimir putin and german chancellor angela merkel most call it a call for an immediate cease fire in tripoli to pave the way to the believe in peace talks between the rival factions but it does not seem i mean the announcement by have to a spokesman short a little while ago does not seem to be concrete. and another ceasefire brokered by russia and turkey has come into effect this one in syria's province it comes less than 24 hours after at least 20 people were killed in government as strikes in and around it lead. the u.k.'s ambassador to ir

translation: the priority is the islamic state of the greater sahara, which doesn't prevent us from fighting the main enemy, because they are the most dangerous. we are now implementing a joint military coalition between our operation and the joint forces of the g5. there is rising anger towards the french military presence in the sahel, triggered by the growing number of casualties. this summit was intended to bolster the coalition. governments will have to up their game if they're to roll back the islamists' advance. iran has denied using live ammunition against protesters on the streets of tehran. demonstrators are angry at the downing of the ukrainian passengerjet by an iranian missile. officials say the plane was shot down by accident, killing everyone on board. videos posted online, though, which the bbc has verified as far as possible, appear to show gunshots during a protest on sunday in central tehran. the protesters chanted slogans aimed at iran's clerical rulers. it is nearly a week since iran fired dozens of missiles at air bases housing us forces in iraq in retaliation for the a

sokoto the border with mauritania attackers burned down the camp mali and other countries in the sahara region of been struggling to deal with a rise in attacks by several groups israel has announced that it signed a directive officially allowing israelis to visit saudi arabia for just so business trips saudi arabia doesn't have diplomatic relations with israel and doesn't allow israeli passport holders to visit except for muslim pilgrimage the announcement comes just days before u.s. president donald trump said that he would release his much touted middle east peace plan to serious curry forces in west jerusalem says that even without a saudi response this marks a major shift in the country's public relations. in some respects this is a formalisation of something that has been growing in recent years and especially in recent months in terms of the business ties between israel and saudi arabia the generally warming relationship palestinian israelis have gone in groups to perform the the hardship pilgrimage as well but all of this has been done in a pretty clandestine or at least not off

well the south of the sahara desert stretches from coast to coast across africa soldiers from. mauritania. make up the. joint forests it aims to maintain regional control with help from around 5000 french troops so the summit is being held in the city of poland southwest of france our correspondent. is there and with the french president calling for the summit. hoping for. well back in december 13 french soldiers were killed in mali in a helicopter crash they were part of those french forces have been fighting alongside forces from the sile nations and just a few moments ago in fact the french president and the leaders of those nations pay tribute to those soldiers who came from a barracks in port the city in southwestern france now the time of the soldier's death here in france the public was very shaken up there are many questions about whether or not front should actually be involved in the style should be involved in a region where the risks are so great and there's so much violence at the same time the french president a man on my cross said that he was increasingly frustr

african countries are meeting the french president to discuss the future of france's presence in the sahara region 89 soldiers were killed in the last attack on a military base in the chair and the president there has sacked the country's army chief. big threat of what experts call the volcanic tsunamis forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes near the philippines capital manila volcano is in the middle of a lake and it's fear the violent underwater eruption will cause destructive waves the u.s. led coalition against isis has opened up its iraqi military air base to international media revealing the damage sustained during an iranian missile attack last week to her on launch attacks on the base on wednesday in retaliation for the assassination of the military commander. those are the headlines inside story is next then it's the news hour then thanks for watching by. the latest victims of what the u.n. cools precedented. from 5000 troops is meeting regional leaders to decide what to do next as the military campaign failed and could spread further in west africa this is inside

absolutely it's not only the french forces or war the french have a large number of troops in the sahara region more than 4500 but put together the number of multinational forces or other international forces in this help in particular is close to or even up to 20000 and a lot of people in the region are wondering why these forces despite their training despite their equipment despite the level of intelligence gathering they have these attacks continue. a major. head on al-jazeera at. all and contentious reforms to the justice system and a 100 years after the fated league of nations began its work one look at whether history is repeating. the united nations. or. however the air quality in beijing is holding up which for this time of year is pretty good as a gentle breezes a bit of cloud around nothing much else and that's typical of a good part of china said beijing's high temps of the plus to where it should be so much the same and the cold air that comes across the sea of japan now it could be generating snow showers but it's not cold enough for the uk so at 30 degrees in tokyo you mig

however what is happening this time the year it sees no is the breeze is blowing down through the sahara across chad uneasy as to how martin thing quite strong recently kicking up dust and sand it should weaken over saturday and sunday. it is murder when you throw a fire bomb into someone's home and mishit ya trash it you know. that's not insignificant in numbers that insignificant ideologically that is significant even as it chronic gag down very significant by dictating the governments in the flock to see those shalt not kill part of the radicalized youth series on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera mind of our top stories this hour we have some live pictures of former funeral 1st operating income other costs of salamis getting under way in baghdad he was assassinated in the u.s. airstrike near baghdad airport on friday as you can see people there persisting through with the streets this morning vehicles taken both the bodies through the city 1st to a holy shrine and then on to the we sold on this will be buried in najaf and then someone his body will be flown back to the 1st we sa

as fronts for past a whole sapphic in leaders grappling with a dramatic surge in violence in the sahara which. the leaders of libya's warring sides are preparing for separate talks in the russian capital after a cease fire came into force there's no suggestion yet the 2 leaders will meet but the wages of element has raised hope of a path to ending years of civil conflict international diplomatic efforts to end the fighting have stepped up in recent weeks that shows brokered by turkey and russia came into force on sunday morning while otani for have to offer is a ready in moscow and they you a prime minister of the un recognize government is expected to arrive soon meanwhile turkey's foreign minister members cash of lulu and defense minister who could see a car have also arrived in moscow for talks with their russian counterparts but discussions are expected to include the libyans and turkey and russia support opposing sides in the conflicts. now libya has been torn apart by conflicts since long time ruler moammar gadhafi was overthrown in 2011 is divided between militia groups which mos

states say they'll better coordinate their fight against increasingly dangerous armed groups in the sahara region. of fear and panic in the philippines where tens of thousands of people flee an erupting volcano. well as a fragile temporary ceasefire largely holds in libya the warring natives have moved closer to making it permanent the head of the un recognized government award khalifa haftar a both in moscow for negotiations brokered by russia and turkey from their step fasten reports. the aim of monday's meeting in moscow was to formalize to cease fire that started in libya on sunday 24 hours earlier russia and turkey invited fired all starch prime minister of the un backed government and warlord to sign a more permanent truth that's aimed at paving the way towards formal negotiations to end the vs 9 year long civil war but after 7 hours of talks one signature remains missing to an emotion of the day we can report that a certain progress has been achieved and determined to the government of national. mr starch and the chairman of host consul of state mr methley has just signed. the commo

2011 we watched arms from libya go into other parts of west africa we see the instability in the sahara how worried are you about the deterioration of the security situation in west africa libya has been a center. of arms export and also fighters export let us remember arms that went to syria from the beginning and that the most worrying impact is of course with the sale and with the lake charles because more and more these 2 seams are interlinked and what we are living in a sale on the lake chad is a war with terrorist organizations that we are not meaning that the countries of the g. 5 say well there's 5 going to the sale and the international community we have the me newsman peacekeeping mission in mali we have the french force but can we are not winning terrorism is spreading it's settling now the countries of the coast. again binny things are getting closer to those borders there is a closing to linkage between silent lake chart and that is the reason why since the beginning i have been saying that the secure independently of the questions of the vellum and humanitarian that's also

of an escalation in libya it would threaten to destabilize the entire region in the market to the sahara. leaders from the european union are banding together warning that libya could become a 2nd syria if a ceasefire isn't to reach soon. al-jazeera. well boeing has apologized for communications released to u.s. congress and the essay that called designers of the 737 max colt clowns supervised by monkeys the statements were made in instant messages released as part of an investigation into 2 deadly crashes involving the aircraft for boeing says the comments are unacceptable and don't reflect the plane's integrity well matthew driscoll is an editor of asian aviation he joins us on skype from singapore matthew very warm welcome to the program this is deeply embarrassing isn't it a real time of crisis for boeing. that's the understatement of the year i would say hugely embarrassing and it's also dangerous and is dangerous obviously for boeing itself but for the people that the pilots the test pilots the people that were involved in sinise e-mails it's dangerous because if they are proven if