my people, the kalabari, live on 22 islands in the niger delta and our transport was by boat. that women could take out and they would gather periwinkles on the mudflats and make the most incredible stew. you had oysters growing on the roots of mangroves, dangling in the water. nature was full. gradually these things have been dying out because of pollution. because of the way that oil is being extracted there. newsreel: oil was discovered in the niger delta in 1956 and now nigeria is one of the largest oil producing countries in the world. newsreel: the ogoni people say their homeland has been ruined by oil. we are going to demand our rights peacefully, nonviolently and we shall win. ken saro—wiwa, poet, environmentalist, and leader of the 0goni people. the nigerian government says he is a murderer and has sentenced him to death. ken saro—wiwa tried to get the oil companies to behave differently by talking. there was no violence involved. nigeria's military leaders provoked a storm of international outrage today when they went ahead with the executions of nine human rights ac

niger your voice your whole life. it was it to me it was impossible wasting my time to go back to business to shows you actually the truth of it is there was a massive disconnect between how western society europe it is you how the country soviets you were. i did was to go in there and expose it so that i'm absolutely thrilled when you go from here to your political career and your opinion what in 26 days after the referendum i believed. what the government said and i kind of stepped back a bit from it and it became a total mess but i came back in 2 years later with a reset the agenda i'm not going to run away i'm going to keep a very close watch on all of this over the next year i would praise the prime minister the rooftops if it's going well and also the. if it's not. a big history and it's not triumphalism it's celebration you know what's really here what really happened here is the people of the westminster establishment 10 years ago there was no building that would leave the european union paper one of the leave

strategy with in the solving problems as well that's why we saw his followers supporters go in to niger where 10 people were killed now the reason for this is that whatever also has actually put his support behind the iraqi government and behind the security forces he says that the rich load needs to come back to iraq but he also has a very different agenda to the protesters the protesters have been here since october with a very clear agenda they want a complete overhaul of the government system and then to corruption a new government elections but what we're told also that actually was is an end to the u.s. presence both diplomatic and military in iraq and those 2 things are very different what people are really worried about here is that in total saddam will try and co-opt the protesters and try to force them to back his agenda. lebanon's government has approved a rescue plan to pull the country out of its worst economic crisis for decades which has driven months of mass protests but is unlikely to satisfy people who are living in lebanon's poorest city who remain skeptical the gover

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disease the niger. w.h.o. has so far refrain from calling the global situation a pandemic saying the label would be unhelpful we need to start from containing aggressive containment while preparing for any eventualities what they are but we have no it doesn't dictate that we move into mitigation. it will be a mistake big mistake while more than 20 vaccines are in development globally the 1st results are still weeks away and the final result could take over a year. the united states and the taliban are set to sign an agreement on saturday aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of conflict in afghanistan and sending american forces home it follows around a year and a half of talks between the u.s. and the taliban in doha qatar and comes after a week in which both u.s. led forces and the taliban committed to a reduction in violence the details of the record have not been published but at its heart is a commitment by the u.s. to start a phased withdrawal of its remaining troops from afghanistan said to number between 12

because niger has room to grow and sure porton national security information. optimistic that's going to happen. until then though the joyful times lindsay shares with her daughter are temperance by uncertainty about her future. the world health organization criticized africa for being too slow now officials are ramping up preparations for any outbreak of the coronavirus the continent has closed trade and business ties with china where the disease originated so the risk is high and africa's health care capacity limited but an isolation ward stands ready at a hospital sudan incidentally barred trees in senegal and madagascar have the testing equipment they need african centers for disease control and prevention has activated its emergency operations center a number of labs are now quick to diagnose the infection in ghana madagascar nigeria south africa and sierra leone the w.h.o. expects another 24 african countries to receive the reactions needed to conduct tests by the end of the week airports in gambia cameroon and guinea a screening passengers for viral symp

presence of the 1st case of disease in niger. w.h.o. has so far refrain from calling the global situation a pandemic saying the label would be unhelpful we need to start from containing aggressive containment while preparing for any eventualities whatever we have no it doesn't dictate that we move in to meet again. it will be a mistake big mistake. while more than 20 vaccines are in development globally the 1st results are still weeks away and the final results could take over a year i'm joined now by. moscow associate professor of cellular and molecular sciences at nothing but a university in newcastle a professor moskos so thankful that you made some time for us today the w.h.o. has upgraded the global virus spread rist a very high what does that mean oh we at the point where the virus is essentially out of control. first of all i would be very grateful if you don't use terms like out of control that would be true for it was a situation where we didn't know how to transmit if we didn't know how to look after the people who get the vir

presence of the 1st case of virus disease in niger and in nigeria the w.h.o. has so far a friend from calling the global situation a pandemic saying the label would be unhelpful we need to start from containing aggressive containment while preparing for any eventualities whatever we have no it doesn't dictate that we move into mitigation. it will be a mistake big mistake while more than 20 vaccines are in development globally the 1st results are still weeks away and the final result could take over a year. for more i'm joined by stephen beardsley from our business. i see even now we've just had the i t v. well leading travel trade show has been canceled because of the virus how does the court of virus influence the mood on the global stock exchanges i mean it's been the main driver of stocks this week across the globe and as we've seen they've plummeted for most part because of announcements such as the i.t.v. closure there's also been other major shows have been cancelled those are serious hubs for business believe $7000000000.00 and deals last year and i t v

the -- niger.ore than a dozen children in northwest cameroon were among the dead in a massacre among islamists and separatists. the government has denied any involvement. a suicide attack has killed at least eight people in pakistan. more than 30 people were injured in the explosion. police say the attack went off near a press club as dozens of reporters of a sunni militant group gathered outside. the european union has agreed on a new naval mission to monitor the u.n. embargo on arms shipments to libya. the country is riven by the standoff between fighters loyal to the u.n. back to government in tripoli and rebel groups that control much of the rest of the country. the civil war has been raging for about six years and libya is awash with weapons despite the u.n. embargo. the new military patrol will replace the current naval mission, known as sophia. >> following discord over measures to help stabilize libya, eu foreign ministers have reached an agreement. critics were outspoken. austria wanted to

our reporter niger and his team traveled to southern mali and met 2 people who have managed to bring more than just light into a small community. residence in the village of syria kaoru in southwestern mali are getting ready to welcome visitors the village has never heard electricity now that's about to change thanks to thorsten schreiber and his wife aida. they're the founders of a company called africa green tech they arrived to great fanfare. their company bring solar power plants to remote villages in the same whole region . everyone here has been looking forward to this day for a long time. this is also. so it's such a relief to finally achieve this and make it possible for the people here. this is taken nearly 9 months of preparation when the moment finally comes where you know now it's happening tomorrow they'll be light it's a great relief. while the villagers celebrate the mali in technicians from africa green tech set to work right now you're right. there's lots to do before the lights can go on after the long journey every component needs checking the container spent 6 mon

a flashpoint for protests it's madness to actually lead it to that it's got this far in the study niger with what we know about climate change and. one of the world's biggest new call deposits because it had this shouldn't happen in the mining industry and the role of fossil. fuels in the climate crisis have been in the spotlight in australia after months of devastating bushfires and he has a drought and there are concerns the adani mind could hurt the great barrier reef where the coral is already being killed by rising ocean temperatures there is some . want to give the impression that if you come to me there's nothing but the reality is there has been huge tracts that have have gone and so i think what they are asking us to do. business as usual which it certainly isn't and we do have to find that. is the worst possible because we could bleach tomorrow straightly is the world's biggest exporter of call and when the mine opens millions more tonnes will be shipped to india from the ports near the raif the government is accused of not doing enough to protect the planet or reduce emission

niger your watch your whole life. it was said to me it was impossible. to go back to business it just shows you actually the truth of it is there was a massive disconnect between how westminster sold to europe it is you have a country but i did was to go in there and expose it so that i'm absolutely thrilled when you go from here to your political career and your opinion what 26 days after the referendum i believed more for me what the government said and i kind of stepped back a bit from it all and it then became a total mess but i came back into it off years later and reset the agenda i am not going to run away i'm going to keep a very close watch on all of this over the next year. i would praise the promise of the rooftops if it was going well and the better if it's not this is a big history and it's not triumphalism it's celebration it was really. what really happened here is the people of the westminster establishment 10 years ago there was no building that would leave the european union. one of the leave european union this was a grassroots campaig

greater political changes needed have been marches in several cities including baghdad nasiriyah and niger former communications minister mohammad tell fick allowing was named prime minister designate on saturday iraq has faced months of mass protests against corruption unemployment and a lack of basic services. syria's government and russian forces are intensifying as strikes and a ground offensive in the cities of aleppo and. the bombardment is forcing many to flee towards the turkish border the united nations says almost 7000 people have been fish from their homes in the past week. police in south london of shot dead a man after 2 people were stabbed on a busy street one is in a life threatening condition in hospital a 3rd person suffered minor injuries the suspect had been recently released from prison on what police described as terrorism offenses police have just released more details about the incident. the officers who go to detroit's struck to his body and koodoo him specialist explosives offices and armed officers to do with a potential threat. cordons were put in place and it wa

as the new prime minister in marjah in several cities including baghdad nasiriyah and niger and now is a former communications minister. an israeli ban on palestinian agricultural produce has gone into effect israel says the import ban is in response to a palestinian boycott of israeli cal traders let's take a closer look at the palestinian economy which relies heavily on the service and manufacturing industries has a value of nearly $15000000000.00 just a fraction of israel's $370000000000.00 sector israel restricts the flow of palestinian goods and controls tax collection as well as most of the region's valuable farmland and natural resources as a result of employment in the number of palestinians living in poverty is on the rise the world bank estimates the economy will slip into negative growth over the coming year transfer posed middle east peace plan offers a $50000000000.00 investment by the private sector has rejected it saying it comes at the cost of palestinian rights. this trail has stopped the delivery of cement into gaza and put 500 business permits on hold it's another se

niger german phosphate from who knows where. not you but i you know produce it was think that was the only way of us the soil here does not have enough of those elements it was think that as you 1st walk to didn't say oh this is a mistake it's throwing nature out of balance. and it's destroying biodiversity in this area. goes here in the southern amazon and model grow so you can drive 200 kilometers without seeing any other crop plants all you see is soil and there are no people either because so it displays. these people have to. you know this is my sample. will the rich biodiversity of the region be replaced by so a monoculture. we're importing $20000000.00 tons of additives each year nitrogen fertilizers and pesticides. brazil has become the world's largest consumer of pesticide in brazil consumes 20 percent of the world's press to side production. it's absurd we consume an average of 5 liters of pesticide per person in a rural area since an average of 15 liters per hectare. there's no university department of agriculture any

because he was half jewish he had to flee nazi persecution in germany in nazi niger land. in 1933 the nazis seized power in germany after graduating from high school and miller escaped from a labor camp and fled to switzerland. while studying medicine at the university of basel he formed friendships with leftwing classmates including some international students from china. at the time china was fighting against japanese expansionism a chinese friend suggested that hans miller go to china and support the communists . after graduating from university or wanted to aid the fight against fascism and decided to put his medical skills to use in china. in $1039.00 after 5 months of travel here right at the base of the revolutionaries any media player requested to work at the front of the tunnel the way too young on was really its harold s. sometimes they had to break through the enemy blockades in the middle of the night . one soldier suffered a ruptured your rethrow on the battlefield but there were very few surgeons in the area who were able to use modern surgical scalpels. my f

joining us, niger innis. >> you are outstanding, please keep going. could listen to you all night. trish: i don't think this needs to be an issue of politics. jfk cut taxes. this is about what is right for our country. what is right for our families. if you are going to take everything we earn, that's just not right. >> it's worse than not right. it's evil. the republican party has been labeled the party of the rich for decades. the republican party is not the party for the rich. it's the party for those that want to be relationship. those that are rich already, the mega corporations that bernie talks about that he's going to go after, and blah, blah, blah, usually those with the most wealth and power often get into bed with the government. and you have a partnership -- a new reality of crony capitalism and socialist power structures. meanwhile the small businessman or woman for that matter. the number of women-owned businesses are exploding. the so-called tax is a swing at those not paying taxes. trish: they find their way out. you know what? if you

strip of land that goes from the west coast to east coast of africa and encompasses rough territory, nigerlli. it would potentially bring many, if not all of those troops out of that area. that's what senator graham and this bipartisan delegation, lawmaker delegation, that's what they were really pushing back on, is the idea of refocusing those troops, those resources from that area into another place, craig. >> how could senator graham make secretary esper's life hell? what is he talking about? >> reporter: look, senator graham has a good relationship with president trump. there's no secret about it, he's one of his staunchest defenders, we saw that three impeachment and recent issues. but one place where senator graham has broken from the president is in troops. we had a very similar story to this at the same conference last year and that was senator lindsey graham giving esper's predecessor, patrick shanahan, a hard time about the president withdrawing troops from syria. it was a very similar situation. this meeting was described as not quite as contentious or fiery as last year but ove

distribute it by the centers for disease control cases validation tests, springing up worldwide -- niger reporting his first case. arends vice president testing positive and he was next to the president. and i believe iran has canceled prayer for the first timimand like 40 years. and at the vatican, put vance's dish hope francis -- pope francis canceled a mass. organization msf, doctors without borders, dealing with this? countries,in 7070 medical operations, projects. those are the ones we are focused on right now to getet tm ready. we have the case inin nigeria. you can imagine there are many more casases was the testing capacity in the u.s., let alone and a low income country or fragile state is extremely limiting. we don't know where coronavirus really is. and that is one of the things that is rereally concerning us. we know those countries, their health systems are already fragile, already under resourced. we are trying to reinforce their capacity. we do have a team that is doing public health information, infection control, education, working out of hong kong and focusing also on t

greater political changes are needed have been marches in several cities including baghdad nasiriyah and niger after former communications minister mohammad tell faecal ali was named prime minister designate on saturday iraq is facing months of mass protests against corruption unemployment and a lack of basic government services. syria's government and russian forces are intensifying as strikes in a massive ground offensive in the cities of aleppo one bodman is forcing many to flee towards the turkish border the un says almost $7000.00 people have been forced from their homes in the past. here in london police have shot dead a man after 2 people were stabbed one is in a life threatening condition in hospital a 3rd person suffered minor injuries he say the incident in the southern suburb of stress it was terrorism related the man was wearing what was initially thought to have been an explosive vest but police later confirmed it was a hoax. and hundreds of people rescued from the mediterranean and arrived in the italian port of kut siloed today was celebrations on board once the sicilian port sa

at least 10 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in the southern iraqi city of niger when supporters of the shia cleric will try to alf's other attack to an anti-government protest camp. there lebanon's cabinet has just approved financial proposals to tackle the country's economic crisis it's the worst in decades it is driven months of mass demonstrations we can go live now to sara higher in beirut outside the government hollis there and what 6 actually in this budget tree policy then that makes the government feel that it will improve the situation for lebanese people. well 1st of all the cabinet has passed this policy statement our policy statement is really important and this is one that everyone is going to be keeping an eye on because this is what lays out the plan for the new government under prime minister has sent via where they'll be looking to see what will be happening over the next year and of course one thing that everyone wants to know what's going to be happening what is the government's plan is the economic crisis now is the worst in lebanon in decades and

liken it with fright and you know concerned they had when we had it were all that i was right to said niger was able to manage people and so the doctors he had to say they also ready but so far is just one man down with the virus y 28 at the moment in a facility being watched but excellent thanks for that update that sensitive and lead a thanks a lot. well the world's largest economies are being hit hard as the corona virus outbreak rocks the stock markets christian salumi is on wall street following developments that the share prices continue to fall well stocks continue to fall here in new york just as they have been doing around the globe in the wake of concerns about the continuing spread of the crown a virus primarily outside of china we've been hearing the headlines all morning long just like we have all week long stocks fall again the biggest weekly losses since the financial crisis the big sic in facts wall street these are the headlines that investors and new yorkers in general have been waking up to this morning and that has the markets extremely jittery as you mentioned they have

and niger and now is a former communications minister. the turkish military said another convoy towards province in syria that's where government forces backed by russia are on tens of firing in assault against rebel forces activists say 9 people were killed by a strikes on sunday. the corona virus outbreak has led to complaints about horizon anti chinese sentiment in france for example the hash tag i'm not a virus is being used to share stories of discriminatory treatment from subways to schoolyards media outlets across europe and australia are facing criticism for cartoons and had lines that reinforce old anti asian stereotypes in japan some stores of place signs in their windows banning chinese people from entering and brian levin is the director of the center for the study of hate and extremism at california state university san bernardino he says misinformation has a big part to play. we have you know what folks have called for sometime a pyramid of prejudice and at the lowest level is kind of avoidance and passive rejection and then

10 people dead supporters of other stormed an anti-government protest camp in the southern city of niger on wednesday another has at different times both supported and oppose the protesters who want the complete removal of iraq's fairly elite or smaller fulton is more now from the capital baghdad on the iraqi prime minister will be able to stop violence against the protesters. prime minister designate mohamed tawfik allow you react to the latest violence in the draft which left several people dead after supporters of shia cleric mark that other side or attempted to storm a protest site beating protesters burning tents and also using live ammunition according to eyewitnesses on the ground allow he was appointed as prime minister designate on february 1st and he has 30 days to form a new government but in his speech he appeared to threaten to quit even before assuming office in the herby he these practices put us in a critical and go the task entrusted to us cannot be continued at the same time while our youth is being targeted i didn't accept this mission except to build what has been des

within the solving problems as well that's why we saw his followers he will just go in to niger where 10 people were killed now the reason for this is that whatever also has actually put his support behind the iraqi government and behind the security forces he says that the rich load needs to come back to iraq but he also has a very different agenda to the protesters the protesters who've been here since october with a very clear agenda they want a complete overhaul of the government system and then to corruption a new government elections but what we're told also there actually was is an end to the u.s. presence diplomatic and military in iraq and those 2 things all very different people are really worried about here is that in total so to will try and co-opt the protesters and try to force them to back his agenda. plenty more ahead on this news hour including still at naga heads the african union is taking on the contentious renaissance down disputes. with the us we look back on the life and career of hollywood legend kirk douglas who has died at the age of 103 and the race for the

wilson and the sergeant la david johnson issue, the young man, the soldier, a soldier who was child in nigerby an ambush by boca haram. we had charlottesville. yeah. five or six times the president had to figure out where he stood, if there was a teleprompter, we're okay. if but if he spoke extemporaneously, my god, the world came to an end. we were like, did you hear senate people would -- i don't know -- i said, i can't help youment i got work this our myself as a reporter. people came to me like i had the answer. maybe with i'm still watching just like you are, maybe with a different vantage. then in that meeting or series of meetings when the president was supposed to to use his heart to deal with issues of immigration. yeah. kept saying the word, heart. and just a couple weeks prior that he was saying, those who come from nigeria, who come here, don't want to go back to their huts. and then just days before this, there was this question as if -- i if the president did or did not say those words about brown nations -- i'll respect the church. you know what the words were. were alleged to

prime minister designate mohamed tawfik allow you react to the latest violence in niger which left several people dead after supporters of shia cleric mark that other side are attempted to storm a protest site beating protesters burning tents and also using live ammunition according to eyewitnesses on the ground allow he was appointed as prime ministers in that on february 1st and he has 30 days to form a new government but in his speech he appeared to threaten to quit even before assuming office in the normal assad herbie he practices put us in a critical angle the task intrusted to us cannot be continued at the same time while our youth is being targeted i didn't accept this mission except to build what has been destroyed it is not ethical to accept the current situation. allow he said it a priority for his new government would be to conduct an investigation into the latest killings but in fact there have been many promises of investigations in the past but only one has been published so far since the beginning of protests in october another reason why it might be difficult for allow you

strategy where the in the southern provinces well that's why we saw his followers supporters go in to niger where 10 people were killed now the reason for this is that the. several soldiers actually put his support behind the iraqi government and behind the security forces he says that the law needs to come back to iraq but he also has a very different agenda to the protesters the protesters have been here since october with a very clear agenda they want a complete overhaul of the government system an end to corruption a new government elections but what other actually wants is an end to the u.s. presence both diplomatic and military in iraq and those 2 things are very different what people are really worried about here is that in total saddam will try and co-opt the protesters and try to force them to back his agenda. all right now we can speak to. a researcher on identity politics in iraq in the middle east thank you very much for joining us 1st of all it be interesting just to. work out exactly who is doing the protesting it seems very much is the approach anti-government protest movemen

were not showing in several cities including the capital baghdad and in the south in nasiriyah in niger former communications with them how much of a carlo it was named from the designate on saturday is promising reforms and an early election protest to say political change is needed iraq is facing months of mass protests against corruption unemployment and a lack of basic services so no fault in is in baghdad she says the opposition to allow it was expected but it appointment seems just split the protest movement. the opposition to allowing was known the well before he was appointed and still president salo went ahead and designated him the new prime minister doesn't that perhaps because he was the only candidate that the president thought the parties could agree on now he's unlikely to reverse that decision where we have to wait is how parliament will react the next 30 days parliament will have to meet and vote on the cabinet that allows put together which will then essentially decide whether or not the prime minister has the confidence of the political establishment but in the meanti