together to achieve success i was lucky enough to be with them this weekend other than suppressed africa press the full english but where they received an award usually presented to very famous musicians for the our lives with the after festival awards we have also been nominated for a grammy after doing a couple of sharon's sheeple. stand on the fingers crossed for them because they've just auditioned for america's got talent here they are in person music is the voice and it tells a story of where we come from and who we are it expresses maybe. about home and that's how we express is changed before because they were bad influences but because of the quiet music. i have no time to do those big things so it's just good may give me a sense of direction and beyond being as well is that what the music i mean able to express myself man. without fear actually and. that's where we'll leave it for now from the news africa you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook page we leave you know it's not up for grabs in. the form of the hour and dition of c africa originally by. the just and tha

martin guptill made 35 before he was out in unusual fashion by hitting his own stumps press morris gave south africa hope with 3 wickets but it was williamson who fired an unbeaten 106 to steer new zealand home by 4 wickets and with 3 balls to spare as they go top of the group table. there's been a setback for india were putting better than chicago on ruled out of the tournament it fractured his thumb in the match against australia stand by batsman the pants take place in the squad india's next match against afghanistan on saturday v.a.r. controversy reared its head again and scotland were dumped out of the women's world cup by a large and tina the scots were cruising with 20 minutes to go and leading 3 nil but argentina fought back and at $32.00 were awarded an injury time penalty of the v.a. our review florencio. spot kick was saved by keeper leon xander but another v.a.r. review order to retake with the goalie moving off line too early once again scored this time and the game ended 33 scotland were further angered at the referee from north korea added little time for the considerable v.a.r. delay

martin guptill made 35 before he was out in unusual fashion by hitting his own stumps press morris gave south africa hope with 3 wickets but it was williamson who fired an unbeaten 106 to steer new zealand home by 4 wickets and with 3 balls to spare as they go top of the group table. has been a setback for india were putting better in chicago on ruled out of the tournament it fractured his thumb in the match against australia stand by batsman the pants takes place in the squad india's next match against afghanistan on saturday v.a.r. controversy reared its head again and scotland were dumped out of the women's world cup by argentina the scots were cruising with 20 minutes to go and leading 3 nil but argentina fought back and at $32.00 were awarded an injury time penalty of the v.a. our review florencio. spot kick was saved by keeper leon xander but another v.a.r. review order to retake with the goalie moving off line too early once again scored this time and the game ended 33 scotland were further angered at the referee from north korea added little time for the considerable v.a.r. delays and the dr

uprising was was and that story we'll keep our eyes on here at the africa now an extortion is in zimbabwe where activists are pressing the government to reform the country's prison system rights groups say the country's jails are overcrowded and a shortage of medicines food and other basics violates the rights of inmates i'll be talking to a prison reform activists in a moment but 1st here's a look into one of them bob is most notorious prisons. good ruby maximum security prison one of them bob was 46 jails. the men section here was meant for a 1300 inmates it currently holds almost double that number. convicts and wardens alike be mown packed cells and crumbling facilities water supplies eretz hc and there is a shortage of food and medication some inmates complain the cells are infested with lice and other vermin at the clinic in the women 6 inmates a basic pain killers and antibiotics and possible to come by meaning prison as risk dying from easily treatable conditions. i'm a child be positive. and the drugs for the are available but the other medicines like antibiotics doxycycline and paracetamol are not available

press. giving freedom for us global news that matters w made for martin's. this is news africacoming up in the next 15 minutes. on the reason to celebrate one assassin was 6 years no longer a crime so how about the last time l.g. was. also coming out of a crowded under-funded to go inside a youth prison in nigeria meets the inmates with little cool people who to chop them up trying to repair them for life after.

press. giving freedom of choice global news that matters w made for minds. this is the news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes. and a reason to celebrate. he is no longer a crime so how does this feel. also coming out of a crowded and underfunded they go inside a huge prison in nigeria to meet the inmates with little hope for the future of the mob trying to pet them for life. as the name you're welcome to the show. tears of joy in major breakthrough in botswana as the country's high courts decriminalized homosexuality activist said when the long march out men's was read out until today on the books one this until gay laws offenders could be jailed for up to 70 s. reading all the highly anticipated batiks the sexual orientation is huge it's not a question of fashion speaking a strong case for human equality and nondiscrimination. just in the moment but let's take a look at the daily hardship that faced what's one as the gay community. today's judgment matters to touch again see more than most and we were correct botswana's 1st gay rights organization he hopes this will be a def

to reverse a town in south africa family on its way of winning the battle against high rates. cost after nigeria's super falconis won the us press game with a few 5 womans woke up today have what it takes to move on the sports journalist being.

risk almost every single day freedom house says the biggest drops in press freedom have come in eurasia and the middle east north africa areas the report says examples include new legislative restrictions embellished further arrests and convictions in lebanon and heightened insecurity and fatalities in war torn yemen people with in the countries need to understand the value of they be independent past the value that it can bring to their country and how it helps promote everybody's freedom freedom house insists it's not all bad news it highlights ethiopia malaysia armenia ecuador and gambia as places where improvement in democracy has led to partly all gains in media freedom and it says media freedom can easily bring spac from even long periods of authoritarian intervention but there's a warning to you about social media and how authoritarian governments and state actors can manipulate. the online space to manipulate and undermine democracy it calls on the tech giants and governments to improve transparency which in turn improves press freedom and by extension democracy itself alan fischer washington. time for a quick

africa w. with different languages we fight for different things that's fine but we all stick up for freedom freedom of speech and freedom of press. giving freedom of choice global news that matters w made for mines. welcome to the world. 10 years ago we all woke up to the shocking news that michael jackson died suddenly more about that in a minute but also coming up today. in venice. british. inspired by works of. june the 25th 2009 michael jackson died of an overdose of drugs administered by his private doctor which were meant to help him sleep just 3 months before the king of pop had announced a series of comeback concerts to be staged in london his 1st live shows in over a decade today his legacy is divided undoubtedly one of the greatest musical talents of his generation there were also terrible allegations about his private life which possessed to this day. was michael jackson a troubled musical genius a monster or maybe. one decade ago news of the king of pop's death nearly broke the internet google and other platforms experience delays as millions tried to confirm the story. in the next days the shock and then the emotion

all of its own here in here in france the french press really trumpeting the arrival of county kewl it's. a massive heatwave that's coming in from africa this week and it's. a sensitive subject for many french people really because back in 2003 as many as 20000 french people died with record temperatures of another heat wave arrived in this one this week is expected by many meteorologists to be even worse paris is already putting in. emergency procedures so that its citizens don't overheat this week when temperatures are going to be up to 37 degrees celsius and with humidity feeling like they're in the mid forty's further down south temperatures are going to be in the forty's so the french team has already moved their training sessions to earlier in the morning later at night to prepare for this and you know when these quarter finals do come around later in the week or perhaps going to wish we had the air conditioning at the stadiums that they're going to have the men's world cup in qatar in 2022 and paul just quickly tell us about the game you're about to watch. yet sweden canada here at the park to prance i think i've just had the. a

for that and much more on business africa with want to jones i'll be back at the top of the hour thanks for joining and. where i come from we have to fight for a free press i was born and raised in a military dictatorship and just want to be shadow and a few newspapers with official information as attorneys i have work off the streets of many cameras and their problems are always the same 14 social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press. corruption work on the farm to stay silent when it comes to the fans of the human scene the right to foals who hunt inside to put their trust in us. my name is jenny paris and i were in a d.w.i. . kenya is hiding are a mountain of debt the east african country seeking a $750000000.00 loan from the world bank to invest in infrastructure projects while at the same time trying to reduce public debt. also coming up they crawl and fly and many of us find them on advertising but insects could soon be key in feeding a growing world population. welcome to your business africa want to jones in berlin good to have you with us kenya has one of the fastest growing economies in east africa but to sustain growth it needs to inv

weighed in the middle east and north africa coordinator says the raid and closure of al-jazeera is khartoum bureau is a worrying sign cigars military rulers intent is the press coverage of pro-democracy events this action belies military leaders statements and they should immediately reverse course and allow al-jazeera to operate freely. the spokesman for the united nations secretary general so there was concern over recent developments in sudan and the impact on media freedom. we are concerned about some of the recent tensions we want to make sure in the coming days that all the fundamental rights and liberties of the people are fully respected and that would include freedom of expression of course and in that regard of course we want to make sure that all media are able to do their work in sudan without harassment. as a member of a nonviolent resistance movement in sudan he says journalism in general is now under threat removing the freedoms of press and trying to have the world not to see what's happening it's a big deal. and i think this is a turning point because what happened after israel's 11th in the cup the government said only the government allowe

pressed him. office, we did not get it done, but we started something there in africa that did make a difference.heard us. it encouraged citizens throughout africa to believe that they, too, had a right to participate in the public life for their country. and a lot of progress occurred because of that example. jon: mr. president? carter: one other aspect of human rights that has not been mentioned is the right of people to live in peace. unfortunately, not just under trump, but a long time our country has been the foremost warlike country on earth. i had in my sunday school lesson a few sundays ago, i looked it up on google, the united states has been a country now for about 242 years. we have been completely at peace 16 years. we have been at war with somebody 242 years. that is another thing he asked -- ask about, a symptom or a cause. if the american people did not war was ok to go to work -- in order to expand americans influence on global affairs, then we would not do that because most presidents look on going to war and crisis as a way for them to change from a very beleaguered civilian adm

that and much more on business africa with want to jones i'll be back at the top of the hour thanks for tuning in to. where i come from we have to fight for a free press and was born and raised in a military dictatorship and just want to be shadow and if you newspapers when official information has attorneys i have work on the streets of many can trust and their slogans are always the same 14 social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press and corruption with on the phone.

is associate director of the africa team at human rights watch and she says attempts to stop media coverage reminiscent of the previous government restriction of the press was one of the hallmarks of the last years human drama.

it's a pressing issue the united nations development program estimates the failure to integrate women it's national economies it's costing sub saharan africa ninety five billion dollars every year. next economics is not always the most approachable subject but a new museum inn paris is hoping o change that perception. the city did occur to me or a city echo is opening if in a former bank of france head quarters. and it's a new to me make economic theory and practice understandable for all own burnout reports. in a world of hedge funds subprime mortgages in capital flights economics can often seem person.touch h with the everyday its stock exchanges and sky scrapers forever out of reach. switch the pace museum wants to bring economic understanding back to the e people. 70% of the french admit to feeling on informed on financial matters. according to studies by france's national bank and the city co museum hopes to change all of that. using a mixture of visual installations interrupted scenarios and straight up all data it's overer for thehe chal. museseum goersrs can learn about fundamental economic principals like compepetition and supply

risk almost every single day freedom house says the biggest drops in press freedom have come in eurasia and the middle east north africa areas the report says examples include new legislative restrictions embellished further arrests and convictions in lebanon and heightened insecurity and fatalities in war torn yemen people with in the countries need to understand the value of they be independent past the value that it can bring to their country and how it helps promote everybody's freedom freedom house insists it's not all bad news it highlights ethiopia malaysia armenia ecuador and gambia as places where improvement in democracy has led to partly all gains in media freedom and it says media freedom can easily bring spac from even long periods of authoritarian intervention but there's a warning to you about social media and how authoritarian governments and state actors can manipulate. the online space to manipulate and undermine democracy it calls on the tech giants and governments to improve transparency which in turn improves press freedom and by extension democracy itself alan fischer al-jazeera washington. you ch

risk almost every single day freedom house says the biggest drops in press freedom have come in eurasia and the middle east north africa areas the report says examples include new legislative restrictions embellished further arrests and convictions in lebanon and heightened insecurity and fatalities in war torn yemen people with in the countries need to understand the value of say the independent press the value that it can bring to their country and how it helps promote everybody's freedom freedom house insists it's not all bad news it highlights ethiopia malaysia armenia ecuador and gambia as places where improvement in democracy has led to partly all gains in media freedom and it says media freedom can easily bring spac from even long periods of authoritarian intervention but there's a warning to about social media and how authoritarian governments and state actors can manipulate. the online space to manipulate and undermine democracy it calls on the tech giants and governments to improve transparency which in turn improves press freedom and by extension democracy itself alan fischer al-jazeera washington . peter wi

the associate director of the africa team at human rights watch and she says attempts to stop media coverage are reminiscent of the previous government. restriction of the press was one of the hallmarks of the last regime under a mara but sheer and it is one of the many reasons why protesters had grievances and took to the streets in the 1st place among the many human rights problems in sudan that has been one of them. it's just the recent days that we've seen some worrisome signs and the closure of. one of them in the last couple of days there's been violence and we've heard of a couple of people having been killed from that violence and so that does definitely signal the possibility that more could come and we've seen protesters recently issued a statement warning that that could happen. and urging the authorities to check the rights of protesters to continue so it really is a day by day situation we all should be watching it carefully and sending the message to the authorities to make sure that this violence stops algerians have returned to the streets calling for interim president have been solid to step down hundreds of thousands rallied in cities across

east and north africa have been trying to reach western europe through bosnia after other european countries closed their borders. so saunders is leaving her position as white house press secretary saunders and she returned to state of arkansas to spend more time with her children she's the 2nd white house press secretary to serve under trump after sean spicer resigned early in his tenure. donald trump is again under fire over comments he made about accepting information from foreign governments the president told a.b.c. news that being offered damaging information on a political opponent didn't constitute foreign interference can really help get reports. u.s. president donald trump on the defensive after remarks about accepting information from foreign governments they all do it they always here at issue this interview trump gave to an american news network suggesting if he was offered damaging information on a political opponent he'd listen if somebody called. from a country norway we have information on your. own i think i want to hear if you want to kind of interference in our elections not in a difference they have information i think i'd take it if i thought ther

press this is what the. 3 of them would be that. interested in the. first. 60 minutes into the program welcome back don't hear of nelson mandela who's no south africa is to denmark has caused outrage with controversial tweets about color on land ownership do you ever tried apologists your time is over you will not rule again we do not hear you finally get out statements being condemned by the country's opposition and a south african trade union group both are calling for is in z. to be dismissed from or dorio rule but the economic freedom fighters fully support mandela running her critics racist she defended the comments saying that she's entitled to have her own opinion well behind me argument is the controversial reform bill in south africa the expropriation of lums from white farmers the idea of the arts is to restore justice after apartheid according to the government white farmers are also needed to help mentor black farmers we spoke to a government policy fellow at the south african institute of race relations about the controversial tweets. she is the best to a significant european country which has had very good relations with and that her beh

of theassociate director africa team at human rights watch says attempts to stop media coverage is reminiscent of the previous government. >> restriction of the press one of the hallmarks of the last regime under omar al-bashir, and it's one of the many reasons why protesters have grievances and took to the streets in the first place, among the many human rights problems in sudan, that has been one of them. it has just been recent days that we have seen some worrisome signs, and the closure of al jazeera is one of them. in the last couple of days, there's been violence, and we've heard of a couple of people having been killed from that violence, so that does definitely signaled the -- that moreo could come and we have seen protesters recently issued a statement warning that that could happen and urging to let the rights of protesters continue. we all should be watching carefully and sending a message to the authorities to make sure that the violence stops. and nonviolent resistance movement in sudan says journalism in general is now under threat. >> removing the freedoms of press and trying to have the world not see what is happening is a big deal.

africa cup of nations kicks off. cable 60 minutes w. with different languages we fight for different things that's fine let me all stick up for freedom freedom of speech and freedom of the press. giving freedom of choice global news that matters w. made for minds. what does never to tell us about. her. plates experience a modern museum center with her place of caution cultural heritage foundation play here the searchers are looking for answers more than $5000000.00 objects played chump change released part of the history of clay going to those who know about secret things how to hunt like this. code the traction of the contests player. to look player's cultural heritage foundation plains treasure trove our 2 part. starts june 21st on t.w. . place. it's wings up for the world's most important aerospace show we'll tell you how rivals boeing and airbus fared during the 1st day of the paris air show. also in the program american firms are objecting over the latest round of import tariffs on chinese goods we'll tell you what they're saying.

press is full of talk of candy q. which is a a big heat wave that's coming in from from africa building up during the week and it's expected to top the record temperatures of another heat wave in 2003 that actually left about 20000 french people dead the heat the heat was so high so it's definitely a concern and it's going to be a concern with the training sessions going into the into the quarter quarterfinals here in paris it's set to get to about 37 degrees celsius but with a great amount of humility making it more like the more like the mid forty's and that pushes the temperatures up. getting closer what's the next men's world cup in qatar 2022 was going to be in the summer which of course caused them to move it's winter so that gives you the context of just how hot it's going to get here in france and paul has the tournament aside from the weather managed to capture the imagination of the french public. well i'm sure we have heard much is with fairly disappointing attendances some of them failing to capture the imagination of the public but that is certainly not the case with the french national team the the very well

is associate director of the africa team at human rights watch and she says attempts to stop media coverage reminiscent of the previous government restriction of the press was one of the hallmarks of the last regime under mara bashir and it is one of the many reasons why protesters had grievances and took to the streets in the 1st place among the many human rights problems in sudan that has been one of them. it's just the recent days that we've seen some worrisome signs and the closure of. one of them in the last couple of days there's been violence and we've heard of a couple of people having been killed from that violence and so that does definitely signal the possibility that more could come and we've seen protesters recently issued a statement warning that that could happen. and urging the authorities protect the rights of protesters to continue so it really is a day by day situation we all should be watching it carefully and sending the message to the authorities to make sure that this violence stops. weather is next but still ahead on al-jazeera a new memorial in new york recognizes the painful legacy left by the $911.00 attacks plus. this is priv

pressed him. office, we in started something there in make athat did difference. they hurt us. they saw we had changed. and it encouraged citizens around africaeve they, too, had a right to participate in the public life of their country, and a lot of progress occurred because of that example. >> one of the aspects of human rights macy has the right of people to live in peace. just now, but not for a long time, our country has been a warlike country on earth. i looked it up on google and the united states has been a country now for about 242 years. we have been completely at peace 16 years. we have been at war with somebody 242 years. that is another thing you ask. i would say if the american people do not feel that it was ok to go to war, to bomb other people and so forth, in order to expand america's influence in global affairs, then we would not do that because most presidents are set on going to war in a crisis as a way for them to change. and so going to war is popular in our country. by thoset is proven figures that i just gave you. 16 years out of 200 what you total. 242 years total. >> we started world wars that did not shoot bennett

pressed him. office, we in started something there in make athat did difference. they hurt us. they saw we had changed. and it encouraged citizens around africaeve they, too, had a right to participate in the public life of their country, and a lot of progress occurred because of that example. >> one of the aspects of human rights macy has the right of people to live in peace. just now, but not for a long time, our country has been a warlike country on earth. i looked it up on google and the united states has been a country now for about 242 years. we have been completely at peace 16 years. we have been at war with somebody 242 years. that is another thing you ask. i would say if the american people do not feel that it was ok to go to war, to bomb other people and so forth, in order to expand america's influence in global affairs, then we would not do that because most presidents are set on going to war in a crisis as a way for them to change. and so going to war is popular in our country. by thoset is proven figures that i just gave you. 16 years out of 200 what you total. 242 years total. >> we started world wars that did not shoot bennett

africa. germany's super rich no other european country has as many 1000000000. and while there fortunes are growing more and more living under the poverty line set by the organization for economic cooperation and development. the press frequently reports on the country's high income inequality and low social mobility but little is known about the super rich the truth sure money attracts success and success attracts money as i do believe that and i've experienced it myself you can suddenly connect with people previously out of reach for. the wealthy how do they live and how do they see the country they live in. the way wealthy people in germany are talked about bothers me because it sensationalizing him sycophantic and in no way reflects what wealthy people have done and continue to do for this country for produce ludlow's. only creates this impression of rich people being like scrooge mcduck that they have these money bins in which they wallow in their coins. look scrooge mcduck wants more more more that's not what world minded i walk around in my house but not swimming and we thought. we wanted to get closer to the discreet world of germany's ultra rich of company owners and as with millions we wanted to find out w

africa. we can anticipate there is going to be very critical, certainly from the early press coverage.be the case. that is important that the charity commission plays its role and holds oxfa m commission plays its role and holds oxfam to account. my real concern is that it oxfam to account. my real concern is thatitis oxfam to account. my real concern is that it is a little bit too late. it is ten years on from when the incidents took place in 2010. the charity commission report is not going to redress the victims, it won't do anything to the perpetrators because they are long gone and have worked in the sector for many years since. it is a rap on the knuckles for oxfam. the thing thatis the knuckles for oxfam. the thing that is really missing is that there needs to be complaints on the ground at the point of delivery. we don't need a charity commission in another country that eventually looks into something ten years down the road. we need something there and then that people can complain to an backing that up there needs to be an independent mechanism like an international ombudsman