the angola prison. i've been visiting prisons for last seven years but i was not prepared for what i saw when i was in angola. specifically and there's a whole lot to say about angola which is a prison puts disproportionally incarcerates black men. someone watches over them on horseback with a gun over their shoulder and a gift shop that had shot glasses and coffee mugs and baseball caps and sweatshirts and one of the coffee mugs said it had the silhouette of a watchtower and said angola, gated community as it to belittle or make a mockery of the people come, the thousands of people who were being held in that prison. i've a lot to say about angola and i could have written an entire book about that experience but i was deeply surprised and haunted by the profound almost a craven place like that. i was just so wrong on so many levels. >> okay. let's see here. if i can read words again. here we go from john dorland who writes could you speak about the creative process of what you consider the history and

i had a lot to say about angola, said angola, a gated community. i was haunted by the profound lack -- almost craven of a place like that. it just felt so wrong on so many levels. >> i just missed that-- oh. oh, let's see here can read words again. here we go from dawn dorland who writes, could you speak about the creative process that led you to consider these histories in reported prose, instead of poetry. >> when i received these i thought i would write a poetry collection in which each poem would be to a different monument in new orleans and i would sort of create, you know, my first book was a collection of poetry and i thought, well, okay, poetry is my primary form or at least was for a long time. and then i realized that, one, i think that i wanted to go to places outside of new orleans, but that was part of it. two, i realized that it needed more room to breathe than a poem would allow for. and then three, i also realized that it couldn't be only my own sort of extended meditation on my experiences at these places, and it had to be in conve

angola for example, so i have been looking at the prisons for the last seven years. but it was unprepared for what i saw when i was an angola and specifically, a prison built on mentation which was incarcerated black men and the caught in the fields and partially work for no pay. and with a gun over their shoulder with men on horseback. i went to the gift shop in ahead coffee mugs and baseball caps and sweatshirts in one of the coffee mugs is that, had the silhouette of a tower in angola gated community. as if to sort of the little make a mockery of the people who were the thousands of people who are being held and continue to be on the prison. i've a lot to say about angola, i could've written an entire book just about that running springs and i was deeply surprised. by the profound lack, it almost was crazy this just felt so wrong on so many levels. >> nineteen okay read. [background sounds]. let's see here. i'm going to read once again okay we go, don dorland. the right, could you speak about the creative process that led you to consider the history and reported p

i have a lot to say about angola.ould've written an entire book just about that experience but i was deeply surprised, unsettled and haunted by the profound lack -- it almost, they're their craziness of a place like that. it just felt so wrong on so many levels. >> i just need a minute with that. okay. let's see here if i can read words again. here we go. from don who writes, could you speak about the creative process that led you to consider these histories in reported pros instead of poetry? >> when i originally conceived of the project i thought it would be a collection of poems. i thought i would write a poetry collection which the conceit was that each poem would be about a different monument in new orleans, and i would sort of create -- my first book was a collection of poetry and i thought okay, poetry is my primary form of sorts, or at least was for a long time. i realize that, one, i think i wanted to go to places outside of new orleans. so that was part of it. two, i realized it needed more room to breathe,

liverpool have said they won't release mo salah for international duty for egypt in their match against angolaid it at the second half. he made a few decisions in the first half but to if you can keep them in good condition, kulas was be a big threat. —— he will always be a big threat. liverpool have said they won't release mo salah for international duty for egypt in their match against angola next week due to quarantine restrictions the striker would face on his return to the uk. along with other top european sides, liverpool are seeking exemptions from the rules for players returning from red list countries but with no agreement between the premier league and the government, salah will face a 10—day isolation period after playing in egypt. xherdan shaqiri has completed a 9.5 million pound move from liverpool to ligue un side lyon. the swiss international moved to anfield in 2018 but started just five premier league games last season. ellie simmonds will carry the flag along withjohn stubbs at the opening ceremony for the paralympics tomorrow. both a competing at their fourth games, its a sp

percent of the ancestors came from gambia which was heavily muslim and those that came from congo angolaings that i learned that historians argue about the percentage but that is the figure given by he would that about 20 percent were muslims when they got on the boat. >> i did not know that until i read the book. >> i told the story in the book and i interview one of his descendents and he left behind the manuscript and how to find mecca and pray to the east and the first black church and then to argue about the first black church but the first african baptist church in savannah in 1773 there is a great scene in the film where to interpret and being carved into one of the pews. [laughter] and there is a sensor in the kitchen. but 20 percent of the ancestors were muslim when they landed what is now the united states and a percent that we don't know because the king of congo converted to catholicism in 1491. the year before columbus sailed the ocean blue and he converted his kingdom. he understood power he sent his son to be trained as a priest and became the first bishop and then came ba

trans-atlantic database 25 percent come from gambia which is heavily muslim and 25 percent come from angolas one of the facts that i have learned is that about 20 percent, and that is a figure about 20 percent were muslims when they got on the boat. >> i did not know that until i read the book. >> i told the story in the book and in the film and i interview one of his descendents and he left behind the manuscript in arabic and how too find mecca and pray to the east. the first black churches those argue which is the first but we felt the first african baptist church was in savanna was 1773 there is a great scene in the film we flew down the language from harvard to interpret those scripts that are engraved or carved into one of the pews and says it's arabic. [laughter] the sister in the kitchen i could hear yelling. but 20 percent of the ancestors were muslim and practicing muslims when they landed what is now the united states. and a percentage we don't know had also been baptized roman catholics because the king of condo on —- congo converted to catholicism in 1491 the year columbus saile

there's a lot to say about angola which they work for no pay with a gun over their shoulder. it has sweatshirts and coffee mugs and on one of the mugs that have a t silhouette that said angola a gated community as if to sort of make a mockery of those that continue to be held. by the profound craven nests of a place like that. i just need a minute on that. okay let's see here. here we go. from john who writes can you speak about the creative process that led you to consider the histories and reported prose instead of poetry? >> when i originally conceived of the project i thought it would be a collection of poems. i thought i would write poetry collection and which the conceit is that each would be about a different monument and i would sort of create a collection of poetry. it's's my primary source or it s for a long time and then i realized i wanted to go to places outside of new orleans and number two, i realized thato it needed more room to breathe than a poem would allow for and number three, i realized that it couldn't only be my own meditation on my experiences of thes

of our ancestors came from southern gambia which was heavilymuslim and 25 percent came from congo angola . one of the amazing things, two of the amazing things i've learned when we were making the movement and i was writing this book was that about 20 percent, now historians argue about this percent. it's not settled on 20 percent and that's a figure given by john thorton and linda haywood, great friends with jim faster. about 20 percent of our enslaved ancestors were practicing muslims when they got on the boat. >> i did not know that until i read the book. >> i tell the story in the book of mohammed in the book and i interview one of his descendents. he left behind a manuscript in arabic, instructions on how to find, how to pray to the east. and the first black church, there e are about four churches and they argue which one was the first black church but we filled in the first african baptist church in savannah and that was formed in 1773 and there's this great scene in the film where we flew down a linguist from harvard to interpret those scripts that are engraved and carved into one

qualifier against argentina — while liverpool's mohamed salah would also miss egypt's qualifiers against angolaause of a covid outbreak in the squad. assistant gary mcallister and coach michael beale will lead the team tomorrow, and it is unclear if gerrard or the unspecified players missing will be able to return in time for sunday's match with celtic at ibrox. leeds rhinos moved back into the super league play—off positions with a 14—0 win over wigan warriors tonight. richie myler scored the pick of the tries as the away side become the first team to stop wigan from scoring a single point in a home game in super league history. and the reigning t20 blast champions — the notts outlaws — have been beaten by the hampshire hawks in a low—scoring but thrilling quarterfinal. hampshire struggled with the bat and were only able to set a target of 126, with 18—year—old tom prest getting 44, but it proved enough. notts needed just three runs off the last over, but they were bowled out for 123 as hampshire head to finals day for the first time since 2017. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. w

liverpool won't be releasing mo salah for egypt's world cup qualifier against angola in cairo next monthn amber list country. xherdan shaqiri has completed a £9.5 million move from liverpool to ligue un side lyon. the swiss international moved to anfield in 2018, but started just five premier league games last season. andy murray lost just two games as he beat american noah rubin in the winston—salem open first round. he was due to be playing nick kyrgios, but the australian pulled out with a knee injury. building up to our build up to the paralympics. badminton has made it onto the programme for the first time, and that's given great britain an extra medal chance. jack shepherd will be favourite going into the event, he's the world number one. sally hurst caught up with him at his training base in sheffield before he left forjapan. when you've worked for it for over ten years now, it'sjust when you've worked for it for over ten years now, it's just such a proud feeling to be going. it's

south, plenty of sunshine and high temperatures, lusaka 30 degrees and as we head towards southern angola, a height of 35 on saturday. the news the grim consequences of mexico's bloody drug. watch the people around you, mr. governor, you've got people who are with narco, through the eyes of the journalists, determined to report the truth. your government is full of narcan. she said, that's how the article should start 60 years own we revisit the report is still risking their lives being another outbreak. violence of more versus rewind, the deadly beat on out there. a lot in america is a region of wonder, a joy tragedy. and yes, of violet, but it doesn't matter where you are. you'll have to be able to relate to the human condition away. i've been covering all of latin america for most of my career, but no country is alike. and it's my job to shed light on how and why me ah, the ah. the news, i mean, the whole run the reminder. one of our top story that's got his phone trying to free the country, facing several obstacles, including taliban road blocks and problems with paperwork. the chaos

south, plenty of sunshine and high temperatures lusaka, 30 degrees and as we head towards southern angola, a high of 35 on saturday. the news frank assessments, by way it is a lesson again, freedom surprised informed opinions what you saw happening. you don't want to talk to. it was what it was was petune is the critical debate that we are here. it's not between any other group. we are confident here that 4 years re running that even people in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on our jazeera oh a book about what you just bear with me. so robin, the reminder of all top stories, guns trying to flee the country, facing several obstacles, including taliban roadblocks and problems with paperwork. the cale cobbler port has continued on friday despite us and nato pledges to accelerate the evacuation they to the secretary general and told out there that it's asked the taliban to ensure a safe passage for people trying to get to the airport. he also said some nato allies express the need to stay beyond august the 31st deadline to get people out. well, you could probably supp

liverpool have said they won't release mo salah for international duty for egypt in their match against angolae government, salah will face a 10—day isolation period after playing in egypt. xherdan shaqiri has completed a 9.5 million pound move from liverpool to ligue un side lyon. the swiss international moved to anfield in 2018 but started just five premier league games last season. ellie simmonds will carry the flag along withjohn stubbs at the opening ceremony for the paralympics tomorrow. both a competing at their fourth games, its a special moment for all the athletes taking part, not least because of a difficult year coping with the pandemic, something that affected swimmers like simmonds more than most when our cyclist, they can go out on the road and go up for a run. we didn't have the normal environments we had to adapt in a different way. but also that makes you stronger because it shows that actually, you can be able to be here. we are here today at the paralympics and we've had a challenging year, four months out of the water, but we are here and we are ready to compete. so, a pro

qualifier against argentina — while liverpool's mohamed salah would also miss egypt's qualifiers against angola, and it is unclear if gerrard or the unspecified players missing will be able to return in time for sunday's match with celtic at ibrox. leeds rhinos moved back into the super league play—off positions with a 14—0 win over wigan warriors tonight. richie myler scored the pick of the tries as the away side become the first team to stop wigan from scoring a single point in a home game in super league history. and the reigning t20 blast champions — the notts 0utlaws — have been beaten by the hampshire hawks in a low—scoring but thrilling quarterfinal. hampshire struggled with the bat and were only able to set a target of 126, with 18—year—old tom prest getting 44, but it proved enough. notts needed just three runs off the last over, but they were bowled out for 123 as hampshire head to finals day for the first time since 2017. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. we just had the hottest day of the month on wednesday. and it was western scotland the place to be. looks lovely in t

it's not just mainland companies like nigeria and angola, but it's other countries.ould facebook do this? two thirds of a vast majority of the worlds interconnected countries is on facebook. the continent of africa has 1.2 billion people. smartphone is still increasing. if you think about it, is one area of growth they target. one of the top stories on the bloomberg today. emily: thank you for the update. $1 billion is how much facebook and instagram plan to pay their creators over the next year and a massive bid to bring more enforcers -- and floors to the platform. tiktok, snap and youtube. just about anyone can cultivate their fan bases and it is changing social media as we know it. so much so that adam mosseri said instagram is no longer a photo sharing app. he joins us now to explain. it was kind of a moment. explain to us what you mean. i know you have more video coming, expand on this vision. adam: in general, we are always trying to see how the world is changing and how to adapt as the world changes. one of the biggest risks is that we become relevant. one of

slave trade database about 25% of ancestors came from gambia of the muslim and about 25% came from angolan 20% and not by linden and great friends of brian and jim. 20% of our enslaved ancestors were practicing muslim make on the books i did not know that until i got on the book. >> i tell the story of mohammed and i interviewed one and he left behind a manuscript in arab, instructions on this and the first black churches, there are about four churches and argue which one was the first black church. the first african baptist church was formed in 1773. the language from harvard to interpret some scripts engraved, carved into one of the pews. he looked at it and said its arabic. [laughter] is a a sister in the kitchen, i could hear yelling thank the curse of hebrew. [laughter] 20% of my ancestors were muslim, practicing muslims when they landed in what's now the united states in the percent that we don't know were also baptized catholics because the king of condo congo in the year 1491, 1n the ocean blue, he converted his kingdom and he was no dummy, he undertook power. he said trained as a

he was given military in angola and nicaragua. it is truly our interventionist policy that is coming home to roots. america is the merchants of deaths around the world. i am curious of where the taliban it's it's weaponry. -- gets it's weaponry. -- its weaponry. the united states needs to be stopped -- needs to stop its aggression and intervention. we have had our own election interference and we know what it is like. when we go to these countries, the candidates are killed. the media has taken over. sabotaging elections is as american as apple pie. look what it is doing to the afghani's. -- afghanis. let's not forget the collateral damage, the drones that have killed people at their weddings. the united states has got to stop being aggressive, militaristic force. the united states defense budget is the most obscene thing in the entire world. host: next is sai, in akron, ohio. caller: good morning. i want to say what the groups have in common in regard to afghanistan. the president of italy, a member of the cabinet, members of the

how many people were carried out of west africa, really from sena gambia down the coast to southern angola, and eventually, later on, into south and east africa. how many people were carried to the new world? well, it turns out that we know quite a bit about the slave trade because the slave trade was a big business. and we have an abundance of business records. those business records and, indeed, practically every kind of conceivable record has now been mined and put together in something called the transatlantic slave trade database. and i would recommend it to all of you. this is a really magnificent scholarly achievement. we now have records on something more than 33,000 slaving voyages. most of which began in europe, some of which began in the united states, some of which began in brazil. but which resulted in this massive movement of humanity across the atlantic. if you want, by the way, that url is slavevoyages.org or go to any particular search engine and type in slave voyages, you'll go there. this is a web site that is free and open to the public, and you can do remarkable things

the war in angola and india and pakistan and i became increasingly fascinated by the experience the moree in the morning wanted to write about it there was an audience out there willing to read what i wrote. and then it became my life because i suppose one is lucky. it is ironic most of my books are designed to discourage people from going to war. by suppose because i've learned a great deal about war my latest book operation pedestal whiches is about the british fleet forcing its way across the mediterranean at a terrible cost. and in 1882, i was a correspondent with the british task force to recapture the falklands. and when i was writing operation pedestal and with the ship sinking in the plane shot down an extraordinary spectacle and then in the south atlantic storms and with those crusted waves and the steve below deck of the way that young men behave in action. and to see something of that. the falklands was a very small war inn comparison anything happening in world war ii. but one had seen what it would be like in those large memories were very much alive with the operation pedes

liverpool have told the egypt fa that he won't be released for their world cup qualifier against angolaany fault on mark for how things turned out there, a bit of a freak injury. i think it is frustrating because he is bowling so well. frustration more for him than anyone else. he is bowling really well, bowling at great pace, and he seems to be managing his body a lot better, and it is not through bowling or anything other than a freak incident that found himself missing this test match. well, england's opponents india are on a roll — though the last three times they've toured england, they've lost comprehensively. despite being ahead in the series, and looking convincing at lord's, they aren't getting too ahead of themselves. what happened in the last game, it was special, but we have moved on, we are focusing on this test match. in the first press conference, and we are taking one test match at a time. whether we win or lose it is important to stay in the present. as i said, 2014... well, we're not thinking about that. we have been playing some good cricket. so it's all about staying

qualifier against argentina, while liverpool's mo salah would also miss egypt's qualifiers against angolavirus figures, show there were 35,8117 new infections recorded, in the latest 24—hour period, which means, on average, there were 33,828 new cases per day, in the last week. the most recent figures show there were more than six—and a half thousand people in hospital with the virus, yesterday. -- 6500 —— 6500 people in hospital. 149 deaths were recorded in the past 2a hours, with an average of 106 deaths a day in the past week. on vaccinations, 87.9% of adults in the uk, have now had their firstjab, and 77.4% have had two. protection against coronavirus starts to reduce within six months of people being fully vaccinated with the pfizer or astrazenica vaccines. —— astrazeneca. new research by experts working on the zoe covid study suggests that booster vaccines will be needed. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson has this report. more than three—quarters of adults in the uk have now had two doses of a covid vaccine, but how long that protection lasts is a crucial question. sarah, a

liverpool have said they won't release mo salah for international duty for egypt in their match against angolaface on his return to the uk. along with other top european sides, liverpool are seeking exemptions from the rules for players returning from red list countries, but with no agreement between the premier league and the government, salah will face a ten—day isolation period after playing in egypt. the third test at headingley starts on wednesday. england are one down in the series after losing against india at lord's last week. fast bowler mark wood is going to miss the match with an injury, something captainjoe root has described as a hammerblow. here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. england prepared at headingley knowing they must bat with greater resolve and aware there is another bowling problem to solve. mark woods out, having injured his shoulder at lord's, making a desperate diving stop — fully committed or ill considered? his captain today said it was just a freak occurrence. it's frustration for him more than anything else. he was bowling at great pace. he seemed to be man

clearly racist, clearly unconstitutional, and yet today as we're chatting, anthony boult is still in angolamovement in the cases. thank you so much. >> of course. thanks for having me. >> you can watch the full report right now on "60 minutes plus," available on the via comcbs streaming app paramount plus. >>> coming up, our conversation with the one and only lorde. the pop star discusses her new album and why it's unlike her first two. in this ad pay attention to the actor's gums. gums? we don't think about them. but like skin, over time gums can get damaged. colgate gum renewal. reverses early gum damage for a beautiful, revitalized smile. people everywhere living with type 2 diabetes are waking up to what's possible with rybelsus®. ♪ you are my sunshine ♪ ♪ my only sunshine... ♪ rybelsus® works differently than any other diabetes pill to lower blood sugar in all 3 of these ways... increases insulin when you need it... decreases sugar... and slows food. the majority of people taking rybelsus® lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than 7. people taking rybelsus® lost up to 8

mushingi, a career member of the senior foreign service, to be ambassador for the united states to angola and to serve concurrently as the ambassador to the democratic republic of sao tome and principe. mr. cruz: mr. president, reserving the right to object, because the biden administration should not be given a massive multibillion-dollar gift to putin, strengthening russia and weakening merge and u.s. national security interests, i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the senator from new jersey. mr. menendez: mr. president, i ask that it be in order to make the same request with respect to calendar number 238, eugene s. young, a senior member of the senior foreign service to be ambassador for the united states to the republic of congo. mr. cruz: mr. president, reserving the right to object, because i think it is a generational mistake, one that will harm u.s. national security interests, will endanger u.s. service men and women, will weaken america, will weaken our allies and strengthen our enemies and our adversaries, because i believe that joe biden giving a massive mul

french parliamentarian we thought america was back commit angola merkel is questioning hi motives verycalling for accountability on perhaps on behalf of the united states saying the u.s. bears the main responsibility for the current situation. we can't fact check it fast enough because there were so many wrist representations of what is happening on the ground to hear the president talk abou still having an over the rising capability. and even the taliban, that woul have required partners on the ground. what we seen in recent days is those partners on the ground have been abandoned, they are i hiding, they are fearing for their lives. they fled the country, we don't have partners, we don't have eyes in ears, the reason the u.s. military can't leave the airport to go rescue any americans out in kabul when british and french special forces can do so is that they don't have any partners left, they don't have partners who ca help them safely navigate. i don't see how you can say tha with a straight face that they're going to be over the horizon capabilities to see the terror threat in afgh

he was given military in angola and nicaragua.t is truly our interventionist policy that is coming home to roots. america is the merchants of deaths around the world. i am curious of where the taliban it's it's weaponry. -- gets it's weaponry. -- its weaponry. the united states needs to be stopped -- needs to stop its aggression and intervention. we have had our own election interference and we know what it is like. when we go to these countries, the candidates are killed. the media has taken over. sabotaging elections is as american as apple pie. look what it is doing to the afghani's. -- afghanis. let's not forget the collateral damage, the drones that have killed people at their weddings. the united states has got to stop being aggressive, militaristic force. the united states defense budget is the most obscene thing in the entire world. host: next is sai, in akron, ohio. caller: good morning. i want to say what the groups have in common in regard to afghanistan. the president of italy, a member of the cabinet, members of the f

medal match a few weeks ago, while liverpool's mo salah would also miss egypt's qualifiers against angolaeover of afghanistan has caused anxiety for afghan families settled in the uk, who are desperate to help their loved ones still in the country. many fear their relatives are now trapped. our correspondent ed thomas has been speaking to people here and in kabul. what we over here? —— what should we do? the phone calls to kabul. the anguish, uncertainty of what comes next. inside, ifeel like i am broken into many pieces. my body is here, my soul is in afghanistan. and so is the rest of her family — uncles, aunties, in—laws. most of them work for the afghan government or western forces. this is the picture of the taliban they have taken secretly, my brother—in—law. we blurred these images not to reveal the family home. so this is them in the house. this is the taliban. they want a female member of ourfamily. they want to know where they are. they were just sitting there. is that a rifle? she says all the women in the family have been moved to a safe house. this is the problem they have, b