they're heading into a post carbon economy i mean when they talk about the fact that it's connecting asia africa and europe this is part of that road initiative but it goes back to the old silk road and there was a book that we read once about something like five thousand years of trade and it's coming full circle so global trade you know before we are. invented these terms in the last few decades of globalization and free trade deals and stuff like that there was a lot of amazing amounts of trade and it all came from china and it went to india and it went to africa the middle east i guess up to europe it was aus of years ago all economy was dominated by china and india itself it's an anomaly that you had a brief period where america was really the global superpower but now it's going back to the long term trend which would be china india and these countries dominating global economy so yeah like i said five thousand years ago china was the leader in world trade you saw like all these guys get in their boats and go over there and now they're restoring that to the balun road initiative and china

these are projects in central asia, which is very undeveloped, in southeast asia, and africa, in eastern europe, and indeed, in western europe. and some of these are construction projects. some of them are chinese management projects. but it may be that sort of the big picture is what we may be seeing in this century is the integration of eurasia and africa, through infrastructure. you know, eurasia has never been integrated. we've really had europe. we've had different parts of what we call asia. asia being not a terribly useful phrase for us to use. but now, we have the technical and perhaps the financial capability to really have transcontinental networks that link up markets, producers and consumers, throughout africa, and eurasia, and so the question is, who is going to finance that construction? who is going to set the rules, because it is not just a question of building roads and railways. you need to have integrated standards for the use of technology what is going to be the backbone of these networks. so is that going to be china that plays a leading role in this major undertaki

across the globe that translates to highways bridges railways ports a network stretching across asia africa and even to europe partner countries are often eager for investment and for improvements the old infrastructure the new silk road is a charity project of course china is lending money and spreading debt sri lanka even handed report to the chinese after nearing the fault and then there's the geo political significance china is aiming for a new influence on world markets. these are cooling and heating units for industrial buildings soon they'll be shipped to the u.s. pakistan bangladesh and mexico the manufacturer broad group a company headquartered in hunan china specializes in energy efficient air conditioning in the next few years the firm with more than three thousand employees hopes to further expand aided by china's belton road investment scheme. a few years ago projects in other countries relied on financing by local governments or companies things proceeded slowly but since fun and things become available we're seeing projects develop much faster. china is pouring billions of eu

across the globe that translates the highways bridges railways ports a network stretching across asia africa and even into europe part of countries are often eager for investment and for improvements infrastructure the new silk road is a charity project of course china is lending money and spreading debt sri lanka even hand the report to the chinese after nearing the fault and then there's the geo political significance china is aiming for a new influence on world markets. these are cooling and heating units for industrial buildings soon they'll be shipped to the u.s. pakistan bangladesh and mexico the manufacturer broad group a company headquartered in hunan china specializes in energy efficient air conditioning in the next few years the firm with more than three thousand employees hopes to further expand aided by china's belton road investment scheme. a few years ago projects in other countries relied on financing by local governments or companies things proceeded slowly but since fun and things become available we're seeing projects develop much faster. china is pouring billions of euros

expand in china but they had their eyes on other markets of course here in china but also southeast asia africa and of course latin america and in countries on those continents the governments have been less questioning in the trumpet ministration about how while way operates but of course what the united states has done could in many ways inflame trade tensions between washington and beijing and those tensions now very much at the forefront still ahead on al jazeera. i saw men with guns they told me the job they'd called me for was to fight but here from kenyans who say they were tricked into fighting for the i'm group al-shabaab. the west sponsored by cattle las. carlo welcomes another look at the international forecast to see some rather lively storms it is central part so. of year up around the mediterranean even a little bit of snow of course for good measure over the higher ground must be said they were of low pressure swirling away here around south india facing some areas of if lead into the balkans and then. the showers some of them thundery into central and eastern pa still not too ba

conference earlier this year, talking about sexual abuse, there was a lot of resistance from africa and asia. that's what was reported. african clergy members saying they do not have this problem. this is an american and a european problem. >> there were survivors from the elite 30 countries coming together in rome, and of course, there were people from asia and africa as well. it is not a european or north american problem. it is a geneneral problem of the church everywhere in the world. that is why it is so important to have general rules from the vatican, from the headquarters which apply to all countries all around the world. brent: we are running out of timeme. what about what the church is doing for people who have been abused, the legacy created? are you satisfied? >> of course not. we are still in the process of clarification, inquiry, and we will have to talk about compensation in the future. >> as always, it's good to have you on the show. we appreciate your insights. thank you very much. now to our series looking at what germans consider to be the big issues today. my colleague tr

in asia and africa too few painkillers doctors there often give patients in chronic pain the equivalent of a headache tablet while americans are getting hooked on the potent stuff. gail box is heartbroken at the loss of her son i'm going to miss the great things that. austin was a college football player at the university of oklahoma and only 22 years old when he died from an overdose of opioid painkillers. the last day i saw him was the day he graduated from the university of oklahoma that day one of his coaches britton venables came up to him and said austin hasn't gone line and he said coach live in the. chest and the jury. but unfortunately austin was living a nightmare the nightmare of prescription drug abuse prescription opioids to be exact. it were drugs like these produced by manufacturers like johnson and johnson that killed almost 50000 people across the u.s. in 27 teams no legal action is being taken against the company. how did this happen. at the end of the day your honor i'm sure one word answer. greed the state of oklahoma is accusing johnson and johnson of intentionally

in asia and africa too few painkillers doctors there often give patients in chronic pain the equivalent of a headache tablet while americans are getting hooked on the potent stuff. gail box is heartbroken at the loss of her son i'm going to miss the great things that. austin was a college football player at the university of oklahoma and only 22 years old when he died from an overdose of opioid painkillers. the last day i saw him was the day he graduated from the university of oklahoma.

the bulk i mean we're talking $100000.00 plus peacekeepers around the world most of them from africa and asia 7 and a half 1000 from ethiopia alone around 6000 from india 5000 from the poll and then you look at the quote unquote developed nations 752 from france 572 from the u.k. 34 from the united states mark i'll come back to you why the disparity there if this is a quote unquote united nations why is there is such a disparity between where the peacekeepers come from is it just because that that's where a lot of the conflicts are yeah well in the case the united states it's a political question in general american troops and american military officers don't want to put troops under you know of the so and so control of foreign military officer but it's sort of a grand bargain though when it comes to the united states because you know as the introduction of this episode noted the u.s. has the bulk of the cost of peacekeeping missions around the world the united states is still the global leader when it comes to efforts to maintain international peace and security around the world so it does s

the bulk i mean we're talking $100000.00 plus peacekeepers around the world most of them from africa and asia 7 and a half 1000 from ethiopia alone around 6000 from india 5000 from the poll and then you look at the quote unquote developed nations 752 from france 572 from the u.k. 34 from the united states mark i'll come back to you why the disparity there if this is a quote unquote united nations why is this such a disparity between where the peacekeepers come from is it just because that that's where a lot of the conflicts are yeah well in the case the united states it's a political question in general american troops and american military officers don't want to put troops under you know of the so and so control of foreign military officer but it's sort of a grand bargain though when it comes to the united states because you know as the introduction of this episode noted the u.s. has the bulk of the cost of peacekeeping missions around the world the united states is still the global leader when it comes to efforts to maintain international peace and security around the world so it does see v

pope's conference earlier this year talking about sexual abuse there was a lot of resistance from africa. in asia that's what was reported african clergy members saying we don't have this problem in africa this is an american in the european problem. we will survive us from the thirty countries coming together in rome and of course there were people from asia and from africa as well it's not a european or north american problem it's a general problem of the church everywhere and well that's why it's so important to have general groups from the vatican from the headquarter which applies to all countries all around the world before we run out of time what about what the church is doing for people who have been abused the legacy that you know was created with that are you satisfied with what the church is doing no of course not still in the process of clarification of inquiry and we will have to talk about compensation in the future once you start as always it's good to have you on the show we appreciate your insights they can very much thank you for now to our series looking at what germans conside

railroads would play a central role in the elaboration of european empire in asia and africa. the pattern by which the rails were laid tells us a great deal about the nature of colonialism and its legacy. notwithstanding the great dream of her transcontinental railroad running north, south, and stretching from cape to cairo, along what roads and the dream of being a continuous plexus of british -controlled africa. most of the railways that were erected in africa had a very different geography. but again this tells us pretty much we need to know about european colonialism. these railroads have nothing to do with developing political or even market economy but what they do is they connect deepwater ports, copperfield, the densest set of networks right around johannesburg and into kimberly the diamond field. institutions designed to suck out the material good of africa and as efficiently as possible. let me tell you the story briefly of just one line. the uganda line. we promise to connect the port of mombasa with the nile river system conjuring and african analog for the america

lending program succeeds, and if we see a far more integrated what is sometimes called the world africa asiaurasia and china plays a major role in that , where is the united states in that very important process? thein 20 or 30 years 80% of world's middle-class consumers will be in eurasia and africa and if china is the leader there, they become the world leader. that's a geostrategic question more than a question for the american economy right now. you also mentioned the arctic and their ambitions to create what is called an arctic silk road. they have announced this, you're quite correct, publishing what is called a white paper that lays out their ambitions. people are talking about this. secretary of state pompeo just made a real stemwinder of the china of wanting to use arctic transport to build this power. he made that speech in finland. member of the arctic council, it's not an arctic nation. it can only carry out some of those things if arctic council nations, like the united states and canada, agree for them to do so. host: texas, good morning, you are up next. good morning, hi. i wa

facebook is that this has affected countries such as latin america and numerous countries across asia and africa where we synch any of that try and swishes have changed the reality on the ground facebook saying that this is an extensive israeli run political influence campaign having said that facebook has not been that forthcoming and that is largely presumably because the relationship between facebook and israel is very close facebook in the past has taken down political advertisement that are considered in the states for inconvenient by the israeli government the head of the facebook cyber security policy had that had had this to say. today removed 265 facebook instagram accounts facebook pages groups and events involved in coordinated behavior this is the originated in israel and focused on nigeria senegal and goler niger and tunisia along with some activity in late in america and southeast asia. now some of the pages boasted as many as $2800000.00 followers there were also a series of events that were advertised online but it's not clear whether or not those events actually took place more

expand in china but they had their eyes on other markets of course here in china but also southeast asia africa and of course latin america and in countries on those continents the governments have been less questioning in the trumpet ministration about how while way operates but of course what the united states has done could in many ways inflame trade tensions between washington and beijing and those tensions now very much at the forefront still ahead on al-jazeera we'll be live in tehran where with the iranian reaction to washington's military buildup in the region and why the ambitious indian health care plan some called mody care is failing the poor. how about the usual rash of showers across southeast asia something a lot of the stones coming in to malaysia. well the piles of indonesia philipines generally set for the time being some pleasant sunshine coming for him a chance of wanted to shout this in the heat of the day as we go through friday some showers and some parts of vietnam into laos some wet weather on the cots for a thailand a sticky 36 celsius bangkok on friday i have a date t

urban centers are booming -- particularly those in asia and africa. half the world's population now lives in cities -- a figure that's forecast to hit two-thirds by 2050. and already there's a serious lack of decent, affordable living space. one impressive example of affordable living is the fuggerei in augsburg -- the world's first social housing estate. it was built way back in 1521 by one of the city's wealthy citizens, to provide homes for those in need. since then, state-run organisations and charitable institutions worldwide have invested in countless affordable housing projects. increasingly, though, governments are distancing themselves from this social responsibility, and relying on private enterprise to meet the need. >> this is my flat. welcome to my heaven -- or should i say, to my hell? >> jailson rochas' ten square metres cost around 1000 euros per month. not much room in here. >> a small kitchen, with a sink. >> and what about washing your feet in the shower? it is pretty tricky. >> i'm supposed to do this. there's no space. i'm suppose

bio gas plant many sanitary facilities are now being built according to this principle across asia and africa meanwhile back in the damned poor. the villages say that they're all looking forward to getting toilets of their own. if they build a toilet for me also it will be a great comfort especially for my children we have a huge problem without a toilet my daughter will feel secure and safe snakes and scorpion bites are quite common while difficult thing out in the open. and in the future these children will find it quite natural to have a restroom of their own. now it's often the women who end up having to be the biggest price for even basic rights take for example the right to choose and practice a livelihood the ferocity of the need to movement in india will tell you the problems women face or to work use a wide and deep our reporters spent a day with a budding journalist in our group to find out how she's standing tall and attempting to break the glass ceiling. curing or put in the time and saloon upon the works for the television news channel. she's one of the few female t.v. reporters

specialized equipment and troops and the vast bulk of the money while most of the troops come from asia and africa. but the system is breaking down many countries but most notably the us are not paying their share un peacekeeping is owed a staggering sum over $1900000000.00 the countries providing the peacekeepers countries like pakistan which has over $5000.00 men and women serving around the world are the ones currently having to pay most of the costs so here we are $2.00 contribution countries making sacrifices losing lives in order to maintain international peace and security and facing budgetary challenges so i think we need to fix this it needs to be fixed because this removes the most successful enterprise of the united nations and it should be adequately resourced the u.s. owes way more than any other country to un peacekeeping that's been the case for many years but under president trump the size of the arrears has swelled to over $1100000000.00 a former obama administration official says it would make real sense to pay up now it's a little confusing. the united states side the u.s. cares

it isn't pretty cargo ships but it alternative destinations vietnam malaysia thailand one over asia and africa. ringback garners been taking in european elektra for decades and i promise you there are very few non polluting recycling plants there it used to be that china was the world's recycling capital they got sick of it too much pollution waste band importing certain rubbish and others following in their example. malaysia will not visit dumping ground of the world send bags or waste to them regional countries who take care of my own tribe you should take care of yours there are conventions the basil convention for example the point of which was to stop rich countries from dumping rule their waste on poor nations but there are no punishments violates the will it's simple economics for most waste recycling properly is difficult expensive but dumping waste on those desperate enough to go through it by hand manually that's cipa question now is where will north america europe send all that waste when the poor have had enough when president there to give bill to them and beat them i think he can

and today we're going to take a look at life in cities been sent to the particularly those in asia and africa.