can have the activities that it can undertake on the basis of its mandate and syrian president bashar assad has submitted documents to run for a 3rd term in next month's election the u.s. and the syrian opposition have criticized the vote calling it a farce it's been 10 years since the start of the syrian uprisings and the country is still mired in a war that's displaced millions and killed hundreds of thousands. 90 years ago nearly a 1000000 syrians were forced to flee their homes in the northern area of hama and the southern area of it lived during a military assault by the government and russian forces now rights groups say their homes and being unlawfully confiscated and given to government supporters senator has the story. mohammed and his family used to live a comfortable life until a syrian and russian military offensive in northwest syria forced them to leave their home 2 years ago they moved further north to areas controlled by the opposition and lip muhammad is not only unable to return to his hometown in the hama countryside because of security concerns the government confiscated

has been looking into allegations of chemical weapons use in syria's civil war accused president bashar assad of deploying toxins against his own people on several occasions something though syria denies one of the most prominent cases over which multiple dives have been raised was in 2018 in duma. where we got reaction from the n.d.p. involved there mike wallace and he told us that it is that it was a convenient way of trying to silence him. use is a very popular term. in europe and the u.s. . uses almost like a right to cite as i said earlier the president said back to that we should be careful because star wars 2 well she's dead right to start wars and when the various attack took place. it was used time by the u.s. france and the u.k. to illegally park syria so that was 3 groups causing war and what the 1st likely stated was a quote a jury or science research or a stripper started by and i didn't peacefully started by group we want to troops and we want peace meanwhile a panel of experts convened back in 29000 rejected that the chlorine cylinders used to deliver the toxic gas in doing tha

comes after an investigation blamed damascus for 3 poison gas attacks in 2017 and syrian president bashar assad has submitted documents to run for a 3rd term in next month's election the us and the syrian opposition have criticized the vote calling it a farce indonesia's navy is searching for 53 people on board a missing submarine now the vessel was conducting a torpedo drill in waters north of the island of bali indonesia as military chief has requested the help of australia and singapore in finding it the defense ministry says it found an oil spill in the location where the submarine was last detected chance military has promised an 18 month transition to free elections after the death of president idriss deby the army has says it was he was killed while leading soldiers fighting rebels in the north he had just run reelection his son john muhammad will take on the role of interim head of state those who are the headlines inside story with the number is next to stay with us. chad's president is killed while visiting soldiers fighting rebels in the north idrees that he leaves behind a power vac

been looking into allegations of chemical weapons use in syria's civil war and accuse president bashar assad of deploying toxins against his own people on several occasions something syria denies or the most prominent case is over which multiple doubts of been raised was in 2018 in due time. meanwhile. wallace was not the only one daring to ask questions a panel of experts convened in 2019 rejected that the chlorine so the disease to deliver the toxic gas indeed had been dropped from the air and that's been a key argument in laying the blame for the attack on the syrian army based on whistleblower data the panel decided that the o.p.c. w. report on the denver attack was based on false premises and deliberately mass to yield a biased conclusion i'm pleased to say we can discuss this in more detail now with amanda sawyer screens a moment ago there. joins me on the line very good morning to you nick you are what . you were subjected to well you were called 3rd spreading someone is for spreading frank news by i believe it was the subcommittee chairwoman who we just saw there in that video clip h

some news from syria where they'll be a presidential election on may 26th expected to keep bashar assad in power for a 4th 70 a term candidates have 10 days to register but they must have lived in the country continuously for the past decade effectively barring all exiled opposition figures last month the u.s. won assad that it won't recognize the result of the election unless the voting is free fair and supervised by the united nations. now to chad the military that is saying it's halted an advance on the capital by rebels after the u.s. and british embassies warned of a possible assault on that janina but the rebel group says that its forces are pressing ahead with their drive to oust the president idriss deby who's on course to extend his 3 decade long hold on power the election was held last sunday but official results haven't yet been released a number of countries a nationals to now leave chad it will morgan has more from chad's capital legend nina. the united kingdom has at its name to the list of countries that are advised that is advising its nationals inside chad to leave the

and president bashar assad has submitted the paperwork to run for reelection he's aiming to get a 4th term in office in next month's poll the u.s. and syrian opposition have criticized the vote calling it a fast it's been 10 years since the start of the syrian uprisings and the country is still mired in a war that has displaced millions and killed hundreds of thousands of people. 2 years ago nearly a 1000000 syrians were forced to flee their homes in northern hammer and southern italy during a religious solved by government and russian forces now rights groups say their homes and land are being under free confiscated and given to government supporters say the holder has more. mohammad and his family used to live a comfortable life until a syrian and russian military offensive in northwest syria forced them to leave their home 2 years ago they moved further north to areas controlled by the opposition and lip muhammad is not only unable to return to his hometown in the hama countryside because of security concerns the government confiscated his land or the lock out autumn illusion of a

syrians are heading to the polls next month the election is widely expected to keep president bashar assad in power for his 4th 7 year term candidates have 10 days to launch their registration but they must have lived in syria continuously for the past 10 years effectively barring exiled opposition figures last month u.s. war that won't recognize the results unless the vaulting is free fair and supervised by the un. people and voting in elections dominated by the pandemic candidates and so on the tourism dependent economy the tiny atlantic archipelagos stability has been a drawing card for migrants from elsewhere in africa and members of the day asprin are returning. reports ok paris capital prior. we've been here since it o'clock this morning we're in in cry in the capital one in the voting center and i let me just show you who's come out to vote since early this morning you see a trend mostly women why well because in the race is john your armada he's the head of the african independence party for cape verde and if he wins it will be a historic moment not just for this country cape verd

investigation blamed damascus for 3 poison gas attacks in 2017 the regime of syrian president bashar al assad agreed to join the peace c.w. in 2013 and give up all chemical weapons following a suspected sarin nerve gas attack that killed 1400 people in the damascus suburb of ghouta but it's been repeatedly accused of chemical weapons attacks since then a new p.c. w investigation team has blamed syria for the latter meena attacks in march 27th team damascus then failed to adhere to a 90 day deadline set by the executive council to declare the weapons used in the attacks reveal its remaining stores and comply with the p.c. w. inspections alexander keller is a former senior policy officer at the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons joins me now from frankfurt via skype thanks so much for your time and i mean what does having your voting rights removed do in sort of the bigger picture i mean does it have any effect on syria. well it certainly has the political effect in terms of clear political message and. syria will no longer be able to take part in in any road unless it has red

and the syrian president bashar assad has submitted documents to run for a 3rd term in next month's election the u.s. and the syrian opposition have criticized the vote calling it a farce it's been 10 years since the start of the syrian conflict and the country is still mired in a war that has displaced millions and killed hundreds of thousands. while 2 years ago nearly a 1000000 syrians were forced to flee their homes in northern helmand southern during a military assault by government and russian forces now rights groups say their homes on land are being unlawfully confiscated and given to government supporters that has more. mohammed and his family used to live a comfortable life until a syrian and russian military offensive in northwest syria forced them to leave their home 2 years ago they moved further north to areas controlled by the opposition and lip muhammad is not only unable to return to his hometown in the hama countryside because of security concerns the government confiscated his land or the lock out autumn illusion of a security committee in hama province decided not to allow

case that all the christians in syria believe that the conditions they've experienced on the bashar al assad and his father before. good as it gets in a state like syria leave those into the abyss to move on there's always the fear that if things change fundamentally in this situation for the christians this could look very differences that for example if radical islamists like the muslim brotherhood came to power. so preventing the top priority. for him that is not the cure to see it. prefers to stay out of politics he just wants to help his fellow christians in their time of need. when the people talk a lot but they don't actually do anything to help it as someone who has been through these things i see it as my duty and my calling to help and support people in a situation like this to help and. ronnie as focus is elsewhere right now she's longing to see her parents again and is planning a visit her family lives quite a distance from damascus. i haven't seen them for 4 years. i feel like my heart has stopped beating. it's pro-con hard but there. we had north to visit ronnie as parents. whi

case that all the christians in syria believe that the conditions they've experienced on the bashar al assad and his father before. good as it gets in a state like syria. those into the abyss to move on there's always the fear that if things change fundamentally in this situation for the christians could look very differences that for example if radical islamists like the muslim brotherhood kinds of house. so preventing their top priority. in the newsletter you victims to see. kurt prefers to stay out of politics he just wants to help his fellow christians in their time of need. when the people talk a lot but they don't actually do anything to help it as someone who has been through these things i see it as my duty and my calling to help and support people in a situation like this so help and. running as focus is elsewhere right now she's longing to see her parents again and is planning a visit her family lives quite a distance from damascus. i haven't seen them for 4 years. i feel like my heart has stopped beating. heart. we had north to visit rania's parents. while some areas have been red

been looking into allegations of chemical weapons use in syria's civil war and accuse president bashar al assad of deploying toxins against his own people on several occasions something syria denies one of the most prominent cases of which multiple doubts have been raised was in 2018 in duma. of the reaction to the incident from the n.p.a. at the receiving end of that fake news charge make wallace who himself says it was a convenient way of trying to silence. this is a very popular tour. in europe and the u.s. . uses almost like a right side as i said earlier the president said back to earth we should. start wars too well she's dead right to start wars and when the days attack took place. it was used time by the us. to illegally parked syria so that was. causing war and what the 1st seed was a quarter to either science or risk if you started by and i didn't peacefully started . we want to troops and we want peace. meanwhile a panel of experts convened in 2019 rejected that the chlorine cylinders used to deliver the toxic gas in duma had been dropped from the air and that had been a key argument

and the syrian opposition are criticizing and president bashar al assad to run for re-election describing it as a farce the vote next month will be the 2nd during syria's 10 year civil war has been in office for more than 21 years are likely to face any serious competition their position is barred from running. afghanistan is suffering one of its worst droughts in decades aid agencies say one 3rd of the population does not have enough food or water. they want urgent action is needed to stop it from stop the crisis from getting worse. reports from kabul. farmers in the village of g. can do nothing as water levels drop the canals connected to wells through which they were irrigating their fields have run dry the wheat is growing at a slow pace and as water has become even more scarce farmers worry there may be no harvest season this year. we worry a lot we worry if there's water get scarce where will we go we're very concerned about where we should go. see what god will decide for us half of afghanistan's provinces have been gripped by a drought crisis and climate change is being blamed tha

been looking into allegations of chemical weapons use in syria's civil war and accuse president bashar al assad of deploying toxins against his own people on several occasions something syria denies one of the most prominent cases of which multiple doubts about raced was in 2018 in doing the. panel of experts convened in 2919 rejected that the chlorine cylinders used to deliver the toxic gas in duma had been dropped from the air and on this been a key argument in laying the blame for the attack on the syrian army based on whistleblower data the panel decided that the o.p.c. did we report on the duma attack relied on false premises and deliberately mass arch to yield a biased conclusion. while this again thinks if the o.p.c. w. had nothing to hide it wouldn't have turned a blind eye to the whistleblowers revelations about the duma file. your p.c. don't them can be a viking international organization that can help the demise of to use chemical weapons or o.p.c. don't do has to present better and right now it looks like to do the right the director general of the l.c. job little or no notice it lo

will actually had to the polls next month election is all but certain to keep president bashar bashar al assad in power for his 4th term candidates have 10 days to lodge their registration but they must have lived in syria continuously for 10 years which effectively bars all of the exiled opposition figures people protested outside a police station in the u.s. state of minnesota for a 7th night of the shooting of a 20 year old black man former officer kim party has been charged with 2nd degree manslaughter after fatally shooting dante write during a traffic stop in minneapolis. anger over a lack of distribution of wealth is being blamed for the conflict in northern mozambique the world bank says the north south regional divide could see the fighting spread down the coast out of metacity reports from pemba the capital of kabul d'agata. 26 year old daughter deed says he has a university degree but he can't find a job he's applied to the gas companies operating in northern missouri but it's been one rejection after another with this. i think there's some kind of discrimination going on these comp

case that all the christians in syria believe that the conditions they've experienced on the bashar al assad and his father before. good as it gets in a state like syria. into the best move and there's always the fear that if things change fundamentally then the situation for the christians could look very differences in that for example if radical islamists like the muslim brotherhood came to power. so preventing the top priority. for him that is not the cure to see. kurt prefers to stay out of politics he just wants to help his fellow christians in their time of need. when the people talk a lot but they don't actually do anything to help it as someone who has been through these things i see it as my duty and my calling to help and support people in a situation like this to help and to. rania's focus is elsewhere right now she's longing to see her parents again and is planning a visit her family lives quite a distance from damascus. i haven't seen them for 4 years. i feel like my heart has stopped beating. we had north to visit rania's parents. while some areas have been reduced to rubble o

book "red line" tells a powerful gripping story about the united states work to destroy present bashar al-assad answer to destroy his arsenal of chemical weapons. and it really does read like a thriller in many places and so is at very compelling book. i'm sure you will really get a lot of out of reading it. i published the book a couple of years ago where i accepted the conventional wisdom that reisch andd the united states could wok together to disarm syria of its chemical weapons but, of course, if you read this book you will see the russians did a lot to extract it and that is itself is another story. i'm going to begin with the first question to joby warrick. and you tells why he decided to write this book? >> guest: first of all, thank you so much for doing this. i'm honored tois be one of the premier russian expert in this country. anyone who hasn't seen putin's world, it's terrific and i could that possibly recommend it highly enough. so thank you again soo much for doing this. why i did this book, several reasons but really as a storyteller, story is the currency of our trade and this

the vote is widely expected to return president bashar al-assad to a third term.es on the 10th annirsary of assad's violent crackdown anti-government protesters, which sparked a civil war that has displaced millions and left more than 380,000 dead. president biden walked back his decision to keep the trump-era cap on the number of refugees admitted to the u.s. after intense backlash from some democrats and rights groups. the current annual limit is just 15,000 -- a record low. biden now says he will announce the increased number for this fiscal year by may 15. north carolina police arrested two men over the shooting deaths of two black transgender women. the women have been identified as jaida peterson and remy fennell. they are believed to be at least the 14th and 15th transgender or gender non-conforming people to be violently killed this year. meanwhile, states continue to push laws threatening the lives and safety of trans people around the country. another bill that would bar trans athletes in student sports teams is currently making its way through florida's

case that all the christians in syria believe that the conditions they've experienced on the bashar al assad and his father before. good as it gets in a state like syria. those into the best move and there's always the fear that if things change fundamentally then the situation for the christians could looks very different for example if radical islamists like the muslim brotherhood kinds of house. so preventing the top priorities. in the newsletter the cure your victims to steal. prefers to stay out of politics he just wants to help his fellow christians in their time of need. when the people talk a lot but they don't actually do anything to help it as someone who has been through these things i see it as my duty and my calling to help and support people in a situation like this for help and. running as focus is elsewhere right now she's longing to see her parents again and is planning a visit her family lives quite a distance from damascus. so i haven't seen them for 4 years. i feel like my heart has stopped beating a bit of. we had north to visit rania's parents. while some areas have bee

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syrians are heading to the polls next month the election is widely expected to keep president bashar al assad in power for his 4th 7 year term candidates have 10 days to lodge their registration but they must have lived in syria continuously for the last 10 years which of course effectively bars exiled opposition figures last month the u.s. warned it won't recognize the results unless the voting is free fair and supervised by the united nations. people in very thing in elections dominated by the pandemic and its impact on the tourism dependent economy the tiny atlantic archipelagos stability has been a draw for migrants from elsewhere in the african continent as well as members of the diaspora who are returning to speak to make us uk there shortly 1st his report from the dollar on the island of salvage and anchored in the harbor of keep virgin island of salvage sente is the vessel of return for architect a d.m. me this is much more than a floating music studio it's a call to africans whether in the diaspora our african-americans to return home to the continent designed by nigerian financed by

thinks about implementing sanctions, it's like, you know, you're dealing with bashar al assad in syria and sort of a cyber world order. tell us about that >> well, mika, i think this is a time of tension between the u.s. and china and russia both. we have a new administration that's trying to show that it's going to take a tougher, more consistent line with both countries. i noted in my piece earlier this week that russia, largely out of sight, is trying to capture the control of the rule writing process for cyberspace amazing as that is the people who hack all of our systems, who hack our elections, want to be the cops in effect setting the rules for the future there trying to write a treaty at the u.n. to control cyberspace i think this at administration is trying to push back, to be clears and firmer. one sign that is hard to interpret exactly what it means is the call that was made yesterday by general mark millie, our chairman of the joint chiefs of staff to his russian counterpart, this is often something that happens in times of rising tension. so we'll see going forward, but i