with a mandate to extract the minerals and timber and conduct financial operations prince sold blackwater in 2010 after some of its stuff were convicted of illegal killing during the iraq war his current company frontier services group already provides security aviation and logistics services to chinese firms in africa. kenya's government has unveiled a budget for the coming year it includes proposals to reduce government debt and to make it easier for private companies to access. the country has one of the fastest growing economies in east africa in 2018 explosive growth of more than 6 percent thanks largely to a strong harvest. how's this for a used car a 1st sale one well loved a vintage car one previous owner with an ejector seat for backseat drivers machine guns and tire slashers james bond's iconic aston martin d b 5 is going under the hammer restored to original condition souther b. is expected to sell for a $6000000.00 later this year. while some countries like china and malaysia have stopped importing the world's plastic waste it's still big business and other countries but deman

a company run by private security firm blackwater has found a erik prince has registered a subsidiary in democratic republic of congo with a mandate to extract minerals and timber and to conduct financial operations prince sold blackwater in 2010 after several of its employees were indicted on unlawful killing charges in connection with their work as u.s. government contractors during the iraq war is hong kong based company francesa business group already provides security aviation and logistics services to chinese operating in africa. and that drops up a business africa for me and the team here in berlin thanks for keeping us company . bursts. home. of species. forcing to. give those are big changes that must start with small steps global interiors tell stories of credence people and innovative checks around the world. that country. boost green energy solutions and reforestation. interactive content teaching the next generation about the 2 protection. using channels available to people to take action and when to turn it into doing something here for the next generation along as the e

congo with a mandate to extract minerals and timber and to conduct financial operations prince sold blackwater in 2010 after several of its employees were indicted on unlawful killing charges in connection with their work as u.s. government contractors during the iraq war as hong kong based company francesa of his group already provides security aviation and logistics services to chinese operating in africa. d w business africa for me and the team here in berlin thanks for keeping us company. quadriga international talk show before journalists discuss the topic of the week. opinion polls here in germany are beginning to suggest that the greens might now be the strongest force in german politics indeed there's talk that the next german chancellor might even be agreeing to find out more of the story join us on quarterly. 60 minutes on w. . what secrets lie behind these we'll. find out in an immersive experience and explore fascinating read cultural heritage sites. d w world heritage 360 get the memo. to. the for. this is d w news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the u.s. sends its top dip

he worked for r blackwater. >> i'm not as familiar with the details of that case except as they again have a systetem o prosecute individuals who commit war crimes. particularly in this case given that we have a more collocated situation with the civilian working for the military but not under "military justice," the fact that conviction has gone through the process that we have s set up twice and has been upheld, you know, there doesn't seem to be any compelling reason for a pardon. usually a pardon, if done in the best of intentions come is to correct a wrong.. whether it is a racist conviction or something to that effect. in this case, there is not a wrong to be convicte corrective. amy: i want to ask about the ,irginia beach mass shooter doing credit, enlisted in the virginia national guard for years. other shooters with the military are lockers and background included david long, nikolas cruz, and a number of others. they were involved with mass shootings. this relationship between serving in the military and mass killings, your thoughts? >> frankly it is disingenuous to really a

was indiscriminate fire on a civilian crowd in iraq in september 2007 they were employed by the blackwater company headed at the time by erik prince a declared friend to the president and brother of education secretary betsy defaults it's another instance of a pardon disrupting the system. only this time it's the federal system who is already convicted and sentence is clearly support for war crimes pardons among a significant portion of president trumps conservative base but his critics contend that it's not them he should listen to rather they say he should hear the commanders of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who follow an established train of command. mike hanna al jazeera washington. in the u.s. state of florida a former police officer has been arrested for failure to confront a gunman during a mass shooting at a high school last year the officer was working as a security guard at marjorie's steinman douglas high school when a gunman killed 17 people in february scott peterson faces charges of child neglect negligence and perjury now the trumpet ministration is imposing major ne

was indiscriminate fire on a civilian crowd in iraq in september 2007 they were employed by the blackwater company headed at the time by erik prince a declared friend to the president and brother of education secretary betsy defaults it's another instance of a pardon disrupting the system. or like this time it's the federal system who was already convicted and sentenced there's clearly support for war crimes pardons among a significant portion of president trumps conservative base but his critics contend that it's not them he should listen to rather they say he should hear the commanders of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who follow an established chain of command. mike hanna al jazeera washington the syrian government's ally russia has blocked the u.n. security council from issuing a statement on attacks in the province a member states were expected to sound the alarm over the possibility of a humanitarian disaster because of increasing attacks by the government on rebel controlled areas on monday at least 3 people were killed in the town of moderates and on mon government forces lo

was indiscriminate fire on a civilian crowd in iraq in september 2007 they were employed by the blackwater company headed at the time by erik prince a declared friend to the president and brother of education secretary betsy defaults it's another instance of a pardon disrupting the system. or like this time it's the federal system who was already convicted and sentenced there's clearly support for war crimes pardons among a significant portion of president trump's conservative base but his critics contend that it's not them he should listen to rather they say he should hear the commanders of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who follow an established chain of command. mike hanna al jazeera washington iraq's government has offered to mediate between the u.s. and iran to reduce tension between its 2 biggest allies but many sunni iraqis say they're been neglected by governments for years and they're concerned their views on the issue are being ignored charles stratford has more from baghdad. these iraqi shia muslim fighters are demonstrating against israel on the streets of baghdad. part

was indiscriminate fire on a civilian crowd in iraq in september 2007 they were employed by the blackwater company headed at the time by erik prince a declared friend to the president and brother of education secretary betsy defaults it's another instance of a pardon disrupting the system. or like this time it's the federal system who was already convicted and sentenced there is clearly support for war crimes pardons among a significant portion of president trumps conservative base but his critics contend that it's not them he should listen to rather they say he should hear the commanders of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who follow an established chain of command. mike hanna al jazeera washington. tens of thousands of people have hit the streets of the czech capital prague demanding their billionaire prime minister step down it's one of the largest demonstrations since the velvet revolution ended communist rule in 1909 protesters are angry at prime minister andre bearish over alleged conflicts of interest involving his business empire and a $2200000.00 in lieu subsidy police have r

was indiscriminate fire on a civilian crowd in iraq in september 2007 they were employed by the blackwater company headed at the time by erik prince a declared friend to the president and brother of education secretary betsy to posts it's another instance of a pardon disrupting the system. or like this time it's the federal system who was already convicted and sentenced there is clearly support for war crimes pardons among a significant portion of president trumps conservative base but his critics contend that it's not them he should listen to rather they say he should hear the commanders of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who follow an established train of command. mike hanna al jazeera washington. australian police have raided the offices of the national broadcaster a.b.c. service a series of stories on 2017 on killings allegedly carried out by australian special forces in afghanistan a.b.c. says it stands by its journalists that the raid raises concerns of a freedom press on tuesday police into the home of a news corp sunday political editor of a work she published last year on pl

. >> we are back with the president and ceo, policies key to the blackwater. >> every issue is an issued to establish that, when you talk about areas of focus, is it education and education equity. as police justice issues. it is healthcare and its protection of the right to vote. in a fair democratic process. i would put those of the priority that african-americans are not going to be marginalized into just a handful of issues and every issue is a concern to african-american voters, african-american citizens and people as residents and citizens of the united states. >> absolutely, do you see that the democrats as a whole, are they focusing on the messaging #. >> i think more than ever before there is a determined focus by many of the candidates to work to address to understand the issues and understand the issues of concerns in the african and venture community. what we need for the best interest of the nation in the 20% true. to spread the competition in the primary, i hope it continues. i hope we will see conflicting effort to make these issues center and in the general election. >>

brother of betsy devos, who's the education secretary, the founder of the controversial security firm blackwater, a man who's described in the mueller report as essentially being an informal representative of the trump transition, he met with the head of a russian sovereign wealth fund in seychelles islands in a meeting that was set up by george nader. that meeting is now believed to have been yet another effort by the russian government between the russian government and the trump campaign to try to set up some sort of back channel secret communications between the two. nader set up that meeting in the seychelles as well. the crown prince of the uae was there. mbz was there. erik prince was there. the guy from the russian sovereign wealth fund was there as an emissary of the kremlin. nader is the one who brought them all together. that's january 2017. later that month, donald trump is sworn in and becomes president. axios goes on to report that george nader becomes a frequent visitor in the trump white house. during that first year that trump is in office, that's when nader and elliott broidy a

was indiscriminate fire on a civilian crowd in iraq in september 2007 they were employed by the blackwater company headed at the time by erik prince a declared friend to the president and brother of education secretary betsy defaults it's another instance of a pardon disrupting the system. already. a significant. base but his critics. say he should. hundreds of thousands of soldiers who follow. washington. and now it's time for sports. thank you very much will refrain adele and roger federer will go head to head for a place in the final of the french open but they had very different matches on tuesday to get there federer came through in 4 sets after a hard fought encounter with fellow swiss player stan wawrinka which lasted for more than 3 and a half hours federer who's playing at roland garros for the 1st time in 3 years is looking to add to his one title at this grand slam which came in 2000. when it was a much easier ride for the 11 time champion an adult he cruised through his quarter final against a 7 seed. dropping just 5 games in straight sets when nidal leads the head to head it w

was indiscriminate fire on a civilian crowd in iraq in september 2007 they were employed by the blackwater company headed at the time by erik prince a declared friend to the president and brother of education secretary betsy to posts it's another instance of a pardon disrupting the system. or like this time it's the federal system who was already convicted and sentenced there's clearly support for war crimes pardons among a significant portion of president trumps conservative base but his critics contend that it's not them he should listen to rather they say he should hear the commanders of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who follow an established train of command. my kind of al-jazeera washington. the syrian government's ally russia has blocked the un security council from issuing a statement on attacks in the province the member states were expected to sound the alarm over the possibility of a humanitarian disaster because of attacks by the army on rebel controlled areas government forces wants an offensive to recapture it live in april the province is the last place standing in pr

was indiscriminate fire on a civilian crowd in iraq in september 2007 they were employed by the blackwater company headed at the time by erik prince a declared friend to the president and brother of education secretary betsy to posts it's another instance of a pardon disrupting the system. or like this time it's the federal system who was already convicted and sentenced there's clearly support for the war crimes pardons among a significant portion of president trumps conservative base but his critics contend that it's not them he should listen to rather they say he should hear the commanders of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who follow and step leash chain of command. mike hanna al jazeera washington. much more ahead on the odds are in his hour including moving out somewhere with the wives of suspected eisel fighters as they head home in syria. and sports with mia protests as the result of the african champions league final could be overturned. hello again welcome back we're here cross turkey we are watching what is happening on the northern coast because we do have some thunderstor

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