a rare diamonds cut from a rock mined in botswana a sold for eleven million dollars at an auction in hong kong the overall cost stone has more than eighty eight korat an anonymous collector from japan bought it after a fast moving bidding battle of only ten minutes auction house of the beast described the diamond as perfect in every way the jewel will be named after the new owner's daughter. so for. graduation. there in neat that's your business update here on d w four more you can always check out our website at www dot com slash business or you follow us on facebook and twitter i leave you now with a quick look at global markets and meanwhile for me and the teen as always thanks for keeping us company. i was fishing when i arrived here i slept with people in a room. it was hard i was sure. i even got white hair and. learning that german language held now a lot this gets me and clear the bush need to interrupt it's the place you want to do their story. for margaret. i'm not knocking. them but. they think into the general culture of. this ground even if all that who knew i might join

from a rock mined in botswana has sold for eleven million dollars at an auction in hong kong the overall cut stone has more than eighty eight hours. collector from japan after a fast moving bidding battle of only ten minutes. describe the diamond as perfect in every way it's jewel will be named off the new owner's daughter graduates. which is quite a nice touch not sad for me and the business here for more business news on africa and around the world and back on stores. now stay tuned for our global market. place to don't put your new t.v. cost on the top spot. manages it against five hundred seconds from. victory. going to maybe things flow quick to go in stoppage time. in sixty minutes. earth. or saving google engineers tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world ideas to protect the climate and boost green energy solutions by global warming do you notice the series of global three thousand on g.w. and online. this is deja vu news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes far into fearing for their lives in south africa three people have been killed and

a rock mined in botswana has sold for eleven million dollars of an auction in hong kong the oval cut stone more than eight hours. collector from japan after a fast moving bidding battle of only ten minutes. the diamond as perfect in every way. is named off the new owners store. which is quite a nice touch for me and the business. for more business news from africa and around the world and back on stories as well check out. our global. i'm not laughing at the germans. sometimes them but knows them nothing with the. deep into german culture. we take this ground. it's all that. no time rachel join me for me to get bundled up. to something tarnish the empire scream for jurors or. they killed many civilians. including my father while. i was a student i wanted to build a life for myself. but suddenly life became relish. providing insights. that matters d.w. for mines. this news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes for it is fearing for their lives in south africa three people have been killed and hundreds are displaced after a flare up of violence against people from other african

they both love botswana, don't they? africa is the next place, the world is moving south and east.. they probably will create their own sort of thing while they will promote this region of the world and let the rest of the world know that these countries are becoming places, and it will be good. i liked the line about harnessing the phenomenon of the royal rock stars. because they are! every time she wears anything, immediately they fly off the shelves, and she is a big brand ambassador for fly off the shelves, and she is a big brand ambassadorfor british brands. they will shine the light on that pa rt of they will shine the light on that part of the world, and that is the up—and—coming part of the world. they are doing things their way. whether they can get the privacy that they often want and demand, particularly with a child as well abroad, where perhaps the press might not be cooperative. one wonders. i think they would just like to be there and do their own thing and make a contribution. they had to do something. they have to find something, because already we now know they ha

all the way to consume a national park and then across to botswana so it's a very big area surrounded by a protected area yeah that's what makes it so important for elephants is because it's right in the middle of a network of different protected areas so and it was not safe before from hunting and poaching so it was difficult for elephants to connect those areas now that it's safe and secure creates a much bigger area in terms of the small puzzle of areas this is the middle piece and the last piece which we've now secured that's very good for elephants but for all other animals. it's meant to be. and i go so i can't go. you know so i can go right good go right. good go. and go. thank you. and this is better no problem no. let's go to. the they're growing bigger. and they've said to settled in extremely nicely so they have adapted to the new food in your environment they're starting to interact and communicate with the other wild elephants we now are allowing them to go further and further away from the bombers but it is a slow process and we are taking it very slowly and carefully be

canadian mining company operating in botswana has unearthed the second largest diamond ever stone weighs one thousand seven hundred fifty cats and is larger than a tennis ball the spider its size so it may not be worth as much as you might think the company says the rock is of a variable quality. that is it for this news hour but we'll be back with more news in two minutes they were. may on al-jazeera. as the world's biggest democracy goes to the polls we focus on the economic challenges facing india and the rise of ultra nationalism a new series of the award winning environmental shows which meet some of the people striving to protect the planet twenty five years up to coming to power can be a unseen maintain its political dominance in south africa and a massive documentary series chalk from lives of two young faces in rule kenya and devon brazil over that first twenty gives and with breaks it still looming and populism on the rinds across europe will these elections become a referendum on the move so for may on al jazeera. the fargo center. on counting the call says the u.s. slams the

just one other story to bring you a canadian mining company operating in botswana as on earth the second largest diamond ever a car a diamond cause one thousand seven hundred fifty eight carriage stone is larger than a tennis ball it's second in size only to a three thousand one hundred six carat diamond discovered in south africa in one thousand nine hundred five but despite its size the diamond might not be worth a great deal of money both the car and industry experts say the rock has variable quality. it's quick reminder of the headlines this hour in sudan protest leaders and the army of reached a deal to form a joint civilian military transitional council seats on the new sovereign council as it's called will be divided between civilians and members of the military the breakthrough comes after days of deadlock protesters and opposition groups have been demanding that the military immediately hand over power to a civilian that government has more from hard to. the super bowl managed to agree a pawn tonight published mental will bill calling our transitional council member up of fiftee

forecast of showers returns to south africa quite a broad swath is running up into just touching botswana and edging only slowly eastwards towards mozambique. to me it was clear to intelligence gathering exercise my hands were shackled behind my back i don't hit over the head off into this interrogation tapped by one and he said if you speak you're not cut your throat muslim bag tells his life story and his life changing experience at guantanamo bay. it was. heartbreaking. the confession and witness documentary on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick recap of the top stories here this hour u.s. president donald trump has offered support to the libyan warlord in effect after all and a phone call after his forces are trying to take control of tripoli from the internationally recognized government earlier this month sect of state might bump a zero demanded an immediate halt to the offensive. hundreds have gathered in northern ireland to pay tribute to a journalist children a riot near mckeever standing close to a police car when she was shot politicians on all sides in the region have condemned

you very much andy now just one final story to bring you a canadian mining company operating in botswana as on earth the second largest diamond ever a car diamond cause one thousand seven hundred fifty eight carries stone is larger than a tennis ball its second in size only to a three thousand one hundred six carriage diamond discovered in south africa in nineteen zero five. that's if the knees out that have one you see in just a couple of minutes stay with us. talk to old jews there oh. you're just back from yemen what was the glimpse of the country that you go we listen to the children are deeply affected. because of war we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that we don't know which is there are. a clan the star and world of illegal trade what you have here is not just archaeological objects you're talking about a political dimension where the spoils of war are smuggled and sold to auction houses and private collectors carrying for selling and artifact is where finances to be headaches and muscle use in the middle east don't sal don't go back to one quick solution

maybe we should find out the view of whichever african country, botswana... a lot of work to do. a job and go and live in africa. that is the weird business of this. first word of the story is the courtiers have drawn up plans. 21st century? sir david manning, lord... drawing up the plans for sending the man out to africa, it has a whiff of colonialism about it. they have to handle it very carefully. the observer, facing a new breed of terrorist, diary, following the violence earlier in the week and the death of the journalist lyra mckee. that headline, does not explain what it means. possibly means the new breed of terrorists are indiscriminate. that seems to have been what has happened, openly shot at police and this journalist unfortunately was caught up in it. she sniffed the story and went to find out what was happening. i think that is... perhaps not spelt out but that is... perhaps not spelt out but that seems to be the worry, new breed of terrorist, not even born when the good friday agreement was drawn up, they do not possibly know what the history of this is, i am not s

california a weather update next here on al-jazeera then the second largest diamond ever found on us in botswana us its value isn't yet crystal clear. we'll look at why moscow is using soft power to get a foothold in afghanistan. hello again and welcome back to your international weather forecast well here across europe we have plenty of disturbed weather but the big change is happening here across eastern europe where the middle of the week we saw some really nice conditions were air as well but that is all change right now and we do have a funnel boundary that's making its way down towards the south bring some colder air with it across parts of north western russia north eastern europe as well temperatures are going to be coming down for some of those locations so for moscow here on sunday we're going to be starting with sixteen degrees notes that the rain has already pushed through but across much of north eastern europe we're still talking about rain across parts of warsaw into berlin as well the rain's going to continue across much of that region even getting heavier as we go into monday so

. >> no australia you too much there i think they met on they -- in botswana maybe to botswana. >> less coming up breaking news this morning secretary of state mike pompeo, set to announce new sanctions on all countries importing iranian oil to announce u.s. is not renewing those waivers, we will bring you live coverage of his statement 8:45 a.m. eastern this morning, issue henry k. kissinger senior fellow u.s. foreign policy robert dblackwell here to weigh in on all of that when we come right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ . maria: welcome back. good monday morning. thanks for joining us. i'm maria bartiromo. monday april 22 top stories right now 8:30 on east coast secretary of state pompeo will announce u.s. will not renew waivers and in fact he will sanction all countries importing iranian oil refusing to extended waivers to 8 countries, to do business with iran oil prices spiking on the news, the price of oil now up almost 3%, we are going to bring announcement from the secretary of state in just about 15 minutes' time the pod yosemite expecting pompeo to take to announce this news this morning, mar

a particular affinity for botswana's people.he last word on all things royal said the rumors of a blood feud are complete nonsense and if harry and meghan are planning on leaving england it's precisely because of this sort of "newspaper poppycock." her words, shep. >> shepard: good to see you, jonathan. thank you. should news break out we'll break in. breaking news changes everything on the fox news channel. final bell ringing on the corner of wall and broad. a slightly down day. "your world" with neil cayou have to's team starts now. >> president trump taking the impeachment gloves off as democrats signal the investigations are still very much on. welcome, everyone. i'm charles payne in for neil cayou have to and this is "your world." nancy pelosi expected to hold -- in for neil quavuto and "your world." the president is facing off against democrats two fronts. impeachment and finances. >> john: democrats, charles, really are split over whether or not to go ahead with this. they like dangling the political carrot and the possib

one of the diamonds in meghan's ring is from botswana. >> it's a precious place for them. >> it's therethere is some truth, brooke, to whatever is going on with harry and william, but i think it's been blown out of proportion. we don't know what the origins are and we don't know what's going on behind the scene. >> do we know what they would do while they are there? >> i think it's to champion the work of the commonwealth, but meghan is interested in supporting women's rights, making all education accessible to all women. harry will continue with his conservation, his work with behalf on veterans. i think there's a lot they would get stuck into, but they would be afforded some privacy, some quality family time without having to deal with the british press on their back always the time. >> victoria arbiter, thank you for the scoop, as always, from the uk on these royal families and the royal babies now. thank you for being with me. thank you, as well. i'm brooke baldwin here in new york. let's just remind everyone, we've got this huge night of town halls tonight on cnn starting at 7:00 e

. >> reporter: he has spent his life chronicling the trials of those that populate this area in botswanathe prowl.se and tho who will do anything to ensure their dynasty survives. >> so this is part of the pride. >> reporter: you're so relaxed eing thislose to what are killers. >> yeah. i'm very relaxed. you get to know them. every now and then you have a character that sticks out. it's a group of females and one young female. there's a good chance the cheetahs will push him. >> reporter: the matata pride, he was able to capture this dramaticscene. >> he must have been cross. >> reporter: he's followed this pack of wild dogs for over two ars. >> they've got a new alpfe male here. this year they haven't been successful. >> reporter: their eternal enemy, hyenas. they take on the ruling hyena clan led by a may tree yark. >> it's a tough one. you are following the biography of severalpredators. >> reporter: his personal favorite, leopards. >> lions tend to be brawn.d leop isyer timate. >> reporter: the queen of the forest is a single mother.ue bl eyes her mate can't be trusted. 's killed his

it's been an incredible journey for us, guys, from botswana to kenya traveling across africa.ou. >> boondoggle is over now, keir. >> back to work. >>> we also have these reports from africa. included previews from nat geo specials which paid for travel and production costs. it runs on sunday nights. >>> up next, the 3pet owners wh are going to extreme lengths to keep their beloved companions by their side. first, this is "today" on nbc. (dad) this ice cream cake needs a freezer. (mom) freezer's full. (vo) only frigidaire's custom flex temp drawer can switch from fridge to freezer. (son) nice save! (vo) that's using your frigidaire. >>> happy friday. look who is here. miss sheinelle. >> good morning. >> we are looking at pet cloning. >> i can't wait to hear what you have to say about this. it's a controversial idea. for some pet owners who have the money, cloning their pet is how they choose to keep the beloved animal with them forever. >> he has been part of our family for the last 14 years. >> reporter: for some people there is no greater love than that of their pet. >> come

we have a cutting and polishing facility in botswana we have some unique lines of product that we offer in that range and she also got engaged with a three-stone ring which has been a trend solitaires are also very strong right now. >> gina drosas, thank you for joining us >> they also have an instagram account now, too >> who >> meghan and -- the duchess of sussex >> but they have royal rules of instagram? >> very sort of roll your eyes rules. over the top you might say in coming up -- earnings season kicking off next week. one strategist says the stakes are particularly high this quarter. we'll tell you why >>> plus, facebook losing today's gains on news that millions of user records showed up on amazon cloud services. we'll speak to an executive from the company that discovered that breach we're back in a couple alpha seems more elusive today. is it because so many go after it the same way, chasing after short-term returns? instead if getting caught up with the crowd, the investment managers at pgim take a long term view. uncovering opportunities for alpha across public and private m

he spends a lot of private time in botswana in particular.rested in african issues and instagrammed about that, and if he were going to choose anywhere. it would be africa. it won't be a number of years as the paper suggests, probably a number of months but an interesting move, nevertheless. >> first things first. get the baby here and then you can decide on where you go next. good to see you, max. thank you. >>> coming up for us, a new legal showdown adding fuel to the fire. the president and his sons suing congress over the house democrats' demand for his financial records. what do democrats do now? ient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. we need a solution.ut their phones down. introducing... smartdogs. the first dogs trained to train humans. stopping drivers from: liking. selfie-ing. and whatever this is. available to the public... never. smartdogs are not the answer. but geico has a simple tip. turn on "do not disturb whi

forecast of showers returns to south africa quite a broad swath is running off into just touching botswana and edging only slowly eastwards towards mozambique. the current president and a popular comedian a heading for the second round of the presidential election with no official plan yet promising a change the comedian won the biggest share of the bunch in the first round who will lead the country after this historic election ukraine votes twenty nineteen on al-jazeera by major to every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking stories and then of course there's donald trump the town through the eyes of the welds jannah least that's right out of a hamas script that calls for the annihilation of israel that is not what that phrase means he joined the listening post as we turned the cameras on the media and focused on how they were caught on the stories that matter the most him better use a free palestine a listening post on al-jazeera. egyptians are voting in the referendum on called situational change that would allow the president to stay in office till twenty thirty. hello i'm simo

al-jazeera john is supposed to and a canadian mining company operating in botswana has unearthed the second largest diamond ever a car diamond cause one thousand seven hundred fifty eight carriage stone is larger than a tennis ball its second in size only to a three thousand one hundred six carriage diamond discovered in south africa in one thousand five but despite its size the diamond might not be worth a great deal of money experts say that it has variable quality. just a quick look at the headlines now mozambique's government has people to move to higher ground as tarantula rain lashes the north in the wake of another powerful cycle and so far at least five people are known to have died and aid workers report that entire villages have been wiped out there are warnings of widespread flooding to calm with up to seven hundred thousand people at risk sudan's opposition says it's hopeful of reaching a deal with the military on transferring power after days of deadlock a delegation representing protests has met army leaders earlier to demand a civilian government and then meeting again

forecast of showers returns to south africa quite a broad swath is running off and to just touching botswana and edging only slowly eastwards towards mozambique. whether sponsored by can tolerate. the right to adequate housing adequate who decides. housing is not just about four walls and a roof it's about living in a place where you have peace security and most importantly dignity un special rapporteur. talks to al-jazeera. coming. up. let's. talk about the critter amount of our top stories this hour in a phone call u.s. president donald trump has offered support to libyan warlord honey for hostile forces have been fighting to take control of tripoli from the internationally recognized government earlier this month those like pompei expressed concern of a half dozen vons on the capital. the u.s. department of justice has dismissed a subpoena by the democrats requesting an uncensored copy of the mother reports premature and unnecessary an edited version that was released on thursday. and hundreds of gathered in northern ireland to pay tribute to a journalist killed during a riot in london th

there is a sports looking finale on the thank you very much a canadian mining company operating in botswana as discover the second biggest diamond in the world the stone is larger than a tennis ball it's second in size only to a diamond in south africa in one thousand and five but may not bring in as much money because it's going to says the rock is composed of very good quality all right that's it for me daryn jordan for the news hour don't go away because i'll be back in a moment with more of the day's news that's a. free education for all was the promise the reality. provoke degeneration was done. to drugs enough blood to want to get on the job how a protest over education fees. morphed into a national revolt it's not the job. he's done it's got. everything must for. a witness documentary on al-jazeera. an army of volunteers has come together to help with the influx of tens of thousands of evacuees. but their retreat to a church shelter has brought new challenges an outbreak of norovirus and other gastrointestinal problems. smoke from the massive wildfires now blankets much of northern c

a canadian mining company operating in botswana has on the second largest diamond ever the stone weighs one thousand seven hundred and fifty eight carrots it's larger than a tennis ball despite its size it may not be worth as much as you might think the company says the rock is of variable quality. this is al jazeera these are the top stories protest leaders and the military in sudan have reached a deal to form a joint council made up of people from both sides they'll discuss a peaceful transition to civilian rule this comes after weeks of protests calling on the military to immediately hand over power well how about though has more from khartoum and it turns out still very sketchy and all we know is that they have agreed to establish what they're calling a transitional governing council what's going to lead these country for a period before elections are organized now that this has been the main point of contention in talks between the military the transitional military council and the civil society organizers of the process as well as sudan's opposition parities a special mass and vig

a canadian mining company operating in botswana as an earth the second largest diamond ever discovered the stone at one thousand seven hundred fifty eight carats is larger than a tennis ball it's second in size only to a diamond found in south africa in one thousand five that was more than three thousand carrots but despite its size this latest may not be worth quite as much the canadian owner of the car a says the rock is of variable quality. it is good to have you with us hello adrian finnegan here in doha the top stories this hour al-jazeera a breakthrough has been made in sudan following weeks of deadlock between protesters and military leaders about the political future of the country protest leaders and the army have agreed to form a joint sovereignty council to discuss a peaceful transition to civilian rule the military council took charge earlier this month after ousting president obama al bashir more now from the home of violent cartoon they have not yet come to an agreement about how many years the transition should take the military wanted to be only two years the protesters

. >> reporter: one of the diamonds in meghan's engagement ring is from botswana.town & country" magazine, this is where i feel more like myself than anywhere else in the world. >> the king and queen have done a lot of work here, but i think it's an opportunity for members of our royal family who do have that global appeal to boost the monarchy, boost bilateral relationship, which the uk needs now more than ever. >> reporter: we reached out to the palace to get more on that. they're not saying a whole lot, but they did say to cbs news that harry and meghan are in the early stages of planning their future, which could involve the move abroad. but right now, they're just focusing on the birth of their baby, which could come any day now. norah? >> all right. imtiaz, thank you. >> that's a big could. right now, they've just moved to windsor, i'm told. they redecorated the house. right now they just want to concentrate on having the baby and getting settled. the place has a yard where the baby can play. they're really excited about that. if this happens, and that's a bi

a new photo shared by the couple now, a never before seen shot of them in 2017 in botswana helping elephantsng to work right up until the baby's due date, cecilia. >> love that royal baby swag. lama, thank you. >>> speaking of swag, over to sam champion. >> yeah. hi, everybody. [ applause ] and a "gma" moment. let's just show you what it feels like after you get coffee. [ laughter ] that's exactly right. there it is. that's the moment i was waiting for. a little chimpanzee action. we share about 98% of our dna with them. now, these are at a rescue facility like they were all kind of like brought in to survive here in this facility and i just love this moment. just made me happy. it's friday. come on. >>> now to the scoop on ice cream. there are a lot of new low calorie low sugar and nondairy options out there and so this morning, "consumer reports," a membership organization is out with a brand-new review of more than a dozen vanilla treats and new tri knew tri shon ist dawn jackson blatner is here with their top picks. thanks for joining us. so what is "consumer reports" looking for when sc

and in botswana, their health clinics are under threat. others have scaled back to a bare minimum. despite some of the previous testimony that i've seen, the data is unmistakable. this is having a huge impact on the health of women and families around the world, and so how can -- i mean, i think we can all agree that we want to ensure that the united states policies support health care for people in this country, and yet this policy is undermining that for women. can you justify why you think this is, in fact, helping and not hurting? >> senator, the policies that i announced now a couple weeks back don't reduce funding for health care by a single dollar. not one dollar. there was not a budgetary amount in there. every penny spent will continue to be spent in the program appropriated. the mexico city policy that stops dollars from going to abortion resources. all the resources are there for health care. >> but, in fact, that hasn't been the outcome. and as you pointed out, you are, as secretary of state, focused on outcomes, and the outcomes of this expanded policy is very clear. i

, starting a charity in 2006, helping children and young people with hiv, calling the country of botswanation saying in part, no decisions have been taken about future roles. >> well, given that it was my story and very well sourced, i think you can read in a lot to that. i think africa is the preferred option. >> reporter: for now the focus is on the future baby sussex. meghan and harry settling in the frog more cottage on the grounds of windsor castle. it's a popular time for royal births. prince louie was born a year ago tomorrow, april 23rd. and princess charlotte turns 4 next week. but unlike charlotte, louie, and george, baby sussex won't be introduced to the world on hospital steps. prince harry and meghan choosing to celebrate privately as a new family. the sussex child will be seventh in line to the throne. as you can imagine, guys, the baby bedding is betting is in swing, a girl and naming her diana, of course. >> so much happening in london right now. birthdays. babies. >> the weather looks beautiful. >> it does. >> move to africa. >> yeah. looks pretty out there. thank you. ke