invited eritreans and excepted the border ruling which was decided the hague commission the boundary commission some years ago i think this was so far the stumbling step you have for the every trains and now he accepted and want to implement the decision and i think this opened the door for the eritreans to accept to to come to us so because there have been peace efforts in the past but you think this time is different well to my knowledge they have not been by letter a diplomatic meetings within the last two decades yeah there are no embassies in either side so there were no official meetings and this indeed is the first really honest effort that i that i know of. resawing in our report we're also talking about lot of young eritreans trying to make the perilous journey to europe you've lived in eritrea talk to us a little bit describe what life is like for a young eritrean well it is it is a small country conditions are so to say i mean from from climate climate wise but the reason why area trains are fleeing their country i think there are two. one is that there is this military conscription

yes raising us to accept our disagreement and the decision of the if you're going to and boundary commission is precisely. to link up early forms we need to go with the poor reforms that he thinks is necessary within within the region so ethiopia's outreach right now to the government is very critically important. my friend said he'd previous governments for why do you. like we don't think issue has accepted. go to the continent and how do you try to fight internal if you and some politics with tb and that's mainly but it does is an absolutely important moment for you go to make over for twice and i think what needs. almost incredible is the silence of the states in the face of these already burned form. if you again government were also right what do you what do you make of what i was saying because of course you know that in the backdrop to those tweets is that the eritrean government has not responded to this announcement. yeah. i understand that people. might expect that they are to govern would have an immediate response to this and maybe rejoice about this news but this is not the firs

yes raising us to accept our disagreement and the decision of the if you're going to and boundary commission is precisely. to link up early forms we need to you with who are reforms that he thinks is necessary within within the region so ethiopia's outreach right now to the government is very critically important. my friend said he'd previous governments for why do you. like we don't think issue has accepted. go to the condiment and how do you fight internal if you and some politics with tb and that's mainly but if this is an absolutely important moment for you go to make. or twice and i think what needs. almost incredible is the silence of the united states in the face of these warring don't form. if you again government we're also right here what do you what do you make of what i was saying because of course you know that in the backdrop to those tweets is that the eritrean government has not responded to this announcement. yeah. i understand that people. might expect that their to govern would have an immediate response to the us and maybe rejoice about this news but this is not the first

the war a peace deal was signed back in two thousand leading to the formation of the bound boundary commission tasked with dividing disputed areas between the two countries in two thousand and two the commission made its final and binding ruling but ethiopia refused to accept it but if the o.p.'s new prime minister ahmed has now reversed that stance and he helped roll out the red carpet for eritrea's top diplomat today the welcome included a rich display of ethiopian culture has said his country will now except the terms of an agreement to end hostilities with neighboring eritrea he added the issues dividing the two nations are miniscule compared to their eagerness to mend ties. well are joining me now here in our berlin studio is. she is the president of the german african foundation a very warm welcome is good to have you here with us is this a potential breakthrough in bilateral relations between eritrea and ethiopia well i hope so because this is indeed a historic moment. personally i'm very happy because eritrea after all is buy second homes so to say i moved there for quite some time but

ethiopia, because for many years, the country had never fully accepted the decision by the boundaries commissionthiopia and eritrea had a bitter battle over boundaries and territory. many people were killed, thousands in fact. it is estimated that about 19,000 soldiers were killed who were eritrean and ethiopia's soldiers died, about 70,000. between 70,000 and 100,000 soldiers. it was a really bitter feud. so the un and other people came in to try and sort out what the problem was. and in 2000, a boundaries commission came up with the decision and offered some territories ethiopia. both countries did sign that agreement, but ethiopia never really fully accepted it. in fact, one of the territories is occupied by ethiopia. today, this is quite a development and ethiopia says they have done this because it is in an effort to make peace with eritrea. over the last few years, norway has taken in over 400,000 migrants from the middle east and africa. to help them integrate, it's offering what it's calling "cultural coding classes" — specifically, classes teaching migrants about how issues of sexual as

the boundary commissions began the 2018 parliamentary boundary review in 2016 and are due to report thethis year, in fact within only a few sitting weeks. this government has made a commitment to continue with this boundary review. it was voted for by this house, and it would not be appropriate to proceed with the parliamentary constituencies amendment bill at this time by providing it with a money resolution. this is about the democratic outcomes of this house, about how we do our business. and i think we dispense with this really our of peril. we mess with them out of peril. they're broken, and they are not working, let's see if we can work together to try to find a solution that would allow us to continue to enjoy bringing pieces of legislation to this house as ordinary members and making sure it will not be obstructed by government. for goodness' sake, sure we could secure and achieve that. pete wishart. should gibraltar have an mp at westminster? one conservative certainly thinks so. according to its tourism site gibraltar is five kilometres long and just over a kilometre wide. it'

a boundary commission, in 2002, awarded disputed territory to eritrea, but that had been contested byl now and the two countries remained bitter enemies. the british cabinet has approved a plan for a third runway at heathrow airport in london — europe's busiest airport. parliament will vote on the plan, in the next few weeks. there's been almost five decades of debate on expanding airport capacity, in the uk's south—east. the miss america beauty pageant has scrapped its swimwear segment and will no longerjudge competitors on physical appearance. organisers have also said that the competition will embrace women of all shapes and sizes. a german couple holidaying in norway got closer to the scenery than expected when a large boulder crashed through their cabin, destroying the bathroom. the tourists were staying in the southern region of lindesnes when their lodgings were — quite literally — rocked. fortunately no—one was injured. less than 10% of the plastic ever made has been recycled. eight million tonnes of plastic waste are dumped into the world's ocea ns every yea i’. in the bigges

peers ruling party said it will fully implement a two thousand and two decision by a un back to boundary commission that divided up the contested territory and handed it to eritrea a former senior u.n. official has been appointed madagascar's new prime minister christiane to say will lady unity government in a bid to resolve the country's political crisis it follows weeks of violent protests harmer met also reports. opposition parties say they had a list of names people who they wanted to be made prime minister chris year and say was on that list some of the opposition say they had he made prime minister others say they are need to and they are planning a way forward the last time the opposition won happy they had a massive protest the police opened fire used live ammunition and some people were killed the reason why the opposition were protesting is because they wanted some in their true laws changed to allow two former presidents ravalomanana and russia lean to be able to participate in this year's elections they also want those elections to be much earlier in the year and not in of him as origin

that quite a significant number of ethiopia decide not only disapprove of the decision of the boundary commission but also that they disapprove. you know the decision to see their trip from ethiopia. you know they're referring to the one thousand nine hundred one has not been fully accepted by a lot of its europeans so they were you know the division of opinion here this dates back to the one nine hundred ninety four decision to be very trad its independence from ethiopia so and to that is the issue of port asset which many therapists claim as the natural gets way too to ethiopia and the historian says the debating about that historic mistake ethiopia made it's a city of a low is an attractive they're trying territory so opiates are still divided and that wasn't the only extraordinary announcement to come from the first day of the executive committee meeting and this was it they also had lifted the state of emergency and furthermore announce measures to liberalize the economy shattering a lot of the state monopoly as which many of have said have actually hindered the economy in the ethiopian so a

was published the end it's a boundary commission i think that in europe it is ready to see all those disputed areas including the dusty village of butler where the fighting broke out hostile people here really hopeful surprised at the speed with which things are going but really hope. i made many thanks to the observers might have a. life in at this. south sudan's president says he hopes the latest round of talks with his rival will bring an immediate end to the four and a half year civil war saw the kid is missing is former deputy rick masha in the sudanese capital khartoum negotiations hosted by ethiopia last week failed to achieve a breakthrough the u.n. has given both sides until the end of the month to reach a peace deal or to face sanctions demand for wood in europe is causing a massive rain forest in africa to shrink at an alarming rate environmental campaigners are accusing the largest to become pany in the democratic republic of congo of illegally cutting down millions of trees. reports. in the heart of africa the congo basin is home to the world's second largest rain forest

the old yes i give him until two thousand with a stop the published if you can in a tree and boundary commission who's holding european reject at least of now things he's willing to accept and if you're willing to cede all those disputed areas at a track of course that there will be issues that you feel would. probably have access to the polls or vile stuff which was the for additional all to see if you used the full the wolf i'm going to. now duck might walk in that is to say was well because of the economic problems it's freezing in the way you people here only surprised about the speed with which the exact wording but also hope for the first time they see the real possibility of peace between the two countries south sudan's president says he hopes the latest round of talks with his rival will bring an immediate end to the four and a half year old civil war salvage here is meeting his former deputy rate of the sudanese capital khartoum negotiations hosted by ethiopia last week failed and the un has given both sides until the end of the month to reach an agreement or face sanctions demand for w

boundary commission only and ethiopia as you say says it will now accept the outcome of the two thousand and two u.n. backed border commission ruling of course which awarded those disputed territories to eritrea just remind us about the importance of the significance briefly of this commission ruling. yeah commission ruling it's. final and binding as there is no negotiation opt out of that ruling that that's one of the difficult sticky points to open a diplomatic channel between the two countries and everybody i think. each of them must to follow the. court's rulings i submit to you again and. political observer it is a. difficult a decision because more than seventy thousand lives out of sixty fight there in ductless and after all of that water is going to less. now. giving up but the man who is elected to beat creating a discontent in ethiopia i can econd say but. i think it's now we. go to the extreme and i think that congo we. had a lot of land and you just mentioned the time of but may that was one of the disputed areas a part of this deal are we now likely to see if european troops

accept the old yes i've given two thousand with the stuff published if you open in a tray and boundary commission who's ruling if you're being rejected later but now think that he's willing to accept and if you appear willing to cede almost disputed areas at a track of course that there will be issues that you think a few want from eritrea including probably access to the poll forecast which was the traditional poll to see if people used before the wall and then it became flood law now that might walk in at a festival as well because of the economic problems if we think you know what you people here and hopefully surprised about the speed with which things that going. for the first time they the real possibility of peace between the two countries political leaders in zimbabwe have failed to attend a meeting where a pledge for peace during campaigning for next month's election was to speak signed a suspect a grenade explosion killed two people and they injured dozens of the campaign rally for president in a sudden win and on saturday elections in a month's time the first to be held in almost forty

throughout the course of the war peace deal was signed in two thousand leading to the formation of a boundary commission tasked with dividing disputed areas between the two countries in two thousand and two the commission made its final and binding ruling but ethiopia refused to accept it if european has now reverse that stand here's more on what's been described as africa's deadliest border war. this is bad math in one thousand nine hundred eight after iraq tracey's the territory it launched a fierce offensive to keep its southern neighbor ethiopia from the town it would all be in vain in the end after heavy casualties on both sides ethiopia won a string of military victories which saw its troops move into the disputed territory. the conflict between the two countries left tens of thousands stage or injured in the space of just two years as the war spread so did the massive displacement of communities. today eritreans make up the bulk of migrants risking the treacherous mediterranean journey into the hopes of making it to teach europe many are fleeing the country because of compulsory military service

ethiopia ruling party said it would fully implement a two thousand and two decision by a un backed boundary commission the divided up the contested territory and handed eritrea. spain's former prime minister mariano raha says he will step down as leader of the conservative people after fourteen years he was ousted as prime minister last week when he lost a no confidence vote in parliament after several former party officials were found guilty of corruption from madrid to report. some say political careers ended failure but mariano rajoy has been swift and b.h.p. removed no confidence vote he described as a very grave president by mr buck you see he told his senior colleagues at the people's party headquarters of madrid it was time to go. you know to be in show get you had one moment i think the time has come to bring this to end and for the people's party to continue under someone else's leadership. it was an emotional farewell after more than three decades in politics but he will remain in place in a caretaker role until a special party conference decides who will replace him. it was the shadow of wh

not least because the boundary commission which draws of the constituents of the u.k. present this report on new constituencies in september to parliament. that will address and rebalance. the bias in favor of the labour party. conservatives have a strong interest in getting this boatgh, not rocking the ahead of the next federal election. you can conduct the election. the other thing is boat ahead of the next federal election. nobody else wants this job, not now. we can't go to the eu partners and say we know there is a hard deadline at the end of march -- we would like it do not happen anyway. we leave at the end of the much. this nonsense that parliament will negotiate instead, the u.k. does not have negotiations. the u.k. leaves. the only thing we are arguing about is the details behind that. i don't think there is support for a second referendum. it is very interesting there is some report on term, there is no support in the u.k. for rerunning the referendum we had. this is not france. you do not keep asking the questions into you get the answer youwhen you look at

boundaries. that's the idea of the commission, we are confronted in so many areas by these stalemates, these conflicting values on one hand, sustainability on the other han hand, privacy and security and all of these things we keep confronting over and over again. this is the way we can actually design systems in such a way that they can perhaps help us overcome those conflicts of interest. changing the world in such a way that becomes more of what we want out of it. in passing remarks there was already a lot going on in the military domain. he leaves a little bit of space for that. he says clearly, and that is the european perspective, delegating the power and the discussion, the choice to kill and take human life to autonomous machines is just beyond. that is also the position we've taken so that is the statement on artificial intelligence and autonomous systems. there we take that position as well. that is almost as strong and they take the position refer to. that is basically our position. having said that, i think this is a european approach. because we are so interested in design and innovation, w

boundaries. that's the idea of the european commission that ethics is a design issue. we are confronted in so many areas by these kind of stalemates, these kind of conflicting values, on the one hand sustainability, on the other hand, efficiency, privacy and security. all of these things we keep confronting them over and over again. innovation is a way of dealing with those kind of conflicts and values and we can actually design systems in such a way that they can perhaps help us overcome this conflicts of interest by changing the world in such a way that it becomes more amenable to what we want out of it. i think he also in passing remarks -- there was already a lot of automation going on in the military domain, and he leaves a little bit of space for that, but he says clearly, and that is the european perspective, delegating the power and the discretion, the choice to kill and take a human life to a fully autonomous machine is just beyond the pale. and that is also the position that we've taken ithat european document on behalf of the european commission that has bee

commission. navajo nation filed suit in 2012, and then a federal court judge just this past december drew new district boundaries that gave navajo the majority in two of the three commission districts. the white population, my family included, is appealing the ruling. they have actually said, even though we know we are a minority population, we deserve a majority voice. >> [laughter] >> last year, a tribe filed a civil rights lawsuit against the federal government and the bureau of indian education. located at the bottom of the grand canyon, the tribe's capital city is only accessible by helicopter, horseback, or by foot. if you walk, it is eight miles. the lawsuit claims that the federal government is denying citizenship rights by denying education. there's only one school serving grades k through 8, and offers no instruction in science, history, social studies, art, or foreign language. because there is no high school there, teens and their entire families are forced to get an education by leaving their village. because education is so poor in havasupai, only 20% of students graduate from high school. i was to

territory the claims commission concluded that eritrea was to blame for starting the war and had invaded ethiopia in may one thousand nine hundred ninety eight but it drew up new boundaries that put bad may in eritrean territory and deemed ethiopia had to give it back ethiopia fought the decision and its troops refused to leave bedmate until now sixteen years later ethiopia's ruling party under the leadership of a new prime minister agreed to honor the decision it is. a difficult a decision because more than seventy thousand lives are secure right there in darkness and after all of the war is going to less giving up but the man who is a little bit later think it is going to end in ethiopia but for eritrea it's a victory africa's unfinished war is finished they will get bad me the small town that started this conflict still ahead on al-jazeera crackdown on immigration or an attack on human rights will have the latest on a new bill being debated in hungary plus. we always will stay with the national. the no trespassing sign goes up at the white house for america's super bowl champions as don tom cancels the traditional presidential meeting and holds a party of his own plus

territory the claims commission concluded that eritrea was to blame for starting the war and had invaded ethiopia in may one thousand nine hundred eighty s. but it drew up new boundaries that put bad may in eritrea territory and deemed ethiopia had to give it back ethiopia for the decision and its troops refused to leave bedmate until now sixteen years later ethiopia's ruling party under the leadership of a new prime minister agreed to honor the decision it is. a difficult a decision because more than seventy thousand lives are secure right there in darkness and after all of the water is going to last giving up but the man who is a little bit later think it is going to end in ethiopia but for eritrea it's a victory africa's unfinished war is finished they will get bad me the small town that started this conflict. young women worldwide are being encouraged to use technology to porter restaurant in an effort to make streets safer and international charity has launched a website with the aim of creating maps highlighting places where women don't feel safe walking under thomas reports from sydney. for young women city streets can be or see a hostile environment one way to

boundaries that is problematic for a provider trying to serve nationwide are regional. we can't have that going forward. i was insistent the head and we did adopt included strong preemption language unimagined the commission to be engaged in a preempting such a committee that they violate the direction was gone. >> host: that's when paul kirby and torah discussion here in "the communicators." senior editor at telecommunications report. >> guest: thank you. you often say you don't want to tell members what to do, but do you think congress will finally do something not this year, but at some point do something to avoid when the white house changes the party and the fcc changes the rules change. >> i can't guarantee anything but i certainly hope so. i've talked to a number of friends on capitol hill during that time i was there and they are interested in legislating. they've had conversations along both sides of the aisle. i don't know for but it seems like right at this moment the only way we can address the issue you highlighted back and forth. >> support in the order such as yourself adopted last december. are you frustrated the folks on the other side basically peggy wallace against internet freedom? >>

territory the claims commission concluded that eritrea was to blame for starting the war and had invaded ethiopia in may one thousand nine hundred ninety eight but it drew up new boundaries that put bad may in eritrea and territory deemed ethiopia had to give it back ethiopia for the decision and its troops refused to leave bedmate until now sixteen years later ethiopia's ruling party under the leadership of a new prime minister agreed to on of the decision it is. a difficult a decision because more than seventy thousand lives out of the right there in darkness and after all of the war is going to last giving up but the man who is a little bit later think it is going to end in ethiopia but for eritrea it's a victory africa's unfinished war is finished the day will get bad me the small town that started this conflict. saucer and civil war has left many suffering from preventable diseases as a result of severe metson and food shortages more than half of the country's population is not dependent on a paper morgan reports from my own county in south sudan. simon has been sick for days and says she would have liked to stay at home but that's not an option for her because ther

territory the claims commission concluded that eritrea was to blame for starting the war and had invaded ethiopia in may one thousand nine hundred ninety eight but it drew up new boundaries that put bad may in eritrea territory and deemed ethiopia had to give it back ethiopia for the decision and its troops refused to leave bedmate until now sixteen years later ethiopia's ruling party under the leadership of a new prime minister agreed to on of the decision it is. a difficult a decision because more than seventy thousand lives out of the right there in darkness and after all of the war is going to last giving up about the man who is a little bit later think it is going to end in ethiopia but for eritrea it's a victory africa's unfinished war is finished the day will get bedmate the small town that started this conflict. now the world is a less peaceful place than at any other time in the last decade that's according to a new study done by the global peace index the four most peaceful regions europe north america asia pacific and south america all recorded separations due to high incarceration rates terrorism and government corruption iceland remains the most peaceful cou