it's also in the middle of a dispute between the ports can put a d.p. world on by dubai in the united arab emirates and the government here do good to nationalize the ports last week bringing to an end up thirty year concession d.p. world war in two thousand and six. we already unwilling to discuss in a contractual issues arising from a disease we have family members in the rule of law and don't want to take what belongs to us but we will never accept anything that harms our country in a move seen as a response to djibouti d.p. world signed a deal last week with european on the better but up port in the breakaway and global somaliland device port operator has a fifty one percent stake in but better while somaliland has thirty percent and the remaining nineteen percent is controlled by theo peer port managers in djibouti or dismissive of the u.s. move to court with european the biggest client the metallic. pays a country of one hundred million people and need a enormous at liberty to say no agreements with anyone so my lands a relatively small puerto exports l

under way for control of shipping in ports in the horn of africa the dubai based ports operated d.p. world has announced a major investment in a port in the south to claim state of somali land but neighboring somalia says somaliland is its territory and the dubai deal is illegal it was signed after d.p. world port contract in neighboring djibouti was suddenly cancelled as mohamed atta reports. other doral it contain up or to you prudy this team for if your p.r. loaded onto a train the port is that the key to almost exclusively to imports and exports from london if you appear it's also in the middle of a dispute between the ports can put a d.p. world on by dubai in the united arab emirates and the government here do you good to nationalize the ports last week bringing to an end up thirty year concession d.p. world war in two thousand and six. we are ready and willing to discuss in a contractual issues arising from a disease we have family was in their rule of law and don't want to take what we launched to others but we will never accept anything that harms our country in a move seen as a re

as d.p. world. reporting from antarctica scientists build the case for the creation of the world's largest three by sending a submarine down to the sea floor. system. or begin with some breaking news palestinian prime minister rami convoy was reportedly hit by a roadside bomb as it entered gaza initial reports say seven people have been injured let's cross live now to imran khan who is in ramallah in the west bank for us in rome what more do we know. well let me tell you what we're hearing the convoy of the prime minister had crossed the area as checkpoint which is controlled by israel is traveling a kilometer distance to the checkpoint that is controlled by the palestinian authority and that's where the attack took place we're hearing that there was gunfire first and explosive device went off hitting the tail end of the convoy and hitting at least two cause we can't confirm the promised wasn't hurt he was actually coming to gaza to inaugurate a desalination plant within the strip itself clearly wate

agreement was one sided and compromised the sovereignty of the nation the more was a setback for d.p. world stealth to a political on small to one side for ports on the red sea coast but people we talked to on the streets are happy about the government's takeover. we support the president's decision the only took back what belongs to us or dubai ports. they were against the booty developing a dark yet. we are happy with the departure of dubai ports there is no point catering for the interests of those who don't care about your own. just days after the demotion government console its agreement with the buy ports world the company has signed a deal with the breakaway republic office. and if. one of the gives it the majority stake in the portal the better but the most west somalia somali government has described the agreement as illegal. and an affront to its sovereignty. there are concerns here about the nineteen per cent stake if you appeal was awarded in the better but up port deal could deny djibouti some much needed business despite its small size djibouti has become an important player b

arab emirates from working in the country that's after a deal signed earlier this month between d.p. world ethiopia and the breakaway region of somaliland somalia doesn't recognize the deal and has accused the dubai based company of undermining its sovereignty and violating international law somaliland declared itself a republic in one thousand nine hundred one but it's not recognized by mogadishu or most foreign countries. u.s. president donald trump has blocked what would have been the largest tech merger in history singapore based chip maker broadcom was looking to buy american rival qualcomm for one hundred seventeen billion dollars trump says the deal is a threat to national security broadcom said those concerns were unfounded unfounded since it was about to complete its move to the u.s. in april let's bring in david vaile in sydney talk more about this he is the executive director of the cyberspace and policy center at the university of new south wales thanks thank you for being with us so first of all we've heard this national security argument before when when trump decided to put

arab emirates from working in that country that's after a deal signed earlier this month between d.p. world ethiopia and the breakaway region of somaliland somalia doesn't recognize the deal and is accused the dubai based company of undermining its sovereignty and violating international law somaliland declared itself a republic in one thousand nine hundred one but it's not recognized by mogadishu or most foreign countries the u.s. has backed britain's assessment that russia is likely responsible for poisoning a former spy and his daughter in the u.k. sector state rex tillerson says those responsible must face serious consequences so basically paul and his daughter remain in critical condition in hospital russia denies any involvement bonamy phillips reports the british police and military are still combing all over the town of salt spree that they and the government is now believe they have some monsters that circus creep powell and his daughter yulia were poisoned with a nerve agent developed by russia and that leads the prime minister to one of two conclusions either this was a direct sh

ethiopia and the breakaway region of somaliland somalia didn't recognize the deal accusing d.p. world of undermining its sovereignty and violating international law somaliland declared its south a republic in one thousand nine hundred one but it's not recognized by mogadishu or most of the international community. the parties forming germany's grand coalition have officially signed a deal to form a new government six months after national elections the agreement was given the green light by angela merkel's christian democratic union it's for variances to party and the center left social democrats the german parliament is due to elect merkel for a fourth term as chancellor on wednesday now arms sales are increasing around the world with asia and the middle east a leading buyer is a report by these talk home international peace research institute says regional tensions are driving india's growing demand between twenty thirteen and twenty seventeen india was the world's biggest arms importer accounting for twelve percent of total sales the report also found imports of the middle east had

sailing for a major shipping company into by to develop a container port in the horn of africa d.p. world had its long term contract in jeopardy cancelled last month when peace in somalia have voted to ban the immoralities from a major investment and the breakaway state somaliland mohammad mohammed. reports from mogadishu. in somalia as a hostile parliament senate does debate the most recent signing of a deal between the united arab emirates if you appear on the brick and somaliland to approve the portal but a bit of the. well the bill that aims to ban the dubai ports world from somalia quickly sailed through the law house it's proving to be contentious in the senate whose fifty four members represent the interests of somalia six federal states which include somalia. does our government fair ethiopia why are we not talking about ethiopian interference in our affairs while we are only talking about the u.a.e. and dubai ports world when ethiopia took a nineteen percent stake in berbera port in the deal signed in dubai recently the port operator took a fifty one percent stake in the port of

is on his parliament has voted to ban dubai ports operator and says d.p. world violated the country's unity by signing a deal with the breakaway somaliland region mohammad ajo has the details from the british or. the us. the heated debate in somalia as a house of parliament senators debate a motion on the recent signing of a deal between the united arab emirates if you appear on the bric enclave of somaliland to operate the portal but a bit of the. well the bill that aims to ban the dubai ports world from somalia quickly sailed through the law house it's proving to be contentious in the senate whose fifty four members represent the interests of somalia six federal states which include somalia. does our government share ethiopia why are we not talking about ethiopian interference in our affairs while we are only talking about the u.a.e. and dubai ports world when ethiopia took a nineteen percent stake in berbera port in the deal signed in dubai recently the port operator took a fifty one percent stake in the port of but better so my land retained thirty percent w

united arab emirates from working in the country it follows a deal signed earlier this month between d.p. world ethiopia and the breakaway region of somaliland somalia doesn't recognize the deal and is accused the dubai based company of undermining its sovereignty and violating international law the u.s. says whoever poisoned a former russian spy and his daughter in the u.k. must face serious consequences secretary of state rex tillerson is back britain's assessment of russia is likely responsible the russian government is denying any involvement as surrogates cripple and his daughter remain in critical condition in hospital those are the headlines we're back with more in half an hour right now it's rebel geeks. a global economic superpower that's underperformed in the world of football when one used explores how china is now spending billions in his quest to conquer the beautiful game. at this time on al-jazeera. digital technology offers the promise of intimacy and he's meant and even longer not. in the ability to keep billions of calculations in our pockets it seems he discovered and he didn

well martin yes the somali government has not stated how it will implement the bonn on on the d.p. world but also declaring conflicts find between if you have. the united arab emirates and that breakaway republic all somaliland bond and they say not all under void so model and husband autonomous only. having taken care of its own maters having its own military police force to. chamba houses of parliament making its own rules and administering its own regions so far the government is not saying that but what it is relying on mostly is international law which still can see this some other land as an enclave of somalia because her husband got an international commission yet but it's also about the portal hostel in the north east of the mill town of most regional homes land which is still part and parcel of somalia we had so far from the leadership of clinton and as to what they make about the decision by the federal parliament puntland itself is represented in parliament by members elected from there and the portal post also has also been warm a concession has been warned by d.p. world last

somalia in the region of portland which d.p. world also warmer concessional thirty two minutes and they say both the boss and very pork deals with dubai ports world in the eagle this is also about the gulf crisis spilling over into the horn of africa the united arab emirates has been courting so malia says they imposed the embargo on. that to take its side but somalia has chosen neutrality and government officials say. they see the consequences for that position fighting has broken out in the turkish parliament after a controversial law was passed changing election regulations government and opposition politicians shoved each other traded punches and chased each other across the chamber your physician is unhappy with a new no which now is the electoral board to merge voting districts and makes ballots admissible without an official stance. us gun law activists have set up a memorial on the lawn of the u.s. capitol building they've laid out seven thousand pairs of shoes in memory of the number of children killed by gunfire in the u.s.

agreement was one sided and compromised the sovereignty of the nation the more was a setback for d.p. world stealth to a political on smart and such for ports on the red sea coast but people we talked to on the streets a happy about the government's takeover. we support the president's decision the only to back what belongs to us or dubai ports for a sabotage their vote against the booty developing a dark head. we are happy with the departure of dubai ports there is no point catering for the interests of those who don't care about your own. just days after the demotion government console it's an agreement with dubai ports world the company has signed a deal with the breakaway republic of somalia and ethiopia one that gives it the majority stake in the portal but a bit of the most west somalia somali government has described the agreement as illegal. and an affront to its sovereignty. there are concerns here that the nineteen percent think if the appeal was awarded in the better but a port deal could deny djibouti some much needed business despite its small size djibouti has become an import

owned company d.p. world in dubai on thursday somaliland declared itself a republican one thousand nine hundred one though it's not recognized by mogadishu or much of the international community somalis as the port deal undermines unity and goes against its constitution well the port provide some transport links for its landlocked neighbor ethiopia which has friendly relations with somaliland the development follows the cancellation of a port deal between djibouti for the north and the u.a.e. owned company djibouti had accused d.p. world of damaging its economic independence through a car bomb packed with explosives as rammed into a military base thirty kilometers northwest of somalia's capital mogadishu it happened in the afghan district local police say the number of casualties is not no . now officials from the five countries contributing to the african union force in somalia are in your ganders capital discussing plans to withdraw their troops by the end of twenty twenty the force known as amazon has been

and imports food and other items including from landlocked if europe or god said to change has d.p. world says it's prepared to invest up to four hundred forty three million dollars to develop the port for somaliland the dubai ports deal is not only our financial windfall but also a vote of confidence and that is a major problem for somalia which view somaliland as its sovereign territory mohamed atta well just. as somebody. in afghanistan more crimes of violence against women were reported last year than ever before however new laws often fail to punish the guilty some blame the difficulty in changing conservative attitudes but a record number of young women are defying convention and death threats by joining the police force tony berkeley reports now on that story from kabul. this the latest batch of young hopefuls sitting the afghan police entrance exam seventy young women were included in the four thousand applicants the highest number to date it's a korea about honor and survival and person i want to join the place to help defend my country and fight for the rights of my people and t

for a major shipping company in dubai to develop a container port in the horn of africa region d.p. world had its long term contract in djibouti council last month now employees in somalia have voted to ban the immoralities from a major investment in the breakaway state of somaliland mohammed though has that story from a goodish. heated debate in somalia's upper house of parliament senators debate a motion on the recent signing of a deal between the united arab emirates if you appear on the bric enclave of somaliland to operate the portal. where the buildout aims to ban the dubai ports world from somalia quickly sailed through the law house it's proving to be contentious in the senate whose fifty four members represent the interests of somalia six federal states which include somalia. government fair ethiopia why are we not talking about ethiopian interference in our affairs while we are talking about the u.a.e. and dubai ports world when ethiopia took a nineteen percent stake in berbera port in the deal signed in dubai recently the port operator took a fifty one percent stake in the port

east and imports food and other items including for landlocked if you all bought said to change as d.p. world says it's prepared to invest up to four hundred forty two million dollars to develop the port for somaliland the dubai port deal is not only a financial windfall but also a vote of confidence and that is a major problem for somalia which view somaliland as it's all going to have to mohamed atta will just see it at. the u.n. is warning more than two hundred seventy thousand people in papua new guinea need immediate humanitarian assistance the country is struggling to recover from a strong earthquake which hit more than two weeks ago tents medicine food and water and. according francis upheld a life sentence for the self-styled revolutionary became known as carlos the jackal rares sanchez was convicted last year of tossing a grenade into a paris shop in one thousand nine hundred seventy four he's always denied he was behind the bombing that killed two people sanchez was already serving sentences for a string of murders and bombings in the seventy's and eighty's. thousands of brazilians

arab emirates from working in that country that's after a deal signed earlier this month between d.p. world ethiopia and the breakaway region of somaliland somalia doesn't recognize the deal as accuse the dubai based company of undermining its sovereignty and violating international law the uit u.s. says whoever poisoned a former russian spy or his daughter in the u.k. must face serious consequences sectors they rex tillerson as bank friends assessment that russia is likely responsible russian government is denying any involvement as surrogates cripple and his daughter remain in critical condition in hospital. u.s. president donald trump has blocked singapore chip maker broadcom is bid to take over u.s. rival qualcomm he says the one hundred seventeen billion dollars deal is a security threat which broadcom denies those are the headlines of the streams next . facing realities growing up when did you realize that you were living in a special place a so-called secret city getting to the heart of the matter while activists to live in jail just because she expressed herself hear their story on

working in that country it follows a three way deal signed earlier this month between the company d.p. world is here pier and the breakaway somali region of somaliland somalia does not recognize mali land and is accusing would you buy based company of undermining their sovereignty. a court in the west african nation of been in has jail seven pharmaceutical executives for selling expired and counterfeit medicines the trial is seen as a breakthrough in west africa's campaign against fake drugs medicines appear to be legitimate but are actually fake or below regulatory standards and even has a reputation for being a crossroads for trafficking in expired and counterfeit drugs. party has broken out of the turkish parliament after a controversial law was passed changing election regulations government and opposition politicians shoved each other traded punches and even chased each other across the chamber your position is unhappy with the new law which allows the electoral board to merge voting districts it also means ballots are admissible without an official stamp and members of the security for

owned company d.p. world in dubai on thursday well somaliland declared itself a republican one thousand nine hundred one that's not recognized by mogadishu or much of the international community somalia says the deal undermines unity and is unconstitutional. the u.s. is accusing russia of breaking treaties dating back to the cold war off of that amir putin unveiled what he described as invincible nuclear weapons the russian leader presented the ospital with video animations one of which depicted an attack on the united states certainly did not enjoy watching we don't regard that as the behavior of a responsible international player president putin has confirmed what the united states government has known for a long time that russia has denied prior to this that russia has developed been developing destabilizing weapon systems for more than a decade in direct violation of its treaty obligations president trump understands the threats facing america and our allies in this in this century and is determined to pr

owned company d.p. world in dubai on thursday somaliland declared itself for a public in one thousand nine hundred one but it's not recognized by mach additional most of the international community somalia says the port deal undermines its unity and goes against its constitution. britain's prime minister is laid out more details on what kind of trading relationship the u.k. will have with the european union once it withdraws from bloc to resume a has been under pressure to spell out exactly how she'll avoid a hard order in ireland while also satisfying the demands of competing factions in her own party eve barker reports. a rallying cry for bricks it from the british prime minister to resign it's her fourth major speech on britain's departure from the e.u. in which she set out the government's vision on future trade ties with europe this is a negotiation and neither of us can have exactly what we want. but i am confident that we can reach agreement we both want good access to each other's markets we want comp

the main players in this ongoing project he's a frenchman of moroccan origin and an employee of d.p. world a group of companies based in dubai and one of the world's leading logistics organizations guy on wall china is behind me almaty in kazakhstan is in front of me and mattie to the left of me is kyrgyzstan and beyond it was becky stan i have russia to my right it's called goss's at the center between all of these countries this is where everything is happening. so i was just. he shunned belmarsh she works for the cause a government which is hoping to get a lot out of the new silk road. it's a road that could turn this middle of nowhere into an outpost of globalization. zero in on the often if there's any place that symbolizes the meeting of east and west it's this one city. that is why the chinese tracked and behind me i. saw the kazakhs tracks start to my left like it ima go to pieces from here you can get to beijing shanghai eon young young and ningbo and from here you can get to almighty a stand of russia and europe. included goes the chinese containers are loaded onto cars a freight

from working in that country it follows a three way deal signed this month between the company d.p. world ethiopia and the breakaway somali region of somaliland somalia does not recognize somaliland and is accusing the dubai based company of undermining their sovereignty scientists have been exploring one of the last pristine areas of the antarctic to boast of the case for making it a marine protected area they were investigating the sea floor as well as trying to discover whether plastic pollution as reach these extremely remote waters that clark is with a greenpeace expedition in antarctica. to thank the weddell sea spreads over a vast area in winter seventy five percent of its surface is covered in ice it is the realm of the penguin myriad marine species but it is not the realm of man and many well to keep it that way so the more information the team can gather the better the chances of winning protection for these unique waters on board the expedition sub is antarctic specialist. to find out what this little known zone holds and what she discovered was the stunning underwater realm co

owned company d.p. world and to buy on thursday somaliland declared itself for a public in one thousand nine hundred one but it's not recognized by market issue or most of the international community somalia says the port deal undermines its unity and goes against its constitution. britain's prime minister is laid out more details on what kind of trading relationship the u.k. will have with the european union once it withdraws from the block to resume has been under pressure to spell out exactly how shell of void a hard order in ireland while also satisfying the demands of competing factions in our own party we've barker reports. a rallying cry for bricks it from the british prime minister to resume a fourth major speech on britain's departure from the e.u. in which he set out the government's vision on future trade ties with europe this is a negotiation and neither of us can have exactly what we want but i am confident that we can reach agreement we both want good access to each other's markets we want compe

owned company d.p. world in dubai on first day somaliland declared itself for a public in one thousand nine hundred one but it's not recognized by market dish you almost have the international community somali are saying the port deal undermined its unity and goes against its constitution now the poor provide some transport links for its lang lot labor ethiopia which has friendly relations with somaliland a dollar explains. the somali federal government sees an agreement between the united arab emirates that if your plane government and the break away republic off somalia and all of the portal but about are in northwest somalia is illegal an affront to its sovereignty the somali port ministry in a statement saying the agreement did not fall or do you law and that it was illegal and it was of course tweet and it's interesting also about the agreement was signed between three thirty this time the similarly prime minister who was also in the united arab emirates but he did not attend the signing ceremony now thi

key to our success the government of djibouti seized control of the port saying its contract with d.p. worldwas damaging the country a statement from the office of the president say the agreement was one sided and compromised the sovereignty of the nation the more was a setback for the p. one stealth to a political on smart and such for ports on the red sea coast but people we talked to on the streets a huffy about the government's takeover were you i will i will we support the president's decision the only took back what belongs to us or dubai ports was here for a sabotage they were against the booty developing a dark head. saying hey we're happy with the departure of dubai ports there is no point catering for the interests of those who don't care about your own. just days after the demotion government console it's an agreement with dubai ports world the company has signed a deal with the breakaway republic of somaliland and if you appear one that gives it the majority stake in the portals better but the most west somalia somali government has described the agreement as illegal nolen point

and imports food and other items including for landlocked ethiopia all that said to change has d.p. world says it's prepared to invest up to four hundred forty two million dollars to develop the port for somaliland the dubai port deal is not only a financial windfall but also a vote of confidence and that is a major problem for somalia which view somaliland as its sovereign territory mohamed atta well just. somalia. now more than two thousand women and girls in afghanistan are reported to have committed suicide last year because of a rise in violent crimes against them by the country's also seen a record number of women joining the police force to find convention and sometimes death threats tony berkeley has their story from the capital kabul. this the latest batch of young hopefuls sitting the afghan police entrance exam seventy young women were included in the four thousand applicants the highest number to date it's a korea about honor and survival and person i want to join the place to help defend my country and fight for the rights of my people and the rights of women the war in afgha

and imports food and other items including for landlocked ethiopia all bought said to change as d.p. world says it's prepared to invest up to four hundred forty two million dollars to develop the port for somaliland the dubai port deal is not only a financial windfall but also a vote of confidence and that is a major problem for somalia which view somaliland as its sovereign territory mohammed all just zero. slovakia's prime minister has resigned over the murder of an investigative journalist and his fiance leaving his deputy to form a new government robert fico is the latest political casualty in a scandal that same thousands of protesters take to the streets of bratislava the many of those demonstrating say they don't trust the current political leadership to form a new government a calling for fresh elections the killing of journalists young crazy ak and his girlfriend last month has found outrage it was investigating links between slovak politicians and an italian mafia group or al jazeera correspondent charlayne iglu shack says the demonstrators are unlikely to be satisfied with ficos

and the world will pay to have the d.p. r. k. under control so how what do you make of that what is china willing to do to control north korea of course has that very enviable tosk. keeping it and line of it at the same time not punishing enough to risk a regime collapse on its border. yes a choice nice main go with the d.p. r. k. is to ensure that their first step that it's a no will and i think the days they go to needs are the mission comes beneath the stars especially with the level of threat but that escalated last year when you had pyongyang threatening to surround us co-opt them with medium range missiles at best and so on there was a real fear that that could break out soon. but we have a very difficult situation ahead and i think the primary problem is very different expectations in china south korea and the united states about the best way to go forward and just to get a real texture from that it was just don't bolton who just the other day said that before being appointed national security advisor that he he favors the