. >> [speaking wolof] >> to see how big tabaski is in senegal, you have to go to the capital, dakar. at tabaski, it's a religious, and social, expectation for muslim households to buy and slaughter a ram. >> [speaking wolof] >> in senegal, where a day's wages, if you have work, are around $3, this is a big deal. and for deya in saare muudu, where paid work is scarce, the tabaski ram and other holiday foods are major purchases. >> [speaking wolof] [child speaking in background] [laughs] >> [speaking wolof] >> the household relies on money from deya's two brothers, maliki and alahji, who are working in spain. [electric saw runs] alahji, kanni's husband, was the first of deya's brothers to leave. >> [speaking wolof] >> [speaking wolof] [laughs] [radio playing] >> maliki, kanni's brother-in-law, is visiting for tabaski. he went to spain in 2003, but returns almost every year to visit the family. >> [speaking wolof] >> [speaking wolof] [laughs] >> [speaking wolof] >> [speaking wolof] >> [speaking wolof] >> [speaking wolof] >> [speaking wolof] >> [speaking wolof] [music plays] [music ends]

del programa california el motivo ayudar a los migrantes documentados de la bahÍa que califica de dakarmos que tenemos mÁs de 2 millones de californianos que son elegibles para la ciudadanÍa y no lo sabe no tienen acceso al sistema por la barrera del idioma o la cultura. tener hospital para ayudar a mÁs personas. estamos en un movimiento que las comunidades a con mucho miedo franco tanto que estamos hablando de hacerle caso a nuestra comunidad nos presentan aquellos tienen derecho. para saber si califica evidentemente lo siguiente llegado estados unidos , tener por lo -21 aÑos de edad el 15 de julio de 2012 transiciÓn de una escuela o haberse tratado haber obtenido un certificado escolar y no haber sido condenado por un delito creado es padre del ciudadano reciente permanente legal podrÍa calificar para d que sea desbloqueado para dakar. se espera que esta ayuda financiera ayude a mÁs de 44.000 residentes legales de este paÍs para aplicar para la ciudadanÍa americana. luz peÑa noticia soluciÓn 14. personas infectadas con el virus del zica aumento, enfermedad transmitida por la picadura

after working for carl logger felt in paris she started her own brand in dakar.her design to his the latest trends. customers no longer want short skirts and sleeveless tops, but ask for longer dresses and even the full veil. >> translator: well, whether old are or young, feel more respected wearing the veil. especially in conservative societies. it's a sign of confidence and trustworthiness. >> reporter: she and other designers like her are showing their collections at the muslim conference in dakar. an opportunity to showcase the diversity in fashion from muslim women. it's called [ inaudible ] fashion, but some of the outfits could soon be banned den gal's president says full face veils pose a security threat. they are already illegal in cameroon, niger and chad where dozens of people have been killed by suicide attackers who detonated bombs concealed under their robes. but organizers of this events say they are promoting fashion, not violence. >> i think it's a debate that is stigmatizing the wrong people. i don't have to follow the global trend. actually, it

the oil dependent nation has been hit by the sharp fall in crisis, and we have this report from dakar. >> friday was a day of unusual announcements in venezuela. while the president delivered his state of union address, venezuelans grappled with an economy they know to be collapsing. for the first time in 17 years since the late chavez rose to power. he was faced with political and economic pressure. >> translation: today we are arriving at a parlour whereby in a democracy of liberties, the opposition concurred the major city and is here today. >> hours before, the oil-dependent country declared itself to be in crisis. >> i declare article one an economic state of conformity to venezuela and its judicial order. >> reporter: with the world's cheapest petrol and the exchange system. the measure the government takes could be a reform of an economical system that many see as having failed. yet it was a disclosure for the first time in a year by the central bank that the venezuela inflation rate was 121% which to many shows how much it is hurting. what it means is unclear. the government s

. >> and a competitor's car ploughs into a car in the dakar rally. details coming up in sport >>> a human chain has been formed to highlight the suffering in a besieged city in yemen. houthi fighters are fighting for control. citizens are appealing for the united nations to end the siege and allow in vital supplies. the saudi-led spokesman spoke to al jazeera a short time ago and says the unreport was contradictory. and the u.n. didn't distribute aid on the ground in taiz. >> relating to their duty towards the population, i think the united nations, we give them the opportunity, we give them the opportunity to get to the airport. they did not do their job. they are on the ground. they keep take of course, but they are not doing anything on the ground. let me ask you why they did not go under the flag of the united nations and distribute the aid. last week they give a very contradictory report. they talk about accumulation of food and medicine. it belonged to the united nations, they signed agreement. and they get the money. and they send the shipment

this man proves once again why he is the king of the dakar rally. details of that in sport.port. >>> it's called start-up india, a program to encourage young entrepreneurs to build new businesses. the ni the. >> reporter: this histore has me than a dozen locations in and around india's too largest cities. as with any new venture it wasn't easy. it is especially difficult in india where slow bureaucracy can stop new ventures before they start >> in a new start up the resources you have are limited. you want those resources to be used in productive work as opposed to an atmosphere of bureaucratic flavour. they say they've been waiting a long time for this. tax incentives and less bureaucracy are the main issues to be addressed. simply encouraging and promoting start ups in india may be enough to give the sector a boost. entrepreneurs like this man say people's mindsets about start-ups are changing, adding it's a different environment now than it was when he set up his first business 12 years ago. >> the biggest difference i've seen is people are accepting it more, not just fro

jessica: el encargado del programa explicÓ que los chicos podrÁn regresar a estados unidos porque dakarque querÍan venir a mÉxico y entregaron cartas de recomendaciÓn y fueron entrevistados asegura que todo el esfuerzo vale la pena. mucho de los estudiantes temen que les impidan regresar a estados unidos. >> podemos enseÑarnos nosotros el ejemplo del riesgo, nada en este mundo, y nadie avanza si dan un riesgo. jessica: en cuernavaca mÉxico jessica salvar ni univisiÓn. conductora: el renacido se estrenÓ por el exitoso mexicano alejandro gonzÁlez pro agonizaba por leonardo di caprio, posible candidato para el premio oscar. stephanie bradford conversÓ con el director. stephanie: director mexicano alejandro gonzÁlez, catalogado con su nueva cita como la mÁs difÍcil de su carrera. sin embargo estÁ feliz con los resultados y con el trabajo de un leonardo di caprio. >> el espÍritu de este personaje en la oportunidad de explorar la posibilidad de transformaciÓn a travÉs del dolor fÍsico. la capacidad de encontrar una dimensiÓn espiritual a travÉs de este viaje con la naturaleza. stephanie: larr

in the cup as they moved in to the new central asia association. >> sunday's opening states of the dakarly has been cancelled because of bad we think in argentina which prevented the prolong which injured at least 10 spectators. one competitor'ska car plowed into the crowd. the first chinese woman to compete in the race was the driver. the injured were taken to hospital but haven't provided details of the injuries yet. >> england's cricketers are in firmly control they have mningd managed to strip. probably hating the site of ben stokes, the thorn in their side. the second quickest in hist re. stokes reaching 200 in just 163 balls eventually at the 258 england going on to declare the innings in 629% for 6. south africa 141 the first e return. against australia, the third test in sydney, 85, wickets began to tumble. the lions took two and windies lose. visitors closing on 207%. the first australian open stars beginning. traditional lead putting together the national teams of 2. the tournament for the final time, czech republic. colva won the women's title. australian pairing. russian born

bad weather in argentina has once again hit the dakar rally. the length of monday's staff is being guaranteeing. stage 1, crashed at least 10 spectators were injured. andy, thank you very much. giants thriving in other ways, discovering the capital jakarta an exclusive in anderson ease i can't, it is a tradition on java aye land. it is made of bamboo bringing in. it was originally made to represent ancestors. the puppets have evolved to near decorated roles in this muslim community. it is sought after. the inauguration of building, children get a kick out of seeing the puppets walk through the streets. >> a weekend in public holiday. usually on the square, the heart of the old city flanked by cologne y'all buildings where families come. it's a life of color and an alternative to a day out at the mall. >> another five pairs in the square but even with the competition, here we are in the old jakarta tradition for the puppet owners to make a living. people pay to pose for photos for the puppets. artists say they can earn up to $20 a day. his ambit

and in sport, a spectator is killed during the later stage of the dakar rally. details shortly. hortly. >>> good to have you with us on the al jazeera newshour. these are the top stories. aid is expected to reach tens of thousands of syrians trapped in besieged areas on monday, including the town of madaya, following reports that people are dying of starvation. >> immigration rallies have been held in cologne, prompted by a series of alleged new year's eve attacks on women in the city, reportedly carried out by arab or north african men. >> mexico's attorney-general began the process of extraditing drug lord joaquin guzman to the united states. he was recaptured on friday after escaping from a maximum security prison last year. >> to poland - tens of thousands protest against new laws given the government control over state media and the courts. critics say the policies will challenge poland's democratic credentials. lawrence lee has more. >> this large protest from warsaw and others like it around poland demand a fault line not just in the states of polish politics, but the rel

in dakar, bangladesh convicts and sentences those guilty of murdering a secular blogger, and... ..it's jungle in there. new year's resolutions and the survival of the fittest at the gym. >> on january 2nd, when 47 executions took place in saudi arabia, including that of a shia cleric nimr al-nimr, the diplomatic fall out between the kingdom and its regional to was played out. the national narrative prevailed. the the execution of the sheikh was seen as part of a justified war on terrorism. in the islamic republic. the headlines cast the cleric as a dissident, the saudi action as a provocation, there was televised images of protesters ransacking the saudi arabian embassy. the development with saudi arabia and its regional allies severing diplomatic ties with tehran threatened to disrupt the process iran made on the international stage this past year. following the nuclear deal signed off in washington, having media pundits using terms. and the sectarian divide implicit in the telling of this story, the wins that pits sunni and shia, a binary that fails to get at the complexities involve

one day has been killed outside her home >>> in the sports news with robin, the opening day of the dakar rally is cancelled. r robin has that and the top sports stories in about 30 minutes >>> two israelis have been charged over an arson attack in the occupied west bank that killed three members of a palestinian family including an 18 month old baby. in july asked men attacked the building with a petrol bomb, burning it to the ground. this report from the ruins of the family's home in duma. >> reporter: more than five months after their murder, the charred belongings of the family are scattered on the floor in what was their home. the pram in which the mother and father pushed the 18 month old son is still here. he was burnt alive as he slept in the corner. the parents died of injuries in hospital. the burnt out room is shocking evidence of the violence of the attack. more details are emerging of the man charged with their murder. 21 years old, with a young family of his own. >> he is seen here holding his baby. he lived in only illegal settlement in the occupied west bank, but moved to

dakar rally. it's the first fatality since 2013. nine time world rally champion retook the lead in the first dakar rally, coming second in saturday's stage, which border hopped between bolivia and argentina. finishing 28 seconds behind carlo of spain. >> the first woman driver to race in the formula 1 championship died at the age of 89. the italian started three grand prix in 1958 for maserati, and finished 10th of the in belgium. the race director, the french grand prix quoted as saying the only helmet a beautiful woman should wear is the one at the hairdressers. she became the honoree president of the grand prix women driver's club. >> thank you indeed. >> scientists in southern australia found a meter it thought to be from the start of the solar system. it was tracked down. aboriginal guides helped university researchers during a 3-day recovery operation. n.a.s.a. and the space agency spent billions trying to get samples in space. tracking them down on earth could reduce the cost of the space research >>> the winning numbers have

it happened during trials for the dakar rally, a 5,000-mile, 14-day race across the mountains and the deserts of argentina and bolivia. >>> it was one of the most dramatic comebacks ever. and as jericka duncan reports, last night's alamo bowl featured an unlikely hero. >> taking a shot down the field! >> reporter: from the very beginning it seemed like oregon's prayers were being answered. by the start of the second quarter they had a 27-0 lead on texas christian university. tcu' struggles seemed obvious. two days before the alamo bowl their starting quarterback trevone boykin was arrested and charged with assaulting a police officer after a bar fight. so senior bram kohlhausen, a transfer who had never started a game in his career and who lost his father to cancer in november, was forced to step up. it wasn't until the second half that kohlhausen truly broke out of his shell and into college football glory. his teammates fed off his energy, mounting an impressive comeback, overcoming a 31-point deficit. at the end of the second overtime both teams were tied at 41. but kohlhausen scor

we turn to motorsport now and another tumultuous day at the dakar rally. it was cut short due to extreme temperatures. a spanish driver took the lead from a fellow peugeot driver. last year's winner is in third place, driving a mini. former hot favorite sebastian loeb's misery continued as he was left to stranded in a sand din. a quick reminder of our top story -- 10 people killed and more than a dozen injured after a suicide bomber in istanbul's tourist tub. eight of the debtor germans. chancellor angela merkel has condemned the attacks, saying the terrorists are enemies of all humanity. you're watching "dw news." i'm sarah kelly in berlin. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> euromaxx highlights and here is your host.ighlights and here >> greetings from berlin and welcome to our highlights edition which this time around included the following topics. great adventure. three students and their journey in an electric rickshaw. time travel. an italian photo

we have this report from dakar. >> these don't inspire confidence. many are decades old. some were laid during the british colonial rule, before 1947. worried from reading reports of derailment, that man decided to build a small 2-wheel robot. inside a sensor detect cracks and derailments, sending an alert and coordinates to the new station. >> translation: right now all the maintenance work and check-ups on the rail track happen manually. you need a huge amount of work for that. we don't have enough employees. there's an animated system >>> a large number of tracks run through chaotic marketplaces and the middle of busy slums. it's a danger for the people around. in 2015, police say an average of 70 people die each month, after getting hit by trains. >> reporter: he has seen 15-60 accidents during the 28 years that they have set up shop here, and he recovered 28 bodies. >> some are wandering on to the tracks, talking on the phones. some are absent-minded. some had an argument with a difference, looking to end things. >> railway police say a proliferation is another matte

it happened during trials for the dakar rally, a 5,000-mile, 14-day race across the mountains and the deserts of argentina and bolivia. >>> it was one of the most dramatic comebacks ever. and as jericka duncan reports, last night's alamo bowl featured an unlikely hero. >> taking a shot down the field! >> reporter: from m e very beginning it seemed like oregon's prayers were being answered. by the start of the second quarter they had a 27-0 lead on texaxachristian universityty tcu' struggles seemed obvious. two days before the alamo bowl their starting quarterback trevone boykin was arrested and charged with assaulting a police officer after a bar fit. so senior bram kohlhausen, a transfer who had never started a game in his career and who lost his ther to cancer in vember, was forced t tstep up. it wasn't until the second half that kohlhausen truly broke out of his shell and into college football glory. his teammates fed off his energy, mounting an imprprsive comeback, overcoming a 31-point deficit. at the end of the second overtime both teams were tied at 41. but kohlhausen scored on

you join me on this, you know, adventure, because he knew that i just came from the university of dakarter teaching for 20 years in high school. i said, why not? and he told me, are you coming back soon to louisiana? i told him i come to louisiana, i travel to louisiana every summer for my own research. because thanks to a professor who is not here tonight but who i will meet here tomorrow in nashville tennessee, she published in 1992 a book. next year she traveled to senegal for the immigration of the west africans and that's where i met her. she gave that wonderful lecture about louisiana, about slavery in louisiana and how africans and in particular people from senegal contributed to the making of the creole culture of louisiana and how africans influenced the culture of the whole united states. because i was among people who were taught in high school that this is the culture of america. this country is anglo-saxon. we were never taught about the contribution of the africans. i said, yes, i will do it. you hired me right away. >> i didn't realize we had a person in common. you said

i do not -- i mean, being a teacher in senegal in high school and then at the university of dakar, for than ten years in teaching american students involved in the study abroad programs. they always hired me to do a regular class on the atlantic slave trade, a class which is designed to be not only the history of deportation. if you teach the history of slavery to be only the history of deportation where things start from islands, luongo, rwanda, you miss a lot of things. the history of the black people in this country did not start with the middle passage. you have to start way beyond the middle passage. and to know that the people who background. different civilizations, maybe some of them were built thousands of years ago. you have to know all that backgrou background. and you get to the periods like when you talk about the transsaharan slave trade, how the atlantic slave trade was built upon that transsaharan slave trade and then you go through the middle passage, you go to the plantations, you talk and indigo, but so after that you have the contribution to these people to the buil

a spectator has been killed by hit by a competitor's car in the dakar rally. it is the first death of a spectator of the race since 2013. the french man fitted 38 seconds between two time rally champion car loss of spain. the first woman driver has died at the age of 89. maria de filippis finished 10 in belgium. she faced opposition when trying to qualify for other races with the race director for the french grand prix quoted at the time saying the only helmet a beautiful woman should wear is the one at the hairdressers. she became the honorary president of the grand prix drivers club >>> there's more news coming up on al jazeera after this short break. i hope you do stay with us. ith us. >>> still waiting and starving, aid agencies say it will be monday at the earliest before help reaches besiege communities in syria. >>> you're watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. also on the program, foreign minister hold an emergency in cairo as iran is accused of disturbing regional peace. >>> thousands gather in hong kong to answer what's happened to f

. >> other designers like her are showing collections at the muslim conference in dakar. an opportunity to show case the diversity fashion for muslim women, it's call halal fashion. some of the outfits could be banned. the president says it poses a security threat. they are illegal in cameroons, niger and chad, where dozens of people have been killed by suicide attackers who detonated bombs concealed under their robes. organizers of the event say they promote fashion, not violence. >> i think it's a debate that stig mattizes the wrong people. i don't have to follow the global trend. actually, it's saying, in a way, let's create this new islamic clothing trend, let's show people that i can be fashionable, open-minded, that i can be smart, that i can be entrepreneurial, that i can dare, without showing my body if i don't want to. that is what they are trying to - that's what they are trying to get across. >> halal fashion is a growing market. last year alone it was estimated to be worth 230 billion globally. it's not just local shops making clothes like this. big brands are

business opportunity that can't be ignored after working for carl logerfeld, she started her own brand in dakar, adapting her designs to the latest trends. customers no longer want short skirts and sleeveless tops but ask for longer dresses and even the full veil. >> women, whether old or young feel more respected wearing the v veil in conservative societies. it's a sign of confidence and trust worthiness. >> other designers like her are showing their collections at the muslim conference. diversity in fashion for muss let me women it's called halal fashion but some of the outfits could soon be banned. senegal's president says full-face vails pose a security threat. they are illegal in cameroon, nijer and chad where dozens have been killed by suicide stackers who detonated bombs concealed under their robes. they are promoting fashion not violence. >> i think it's stig mattizing the wrong people. i don't have it's saying in a way, let's create an alternative. let's create this trend the let's show people that i think it's fashionable that i can be open minded, that i can be smart, entrepreneurial

now will be to come up with a long-term plan to tackle those armed groups >>> a journalist based in dakarexplains the growing danger posed by armed groups like this. >> they are operating in order no show that they can strike anywhere in africa, especially in west africa, and also they realise that africa is really the subspot in the epicentre of terrorism in the world because you don't have government that has the capacity to reach to many regions. there are so many and coming into africa at this moment and creating this havoc disrupts the attention and the economic needs of the country not to talk about the security challenges. so in part africa has become the new playing ground for these forces and they know that they can strike and do it in an approach because they are not a true conventional war, you have seen when the french sent this troop and back, the military operation, they have been able to defeat the forces there but now with the approach striking hotels in places where you have foreign citizens like the splendid hotel, they can strike the mind of the people and show that the

and afghan air force infiltrated at night and maneuvers such that they got behind taliban lines in dakar district. the net result of the operation was that 48 taliban surrendered and the population was very supportive of the afghan security forces. that particular district had been under control for two months. i bring this example up because it's something that perhaps you don't hear much of but an example of the capability that not just special forces but conventional forces have. with that, i would be happy to take your questions. >> thank you, general. we'll start with bob burns. >> bob burns from a.p. a couple questions related to helmand. could you tell us with regard to marjah, which we heard about recently with the bat there will where the american was killed and others were wounded, i've not herd much since then. what's the situation in marjah? is it under taliban control? and in the second question, your reference to the 215th corps needing to be rebuilt, retrained and so forth, did that corps collapse on the battlefield? what happened to that corps? >> well, bob, let me answer