i mean, you were born here. >> pierre: yeah, right here in dakar. >> anthony: right here in dakar. >>. >> anthony: went to new york. >> pierre: yes. >> anthony: i mean, i'm jumping ahead some but --. >> pierre: first job in new york was, uh, a restaurant job like --. [ laughter ] >> anthony: of course. >> pierre: --every, every immigrant. >> anthony: right. >> pierre: you know? as a busboy, actually, but from a busboy i just fell in love with what was happening behind the kitchen 'cause, you know, i come from a culture where kitchen is a women activity and also, it's like, i'd never seen men cooking. >> anthony: what, what was the type of cuisine you were learning? >> pierre: mostly american, continental american, and then it turned to jean claude, was french bistro. >> anthony: right. >> pierre: and from jean claude, boom opened around the corner. it was, like, early '90s. >> anthony: wait a minute. boom on spring street? >> pierre: on spring street! >> anthony: okay, wait a minute. i used to work at that store, at, before it was called wpa. so --. >> pierre: wow! >> anthony: we work

dakar 2022 could transform not only is what budweiser in africa forever. —— dakar 2022 could transformy that wayne rooney announced himself to the world with that goal for everton against arsenal. now at the end of his career rooney has travelled across the atlantic to play in washington. yesterday stuart pollitt looks at how wayne is working to spread the word about football in the states. commentator: a special, special goal from wayne rooney... pele, beckham, best. they bowled to make america fall in love with football. now wayne rooney is the big name in town. —— they have all tried to make america. had he any interest in soccer? absolutely. yes. does wayne rooney mean anything to you? what? please to have him here in dc? making music and we need some heart. yeah, soccer. football is this for us. and we need some heart. yeah, soccer. football is this for usm is the type of fans rooney has been brought to attract. when you come here and you're reaching the casual sports fan out there to really make a big splash, you need a name in the sport. there was david villa, thierry henry and

translation: it's the third time that i've won the dakar—goree race.irst. the 31st annual swim attracted competitors from around the world and hundreds of spectators from across the city. for locals, the swim is both a nod to the area's history and an expression of their love for the ocean. translation: in the morning, we go to the swimming pool, and in the evening, we go to train at the beach, for the children to get used to swimming in the sea. because there'll be waves, currents, and the children will have to deal with that, so they need to get used to swimming in open water. georgina smythe, bbc news. now, monday10ctober is china's national day, and to get into the spirit of the event, several cities across china have been staging these amazing light shows. this is just a flavour of what was on offer. in shenzhen, more than a million led lights were installed on the skyscrapers to illuminate the night sky. most people in china will be on holiday for what is known as the golden week, which this year marks the 69th anniversary of the founding of the

the 2022 youth olympics will take place in capital city dakar.ost the 2022 commonwealth games but olympic swimming champion chad le clos believes this will help heal that disappointment. iam i am ducted from outside to get the, what games in 2022. i know the difference that i can make. you look at swimming and athletics that has improved since london 2012 and how it has grown during this year. more swimmers and more athletes and more weig htlifters swimmers and more athletes and more weightlifters will get more involved in that and through sports, definitely can make a big impact in africa and definitely in senegal. it isa africa and definitely in senegal. it is a starting project and we will see what happens. hopefully it will bea see what happens. hopefully it will be a stepping stone to getting a senior olympics, is that what you would hope, that commonwealth ‘s could have been the step, but this could have been the step, but this could be, potentially.” could have been the step, but this could be, potentially. i really hope it would happen to

in this crowd are some of those injured in an attack in dakar more than fourteen years ago and. they're still angry one of the chilling thought it. must be taken back from london and he must get the punishment which was given by the court no one should be all must be punished to recruit a man fled bangladesh for london in two thousand and eight and now leads the opposition bangladesh nationalist party he was tried and convicted in absentia the criminal conspiracy and multiple counts of murder for the two thousand and four attack. as then opposition leader sheikh hasina addressed a crowded rally in the bangladeshi capital. the grenade blast killed dozens of people and wounded more than five hundred including his senior who suffered severe injuries and one in she went on to win a landslide victory in two thousand and eight becoming prime minister. her rival can leaders the former premier and leader of the now opposition bangladesh nationalist party was jailed for five years in february for corruption she's to wreak rahman's mother. the court case over the grenade attack has taken

completely cut off for months the government has a solution but it's dividing opinion and reports from dakar. too precious to waste not a drop spilled. for to find wonders whether they'll be enough left for an extra bucket to beat her children. very obliging needs it to flush their toilets for i should camera it's simply about getting water to drink from the situation is critical to have to queue for something that we also obviously need i'm reusing the water using it for everything from cleaning cooking and drinking not a drop of spared two million people in the suburbs of the capital to car have not been getting enough water since june in some districts water has been completely cut off there isn't enough for everyone this is a council distributed rations fresh water. it's just we can't survive without water it's something needs to be done. to. not afraid to cheat the car is not alone in facing a water shortage this is cape town in march california in may and sao paulo earlier this year according to the united nations more than a billion people across the world face water shortages this is

swimmers in senegal have splashed into waters off the capital dakar, to race to a former slave hub. cross the infamous channel as fast as they can. georgina smythe reports. 0n the shores of dhaka, senegal, a quick dash across the atlantic. a sea of arms and legs so a five kilometre channel to the island of galway, it is an idyllic spot of the most westerly point of africa but it has a dark past. the 400 years, it was the largest slave trading centre on the african coast. slaves is to swim the route back to the mainland to escape captivity. slave ships dock near the finish line, now it is the domain of energy drink sponsors and race winners. translation: is the third time that i have one race. last year, i was surprised that i finished second, it so today i am happy that i came first. —— it is. the 31st annual swim attracted competitors from around the world and hundreds of spectators and across the city. the locals, the swim is both a nod to the area's history and an expression of their love for the ocean. translation: in the morning, we go to the swimming pool and in the evening, w

camps were months the money came mainly from saudi arabia and from the run schools in chicago and dakar. we wonder how a poor country like bangladesh is coping with the arrival of so many refugees. the village of digger beer which lies adjacent to the refugee camps has a new mosque also built with aid from saudi arabia. but first the villages here sympathise with the rohingya refugees. but meanwhile they have grown wary. look at. the road overlooking rafael remarked that it. came here because they suffered in their country but it would be good if they went back that they get all the aid we didn't get anything. founded the. then little about. moving along the problem is that our life has become more difficult because of the refugees living in transport costs have doubled it's better if they live. so little. that well but they're not. it is a situation that is ripe for unrest as we leave the refugee camps it is apparent that bangladesh is struggling to cope with the situation it has been confronted with and that the refugee crisis is far from over. just a few kilometers away but a univers

in february in dakar there was an opportunity to raise $2.5 billion to develop access to education across the globe. this is a historic some. -- increased tenfold the contribution. g7 will -- mobilization under the canadian chairmanship will allow us to make the river -- further strides forward. this is a turning point ladies and gentlemen. this is a time where we see if we will truly find solutions commensurate with the challenge. there are 620 million children across the globe lacking access to education. let us address this. give these children a foundation . put them in the drivers seat of their lives. should we not do this? should we failed to do this, what world will we be leaving behind us? this is the reason that france has made solid commitments along these lines. this is why i highlight professional training, the training of teachers as well as gender equality among students. it is also the reason that i call upon all to join this drive for education. education will not just be the pillar in the years to come, but also the very foundation of our economies. we must unwaveringly p

was him putting his car through its paces in morocco the two thousand and nineteen edition of the dakar rally is in peru and the fifty six year old science is excited about what is to come with his new team. and phil mickelson may have struggled at gold's ryder cup last week failing to win any of his matches but after a trip hof way around the world the american seems to have picked himself up mickelson went from france to california to play in the season opening cyc way open he made six straight birdies in the first round to go seven on the par and is just two strokes behind leaders set struck up. bron james as won his first game with the l.a. lakers he scored eighteen points in an n.b.a. preseason victory over the sacramento kings but any played the first half and was rested in the second the lakers won by five points one hundred twenty eight two hundred twenty three it's still early days in the n.h.l. season but already fans of the vegas cold nights have high expectations the team made it to the stanley cup finals on its debut last season i need to finish as runners up to the washing