at times morocco could have been important and at other times it may have been east africa or southerncame us. the search is now on for more fossils of our species in other parts of africa that may be even older. the history of humanity has now been rewritten. palla b pallab ghosh, bbc news, paris. the fight to drive the taliban out of afghanistan cost the lives of hundreds of british soldiers — many killed fighting in helmand province in the country's south. but two years ago — shortly after the troops came home — the taliban took back many of the areas british soldiers had liberated. the bbc‘s auliya atrafi has gained rare access to musa qala, the main city in the region — and sent this report. we're heading for musa qala, our taliban minder is with us. the bustling market looks like any other, but there are no women. we leave the market and head for the local high school. it's religious studies and only boys get an education. our taliban minder insists there are other lessons and that girls can go to school, just not here. but things are not all as they seem. the taliban used to bur

the empire one stretch from pakistan to east africa, important trade groups, beach, southern africa all deep into east asia. modern oman is a fraction of that size now. it's dna, culture, cue sooen, some extent at tut toward the outside world is a reflection of that. mantra is a ton important town. >> one of the reasons i notice about the city, very low slug. it seems like a calculated anesthetic decision. >> here is someone who wants to build your house, you first submit your plans, if you're going about a certain height, it's genuinely frowned upon. it's to speak vernacular. >> iesha cure rater focused on middle eastern art history. she's like many young people pay tree yac -- patriotic to the point of being nerdy. >> it functions very similar to how it would function the you were coming into 200 years ago. now we're coming to the quornesh. it's a beautiful word. the food is a mix of flavors and ingredients and taste from all over the former empire. this is an old boardinghouse turned restaurant where you can try dishes which come back from india and food from east africa and the spec

really interesting story now on second hand clothing imports into east africa.hese imports by 2019. then it got complicated. some of the countries reconsidered. the us said do this and it may affect trade benefits. but rwanda's president has reiterated that its necessary to "grow and establish our industries". this is made more complex still because more of the clothes come via donations. nancy kacungira is our business reporter. i asked her which countries were still planning on implementing this ban. at the moment rwanda has the strongest commitment and they have said they will go ahead the matter what's threats are made. kenny has backtracked on this and have pulled out completely and said they will not go ahead on the ban on second—hand clothes. uganda is yet to respond to the latest developments and so are other coaches. at the minute it isjust rwanda saying this. why are the american subsets? it's interesting. this was brought up by a group and they have said since the decision has been made they have seen 5000 jobs in the private sector lost. because of t

some evolved in southern africa, some in east africa. find perhaps even older remains. the past of humanity has now been rewritten. pallab ghosh, bbc news. now, if breathtaking scenery, fresh alpine air, and unparalleled peace and quiet sounds appealing, you may be interested in a new hotel opening tomorrow in switzerland. andy beatt reports. it isa it is a room with a view, but not much else. just over $300, guests can book into the zero star hotel and enjoy it unobstructed this is flower meadows and majestic mountains. —— zero star hotel. what it lacks in posing as an creature comforts, it hopes to make up for in alfresco charm. and it is proving popular. translation: we have had requests from all over the world. the beds are almost 80% booked up. people are coming from america, australia, africa, australia, iraq. everybody, young and old. intrepid travellers receive a drink on arrival, organic practice, and the services of a butler, typically a farmer in rubber boots. less appealing perhaps is the three—minute walk to the bathroom, in

chapati from east africa, and shuwa, oman's classic special event dish.of this all over the world, but shuwa is special. they slather a goat with a spicy paste consisting of cumin, coriander, red pepper, cinnamon, cardamom and nutmeg. then wrap the meat in palm or banana leaves, dig a hole, throw in some meat and cover it up and leave underground for a day or two over hot coals. >> anthony: oman has changed in a way that's unique to anywhere i've been. i mean, i haven't seen any place that has, sort of, maintained the architecture and the character that this country has. and that's a really unusual thing. >> hassan: yeah it's one of the only countries that i think, in the gulf that has kept their tradition. and, if you travel outside muscat you see the flavor of the old life still there. ♪ ♪ >> anthony: hassan meer is one oman's preeminent fine artist who works in painting and photography. muzna al musafer is a filmmaker, artist, and provocateur representing the increasingly vocal point of view of the young omani women in the middle eastern art scene. >>

some evolved in southern africa, some in east africa.me us. the search is on to find perhaps even older remains. the past of humanity has now been rewritten. pallab ghosh, bbc news. now if breathtaking scenery, fresh alpine air and unparalleled peace and quiet sounds appealing, you may be interested in a new hotel opening tomorrow in switzerland. the accommodation is a piece of conceptual art, aiming to redefine luxury. but there is a catch — as andy beatt reports. it is a room with a view, but not much else. forjust over $300, guests can book into the zero star hotel and enjoy unobstructed views of flower meadows and majestic mountains. what it lacks in creature comforts, it hopes to make up for in alfresco charm. and it is proving popular. translation: we have had requests from all over the world. the beds are almost 80% booked up. people are coming from america, africa, australia, the uk, iraq — everybody, young and old. intrepid travellers receive a drink on arrival, organic breakfast, and the services of a butler, typically a farmer

some evolved in southern africa, some in east africa.ecame us. asked. the search by kaka -- became us. the search is on to find perhaps even older remains. the past of humanity has now been rewritten. palla b humanity has now been rewritten. pallab ghosh, bbc news. stay with us. and before we go, in just a few hours, britons will vote in country's general election. i'll be reporting from newcastle for the bbc. every five years the city is a contender for being first to announce a result. here they are during the brexit referendum running the ballot boxes to the election centre for counting. you can watch the special general election programme on bbc newsjust before 21:00 gmt. stay with us. hello. most of us had sunshine through the day today. it will be cloudy. the cloud is thick enough to bring rain for some of us. the relatively clear whether working out of the north sea replaced by the lump of cloud. the low spinning around their sending south—westerlies across the uk. the cloud will be big enough for us to get wet weather. the wettes

at times parts of morocco were involved, and other times south africa and east africa. there is no single place for homo sapiens became us. reporter: the search is on for more fossils of our species in other parts of africa that may be even older. the history of humanity has been rewritten. pallab ghosh bbc news, paris. a quick update on the main story. a lawyer representing mr. trump issued a statement saying, "mr. trump feels vindicated by this statement issued by james comey, the former fbi director that will be testifying before congress tomorrow." we will have full coverage of that on the day. thank you for watching. see you tomorrow. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation and kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. >> planning a vacation escape that is relaxing, inviting, and exciting is a lot easier than you think. you can find it here in aruba. families, couples, and friends can all find their escape on the island with warm sunny days, cooling tra

at times morocco could have been important and at other times it may have been east africa or southern search is now on for more fossils of our species in other parts of africa that may be even older. the history of humanity has now been rewritten. a diamond ring bought for £10 at a car boot sale has been sold for more than £650,000 at auction in london. the 26—carat cushion—shaped diamond sold for almost double its estimate. the owner bought the ring in the 1980s and was unaware of its real value — wearing it every day for 30 years. i must not be bitter and twisted, i must not be bitter and twisted! i must used better things at car—boot sales! let's ta ke car—boot sales! let's take you to washington, this is the scene where the head of the fbi is shortly to testify before the senate intelligence committee on alleged russian interference in the us presidential election. it is anticipated to be, they are calling it the super bowl of political television. it will be dynamite and you can watch the whole thing live here on the bbc news channel, we start our coverage at 3pm. things are warm

. >> hoping to have a train system for the entire east africa. >> very cool. >> scientists exploring the deep seas near australia. good god, what's that? found a species of fish. with no face. they look like lumpy blobs, with puffy head and flat body. the faceless fish were found 2 1/2 miles below the surface of living nearly completely in the dark. >> the mouth. >> freezing. cold. >> i would not want to run into that during a swim. >> no, not, not even for, for breakfast or dinner. >> ooh. >> learning new details now about one of nasa's most ambitious missions to date. flying a spacecraft directly into the atmosphere of the sun. >> unmanned probe will travel closer to the sun than any spacecraft in human history. you know aliens have been there. here is abc's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: a motion of extremes. >> reporter: it may seem like the trailer for a sci-fi blockbuster. >> humanity's first mission to touch the sun. >> reporter: but there is nothing fictional about this, nasa's unveiled plan to enter the sun's atmosphere. >> solar probe is going to be the hottest, fastest missi

only around one in twenty thousand babies is usually born with this rare pigment deficiency but in east africa it's eight times higher the number of people born with militant abnormality is estimated at one hundred fifty to two hundred thousand in the more remote regions of tanzania a white skin child represents a stigma on the whole family and on top of that low education levels still mean that superstitious villages associate al beano people with an almost medieval variety. of irrational fears. will be. if you hardware different. in the africa especially. and you are there for the fall of the ones those. block rudy is and. many people. didn't understand where about the news people forward. idea because sometimes people thought oh i'm a mr human beings. i was. a. little. polkinghorne of. the start of the twenty first century so a widespread break out in l.b. no hunting according to official information dozens of white skin victims were reported killed every year but the real number is likely to be much higher considering that many of the attacks were never reported to all recorded by the poli

everywhere via well oiled smuggling routes north to russia and europe east to asia west to the middle east africa and the americas the e.u. industry about gallus dogs is killing tens of thousands worldwide every year this war is being felt in every corner of the world i've seen afghans general police generals with my own eyes that they were colluding in the south with drug smugglers so it is a business of men the jillions in the ins dollars that that is that reaches to the pockets of the taliban but also to corrupt afghan officials the millions of afghans there's not much of a choice work is scarce other crops are riskier and less profitable heroin could. both kill and feed when you go there in the season you see school is empty and you see universities even in. leaving schools and the worst thing for fifteen to twenty days to work in the fields and find one in ten afghans is directly involved in the opium industry now consider the families children that they feed and the sheer size of the problem becomes evident where do you even begin since the nato invasion it has exploded this year's opium ha

and the fact that these humans lived in west africa, rather than east africa, suggests we evolved in regions all over that continent, not just one spot. and scientists believe the sapiens had faces similar to ours, but a much more primitive brain. >>> coming up, a woman is reunited with the state trooper who carried her to safety, surrounded by flames. >> and the search is on for a mother who left her newborn baby outside in a shopping cart on a 100-degree creating jobs foreaner, reliour veterans... helping those in need save money on their energy bills. it takes 16,000 dominion energy employees doing the job. and now, dominioern engy is investing $15 billion to build and upgrade our electric and natural gas infrastructure... creating jobs now and for the future. across virginia, we're building an economy that works for everyone and dominion energy is helping power the companies that power our economy. >>> new at 6:00 tonight, he is off to see the judge. a man dressed as the tinman from the wizard of oz was pulled over for dui in upstate new york. nicholas sherman says he was working

everywhere via well oiled smuggling routes north to russia and europe east to asia west to the middle east africa and the americas. one in ten afghans is directly involved in the opium industry when you go there in the off season you see schools empty and you see the universities even. leaving school for fifteen to twenty days to work in the fields and find employment since the nato invasion it has exploded this year as opium harvest could well be the largest yet where george bush tried to at least limit it under obama drug control programs in afghanistan were cut by ninety percent. it's politics the ministers the politicians authorities want poppy cultivation to continue if their americans wanted to they could stop it in a day but they don't the unofficial reason is that if coalition forces started eradicating poppy fields angry farmers would flock to the taliban we teach doesn't make much sense given that washington also says that the taliban profits most from poppy cultivation regardless one thing is clear for now america intends to do nothing about it more i guess the of from kabul afghanista

everywhere via well oiled smuggling routes north to russia and europe east to asia west to the middle east africa and the americas. one in ten afghans is directly involved in the opium industry when you go there in the season you see school is empty and you see the universities even. leaving schools in the worst for fifteen to twenty days to work in the fields and find employment since the nato invasion it has exploded this year as opium harvest could well be the largest yet where george bush tried to at least limit it under obama drug control programs in afghanistan were cut by ninety percent it's politics the ministers the politician. authorities want poppy cultivation to continue if they're americans wanted to they could stop it in a day but they don't. the unofficial reason is that if coalition forces started eradicating poppy fields angry farmers would flock to the taliban we doesn't make much sense given that washington also says that the taliban profits most from poppy cultivation regardless but one thing is clear for now america intends to do nothing about it more i guess the see from kab

everywhere via well oiled smuggling routes north to russia and europe east to asia west to the middle east africa and the americas the view industry of afghanistan is killing tens of thousands worldwide every year this war is being felt in every corner of the world i've seen afghans generals police generals with my own eyes that they were colluding in the south with drug smugglers so it is a business of the jillions in the ins dollars that that is that reaches to the pockets of the taliban but also to corrupt afghan officials the millions of afghans there's not much of a choice work is scarce other crops are risky and less profitable heroin can both kill and feed when you go there in the rpm season you see schools empty and you see the universities even in the guns are leaving schools in the worst for fifteen to twenty days to work in the fields and find a plumber. one in ten afghans is directly involved in the opium industry now consider the families children that they feed and the sheer size of the problem becomes evident where do you even begin since the nato invasion it has exploded this year

interconnections to the world economy it can look like the increased violence in the cattle raids across the east africa where using the weaponry from flowing out of them all you know right now they're quite vicious i mean they will go in with a k forty seven and wipe out an entire clan and steal their cattle yeah and so this is you know an acceleration of what is a traditional pattern there but exacerbated by extreme drought punctuated by water . lack lack of water also the inability of a state didn't deal liberal austerity to assist with you know introducing new types of animals or even drilling wells is actually a lot of water underneath the qana region where i was in afghanistan it looks like an increase in the poppy trade which then fuel zz the insurgency right the taliban support the rights of the farmers to grow poppy the nato led occupation opposes it and at one level this is a war about ethnicity and religion and opposing foreign occupation with another level this is about farmers who are dealing with the worst drought in living memory which is occasionally punctuated by extreme flooding growin

. >> i once took a flight to east africa to visit some family, and total with the lay over 24 hours, jill, i felt, i mean, i was sick, it was so painful. >> too much. >> not tore me. but -- >> that even had a lay over. >> right. it was just painful. >> can't do that nonstop. >> good idea for more patient people. >> exactly. >> jill, thank you, have a nice weekend. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> summer fest continues this morning, and the devon horse show, country fair, tradition for a lot of families in the area. >> that's right. for one local mother and daughter the chance to compete there together makes it even more special. "eyewitness news" reporter pat gallen is live in devon, with more. hi, pat. >> reporter: good morning, guys. it is shaping up to be a beautiful morning and beautiful day here. and these magestic animals really need a lot of attention and care to get to the level of something like the devon horse show. and you mention is that mother daughter duo, christie and louise sewer yo, they come here together, they have been doing this their entire lives. i got a chance to go beh

currently, people from six countries in the middle east and africa ... will be barred from entry for 90 days -- unless they can prove bona fide links to the u-s -- such as family, a college admission, or a job offer. the white house said, the ban was for national security reasons -- not religious ones. the court will sort out those arguments when it hears the full case this fall. ((steve)) meanwhile here in the bay area...travelers we spoke to say they are not happy parts of the travel ban have been reinstated.((pam)) kron 4's ella sogomonian has reaction from san francisco international airport. san francisco international airport travelers are puzzled why the supreme court has chosen to uphold a trump administration travel ban for yemen, somalia, syria, sudan, and libiya.sot: aamir akmal, opposed to travel ban//the list of countries they've listed doesn't make sense. the whole thing doesn't make sense. there's never details, there's just these general bans just kind of making people think that they're safe when we're really not doing anything different

partnerships have access to 18 countries, we are looking to go to francophone next year and then east africamoment, we'll take a look through the business pages but first here's a quick reminder of how to get in touch with us. the business live pages where you can stay ahead of all the day's breaking business news. we will keep you up—to—date with all the latest details, within sight and analysis from the bbc‘s team of editors, right around the world, and we want to hear from you, right around the world, and we want to hearfrom you, too. get involved on the bbc business live web page. on twitter. and you can find us on facebook. business live, on tv and online, whenever you need to know. joining us is trevor greetham, head of multi asset at royal london asset management. loads to talk about but i'm interested , loads to talk about but i'm interested, as we discussed earlier, this story in the paper, four in ten millennials have no pension provision. we all know that we should be saving, but it is one thing, knowing we shared, very different to actually doing it. yes, it is. but you can turn

-bound commercial flights from the ten airports in the middle east and north africa. i made this call based on evaluated intelligence and real concerns that i had about terrorist plotting. make no mistake, our enemies are constantly working to find new methods for disguising explosives, recruiting insiders, and hijacking aircraft. i've made a point to talk with everyone i can about securing aviation. i've met with our international partners, i've met with our industry leaders, i've met with our private sector stakeholders. my conclusion is this. it is time that we raise the global baseline of aviation security. we cannot play international whack a mole with each new threat. instead, we must put in place new measures across the board to keep the traveling public safe and make it harder for terrorists to succeed. today, i am announcing a first step toward this goal by requiring new security measures to be applied to all commercial flights coming into the united states from abroad. these measures will be both seen and unseen, and they will be phased in over time. they wi

qaeda daughter who has been involved in other terrorist acts that have happened against us with the east africa bombings itself. and already has had five instances they always would call him brother but in the last message the announcement and the message they refer to him as sheik you cannot have the leader status without being called sheik. so now you will see something interesting. he never attacks isis are mentions a the caliphate. so what is happening in iraq and syria in somalia. that is happening everywhere. they are the followers of osama bin maudlin to say you people in the west so with his tone he tried to copy his father and his message is identical. and those statements where he gave his commandments to the west he said look, don't just take a knife. and always leave a message. and i am telling you why. sow number one. the land of though full places we did not hear that since osama bin modern died or 9/11. he brought that back for pro if we don't live in peace in palestine and that is something bin laden said himself a little so we have not heard that in how long? a lot of long time

be an electronic device is larger than cell phone such as laptops from airports in the middle east and africaerika said hi terrorist activity. they will affect 180 airlines operating from 280 airports and over the next few weeks and months. airlines do not comply with the new rules or take too long to adhere to them they could face further restrictions such as banning all electronic devices on board for suspension of the fly. john kelly said they're working hard to bring down airplanes and the government must respond by increasing defensive measures. >> we're not standing on the sidelines. the u.s. government is focused on deterring committee tech and disrupting threat. my conclusion is this. timely raise the global baseline of aviation security. the macros would affect 2005 from 325,000 passengers a day. a lot of people. lauren: that it's a lot of people. what does it mean for these passengers? reporter: they are offering new technology for screening out the bad and the wider use of canine unit, which should hopefully eliminate the inconvenience to passengers. they also urge airports to scre

at times morocco could have been important and at other times it may have been east africa or southernd. the aim is to show that failure is good. our correspondent richard galpin was at the opening. the doors of the world's first museum of failure being opened. it is the brainchild of this man, samuel west. it is the brainchild of this man, samuel west. he is a psychologist on a mission to show people here and around the world that failure should be celebrated, because it is part of the process leading to successful innovation. and amongst those studying the weird and wonderful things on display here, there seems to be genuine enthusiasm about the whole concept. i love it. i think it is fantastic. the focus on failure, which we normally try to hide under the carpet, to actually expose the failures is the only way to true innovation, i think is fantastic. before the opening party i was given an exclusive tour of this unique museum by its director, samuel west. there are obviously a lot of exhibits here, about 70 in total? 70 different products and services. do you recognise that? google

is deutsche bank's head of corporate and investment banking for middle east, europe, and africa. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: this is "bloomberg markets." i am vonnie quinn. ruth davis is in london right now with the head of corporate and investment banking for europe, middle east, and africa for deutsche bank. >> welcome. good to have you. it has been a busy week for politics. let's start with that. , some say heon will be good for the markets come and others point to possible protectionist moves. how do you see it playing out? is early days, but likely he will end up with a strong position in the parliamentary elections. emmanuel view is that macron will be business friendly of his only will some economic policies be supportive of business, but also expect more is likely to be inbound and outbound merger activity coming from france. >> what about the u.k.? ae election outcome was surprise. we have been hearing .rotectionist noises how do you see the elections impacting domestic and cross-border m&a? a surprise ist of an understatement. i don't think anybody would have realistica

the ban still applies to these six predominantly muslim countries in middle east and africa. that said, there are certain groups of people that can travel from america from them. students accepted by american colleges and those with close relatives here in the states are allowed in. who is a close relative? government says it includes parents children, aunts. a group of lawyers here at the airport fear that rule is going the divide families. muslims are having to jump through hooped. >>> price of oil is dropping, but the price you are paying at the pump isn't getting cheaper. you asked. we will verify. >>> let's talk about temperatures. low 90s sunday, maybe 90 on the 4th. we will come back and find out which days will be dry and which days stormy. >> and ready to make something complex pretty simple, thanks to an assist, >>> a rap from our area is doing just that, taking on this issue with his talent. tonight activists got to hear this for the first time with stephanieny today we are loon listening to a song playing opt radio he goes by logic. >> hopefully i am never there.

include the partnership we have the french and united kingdom and united states and east africa. massachusetts not suffered ahas not suffered a bit. i find it hard pressed to find a time when more than 30 nations stayed together in a fate for over a decade like we have in afghanistan. we've been able to put together coalitioncoalition of 60 countries. what i would ask you to do when you think about what impact where we are with regard to our allies it's look what we're doing. who we're seeing what we're doing across the world, i believe from coalition and alliance it's look what we're perspective pretty effective. >> you were the to oppose integration of women and units. chose not to appear at the secretary of defense press conference. what's your current views on the issue. are you now if favor of military jobs to include qualified women? >> i hope appreciate that when you provide military advice, do you so in good faith. at the end of the day, when you're in uniform, you're inside the department of defense you provide military advice and then civilian leadership makes a decisio

the ban affects travelers from six mostly muslim countries, across middle east and africa. it was met by protests at airports in several cities being before blocked by a federal judge. while the administration's new filing says an appeals court made several mistakes in ruling against a ban, it also claims the nation will be safer if the ban is put in place. supreme court justices took time. new group photo, first for neil gorsuch. sit in order with chief justice john roberts in the middle. stephen breyer gets to move to the front row 23 years. >> long time to wait for promotion. >> last one was taken in 2010 after justice sotomayor's appointment. >> creative paint job in milwaukee suburb. >> the village of sussex. >> oh! >> sprucing up its water tower. the contractor only painted over half. >> woops. >> left the letters, s-e-x, high in the sky. >> you can imagine more than a few cars pulled over to snap photos. the contractors swear this was an accident. they say, sex was supposed to be covered up by the end of the day yesterday. was a population boost that took place in su

a lot of these things ended up in 9/11 and east africa bombings and i was involved in so many operations around the world that disrupted terrorist plots. we were successful in stopping al-qaeda and networks from conducting terrorists plots in manchester, actually, in the uk, morocco, saudi arabia, jordan -- they wanted to assassinate the pope and blow up a couple hotels and border crossings israel. i had experience in the organization group and men tally. and the organization that effect us on 911 sees no more. we destroyed the command and control in afghanistan. many leaders escaped afghanistan, some were killed, some are spending the rest of their life in guantanamo bay although we are able to go to different locations and set-up affiliates for the organization and hear about all that today. some people want to assist with the shabob and others want to assist in the establishment of al-qaeda and iraq and so forth. so after we finished 911 and the investigation of 9/11 and the invasion of iraq, al-qaeda is no more an organization. it became a message and that was a potent message. by th

. >> woodruff: brutal wars in the middle east, africa and asia have forced the world's populations of refugees and displaced persons to near record highs. meahwile, the trump administration has signaled its intention to change u.s. refugee policy substantially. filippo grandi, the united nations top official leading the response to the refugee crisis is in washington this week for meetings at the white house and pentagon. our william brangham sat down with him earlier this evening. >> brangham: hi, commissioner filippo grandi, welcome. >> thank you. >> brangham: you're here in washington, d.c., to meet with some members of the trump administration. i'm curious, what message are you here to convey to them? >> a message i have already conveyed in previous visits. u.s. leadership in humanitarian matters and specifically in matters concerning responses to refugee cry sis is very important and continues to be very important. and the response i get is quite good. >> brangham: what is that response? what do you hear back from them? >> i think we all watched ambassador haley. >> brangham: nik