should respond at all proud to be eritrea and saying how is it up to eritrea while ethiopia is still occupying eritrean territories when prime minister abhi orders his troops from the occupied territories then it will be in eritrea accords if not all he is doing is a p.r. stunt i will when you see these tweets and people you know saying the troops are the key issue what do you think. let me just start by saying that this is truly a fantastically exciting moment for if you're in the form of a kind of generally because it's just beginning to play a. political role but it's the sitting to science and war so it's important that we did and i think. dr obvious outreach to the government. yes raising us to accept our disagreement and the decision of the if you're going to retain boundary commission is precisely. to link up early forms we need to you with who are reforms that he thinks is necessary within within the region so your b.s. outreach right now to the government is very critical and. my friend said the previous government for why this reason failed to comply we don't think issue th

should respond at all proud to be eritrea and saying how is it up to eritrea while ethiopia is still occupying eritrean territories when prime minister abhi orders his troops from the occupied territories then it will be in eritrea accords if not all he is doing is a p.r. stunt i will when you see these tweets and people you know saying the troops are the key issue what do you think. let me just start by saying that this is truly a fantastically exciting moment for. almost half the country generally because it's just beginning to claim a. political role but it's the city. and war so it's important that we did and i think i've been. outreach to government. yes raising us to accept our disagreement and the decision of the if you're going to and boundary commission is precisely. to link up early forms we need to you with who are reforms that he thinks is necessary within within the region so ethiopia's outreach right now to the government is very critically important. my friend said he'd previous governments for why do you. like we don't think issue has accepted. go to the condiment and

we're not based in eritrea. we have a very good relationship with eritrea.ew members within eritrea, but our organisation is based in ethiopia in the diaspora. but our relationship with eritrea is not really based on short—term gain. just really for the sake of really getting assistance to fight and struggle against the current government. in fact, my view about eritreans has helped in convincing the current prime minister to take the measure he's taken, in fact. what is your view? you've met isaias afwerki, the long—time leader of eritrea, is this the man that abiy ahmed could do business with? i think he can do. there are a lot of things the outside world despise or doesn't know about the eritreans. i believe, i strongly believe. of course there are some issues. but there will. .. i have a feeling there is going to be peace between ethiopia and eritrea, and a very close relationship in all aspects as well. with abiy ahmed, as i said, you met him for an hour and a half, what kind of issues did you discuss? one issue is what he would do, you know? all the di

after eritrea sees the territory that launched a fierce offensive to keep its southern neighbor ethiopia from the town. it would all be in vain in the end after heavy casualties on both sides. ethiopia want to string of military victories which saw its troops move into the disputed territory . the conflict between the two countries left tens of thousands dead or injured in the space of just two years. as the war spread so did the massive displacement of communities today many eritreans are among the migrants risking the dangerous journey in hopes of making it to europe. many are fleeing the country because of compulsory military service that has been described by human rights groups as harsh the eritrean government says it forces conscription because it needs a constant large army to defend itself in the conflict with ethiopia. but the talks between the two sides could move the conflict towards a peaceful resolution pulling a peace gesture from addis ababa. under the new prime minister if the o.p.'s says it will recognize a two thousand and two ruling on the border between the two countr

prime minister had a matter of understanding has made mention that it is important to have peace with eritrea and for this border conflict to be resolved but this has been go on for the last sixteen years these announcements the parliament has had these discussions and we. and we have still not seen anything happen so i mean as much as most of us might want to see a reaction from the air tran side i think it's safe to say that you know it's a situation where we'll who will will believe it when it happens right we'll believe it when the european troops. and the. territories and of the terror but if you know if they go ahead if i could jump amongst them. so i when you got for us didn't include all good. started talking all right so let's get what common surfers but look what you started right how everyone has something to say about that so i want you go first to two things one the agreement is a very short agreement that has nothing about normalization of relations or economic ties between the two countries it's an international treaty meant to end a conflict so i would want to correct what my

is it wise to be based in eritrea still? we are not based in eritrea.p with eritrea. we have very few members in eritrea. we have very few members in eritrea but our organisation is based in ethiopia. our relationship with eritrea is not really based on short—term gain. just really for the sake of really getting assistance to fight and struggle against the current government. in fact, my view about eritrea ns has current government. in fact, my view about eritreans has helped in convincing the current foreign minister to take the measure he has taken. what is your view? you have met the long—time leader of eritrea, is this the man that ahmed could do business with? i think he can do. there are a lot of things the outside world doesn't know about the eritreans. i outside world doesn't know about the eritrea ns. i strongly outside world doesn't know about the eritreans. i strongly believe. of course there are some issues. but they will, i have a feeling there is going to be peace between ethiopia and eritrea and a very close relationship in all aspects as

was signed in two thousand that ended its war with eritrea now that decision awarded the border town of bad made to eritrea but ethiopia stayed in control of this town now the government says it will withdraw its forces charlotte ballasts reports. it was may nine hundred ninety eight when clashes broke out between the eritrean military and ethiopian police patrols near the town of bad me bad me was in a disputed border area which at that time was under the control of ethiopia within a week. eritrea sent soldiers and tanks to attack bad me and over the next two years the conflict spread to long almost the entire ethiopia eritrea border the war ended in december two thousand with the algiers agreement a commission to decide blame and claims for the war each country presented their position ethiopia charge that eritrea attacked military and police units as well as civilians it says eritrea killed and injured its people by shelling mines murder rape detention and abduction eritrea says it was acting in self-defense as ethiopia was unlawfully occupying its territory the claims commission

by shelling mines murder rape detention and abduction eritrea says it was acting in self-defense as ethiopia was unlawfully occupying its territory the claims commission concluded that eritrea was to blame for starting the war and had invaded ethiopia in may one thousand nine hundred eighty s. but it drew up new boundaries that put bad may in eritrea territory and deemed ethiopia had to give it back ethiopia for the decision and its troops refused to leave bedmate until now sixteen years later ethiopia's ruling party under the leadership of a new prime minister agreed to honor the decision it is. a difficult a decision because more than seventy thousand lives are secure right there in darkness and after all of the water is going to last giving up but the man who is a little bit later think it is going to end in ethiopia but for eritrea it's a victory africa's unfinished war is finished they will get bad me the small town that started this conflict. young women worldwide are being encouraged to use technology to porter restaurant in an effort to make streets safer and international c

eritrea seemed soldiers and tanks to attack bad me and over the next to me is the conflict spread to long almost the entire ethiopia eritrea border the war ended in december two thousand with the algiers agreement a commission to decide blame and claims for the war each country presented their position ethiopia charge that eritrea a tech military and police units as well as civilians it says eritrea killed and injured its people by shelling mines murder rape detention and abduction eritrea says it was acting in self-defense as ethiopia was unlawfully occupying its territory the claims commission concluded that eritrea was to blame for starting the war and had invaded ethiopia in may one thousand nine hundred ninety eight but it drew up new boundaries that put bad may in eritrean territory and deemed ethiopia had to give it back ethiopia fought the decision and its troops refused to leave bedmate until now sixteen years later ethiopia's ruling party under the leadership of a new prime minister agreed to honor the decision it is. a difficult a decision because more than seventy thousan

ethiopia says it'll accept a peace deal with eritrea 16 years after it was first proposed. primary fever. america's political parties continue choosing their candidates for november's mid—term elections. and a carpet of plastic smothers a beach in mumbai. the un says 11 million plastic bags are used around the world every minute of every day. hello. in myanmar, the country's military is facing fresh accusations that it's launched deadly attacks against civilians. this time, not against the rohingya's in the west of the country but against the kachin people in the north. for decades they've been calling for independence from myanmar. this has led to conflict with the burmese military. the army insists it only targets armed enemies, but villagers say whole communities have been forced to flee. our myanmar correspondent, nick beake, has this exclusive report. the depths of the burmese jungle. where mothers clamber for safety. and elephants carry the few possessions people had time to gather. it is the latest scramble for survival in myanmar. where children are forced to hide f

for many years people have been fleeing eritrea. a steady stream cross the border into sudan but unable or unwilling to stay there they move on. many end up in europe. others have made it across the sinai peninsula and managed to get into israel. today approximately forty thousand people from africa have made it into the country. and having rejected most of their asylum applications the israeli government now wants them out a new program has been announced except deportations to a third country such as rwanda or uganda or end up in an israeli prison. it's here in pockets of relatively deprived southern television but thousands of africans have made their home over recent years we'll hear from some of those who now stand to lose that here until trial just. tekhelet and eden have lived in tel aviv for about ten years now both of them say the reason they fled eritrea was to escape the military it's a familiar story. according to a united nations investigation based on interviews with five hundred refugees around the world the military

for many years people have been fleeing eritrea. a steady stream across the border into sudan but unable or unwilling to stay there they move on. many end up in europe. others have made it across the sinai peninsula and managed to get into israel. today approximately forty thousand people from africa have made it into the country. and having rejected most of their asylum applications the israeli government now wants them out a new program has been announced except deportations to a third country such as rwanda or uganda or end up in an israeli prison. that's here in pockets of relatively deprived southern television but thousands of africans have made their home over recent years we'll hear from some of those who now stand to lose that here until trial just. tekhelet and eden have lived in tel aviv for about ten years now both of them say the reason they fled eritrea was to escape the military it's a familiar story. according to a united nations investigation based on interviews with five hundred refugees around the world the milita

for many years people have been fleeing eritrea. a steady stream crossed the border into sudan but unable or unwilling to stay there they move on. many end up in europe. others have made it across the sinai peninsula and managed to get into israel. today approximately forty thousand people from africa have made it into the country. having rejected most of their asylum applications the israeli government now wants them out a new program has been announced except deportations to a third country such as rwanda or uganda or end up in an israeli prison. it's here in pockets of relatively deprived southern television but thousands of africans have made their home over recent years we'll hear from some of those who now stand to lose that here until trial just. tekhelet and eden have lived in tel aviv for about ten years now both of them stayed the reason they fled eritrea was to escape the military it's a familiar story. according to a united nations investigation based on interviews with five hundred refugees around the world the military

it kept its troops on the border, with eritrea accusing ethiopia of occupying its territory.s remain high. now, the ethiopian ruling coalition has called for a return to what it called "the long—lost peace between two brother nations." the prime minister of ethiopia is seemingly calming a country which has seen rising tensions in recent months, ending a state of emergency imposed in february designed to stem unrest, and now with a promise to make peace with the country's northern neighbour. ethiopia's intentions now seem clear. its next move could be to start removing the soldiers from the border territory they have been patrolling for more than 20 years. andrew plant, bbc news. voters in eight us states have been casting their ballots in a series of primaries. while mr trump is not himself running, it's a chance to test his popularity ahead of the november midterm elections. and the battle grounds are widespread and varied. from newjersey in the east, to alabama and mississippi in the south, iowa in the mid—west, to south dakota and montana in the north, new mexico in the so

if he has agreed to end a costly conflict with eritrea ever disputed boundary it was one of africa's deadliest for the walls with seventy thousand people killed since fighting began twenty years ago salah ballasts explains. it was may nine hundred ninety eight when clashes broke out between the eritrean military and ethiopian police patrols near the town of bad me bad me was in a disputed border area which at that time was under the control of ethiopia within a week. eritrea seems soldiers and tanks to attack bad me and over the next to me is the conflict spread to long almost the entire ethiopia eritrea border the war ended in december two thousand with the algiers agreement a commission to decide blame and claims for the war each country presented their position ethiopia charge that eritrea attacked military and police units as well as civilians it says eritrea killed and injured its people by shelling mines murder rape detention and abduction eritrea says it was acting in self-defense as ethiopia was unlawfully occupying its territory the claims commission concluded that eritrea w

--in the airport of eritrea to get his remain body.: that was bereket sibhatu, speaking about his friend ,eresenay ermias testfatsion who took his own life at cairo international airport earlier this month after being deported from the united states to eritrea. isan rights reports eritrea "one of the world's most oppressive governments." according to a 2016 report, eritreans are often required to serve in national military service indefinitely. "the wasashington post" reports that -- "those who attempt to flee thehe country are consnsidered traitors. the guardian reported this week that at least three eritrean teenagers have died by suicide in the britain in the past six months. the teenagers came to britain from the calais migrant camp. well, for more, we're joined by christstine ho, founding directr of friends of broward detainees, a volunteer visitation program that provides humanitarian support for unauthorized immigrants and asylum seekers inside broward transitional center, an immigrant detention center in south florida. she visi

for many years people have been fleeing eritrea. a steady stream crossed the border into sudan but unable or unwilling to stay there they move on. many end up in europe. others have made it across the sinai peninsula and managed to get into israel. today approximately forty thousand people from africa have made it into the country. and having rejected most of their asylum applications the israeli government now wants them out a new program has been announced except deportations to a third country such as rwanda or uganda or end up in an israeli prison. it's here in pockets of relatively deprived southern television but thousands of africans have made their home over recent years we'll hear from some of those who now stand to lose that here on top. tekhelet and eden have lived in tel aviv for about ten years now both of them say the reason they fled eritrea was to escape the military it's a familiar story. according to a united nations investigation based on interviews with five hundred refugees around the world the military is in fa

hopes of a breakthrough to end years of tensions between rival neighbors ethiopia and eritrea. and from russia with love the happiest football fans as the first two teams qualified for the world cup knockout stages. u.s. president donald trump has bowed to pressure and signed an executive order to end his policy of separating migrant families at the southern border children will now be detained with their parents for the maximum of twenty days but trump wants that extended so we're keeping families together and this will solve that problem at the same time we are keeping a very powerful border and it continues to be a huge zero tolerance we have zero tolerance for people that enter our country illegally well for migrant families president trumps change of heart provides little clarity only confusion they want to know when they'll be reunited and what will happen when the twenty day detention limit expires al-jazeera has gable elizondo went looking for answers in brownsville texas near the border with mexico . after washington announced an end to family separation of asylum seek

eritreans are some of the most prominent vibrance trying to reach europe but peace overtures from eritrea is neighbor ethiopia could improve conditions in the this is east africa nation eritrean diplomats have traveled to disavow offer talks following an invitation from ethiopian prime minister ahmed the talks underway now have raised hope that decades of conflict and hostility between the two neighbors could be drawing to an end. i. this is bad may in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight. after every tracey's a territory it launched a fierce offensive to keep its southern neighbor ethiopia from the town. it would all be in vain in the end after heavy casualties on both sides. ethiopia want to string of military victories which saw its troops move into the disputed territory . the conflict between the two countries left tens of thousands dead or injured in the space of just two years. as the war spread so did the massive displacement of communities today many eritreans are among the migrants risking the dangerous journey in the hopes of making it to europe. many are fleeing the country

is good to have you here with us is this a potential breakthrough in bilateral relations between eritrea and ethiopia well i hope so because this is indeed a historic moment. personally i'm very happy because eritrea after all is buy second homes so to say i moved there for quite some time but i haven't been there for the last fifteen years so everybody who is there with the horn of africa has waited for this day to come that every trains and g.o.p. and thanks to the new prime minister that t. in his inaugural speech invited eritreans and excepted the border ruling which was decided the hague commission the boundary commission some years ago i think this was so far the stumbling step you have for the area trains and now he accepted and want to implement the decision and i think this opened the door for the eritreans to accept two to come to address so because there have been peace efforts in the past but you think this time is different. well to my knowledge there have not been by letter a diplomatic meetings within the last two decades yeah there are no embassies in either site so there

a long waits for peace between neighbors ethiopia and eritrea could soon be over. at sports spain join portugal at the top of their world cup group will show you how they did it place it in the program. the united nations says the number of refugees is more than doubled since one thousand nine hundred fifty one on june twentieth that year the u.n. adopted the refugee convention and since two thousand and one the day has been observed as world refugee day. as of mid twenty seventeen more than sixty eight million people have been forcibly displaced all of them twenty five point four million of fled to other countries to escape violence and persecution more than half under the age of eighteen that's the highest number of child refugees since the second world war even more staggering forty four and a half thousand people are being displaced each day that's one every two seconds leaders from ten nations will meet in brussels on sunday to try to sort out the visions over immigration it comes ahead of an summit on thursday next week overhauling on overhauling the block's

there is video that she sent she's the former lead counsel for eritrea she was involved obviously in some of these negotiations back when take a listen to this. so i was asked to comment on what the legal steps are that need to be taken next to mark the new boundary and actually all the legal steps have already been taken there's only one thing that remains to be happened to happen and that's not a legal thing that's a practical thing ethiopia has to move its troops it's time for a ethiopia to get its troops off of their territory there are no legal steps remaining to be taken and then i understand you think this is nothing new but based on that last comment from leah what do you think i mean is that the most practical step. no it's not practical in fact only two points without sleep cutely first the decision by that took the ship was not in a sudden unpretty decision or our decision not innocently of course it was vague deliberately deliberately deliberately sought but at least we can assume we could up assume that you tried to mattison off which you plan to be released on for sever

eritrea accused ethiopia of occupying its territory, and tensions remain high.lition has called for a return to what it called the long—lost peace between two brother nations. ethiopia's new prime minister seemingly calming a country which has seen rising tensions in recent months, ending a state of emergency imposed in february designed to stem unrest, and now with a promise to make peace with the country's northern neighbour. ethiopia's intentions now seem clear. its next move could be to start removing the soldiers from the border territory they have been patrolling for more than 20 years. andrew plant, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a slice of the action. the world custard pie championship takes place, and it is an international affair. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given, the great guns of the tower shall be shot off. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali, who has died at the age of 7a. 0utspoken but rarel

eritrea's president says he's ready to put a decade's old dispute with neighboring ethiopia to rest itfollows ethiopia's prime minister announcing his country is ready to accept the terms of an agreement from eighteen years ago i spoke today reports the peace deal signed in two thousand between the two african neighbors has never been upheld. at the martyr's de memorial eritrea's president on are those killed during its war of independence from ethiopia and welcomed an olive branch extended to his country from ethiopia as a new prime minister. opie's now at a turning point it remains a priority for us to be actively engaged for this reason we will send a delegation to addie's abacha and come up with a plan for future action eritreans fought and won independence from ethiopia in one thousand nine hundred three but the two sides went to war again in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight over the demarcation line between the two neighbors more than eighty thousand people were killed. but on the losses incurred in time wasted have been huge but as the damage accumulated in things became i

situation between eritrea and ethiopia and i think there's a lot of lot of influence of the new prime minister abi ahmed here now it's your guy who is trying to turn the page to either nationally or less like a message obviously dismissiveness still got a hostile internationally and he obviously knows very well that that border conflict with their injury as one of the most important challenges domestic policy that is that it's your guys facing at the moment so dressing this issue is that why we move you know already reached out to him to be at its inaugural speech. in the parliament two months ago and that this is the first concrete steps and direction so if you know he has taken that step what word from eritrea. well so far they have a modest response as fun as far as as we can see good not just out of this either there was some comments and that our links to this and i question if that is going to go to the bottom it or not from my understanding there will be a movement on the climate is a calling back these troops in the next couple of hours a lot that is so then the further that i

there is some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world eritrea's president is where he says that he is sending a delegation for talks to ethiopia the two neighboring nations have been involved in one of africa's most intractable standoff for decades but earlier this month ethiopia said that it would fully accept the terms of a peace deal made with eritrea back in two thousand israeli warplanes launched airstrikes on the gaza strip early on wednesday the military says that they targeted two dozen positions linked to islamist group hamas in response to rockets that were watched towards israel officials in gaza say that several people were injured the exchange of fire comes a bit months of heightened tension in the region. well as many as six hundred fifty people in the u.k. died because a british hospital gave them powerful painkillers without any medical justification the institutionalized practice has been exposed in a new report by an independent panel it's been published after years of pressure from family members who wanted answers about the deaths of the

in a squint and guatemala david thank you ethiopia has agreed to end a two decades long feud with eritrea stemming from a deadly buda conflict the two countries have remained at odd since a war in one thousand nine hundred eight over a disputed area that includes the town of bad mate a un backed ruling in two thousand and two granted the contested territories to eritrea but if the opiate had refused to withdraw its troops but in tuesday ethiopia's ruling party announced it will fully accept and implement the decision let's bring in go our shiny ethiopian political analyst he joins us now from dallas on skype this is been described as africa's unfinished war why has ethiopia decided now to fully accept and implement the peace deal that ended the border war between both sides. yeah this is this surprising that you see sharon and it's at an expected part of the last eight in twenty years but now in ethiopia we have a new prime minister he's trying to change the status quo or that ruling party then it's possible he's new plant the other reason is that he's a modest from western allies because

over a disputed area a un backed ruling in two thousand and two granted contested territories to eritrea but ethiopia refused to withdraw its troops until recently to serious mohamad other reports now from attis. it's the fourth time in almost two decades the two countries will be discussing peace between them there's been a situation of no peace for the last two decades and what is making people really hopeful that this time around things might be successful is the offered by the new ethiopian prime minister to fully accept the old yes i've given two thousand with the stuff published if you open in a tray and boundary commission who's ruling if you're being rejected later but now think that he's willing to accept and if you appear willing to cede almost disputed areas at a track of course that there will be issues that you think a few want from eritrea including probably access to the poll forecast which was the traditional poll to see if people used before the wall and then it became flood law now that might walk in at a festival as well because of the economic problems if we think you

most intimate impact on their citizens thousands of it turn left most were deported from ethiopia eritrea to send home ethiopians living and working within its territory dividing families and bringing businesses built over a long period. a brahman at a term by both chose to stay in addis ababa and keep his job for government work custom when his entire family was deported in two thousand to the trail nothing prepared him for the two decades he spent away. from his part insensibly next. procedure mother my father died and i couldn't even attend his funeral it was painful not to see my mother for so long i'm so thankful that the two countries are finally talking about peace his brother better kit also a journalist and up walking for the state because they need a trailer he fled to thier p.r. three years ago to escape forced conscription into the army the lead to violence it was strange to see two brothers on either side of the borders peeling propaganda and trading insults over the airwaves. many theaters and eritreans are surprised at the speed at which things are now moving apart and easi

up to twenty years of fighting signs of hope of an end of to hostilities between ethiopia and eritrea. we've got the rain clouds gathering across the east the side of the u.s. maybe into eastern parts of canada as well the three has been down to the southeast in kona around the carolinas around the panhandle area without a line of cloud another system just sliding across the northern plains for the rockies just making its way further east west towards the appalachians watch the skies come back in behind it we will see some very heavy downpours anywhere from that eastern side of the lakes is coming out of ontario rock the way down into the deep south just towards our console a few showers there into louisiana west of that is just a lousy try we could do with the right in northern california coast where we have the wild fosse fosse still burning to the colorado dry denver getting up to thirty seven celsius we'll see temperatures around nineteen for san francisco twenty six therefore i come a little further north you might just catch wanted to showers into british columbia a few showers

eritrea's president asked. where he says he's descending a delegation for talks to ethiopia the two neighboring nations have been involved in one of africa's most intractable standoffs for decades earlier this month a theo period said it would fully accept the terms of a peace deal made with eritrea in two thousand. divers and an underwater drone have joined the search for a ferry that sank in indonesia's lake toba on monday but this is authorities raise the estimate of the number of missing to one hundred eighty it's hard to accurately assess the true number of missing is the vessel did not have a passenger list and these thoughts have been operating illegally. to day seven of the football world cup and one of the tournament favorite support to go beat morocco in moscow in a tightly fought group battle the portuguese didn't waste any time in taking the lead christiane but know. how. a corner right into the back of a net after just four minutes it was too much for broken keeper when their jewish americans were

and on eritrea's president is signing a victim says that he is sending a delegation for talks to ethiopia to neighboring nations have been involved in one of africa's most intractable standoffs for decades but earlier this month ethiopia said that it would fully accept the terms of a peace deal made with eritrea back in two thousand. israeli warplanes launched airstrikes on the gaza strip early on wednesday military officials say they targeted two dozen positions linked to islamist group hamas in response to rockets launched towards israel officials in gaza say that several people were injured the exchange of fire comes amid months of heightened tension in the region. at the world cup in russia europe why book to their place in the round of sixteen with a one narrow defeat of saudi arabia in rushed off a first half corner was poked home by none other than lewis forrest the win means that russia also because of the knockout stages eliminating both saudi arabia and egypt from the competition your white face russia on monday in the game that will determine the winner of a. also on wednesday

strict military conscription laws have prompted thousands of young men to flee from eritrea is red sea coast line for europe israel and other african countries ethiopia's new prime minister offer to start talks with their tria two weeks ago. since we are the largest and oldest country in the african continent people must understand that ethiopia should take the responsibility of taking the first step towards peace with asmara and that we are also responsible for the stability in the region it's the trains and the buses started between the two nations and let us restore the ties between rich and ethiopian people. met as a war veteran and fought and bought me one of the disputed towns now abi says he is ready to acknowledge that all disputed areas belong to retrain diplomats are welcoming what they say is a new chapter of peace and reconciliation between eritrean an ethiopian people some in the theo ruling coalition believe the move is flawed but for now leaders of the two countries appear to be ready to find a path toward peace. on al-jazeera. also to come here and al-jazeera including.

talks aimed at settling a longstanding border dispute between eritrea and ethiopia being held at his ababa ethiopia agreed earlier this month to abide by a peace deal signed eighteen years ago which ended fighting with eritrea and troops both countries have remained at odds since the war in one thousand nine hundred eighty over a disputed area the un backed ruling in two thousand and two granted contested territories to eritrea but ethiopia refused to withdraw troops until recently discussed life not about us i'm about to see us now but is that a mute the mood music head of this these talks been right now but what are the chances of them achieving anything. well that we and many people here i hope because it's the one i've been to dictate the delegation from the two countries with good faith he would tell them talking about real possibilities will be unlike his predecessors the new prime minister will be european has already expressed ethiopia's willingness to accept the old years i've given it which. was published the end it's a boundary commission i think that in europe it is ready

strict military conscription laws have prompted thousands of young men to flee from eritrea as red sea coast line for europe israel and other african countries ethiopia's new prime minister over to start talks with their trio two weeks ago. yeah yeah since we all the largest and oldest country in the african continent people must understand that ethiopia should take the responsibility of taking the first step towards peace with asmara and that we are also responsible for the stability in the region it's the trains and the buses stalks between the two nations and let us restore the ties between rich and ethiopian people. as a war veteran and fought and bob made one of the disputed towns now abi says he is ready to acknowledge that all disputed areas belong to. diplomats are welcoming what they say is a new chapter of peace and reconciliation between eritrea and ethiopia and people some in the ethiopian ruling coalition however believe the move is flawed but for now leaders of the two countries appear to be ready to find a path toward peace. time for a short break here not just iraq when

if he says it's time for decades of hostility with eritrea to end a high level delegation from eritrea is in the ethiopian capital for talks for the first time since diplomatic ties were seven twenty years ago a border war broke out in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight. with this generation know how to do reports from. a warm welcome for members of the fast. to visit the disc in almost two decades they're here to discuss peace overtures but if you have the top raised hopes of a breakthrough in one of most but interest. prime minister ahmet say the earlier this month he was ready to all the times of a peace deal and of the country's one thousand nine hundred eight to two thousand conflict he suggested it would be willing to give up its claim to disputed land raising hopes of a settlement. with disability nets. and ethiopian people are brothers and sisters ship goes way beyond the border dispute between. two countries will be helpful to the people of the horn of africa and the entire continent at a tray and president assad as a forward in a surprise move last week welcome what he ca

to south sudanese who have suffered for certain long time eritrea's president. says that he's sending a senior delegation to ethiopia two weeks after the government there agreed to withdraw its forces from a disputed border region earlier this month ethiopia announced that it would fully accept the terms of a peace agreement that was signed eighteen years ago more than seventy thousand people were killed during a two year border war between the two countries that began in one thousand nine hundred eight for the losses incurred in time wasted have been huge but as the damage accumulated and things became increasingly in bearable it spurred the wrath and rebellion in the people who said enough is enough with your peers nobody turning point it remains a priority.

sudan securing those oil fields so that its economy revives as well a high level delegation from eritrea because you need the talks to end decades of conflict to grandmother grill ations between the countries after a border war broke out in ninety ninety eight reports from under suburb. a warm welcome for members of the fost trained in addition to visit the disc in almost two decades they hear to discuss peace overtures but if you have here the top raised hopes of a breakthrough in one of because most of them but interest on the office if european prime minister ahmet say dahlia this month he was ready to or not all the times of a peace deal and of the country's one thousand nine hundred eight to two thousand conflict he suggested if the appeal would be willing to give up its claim to disputed land raising hopes of a settlement toughest getting over their common border with disability nets. every train and ethiopian people are brothers and sisters relationship goes way beyond the border dispute peace between our two countries will be helpful to the people of the horn of africa and the en

eritrea's president says that he is sending a delegation for talks to ethiopia.he two neighboring nations have been involved in one of africa's most intractable standoffs for decades. but earlier this month ethiopia said it would fully accept the terms of a peace deal made with eritrea back in 2000. the global trade dispute is set to go up yet another. notch where is the good news? fanny: that is a good question. this friday the first uf's -- u.s. tariffs on exports come into effect. they will affect products like peanut butter, whiskey and motorcycles. they are in retaliation to levies on exports. u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross has spoken out against what he calls unjustified price rises. he says some in the market are unfairly c cnging on t to inventory. >> the price of steel and for a while the price of aluminum when up far more than is justified by the terrorists. -- tariffs. so we are trying to find out whether there are peoplee who ae illegally profiteering from t te terrace. tariffs. fanny: in other big news the dow has kicked out industrial giant gen

were part of eritrea. here's focus on africa's sophie ikenye. this is quite a significant move by ethiopia, because for many years, the country had never fully accepted the decision by the boundaries commission. let me just take you back a little. give you history on where we were and where we are now. in 1998 to 2000, ethiopia and eritrea had a bitter battle over boundaries and territory. many people were killed, thousands in fact. it is estimated that about 19,000 soldiers were killed who were eritrean and ethiopia's soldiers died, about 70,000. between 70,000 and 100,000 soldiers. it was a really bitter feud. so the un and other people came in to try and sort out what the problem was. and in 2000, a boundaries commission came up with the decision and offered some territories ethiopia. both countries did sign that agreement, but ethiopia never really fully accepted it. in fact, one of the territories is occupied by ethiopia. today, this is quite a development and ethiopia says they have done this because

years ago, the reason for the enforced construction in eritrea, 12% of the eritrean population refugeesn your view, or are they engaging, in ways of reducing the flow, blocking the flow back at home? they are. who? last week the libyan leaders were in paris, we talked about a package, you say money is not enough but a few... the most appalling refugee camps... and he keeps talking about it, the way he tries to convince angela to listen up... he doesn't want any of those migrants. libya was wrecked by france, by britain, by the us, making unilateral decision. well, the united nations... and by lamar gaddafi. —— muammar. but you don't go in and destroy a country without knowing what is going to happen next. there was a cry for help from benghazi and the united nations. the west is so utterly ignorant... would it have been better to let him do what he wanted to do? we didn't make the country any better. same thing with iraq. you've got to have a ten year plan and you've got to know the society. the victorians, the imperialists, when they went into the middle east they spoke the languages,

agreed to withdraw its forces from disputed border regions eritrea's president welcomed the decision and described the efforts as positive earlier this month ethiopia now and still fully accept the terms of a peace agreement signed eighteen years ago the central african republic has rejected former tennis star boris becker is claims of diplomatic immunity and says the official passport he has is fake becker says he was appointed as a sports attash a for the country in april and was issued diplomatic travel documents he says that gives him immunity against bankruptcy proceedings in london . but you. know some of it i like the. al-jazeera. and. yahoo. in a world where journalism as an industry is changing. fortune to be able to continue to expand to continue to have that passion and drive and present the stories in a way that is important to our viewers. everyone has a story worth hearing. to cover those that are often ignored we don't weigh our coverage towards one particular region or continent joined al jazeera. i think that a test brought a piece of my people. and we can and will i

if you know pierre has agreed to end a two decade long feud with eritrea the two countries have remained at odds since a war in one thousand nine hundred eight over a disputed area including the town of bad me and choose day if your peers ruling party said it will fully implement a two thousand and two decision by a un back to boundary commission that divided up the contested territory and handed it to eritrea a former senior u.n. official has been appointed madagascar's new prime minister christiane to say will lady unity government in a bid to resolve the country's political crisis it follows weeks of violent protests harmer met also reports. opposition parties say they had a list of names people who they wanted to be made prime minister chris year and say was on that list some of the opposition say they had he made prime minister others say they are need to and they are planning a way forward the last time the opposition won happy they had a massive protest the police opened fire used live ammunition and some people were killed the reason why the opposition were protesting is because