see him i strongly believe that eritrea will have to change from within for sure it to take steps to strengthen an opening up of society of on foreign submitting and then. over the past five years in germany alone seventy thousand young eritreans have arrived seeking asylum. and that was central to our discussion of how can we stop this exodus and. the use and exit doors stop them after work is a former independence fighter he's been in office since one thousand nine hundred ninety one he's not yet allowed elections and there's no opposition or free press his political opponents are held behind bars his party says it has its own plans for development we should be what it called the on the floor for own projects and we should implement our own projects and if there is money taking. and raise it then the german government can one of the projects whatever it is that. when ever we want to present a project to as a project then it has to. our own project should not impose a by extending the bush the visit of the german minister did not result in any concrete projects for it's a tough task

is really prevalent so for germany specifically in the past few years that's largely being somalia eritrea in parts of iraq as well as the numbers of migrants increase so do the number of women living in germany who were subjected to this. it's not that easy to to gain access to these women or at least to talk to them they there is a certain risk to you know talk about this very vexed issue. very controversial issue you met some women who've you know had this procedure. performed on them you know how how is it talking to them what brings them out. to talk about it because there's already especially these women that are in germany comes back to integration and making sure that these women have access to you i mean specially other german women as well there was one lady that i spoke to that said she had no idea that this wasn't the norm until she made some german friends and after a couple of years was having quite a frank open conversation and realize. i'm the only one in this room being subjected to this and so these support groups are really important in getting women to open up about thi

group of migrants to disembark from a coast guard ship more than one hundred fifty people mainly from eritrea had been stuck on board for nine days and some began a hunger strike on friday thirteen migrants have now been taken off the boat because they're sick and salvini says their plans to allow the rest of off within the next few hours comes after the catholic church arland and albania agreed to take the migrants has to need is accuse the trumpet ministration of political blackmail after the u.s. announced it's cutting more than two hundred million dollars of aid to gaza and the occupied west bank the u.s. says the money will be redirected to programs that are aligned with the u.s. interests it's already withheld millions of dollars from the un relief agency for palestinians earlier this year where nations between the u.s. and the palestinian leadership have been deteriorating since may when washington recognized jerusalem as israel's capital. i mean precious in the iraqi city of basra where hundreds of people are in hospital after drinking contaminated water iraq's government has launched

i think because of the agreement that was signed between ethiopia and eritrea just recently, that was brought together by the uae with the $3 billion investment into ethiopia, is part of a larger move for allowing russia into that part of africa. in addition to that you are seeing in ethiopia get closer to moscow on religious grounds, which is part of the expanding tactic from the christian middle east, and, therefore, because of ethiopia is strategy in which to extract goods from that country out through eritrea, i think that will be seeing a lot of russian pmc popping up there. >> since we are right there let's go just one seat down. right there. >> thanks so much for speaking today. i just have a quick question. with the tools we have available and knowing -- knowing that these companies go outside of that in this gray zone, what recommendations would you have for the west to combat this thread using the tools that we have available? >> first of all, the threat is not primarily military. the threat is fundamentally political. really when you do strengthen the economic and political

three hundred thousand asylum seekers from eight major countries of origin pakistan nigeria iran eritrea afghanistan iraq somalia and syria now have jobs here young or well trained migrants have the best chance of getting work thirty thousand have begun apprenticeship training but still the most important requirement in finding a job is speaking german regardless of donald trump's complaints that rate hikes would hurt u.s. economic growth the federal reserve is likely to keep gradually raising rates this year if the economy remains robust the fed says the u.s. economy is strong right now with inflation close to target the fed's already hike rates twice this year leading to much disgruntlement by trump analysts expect to further hikes. following a twenty two hour marathon negotiation budget carrier ryan air has reached an agreement with the trade union representing irish pilots no further details of the deal are known at this stage but europe's second largest airline has been in talks with pilots and cabin crew in several countries over working conditions and pay since last year the bigge

female genital mutilation is particularly prevalent or germany this means countries like somalia eritrea and iraq. in a statement to deutsche avella germany's family and women's ministry described female genital mutilation as a human rights violation during this legislative period the ministry also plans on working more closely with germany's youth welfare offices but when it comes to some parents taking that young daughters back to their hung country for a so-called vacation circumcision there's very little that all thora to all the german government can do. volunteers and teachers therefore play a huge role. the only way to really gauge what's going on is to have a vigilant society particularly means people who work in close contact with families who might potentially subject their daughter to. these people should be particularly attentive. ted if estimates that fifteen and a half thousand girls living in germany are in danger of a. failed her three year old is among the. miami goodnight three year old daughter has been circumcised yet but if we stand back to somalia who am one hundred

eritrea,.from sudan, >> i really have a lot of i can't believe this is happening and then with all thh staff and this welcome, i feel human agaii. i was in prison for morr than a year in libya. this is beyond understanding. %>> they were picked up by the aquarius after the first boat was left stranded off the coost ofof libya in august. i it, ll ofeded those lost. they just came from nowhere. to rescuu usused and take us back to libya, we ran out of fuel and we had no water, no food..6 c13 c1 >> the aquarius wassdenied entry by italy, whose populist far right coalition government has slammed eu migration poliiies are n>> the aquarius was deniey by ultimatell come the shhp docced in maltaa like before the coontriessthaa it agreed to take in the migrants, francissasylum refugee staaus.elikely to grant the episode has crystallized which have surged despite a this is where far ighh demonstrrtors gattered in eaatern germany to protest immigrationl's policy. therere was no new outburst of violence that followed a weekend knnfe killiin. anger of the illing of a man by two refugees has sparked

prime minister he has not only forged an historic agreement to end the twenty year standoff with eritreahe's also made bold promises to end the authoritarianism of former prime ministers and to heal social tensions among ethiopia's or more n.t. gray ethnic groups. the media specifically social media are central to this story because it was ethiopians constant use of platforms like facebook and twitter to coordinate protests and amplify grievances beyond the reach of government censorship that preceded all the changes the listening posts flow phillips now on how social media both inside and outside the country shaped ethiopia's political revolution and what some of the most influential ethiopian journalists are now hoping for under their new prime minister. on april second a new prime minister and. addressed ethiopians as one nation. to them. at the moment. there was hope there was. you could take it as a sort of obama's moment for ethiopians. but that is. that i give him a. big. but whether freedom of the press or to open up the space for political position are given to restore peace. to

neighboring countries so it's not only eritrea but. for sure it will affect the. geopolitics of the whole of africa. maybe thank you so much for your analysis to make your us from a little there's a service thank you thank you for you now officials in afghanistan by the islamic state militant group for a deadly suicide bombing in the capital kabul attack killed forty eight people in the mainly shiite neighborhood of the city with just two months before elections in afghanistan the country's facing a surge in violence that's claimed hundreds of lives in the past week. they were studying for university entrance exams when the bomb exploded dozens of people were killed and many more wounded in the latest suicide attack which targeted a shiite neighborhood in kabul what joy because they were good for most of the people who were at the educational center have been killed it was a riff it seen many of the students were torn to pieces. there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast but officials blamed the islamic state of militant group. the explosion came

prime minister he has not only forged an historic agreement to end the twenty year standoff with eritrea he's also made bold promises to end the authoritarianism of former prime ministers and to heal social tensions among ethiopia's or more and to grey ethnic groups. the media specifically social media are central to this story because it was ethiopians constant use of platforms like facebook and twitter to coordinate protests and amplify grievances beyond the reach of government censorship that preceded all the changes in the listening posts flow phillips now on how social media both inside and outside the country shaped ethiopia's political revolution and what some of the most influential ethiopian journalists are now hoping for under their new prime minister. on april second a new prime minister and. addressed ethiopians as one nation. good luck to them. there was hope there was. you could take it as sort of obama's moment for ethiopians. the same approach but that. that i give him a torch. but whether i'm now the freedom of the press or to open up the space for political position art

mystically going to come aboard for the issues of attention in nigeria on board shortly what about eritrea and guinea bissau where with their reservations. well there's a there's a number of countries actually i mean out of the fifty five countries in the continent forty nine signed up but these are militarily few economies that actually said that we were we were actually very happy that as many as forty four countries signed up in the meeting in march the african union i don't think people were expecting that maybe six months ago. so that's a very strong mandate for moving forward with the african continental free trade area and in actual fact we need twenty two ratifications by march for the process to the to go forward implementation to start with the global economy navigating the let's just say uncertain times is that the sense that actually makes more sense to approach a greater into african trade and. indeed yes i mean it's one of the most dynamic. trading relations for most african countries the traffic and trade it's been rising generally speaking and it's dynamic and it's also div

involved in libya which is very far away with you know both in the eritrea and ethiopia seeking to stab the muslim brotherhood a sudanese government in the back as well in order to render that richard was more important than what so that is which is a key outpost for the sudanese so i do argue that ludovic is you a lead let's also remember that saudi prince mohammed bin the man has benefited much from passable to silage oh i haven't been knighted is reported or believed that his rise was very much orchestrates is or assisted by hamad bin laden i would not be you even the lobbying efforts in washington they did the lobbying efforts in europe and they provided him with a plan by which he could out his cousin was been there who was crown prince at that particular time so i agree with your statement i do believe that if you he led coalition in the end then much that will upset many of my saudi brant is insinuating that initiative against the kind of blockade much of that would also upset my saudi friends but you are probably right that somehow they are joining us from london to talk to that

they come from one of the five countries given priority status by the german state iraq syria iran eritrea and so malia their applications are processed more rapidly and help is provided more quickly upon their arrival the family were housed briefly in an abandoned military base before being moved to move into commendation. the city pays their rent and the cost of heating. up almost home i want to be in the mail was not him that allows chicago i mean. that on las. in addition to the housing so i would receives around one thousand euros a month to support herself and her family and her children were immediately inroad in local schools. eighteen months after their arrival seven year old that i one now speaks german as well as she speaks arabic and is even starting to learn english i. mean when when that there's good to be here soon. a local charity worker sabina has been helping the family through their arrival in germany needs to do. good i get home. today she has some good news for so our son who is ambitious to one day be an electrical engineer has managed to find him some vocational trai

female genital mutilation is particularly prevalent in germany this means countries like somalia eritrea. in a statement to germany's family and women's ministry described female genital mutilation as a human rights violation during this legislative period the ministry also plans on working more closely with germany's youth welfare offices but when it comes to some parents taking that young daughters back to the hung country for a so-called vacation circumcision there's very little that all thora to all the german government can do. volunteers and teachers therefore play a huge role the i'm thinking move quick cut only way to really gauge what's going on is to have a vigilant society that particularly means people who work in close contact with families who might potentially subject their daughter to after. these people should be particularly attentive. ted if estimates that fifteen and a half thousand girls living in germany are in danger of after. failed her three year old is among them. miami good my three year old daughter has been circumcised yet but if we sent back to somalia who i

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migrant supporters and protesters greeted their buses with flags and signs migrants are mostly from eritrea were only allowed into the country after the catholic church arland and albania all agreed to take them in. venice film festival to get underway with the premiere of dame inches else film first man in recent years the festival showcased many movies that have gone on to win big the oscars for the festival for us high then a dream so what are the series hot films then. obviously the film you are talking about the opening film first man directed by damien who many people will know as the director of la la la in that film which for a few minutes we thought had won the oscar for best film but in fact didn't win the year that it came out but it did win six oscars overall unlike lalala and first man stars ryan gosling it's a very very impressive performance by him a very psychological study of neil armstrong the first astronaut to set foot on the moon but also strong performance by the british actor claire for playing his wife janet and it really looks at how the death of their daughter affe

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almost all come from eritrea, a country with one of the world's worst human rights records.told authorities that they had suffered months of this treatment and detention in libya. women and children and those suffering tuberculosis have been taken into care. those who remain on—board are now set to be on hunger strike. italy has received almost 700 thousand migrants on its southern shores since 2014. public opinion is now largely in line with the government's cuff stance on how to deal with the problem. but with no consensus on the ongoing migrant crisis in europe, stand to this are likely to continue. —— tough stance. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: questions linger over what caused the deaths of a british couple in an egyptian hotel — after the authorities rule out toxic gases. he's the first african—american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared "i have a dream." as darkness falls tonight, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky. an orange glowing disk

almost all come from eritrea, a country with one of the world's worst human rights records.l authorities they had suffered months of mistreatment and detention in libya. women, children, and those suffering to virtual assistant and taken into care. those who remain on board are now said to be on hunger strike. —— suffering to burki lo sis. italy public opinion is now largely in line with the government's tough sta nce line with the government's tough stance on how to deal with the problem. but with no consensus in europe on the ongoing migrant crisis, stand—offs like this are likely to continue. as the conflict in syria appears to be subsiding, people are returning to their homes. raqqa was infamous across the world as the "capital" of the so—called islamic state group. around 80% of the city was destroyed in the united states—led military campaign to remove them. dina demrdash reports. this woman is packing up to go home. she and her nine children are returning to the syrian city of raqqa. they have been on the move for five years. translation: some relatives couldn't get a

prime minister he has not only forged an historic agreement to end the twenty year standoff with eritrea he's also made bold promises to end the authoritarianism of former prime ministers and to heal social tensions among ethiopia's. and t. gray ethnic groups. the media specifically social media are central to this story because it was ethiopians constant use of platforms like facebook and twitter to coordinate protests and amplify grievances beyond the reach of government censorship that preceded all the changes in the listening posts flow phillips now on how social media both inside and outside the country shaped ethiopia's political revolution and what some of the most influential ethiopian journalists are now hoping for under their new prime minister. on april second a new prime minister and. addressed ethiopians as one nation. good luck to them. at the moment. there was hope there was. you could take it as a sort of obama's moment for ethiopians. the same approach but the southern yemen. that i get back. to you but where there are now the freedom of the press or to open up the space

tovery watch how the russian/ethiopian because of the agreement that was signed between ethiopia and eritrea recently that was brought together by the uae with a $3 billion investment into ethiopia , as part of a larger move for allowing russia into that part of africa. in addition to that, you're seeing ethiopia get closer to moscow on religious grounds which is part of the expanding tactic from the christian middle east. because of ethiopia's riches and the strategy to extract goods from that country out through we are going to see a lot of russian pmc's popping up there. let's go one seat down. thanks so much for speaking today. i have a quick question. with the tools we have available and knowing that we should be working with an international law and these companies work outside of that in the gray zone, what recommendations would you have for the west to combat this threat using the tools we have available? >> the threat is not primarily military. it's primarily political. to strengthen the economic and political capabilities of these states to deal with the problems they have civic co

they come from one of the five countries given priority status by the german state iraq syria iran eritrea and so malia their applications are processed more rapidly and help is provided more quickly upon their arrival the family were housed briefly in an abandoned military base before being moved to move into commendation the city pays their rent and the cost of heating for. holiday a common up almost the same detail hamas want to see and deal with name calling on for some that allows the call to end. but on l.a.'s. in addition to the housing saud receives around one thousand euros a month to support herself and her family and to children were immediately inroad in local schools. eighteen months after their arrival seven year old that i want now speaks german as well as she speaks arabic and is even starting to learn english i can't stand you. when when you that there's good to be here in. a. few. days a local charity worker sabina has been helping the family through their arrival in germany needs to decide. who is going to get home. today she has some good news for some odd son who is am

almost all come from eritrea, a country with one of the world's worst human rights records.of mistreatment and detention in libya. women, children and those suffering tuberculosis have been taken into care. those who remain on—board are now said to be on hunger strike. italy has received almost 700,000 migrants on its southern shores since 2014. public opinion is now largely in line with the government's tough stance on how to deal with the problem. but with no consensus in europe on the ongoing migrant crisis, stand—offs like this are likely to continue. tom donkin, bbc news. it was billed by some as the biggest event in internet history — a boxing match between youtubers and logan paul. so who won this grudge match at the manchester arena 7 the answer is no—one — it was a draw. both men immediately called for a rematch. amelia tait is a features writer with the shortlist website. she was at the fight and joins us from manchester now. amelia tait, was that your first—ever boxing match? amelia tait, was that your first-ever boxing match? it was. i've never seen one before. i

hundred forty one migrants rescued off the coast of libya last week most of them are from somalia and eritrea malta only granted the ship permission to enter its port after a u. countries agreed to accept the people on board be sent on to germany france spain portugal and luxembourg the deal ends a five day standoff that kept the ship at sea the un's refugee agency welcomed the agreement but called on the e.u. to find a better solution for dealing with my current rescue in the mediterranean. india's prime minister has announced the launch of ambition new health care system there under modi's comments came during a national address to mark independence day the new system dubbed modi aims to provide medical insurance for more than one hundred million poor families but critics say it's unclear how it would be financed in the same speech mr modi also announced plans to send a manned mission to space by twenty twenty two. in the sleeping elephant is now awake the words of indian prime minister narendra modi as he unveiled his vision for the world's largest democracy seventy one years after the cou

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and this is where the majority of the showers are over africa you can see them here stretching from eritrea all the way towards the west and some of the wettest weather the most persistent showers are over parts of cameroon and into nigeria very heavy downpours here we're also seeing some rather heavy showers on friday in the northern parts of mali. that's they set sail for gold. but this covered their resource worth more than its wants him and be. driven by commerce enabled through politics and religion executed with brutality. in episode one slavery roots george the birth and rise of the african slave trade nothing in history but there's three too few moments. for all the gold in the world one of just to go. a quick recap of the top stories now the u.s. secretary of state has announced a new action group to run its policy on iran after president trump withdrew from the newquay deal in may this year described iran related activity as mine and destabilizing. hundreds of u.s. newspapers a published coordinated editorials criticizing the u.s. president for a so-called dirty war on the press.

now back in tropical africa received significant rain recently in sudan and south sudan ethiopian eritrea and as you can see there is a long way north in chad right up into the southern so hard. the weather sponsored by cats on race. where were you when this idea popped into it whether online it's undoubtedly chief goal of overseeing inequality in society today or if you join the sunset criminal justice system is dysfunctional right now this is a dialogue what does it feel like for you to go back for the first time everyone has a voice and allow refugees to be the speakers for change join the conversation on our. again you're watching al-jazeera has a reminder of our top stories this hour. facebook says it's found evidence of attempts to end florence the upcoming u.s. midterm elections it says it's removed thirty two fake accounts that were being used to sway the outcome of the polls two in november. passenger plane has crashed in northern mexico shortly after takeoff one hundred three people on board the brazilian jet survived but most of them sustained injuries and were taken to hospita

he's in the international headlines of the moment because of the way that he's been reaching out to eritrea because officially they have been in a state of conflict for many years now could this backfire and damage him politically. so far the people of ethiopia seem to be on board with the normalization of relationship between a trainer and ethiopia we so the amount of support assayas afford to keep going on the streets of addis ababa people hiding out holding european and in a trail flags punting his name so far they seem to be on board but again at the political elite level there's still some disquiet particularly within the ruling elite who have been the people who fought the size and have refused to. implement the accord mohamed thanks very much. even as wayland president nicolas maduro is accusing colombia and a group of financiers in the u.s. of trying to assassinate him missed him a daughter who was speaking at a military parade in the capital caracas when an explosion interrupted the event he wasn't hurt but seven security personnel were his mike hanna. this is a live broadcast of t

there was briefly reference by you had mr this is this idea of potentially a regional war of egypt in eritrea and ethiopia. the key point to point out is is this alarmist discourses about impending water wars or impending conflicts are not only factually incorrect i mean on the ground there was actually very little proof for any deployment of egyptian forces on the eritrean border or anywhere else but is once again as i said that they distract us from the real substance and the really difficult technical details of what an agreement between the different partners could look like and so this is why it's important that both the leadership in addis ababa and also the leaderships and of tom and cairo come to the negotiating table stop trying to spin this as either a national security issue or an issue of foreign aggression in which we're about to be invaded and actually look at that at the at the at the really important questions of sustainability in an age of climate change and in aids of shoots and it is of all of these countries huge fiscal problems so that they can actually address the real c

cro-magnon supporters and protesters greeted their buses with flags and signs migrants are mostly from eritrea were only allowed into the country after the catholic church are lent and albania agreed to take them in. more than fifty thousand people have been forced from their homes in central mia bar after part of a dam burst flooding towns and villages government officials say the swire trying dam broke due to monsoon rains that has a condom has more. a torrent of water from this war chong dam surged into villages in the bugaboo region on wednesday morning a major road was also flooded a bridge connecting me and mars two biggest cities gone and mandalay was damage thousands of villagers have been moved from their homes to emergency shelters in all sixty three thousand people are said to be affected convoys of military trucks carrying boats are on their way to reach the stranded the dam collapsed after days of monsoon rain and weeks after heavy rain caused flash floods forcing one hundred fifty three thousand people from their homes natasha. people in the u.s. state of arizona are paying their

his main official from italy's human rights offices ninety percent of the people on board are from eritreahe rest from syria sudan and somalia the ugandan pop star and opposition politician bobby wine has been charged with treason one was rearrested just minutes after being freed by a military court we had been accused of inciting his supporters to attack a convoy carrying the president the government's denied accusations by the wind was beaten while in custody catherine sawyer reports now from canberra. this is the man many ugandans had been wanting to see while view wind of popular musician and member of parliament appeared at a military court in the north end town of looking weak and in pain he had been in military cassidy since last wednesday he was arrested for balancing local election campaigns in the north after president in the seventies mottaki was attacked the state withdrew the military related charges of possession of firearms and ammunition cordingley said free. on out of georgia. it was an emotional moment for wine but he was not really free in your chair when you want to and

now back in tropical africa received significant rain recently in sudan and south sudan ethiopian eritrea and as you can see there is a long way north in chad right up into the southern so hard. when diplomacy fields and fear sweeps in our borders are wide open wide open to drugs terrorists reproving the barriers are built to impose division regional to sixty's instead of being an obstacle to dole is just became another obstacle to peace in a four part series al-jazeera revisits the reasons for divisions in different parts of the world and the impact they have on both sides walls of shame on al-jazeera. and again what ugandans there has reminded of our top stories this hour facebook says it's found evidence of attempts to influence the upcoming u.s. midterm elections it says it's removed thirty two fake accounts that were being used to sway the outcome of the polls june and november. passenger plane has crashed in northern mexico shortly after takeoff all one hundred three people on board the brazilian built on bread jet survived but most of them sustained injuries and were taken to hospi

quiet until you head down to the southwestern parts of our map where for some of us here particularly eritrea looks like we're going to see some rather violent thunderstorms down towards the southern parts of africa are all a largely quite quiet on africa like picture at the moment just a little bit of cloud in the fall south but still with this just making things a little bit gray for some as we head through the day on thursday not really bringing us a great deal of wet weather there perhaps just the odd shower around in there as we head through into friday particularly in the afternoon. right to. the position. in the capital today. this country zimbabwe is for all who live in it the rights and freedoms of citizens residents trying to under our constitution the fundamental basis upon which relationships between the people and the state of. the deployment of soldiers and the regrettable loss of life by unarmed citizens and civilians. today is that i'm innocent with undermined us reminds us of the dark days of the cruel killing of thousands of innocent civilians in matabeleland in the nineteen

and this is where the majority of the showers are over africa you can see them his stretching from eritrea all the way towards the west and some of the wettest weather the most persistent showers are over parts of cameroon and into nigeria very heavy downpours here we're also seeing some rather heavy showers on friday in the northern parts of mali. the economic heartbeat of a thriving brazil but boom times means rising rents and the lack of public housing isabella is just one of thousands looking for a place to call home with no choice by one of the city's many vacant buildings facing an uncertain future. viewfinder latin america occupying brazil on al-jazeera. take a look at the top stories here it out there this morning the u.s. has announced a new task force to deal specifically with iran it's a myth says is to persuade government to change its ways secretary of state might prompt a announcing new eunice's the u.s. increases economic pressure on iran with the reimposition of sanctions. former indian prime minister. has died at the age of ninety three he's been on life support since when

cloud might come and go at times but really the thick cloud is out towards the west for some of us in eritrea looks like we'll see quite a few thunderstorms at times during the day down towards the southern parts of africa and generally for many of us it's fine and dry the brightest white area on the satellite picture away from land moving its way away from us so most of us will get away with another dry day on friday then temperatures where we're looking at around nineteen cape town probably the temperatures here they're dropping as we head into saturday that's because they'll be more cloud with this and some rains pushing its way towards us so turning cooler and also wetter as well. august on al-jazeera european muslims today are facing the consequences of having their faith linked to all the attacks even though day two of victims of the bugs the largest multi-sport event on the continent asian games in jakarta i will host athletes competing in a mix of traditional and the olympic sports a vibrant new series of character led documentaries from immigrant neighborhoods across europe as a rain