catch refugees entering from eritrea. we accompany one patrol. the secret service military and police working close cooperation here an officer of the secret service tells us. he's in charge here but avoids the camera. these regular troops have also been accused of human rights abuses. the border with eritrea is a six hundred kilometer long invisible line through the desert. it's strategically important five thousand people flee eritrea every month. nine million refugees currently live in the horn of africa sudan has been instructed to prevent them from setting off for europe. we have an appointment with a local police chief. one i learned a few president who are you know anybody would in the i've always maintained that as long as european nations other refugees destination and suffer from illegal migration they have to pay in the shape of transport modern surveillance equipment modern vehicles even airplanes that can monitor the long borders into ethiopia and eritrea. because. the police chief of claims representatives o

she remains critical of eritrea and the e.u. basically what we are supporting is mafia type organizations which keep local. populations under control but is very strange about the european union policy is that for. all those decades the european union and i would say rightly so has put as conditions for its respect for human rights and respect for the more democracy and the rule of law. and now at this moment to act in many africans are thinking that that is very important to build their societies. the european union starts to. kind of put these aside it's to go into very cynical agreements purely out of self-interest but it's a very shortsighted self-interest because at the end of the day that'll come back to us. cooperation with undemocratic governments refugees trapped in hopeless situations bodies in the desert. we want to confront those responsible for the e.u.'s new policy with its consequences. were meeting one of the blocks key strategists italy's stefano months are easy heads the european commission's department of inte

in europe, the eu says eritreans eritrea. in europe, the eu says eritrea ns make eritrea.in territory, 90% of them, because of the way eritrea is, i given refugee status. there is a difference and it seems israel is absolutely adamant that it doesn't want to help the outsider in that way. i very much agree with you and personally, as an israeli, i am very much embarrassed by the fact my government recognises less tha n by the fact my government recognises less than 1% of the people coming from eritrea. we are a nation of refugees and now we have other refugees and now we have other refugees to knock at our door and we know what it means to come all the way to the promised land and find that the gates are closed for you. we are the gatekeepers in the promised land. we have refugees from eritrea walking the same road that the biblical refugees walked on the road from sinai in the desert and we are the ones closing the day —— the gates. as an israeli, we feel uncomfortable. i try to do things to change the way my government treats these refugees. i find change the way my gove

talking peace corp the leaders of ethiopia and eritrea in south sudan will have a live update. tornado hama's the american state of alabama killing at least twenty two and leaving a trail of destruction. the reports quoting officials of the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces which is battling i still say at least one hundred fifty people including fighters have surrendered and babus earlier yesterday have said it was slowing down the offensive against isis last held area to protect civilians with a more this joins us live now from the lebanese capital so what more details are you hearing about the surrender of myself as around. well what we understand is that there is a pause in the fighting or what amounts to an undeclared ceasefire you mentioned the kurdish led syrian democratic forces announcing earlier today that their offensive would be slowing down because i saw it was using civilians as human shields what happened since that statement was announced is that they open the corridor to allow anyone who wants to leave to leave this enclave who is this tiny enclave the last

their new home and have settled in well they are among a group of only eighteen hundred from syria eritrea somalia and south sudan. who are they. how did they get here what is the humanitarian corridor that pope francis has praised as a project that unites solidarity and security. with . our journey takes us to ethiopia many refugees from syria eritrea somalia and south sudan cross the border near the town of she read. ethiopia is home to africa's second largest refugee population. the humanitarian corridor established by the catholic community center g.t.o. and current us italy is designed to help refugees languishing in camps here often in very poor conditions. a safe and legal pathway to europe the program grants visas to people in acute need of help and flies them to italy where they are assigned mentors by use and if you were in a few you know p.r. it was a country that's taken in a million refugees. it's opened its doors and done what it can to take care of the refugees in camps and secure them a future with a guy to assist and that should be a lesson to european countries which do n

families from southern sudan and eritrea live in a car a shared house in the middle of town. initially her husband struggled to settle in at first the couple and their two children lived with a host family but that didn't work out. a pirate has difficulties with her hearing and is often depressed. but slowly they're starting to feel at home. i thought i was. we have understood that we are guests here and as such we are treated in a very special way. lives a very different now. will eventually become part of the community but there will always be challenges. but the difference between the refugee camp in ethiopia and life here in sorrento it's like the difference between heaven and hell in terms of climate and quality of life. for. the children have learnt the language. they will grow up here and that's very important they are the lucky ones . i don't mean mali and it is responsible for the current us project in sorrento together with his team he wants the refugees to feel at home here. the budget to meet their daily needs is fifteen euro's a day per person. who. know. there i

our journey takes us to ethiopia many refugees from syria eritrea somalia and south sudan across the border near the town of she writes. if you know p.r. is home to africa's second largest refugee population. the humanitarian corridor established by the catholic community center and current us italy is designed to help refugees languishing in camps here often in very poor conditions. a safe and legal pathway to europe the program grants visas to people in acute need of help and flies them to italy where they are assigned mentors bodies and if you were in ethiopia it was a country that's taken in a million refugees. it's opened its doors and done what it can to take care of the refugees in camps and to give them a future where they got free justice thing that should be a lesson to european countries which do none of that even though they have far greater wealth and resources than a country like ethiopia to be resolved to replace a woman if you will be a condition to deal with some of our. by chance we meet a group of eritreans they fled their homes and managed to cross the border to e

now the leaders of eritrea and ethiopia are in south sudan on official visit ethiopian prime minister ahmed and eritrean president he says of work arrived in juba where talks will focus on regional peace and economic ties south sudan's president salva kiir who was on another tour were cut short his trip to meet with the visiting leaders s'posed ethiopia and eritrea promised to play a key role in helping south sudan return to peace it will morgan has more from hard to. the visit of the prime minister ahmed and the eritrean president as i was aware to came as a surprise the president of south sudan salva kiir was touring the states in the country and he had to cut his tour short to go back to the capital juba to receive the prime minister really appear and the president of eritrea now the foreign ministry of south sudan said that some of the things that will be discussed will be bilateral relations and economic ties between if you're eritrea and south sudan but they also said that the peace deal that was signed in september last year and if you think of it so i disavow will also be disc

it was almost like old friends meeting eritrea's president. visiting the aftermath in ethiopia in the summer of twenty eighteen boston neighbors had just reestablished relations after twenty years of war because thousands of lives a major cause for celebration the peace agreement signed between the two a few weeks later was just one item on the to do list made her presented at his inauguration in april that year.

are the leaders of eritrea and ethiopia are in south sudan on an official visit ethiopian prime minister ahmed and eritrean president i.c.'s of work arrived in juba where high level talks will focus on peace and economic ties ethiopia and eritrea promise to play a role in helping south sudan return to peace ever morgan has more from car too. the visit of the prime minister ahmed and the eritrean president as i was aware to came as a surprise the president of south sudan salva kiir was touring the states in the country and he had to cut his tour short to go back to the capital juba to receive the prime minister with european and the president of eritrea now the foreign ministry of south sudan said that some of the things that will be discussed will be bilateral relations and economic ties between if europe and south sudan but they also said that the peace deal that was signed in september last year and if you think of it so i disavow will also be discussed now that peace deal as per the e.u. the. intergovernmental authority for development which is a regional bloc and the un they say that

have build up in yemen as well as potentially now in a sub in eritrea are black sites they're part of black operations they don't appear on maps of their military installations which are secretive even for most people in the u.a.e. military and they're run mostly by sargant some by private even by mercenaries or by local forces that they train and equip allegations have been raised about widespread torture and abuse taking place in a network of secret prisons in yemen over by the u.a.e. it's attained hundreds of yemeni rebel fighters and rights groups reported that some of them have been transferred to eritrea. the u.a.e. has rejected these allegations saying that politically motivated to undermine its efforts to support the yemeni government the issue is would organizations like the international committee of the red cross have access to those prisoners to verify the conditions under which they kept would there be sufficient transparency who is who is kept there and under what terms of ensuring prisoners of war will be released eritrea is a support is near a busy commercial shipping

talking peace and cooperation the leaders of ethiopia and eritrea are in south sudan will have a live update. and sport event has all but confirmed they will be the season's italian league champions city one win over now fully. taking you think sixteen points clear at the top. welcome to the program code us forces in syria say they're slowing down their offensive against isis last held area to protect civilians u.s. backed syrian democratic forces launched their final push into the village of beit booze on friday well for more on this joins us live now from the lebanese capital beirut does bring us up to date on what's happening in and around. well there in what we understand is that there is a. fighting or what amounts really undeclared. a few hours ago the kurdish democratic forces announced that they would be slowing down their offensive the reason. i saw this continuing to use civilians as human shields they did not say how many people are civilians believes remain in this tiny enclave but associated with the are now reporting a surrender they're reporting that dozens of fighters

has built a military base in eritrea is port city of a sob and the u.a.e. has sought to acquire more ports in the horn of africa and the red sea but this is being contested by countries including china and turkey with this competition the whole of africa seems to be heading towards more foreign influence about a manly outas there are now finally this bulletin brazil and the u.s. have silentio to launch u.s. satellites from brazil is being seen as another sign of closer ties between president and are trying to ministration part as daniel in the reports from northern brazil not everyone's happy. this community was a victim once before when the outcome to relaunch space opened in the late one nine hundred eighty s. now they live just outside the base and fear further expansion no war they have never consulted us we've had no concrete information about it we heard they were restating in negotiation that was initiated many years ago back in those days we managed to block it these people were killed the descendants of escaped slaves embroiled in a long for battle

and an east african summit the leaders of ethiopia eritrea and south sudan are meeting in juba on theagenda regional stability and bolstering economic ties we'll have a live report on the talks and tornadoes that swept through alabama have caused extreme damage and. we have the latest online update. it's and when i'm home it's to just read the show use the hash tag eighteen his grades. follow you with the news good live on air and streaming online through you tube facebook live and it is it a dot com good to have you with us on this monday or dozens of i saw fighters defending the group's last territory in syria have surrendered to u.s. backed troops syrian democratic forces began an offensive to liberate the eastern village of black who's on friday so in a hot it joins us live now from beirut so zain a what is the latest you're hearing from there well hasn't it seems that the battle for buffalo's is coming to an end i sill is surrendering reports from media affiliated to the kurdish that syrian democratic forces as well as syrian opposition activists on the ground and syrian state te

it was almost like old friends meeting eritrea's president. visiting met in ethiopia in the summer of twenty eighteen the hostile neighbors had just reestablished relations after twenty years of war because thousands of lives a major cause for celebration a peace agreement signed between the two a few weeks later was just one item on the to do list that are made her presented at his inauguration in april that year. to sting the economy is another prime target even though large clothing manufacturer has begun producing in ethiopia a few years ago the sector remains minute compared to say i agree culture which still dominates of thirty seven percent of g.d.p. the service sector and construction are also mainstays clothing manufacturer still doesn't register yet even against the sparse industry in mining sectors five percent. wants to open state owned enterprises thrive and investors and the economy is expected to grow by more than eight percent this year but millions of young people can't find work in ethiopia and dissatisfaction is growing rese

in eritrea promised to play a key role in helping south sudan return to peace. well in eritrea were themselves at war until just last year when they signed a peace deal that ended two decades of conflict the neighbors were locked in a dispute over the border town of may which was awarded to eritrea in two thousand and two a ruling ethiopia did not except after that sporadic violence broke out between the countries along the border which was shot tens of thousands of people were killed in the fighting but all that changed in two thousand and eighteen when it became ethiopia's prime minister he accepted the two thousand and two ruling and handed over by may ending the war since then diplomatic ties have been restored with arab land transport resuming between the two countries and troops withdrawn from the border well swear less than a month after it was signed central african republic speech deal is under threat of collapse february's peace accord was the eight to ten to end the fighting there since muslim rebels ousted christian president fox while busies in two

seven four five zero one one four nine now regional stability was on the agenda as the leaders of eritrea and ethiopia met in south sudan in the last hour a joint statement was issued emphasizing the need for the three countries to continue working together seeking common ground on global issues south sudan's president salva kiir was on a tour cut but cut short his trip to meet with the visiting leaders here morgan is live for us now in the heart too in sudan so is what is the latest there. well as in what we do know is that they discussed as you said and as the statement said they discussed regional peace they all said they were going to discuss economic ties and economic development they said that they were trying to look for ways to try to develop south sudan eritrea and if you now let's remember as you said president salva kiir was on a tour around the country trying to listen to the people and trying to get them aware of the peace agreement that was signed in september last year but he had to cut that trip short and come back to juba he said that he's going to resume the trip after t

ethnic groups and he forged an historic agreement to end the twenty year standoff with neighboring eritrea changes came quickly to the media realm as well dozens of new news websites have appeared more than twenty new media publications are now in business and numerous journalists jailed and stifled under deselect he and his predecessor have been freed last year we spoke with four journalists of different media backgrounds about the role that social media has played in the political transition now about nine months later we've gone back to those voices to see how the new space is developing listening post slow phillips now on the ethiopian media one year into the. april the second twenty eight. ethiopia's new prime minister ahmed rashid into power on the coattails of national front. one year on the bold agenda of africa's youngest leader has attracted praise from around the won't well if the o.p.'s prime minister has made him the job since i. think in a country where i haven't read i'm afraid i don't think i don't think i know one of them really really exciting about going to that i manage

has both a military base in eritrea as port city of a sob. the u.a.e. has sought to acquire more ports in the horn of africa and the red sea but this is being contested by countries including china and turkey with this competition the whole of africa seems to be heading towards more foreign influence lure about somali al jazeera. hello i'm a star and doha with the headlines on al-jazeera rescue workers in mozambique are struggling to reach victims of sight tony di nearly fifteen thousand stranded and more than three hundred people have died since the storm struck that country zimbabwe and malawi now where has more from source and then got in mozambique what we can see here which is a bridge really damaged when the rental rain like caused the rivers this well this river just a few days ago was above the water levels above where i'm standing now so it really damaged the bridge and took out a whole section on the far side the people have got on both sides in vehicles people are managing to cross by climbing up and down the pillars on the bridge with the he

they came to the uk from eritrea in 2011 hoping for a better life.she has of her son. before, i'm bringing my son, he is not answering me. i'm sending a text message, he's not answering. my body is in shock, what is going on with my son? i'm scared every minute because maybe he's. .. my son? i'm scared every minute because maybe he's... maybe he's calling my name, saying mummy or something, i don't know. five teenagers have pleaded not guilty to his murder. last year at one of the uk's busiest trauma centres, doctors resuscitated 28 children with serious knife wounds. 50% more than in the previous year. the last 12 months have been the busiest 12 months have been the busiest 12 months we have ever seen for violence leading to trauma, and certainly for knife crime. nearly every day, certainly every other day, we are having someone come in who has been the victim of knife violence. there is 26-year-old knows why so many young people are carrying weapons. he spent most of his teens in gangs and has has served time for carrying a blade. his teens in gang

on the leaders of eritrea and ethiopia and south sudan on an official visit to holding a high level talks with president salva kiir in juba which will focus on regional peace and economic ties. now the egyptian photo journalist mahmoud abbas a better known a short has been released after more than five years in prison he posted this picture on his twitter account with a hash tag hello asphalt used by egypt's political prisoners when they're freed was arrested in twenty thirteen while taking pictures of military protests he was later convicted with seven hundred others on charges of participating in an authorized protests murder and membership of the banned muslim brotherhood group. saying there's been an gyptian prison for more than two years he's been held without charges a trial or conviction hussein was detained by authorities on december twenty twenty sixteen while on vacation to visit his family egypt accused him of broadcasting false news or spread chaos al-jazeera denies the charges and continues to call for his release let's bring in hussein he's an egypt researcher for amnesty in

as you may know in the arrangements this fall in the horn of africa negotiations in ethiopia with eritrea and when you talk to the heads of u.a.e. think tanks and officials from the ministries they talk a lot about the horn of africa southern arabian peninsula the commercial routes and they kind of u.a.e. led security and commercial vision for the entire region which is in many ways much larger than the saudi vision and of course you know the whole blockade against qatada was against qatar having an outsized view of its own role in the region and not lying lining up with the others but in many ways the organ can be made that u.a.e. is doing exactly what qataris accused of which is playing a kind of a regional hedging monica role and playing the role of stabilizing and of asserting an economic vision beyond just what the g.c.c. decide is important for the region well in lawrence from george washington university great to get your analysis thank you. well there's plenty more ahead this news hour including. life among the ruins we'll tell you why people in mosul are struggling to rebuild the

ethnic groups and he forged an historic agreement to end the twenty year standoff with neighboring eritrea changes came quickly to the media realm as well dozens of new news websites have appeared more than twenty new media publications are now in business and numerous journalists jailed and stifled under deselect he and his predecessor have been freed last year we spoke with four journalists of different media backgrounds about the role that social media has played in the political transition now about nine months later we've gone back to those voices to see how the new space is developing the listening post slow philips now on the ethiopian media one year into the air. a proven second twenty eight. ethiopia's new prime minister ahmed is rushed into parliament on the coattails of national. one year on the bold agenda of africa's youngest leader has attracted praise from around the why well it's me our peers the prime minister made in the tell me since i. think i've got you there i haven't read i'm afraid i don't think i don't think i know them really really excited about going to that i m

has built a military base in eritrea is port city of a sob and the u.a.e. has sought to acquire more ports in the horn of africa and the red sea but this is being contested by countries including china and turkey with this competition the whole of africa seems to be heading towards more foreign influence. manly al-jazeera or the biggest block in the european parliament has suspended the ruling party of hungary and prime minister viktor orban they are a pain people's party says or dess party has a violation of principles need has more from brussels. effective immediately the finnish party of viktor or ben has been suspended from the european people's party that's the biggest party within the e.u. parliament now the head of the e.p.a. verba came out and said of the hundred and ninety out of one hundred ninety four members voted in favor of this move now what does it mean it means that the fetus party has lost any voting powers within the p.p. cannot field any candidates and cannot attend any meetings of the p.p. it's not clear for how long that will last but

ethnic groups and he forged an historic agreement to end the twenty year standoff with neighboring eritrea changes came quickly to the media realm as well dozens of new news websites have appeared more than twenty new media publications are now in business and numerous journalists jailed and stifled under deselect he and his predecessor have been freed last year we spoke with four journalists of different media backgrounds about the role that social media has played in the political transition now about nine months later we've gone back to those voices to see how the new space is developing the listening posts flow phillips now on the ethiopian media one year into the. april the second twenty eight. ethiopia's new prime minister at the moment is rushing into power on the coattails of national. one year on the bold agenda of africa's youngest leader has attracted praise from around the why well if any of your peers the prime minister has made in the job since i. think i got you there i haven't read i'm afraid i don't think i don't think i know one of them really really exciting about going

that will be discussed will be bailed out through relations and economic ties between if european eritrea and south sudan but they also said that the peace deal that was signed in september last year and if you think of it so i disavow will also be discussed now that peace deal as per the e.u. the. intergovernmental authority for development which is a regional bloc and the un they say that that peace deal is being slowly implemented that it is behind schedule and let's not forget that by the end of may the trying to transition period comes to an end the transitional period should be starting with the opposition leader of wrecked my car who is currently in khartoum returning back to south sudan to take up his seat as for his vice president but there is thing the un is saying the e.u. saying and the i get into government authority for development is saying that this peace deal is being slowly implemented that they are behind schedule and they need to be discussing about certain groups that have not signed the peace deal fighting has been continuing in south sudan there have been tens of th

tsega wubet came to the uk from eritrea in 2011, hoping for a better life.s she has of esrom. before, i'm ringing my son, he's not answering me. i'm sending text message, he's not answering. my body is in shock, what is going on with my son? i'm scared every minute because maybe he's. .. maybe he's calling my name, saying "mummy" or something, i don't know. five teenagers have pleaded not guilty to esrom's murder. last year, at one of the uk's busiest trauma centres, doctors resuscitated 28 children with serious knife wounds — 50% more than in the previous year. the last 12 months have been the busiest 12 months we've ever seen for violence leading to trauma, and certainly for knife crime. nearly every day, certainly every other day, we're having someone come in who has been the victim of knife violence. 26—year—old phidizz knows why so many young people are carrying weapons. he spent most of his teens in gangs and has has served time for carrying a blade. if i didn't carry a knife, i didn't feel safe. my life could have been taken in an instant if i didn't

you came over to this country from eritrea and it was tough. with them. if it had not been for the club reaching out to you, they would have been darker days because it was tough in middlesbrough at the time and this idea, paul, that you do working with social cohesion and integration is so important?m do working with social cohesion and integration is so important? it is. middlesbrough gets oversubscribed with refugees and asylum seekers and new arrivals and the foundation is seen as welcoming. you have great friends? things are going good? i have lots of friends and things are good. going well. very well. so nice to meet you both. come and meet lauren. bristol. you had a tough time asa lauren. bristol. you had a tough time as a teenager. talk us through some of the challenges and how bristol helped you ? some of the challenges and how bristol helped you? the community trust gave me a safe place to go. they help me get my emotions out. they help me get my emotions out. they help me being in going through the homeless shelter and gave me a new

she came to the uk from eritrea in 2011 hoping for a better life, this is one of the last videos sheg, maybe he is calling my name... five teenagers have pleaded not guilty to the murder of ezra, lives lost, families scarred, authority struggling to cope with knife crime. communities across the country demand urgent action to reverse this deadly trend. it wasn'tjust the senior uk politicians meeting eu officials in brussels today — there was a group of five young people from northern ireland, who also met with chief brexit negotiator michel barnier, to put across their views. they are from the pro—european our future 0ur choice group that has been campainging for a second referendum. a little earlier i spoke to the co—founder of the northern ireland wing, aron hughes, and i asked him, what they'd hoped to achieve from their meeting. we went to him with one clear aim, to tell him that northern irish young people, their futures cannot be used as a bargaining chip, we have seen over the last couple of weeks and months that our futures have been put in as a political foot ball have been