it sounds like a lay meant -- lament for ethiopia, too. a real sense this conflict is far from over. tigrayans have suffered much, through famine and conflict. they are now talking about a clean break, full independence from ethiopia, a nation they see as cruel and crumbling. if that means they have to keep fighting for it, then so be it. another young man thrashes his way across the river border. better to drown he says, than stay behind and to be killed by militias. on the cliffs nearby, other refugees gather, hoping for news of relatives. their doctors pondering ethiopia's fate. >> i don't want to be in the same category as these people, my sisters that hav killed my brothe and sisters, that have destroyed my places. to be in the same spot, it is gone. reporter: the summer storm season is beginning, adding to the anxieties here. >> cannot sleep at night, just thinking, what will happen to the kids? what will i do the next day? how will i feed them? i think a lot of things. i feel sorry for them. reporter: for thousands of families, anot

andrew harding, bbc news on the sudan-ethiopia border.desperate scenes as people flee tigray. across western europe trying to reach those stranded by devastating floods and find those still missing. survivors in germany and belgium are shocked by the speed at which the flooding happened. more than 120 people have died. the power of the water has been immense. this is what the village looked like before the floods. this is what it looks like after. the water caused major destruction. you can see the surge was so powerful it completely destroyed a major bridge in the town. our germany correspondent reports from a nearby germantown. reporter: the ground fell away. this is a town where overnight houses collapsed as the water gushed in. another shock for a country reeling from the enormity of its loss. it happened so fast. officials said there was no time for a warning. rescuers rushed in, but this morning authorities say people trapped in their homes were calling them for help, and in many cases, could not reach them. those who did make it ou

his wife and children remain in ethiopia. unsure when he'll see them again, he finds meaning in his daily work as a doctor. how do you feel of being a refugee and also helping other refugees? >> it's very difficult to describe, really, because we are in a very new environment. we practically escaped for our lives, and we run out of our places with nothing in our hand. so, we have to deal. we have to sleep on the ground. we have to eat whatever we were supplied with,nd we have to drink whatever we get. i'm trying to handle it in a way that i tell myself every time that it's okay, i'm trying to help. >> sreenivasan: gunfire disrupted the funeral of slain haitian president jovenel moise yesterday, again highlighting political tensions and violence in the country. for haitians in the u.s. and those waiting to enter at the southern borde the violence in haiti is prompting calls to stop deportations of those who do not have temporary protected status. that status was granted and extended as a result of the catastrophic 2010 earthqu

it is the source of a major dispute between ethiopia and egypt and sudan. u.s. joe biden is offending his decision to pull all american troops out of afghanistan, saying the military will and its presence there on august 31. that is slightly ahead of schedule. he assists the u.s. achieved its objectives after nearly 20 years of war, but the withdrawal comes at a time when the taliban is continuing to seize territory. our white house correspondent reports. >> one week after u.s. forces withdrew quietly from bagram air force base, the taliban is making gains from the security vacuum left behind. president joe biden is adamant, u.s. forces will leave afghanistan by the end of august. >> nearly 20 years of experience has shown us that the current security situation only confirms , that just one more year fighting in afghanistan is not a solution, but a recipe for being there indefinitely. >> as the taliban gains power, biden is on the defensive. he says afghanistan's future is tied to a political solution, not a military one. peace must be negotiated between the afg

he is also political commentator for ethiopia insight.ing to turn to you first, alemayehu weldemariam. thank you for joining us. can you talk about the significance of the cease-fire, why it happened, and all this and in context of the elections and the famine that could engulf this area of to gray? >> thank you for having me. i think one thing we need to be very clear about, the unilateral truth, there is not such a thing as unilateral truth in this context in which the prime minister declared the unilateral cease-fire. he was defeated in the first two weeks. [indiscernible] several divisions -- so after the defeat federal government said it has called for unilateral truce. it is true the significance is also something the international community as real as the people of tigray -- if the truth was honest, the ethiopian government would also tell its allies, the eritrean forces and other regional forces, to withdraw from tigray an territories they have occupied since the start of the war in november 4, 2020. so this is going to be a very

just by going tension with agency damp ethiopia reset. so the next phase of filling them on the blue nile july on i'll just eat up. oh, the mattress and the top stories on xena. china's governing communist part has been celebrating the 100 anniversary of its founding, adjusting crowds and gentlemen square and beijing president changing thing, held china's versus course away from colonial humiliation. katrina, you reports from his name in the early hours of morning. 70000 people gathered in beating in the square to mark the 100 anniversary of china's communist party.

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a major ally says it will take further measures against ethiopia and eritrea. if the situation doesn't improve soon, it is essential. now that all parties commit to the cease fire, allow humanitarian access protect civilians, there be independent investigations into atrocities. and that there is justice for victims. ethiopia, is it a pivot point to have an inflection point? what the parties do now matters and will determine whether there is a better future ahead for what we see and fall into gray bears the hallmarks of crimes against humanity. and quite possibly a genocide prospect for a durable piece. and if you o p a and it's road as a responsible regional leader. now in question, as is prime minister the abi legacy relations between prime minister abi i met and t guys, leaders worsened after he introduced reforms in 2018 which included dismantling the federal governing coalition, which was led by t p l. f. officials from to gripe the t p l f, which had dominated if you'll be in politics for decades, accused of a of trying to increase the federal power. ave p

it sounds like a lament for ethiopia, too, a nation at risk of unravelling. that this conflict is far from over. tigrayans have suffered so much in the past few months, through famine and conflict, but they are now talking about a clean break, full independence from ethiopia, a nation they see as cruel and crumbling and, if that means they have to keep fighting for it, then so be it. another young man thrashes his way across the river border out of tigray. better to drown, he says, than to stay behind and be killed by the militias. watching from the river bank, the refugee doctor. so the idea of a country are starting to disintegrate in your mind?— i don't want to be in the same category with these people that have raped my sisters, that have killed my brothers and sisters, that have destroyed my places, so the idea of being in the same passport, being the same ethiopian is gone. it's gone. the summer storm season is beginning, adding to the anxieties here. i cannot sleep at night, just thinking, what is going happen to the kids? what am i going to do the nex

the bbc has heard fresh reports of ethnic cleansing in tigray in northern ethiopia.e continuing to extend their control of the region, prompting the ethiopian government to abandon a unilateral cease-fire. more fighting is expected in the west of tigray, on the border close to sudan. our correspondent has this report. >> three teenage boys emerge from the gloom, trudging their way to safety. they escaped from tigray overnight across a river and well guarded border, caring nothing except stories of spiraling ethnic conflict. >> sometimes the soldiers come home to home. they give us two days to leave because we are tigrayans. >> so there is an ethnic cleansing happening across the border here? >> yes, we feel bad, but is our country, our land. >> the boys may soon be needed back in tigray. but they are safe right now in sudan. the grim life of the refugee camp beckons. one remarkable refugee here is looking after thousands. a doctor, part chronicler of tigray's latest. >> with no food and water. particularly they were being told that they would be punished by hunger. >

it's known as a source of a major dispute between ethiopia, egypt, and see don. and there'll be no spectators at olympic game events in tokyo, the organizing committee made that decision off to japan declared a state of emergency in the capital because of a growing number of corona virus cases. well, the lockdown in malaysia is having a major impact on many people that are living day to day while the suicide rate has also jumped community lead campaigns or encouraging people to help as struggling neighbors. while the government could pay high political costs. florence louis reports from the capital calling and traditionally a symbol of surrender. but in malaysia, a white flag has come to signify a cry for help. the campaign started on social media off the stories emerged of people experiencing hardship because of the continuing, locked down. police recorded nearly 473 sides in the 1st 5 months of this year compared to an average of 620. in the past 2 years, michael adams tang worked in the hotel until he lost his job last year. he then started delivering food. bu

unlike egypt and sudan, ethiopia didn't send its foreign minister to this meeting. instead, it was represented by its water and irrigation minister. though the con union is seized of the matter and is abilene facilitating our negotiation. that is why it is to get a table or she steadily countries of the 2 brings the matter to the security company . it was sudan and egypt that had demanded this meeting, saying the fact that the pier is again filling the dam amounts to a threat to international peace and security. does not an overstatement to affirm that for egypt the girl is an existing show threat. this is a situation that egypt cannot and will not tolerate. later, i press the foreign minister on what action his country was prepared to take. so all their circumstances where you would consider military action. the matter of egypt, the protection of the rights of it citizen, is inherent and is a matter that necessarily any responsible government would apply itself to clearly growing tension between 3 countries. 2 of them with a population of more than 100000000 people

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so we stand ready to support collaborative and constructive efforts by ethiopia, egypt, and sudan to resolve the issues over the gerd, we understand that the now waters and how these waters are used are important to all 3 of these countries. and we believe this is an issue that can be reconciled. a balance then equitable solution to the filling and operation of the girls can be reached with political commitment from all parties. egypt and sudan concerns over water security and the safety and operation of the dam can be reconciled with ethiopia as development needs. this begins with the resumption of productive substantive negotiation. those negotiations should be held under the leadership of the african union and should recommence, with urgency. this process is used the 2015 declaration of principles signed by the parties and the july 2020 statement by the a you bureau as foundational references. we believe that the african union is the most appropriate venue to address this dispute. and the united states is committed to providing political and technical support to facilitate a succe

we can't operate re serious dam sedan supports ethiopia building of the day, but with an agreement that it weren't effect the reserve is damn and it's operation . if you'll be us as their amazon, stan will generate electricity for more than habits, population, and left millions out of poverty. but egypt is worried it could result in less water flowing downstream. to down says 20000000 people could be affected by the 2nd phase of filling the reservoir of the pillar in his on them is supposed to hold 13500000000 cubic meters of water after the 2nd filling. that's it was the capacity of the receiver's sam, that's the 2nd largest them in for them. but with no agreement between sudan, if you're an egypt on how the damage to operate, they are concerned about how it will affect not only on with areas but other sudanese dams, along denial, egypt and food. and say, the lack of a deal on the dam will affect the region security, while sudan has ruled out going to were over the dam, joint military drills between it. and it's more than neighbor has cause. if you appear to increase its security aroun

but i'm curious also professor modern ethiopia. and it's electro system is really based on this very carefully crafted foundation of federalism and, and since i've been in power, we've seen an increasingly centralized state. how is he now being viewed abroad by other countries, especially after he was a nobel peace story back in 2019 already has been some concern internationally, particularly in terms of how the whole t gray situation has been handled. read the whole question of ethnic federalism. those. ready very common blacks and we're much involved in internal ethiopian concerns on how they see the future of the country. that's going to be a quick resolution to that problem or that issue. i think that there will be elements of federalism that remain no matter why. but it may not be the same kind of federalism that you saw under the previous government revolutionary democratic products. interesting times indeed for if you're, if you're davidson, that professor of international relations at george washington university and also f

comes to djibouti and by truck then over to ethiopia and ethiopia has no access otherwise to importthings. so you got it reporter deep water port their ships can come in they come in every day, american ships come in periodically read you got things happening in somalia, 8 miles from djibouti coming up things are happening given, they were 18 miles across the water. from djibouti and you have the occasional things that happen in kenya. nelson bob still very upset in the canyons and 2011 when in two somalia to try to defeat him so there would be the refugees into kenya. >> i want to give you a chance to say something case there's anything that you left out. and i surf or just under 26 years. it never planned to do it and was not part of my long-range goals after the seminary. as an influence of a friend that persuaded me i certainly never planned to go to djibouti but i haven't gotten that call, and it was amazing way for me to basically and my navy career and i did come back and serve 14 months in washington at the navy yard. it's a pretty amazing experience to be able to do militar

one of the countries i was thinking a lot about was ethiopia, a case study in the book. one of the main groups being persecuted that were either being jailed or sent into exile in the u.s. where a group called the zone at nine bloggers. just like the group in the congo, they are primarily an online group that were critical of the existing regime, that were publishing commentary, that were pushing back against some of the policies. they were viewed as a threat, mainly because they had access to or were being read by a number of elites, may be because they were getting attention from the international community. for a variety of reasons, they were emblematic of this persecution of people that more or less have primarily an online presence, but the governments find it to be a threat to their rule. host: was it digital repression to keep former president donald trump off facebook? guest: i have written a few pieces about this. i do not think that that is true. i think you have to have guardrails when it comes to the types of conduct one ought to be permitted to put online. w

the philippines is a democracy, albeit a week democracy, private is an authoritarian state and ethiopia is also authoritarian but recently transforming to the liberalized arena so they are different aspects of these techniques. the other thing from all three have interesting to china as well and presented really good opportunities to examine on the china question in addition to other questions. >> let's take the philippines, how is the philippines using digital repression and what are its ties to china? >> broadly speaking when it comes to this, what is interesting is the philippines, certain types of oppressive techniques from the types he would seek in the authoritarian state from across surveillance or censorship are being used, it has an open frequent system so the key question for someone like has taken the country and an authoritarian direction is how they accomplish the political agenda and a solution for him is to use this information in new ways be on facebook in particular to intimidate critics manipulate information, promote his political narrative, essentially propaganda and

the refugee doctor doubt if ethiopia can survive all this intact.y sisters, that had killed my brothers and sisters and have destroyed my places. so the idea is gone. the summer storm season is beginning, adding to the anxieties here. we cannot sleep at night, just thinking what is going to happen to the kids? what am i going to do the next day? what am i going to feed them? when i see then, i feel sorry for them. and so, thousands of lives remain suspended, communities torn apart. as an tigray�*s war lurches on. the singer amy winehouse was just 27 when she died. she'd struggled with addiction to alcohol and drugs. this month marks the 10th anniversary of her death and now, in a new bbc documentary, her parents want to show a different side of their daughter. they've been speaking to our music reporter, mark savage. i'm scared of myself. music it's ten ears i'm scared of myself. music it's ten years since — i'm scared of myself. music it's ten years since amy _ i'm scared of myself. music it's ten years since amy winehouse - i'm scared of myself. m

residence in ethiopia celebrate the return of rebel fighters as the military warns it could retake the region within weeks. protesters demand democratic freedom in africa's last absolute monarchy. donald rumsfeld, the man who saw america's invasions of afghanistan and iraq dies at the age of 88. an extreme heat wave being the u.s. and canada has shattered records and has contributed to dozens of deaths. services are stretched and hospitals are reporting an influx of heat stroke victims. officials warned the weather is likely to remain scorching. there is also the threat of large wildfires as excessive heat warnings remain in place. reporter: with wildfires burning in a heat wave intensifying droughts, joe biden convened a meeting with governor's. >> we know this is becoming a regular cycle and we know it is getting worse. in fact, the threat of wildfires this year is as severe as it has ever been. reporter: temperatures are soaring. cities like seattle and portland , known for their moderate temperatures are breaking heat records. struggling with water shortages. in vancouver the heatw

you've seen that in iran and ethiopia and places like kashmir and india. but it's a very crude instrument and it doesn't actually work all that well in terms of accomplishing its purposes. >> host: a quote from your book, "the rise of digital repression" quote, , as long as the economy stay strong, citizens will tolerate diminished political freedoms. >> guest: that's right. i think it's a large extent there's a bit of a bargain especially in china is a great case in point, where diminished political freedoms are viewed as acceptable as long as prosperity the middle to make a good living, economic growth increases. once those coming to jeopardy and i think you really start to see a groundswell of opposition. for a lot of countries that's the bargain. essentially keep the economy running. what are the kind of oppressive actions you do don't allow the repression actions to affect the economy, and as long as you do that the bulk of citizenry will probably not rise up. but oftentimes that's a very tricky balance to undertake, and so you see that getting offend

risk a devastating conflict spiraling, even further into crisis, that's the warning from the un to ethiopia, government, and to grind forces some 8 months after the start of a war that killed thousands of people and displaced millions. this week the government announced to cease fire that the rebels have dismissed and is fighting continues. united nations has told security council members that the situation is deteriorated even further. 400000 people are estimated to already cross the threshold into famine. another 1800000 a thought to be on the brink of famine and sama suggesting the true number is even higher. many children are going hungry with 33000 children severely malnourished. so we'll have more on that security council meeting in a moment 1st. so catherine sawyer reports from us, aba, it's a difficult task for aid, walk us trying to get food and other supplies to those who need it. most anti guy fighting is still going on in some part of the region. different forces control different areas and draw the facilities have been destroyed in some area. this is what is left of a bridge ov

but the way they did by growing tensions with egypt and sudan, ethiopia is set for the next phase of filling them on the blue nile july on i'll just eat up all the hello there. i'm the star, you tanda with the headlines for you here on out of there. and the biden administration is defending the u. s. military withdrawal from afghanistan as advancing taliban fighters claim more territory. washington says it's a draw down a national retreat and is pledging to support the african government from a distance. the taliban meanwhile, have stepped up their campaign ahead of that full withdrawal of us forces, which the defense department says is now already 90 percent complete and ship out reports on the ground taliban fighters have been taking one district after another . they now control canister the northern border, which has he could stand the african governments as a counter offensive is on the way and will include soldiers who fled from the border this week. at our way, mother may have one son, even the african people expected that after the withdrawal of american forces in other countr

the changes and challenges, but the bob way faces today, despite going tension with agency dan, ethiopia, is set for the next phase of filling them on the blue nile. july on i just, i this is al jazeera ah hello there. i'm how they see user life and go home coming up in the next 60 minutes to grow and leaders layer their conditions for considering the cold play. feel governments including a un investigation into alleged war kind doesn't killed us or a military transport plane, mississippi way and crashes in the southern philippines. a cheap suite tasting a chilling. the drug is distributed in africa and what's being described as a game changer for treating babies and children and cyber attackers shop that a supermarket chain and these companies worldwide, few, they're being held to run and in sport, england set up a european sham chip, semi fund with denmark, when they think you crying for new service, december, the 1st time in 25 years. ah. to go in forces in order to t o p. a say they're ready for seas far talks with the federal government as long as certain conditions are met. that is

after months of conflict in northern ethiopia to great regional government says it's ready for sci fi, but with key conditions and advisor to the president of the state police to statement on twitter demanding the full withdrawal of foreign troops from the region. a reference to not only soldiers from neighboring a trail, but also the ethiopian military and forces from ethiopia as i'm har. region to cries, government is also calling on the you and to investigate ethiopia under a train for what it describes as war crimes and crimes against humanity in to grow . another demand is the unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid. i'm helped to repatriate people displaced by the conflict. the regional leaders say ethiopia must restore electricity and internet to the region and release all political prisoners with full legal rights. while catherine sawyer is in the south of us, she says the government will have to soften its hard line position to negotiate with a trigger. and leaders, placement by the grand forces has, is very strongly wooded. and a lot of the field is, are high up cautiously ho

reference to not any soldiers from neighboring eritrea, but also the european military forces from ethiopia as hora region to grades. government is also calling on the un to investigate european and there are a tree of what it describes as war crimes and crimes against humanity against the to gray and people. and not the demand is the unimpeded delivery. if humanitarian aid and help to repair trade, people displaced by the conflict, the regional leaders say ethiopia must restore electricity internet to the region. and finally release all political prisoners with full legal rights. catherine, so it is an artist of a boss. she says the government will have to soften its hold line positions to negotiate with the, to grey and leaders. faith meant by the grand forces has, is very strongly wooded, and a lot of the fields are high above cautiously hopeful that these open a window to a political dialogue, hoping that both sides, the federal government and administration of be prime minister. i'll be on that. and the last leadership are going to set aside their hotline positions and seat and agree t

anchor: at other major milestone for ethiopia's controversial mega town. a second phase is completed despite opposition from nations downstream. this is al jazeera, live from london. dozens are killed in a blast at a busy market in iraq, a day before celebrations begin. police from guantanamo at home to morocco. the first detainee freed under joe biden. a cyberattack which targeted hundreds of thousands of microsoft exchange servers. the u.s. and its allies blame groups backed by china. ethiopian engineers working on a large hydro dam have reached a controversial milestone. the second phase of filling the reservoir has been completed, but it is a huge source of worry for neighboring egypt and sudan. reporter: the completion of the dam is a milestone. the country's energy minister witnessed the end of the process, and set the heavy rains this season made everything easier. >> we are putting the turbines on unit 10. as soon as someone -- in a few months it's all about connecting to the transformers, and this will provide the biggest outcome for the people in

but along the border, sudan in ethiopia, have had a rocky set of relations in recent months. so, you know, the way this an reaction is clear as yes. the grand rebels have rejected the fire announced by the government after taking over the northern region from the federal forces and whether its troops circle, south of pig right or left on their own. there is no denying that they are unresolved issues. that if you of your troops may need to focus on people morgan all to 0 alpha omega, go bodies to them. iraqi forces say they've disabled 3 bombs intended to blow off electricity towers outside more. so there have been several attacks on power plants across the rock in recent days. at least 7 people have been killed. not moved up. the why had reports from bank that attacks on tricity facilities in many areas of iraq has increased. recently, dozens of public operations have been reported since the beginning of this year, and especially recently with the heat wave hitting in many areas, especially in central and southern provinces of iraq. the problem is accepted bated and no group

more than a dozen aid trucks have reached the capital of ethiopia's war—torn tigray region.johnson and his wife, carrie, have announced they are expecting a second child. their first child, wilfred, was born in april last year. and as jamaica's elaine thompson—herah takes gold in the olympic hundred—metre final, we'll look ahead to day nine of the tokyo games. hello and welcome. there is heavy fighting in the southern afghan city of lashkar gah, the capital of helmand province. security forces in two other key cities — kandahar in the south and herat in the west — are also battling to try to halt the taliban offensive. thousands of people have been fleeing their homes to other parts of afghanistan and neighbouring countries. our correspondent secunder kermani is in the capital, kabul. this is the most serious fighting we've seen since this latest taliban offensive began. the group already had captured vast swathes of rural territory. now, they're trying to take their first city and earlier this evening, they made their way right to the centre of lashkar gah before being push

now the un security council has been discussing the controversial mega down that ethiopia is building on the river nile. it's put the country on a collision course with egypt answered on, you say the news access to fresh water. she nidia, i'm saudi arabia has now joined in that dispute and are demanding an international resolution or egypt. foreign minister had a very blunt assessment of the situation. a nation of over 100000000 souls is facing an existing show threat. a grant structure of mammoth proportion has been constructed across the archery that bequeathed life to the people of egypt . a colossal wall of iron and steel has risen along the banks of a great and ancient river and has cast a long and dark shadow over the future and fate of the people of egypt. with every brick and every layer of mortar, the girl grows higher and its reservoir grows larger, and it continues to constrict the life blood of innocent millions living downstream of this giant dam. i'd util the egypt and to don sent the foreign ministers to their meeting. if your sentence was a minister and he says his cou

you have seen in iran and ethiopia and places like kashmir in india.ut it is a very crude instrument. it doesn't work very well. peter: a quote from your book, "as long as the economy stays strong, citizens will tolerate diminished political freedoms." steven: that's right. and i think to a large extent, there is a bit of a bargain, and china is a great case in point, where diminished political freedoms are viewed as acceptable as long as prosperity, the ability to make a good living, as long as economic growth increases. but once those come into jeopardy, then i think you really start to see a groundswell of opposition. for a lot of countries, that's the bargain. essentially, keep the economy running, whatever kind of oppressive actions you do, do not allow this repression to affect the economy, and as long as you do that, the bulk of citizenry will probably not rise up. but oftentimes, that is a very tricky balance to undertake, and so you see that getting upended in many situations. peter: let's talk about some of the so-called advantages of digital

she joins his life from ethiopia as capital. as, as catherine, the cpos has come back with its conditions for a cease far just focus, see the, the most notable conditions there and you think me, if you pick government is likely to accept them while this is very strongly why did statement and it also say that the federal government must accept the t p. last leadership as been legitimate regional government. off to grow the government already read the, you know, be that ministration already unable to t p life and it's for as a terrorist organization, the t p l f. also ones that immediately leads of all to grants who are in detention says that government must allow those who are forced to exile to come back in the statement. it also says that not only should this independent investigation be by the un be formed to investigate that, talk to you that have been committed in t guys since a was cited in november. there should also be another independent international. would you keep track this demand talks, the implementation of this de

our life from bill hop coming out, the next 60 minutes. ethiopia as mega dam has been filled for a 2nd time. it's another milestone for the project that's causing tension in the region. no longer a threat to us national security, the by the ministration freeze its 1st president on tunnel, bade the us and is allies accuse china being behind a worldwide email hacks, a compromise tens of thousands of computers and what is about carbon levels and the effect on climate change from wildfires ranging in siberia and pete a similar to the sport has another athlete test positive for coded 19 inside the olympic village in tokyo and one of the big civic sponsors, toyota patrols. it's commercials in japan associated with the games. ah, well, the 2nd phase of filling the controversial ground ethiopian renee souls damn, is complete. the issue has res, tensions with its neighbors. egypt and sudan want a binding deal over the filling and the dams operations. and they've approached the un security council to intervene. ethiopia says the project is essential to its development, but cato and cartoon fear

as spring in katherine, so we now who is in ethiopia? capital artist. out of katherine, what is the government saying about this un meeting? is it at all willing to consider un mediation? at some point while a press conference was just held by a spokesman in the midst of foreign affairs and basset, dina murphy, who tom, the outcome of that un security council meeting. as a diplomatic victory for the field. he said that the council members look indifferent to him or but all to would return to those talks led by the african union. you know, previous african union mediated talks have failed. but the spokesman here, just like the government has been saying, i said that said what this need is an african solution because we're talking about an african problem, an african issue, an african reba and african dumb. and only an african solution can create long lasting and long last agreement. so really calls on the to downstream can countries egypt and to down to recommit to both talk so that a binding agreement can be reached. that 2 countries also hold the posit

and this is given us a degree in fighters in ethiopia. say they've seized a major time in a new offensive spokesman's at baton. abriya was taken off the federal and m. r. a forces withdrew. it is the most intense lighting scene since the rebels captured the regional capital mckelly last month. now to the united states, because taxi can texas republicans rather including the governor, a calling for democratic state politicians who fled the states to be arrested. most of the state legislatures, democrats, or in washington dc to try to stop up ill. they say suppress his voting rights. without them, the legislature doesn't have a quorum. that means it can't vote on the proposed law. democrats say the proposed restrictions were inspired by lies about widespread voter fraud in the presidential election. that calling on congress to act on protecting voting rights. so they can't stay out of texas indefinitely. i will tell you that what the house represent can do the speaker can do is issue a call to have these members arrested. in addition to tha

that's the warning from the united nations to ethiopia, government, and to grind rebel finances. it says 400000 people are now suffering fallon. while another 1800000 afford to be facing starvation, the war began 8 months ago and has displaced millions if you'd be a government that had a sci fi this week right before a major bridge in t grey was destroyed, cutting off a critical aid supply route and as catherine, so what's now from addis ababa officials that deny that it's stifling the 8 acid it's a difficult task for a walk as trying to get food and other supplies to those who need it. most anti guy fighting is still going on in some part of the region. different forces control different areas and draw the facilities have been destroyed in some areas. this is what is left of a bridge over the tech has a river. it's an important supplier route to west than to gray. the world food program says it's foods, talks are running low and the airport still closed. reaching much of the population will be a struggle. and the fact is that people have died. people are dying and more people wi

the african union has 4 months trying to mediate between ethiopia, egypt, and sudan. but despite its efforts, the dispute about addis ababa construction of a giant hydro electric dam on the blue nile remains unresolved downstream cairo. and for to say the issue could threaten peace and security in the region and ask the un security council to intervene before the situation escalades. but the french envoy to the un says the world body lacks the legal expertise and there is little it can do. he's called on the 3 countries to go back to the negotiating table. so the security council does plan to meet next week to discuss the crisis. egypt relies and then i'll for up to 90 percent of its fresh water supply and fears the dam could affect the flow while sudan is worried. the multi $1000000000.00 project could damage its own reservoirs and water stations. if the o p. s, as the dam is crucial to its economic development, and will provide electricity to millions of ethiopian se, egypt and sudan are seeking a binding agreement on the fire, on the filling of the dam and its oper

in violence by iso linked fighters saturday, b as backing egypt and sudan in their dispute with ethiopia over it's controversial giant hydropower dump kingdom says it supports the countries in preserving their legitimate water rights. ethiopia says it started the 2nd phase of filling the dams on the blue nile. indonesians importing emergency oxygen supplies from singapore to treat a rising number of corona virus patients. on tuesday, the countries daily count of cases hit another record high, more than 31000. the government says that number, the devil on tropical storm elsa has been upgraded to a hurricane as it bows towards the u. s. state of florida. the national hurricane center has warning. a damaging winds and heavy rain is expected to make landfall on wednesday. a storm as really passed over several can be an islands killing at least 3 people. well, those are the headlines. the news continues here on out to 0, after witness state you and thanks for watching for now. on it 10, oliver 3, we look at the situation in the will, young gets country off the civil war and the displacement o

and then ethiopia's largest region is doing the same thing.fter the government suggested soldiers withdraw from the conflict zone three weeks ago. they will be redeploying those soldiers. an if you be in minister has lashed out at different groups he blames for work against the government. this includes western media, western officials, and even aid agencies. he says there is a smear campaign against ethiopia, and some aid agencies are arming rebels, and they could be thrown out. >> some humanitarian coordinator's who have made this routine practice in other countries and also in our country before, agencies connected to food aid, arm the other side. for this reason, play a destructive role to stop the crisis from ending. if this continues, the government will undertake its duty to save the country. it will have to review its work with some of them, and there will be convenient conditions to force some of them out of the country. maryam: now we turn to south africa. the government is mobilizing thousands of soldiers to stop more than a week of

the un security council has met to discuss the crisis in ethiopia's tigray region. months of fighting means hundreds of thousands of people are now at risk of starvation. the ethiopian government has denied allegations that it's been blocking aid getting through. this is after tigrayan rebels took control of much of the northern region this week. the un world food programme says it's up and running again but access is still difficult. courtney bembridge has the latest. cheering and chanting. an extraordinary moment after months of brutal conflict. cheering. horns blare. celebrations on the streets of tigray�*s capital mekelle after rebel fighters took over the city. they've declared victory over the government troops... horns blare, applause ..but eight months of fighting has left its mark. more than 400,000 people are estimated to have crossed the threshold into famine and another 1.8 million people are on the brink of famine. some are suggesting that the numbers are even higher. 33,000 children are severely malnourished. and moreover, the food insecurity crisis wi

for much of the past 2 decades, ethiopia, as economy with the exception, has grown at a breakneck 10 percent or more. is until the arrival of prime minister avia hundreds in 2018. he has hope to list the economy to middle income spaces through privatization, but conflicts in the northern te joy region. the pandemic and locust swarms of strains the countries finances report to the prime minister who won the nobel peace prize for ending a border of war with neighboring retreat. the challenges are acting out its forces slipping. roaches in a c grade before plunging the region into a humanitarian crisis, the united nations says 70 percent of the population needs food, eats that conflict food from abby's decision to live bands and position and rebel groups, which a stalked, long held ethnic tensions and rivalries. camino fighting and i'm horror and are on maria has left hundreds. dave, tensions of brewing on the board was done over disputed forming lands. she'll political tensions are also rising between egypt. see don and g o p a over ivy's decision to continue filling a vast them on the

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