messages and decided to send his first official delegation to addis ababa form a province of ethiopia eritrea bolted for independence in one thousand nine hundred thirty its oppression from ethiopia declared its will landlocked resit broke away with the portal as someone must so what. five years later the two countries went to warm up over the ports over the small undusted village of but on the border and who it belongs to. how the two countries dealt with the aftermath of the wall has had the most intimate impact on their citizens thousands of better term nationals were deported from ethiopia eritrea to send home ethiopians living and working within its territory dividing families and bringing businesses built over a long period you're not a prominent a term by both chose to stay in addis ababa and keep his job at a pro-government work custer when his entire family was deported in two thousand and two at a trailer nothing prepared him for the two decades he spent away from his parents and siblings and i'm getting new to see germany my father died and i couldn't even attend his funeral it was

injured its people by shelling mines murder rape detention and abduction eritrea says it was acting in self-defense as ethiopia was unlawfully occupying its territory the claims commission concluded that eritrea was to blame for starting the war and had invaded ethiopia in may one thousand nine hundred ninety eight but it drew up new boundaries that put bad may in eritrea and territory deemed ethiopia had to give it back ethiopia for the decision and its troops refused to leave bedmate until now sixteen years later ethiopia's ruling party under the leadership of a new prime minister agreed to honor the decision it is. a difficult a decision because more than seventy thousand lives are secure right there in darkness and after all of the war is going to last giving up a but the man who is a little bit creating a discontent in ethiopia but for eritrea it's a victory africa's unfinished war is finished the day will get bad me the small town that started this conflict. right now we can speak to a lemon who is editor in chief of the ad a standard that's an online english language magazine he's joining us via skype f

injured its people by shelling mines murder rape detention and abduction eritrea says it was acting in self-defense as ethiopia was unlawfully occupying its territory the claims commission concluded that eritrea was to blame for starting the war and had invaded ethiopia in may one thousand nine hundred ninety eight but it drew up new boundaries that put bad may in eritrean territory and deemed ethiopia had to give it back ethiopia fought the decision and its troops refused to leave bedmate until now sixteen years later ethiopia's ruling party under the leadership of a new prime minister agreed to honor the decision it is. a difficult a decision because more than seventy thousand lives are secure right there in darkness and after all of the war is going to less giving up but the man who is a little bit later think it is going to end in ethiopia but for eritrea it's a victory africa's unfinished war is finished they will get bad me the small town that started this conflict still ahead on al-jazeera crackdown on immigration or an attack on human rights will have the latest on a new bill being debated in hungary p

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

injured its people by shelling mines murder rape detention and abduction eritrea says it was acting in self-defense as ethiopia was unlawfully occupying its territory the claims commission concluded that eritrea was to blame for starting the war and had invaded ethiopia in may one thousand nine hundred ninety eight but it drew up new boundaries that put bad may in eritrea territory and deemed ethiopia had to give it back ethiopia for the decision and its troops refused to leave bedmate until now sixteen years later ethiopia's ruling party under the leadership of a new prime minister agreed to on of the decision it is. a difficult a decision because more than seventy thousand lives out of the right there in darkness and after all of the war is going to last giving up about the man who is a little bit later think it is going to end in ethiopia but for eritrea it's a victory africa's unfinished war is finished the day will get bedmate the small town that started this conflict. now the world is a less peaceful place than at any other time in the last decade that's according to a new study done by the global peace

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

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

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

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

appears to be a turning point in the ongoing dispute between eritrea and ethiopia eritrea and president as the us is of world he announced he's sending a senior delegation to addis ababa two weeks after the theo peer agreed to withdraw its forces from the stupid border regions earlier this month ethiopia announced it would fully accept the terms of a peace agreement signed eighteen years ago. nigeria's government is in talks with the u.k. to accept the return of rare bronze statue situ stolen by the british more than a century ago the british however want to loan the stout stone work to the african country instead more now from barbara. these are some of the bronzes stolen more than one hundred years ago in what is now southern nigeria mr the artifacts removed from the can have been inspired this and the doc in the british museum campaign as have made repeated calls for their return i think it's very important that we are straightforward and honest and transparent about the ways in which some of these objects events that the collection is absolutely not the case that everything in the m

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

hopes of a breakthrough to end years of tension between rival neighbors ethiopia and eritrea . from russia with love the happiest football fans as the first two teams qualify for the world cup knockout stages. the u.s. president has bowed to pressure and signed an executive order to end his controversial policy of separating migrant families at the southern border children will now be detained with their parents but for only up to twenty days but donald trump wants to extend that as alan fischer reports from washington. we don't have a lot of happy people. faced with a rear utang from president trump reversing his own policy of separating families who entered the u.s. illegally we're going to have strong very strong borders but we're going to keep the families together i didn't like the site but the feeling of families being separated. those who enter the u.s. illegally will still be prosecuted the continuation of trumps the zero tolerance border policy but families will be kept together while they wait for a hearing before an immigration judge but the trumpet ministration can'

ethiopia says it's time for decades of hostility with eritrea to come to an end a high level delegation from eritrea is in the theo be in capital for talks for the first time since diplomatic ties was severed twenty years ago a border war broke out in one nine hundred ninety eight but the ethiopian prime minister says lands will now be swapped and the dispute will end with this generation mohammed are the reports from. a warm welcome for members of the fost trained in addition to visit the disc in almost two decades they here to discuss peace overtures but if you have here the top raised hopes of a breakthrough in one of a focus most of them but interest on the offs if european prime minister ahmet said earlier this month he was ready to on all the times of a peace deal and of the country's one thousand nine hundred eight to two thousand conflict he suggested if the appeal would be willing to give up its claim to disputed land raising hopes of a settlement toughest getting over their common border with swiveling nets. every train and ethiopian people are brothers and sisters relationshi

particularly the united states' interest in that region and united states is trying to hold this ethiopia and eritrea to come so that they have an end to discuss but those countries refused. and now your position and accepting. boundary commission only and ethiopia as you say says it will now accept the outcome of the two thousand and two u.n. backed border commission ruling of course which awarded those disputed territories to eritrea just remind us about the importance of the significance briefly of this commission ruling. yeah commission ruling it's. final and binding as there is no negotiation opt out of that ruling that that's one of the difficult sticky points to open a diplomatic channel between the two countries and everybody i think. each of them must to follow the. court's rulings i submit to you again and. political observer it is a. difficult a decision because more than seventy thousand lives out of sixty fight there in ductless and after all of that water is going to less. now. giving up but the man who is elected to beat creating a discontent in ethiopia i can econd say but. i think it

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

to broker peace ruled that disputed areas, including the town of badme, should go to eritrea, a decision that ethiopiaon the border. eritrea accused ethiopia of occupying its territory, and tensions remain high. now, the ethiopian ruling coalition has called for a return to what it called the long—lost peace between two brother nations. ethiopia's new prime minister seemingly calming a country which has seen rising tensions in recent months, ending a state of emergency imposed in february designed to stem unrest, and now with a promise to make peace with the country's northern neighbour. ethiopia's intentions now seem clear. its next move could be to start removing the soldiers from the border territory they have been patrolling for more than 20 years. andrew plant, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a slice of the action. the world custard pie championship takes place, and it is an international affair. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given, the great guns of the tower shal

ruling declares that bugged me is and always will be it has been a part of eritrea which is occupied by ethiopia a lot of people on twitter also if you look at this movie saying every tree has been calling for the implementation of this agreement for the last sixteen years but the us the un and others failed to pressure you theo pia so maybe the question is then you know this last line eritrea doesn't have to respond until a full withdrawal actually happens because as you see right there are a lot of people saying actions speak louder than world words let's give a royal commission and i jump it yes but then i want to hear also from or i'll go ahead. you are absolutely right that from a purely legal point of this is something i want to point out over and over again from a purely legal point of view editor doesn't need to say anything if you'll be a house to withdraw its troops and then things would be normalized or talks toward normalization would start but from a purely diplomatic and political point of view it would be remiss not to get involved. but one thing that i want to point out is that b

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

messages and decided to send his first official delegation to addis ababa former province of ethiopia eritrea voted for independence in one thousand nine hundred three its oppression from ethiopia declared it as it broke away with the portal. five years later the two countries went to war over the ports over the small village of the border and who it belongs to. how the two countries dealt with the aftermath of the war hoshide the most intimate impact on the citizens thousands of it turned nationals were deported from ethiopia. that a threat to sent home ethiopians leaving them looking within its territory dividing families and bringing businesses built over a long period your last a prominent a term by both chose to stay in addis ababa and keep his job at a pro-government custom when his entire family was deported in two thousand to the trail nothing prepared him for the two decades he spent away from his pardons and siblings. procedure mother my father died and i couldn't even attend his funeral it was painful not to see my mother for so long i'm so tankful that the two countries are finall

up to record piece ruled the disputed areas, including this town of badme, should go to eritrea, a decision ethiopiad. it kept its troops on the border, with eritrea accusing keepy—uppie of occupying it is territory. and tensions remained high. now the ethiopian ruling coalition has called for a return to what it called for a return to what it called the long—lost peace between two brother nations. the new prime minister of ethiopia is seemingly calming a country which has seen rising tension in recent months, ending a state of emergency imposed in february designed to stem unrest and now with a promise to make peace with the northern neighbour of the country. ethiopian‘s intentions now seem clear. its next move could be to start removing the soldiers from the border territory they have been patrolling for more than 20 years. andrew plant, bbc news. let's ta ke let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. mexico has announced new tariffs on a range of american products, including whisky, cheese, and pork. it's in response to president trump's decision to impose steep duties on imp

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

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

dropped a warhead in tripoli talks aimed at settling a longstanding border dispute between eritrea and ethiopia being held in at a suburb of ethiopia agreed earlier this month to abide by a peace deal signed eighteen years ago which ended fighting with eritrea and troops both countries have remained at odds since the war in one nine hundred ninety eight over a disputed area a un backed ruling in two thousand and two granted contested territories to eritrea but ethiopia refused to withdraw its troops until recently to serious mohamad other reports now from attis. it's the fourth time in almost two decades the two countries will be discussing peace between them there's been a situation of no peace for the last two decades and what is making people really hopeful that this time around things might be successful is the offered by the new ethiopian prime minister to fully accept the old yes i've given two thousand with the stuff published if you open in a tray and boundary commission who's ruling if you're being rejected later but now think that he's willing to accept and if you appear willing to ce

abuses by the security forces, sacked military leaders, and begun moves to make peace with ethiopia's rival eritrea asked the charity—run rescue ship aquarius to help a boat in trouble off the coast of tunisia. last week neither malta nor italy would allow the vessel to dock, after it rescued 630 migrants off the coast of libya. italy has since banned charity and foreign flagged ships coming ashore, if migrants are onboard. the england world cup squad have been training this morning in russia ahead of their match tomorrow against panama with high hopes of going through to the knock—out stage of the competition. 0ur correspondent david 0rnstein is at the england base at repino. david. welcome to the gulf of finland. we are about 45 minutes from st petersburg and that is the journey the team bus is on as we speak because it left here a short time ago. they will fly by private jet from st petersburg over to nizhny novgorod, about two hours, 700 miles, and the temperature is about 30 degrees there with england playing at 3pm local time tomorrow, 1pm in the uk and they will have to cope with the warm co

in 1998 to 2000, ethiopia and eritrea had a bitter battle over boundaries and territory. rean and ethiopia's soldiers died, about 70,000. between 70,000 and 100,000 soldiers. it was a really bitter feud. so the un and other people came in to try and sort out what the problem was. and in 2000, a boundaries commission came up with the decision and offered some territories ethiopia. both countries did sign that agreement, but ethiopia never really fully accepted it. in fact, one of the territories is occupied by ethiopia. today, this is quite a development and ethiopia says they have done this because it is in an effort to make peace with eritrea. over the last few years, norway has taken in over 400,000 migrants from the middle east and africa. to help them integrate, it's offering what it's calling "cultural coding classes" — specifically, classes teaching migrants about how issues of sexual assault and domestic violence are viewed in europe. here's one of the instructors with an example of what a class might contain. the topic is about rape and sexual violence. but i also

conscription laws have prompted thousands of young men to flee from eritrea as red sea coast line for europe israel and other african countries ethiopia'sa new prime minister over to start talks with eritrea.

exile ethiopia is helping to mediate the talks tens of thousands of people have died in the fighting and millions have been displaced both sides are accused of human rights violations. eritrea's president says he's ready to put a decades old dispute with neighboring ethiopia to rest follows ethiopia's prime minister announcing his country is ready to accept the terms of a deal from eighteen years ago more than seventy thousand people were killed during the two year border war that began in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight the un e.u. in the into merican commission on human rights says they've received invitations to investigate violent protests in nicaragua since april at least one hundred seventy people have died in anti-government demonstrations anger over plans to reform the welfare system triggered the violence security forces have been accused of using excessive force thousands of protesters have been arrested hungry has defied e.u. will to build criminalizing assistance to undocumented migrants some of the so-called stops or a slow aid workers could face up to a year in jail if they help people seek asylum the prime minister viktor orban blames on guerin american

ethiopia's rolled out the red carpet for eritrea as a top diplomat as the two neighbors took a major step toward ending decades of conflict and hostility ethiopia's prime minute. britain's prince william has met israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on the first ever official british royal visit to israel and the palestinian territories earlier the prince visited jerusalem's holocaust memorial william has to navigate deep political and religious divides in a region that britain once ruled well the syrian government its forces have begun an offensive on the southern city of the wrong one of the last rebel held on claims in the country it was supposed to be part of a deescalation zone agreed by the us jordan and russia but according to rights activists that has not stopped an assault on the area. those who could flee to iran have done so already several thousand people have left the city after days of nonstop meant countless surrounding villages have been hit to activists say that medical clinics have also been destroyed the streets and the destruction widespread as an utter lack of

a peace deal fell apart in twenty sixteen leaving the shah to go into exile ethiopia is helping to mediate the tools eritrea's president. of quirky says that he's sending a cd a delegation to ethiopia two weeks after the government there agreed to withdraw its forces from the disputed border region earlier this month ethiopia announced that it would fully accept the terms of a peace agreement signed eighteen years ago more than seventy thousand people were killed during a two year border water border war rather between the two countries that began in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight hungary is to fight evil on passed a bill criminalizing assistance to undocumented immigrants under the so-called stop soros law aid workers could face up to a year in jail if they help people seeking asylum prime minister viktor orban blames garia american businessman george soros for encouraging mass migration to europe sauced denies that leaders from ten even nations will meet in brussels on sunday to try to resolve divisions of immigration it comes ahead of any use summits next thursday to discuss overhauling the blocks

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

--e'll be a deft ethiopia' ethiopia's governing coalition says it will accept a deal with eritrea. a land deal reported disputed territory to eritrea, buthat had been contested by ethiopia until now, and the two countries remain bitter enemies. foe american fashion designer kate spade has beed dead at her new york city apartment rt, rely the result of the suicide. ms. spade founded her trademark range of handbags and accessories in the early 1990's. she went on to sell the company r name remains synonymous with the brand. joined menada tawfik a short time what do we know about the circumstances of her death? nada: the nypd says they are investigating this as a tragic suicide. the housekeeper foun spade inhe bedroom of her park avenue apartment unresponsive and called emergency services. when they arrived, they said she was unconscious and they pronounced her dead. we know that there was a note found there in the residence, and the associated press is reporting a law enforcement source isrt saying f that letter had a message to her 13-year-old daughter. her family has put out aem st

ethiopia's rolled out the red carpet for eritrea as top diplomat as the two neighbors took a major step towards ending decades of conflict and hostility ethiopian prime minister upbeat ahmed who you see there on the left says that the issues dividing the nations are miniscule compared to their eagerness to mend. all right high drama in the village games at the world cup today joining me here at the big desk to talk about it is it really from v.w. sports good to see you again or at least go through this well what a day argentina looked down and now but they came back in spectacular fashion that oh it's such a thriller before the game they knew that they had to win but it was a bit of a roller coaster of emotions they started out on a high because who else but me you know messi scored the opening goal for argentina in the fourteenth minute they felt safe they now had the lead this is what they were hoping for but they continued to struggle a little bit and idea got into the game better and better here you see the penalty it was an equaliser in the fifty first minute and now everything was

it's a long and arduous journey many are scaping war extreme poverty in countries like eritrea somalia and ethiopia transit points on the horn of africa including djibouti although some choose to stop in yemen despite the war the rest are looking to work in wealthier countries like saudi arabia and the gulf states earlier letter daughter who works for the i.o.m. gave graphic detail of what happens to people along the way. we talk a lot about the mediterranean because it's euro centric approach to things but the real rices is people seven thousand a month probably going to yemen from the horn of africa desperately trying to find work to get out of poverty making their way to the gulf region so that's what it's all about and when they're predicted on and when they're abused and murdered at the times it really doesn't make a blind there's an awful lot of abuse of these migrants and they come across they don't necessarily have as many resources as those coming from west africa do but the my of the those predating on those who pick them up on the road and then take them off to sellers and torture them a

most intractable standoff for decades but earlier this month ethiopia said that it would fully accept the terms of a peace deal made with eritrea back in two thousand israeli warplanes launched airstrikes on the gaza strip early on wednesday the military says that they targeted two dozen positions linked to islamist group hamas in response to rockets that were watched towards israel officials in gaza say that several people were injured the exchange of fire comes a bit months of heightened tension in the region. well as many as six hundred fifty people in the u.k. died because a british hospital gave them powerful painkillers without any medical justification the institutionalized practice has been exposed in a new report by an independent panel it's been published after years of pressure from family members who wanted answers about the deaths of their loved ones at the memorial hospital in southern england. many of those buried at the cemetery died at the local hospital family members think they should have lived much longer. he was actually put on this route through disposal. there was no food no water. it was simply pumped d

and eritrea as president says he's ready to put a decades old dispute with neighboring ethiopia to rest comes up to ethiopia's prime minister announce his country is ready to accept the terms of an agreement from eighteen years ago. the un un into american commission on human rights say they've received invitations to investigate violent protests in nicaragua at least one hundred seventy people have died in anti-government demonstrations since april security forces have been accused of using excessive force while wrapping i reports now from the capital managua. but. these desperate mothers crying out to prison guards for the release of their children my d.s.l. danya has been camped outside these gates for more than a week her son we'll that was arrested after attending an anti-government demonstration at one point she change her self to the fence begging for her son's release me one look even then he took me one my son is innocent his only crime was holding up the flag of my country i believe this is why they're keeping him where wielders wife hazel has also stayed by the prison gates s

ethiopia says it'll accept a peace deal with eritrea 16 years after it was first proposed.parties continue choosing their candidates for november's mid—term elections. and a carpet of plastic smothers a beach in mumbai. the un says 11 million plastic bags are used around the world every

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