it also significantly affected the landscape within ethiopia and eritrea. amy: where did the united states fit into its -- this picture? awol: ethiopia is a very large country. ethiopia is strategic and the war on terror. it became almost one of the and a key counterterrorism ally of the united states in the horn of africa. as a result, ethiopia received financial and economic and technical support from the united states. at the same time, there was a process of isolating and sidelining eritrea by the ethiopian government. the united states was not constructive at all. the number of sanctions imposed , they were the result of ethiopia and the united states government. the ethiopian government used the discourse and the landgrab not just to isolate era trail by presenting itself the only power that can provide stability in the region, but also to engage in plans within ethiopia itself. it has not been constructive at all and i don't think the usa played any part in the current agreements between the countries. , ithe u.s. played any role think this is the suc

"families speak after 20 years as ethiopia restores phones to eritrea." pia has officially requested that the united nations lift sanctions against eritrea. this conflict goes back to a civil war fought between 1988—2000, in which 80,000 people were killed. a un—brokered peace deal awarded disputed territories like the town of badme to eritrea. ethiopia had always refused to implement that arrangement, until now. in this article by the bbc‘s africa editor fergal keane, fergal argues this is largely due to ethiopia's new prime minister. i asked nancy kacungira if she agreed this was the case. it certainly is. we are talking about a conflict that has lasted two decades and appears to be coming to an end in a matter of days. and this is not really the first we're hearing of a possible and to the ethiopia — eritrea conflict. there have been talks behind—the—scenes, we know the us special envoy was having talks with the ep at —— ethiopia and eritrea. ethiopia's ruling party last year also said they will change relations. but this has come as a bit of a shock, t

backing eritrea and its long fight for independence from ethiopia but when war broke out between eritrea and ethiopia somalia effectively became the site of a proxy war in recent years eritrea has backed al-shabaab who launched deadly attacks throughout somalia with the aim of overthrowing the government now its pledged support to support somalia's sovereignty and the government's efforts to restore the country's rightful stature. well somalia's president has been in the eritrean capital s lara since saturday his visit is a reflection of how diplomacy in the region has been transformed since if his leader reached out to eritrea during a banquet with the somali president eritrea's president said in a pack of crisis conflict and stability was coming to an end but according to matt bryden chairman of the of a political think tank covering the horn of africa repression one could also be a result of somalia's deteriorating relationship with the u.a.e. relations are especially suspended since somalia confiscated almost ten million dollars. funding was a sense of the for its embassy in move to

still ahead on the first commercial flight from ethiopia to eritrea and twenty years seals there are also. thailand's rescued young footballers relive the moment they were found dead inside a flooded cave. welcome back we'll look at weather conditions across asia this time and look at the satellite imagery it generally looks fine across much of this region and certainly for japan the heat wave is really taking hold we've had a lot of fatalities as a result not just a very high daytime temperatures but high nighttime temperatures and very high humidity levels so that's expected to continue as we head on through into the weekend not a great deal of change but i see some rain pushing up into parts of the south later on weather front is pushing towards beijing so fine for much of the day showers expected later on across more southern areas well this is what's left of in this tropical storm which is given fast amounts rains huge rainfall totals being reported in vinh for instance and this system is likely just to meander around northern parts of vietnam and through into laos and miramar o

commander says it could take two to three days to bring all of the maoists ethiopia's prime minister is in neighboring eritrea for a historic visit prime minister obviously it was greeted by eritrean president i say yes after work here at the airport to head off a summit between the two regional rivals ethiopia and eritrea fought a costly war eighteen years ago over a disputed border south sudan's warring parties have agreed to another power sharing deal under which rebel leader react machar will be reinstated as vice president regional leaders have begun mediating peace talks in uganda to end south sudan's civil war. now the u.s. is reassuring asian allies that progress is well on track to rid north korea of nuclear weapons the u.s. secretary of state my pump aoe has been in tokyo after another round of talks in pyongyang where he was accused of behaving like a gangster sarah clarke reports from seoul. the u.s. secretary of state was among friends when he arrived in tokyo met by japanese prime minister shinzo abhay my palm pio briefed the u.s. ally playing down accusations he engaged a gangster like demands

and defy astore that will come out on these great today and at number three the first direct ethiopia eritrea flight in twenty is takes off and more on that right now on these things. called the bird of peace the first flight from ethiopia to eritrea in twenty years certainly brought joy to those on board the hundreds of passengers included people seeking to reunite with family as well as the former ethiopian prime minister haile mariam deciding the dramatic diplomatic fall in one of africa's longest running conflicts began last month it seemed the reopening of embassies and wrist ravishing a full mix between the two neighboring nations mohammed abdul has our report from. dignitaries journalists and businessmen what if you open a land schools it's but peace it's the first flight from there to try and couple this century this is how. we are going to be. in. the deal and that is. the two flights within fifteen minutes of each other because of overwhelming demand the majority on board people separated from their families by the border wall with begun in one thousand nine hundred i don't know of.

cars for cheese deal is likely to come into force next year the first commercial flight from ethiopia eritrea in twenty years has landed safely this week drawing a line on the years of conflict hundreds of people boarded the flight to us model hoping to reunite with family they had been separated from during decades of war how about our reports from. dignitaries journalists and businessmen poured what if you open land schools it's but of peace it's the first flight from a disciple to there to train capital of this century this is how. we are. and. this. was. the deal and that is. the airline operated two flights within fifteen minutes of each other because of overwhelming demand the majority on board are people separated from their families by the border wall which began in one thousand nine hundred. eleven of food. how. how to her troops we caught up with that is hard to go a journalist with the state media as he packed his bags he was separated from his a chair wife and two daughters seventeen years ago she was forced to flee if the being sacked from her government job in ethiopia because o

cars for cheese deal is likely to come into force next year the first commercial flight from ethiopia eritrean twenty years has landed safely this week drawing a line on the years of conflict hundreds of people boarded the flight to us mara hoping to reunite with family there had been separated from during decades of war how about our reports from. dignitaries journalists and businessmen poured what if you open alone schools it's but of peace it's the first flight from the to their the train capital of this century this is how. we are. and the fact that we are. in. the airline operated two flights within fifteen minutes of each other because of overwhelming demand the majority on board are people separated from their families by the border wall which began in one thousand nine hundred i don't know of. how. how to her troops we caught up with that is hard to go a journalist with the state media as he packed his bags he was separated from his a trail wife and two daughters seventeen years ago she was forced to flee if the being sacked from her government job in ethiopia because of honest knowle

and the mission over unions after the first commercial flight in twenty is from ethiopia to eritrea. hello hot sunny dusty and breezy those words apply quite happily for most of iran backs or iraq and beyond there is some cloud just run the periphery the edges of your screen which won't produce a shower to as far west as karate i think nothing much else temperature wise around about the thirty mark or more from the lebanese coast inland easily middle forty's in baghdad highs to when you run to the southern part of iraq and certainly southwestern iran where we see the highest temperatures in the world fairly typically at this time of year that the breeze a fairly steady north west leads picking up some days it comes down the gulf so bringing with it dust which affects q. way east inside the. but maybe more obviously is the amount of cloud that's just to the side and that's the edge of the monsoon and it gives this beautiful view in salalah on the arm on the coast three months worth of cloud drizzle and of course rain flowing as water on the ground it's an annual thing but it's there i

but when war broke out between eritrea and ethiopia somalia effectively became the site of a proxy war in recent years eritrea has backed out shabaab who launched deadly attacks throughout somalia with the aim of overthrowing the government now its pledge to support somalia's sovereignty and the government's efforts to restore the country's rightful statue was malia's president has been in the eritrean capital s lara since saturday is visit is a reflection of how diplomacy in the region has been transformed since ethiopia's leader reached out to eritrea this year during a banquet with his somali counterpart eritrea's president said an epoch of crises conflict and instability was coming to an end but according to matt bryden chairman of a political think tank covering the horn of africa or potion on could also be a result of somalia's deteriorating relationship with the u.a.e. . relations are essentially suspended since somalia confiscated almost ten million dollars. funding. the stance of the for its embassy in mogadishu and for the payment of troops and the u.a

so ken ethiopia and eritrea be friends pretty central question isn't it and one which the inside story team posed just a few days ago an expert panel moderated by laura collett is there and you can watch that for yourself and out as they were a dot com in the show's section you can also always join in with their conversation online inside story on twitter and facebook. and actually hearing from on facebook is happy about what's happening say finally they'll be able to concentrate on economic development and providing food for people in eritrea and ethiopia just getting back to the absolute basics after twenty years we're looking at haiti now moment of truth now for the prime minister there because parliament is meeting to decide on towns fate he has been under pressure to step down off of plans to raise fuel prices the proposal and get haitians and force thousands out onto the streets and that the government eventually suspended the price hike it didn't stop the demonstrations now approaches to simply say they want the home turn outs gabriel elizondo live in port au prince at the parli

get out of this we consolation with ethiopia . well eritrea has been internationally isolated not just because of the dispute with their trip but of course the government has sort of defined its place in the world in the region for the last twenty years in terms of this tissue. and with this dispute now coming to an end i think we will likely see eritrea as international isolation also winding down we see a step towards the lifting of un sanctions. but we are also going to see challenges right president osiris our work is likely to come under serious pressure now to implement a constitution that's been suspended since the ninety's and to open up the political system to something more democratic and representative says afterward he has used this conflict as you know the ethiopian conflict to say that he is to his people that everyone has a cell in the military and as a result tens of thousands of every chance i fled because of this not wanting to serve in the military what do you think we consultation and the improvement of relations will mean

for the passengers it's hard to believe that such a pick change in eritrea and ethiopia relationship would happen within such a short time until six weeks ago close ties between the two countries was still unthinkable eritrea was once part of fifty opiah it voted for independence in one thousand nine hundred three after decades of bloody conflict. of violence dispute over the shared border between one thousand nine hundred eighty and two thousand through the strained relationship between the two countries more than eighty thousand people died in the fighting since then if you and the retreat and defeat and political stalemate until recently when ethiopian prime minister abi amish announced that he would assert a un back suggested border in june less than two weeks ago every tree is president of the lucky declared an official and stood a wall and paid a historic this it to ethiopia. because of our past historical and cultural synergy we have overcome the plot to spread hate and revenge among ourselves and we are determined to move forward together to register and development prosperity

hostilities between eritrea and ethiopia is leading to any change in eritrea because of course. his use that is the pretext for this forcible conscription that is cool say many young eritreans to leave the country. while there is hope that within the malays national permissions between a tree and ethiopia the. government might ease its just on the people also stop the flow of conscription now that there is no need to be on the military a lot because there is peace finally between ethiopia and eritrea how about. the what the government there husband is completely postpone elections for good and that is where the problem might be because. they have to be meaningful change in that a chair elections have to be held but the size of pork it doesn't seem set on the guts of the moment and that is where many how doubts whether a change. in the whole. live in that is have a thank you very much. now this turned eighteen days underground a move in a week in hospital in just a few hours from now the twelve time boys and their football coach will tell the world this story being discharged fro

at the airport ahead of a summit between the two regional rivals ethiopia and eritrea fought a costly war between one thousand nine hundred eight and two thousand over a disputed border but there have been signs of improving relations in recent months after the prime minister mr abbey agreed to accept the terms of a peace deal that ended that conflict hallelujah is the program director of a money africa he thinks the shared history of the two countries are more important than the differences. this just between two countries to ordinary countries for two or three neighbors if you're paying your three year period each history shared culture shared religion and shared me more intro so if your peers any of us foreign policy and regional engagement has been significantly been shipped by this water and this deal made that followed for eighteen years and the two countries acknowledges that the stalemate the nor water policy has significantly damaged their. economies we can articulate and the political situation in the two countries and the two countries have huge potential for economic cultu

this is you know we news live from berlin breaking new ground ethiopia and eritrea take new steps towards normalizing relations all that's after commercial flights resume between the two countries is the latest step in a peace process moving at dizzying speed to end decades of hostility also coming up israel passes a divisive new law that critics say legalizes discrimination careers really lawmakers protest against the statue which defines israel as a jewish nation state along downgrades the arabic language and says only the country's jews i'm title to self-determination also on the show the invisible children of the bosnian war they were born to mothers reap during the conflict of the early ninety nine to peace no one wanted to acknowledge them then now they're fighting for their rights. in the mob . thank you very much for your company everyone. well we start in the horn of africa and the fast moving peace process between ethiopia and eritrea today eritrea appointed its first ambassador to iraq in more than twenty years and pull troops away from the border as a gesture of reconciliation

well eritrea is raping its embassy in ethiopia in a further sign of growing toy's between the two longtime regional rivals eritrea's president is in the capital for the opening ceremony but a down reports from that is up a bit. of a cloth for the past twenty years is now an army of workers have been giving it up for most of the past week and it was opened by president ford. together with the prime minister of ethiopia at the moment. is a visit was considered almost inconceivable just two weeks ago because he was the man blamed for this between the two countries for most of the past two decades but when he came he was warmly welcomed. thousands of ethiopia lining the streets wherever he went chanting his name and all these proximity and all your relationship between the two countries is definitely going to benefit the people of the two countries in eritrea there's been the force conscription and military are something that is the whole thing will now ease in ethiopia a landlocked country needs the two. and a trailer house which have been traditional ports and also the first flights from eth

longtime regional rivals ethiopia and eritrea say they are no longer at war after their leaders signed a declaration of peace and friendship but it's urgent to restore diplomatic relations came during a landmark visit by ethiopia's new leader ahmed to editorial priyanka reports. with smiles and handshakes if you o.p.'s prime minister left eritrea and a decades long military standoff behind him at the abbott's visit was high on symbolism but also led to the most significant steps yet to its peace between the two longtime regional rivals at the covered you don't know where you are now the chances and the opportunities were there for us and we were hoping to use them but they were locked away from us for the past twenty five years for twenty five years is not a short time the last we incurred in the past twenty five years cannot be recovered but today we feel like we have not lost anything we fail as if what we've lost has been regained suffered a key. the wall that was built between our people against their will for the last twenty years needs to be demolished the war that took the lives

and the first commercial flight from ethiopia to eritrea in twenty years has touched down to celebrations and us mara many on board the historic flight from b. to a united relatives and friends for the first time in years. nigerian police say they have arrested twenty two members of boko haram including some who were sponsible for the mass kidnappings of schoolgirls and she bought eight of the men are said to have confessed to being involved in the kidnappings of more than two hundred schoolgirls and twenty fourteen dozens of the girls have since been released but more than one hundred are still being held and police say the arrest were made earlier this month. south africa has been marking the hundredth anniversary of the birth of nelson mandela the former leader known as the father of the nation in tribute to the anti-apartheid icon many south africans have donated their time to charitable activities for sixty seven minutes each minute represents a year in which mandela fought for a new society says more from johannesburg. this country still has a lot of challenges such as inequality an

another step towards paints off to twenty years of conflict eritrea reopens its embassy in ethiopia. and the death toll climbs to eight as anti-government protests continue across southern iraq. u.s. president donald trump has defended russia against allegations it interfered in the election that brought him to power trump and his russian counterpart vladimir putin met in the finnish capital helsinki just three days off the twelfth russian hackers were indicted in the official probe into the twenty sixteen presidential election. correspondent james pace has more. we face to face ahead of a solo meeting a meeting that lasted over two and a half hours but if you were hoping they would solve any of the world's problems you'll be sorely disappointed instead when they spoke to reporters their comments were dominated by their views on the most toxic political issue in the u.s. an issue that just got more controversial as they seemed mainly to agree on it during today's meeting i addressed directly with president putin the issue of russian interference in our elections i felt this was a mes

eritrea's president says history is being made on his first visit to neighboring ethiopia in more than two decades wackier sieved a warm welcome to the capital by ethiopian prime minister. it's the latest step towards reconciliation after the leaders agreed to restore ties and push an end to a twenty year military standoff and i'm going to die reports from addis ababa. a few weeks ago ethiopia and eritrea will be and this is their been for the past two decades now they're behaving as if the best of friends that a tramp president decide to suffer work arrived in a disciple boneset today to dancing on loud cheers. sawzall stand out in a disciple tight security to welcome his visit the latest in and being alone militarist. i thank the people of addie suburb for this wonderful reception for the eritrean president in the name of the good listen i'm very happy to be here these two people are now one people. ethiopia's new prime minister ahmed made a similar visit to the tryst capital last weekend where he was welcomed by four workers with hugs some laughter the forty two year old rb broke th

ethiopia just three months ago. he's moved fast to initiate reforms at home and to reach out to eritrea. desirous of work he has been its president since one thousand nine hundred three when eritreans voted in a referendum for independence after three decades as a province of ethiopia and protracted guerrilla campaigns to liberate the country relations were an issue the good but soon soured war broke out in one thousand nine hundred eight over a border dispute and the issue of ethiopia's access to eritrea as ports eighty thousand people were killed before it ended in two thousand since then there'd been an uneasy standoff then everything changed suddenly last week in the eritrean capital as mara before he and rb announced the restoration of diplomatic and trade ties flights between the countries are about to resume embassies will reopen any day if e.o.p. able to implement a u.n. ruling and see territory at the border i want to the people of the two countries stand to gain peace perhaps a boost to the economy and perhaps a greater readiness on the part of eritrea to embrace human rights an

the first commercial flight from ethiopia to eritrea in twenty years has landed safely drawing a line under a years of conflict hundreds of people boarded the flight to hoping to reunite with family they'd been separated from during decades of war mohammed and the reports now from. dignitaries journalists and businessmen board what if you open land schools it's but of peace it's the first flight from the to there the trend couple of this century this is how. we are. and. that and that is that. the airline operated two flights within fifteen minutes of each other because of overwhelming demand the majority on board people separated from their families by the border wall which began in one thousand nine hundred i don't know of. how. we caught up with that is hard to go a journalist with the state media as he packed his bags he was separated from his a trail wife and two daughters seventeen years ago she was forced to flee if the being sacked from her government job in ethiopia because of on this knowledge that he just got a dog and i will believe this is not a dream when i lived in asma

and they're ready to come out with us they're ready to face any challenges ethiopia's prime minister is in neighboring eritrea friend historic visit the prime minister ahmed was greeted by the eritrean president. at the airport ahead of the summit between these two regional rivals ethiopia and eritrea fought a costly war eighteen years ago over a disputed border. south sudan's warring parties have agreed to another power sharing deal under which the rebel leader rick machar will be reinstated as vice president regional leaders have been mediating peace talks in uganda to end south sudan's civil war. the syrian military and a rebel group in the southern province of garage are accusing each other of breaching a recent cease fire deal it was only agreed forty eight hours ago opposition activists say at least four people have been killed in airstrikes targeting areas to the east of door our city the russian brokered deal so rebels agreed to hand over heavy weapons in exchange for security guarantees and safe passage to other areas government troops took control of a border crossing with jordan and promised to lea

longtime regional rivals ethiopia and eritrea say they are no longer at war after their leaders signed a declaration of peace and friendship the decision to restore diplomatic relations came during a landmark visit by ethiopia's new leader abi ahmed to eritrea priyanka gupta reports. with smiles at had chicks if your p.s. prime minister left eritrea and their decades long military standoff behind him at the abbott's visit was high on symbolism but also led to the most significant steps yet to its peace between the two longtime regional rivals at the covered you don't know where you are now the chances and the opportunities were there for us and we were hoping to use them but they were locked away from us for the past twenty five years for twenty five years is not a short time the last we incurred in the past twenty five years cannot be recovered but today we feel like we have not lost anything we fail as if what we've lost has been regained three science or forty. the wall that was built between our people against their will for the last twenty years needs to be demolished the war that

has been bombed with reports of thousands of casualties and the first commercial flight from ethiopia to eritrea in twenty years has landed safely any on board the historic flight from this of about two hours mara families and friends for the first time in years. let's go back now to nicaragua we were discussing the recent violence there and by the organization of american states that's reconnected money and a son who is in the capital man i was so first of all tell us a little bit about what's happening in the capital they are now what is the situation like after what happened yesterday. well barbara the situation in the city of messiah which is southeast of the capital is still ongoing although we've seen videos of members of the paramilitary forces and the police celebrating that they have lifted the roadblocks. all of the roadblocks inside the city however rights groups are saying that paramilitary forces are going from house to house looking for protesters now the chief of police inside has said that this. president and his wife vice president. she needs to clean up the city whatever cost r

eritrea has reopened its embassy in ethiopia in the national side of improving relations between the former east african foes president faqih travelled to addis ababa for the ceremony which came just a week after the twenty year state of war was officially ended. six children and two i don't why brits have suffocated to death trapped inside a shipping container in northwestern libya ninety others were found in a critical condition in the same truck it's not clear how long they were stuck inside an investigation has been lost at least eight protests as have died in protests in southern iraq where anger is growing over the lack of basic services and high unemployment about two hundred protesters have rallied outside the main entrance to the sieber natural gas field the only car support was also shut down for three days by demonstrators that has now reopened. on sunday hundreds of people were dispersed after they tried to storm the main government building in the city of basra. says you had lines to stay with us counting the cost is next more news from the straight talk to that thanks s

at the airport ahead of a summit between the two regional rivals ethiopia and eritrea to force a war in the past over eight disputed border but last month there were signs of a thaw as ethiopia's new prime minister accepted a peace agreement and restarted flights for the first time since one nine hundred ninety eight. south sudan's warring parties have agreed to another power sharing deal under which the rebel leader weak much chop will be reinstated as vice president the announcement was made by the foreign minister of neighboring sudan regional leaders have been mediating peace talks in uganda to end south sudan's civil war a similar deal to this one was signed in twenty fifteen but it fell apart a year later the conflict has killed tens of thousands of people displaced millions since twenty thirteen. well we've still got lots more news still to come for you here on al-jazeera including these ones the group claims responsibility for yet another deadly bombing in somalia plus. the thrills and spills of running with the bulls we lost participants why do you do it. and i there it is st

on the first commercial flights from ethiopia to eritrea after twenty years that war has landed safely the flights which has been called the bird of peace arrived in asmara to red carpets welcome those onboard included people seeking through united family members as well as the former ethiopian prime minister. google says it will appeal a record five billion dollars fine handed down by the european union and the e.u. has been investigating contracts with phone manufacturers which forced them to pre-install google services on android devices and those are the headlines people and power is next. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter where you call home al-jazeera will bring in the news and current affairs that matter to. al-jazeera. iran's water supplies are under threat its reserves to preach it by waste and inefficiency once fertile lens drained and barren innovative solutions are at last being applied with will it be enough we sent reporter gallery to robin from algiers or is it worth royce errors to find out. it's hard to imagin

fresh from making out with ethiopia eritrea as president agrees to mend relations with somalia. four million people are left off a citizens' list in india's state leaving them in fear of being detained or deported and thousands more flee their homes in north.

between them they're also planning to develop ports on eritrea's red sea coast the decisions were announced during a landmark visit by ethiopia's leader to eritrea on sunday priyanka gupta reports. that was hard to imagine even a few days ago and if you'll be a prime minister in the embrace of. one every thousand soil the two countries haven't had diplomatic relations twenty has but it was a gesture and an opportunity that president. welcomed with smiles and a great compliment. of a do not. well you know now. the chances and the opportunities were there for us and we were hoping to use them but they were locked away from us for the past twenty five years twenty five years is not a short time the loss we incurred in the past twenty five years cannot be recovered but today we feel like we have not lost anything we fail as if what we've lost has been regaled. thousands of people lined the streets of the capital a smile to greet these motorcade they stood among flags of the two nations once at war suffered. the wall that was built between our people against their will for the last twenty years needs to be demolished the war that to

ethiopia lining the streets wherever he went chanting his name and all these proximity and all your relationship between the two countries is definitely going to benefit the people of the two countries in eritrea there's been the force conscription on the streets and military allow something good since the whole thing will now ease in ethiopia a lot of rock the country needs to to course and a trailer house which has been its traditional ports and also the first flights from ethiopia. eritrea is planned for today so a lot of benefits for both sides of the border. senior members of northern ireland republican movement to being trying to calm their community following several days of rioting the violence included an attack on the home of former sinn fein leader gerry adams hard core dissidents inside the republican movement are being blamed on slieve reports from belfast. keeping a lid on violence in northern ireland it is always virtually impossible but here with the republican leadership calling for calm not between the two traditional sides in the conflict but inside its own community the points of the rally was an attempt by irish nationalists to prove they can police themselves against the

foals for twenty years now friends in just a matter of weeks the pace of change as ethiopia and eritrea have embraced peace has been breathtaking it was just two weeks ago that ethiopia's new prime minister ahmed stood alongside a rich reus president isaias out a way and declared an end to the so-called state of war phone lines between the two countries were immediately reconnected ethiopia asked the un to drop sanctions against syria on monday eritrea reopened its embassy in ethiopia on wednesday the first commercial flight took off from ethiopia to eritrea and then a day later on thursday ethiopia appointed its first batter to eritrea the same day a rich area reportedly pulled it back from the border as a gesture of consolation now if the o.p.'s parliament has passed an amnesty bill for those arrested during protests in twenty fifteen in two thousand and seventeen prime minister abu ahmed released fountains of political prisoners and this ended a state of emergency and announce an economic liberalization plan but many young people say only democratic elections will save their country

well now ethiopia and eritrea have agreed to reopen embassies in each other's capitals as part of plans to normalize relations between the once feuding neighboring countries if europeans prime minister is in eritrea for a historic summit it's the first such visit by any ethiopian leader in more than twenty years priyanka gupta reports. that was hard to imagine even a few days ago and if you'll be in prime minister locked in the embrace often eritrean on every june soil the two countries haven't had diplomatic relations in twenty years but it was a gesture and an opportunity that eritrean president is a yes a forty welcomed with warm smiles and a red carpet this isn't just peace between countries to ordinary countries for two or three neighbors if you're paying your three i have very rich history shared culture shared religion and shared memory and probably. thousands of people lined the streets of the capital to greet these motorcade they stood among flags of the two nations once a poor. nearly one hundred thousand people were killed during that conflict over a disputed border between o

al-jazeera paris still ahead an old resume of the first commercial flight from ethiopia to eritrea twenty years seals their place to also. chile is changing its migration policy and a feeling inside of the album coming up i'll explain why hundreds and thousands of live goods including hastens are rushing to meet a deadline. the weather sponsored by qatar. hello tropical storm something has gone through high now and is now heading for has reached the coast of vietnam and the circulation still obvious that has given winds up to eighty kilometers per hour which is of gale force winds which might do some damage but the amount of rain that was expected to be the worst aspect of this storm it gave not a huge amount sixty seventy millimeters reported so far and finally i think it will give more. counties higher ground and it's slowing down now the same line extends heavy rain right back to lose all but the time we get to friday the circulation is gone but the rain is to fall in the northern vietnam laos and across into myanmar as well and it will affect some parts aground on the rest of china fi

the first commercial flights from ethiopia to eritrea in twenty years have touched down in a smog up to cheers and celebrations hundreds of people boarded the flights hoping to reunite with family from whom they've been separated during two decades of conflict hammad out of reports from out of south about dignitaries journalists and businessmen board what if you open airline schedules it's but of peace it's the first flight from the to that a trend couple tell us mother this century this name is how. we are on anything as this. and the fact that. this. was in. there and that is that. the airline operated two flights within fifteen minutes of each other because of overwhelming demand the majority on board are people separated from their funds by the board which began in one thousand nine hundred eighty five. we caught up with that is hard to go a journalist with the state media as he packed his bags he was separated from his a chair wife and two daughters seventeen years ago she was forced to flee if the being sacked from her government job in ethiopia because of honest knowledge that

another step towards paying south to twenty years of conflict eritrea reopens its embassy in ethiopia. and the death toll climbs to eight as antigovernment protests continue across southern iraq.

and ethiopia eritrea have agreed to reopen embassies in each other's capitals octet leaders held a historic summit to end decades of conflict. and i was stories of watching the united states is reassuring its asian allies that progress is well on track to rid north korea of nuclear weapons u.s. secretary of state might have been in japan after another round of talks in north korea jiang has accused of making its words gangster like dumond's sarah clarke reports from south korea's capital. the u.s. secretary of state was among friends when he arrived in tokyo by japanese prime minister shinzo a mike palm pilot briefed the u.s. ally playing down accusations he engaged a gangster like demands of the talks in pyongyang so if those requests were gangster like there the world is a gangster because there was a unanimous decision of the un security council about what needs to be achieved instead he described the meeting as productive making good progress he said north korea agreed to destroy test sites in the next round of talks to sit down for later this month. north korea reaffirmed its commitmen

the first commercial flight from ethiopia to eritrea after twenty years at war has landed safely the flights which has been called the bird of peace arrived in the us tomorrow it's a red carpet welcome many on board were seeking to reunite with family members. and nigerian police say eight suspected boko haram members have confessed to being involved in the abduction of the chibok school girl a mass abduction of the two hundred seventy girls from their school in the northern town cost global outrage in twenty fourteen. the headlines witnesses next. guy. don't you. think and if they the lama then it will come up with the missile. defense. do. you want to. know but the fact is you don't know sort of last little plot of a sudden what the heating of the deck to see the hung up. on of. the four feet. a lot take must admit anna and i with a lot of folks. will take i wanna. know what a lot of the mumbai and one hundred who aren't in. this and accuse other markets of kusa consciousness lonnie a good man had to. what they kill him and did so on you and him any any. good is them a senate and t

embracing its friends after years as rivals ethiopia and eritrea put aside two decades of hostility and form a new relationship. and still dividing opinion donald trump's visit to the u.k. provokes pro and anti protests we'll report from both sides and i'm firing here with all the day's sport in creating the countdown continues to the world cup final as x. practitioners building both france and croatia had found a showdown. israel says it's conducting the largest daylight attack on hamas since the gaza war in two thousand and fourteen is ready jets were seen targeting several neighborhoods in the gaza strip and smoke can be seen rising above gaza city the military says that it struck foresee a mass targets including its headquarters in the town of beit lahiya well overnight hamas fired more than thirty rockets at southern israel israel's iron dome system intercepted some of them one though it's. loaded near israeli border community there are no reports of injuries how mass says that the attack was meant to stop the israeli escalation let's go live now to gaza al-jazeera pond bernard smi

ethiopia's prime minister is in neighboring eritrea for a historic summit in the first such visit by any ethiopian leader in more than twenty years. as information minister has described his greeting by eritrean president of worki as a brotherly embrace ethiopia and eritrea fought a costly war between one thousand nine hundred eighty and two thousand over a disputed border but there have been signs of improving relations in recent months after prime minister ivory agreed to accept the terms of a peace deal that ended that conflict halleluiah luli is the program director of a money africa and he thinks the shared history of the two countries are more and is more important than the differences. this isn't just peace between two countries to ordinary countries for two or three neighbors if you can your three you have video of each history shared culture shared religion and shared me more in trouble so if your peers any of us foreign policy and regional engagement has been significantly been shipped by this the water and this film it does for for eighteen years and the two countries ackn

let's head to the horn of africa now where passenger flights between ethiopia and eritrea have resumed two decades after they stopped due to conflict between the two countries the first ethiopian airlines flight to outraise capital and smart took off from december the former ethiopian prime minister and the seller is among the passengers on that first flight and it's the latest move aimed at normalizing relations we have to both leaders agreed to open embassies develop ports and restart. well nowadays joins me now from. of course it's not first flight into a smart for almost twenty years and a hugely significant moment in history for both countries. well yes. this is a very significant day in the history of these two countries and also significant they have a since they parted trying to. bring back relations with publish the grammatically lessons. as you say the kind of dignitaries including former prime minister lang businessman who will be on my investment opportunities at a trail as well as a journalist on the must majority of the hostages people who have been separated from their f