other terms being made to break the deadlock over africa's largest hydroelectric dam leaders from ethiopia sudannd egypt have started a virtual summit sudan and egypt say the dam will affect their water supplies in the trial of sudan's ousted prime minister president omar bashir has been adjourned until next month because of a shortage of court room space but she was accused of plotting to overthrow the democratically elected government of the prime minister. in 1989 those were the headlines and back with more news in half an hour here on al-jazeera next it's 3 wanted to stay with us. hello and welcome again to rewind i'm richelle carey and there since al jazeera english launched back in 2006 built a huge library of insightful and entertaining documentaries and here on rewind we're revisiting some of the best of them well the most popular series over the last decade. which travel the world in search of.

other terms being made to break the deadlock over africa's largest hydroelectric dam leaders from ethiopia sudan and egypt have started a virtual summit sudan and egypt say the dam will affect their water supplies and don't want it operating until a binding agreement is reached those are the headlines and back to the al-jazeera news are in half an hour next on al-jazeera it's inside story to stay with us. how close are we to a career that 19 vaccine research teams in the u.k. have released promising results from the trials but once a back seat is developed how do we make sure that everyone gets it this is inside story. hello there and welcome to the program. the race for a coven 1000 vaccine is gathering pace scientists around the world are competing to develop a safe and effective treatment that may help and the pandemic is of research is being completed in just a few months.

now water has started to fail africa's largest hydroelectric dam even though ethiopia sudan and egypt haven't reached a deal on it yet with ethiopia algeria have a morgan has been looking into the concerns many people have about the effect of the giant dommy have on the region's downstream then she joins us now live from dam asean in sudan's blue nile state on the border with ethiopia so we know that the african union had to bridge the relationship on the dam between ethiopia sudan in egypt but they haven't been successful so far how are the differences between the countries affecting people who live nearby while fully the 3 countries say that their differences is divided into 2 technical issues and legal issues now the technical is the one that is going to be affecting civilians downstream in sudan and egypt and they're mostly on how much water will be released from the from the ground if you can as owns them or gird as it is called downstream now the 1st point of impact that we will be seeing will be right here on the blue nile down in sudan called to say there is now this dam has b

egypt ethiopia and sudan have agreed to resume talks on this controversial hydro electric dam that ethiopia's filling on the river nile negotiations over the ground renaissance them have been going on for about a decade but ethiopia is not waiting for them to and before filling the dam wise are so difficult to settle this dispute over the waters of the nile. river him explains. this is the ethiopian ground renee sounds damn good for short. erected on the river nile does mean tributary the blue nile it took almost a decade to build and cement to be part of ethiopia's transformation. roughly 65 percent of the country is not connected to the power grid energy from the dam could more than double ethiopia's current output fulfilling its needs and making it an exporter. but the dems also highly controversial due to its location. denial its main source the blue nile starts in ethiopia tundra the river flows toward sudan and joins the rivers other tributary that's a dense capital hard to him before heading downstream to egypt is being built here on the border with sudan near the blue nile source the

. >> egypt, ethiopia, and sudan have agreed to resume talks over a disputed hydroelectric dam on the ver. negotiations over ethiopia's grand renaissance dam have run almost a decade now, and still no peace over the precious waters of the nile. "dw's" reporter reports. >> this is the ethioiopia's renaissance dadam, erected on te main tributary, the blue nile, it took almost a decade to build and t tbe apart of ethiopia's trtransformati.. roughly six he 5% of the country is not connected to the e power grid. energygy from the dam could m me than double ethiopia's current output, fulfilling its needs. but the dam is also highly controversial due to its location. the now's main source, the blue nile, now starts in ethiopia. the river flows towards sudan and joined the river's other tributary. before heading downstream to egypt. mcgirt is being built here with the border on sudan. the dam will catch water and its massive rereservoir. the surface area is larger than that of greater london. this will inevitably have an effect on how much water flows downstreaeam countries coming egypt and su

water has started to fill africa's largest hydroelectric dam even though ethiopia sudan and egypt haven'treached a deal on it yet about morgan reports and concerns about the impact of the giant dam on blue nile state and sudan on the border with ethiopia. planting banana trees is nothing new to has an infidel now his family has owned this farm in sudan's blue nile state for generations has been managing some of the lands for years and has noticed changes in the landscape and not. our friends are gifted by the bloom in about a decade ago the river was 500 metres away but since the increased highs of the dam the flow of the nile river has changed and some parts the water levels have gone down and others there's an increase so production some parts increased and decreased in others it all relies on the dam and its operation. hassam ames farm is on the banks of the blue nile river the water is controlled by there was a was down built more than half a century ago to irrigate farmland it's also one of the main sources of hydro electricity the dam was extended into 13 with the aim of increasing

water has started to fill africa's largest hydroelectric dam even though ethiopia sudan and egypt have reached a deal that there were more good reports now on the concern about the impact the johnstown will have on the blue nile state in sudan and on the border with ethiopia . planting banana trees is nothing new to has been in safer don't now his family has owned these farms in sudan's blue nile state for generations has been managing some of the lands for years and has noticed changes in the landscape and not. our farms or by the bloom in about a decade ago the river was 500 meters away but since the increased highs of the day the flow of the nile river has changed and some parts the water levels have gone down in others there's an increase in production some parts increase and decrease in others at all relies on the dam and its operation has the names farm is on the banks of the blue nile river the water is controlled by there was there is dam built more than half a century ago to every gate farmland it's also one of the main sources of hydro electricity the dam was extended in 2013

analysts agree that mismanagement of ethiopia's grandam will affect the irrigation of farmland in sudan. the capacity of result is a 6 to 7000000000 cubic metres but the goods is 47000000000 if the water released by the good as above or is it is capacity that would lead to its destruction another issue is that the irrigation of land along the nile will reduce by an estimated 50 percent famines need a mix of the wit and dry seasons so the agricultural patterns will be affected. has a name expects any changes to the blue miles flow will further change the landscape of his home but he hopes to continue growing crops just like his ancestors have done for generations people morgan al-jazeera there is. 5 west african leaders are expected to arrive soon at a meeting in mali's capital to try to resolve the country's deepening political crisis ali seen protests for 6 weeks with tens of thousands of people demanding president even of him. steps down activists accuse president how you to of corruption mishandling the economy and not improving security china has launched its 1st independent mission

other terms being made to break the deadlock over africa's largest hydroelectric dam leaders from ethiopia sudan and egypt have started a virtual summit sudan and egypt say the dam will affect their water supplies. in the trial of saddam's onstage a prime minister president bashir has been adjourned until next month because of a shortage of courtroom space but she was accused of plotting to overthrow the democratically elected government of the prime minister the in 1989 those were the headlines on the news that often here on al-jazeera next it's 3 want to stay with us. hello and welcome again to rewind i'm richelle carey and there since al jazeera english launched back in 2006 built a huge library of insightful and entertaining documentaries and here on rewind we are revisiting some of the best of them well the most popular series over the last decade was street food which traveled the world in search of culture and history of cities old and new so their unique cuisine is just a small taste this is street food and this is a great place. this is street group and this is cairo. street and that. v

the sticking points include how any future disputes will be resolved and how ethiopia will respond to drops in the region sudanin egypt say the dam will affect their water supplies and don't want it operating until a binding agreement is reached with ethiopia. in the united states a couple who pointed guns at anti racism protesters have been charged with the unlawful use of a weapon the felony charges against mark and partition mccroskey stem from this display outside their mansion last month they said they were legally defending their home from protesters and no shots were fired the couple's noise seeking community service rather than jail time. us several officers have broken up a long running protest against police brutality in the city of portland. this video captured multiple explosions near the city courthouse where the demonstration was being held present donald trump center federal agents there to try to control the ongoing rallies over the death of african-american george ford in police custody on monday criticize cities run by what he called liberal democrats were sending law enforcement the portland

other terms being made to break the deadlock over africa's largest hydroelectric dam leaders from ethiopia sudan and egypt have started a virtual summit sudan and egypt say the dam will affect their water supplies and don't want to operating until a binding agreement is reached those are the headlines and back to the al-jazeera news are in half an hour next on al-jazeera its inside story to stay with us. how close are we to a curve of 19 vaccine research teams in the u.k. have released promising results from trials but once a back seat is developed how do we make sure that everyone gets it this is inside story. hello there and welcome to the program i'm laura kyle the race for a coven 1000 vaccine is gathering pace scientists around the world are competing to develop a safe and effective treatment that may help and the pandemic years of research has been completed in just a few months a team at oxford university in the u.k. has released promising results from the trials but whilst those excitement still a long way to go before a vaccine is widely available we'll bring in our guests in just a mom

which will affect the flow of water downstream ethiopia says it will take 5 to 7 years to complete but egypt has proposed 12 years instead egypt and sudan want a final agreement to be legally binding and to refer future disputes to 3rd party arbitration ethiopia prefers to settle through negotiation amongst the 3 countries . i speak to our correspondent moment val who's covered this story for 6 tenth's of lee on the surface and how it is one of the most complicated discussions i think regional leaders have had to face for some time when we speak about this dam so we seem to come full circle haven't we it started with regional discussions that he went to the us then the un security council they were involved it's now come back to the african union looking really for a local solution to this problem what seems to be going on. that's right so it's very significant that it made this full circle coming back to the countries that are primarily concerned those 10 countries by the then i'll be in south africa is not one of them but it is concern but it is because it is chairing the african union for the for the moment so it is it is of very cru

egypt ethiopia and sudan have agreed to resume talks over the disputed high through electric dam that ethiopia is feeling on the river and negotiations over the ground remains holes domme have gone on for almost a decade so why is it so difficult to 2nd this dispute over how to share the waters of the. you know some months. this is the ethiopian grand renascence dam are great for short. erected on the river niles mean tributary the blue nile it took almost a decade to build and is meant to be part of ethiopia's transformation. roughly 65 percent of the country is not connected to the power grid energy from the dam could more than double ethiopia's current output fulfilling its needs and making it an exporter but the dems also highly controversial due to its location. the nile its main source the blue nile starts in ethiopia at lake tanya the river flows toward sudan and joins the rivers other tributary at sudan's capital which don't before heading downstream to egypt. is being built here on the border with sudan near the blue nile source the demo catch water in its massive reservoir w

the three countries affected — ethiopia, egypt and sudan will now brief the african union on where they'veenaissance dam— and it has the potential to control much of the water that egypt uses — and when at full tilt will be the largest hydro—electric plant in africa. ethiopia hopes it'll provide electricity to over 65 million of its people who are currently without regular electricity. the construction began back 2011 and very close to complete. the crucial quesiton is when to fill up the dam's reservoir, and then how much water ethiopia will guarantee to release — these matters are not agreed. ethiopia has said many times it will start filling up the reservoir this month to coincide with the rainy season. it's a process that is expected to take up to seven years. but there are suggestions that ethiopia has already begun filling the dam. this is a satellite image from the 26june, you can see the blue nile flowing right to left through the dam. this is another satellite image taken on 12 july, which shows water levels have risen on the right side of the dam, where the reservoir will be. eth

water has started to fill africa's largest hydroelectric dam even though ethiopia sudan and egypt have reached a deal on it have a morgan reports on the concern about the impact the giant dam may have blue nile state in sudan on the border with ethiopia. planting banana trees is nothing new to has been in safer don't now his family has owned these farms in sudan's blue nile state for generations has been managing some of the lands for years and has noticed changes in the landscape and. our farms are by the bloom in about a decade ago the river was 500 metres away but since the increased highs of the day the flow of the nile river has changed and some parts of the water levels have gone down in others there's an increase in production some parts increase and decrease in others at all relies on the dam and its operation has the means farm is on the banks of the blue nile river the water is controlled by there was there is down built more than half a century ago to every great farmland it's also one of the main sources of hydro electricity the dam was extended in 2013 with the aim of incr

sticking points think good how any future disputes will be resolved and how ethiopia will respond to droughts in the region sudan in egypt say the dam will impact their water supplies and don't want to start operating until a binding agreement is reached with ethiopia let's bring in mohammed vall has covered this story for a 6 sensitivity so a new round of talks but this time mohamed sof africa is stepping in as a mediator do you think they can succeed in helping make progress in these negotiations that have been so contentious over the. yes fully this is a return to to africa it's very significant egypt has been approaching the u.s. the u.n. and. those partners have not done much egypt has now realized that to the united states would not put enough pressure on the each opens to stop feeling that. anytime they want so that's clear now to the egyptians they return to the africans and south africa chair of the south african leader as the chair of the african union has the backing of the african union some 50 plus states they want to this problem to be resolved 10 countries are concerned. that the nile basin they k

been covering this story extensively and joins us now live from damas scene in sudan's blue nile state on the border with ethiopia tell us the concerns of the people who live in this area about this dam what how how is it affecting them. well for you 1st of all the biggest concern that sudan as a country as a downstream country has is about the safety of the operations of the ground if you can run as on now the reason why they have that concern is mainly because of the dam that you see behind me that his research was in is just about 100 kilometers away from the ground if you can renaissance them if you don't have not been able to reach a deal that says that the dams are safe to operate now the reason why sudan is concerned is because the capacity of the dam is 7000000000 cubic meters if you compare that to the capacity of the if you have been down which is 17000000000 cubic meters there are concerns about how much water will be released now this is that is responsible for generating electricity more than 10 percent of sudan's electricity it's also responsible for for farmers and their and their production downst

denial its main source the blue nile starts in ethiopia tundra the river flows toward sudan and joins the rivers other tributary that sudan's capital has done before heading downstream to egypt. just being built here on the border with sudan near the blue nile source the demo catch water in its massive reservoir whose surface area is larger than that of greater london this will inevitably have an effect on how much water flows to downstream countries egypt and sudan. egypt is home to almost 100000000 people who depend on the nile for 90 percent of their fresh water supply some fear that ethiopia would leave too much water in its reservoirs during periods of drought in danger and the flow downstream. that could leave egypt's farmers unable to irrigate their lands causing major food losses. and all this as the effects of a workman clime meant have already strained egyptian agriculture. in. the effects for sudan sea mixed one fear here is that the gerd could jeopardize the operations of sudan's own dams on the nile however said that also sees an opportunity to get cheap energy from ethio

sudan have agreed to resume talks. this is the grand renaissance dam built by ethiopia. f seen as crucial the country's economic growth and a vital source of energy. as you can see from this map, sudan and egypt are downstream i they are worried the dam will reduce their access to water. all this has been causing diplomatic tension between the countries. previous talks mediated by the african union and u.s. came to nothing. now, after a virtual summit, we are told tocqueville resume. the adjutantresident says they will focus on developing a nding legal agreement on the rules for filling and eratin if your psa today, the first year target for filling the dam has been reached. these are radar satellite images showing the change over the last few weeks. a comparative water level when the rainy season swells the nile river. it is not quite clear if the dam was filled because ethiopia has done something to speed up the process or it is due to rainfall. media, we conducted the filling of the dam without causing harm to anyone. i'm joined now by two of our specialists om bbc mon

rainfall was now complete that some welcome news for the negotiations with sudan and egypt both countries had warned ethiopia against filling the dam without prior agreement nile expert crusie says that to them it's

ethiopia's. bed to become africa's biggest power exporter egypt and sudan fear reduce water supplies downstream and didn't want the river dammed until they reach an agreement with ethiopia last month egypt's told the u.n. that it faces an existential threat from the projects so don stands to benefit from the project still through access to cheap electricity and reduce flooding but it also has raised fears over the dams operation if you o.p.'s says more than 60 percent of the country's dry land with no sustaining water resources and that is best for needs says that stratford lays out the politics behind the dam. it's taken 10 years to build and cost close to $5000000000.00 if you hope is flagship infrastructure project is a great source of national pride. but a grand ethiopian renaissance on the blue nile has caused tension with downstream countries sudan and egypt from the start beekeeping government says the hydroelectric dam is vital for the development of this immense landlocked country which has a population of around 108000000 the country plans to expose christie across the region and says the

through most of north africa is much the same but the rain belt is vast rushing from ethiopia through sudan and south sudan and beyond daily showers is hardly a surprise but we go to rejuvenation of the witness in this monsoon when all the way from normal up through the coast to tanzania to kenya it seems fairly wet in the next day or so we've been following the fortunes of south sudan for the full cost of juba still showing daily thunderstorms the temperature rising to 34 at best and 30 when it's not quite so warm up tick humid environment so it's welcome right in south africa just gathering here is cloud so for the next couple of days increasing wind and then rain stretches right up into namibia. john presence on down the time junior was promised damaging information about hillary clinton allegation like to see an investigation seductress did the trump campaign with russia did you at any time or birch the former f.b.i. director james comey in any way shape or form the closer to back down the investigation into michael flynn and also as you well know. next question battlefield washington o

new satellite images appear to show that ethiopia has started filling its grand renaissance dam on the nile the move is likely to spark protests from egypt and sudan which have both it depends on water from the nile talks among the 3 countries ended in deadlock on tuesday egypt has now asked ethiopia for urgent clarification on whether it has begun to fill the dam it is these images that are likely to ankara ethiopia's neighbors down stream water has started filling up at the ground renaissance time and along the river nile here and earlier image and now this both egypt and sadam depend on water from the nile and against the dam project. is going to be the least in this continue with this with this 1st year of . whom we've reached an agreement within the next few weeks from that sort of sort of. bill to continue the process. ethiopia says the giant hydroelectric project is critical for the country to pull its nearly 110000000 citizens out of poverty and become a major power exporter in the region. egypt are already battling huge water shortages relies on the nile for more than 90 percent of its water supply. if you appear and its neighbors have fo

despite ongoing talks with egypt and sudan ethiopia is a prime minister says i mean rain means it's grandness on stem already has a year's worth of water in it. hello there still are all the cloudy picture across northern areas of europe and not discount of course there is a some rain in the makes the mickelson clear skies out across the southwest where we've also seen is in fairly strong thunderstorms and this of course is the result off the thunderstorm festival in hungary a beautiful rainbows you can see there across the skies darkest skies in moscow but again some thunderstorms have been in the mix on some particularly strong thunderstorms in lisbon in portugal this of course is where the heat has really been in place temperatures actually coming down a little bit across into portugal and spain and in fact the same time the cloud is increasing want to shout to the north and you can see that very widespread throughout france across the line of the alps and on towards romania that sunday through wednesday there's also more rain across northern sections of the u.k. and a scattering of shower

sudan. ethiopia's largest hydroelectric project has been controversial since its beginning in 2011 but what is it about the grand ethiopian money songs down that has egypt and sudan so concerned let's start with what it can do for ethiopia itself a country of more than $109000000.00 people its economy is one of the fastest growing in the world or roughly 10 percent a year for the last 15 years if you appears energy demands of kept pace but only 27 percent of the country is currently connected to the national grid this dam the largest in africa spans the blue nile and will produce a whopping $6450.00 gigawatts when it's fully operational 3 times as much as he chips as one high dam giving ethiopia the ability to connect every single citizen to the electricity grid drive its economy and still have energy left over to export to its neighbors sudan djibouti somalia and kenya so far so good then what is the issue a big dam needs a big reservoir and this one will be huge 1840 square kilometers it will hold more than 2 and a half times the amount of water in lake tana ethiopia's largest lake and the

ethiopia was never included in the colonial era agreement between egypt and sudan which gives the lion's of water to egypt. y balancedre man factors at play here. have someoneyou who wants to secure power and be reelected in ethiopia. in egypt you have president sisi with an economy that had been struggling, but also he needs to ensure he has the continued backing of the military establishment, which has an important role in that economy. june, ethiopia rejected a un security council meeting requested by egypt saying the council should not be involved at all. ethiopia's u.n. ambassadors had a dispute should be solved at the regional level. africa union talks ousted by south africa failed to forge agreements that month. in february, the u.s. and the world bank mediated what it hoped would be a roadmap on how to proceed with final technical and legal issues, which concerned egypt in particular. ethiopia did not sign the final document. ethiopia always said it would have preferred agreements before it begins to fill the reservoir. but if that was not possible, it would go ahead anyway. it h

they are quite widespread at the moment, all the way through ethiopia, south sudan, as far north as intoa as well. it looks like the wettest day will be saturday with sunday seeing the showers pass offshore. then they moved slowly from east to west. ♪ ♪ anchor: hello again. diseases top infectious expert anthony that she says the country could see 100,000 new infections a day if it does not embrace stricter containment measures. the world health organization says brazil's virus infection rate has plateaued and warrants they must seize the opportunity to drive transmission down. the number of coronavirus infections across india has now passed one million. lockdown measures have been reimposed in several states, impacting one third of the population. the philippine government is imposing partial restrictions in the capital manila for another two weeks. the country recorded a big jump in coronavirus deaths this week, putting hospitals under strain. our correspondent joined a patrol to see how people followed the rules. correspondent: images like these are often seen in conflict part of thet

are likely to ankara ethiopia's neighbors downstream water has started filling up at the grand renaissance dam and on the river nile. and early a image and now this both egypt and sudan depend on water from the nile and i guess the dam project here is the ethiopia is going to do at least in this continue this with this 1st year of doing and you know. presumably if it can't reach an agreement within the next few weeks when that sort of fell this sort of will it. not be able to continue the negotiation process. ethiopia says the giant hydroelectric project is critical for the country to pull its nearly 100 m. 10000000 citizens out of poverty and become a major power exporter in the region. egypt already battling huge water shortages relies on the nile for more than 90 percent of its water supply. ethiopia and its neighbors have for years been engaged in tense negotiations over the dam earlier this week a new round of talks ended without an agreement though some observers are still optimistic. the people in keeping the table the movie like it they are to agreement ethiopia insists it's not actively filling up the dam but that the recent high water levels are just a resu

so most of north africa is much the same but the rain belt is stretching from ethiopia through sudan and south sudan and beyond daily showers is hardly a surprise but we go to rejuvenate asian of the west is in this monsoon when all the way from normal our way up through the coast to tanzania to kenya it seems fairly wet in the next day or so we've been following the fortunes of south sudan to the forecast of juba still showing daily thunderstorms the temperature rising to 34 at best and 30 where it's not quite so warm optically humid environment there so it's welcome rain in south africa just gathering here is cloud so for the next couple of days increasing wind and then rain stretches right up into namibia. they signed up for a luxury cruise but some would never come ha. ha ha ha ha lol when i went to investigate some new zealand did sleep ok no raps on al-jazeera. talking about ivory poachers decimated populations of elephants in africa they almost always shipped the ivory out of a different country from where it was poached because that's where you start to search for looking in

reiterated the commitment of the united states to facilitating a fair and equitable deal among egypt ethiopia and sudan on the ground in rene saw stan and expressed well wishes to the egyptian people in combating the coronavirus pandemic still to come on al-jazeera this news hour is this the way to crackdown on protests donald trump pledges to send the force to democrat led cities. at the return of a soup kitchen reveals the fragility of chinese economic growth. and support the u.s. college football season is a brilliant on a draw and will it be able to kick off the series. hello the warm few weeks of summer in sweden the hot weeks indeed seem to disappear now in fact scandinavia and many countries in eastern europe of succession these cold fronts go through and you know things just not been like summer tour continues in the same vein low twenty's if you're lucky breezy and cloudy and cherry there for the european plain most places are at least enjoying resurgence of hate so in the west that generates a few showers over the alps still some wondering thunderstorms a bit further east as well and the pict

him thank you for that moment in a door here with a song from on the situation between egypt sudan and ethiopia over the grand renaissance dam well so don sands to benefit from the project through access to cheap electricity and reduce flooding but it's also raise fears over the dams operation our correspondent here in morgan is that sudan's lake no be a with more on the consensus there. pulling of the dam is of grave concern to both sudan and egypt because the dams capacity alone is twice the size or rather the capacity of the blue nile which contributes more than 80 percent of the nile's losses sudan has repeatedly expressed concern over the impact of the dam and its safety on sudanese dams and water resources it says that it's worried about the safety of the operations of the ground if you bring in his own family especially because if you have yet to provide any guarantees it's also worried about the impact it will have on what the bodies downstream now one of those places where we will see an impact of the feeling is right here on lake newbie or as it's much more commonly known lake nasir a

seasonal heavy rain and a natural part of the construction process on the blue nile river ethiopia has told sudan the dam gates have not been closed both egypt and sudan fear reduced water supplies downstream and don't want the river dam until a binding agreement is reached the $5000000000.00 dam has caused nearly a decade of tension now between those 3 countries the hydroelectric project is the centerpiece of ethiopia's bid to become africa's biggest power export and ethiopia is the source of the blue nile which flows through sudan and then merges with the white nile flowing through egypt the european government says at full capacity the dam will be able to turn on the lights to 70000000 ethiopians who have no electricity but egypt's 100000000 people who rely on the naafa 90 percent of their water especially for agricultural irrigation mohammad valve has more now on the confusion surrounding the status of this project. it's difficult to know what's going on at the damage because there was no access to it by international media no experts are visiting no foreign delegations are visiting the damn

rainfall was now complete that some welcome news for the negotiations with sudan and egypt both countries had warned ethiopia against filling the dam without prior agreement nile expert crusie says that to them it's a provocation we should not forget the program was under severe pressure from the producer because of the disappointment of the people for having brought the 2 to. ethiopia has been building africa's largest hydroelectric dam for 10 years at a cost of 5000000000 euros it hopes to jumpstart its weak economy with cheap electrical power but cairo fears that falling water levels will have to catastrophic consequences for egyptian agriculture more than 90 percent of egypt's water supply comes from the nile many farmers fear that their fields will dry out of. we should go to war over the water i'm ready to fight for it. the livelihoods of millions of people are at stake but filling the mega dam has made agreement much less likely. is down by sophia will host friday prayers later today the mosques 1st such services since the building was converted into a museum more than 80 years ago originally a cathed

it comes as talks between ethiopia, egypt and sudan end with no agreement over concerns raised by downstream over 65 million ethiopians who are currently without regular power. but egypt, which is heavily dependent on the nile for most of its fresh water, sees the project as a huge threat. sudan is also concerned it will lose out. 0ur correspondents sally nabil and kalkidan yibeltal have been speaking to people in egypt and ethiopia to find out what is really at stake. ethiopian‘s sling capital, addis ababa, is a testament to the country's economic growth in the past decade. 0ne the country's economic growth in the past decade. one of the fastest on the continent. and with that growth comes a need for more electric power. but just outside the city is a com pletely just outside the city is a completely different picture. tens of millions of ethiopians still live without access to electricity. this is ethiopian‘s solution, the grand renasant ethiopian‘s solution, the grand renasa nt dam. after almost ethiopian‘s solution, the grand renasant dam. after almost ten yea rs of renasant dam. after a

still ahead here on al-jazeera talk to farmers in sudan's blue nile state worried about water supply. gets filled up in ethiopia. china's mission to mars is a quest to explore the red carpets heralding the start of a race this but. hello there the korean peninsula and japan to get some of the heaviest rains over the next couple of days that this system still trading back into central china and this is similar very slow to clear the rains away from the korean peninsula and as it does that mean some very heavy downpours into q shoe and western areas of honshu still in the forecast on saturday in fact we could see as much as 250 millimeters accumulating in the eastern portions of the korean peninsula and some very heavy downpours across into central homeshare at the same time these rains actually drifting further to the southeast of china once again thank you rains across

of water in lake tana ethiopia's largest lake and the source of the blue nile the dam will take years to fill and the fear is it will reduce the water flowing downstream to sudan and egypt currently 86 percent of the blue nile flows from ethiopia the river provide 77 percent of fresh water for sea done and 93 percent of egypt's if there is a reduction in the water flowing through these desert countries it could have a serious impact on agriculture and livelihoods other hydroelectric projects like egypt as one high dam currently producing 6 percent of egypt's electricity would also be greatly affected egypt and sudan's populations are rapidly growing and with them the resource needs but for you theo pia the $4000000000.00 dam is a way out of poverty and an end to decades of rolling blackouts with global warming and changing weather patterns managing scarce resources is becoming increasingly vital alex could topless al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera. butterly incapable. of leading this country. and donald trump's niece says the u.s. president is dangerous and calls on him to resign. hello it's going to rain again in japan and probably in q shoot but you got

which will affect the flow of water downstream ethiopia's says it will take 5 to 7 years to complete but egypt has proposed 12 years instead while egypt and sudan want a final agreement to be legally binding and to refer future disputes to 3rd party arbitration ethiopia prefers to settle through negotiations amongst the 3 let's be told correspondent who's been covering the story for us extensively be monitoring this is virtual meeting that's been happening on tuesday how did today end. well so it's very clear that we are in front of 2 processes that are completely different and contradictory half negotiation process that has been going on for the better part of a decade and every single meeting ended with the same statement but we have not been able to agree or to resolve the dispute but we will continue talking the same the very same words are being spoken today after the end of this meeting the other process that has never stopped and has never been stalled is the construction of the dam and then the filling of the lakes reservoir we have seen those statements contradictory statements by each opiah over the last few days when they announced t

ethiopia, egypt and sudan have agreed to take part in further negotiations to resolve their dispute oversance dam on the blue nile. it follows a virtual meeting of african union leaders on tuesday. ethiopia has this month allowed the reservoir behind the dam to fill, despite the lack of a comprehensive agreement on water use. the egyptian government has described the project as an existential threat to the country. thirteen hostages have been freed after they were taken captive on board a bus in western ukraine. but a strange intervention from the coutry‘s president brought the situation to an end, with one man now under arrest. it all happened in the city of lutsk, as alanna petroff reports. a hostage situation on a bus in the city of lutsk. a stand—off for hours, with people trapped onboard. the suspect, a aa—year—old with previous convictions who's already spent ten years in prison. he posed a real threat — he fired shots and threw explosives, but they didn't detonate. city residents were told not to leave their homes after the suspect warned he had put an explosive device in a public

sudan and egypt still no final do. has been reached and the project is the centerpiece of ethiopia's bid to become africa's biggest power exporter the country is the source of the blue nile which flows through sudan and merges with the white nile through egypt the ethiopian government says at full capacity that it will be able to turn on the lights for $70000000.00 ethiopians who currently have no electricity but egypt relies on the knowledge for 90 percent of its water for a population of $100000000.00 sudan stands to gain from the project which will reduce flooding and provide access to cheap electricity but it's feared those benefits could be outweighed by the negative impact he promoted reports now from sudan's late nubia. filling of the dam is of great concern to both sudan and egypt because the dams capacity alone is twice the size or rather the capacity of the blue line which contributes more than 80 percent of the nile's water so dan has repeatedly expressed concern over the impact of the dam and its safety on sudanese dams and water resources says that it's worried about the safety of the operations of the grou