then the easy and dust ethiopian government essentially refused to abide -- ethiopian government essentially refused to abide by the agreement. so we had no peace. both countries were bent on destabilizing one another and the region. the 2006 war between ethiopia and somalia was very much a conflict between ethiopia and eritrea. 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 presen

the ethiopian government will have more resources and social services.mployment and definitely the number of refugees coming in. >> i do not think the government will change. they do not give us house, or for. i cannot stay there. reporter: none can't deny that the new situation was already fixed at ford and that is something to celebrate. reporter: the victims of severe flooding in nigeria says the government is doing too little to help them. anchor: many more have been homeless. new housing has been promised to the most affected despite, the homes were built illegally. reporter: amidst the rubble, he is trying to find things that may still hold. parts of the roof. a truck driver did not just with material, he also lost his daughter. >> the water was up to her neck and comprising. she looked over at her mother and said, please forgive me. then she went under of the building collapsed on her. i really do not know what i should say. i had to be two children and no one of them is simply no longer here. her score was right over here. she was only starting g

two flights took us on wednesday from the ethiopian capital addis ababa bound for the eritrean capital has mara. emotion spilled all over the aisle during a ninety minute flight. 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 historic

it is important economically for ethiopian because it gives access to the two ports in eritrea, ethiopian something that looks a bit like more stability because if you look at sedan, somalia, it is an u nsta ble you look at sedan, somalia, it is an unstable region. we will have to leave it there. thank you very much for coming in. thank you for your company here on the briefing, have a lovely day. hello there. it's been a remarkable run of hot weather really. temperatures over the last five days somewhere in the uk have pushed over the 30 degrees celsius mark, and yesterday it was the turn of kew in west london to push above the 30—degree mark. 31 degrees celsius the top temperature yesterday. many areas did see some decent spells of sunshine. this was the scene in norfolk during monday, but further north—eastwards, in whitby, in that area, we had some thicker cloud and gary spotted a few spots of rain falling from the cloud. this, a cold front pushing through, and later in the day, the same weather watcher, gary, spotted some brighter weather following the cold front through. now, the sa

i would be holding an ethiopian fly. him and being able to imagine. the opportunities of that he will provide for us now that things of went really well between the. hour i'm looking at this story here it's from n.p.r. in the states and it says here i am calling randomly to say hi ira trains ethiopians phone each other amid the four what other stories do you have of this this this ruling relationship between ethiopia and eritrea. it's incredible so when we want to show about. this country we were. in a completely different spirit. about whether it. would ever be possible between the two countries because of. their sort of bitterness and anger and pain that leaves. behind barbed wire and we were talking about. white unity government which required only two weeks after these european governments. and now what we house until you see these. acts of sentiments an expression of solidarity. and forgiveness i mean not the toads that. form a state of work into the kind of. images and the pictures that we have seen and expressed d

eritrean president isaias badme arrived in ethiopian on saturday.is concert, a significant moment as president afwerki spoke to the ethiopian crowd using the roman amharic language. translation: we have chosen to tread a path for development, prosperity and peace, having overcome a conspiracy of hatred, revenge and destruction. there are still concerns about how the new boundaries will be drawn out and about whether old enemies can so quickly become new friends. hundreds of thousands of people fled the volatile hall of —— warn of africa region, seeking safety in opportunity elsewhere. the united nations has said it would will tend to make sure the deals seeds while those on both sides of the border are welcoming a new era. as france and croatia battled it out in the world cup final, another famous football team were playing — the senior team of the wild boars in thailand. theirjunior counterparts are still recovering in hospital after being trapped in a cave complex for more than two weeks. our correspondent howard johnson reports from the match. we

and ethiopians as well all right catherine story there in nairobi catherine thank you. nicaragua students of use facebook to plead for their lives as pro-government forces stormed a university in the capital managua. a live stream shows the students taking cover on appealing to their families as gunshots were heard in the background they've been months of protests and strikes across the country calling on president. to resign and more than two hundred sixty protestors have been killed since the unrest began in a fairly small from managua. where the red cross ambulance was able to finally go inside the premises of the university. bring out some of the wounded students wounded in there apparently to journalists as well were able to lease members of the clergy mid negotiated with paramilitary to allow these people to leave however and not everyone has been able to leave. the university there are students feel taken refuge inside that church that is inside the premises of the university and it's still surrounded by paramilitary of course many of these students are terrified

the ethiopian capital was eritrea's leader promises to end decades long differences during his landmark visit. dozens of missiles have rained down on gaza with deadly effect and a major escalation of israeli action the sale of military says the wave of attacks were in retaliation for protest at the border and for rocket fire the reports late on saturday from hamas of the ceasefire brokered by egypt but in the our sense that there have been new. airstrikes bernard smith is in gaza. not since the twenty fourteen war has israel hit a target so close to the densely populated gaza city israel says this building was a hamas urban warfare training facility with a tunnel underneath there were also civilians nearby israel says they were warned in advance of the strike i mean the smaller rocket was fired first at the roof a knock it's called but the people there said they didn't understand this warning instead some rushed to help thinking someone had been injured these two teenagers were among that group they were killed when israel second a much more powerful strike came in since friday evening

we thank the ethiopian people in government for the way they welcomed us we live here like it's our own country this is because of the huge performance dating back thousands of years between ethiopia and yemen once they cross the border into ethiopia yemeni refugees pass through security and nationality screening procedures before they're just without that they can't get assistance from the un refugee agency. delays over settlement programs to a third country to their hardship plan and then their prices about seventy dollars a month per person that's not enough to live on that rent and the cost of living high yet many here have little hope it will quickly turn. it into the conflict is a long way of our country is the setting of a proxy war between regional and international powers. but few places in yemen are these safe and so for the refugees this is home for. pakistani city of lahore has seen its heaviest rain in thirty eight years six people have died including four who were buried on the building when it collapsed two others were electrocuted in a rain related incident heavy monsoon

it was surreal really i didn't imagine that i would be holding an ethiopian fly. him and being able to imagine. the opportunities of that peace will provide for us now that things of went really well between the. our i'm looking at this story here is from n.p.r. in the states and it says here i am calling randomly to say hi i would try and ethiopians phone each other and meet the four what other stories do you have of this this this ruling relationship between ethiopia and eritrea. it's incredible when we were doing this show about because the discussion we were having was in a completely different. way that of course would it be possible between the two countries because of the. bitterness and anger and pain that leaves. behind by the water that we were talking about. why did a government reply nearly two weeks after the government ended. and now we have. this sudden exclusion and an explosion. and forgiveness i mean not the total that would suddenly for most people work into the kind of. images and the pictures that we have seen and expressed in different ways i

we thank the ethiopian people in government for the way they welcomed us we live here like it's our own country this is because of the huge performance dating back thousands of years between ethiopia and yemen. once they cross the border into ethiopia yemeni refugees passed through security a mission and it is screening procedures before they're just without that they can't get assistance from the un refugee agency. constant delays over settlement problems to a third country to their hardship planner and then better prices about seventy dollars a month per person it's not enough to live on that rent and the cost of living high yet many here have little hope it will quickly. and into the conflict is a long way of our country is the setting of a proxy war between regional and international powers. but few places in yemen are these safe and so for the refugees this is home for. a. new video has been released showing a junior thai football team in good health despite their eleven day ordeal below ground food and medical supplies have reached the twelve boys and their coach scott haile repor

some extraordinary news concerning of the leaders of ethiopian and eritrea.here is the moment that declaration was signed. lots of people didn't think this would ever come. these countries have been at peace for 20 yea rs. countries have been at peace for 20 years. they fought a civil war between 1988 and 2000, over a thousand people, 80,000 people were killed while that happen. there was then led un brokered peace deal and it awarded some disputed territories, including this border town, to eritrea, but previous ethiopian administrations have rejected that, refused to implement the ruling. but ethiopia has a new prime minister and in a meeting the ruling. but ethiopia has a new prime ministerand in a meeting in the eritrean capital, this was thrashed out. the fact the meeting happened there at all was remarkable. the first time in 20 yea rs remarkable. the first time in 20 years and ethiopian head of state has set foot in eritrea. they have signed a deal declaring the end of the state of war between the end of the state of war between the two countries, agre

president after work he received a rousing welcome from ethiopians who lined the streets cheering on the two leaders as their convoy headed to the presidential palace the president is also expected on sunday to open. an embassy in the capital as well as address a public for a lot of ethiopians and eric and say that this is only good for the progress of the two countries they hope this is the beginning of what is going to be a prosperous friendship it was unthinkable to many of them just a few months ago that you know they would see a president out there working on if you can so he hasn't been to a few people for the last twenty or so he has chosen thinkable as well for retreat and still see a prime minister in asmara the capital of the retreat as they did last sunday when he visited and this is also good news for the stability of the region this is a region that has several countries in conflict in the fact that you know this one situation as has been resolved amicably is just good for probably just good progress for the overall security context i here in this region the world countr

we thank the ethiopian people in government for the way they welcomed us we live here like it's our own country this is because of the huge performance dating back thousands of years between ethiopia and yemen once they cross the border into ethiopia yemeni refugees pass through security and nationality screening procedures before they are just without that they can't get assistance from the un refugee agency. delays over settlement programs to a third country to their hardship plan or better prices about seventy dollars a month per person it's not enough to live on that rent and the cost of living high yet many here have little hope it will quickly. and into the conflict is a long way of our country is the setting of a proxy war between regional and international powers. but few places in yemen are these safe and so for the refugees this is home for. several people had been injured after israel began to destroy their one village in the occupied west bank a military exclusion zone has been established around the village and protesters but themselves and the path of the bulldozers are fo

and emotional scenes in eritrea as an ethiopian journalist is reunited with his wife and daughters after eighteen years. welcome back still looking quite chilly across southeastern parts of australia at the moment temperatures struggling somewhat as a series of weather fronts move through we. are we've got more fronts moving through here so perth can be quite wet and windy at times as these systems push on by so as we get on through into sunday is a pretty cool day across western australia generally and further towards the southeast which is struggling just twelve in melbourne for the north fine much as you'd expect thirty one the high in darwin we're looking at some pretty stormy weather for parts of new scene as well this is an active frontal system coming in the south ali getting a bit of a pasting fearing softly some really heavy rain here and some strong winds although that front will tend to weaken slightly is of news through we can also expect to see some stormy weather pushing through the north island during the early part of sunday brights weather later on high as of fifteen in

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 families by the war and have hired any and many full communication with them for the past twenty years for them this is not just a normal life. a mission of must come. late we spoke to one of them a

because he will be thinking about how this plays back within ethiopian politics.hat's what he stands for, that's what people expect from him. in every way he is challenging the status quo, and that is what he has done since he took office. he has released political prisoners, condemned the state's on treatment of prisoners. this is the first time that people will be able to fly between ethiopia and eritrea. just today, this was the first time that phone relations were opened between the two countries. so this is adding to his narrative that he is adding to his narrative that he is about reform and expecting that back home, that daredevil welbeck him. he is serious about his word and he will do for ethiopia but he is doing for the relations with eritrea as well. eritrea is sometimes referred to as africa's north korea. why do some people make that connection? eritrea has been isolated for a very long time. part of that is self—imposed. we know that sanctions were placed on eritrea, and this was at the behest of ethiopia, who accused eritrea of playing a destabilisi

than two decades of hostility i say as a work you received a warm welcome to the capital from the ethiopian prime minister abu ahmed. antigovernment demonstrations of continued across iraq southern provinces for a sixth day as as grows of a high unemployment and a lack of basic services protesters have now stormed a local government building in the city of karbala all the city is of. been placed under curfew. news from nicaragua where at least one student has been killed in the capital after pro-government forces surrounded young activists seeking refuge in a church the students were calling for president daniel ortega to step down. and a melting iceberg in greenland is causing fears of a tsunami as large chunks of ice fall into the ocean several residents near the danger zone have been moved to higher ground zero zero had lines stay with us. we understand the differences and the similarities of coulter's across the world. so no matter where you call home algis in the us will bring in the news and current affairs that matter to. al-jazeera. viewfinder fresh perspectives through the lens of

ethiopian prime minister abiy ahmed hand—in—hand with eritrean president isaias afwerki, the two leaders taking just a few days to do so. translation: forgiveness frees the consciousness. when we say we have reconciled, we mean we have chosen a path of forgiveness and love. eritrea broke away from its southern neighbour ethiopia in 1993 after a long fight for independence but war started in 1998 over disputed territories like the border town of badme. a peace deal was signed in 2000 but was never implemented. it's thought 80,000 people died over two years of fighting. now the years of hostilities seem to be over. eritrean president isaias afwerki arrived in ethiopia on saturday. monday will mark a week since the two leaders declared their state of war was officially over and here at this concert, a significant moment as president afwerki spoke to the ethiopian crowd using their own amharic language. translation: we have chosen to tread a path and work together for development, prosperity and peace, having overcome a conspiracy of hatred, revenge and destruction. there are still concerns

way he was greeted by leaders by the leader as is often wacky it's the first such a visit by any ethiopian leader to every tree a in recent years thousands of eritreans came out to welcome him ethiopia and eritrea have not had diplomatic ties since they fought a war twenty years ago it's one of africa's longest running conflicts that's killed an estimated seventy thousand people and its face tens of thousands more the fighting began in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight near the border town of bad me a disputed area under ethiopia's control over the next two years the two sides fought along their entire one thousand kilometer boundary it ended in december two thousand with the signing of the algae is agreement a border commission was set up a spawn of the peace then a un batch willing in two thousand and two granted contested territories to erect including bad me but ethiopia refused to withdraw its troops that was until the new prime minister ahmed came to power in april he's agreed to fully accept the terms of the g. is agreement and normalize relations with every tria let's bring in

a few weeks ago ethiopian that a chair will be tied and it is as they have been for the past two decades now they're behaving as if they're the best of friends at a tram president decide to suffer work and i've been a disciple boneset to dancing and loud jesus. sawzall stand out in a disciple bomba tight security to welcome his visit the latest the in and being alone militaristic. i thank the people of addie saba for this wonderful reception for the eritrean president and we made this in the goodness in the one 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 a forty with a hug some laughter the forty two year old a b broke the ice last month by fully embracing a peace deal that ended in one thousand nine hundred to two thousand board a war that killed tens of thousands on left families separated since then at a trail and if you if you have a view that is full diplomatic for you and with us from things until the delightful fund itself is afraid that by the dis

s after work he received a warm welcome in the capital addis ababa from ethiopian prime minister ahmed and five people including four attackers have been killed in separate car bombings near somalia's presidential palace a first explosion followed a gunfight with armed men at a checkpoint in mogadishu the second device was detonated in the same area shortly afterwards the armed group. has claimed responsibility. no other way i think you. and ten thousand people have been protesting against donald trump in scotland as the us president spends the weekend playing golf which is luxury resorts some of the demonstrators even made it to the edges of the president's golf course at tunbridge where snipers had been deployed i'll have more on everything in the news hour in about half miles time join me then. was. i . there. i. so. you. had. better. make up with the. supposedly not because there was more. on the job. and it was ok for. me to. sing. but i knew. they'd be too nice and structural. i could. literally want to make all of us are. still with us i would buy all the records. are the only m

that's how the sounds of cheers and celebrations as the first commercial flight between ethiopian eritrea touches down and a smart after twenty years at war plus. to me is changing its migration policy i understand you an inside job i'm coming up i'll explain why hundreds and thousands of migrants including hastens are rushing to meet a deadline. has got to get even colder in the southeast of australia a cold front coming through this is it in the bite that is just moving towards and light now full cost wise puts it sort of overland it is like a rather dreary day in adelaide and just turning that way in melbourne thirteen at best that would be after a cold night particularly probably a bit further east and a cd for example the sun is out further west percept about seventy degrees and sunny is fairly typical though it's not particularly warm even when you get that thirty knot late eleven year best in melbourne and tasmania has gone all windy and wet once more with probably some stay at height for new zealand well we got rid of the real story where they had a good day or so the clouds build

prime minister ahmed is in neighboring eritrea for a historic summit in the first such visit by any ethiopian lead more than twenty years all right up to date with headlines here on al-jazeera coming up next it's one of. for nine hundred forty six to nine hundred fifty eight the united states detonated dozens of atomic bombs in the marshall islands when the u.s. was getting ready to clean up and leave and leave one nine hundred seventy s. they picked the pit that had been left by one of the smaller atomic explosions and dumped a lot of this cutrone i'm another radioactive waste into the pit the bottom of the dome it's permeable soil there was nowhere for her to line it and therefore the seawater is is inside the dome when this dome was built there was no factoring in sea level rises caused by climate change now every day when the tide rolls out ready zero active isotopes from underneath the die roll out with it. really we're not talking just the marshall islands we're talking the whole smooth motion. of. the. two million children live rough on india's streets. it's a brutal join their sufferi

than two decades as he asked off where he received a warm welcome by the capital to the capital by ethiopian prime minister meant is the latest step towards reconciliation and peace between the longtime rivals last weekend the leaders signed a pact to restore diplomatic and trade ties bring an end to a twenty year military standoff eritrea split from ethiopia in one nine hundred ninety three how for a long battle for independence but they fought another brutal border war just five years later it began in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight near the front here town of bani a disputed area under ethiopia's control around seventy thousand people were killed and tens of thousands displaced fighting along the one thousand kilometer border only ended in december two thousand with the signing of the algiers agreement a border commission was set up as part of the peace still in two thousand and two and un backs ruling granted contested territories to eritrea including but the theo pier refused to withdraw its troops was until prime minister right came to power in april this year since agreed to f

which begins in a few hours time for the first time in twenty years ethiopian airlines will resume daily passenger flights to eritrea as capital on tuesday reconciliation could transform the economies. this is al-jazeera these are your headlines so far twelve russian hackers have been indicted as part of a robert muller's investigation into potential collusion between the campaign and russia during the twenty sixteen presidential election the announcement comes just days before donald trump meets glad to be a putin in helsinki. the u.s. president is now in scotland for the final part of the private leg of his four day visit to the u.k. earlier he met britain's prime minister and the queen hailing toys as the highest level of special the comments come after mr trump gave a scathing interview but later dismissed that as fake news a joint blimp depicting the us president as a baby carrying a mobile phone has been flying over london during protests against his visit tens of thousands of people demonstrated against the u.s. president on issues like immigration risk relations and climate chang

resume two decades after they stopped due to the hostilities between the two countries the first ethiopianairlines flight to eritrea as capital a smart took off from madison after a short ceremony passengers on the inaugural plane trip included for me ethiopian prime minister it's the latest move aimed at normalizing relations. still ahead here on al-jazeera u.k.'s former foreign minister boris johnson says it's not too late to save breaks it down as he delivers his resignation speech. i'm going to have on board the train to nowhere.

a few weeks ago ethiopian that a chair will be tightening has there been for the past two decades now they're behaving as if they're the best of friends and a term president decides suffer working arrived in a disciple bones so today to dancing and loud cheers. slauson stand out in a disciple tight security to welcome his visit the latest in and then a long militarist. i thank the people of addie suburb for this wonderful reception for the eritrean president and we know this is a good listen i'm very happy to be here with these two people and now one people. ethiopia's new prime minister ahmed made a similar visit to the trails capital last weekend where he was welcomed by a forward with hugs some laughter the forty two year old rb broke the ice last month playfully embracing a peace deal out and that in one thousand nine hundred to two thousand border war that killed tens of thousands and left from lists upright says then at a trail the field of the british full diplomatic for you and with us from things until the delightful fondness of been separated by the disputes that will be oft

our without these problem prince and russians former prime minister david cameron now the first ethiopian airlines flight to ever try in two decades is due to take off in about fifteen minutes of the latest move in the storm relations between the african countries are two decades of conflict. prime minister made a landmark visit to every trade as capital earlier this month then eritrean president travelled to addison alba buffer a historic state visit to end the two decade conflicts the leaders have agreed to open up embassies developed ports and restart and. now thousands of children are being denied the right to education by the european union's migration agreement with turkey that's the finding of a report by human rights were. churches looked at the schooling of asylum seekers on the greek a.j. and i then saw more than a thousand children living in camps on the islands at any one time they are taken there after arriving from turkey by sea and can be held for months while their asylum claims are processed the reports say fewer than fifteen percent of them are involved in formal schools

we thank the ethiopian people in government for the way they welcomed us we live here like it's our own country this is because of the huge performance dating back thousands of years between ethiopia and yemen once they cross the border into ethiopia yemeni refugees pass through security and nationality screening procedures before they are just without that they can get assistance from the un refugee agency. delays over settlement programs to a third country to their hardship plan and send their prices about seventy dollars a month per person it's not enough to live on that rent and the cost of living high yet many here have little hope of a quick return. and into the conflict is a long way of our country is the setting of a proxy war between regional and international powers. but few places in yemen are these safe a so for the refugees this is home for. a does of a play theo. al jazeera. where every year. when the news breaks. on the mailman city and the story builds to be forced to leave it would just be when people need to be heard women and girls are being bought and given away in r

airlines flight to eritrea as capital took off from madison the former ethiopian prime minister harley mariam decile and he's among the passengers on the first flight it's a latest move aimed at normalizing relations between the two countries and a week to both leaders agree to wait in their embassies to develop ports and to restart and links. in the government supposes and police have stormed an opposition stronghold at the center of protests against the president at least two people were killed and dozens were injured in messiah city months of anti-government protests have killed at least two hundred seventy five people and widespread human rights abuses are alleged money on the sanchez has more from the capital managua. well since the early hours of tuesday the city of messiah was under siege by paramilitary forces who closed the entrance to the city which is south east of the capital people have been calling throughout the day early in the morning and into the afternoon people have been calling desperately at the television stations radio stations asking for help they said there wa

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 one thousand nine hundred eighty and two thousand but over the past few weeks they have been signs of improving relations last month if you knew reformist prime minister ahmed ag

the country in about twenty twenty years or so was unthinkable as well for a retreat and to see an ethiopian prime minister in his mara the capital of a reaches a lot of people hoping that this things are going to this situation is going to progress even father saying that they hope that their leaders will keep this momentum and this commitment to choose obviously this is highly significant moment for the people of both of those two countries eritrea and ethiopia what about the significance though for the wider region you're in may bring kenya what's the reaction there. what hugely significant presidents who are looking at for example a while ago a couple of weeks back actually did put out a statement congratulating the two leaders for this step it's a huge significance for stability in the real. this is a region that has several countries in conflict and the fact that one situation that has been resolved or is being resolved amicably is just good progress for stability good progress for security in the country these two countries as well have been for years heavily militarized partly becaus

the ethiopians who are some of the prime supporters of the of the sanctions regime will now say well look we think these issues have been resolved let's lift the sanctions and if that happens then certainly it could easily go through the united nations the sanctions would be lifted but you know there are so many issues that can trip this whole process up and you know both sides are going to be pretty suspicious of each other you can't have this amount of hostility twenty years of hostility and all these deaths and just wiped them away in one moment i hope the there are no stumbling blocks but one can't be sure that they won't be having a what are the main issues that we should be looking out for here. when you know when the war happened in ninety eight the power missions between the governments in a smaller and. we're completely different from the partitions that exist now and it will be has significantly changed in the past two decades economically militarily and politically. not dominant the same cannot be said for four. and there were some i do always got differences for example w

emotional scenes in eritrea as an ethiopian. with his wife and daughter. separated by a wall. and facing a tall order at the open championship. thanks to. business updates brought to you by. going places together. business updates brought to you by. going places together. from. marion thank you so marge two players share their lead at the end of round two of the open championship in scotland one of those is kevin costner who was leading from the previous round he carded a one under seventy that despite a double bogey on the eighteenth is your shares the lead with fellow americans back johnson his birdie on the eighteenth finished with a sixty seven and his six under par. tiger woods is still in contention but only just he had a seventy one and finished level on harwood's last won the open championship in two thousand and six. i played a little better yesterday. today it wasn't it wasn't quite as good but a firebird par four. so that's such a positive. right now expect. and you know by the days that i think i'll be more than that. it'll be a pretty leaderboard and. i'm sure the

airlines flight to eritreans capital asmara took off from madison the former ethiopian prime minister haile mariam desolate and he's among the passengers on the first flight this is the latest move aimed at normalizing relations a week after base leaders agreed to if an embassy is to develop ports and to restart. the holiday has more from the runway and that is have a. the false media is here to witness what is being hailed as history the first flight in twenty years from august to the editor and couple of. the poster does on board this is more than a flight that is the mission of must. twenty years most of them were separated from their loved ones by the war on the eve of the war if you'll be expelled follow them off that it turns on a trip to the same separating families now we spoke to some of the people on board the young woman separate them with their families for more than two decades and with the thing is that they have not been able to communicate with them save for just show up let us there was something through the international red cross and most of them out of really eager

tram president the size afford it what it is feeding on this general sense of exile and within the ethiopian public that finally peace is possible between eritrea and ethiopia not been achieved already the two leaders have agreed on that a connection or phone lines that have been used for the past twenty years the reopening of embassies in both capitals and also the first flight from at this hour but for the first time in two decades later this week. what many people are waiting for is when these two countries start discussing the nitty gritty of what actually started about war in one thousand nine hundred eight in which tens of thousands were killed where will the border pass which a village that is disputed will either go to eritrea or would come to ethiopia but they are saying they're willing to compromise for the sake of peace between the two countries flooding and heavy rains are affecting many parts of nigeria dozens of people have been killed as of address reports crops up and lost raising fears of food shortages more dire cheez a community in mourning sixteen people from this village

to resume two decades after they stopped due to hostilities between the two countries the first ethiopian airlines flight to eritrea as capital of smaller took off after a short ceremony passengers on the inaugural plane trip included the former ethiopian prime minister it's the latest move aimed at normalizing relations mohammed has more from the airport in at the top of the. the waltz media is here to witness what is being hailed as history the first flight in twenty years from august to the editor couplet for most of the public does on board this is more than a flight to the mission of must one top of that i've twenty years most of them have been separated from their loved ones by the war on the eve of the war if you'll be expelled follow them off that it turns on its head of the same separating families now we spoke to some of the people on board deal with to separate them with their families for move on to their case with us saying is that they have not been able to communicate with them safe or just show up to let us there was something through the international red cross and most o

harvested roasted and produced in ethiopia the northeast african country has a long coffee tradition ethiopians don't just drink lots of coffee they also know how to roast it roll green beans fetch around four euros per kilo roasted and package they fetch at least twice that the selenium company in germany only does the marketing around sixty jobs have been created and another forty second re jobs doing things like printing the labels the concept take fair trade to a whole new level. this can be applied to other products as well take for example. usually exports as a raw product and only as a raw product but they could make shoes out of the land and sell them which would create more jobs it's good for. the business model doesn't just work for ethiopia it also works at selena's base if the shipments keep increasing the way they are right now the project will also generate profits for selena back home in hamburg. birth. home moves of species. a home worth saving and. yet most of those are big changes and most start with small steps or big global ideas tell stories of creative people and innovativ

surprising and is expected to have far reaching consequences for millions of their retreat and ethiopians who share close cultural and linguistic ties but who've been separated for many yes. well a two year war between ethiopia and eritrea killed about seventy thousand people under space tens of thousands it began in one thousand nine hundred eight near the border town of the disputed area under ethiopians control the two sides for the long one thousand kilometer boundary it ended in december two thousand with the signing of the algiers agreement a border commission was set up as part of that peace deal but in two thousand and two a un backed ruling granted contested territories to eritrea including bad me but if european refused to withdraw its troops that was until the prime minister came to power in april this year and he since agreed to fully accept the terms of the algiers agreement normalize relations will conference or joins us live now from nairobi in neighboring kenya catherine clearly an historic meeting between the leaders of both countries what are we expecting to happen at th