europe africa a mixture of. lagos nigeria population more than 20000000 a small group of dancers has arrived from germany they aim to create a new kind of ballet that will include the best of western and african influences. this creative invention is led by choreographer richard segal. the dance studio is located behind a gas station in the middle of an industrial area the dances know each other some of them met while the project was in the development stage others have danced on stage with siegel fee is. the beginning was incredible when he came on the musical out on. the n.f.c. if they felt. their energy is contagious i think there are ways. the. choreography is done. and redone and redone it means it's a volatile art form and at times it's useful. to still release some kind of latent energy which may still exist within the world. we have this doubts that choreograph we can teach the parts of we can modify parts of that but it shouldn't it's not just in one direction that's what i'm what i'm saying the importa

africa is hugely important. there are russian interests in europe and africa, chinese interests in europe and africa, particular u.s. interests. >> israeli, chinese, shipbuilding companies, all trying to find solutions specific to the problem in the gulf of guinea, but according to the navy chief, the problem is not the apprehension of pirates, but the prosecution. arrested50 vessels that were complicit in illegalities, and in terms of percentage of convictions or prosecutions, it is less than 20%. >> pirates in the gulf of guinea are often young men coming from countries with high unemployment. they see big container ships offshore and feel excluded from the global economy. piracy costs more than $24 billion every year. in order to tackle this issue, narrator: on thihis episode of "e"earth fococus," avocadodos he become one of the most popular foods on the planet and exploded into a multibillion-dollar industry. the petorca province in chille is a hub of worldldwie avocado production, but the growth of the industry has created a crisis over water rights, raising questions about the moral dimensions of how our

africa is fearfully for. every major power in the world there are russian interests in europe and africa there are chinese interests in europe and africa in particular in the arctic and there are u.s. interests there are israeli chinese ship building companies and south african contractors all trying to find solutions specific to the problems in the gulf of guinea but according to the navy chief in the jared the problem is in the appreciation of pirates but it's the prosecution of all 100 other collective vessels. that were complicit. in the go to this in the amount of time given and in terms of percentage of conviction on the saw prosecutions with a can of less than 20 percent pirates here in the gulf of guinea are often young men coming from communities with fine unemployment they see off their shores big container ship and they feel excluded from this global economy every year piracy costs more than $24000000000.00 in order to tackle this issue governments in the region need to tackle the issue of poverty. it inequality. about 6000000 or 1600000 people are facing food insecurity in mozambique after 2 cyclon stru

africa is hugely for. every major power in the world there are russian interests in europe and africa there are chinese interests in europe and africa in particular in the arctic and there are u.s. interests there are israeli chinese ship building companies south african contractors all trying to find solutions specific to the problems in the gulf of guinea but according to the navy chief in the jared the problem is in the appreciation of pirates but it's the prosecution of all 100 other collective vessels. that were complicit. and they got this in the amount of time given and in terms of put a percentage of the chance on prosecutions with a can of less than 20 percent. here in the gulf of young men coming from communities with high unemployment they see off their shores big container ship and they feel excluded from this global economy every year piracy cost more than $24000000000.00 in order to tackle this issue governments in the region need to tackle the issue of poverty and inequality. more controversy over a south korean war plane that fired hundreds of warning shots at a russian reconnaissance aircraft ru

africa is fiercely for. every major power in the world there are russian interests in europe and africa there are chinese interests in europe and africa in particular in the arctic and there are u.s. interests there are israeli chinese ship building companies and south african contractors all trying to find solutions specific to the problems in the gulf of guinea but according to the navy chief in the gerrard the problem is in the appreciation of pirates but it's the prosecution of all 100 other collective vessels. that were complicit. in the go to this in the amount of time given and in terms of percentage of conviction on the saw prosecutions with a can of less than 20 percent pirates here in the gulf of guinea are often young men coming from communities with fine unemployment they see off their shores big container ship and they feel excluded from this global economy every year piracy costs more than $24000000000.00 in order to tackle this issue governments in the region need to tackle the issue of poverty. it inequality. now he while the crowds on bastille day now the french inventor known as the flying soldie

foreign affairs she used countless trips to africa representing europe and africa is a round the clock there is no time to rest with constant briefings on the current security situation mali is one of her most difficult missions. the conflicts in northern mali are among west africa bloodiest through ethnic feuds and territorial fights the country is in a state of fine wrist a joint intervention troops from the g 5 so have states is supposed to quell the terror in mali the e.u. is helping with training but implementation. it's difficult to look at terrorism is when a state gives up entire regions and as long as terrorists are far away from the population then it's just a problem for the good of the terrorists operate in a region that's completely neglected by the state then it becomes a long term security problem. mali suffers from a lack of basic infrastructure schools and hospitals are often hard to reach many people here believe they have only 2 choices either join a terror organization or flee to the e.u. wants to prevent both and is interested in stabilizing the situation within th

africa is fiercely for. every major power in the world there are russian interests in europe and africa there are chinese interests in europe and africa in particular in the arctic and there are u.s. interests there are israeli chinese ship building companies south african contractors all trying to find solutions specific to the problems in the gulf of guinea but according to the navy chief in the gerrard the problem is in the appreciation of pirates but it's the prosecution of all 100 other collective vessels. that were complicit. in the go to this in the amount of time given and in terms of percentage of comdex on the saw prosecutions with a can of less than 20 percent pirates here in the gulf of guinea are often young men coming from communities with fine unemployment they see off their shores big container ship and they feel excluded from this global economy every year piracy costs more than $24000000000.00 in order to tackle this issue governments in the region need to tackle the issue of poverty. and inequality now about 1600000 people are facing food insecurity in mozambique of the 2 cyclons struck early th

want to send a clear message today that is good and productive neighborly relations between africa and europe are important to us. back at home a fresh crisis was brewing the 2017 general elections brought merkel's coalition in its worst ever showing her social democratic partners lost the most votes in their view because the centrist coalition eroded their own base of support. merkel is a genius when it comes to weakening other parties she's taken away a lot of the platforms of the s.p.d. and made them her own the cd was always against the minimum wage proof there's a minimum wage no america gets credit for it. the gay marriage is something the city was always opposed and america voted against it but she actually made it possible to have gay marriages in germany because she let the deputies in parliament vote the way they wanted to not to unleash. of course by opening her party to the center and her policy reforms within her own party she was taking a risk i. want and that's the anger of the right wing of her own party. in that sense she does bear some responsibility for the rise of the n.f.

the united states army serving in germany and leader as a teacher in international schools in europe, africa, and asia. she earned her doctorate in history at ohio state university. wherer her focus on gender african-american history, gender and african-american history led to publication of her book glory in the spirit. how four black women took on army during world war ii doctor is act uv in national grassroots movement move to amend and in communities efforts to protect ohio national resources. her occupation travels and studies and activism reflect her interest in tie signallic of gender, race, and class and public policy. let's welcome our author. [applause] >> hello everybody. ready for a story? so i would like to thank the roosevelt national library and archives for opportunity to share experiences of the black pioneers of the woman's army corps i'm especially pleased to be able to acknowledge here at hyde park yet another of eleanor roosevelt's achievements and contributions to this nation. this one not particularly well known. the first lady it was a champion of the woman's army cor

the moment intercontinental trade in africa only accounts for 17 percent of all african trade the figure for asia is more than 3 times higher at 59 percent for europe it's 69 percent experts say the removal of trade barriers will increase in truck continental commerce in africa the f c f t a could raise intra africa trade by more than 50 percent by 2022 according to the u.n. and that could help propel economic development by creating more opportunities for businesses on the continent. correspondence advantage of those with you know as one of we've heard regional trade intra african trade african countries trading with each other is still staggering lelo why is that. is a big reason is just moving goods within africa is really hard so just getting goods on you know a truck or you know a container in a royal line to another country is really difficult as there isn't a lack of roads. ports are you know. centuries behind in terms of where they should be in terms of you know they're like in the 20th century where as everybody has moved on so it's a huge issue and then of course when the goods do get to a border somewhere otoh ports in a different countr

africa. the evidence comes from a 210,000—year—old skull unearthed in greece. the discovery pushes back the arrival of the first homo sapiens into europe history of our species. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh has this report. in the distant past, the first of our client evolved here in africa. there were also other now extinct species of human, such as the amount of the —— neanderthals. 0ur a ncestors of the —— neanderthals. 0ur ancestors eventually left the continent and spread across the globe and quickly took over from the other species. so the theory goes. but the discovery of this human looking skull in southern greece has changed this view. scientists used to think that 200,000 years ago, europe was exclusively populated by the neanderthals. where is our kind, modern humans, remained in africa until a0,000 years ago. the discovery of the new school in greece has shattered that view. it doesn't have the flatter elongated shape of the neanderthal, but rather it's much more like our own, rounder. this means the two species could have interacted a00,000 years. it had been thought that our a ncestors it had been thought that o

so it has many international influences from the korean africa and europe in an area thatis korean africa% american so it is foreigner in its own land and then the south in general is regarded with disdain by folks in the north and new orleans is a majority african—american city and those are three key reasons why it feels that way. i think we all hope it goes better this time, harry. thank you so better this time, harry. thank you so much for your time. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: lobster dinner lands a french minister in hot water. more on the lavish meal charged to the taxpayer, next. central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say there have been many casualties, and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible. germany will be the hosts of the 2006 football world cup. they pipped the favourites, south africa, by a single vote. in south africa, the possibility of losing hadn't even been contemplated, and celebration parties were cancelled. the man entered the palace through a downstairs window and made his way to the queen's priva

so many people have heard that, so many immigrants from europe, africa, asia and south america, or ifheard it, their parents or grandparents heard, go back to where you came from. that's what's despicable about what this president did and said, i've -- it breaks my heart that my colleagues are not willing to call out his racism. mike turner did. he said what it was, i wish more of my colleagues would -- maybe then the president would stop divided people and start working on real issues that affect families. putting food on the table. >> i want to ask you as a senator, because the president said these women hate america. i've covered congress, and i have never -- i've met lawmakers who have different views of what america is at its best, i've never ever met a lawmaker that i thought did not love america. can you speak to that? >> i can't imagine anyone running for congress and not loving this country. not wanting to make -- a lover's kwaur et with your country means you sometimes are upset, but you want to make the country better. that's what all of us are, i almost -- not laughingly,

moment but over a period of centuries as different groups of people from the americas, from europe and from africaonverged and kind of combined their knowledge, cultures and experiences. >> and why rum? >> so i think what's really interesting about rum is it's something that, if we look at the example of george washington's mount vernon, everybody is serving rusm. it's served on washington's table. martha washington once said on her letter to the house manager that rusm may always be had. t's been imported from a dis tillery locally, from alex alexandria remarks virginia, and also from the caribbean. hired wake workers seeveped some of their wages in rum. and anything from child birth to getting a cow out of the meier. it's one of these -- mir,. it's one of these moments who you can see how different groups of people interact around an item that's a part of everyday life. >> and when is where was it invented? >> i argue in the book project that rum was initially invented in barbados in the early to mid 17th century when europeans from england and scotland as well as native people from south americ

then the 20th century average record temperatures affected europe, asia, africa, canada and south america. the heat also reduced to an arctic sea ice coverage to a record low. the report was released as several cities in the northeast are northeastern us prepare for a dangerous heat wave and graham lotus he joins us now with the latest on this grant. >>catherine can lot of reasons to like living in the bay area and we're lucky on this one so many of us though have friends and family who are. >>sweltering right now as this heat wave is affecting the vast majority of the country and it's about to peak over the next couple days. forecasters say over the course of the weekend people in most of the lower 48 states will feel temperatures above 90 degrees over half the population, we'll get readings over 95. making the temperature feel like it's going to be in the triple digits when you factor in the humidity. they called the heat index what it actually feels like. officially nearly 200 million people are now under a heat watch warning or advisory major cities along the east coast, including bos

europe. no place is safe from iran's monovalent reach. hezbollah has front companies in the gulf, africa, asia, and here in the western hemisphere. in recent years, hezbollah operatives have been caught preparing takes in egypt, cyprus, peru and thailand. and weapons in asia and africa. hezbollah likes to masquerade as a defender of the lebanese people. these actions reveal its true agenda, global terrorism. in 2012 hezbollah bombed a bus in bulgaria, killing five israeli tourists including their driver. that took place july 18th approximately argentina and bulgaria are now joined together sharing a bloody anniversary. as we remember the victims of this deadly plot, we also call on bulgaria to complete the trial of the hezbollah members charged in abstentia consistent with its domestic law. let me tell you now what the administration is doing to crack down on hezbollah and other iran-backed terrorists, both around the globe and our hemisphere. under the leadership of president trump we have intensified efforts against iran and iagc and hezbollah worldwide. most notably, in april, secreta

the project currently spends over 71 countries and there are in 3 continents that being asia europe and africa and gansu as you can see if they are in china is on one of these trade routes which makes it the perfect place to be so when you consider belton road covers how the earth's population a quarter of the g.d.p. you know gansu is in the money right now the 1st few months that we saw trade happening with delton wrote going through that area 6.7 percent increase in trade and belt accounted for over half of all foreign trade in that province just a sudden boom in this area gansa borders mongolia so let's mention it's in the north and of course it's trade it's grown with mongolia and the asean pact the group of asian countries that are working together so 23.3 percent growth with trade to mongolia and get this 50.4 percent with nations now just imagine this is just the beginning of this it's only been going on for a few years to. 1049 supposed to be the completion date so regions like this are going to benefit tremendously in china and of course countries like mongolia a very remote nation it

all this weather is coming from a combination of europe and africa and they expect that sometime later is britain's oldest sea water pool, where you see water... ..you go for it. what sort of temperatures can you take? as hot as you like. she's hot stuff. it is factor 50 all the way, with temperatures nudging the late 20s. is it hot enough for you? it is lovely, i mean, this is almost as nice as being in spain at the moment, isn't it? do you have to take care, this kind of weather? well, i do, because i got a lot of freckles and i got a fair skin, so i had to take care that i do put on the factor 30 or something like that, but, otherwise, i'm just happy to be here. so what is going on? well, as the gulf stream eases north of the united kingdom, european and african weather is surging in behind, creating these temperatures by thursday. we are going to tap in to what has been happening across parts of western europe. high pressure has been in charge there, things are very dry, the ground is dry, sunshine overhead. that has been warming things up, then bringing a little bit of african war

then the 20th century average record temperatures affected europe, asia, africa, canada and south america. the heat also reduced to an arctic sea ice coverage to a record low. the report was released as several cities in the northeast are northeastern us prepare for a dangerous heat wave and graham lotus he joins us now with the latest on this grant. >>catherine can lot of reasons to like living in the bay area and we're lucky on this one so many of us though have friends and family who are. >>sweltering right now as this heat wave is affecting the vast majority of the country and it's about to peak over the next couple days. forecasters say over the course of the weekend people in most of the lower 48 states will feel temperatures above 90 degrees over half

enforce human rights at sea and this push towards criminalizing heroes and helpers across europe and northern africa that help refugees and asylum seekers is one we all have to watch and call out for and that comment is one that is what elicited a response from someone who sent us a video comments to talk to us about the push and the poor of what forces refugees onto foreign shores this is solomon here's what she told the story. as an artist and an activist i've been campaigning for safer routes for migration particularly for women because they are more vulnerable and i think we have to remember that this is a e.u. wide problem it's not just italy humanitarians are being stopped from rescuing people at sea and i also think we shouldn't forget the reasons why people are leaving their homes. for example the work that i'm doing with women in the communities in the u.k. they speak about rocket launching pads behind their houses you know crossing different countries being blocked at the border and held there we've seen pictures of how migrants have been treated. by by people you know trying to keep them

africa near brussels has 180000 works. and berlin's new humboldt forum will feature $75000.00 african art objects but what should be done with the new. artifacts. europe's ethnological museum collections are full of objects that were plundered from africa simply taken or gained through underhand means other items were bought or bartered by european explorers some 80 percent of africa's historical art is thought to be in europe including some of the most iconic museum pieces. should it be given back. yes a lot of it works taken without consent that's the conclusion of a groundbreaking study of europe's colonial era acquisitions the proposals put forward by french art historian benedict savoie and the senegalese scholar fellin sour could have far reaching consequences for. their report was commissioned by french president emmanuel mark home he's pledged to begin repatriating stolen art works to africa within 5 years. we really hope that mccalls announcement on our report won't just be empty words but will have real consequences. it doesn't only apply to france but to many european countries. they are also invited to look at their colonial past and above a

the new front line in europe struggle to deal with the migration crisis reporter safe has been to lampedusa to meet some of the people who have made the dangerous journey from africa to europe and some of the island's residents. lampedusa island of recreation highland which. is the closest european shore to the coast of libya lampedusa takes in several 100 asylum seekers in an average month those who survived the treacherous journey across the mediterranean. knows the flames as many as this. helps coordinate rescue missions for the german n.g.o.s the watch he was on my producer when the italian government attempted to block their ship from bringing 53 rescued migrants a short. sea watch as. the italian coast guard forster way into the harbor she was a restaurateur asked. us what we're seeing is that the criminalization of sea rescue missions isn't stopping people from coming from libya more people are dying and the routes are becoming more dangerous. once migrants arrive on the island most are taken to this immigration center where they are registered and a 1st step toward applying for asylum. after being registered the residents are free to leave. at the church i

for migration says neaearly 700 people havave died attememptinge perilous crossing from north africa t to europe this year. in europe, massive heat wave shatters record high temperatures, many of which were said during the previous heat wave just weeks ago. thermometers in paris clocked temperatures of nearly 110 degrees fahrenheit, an all-time high, with new records also set in belgium, germany, and the netherlands. in alaska, series of wildfires driven by record high temperatures has consumed more than 100 million acres of forest. similar fires in greenland and siberia have combined to make 2019's arctic wildfires unprecedented in human history. the fires come as new climate data revealed last month was the hottest june ever observed with july on pace to become earth's hottest month on record. california state officials have signed a deal with four major automakers to reduce greenhouse emissions from cars and trucks, defying a white house bid to roll back obama era fuel-efficiency standards. the deal between california and ford, honda, volkswagen and bmw would see passenger vehicles average ab

africa and the. u.s. lawmakers have urged facebook to hold its cryptocurrency plants they want time to investigate the wrists poses to the global financial system regulators in europe also call for closer scrutiny meanwhile advocates say the facebook currency would be a boon for the millions of the so-called bank people across africa but concerns are also growing currency with the power that could develop could easily via rail weak currencies across the continent and denies central banks control over monetary policy. introducing libra a new global currency designed for the digital world facebook has promised finance for the future with its new crypto currency and i'm saying its arrival mark zuckerberg said leave would empower billions of people even those without bank accounts will be able to send money around the world with these what's more facebook says libra will be what's called a stable coin meaning it will have none of the volatility associated with bitcoin and other crypto currencies it says it will ensure that by linking its value to other established global monetary systems. major corporate players are already backing libra even if some of the world's fin

its crew member it's a global problem and for james fogle the admiral of the american navy in europe in africait's something that needs to be urgently addressed 90 percent of our commerce worldwide goes by sea so africa is here's a way for.

ruin his work reminds us that the effects of the colonial era continue to this day both in africa and in europe. a longing for. your balls it was a very difficult period and i think it's important that the countries involved take responsibility at least the telling the story of these different countries. we have a common history bound together by that period how could we talk about this common history item why in order to build healthier relations. is colorfully cost fishing for a global citizen with universal appeal. frank sinatra's hit fly me to the moon is getting a lot of play the moment with all the celebrations surrounding the 50th anniversary of the moon landing the song is also the type of an exhibition celebrating this momentous event in world history this traveling exhibition has just arrived in south spork in austria where opens this weekend at the museum there more damage. a small step. a giant for the. it was the 1st time a human had set foot on the moon. for mankind had left a footprint in space. these images are reflected in our collective memory. it was far more than a scientifi