i welcome miriam, from gambia, now a student in texas. miriam had her genitals cut when she was 10 or 11. thank you for speaking to us. and a gin cological surgeon. was it hard for you to make the decision to come on the show and talk about this? >> it was a little hard. f g.m. is something we don't talk about publicly. where i come from, it's a taboo to mention the word. me. >> why is it taboo to mention it in a culture where pervasive? >> for my perspective, they hate putting the fear in people. if i know someone talking about it, and what is happening to me, if i know i was supposed to go, to prevent it. >> what were you told about f g.m. as a young girl. >> like i said, we don't discus it, so i was - i didn't know what f g.m. was, until when it was later done to me. >> so the day that it happened, take us back to what you remember about the moment. you hadn't been told what would happen, what were you told. >> i was told i was visiting my grandmother. i went with my mum to my grandmother's house. it was the summer holidays, i thought

we'd like to announce the trips carrying timber to gambia. they know it's illegal. it's a huge international network in way gambian and european and asian traders profit. the u.n. estimates the global trade to be worth between 30 and $100 billion. the damage is too obvious to ignore. >> an unlikely alliance of villages and former rebels that fought the army are joining forces to protect this land. they patrol watch. they replant the forest. forming is the way to tackle the trade. >> when forming, there's someone on the ground keeping watch. it's a nonviolent way to tell the smugglers to back off. the loaned is ours. the project is small, the ambition is big. it may take years for the trees to grow. they believe they have planted the seeds to save the forest. >> pilots from the german airline extended a strike that has seen hundreds of flights cancelled. they walked off over a dispute involving pensions. the flight continues through until friday. it's the second time in four months that they have been forced to ground flights due to strike action. >> it's an appealin

the biggest number of asylum numbers came from nigeria mali, and gambia. >>> it is a craft that dates back thousands of years but now is under threat. boat building was a way of life in the faroe islands. but only a handful of people do it for a living. we met one man who is trying to keep that tradition alive. >> my father learned it from my grandfather after my great grandfathered pasted it on. i am the fourth generation of my family to build these boats. >> you the boat has its origins of the viking long ships that explored the area years ago. now he builds them alone and by hand. >> just the urge that keeps me going when i wake up at 7:00 in the morning. it's not because i have to go to work. it's because i have this urge to create something. >> it gives me great pleasure to create and see it turn into something useable. it's beautiful and good to row. it means a lot. and people are happy with what i've done. >> i've heard that people don't understand how you're able to create something like this without plans, without any designs. the suggestion seems to be that you have some kin

and more than 130 million women worldwide, it's a difficult topic, but an immigrant from gambia who enduredtravels

and more than 130 million women worldwide, it's a difficult topic, but an immigrant from gambia who endured it travels here to talk to me about it.

. >> translator: in neighboring gambia it's forbid tone cut wood even for house how huge but the countryge quantities of wood. i would like to denounce the european ships carrying timber from there to asia. they know it's illegal but they continues to do. gambian and asian traders profit. >> reporter: the u.n. estimate the trade in illegal timber is worth 30 to $100 billion. the damage is too obvious to ignore. an unlikely alliance of local villagers and formal rebels that fought the senegalese army are joining force to his protect this land. they patrol. watch and replant the forest. farming is their way to tackle the illegal timber trade. >> translator: when farming there is always someone on the ground keeping watch. it's a nonviolent way to tell the smugglers to back off. the lands is ours and it's in use. >> reporter: the project is small, but their ambition is big. it may take years for the trees to grow, but they believe they have planted the seeds to save their forest. nicholas hawk, al jazerra senegal. >>> it is an appealing vision instead of having to two our own household chor

in neighbouring gambia it's forbidden to cut wood. it all comes from senegal. i'd like to denounce the ships carrying, they know it's illegal, but they do it. it's a huge international network in which gambian and international traders profit >>> the u.n. estimates the global trade to be worth between 30 and $100 billion. the damage is too obvious to ignore. an unlikely alliance between the villages and the army join forces to protect the land. they patrol watch and replant the forest. forming is a way to tackle the illegal timber trade. >> when farming there is always someone on the ground. coping watch. it is ours. the project is small. it may take time to save the forest. >> the first lady is calling for an effort to effort for girls. it's a let the girls learn initiative. it's run out of garner and uganda. >> meanwhile, in the united states, a new programme is working to give kids from low income families a chance to get out of poverty. the focus is the children's command of words as tom ackerman explains. >> reporter: it's deprad use day for the -- graduat

federal prisons are off-limits to me because if i do that, then every country has every right, like gambiafor example, to say you can visit this present but not this maximum-security wing. i fully expect the united states to secure invitations from state prisons to me, but also to be able to visit federal prisons as well. amy: juan mendez says he's particularly concerned with the solitary confinement subjected to some 80,000 prisoners. he also says the u.s. continues to thwart his bid to investigate guantanamo bay by imposing "unacceptable" conditions on his visit. the secret service is investigating to agents for allegedly driving into a white house to dirty barricade while drunk. one of the agent is in president obama's security detail. it is the latest in a series of incidents that have raised essence about the secret service's conduct and property resignation of director julie appears last year. i higher-level secret service officer intervened with local police after the men had crashed into the white house carrier and prevented them from being tested or alcohol. they were simply sent

boats were from syria and atraia and the biggest number staying there came from mali and nigeria and gambiasked their lives to get as far as libya where they faced imprisonment and persecution. >> i was never good but it was risky anyway. it was very risky. to be frank with you i was scared, so scared. it's not easy being in a sea, you know where you can't hold anything, anything can happen there, it's only god that can save you. >> reporter: a russian space craft has successfully docked at the international space station for a year-long joint mission with the united states. the craft taken off from kazistan and an american astronaut is the first to spend 12 months at the station and both countries announced plans to build a new space facility to replace the international space station from 2024. that brings you up to date with the latest from europe and back to adrian. >> ghani wants afghanistan to be the cross roads of asia but the state of the actual roads in the country are a bit of a stumbling block to ambition, 15,000 kilometers of roads have been upgraded since 2001 but as jennifer g