the gambia has given to germany's president from baltar's steinmeyer a hero's welcome now the west african country has just emerged from more than two decades of dictatorship its political and business leaders are hoping that germany will help the transition to democracy now for its part berlin wants to dissuade the gambian young people from leaving the country to head for your. decision to visit west africa's smallest country on his first trip to the continent as german president was big news on the streets. it's been almost a year since president was sworn in after more than twenty years of dictatorship. but the level of discontent is still high the transition to democracy is proving more difficult. the more the most important be it you know the democrats freedom of experts who would be. very important. because everything is expensive by the time day we are saying that they are. there said that everything will come down but now everything is slow it's very. very civil society leaders met with the german president to discuss their grievances among them the fact that a lack of jobs means t

germany is back in gambia. steinmeier says his visit to ghana and the gambia were intended as a sign of encouragement with both countries showing positive democratic development the german president says it's now vital to ensure that young people in these nations are able to benefit from that development as well. as d.w.t. of life from balance still to come american pop artist james rosen first who died earlier this year is the subject of a retrospective a close look big music coming from merrill will be here with the details. we'll half bottom or the days of world news and sports business and just more. flourishing god and send fertile fields into the rough hands barren high atlas mountain range. over the centuries local farmers have developed irrigation methods but now climate change is threatening their way of life. so they are using ingenuity and know how in their perennial quest for the last. forty five minutes. images from an isolated country images from the north korean. in italian photographer captured

after more than twenty years of dictatorship the gambia says it is back so why. it's young people still leaving in droves and how can germany's president helps move the country's transition to democracy. i burnt off it's good to have you with us we begin with a fatal accident in the south of france where a train has collided with a school bus the interior ministry says at least four teenagers were killed after the train hit the bus splitting it into the crash occurred in the village of new less some fifteen kilometers west of keping young the french prime minister is at the crash site. we want to go to alex who corresponded to on elizabeth smart taishi joins us from paris i'm elizabeth what are the latest numbers of casualties and the conditions of those injured do we know. we still have a full of a town full of teenagers who died in the crash and about two dozen i do lessons who were. injured and have been on a spread among the various hospitals in the area and the house situation is bad enough that the the local custom all declared the day a day of medical emer

to supply mauritania senegal gambia and mali with fresh water. it devastated the natural environment. the construction of the dom completely destabilized the ecosystem it was destroyed. the natural balance was destroyed the balance between sold water and fresh water. wasn't fresh water was blocked and couldn't reach the national park. years later the problem was addressed with the construction of these locks built with the help of the german k f w development bank and the german development agency. as gates had here that these guys can be what it does is imitate ebb and flow or water and fresh water are combined here so it's a perfect habitat for fish to spawn in effect when. it's a protected area because these are three flood basins. so it's a perfect spot for resting and breeding not only for fish but also for birds. the park authority has demarcated fishing zones and make sure the fishermen respect spawning seasons. of fresh water in the basin has helped revive the local fauna to . lotus's have begun thriving again. local women spend two to th

the gambia has given to germany's president from baltar's steinmeyer a hero's welcome now the west african country has just emerged from more than two decades of dictatorship its political and business leaders are hoping that germany will help the transition to democracy now for its part berlin.

strengthening economic ties and tackling the causes of migration from africa steinmeyer will visit the gambia later this week. during august fourth in leipzig and loves but face off in the bundesliga tonight was split the only three people in scale relegation why leipzig is hoping for a victory so that they could not hold the lead with league leaders by munich the wolves have only lost one since martin took over and made september their last outing at home was a convincing three mill victory over gladbach stopping their momentum in its tracks but a league high of nine draws had their main table purgatory currently eleven big closer to relegation than they like to be the head coach addressed the drawing issues in the press conference ahead of the match close but obviously minutes down the last five or six games i think we're closer to getting away from that statistic picked being the king of draws after a long time doesn't take you anywhere ok. so our goal is to turn that around and also to change our mentality moving forward though. to a button that it wasn't going to be i've despite being se

has imposed sanctions on dozens of people and businesses in myanmar south sudan and gambia it includes a myanmar general involved in the brutal crackdown on range of muslims the us is also drafted a u.n. resolution banning nearly ninety percent of petroleum exports to north korea. in catalonia polls of closed in a snap election called off the spanish regions controversial independence referendum so record turnout in the race to form the next week government is tight exit polls have put secessionist and unionists neck and neck castle and authorities say there's been a five percent rise in time out compared with the previous ballots in two thousand and fifteen peru's congress is debating whether to impeach president ed republicans ski of a corruption allegations opposition m.p.'s want him ousted over revelations as by that consulting business receive payments from the brazilian construction giant to pressure the case as part of the so-called car wash and bribery scandal in brazil which is implicated dozens of politicians and businessmen across latin america at least four people have died

to supply mauritania senegal gambia and mali with fresh water. it devastated the natural environment. and is it was time. that the construction of the dom completely destabilized the ecosystem it was destroyed. the natural balance was destroyed the balance between sold water and fresh water. wasn't fresh water was blocked and couldn't reach the national park. years later the problem was addressed with the construction of these locks built with the help of the german k f w development bank and the german development agency. as a tight here that these guys can be what it does is imitate ebb and flow salt water and fresh water are combined here so it's a perfect habitat for fish to spawn in effect. it's a protected area because these are three flood basins. so it's a perfect spot for resting and breeding not only for this but also for birds. that. the park authority has demarcated fishing zones and make sure the fishermen respect spawning seasons. for fresh water in the basin has helped revive the local fauna to. lotus's have begun thriving again. l

has imposed sanctions on dozens of people and businesses in the yanmar south sudan and gambia it includes a myanmar general involved in the brutal crackdown on revenge of muslims the u.s. is also drafted a u.n. resolution banning nearly ninety percent of petroleum exports to north korea peru's congress is debating whether to impeach president had republicans scared of a corruption allegations opposition m.p.'s want him ousted over revelations his private consulting business receive payments from brazilian construction giant depression cases part of the so-called car wash bribery scandal in brazil which is implicated dozens of politicians and businessmen across latin america. the red cross says yemen's cholera epidemic is believed to have infected one million people more than two thousand have died since the outbreak first began in october last year or more on that story and everything else in about twenty five minutes time more news coming up from doha at the top of the next hour but that's after one a one east which starts now. yes. al-jazeera where ever you are. if there was ever a quin

strengthening economic ties and tackling the causes of mass migration from africa on my i will visit the gambia later this week. for more let's cross over now to the guinea and capital accra where our correspondent young philip schultz is standing by horace for tell us more about what the german president hopes to achieve with his trip and why is he starting his tour there in ghana. i think he picked because it's considered to be a role model and africa when it comes to democracy and human rights we've seen several peaceful changes of governments year in the past twenty years something that is still quite unusual on the african continent where a lot of presidents either try to cling onto power for ever have to be forced. out of power violently as we've seen in many cases in the last years so i think what he wants to achieve here is quite clear and it's very easy to summarize he wants to boost foreign investment and to create new jobs here because economically guy has gone through a hard time in the last years with very high unemployment rates and a lot of young people that try to leave the coun

has imposed sanctions on dozens of people and businesses in myanmar south sudan and gambia it includes myanmar general involved in the brutal crackdown on ranger muslims the us is also drafted a un resolution banning nearly ninety percent of the trial you make sports to north korea. or is congress is debating whether to impeach president. over corruption allegations opposition m.p.'s want him alstad of revelations his private consulting business receive payments from brazilian construction giant to crush the case is part of the so-called car wash bribery scandal in brazil which is implicated dozens of politicians and businessmen across latin america and at least four people have died after a ferry sank in the northeast philippines more than two hundred fifty people were on board when the boat went under after being battered by strong winds and massive waves around two hundred forty will pulled alive from the water a spokesman for the philippine coast guard insists the ferry was not overcrowded and up to date with all of our top stories i'll be back in twenty five minutes after the stre

strengthening economic ties and tackling the causes of mass migration from africa steinmeyer will visit the gambia later this week. the indian capital delhi has been shocked recently by reports of how more than ten sanitation workers have died from toxic fumes while cleaning septic tanks is still in the spotlight on manual scavenging the practice of cleaning human waste mostly carried out by ballots or people deemed to be outside the in didn't cost system manual scavenging is banned in india but it still carried out on delhi correspondent sonia follicle sent us this report. every morning marshals up for a drug that few anywhere would want to do. as a manual scavenger he cleans blocked drains and got an indian. city has been doing this for six years he owns anywhere between four hundred to eight hundred rupees a day that's about five to ten euros. up the first day here until then i've never cleaned the toilet in my own home the stench was disgusting i nearly quit. but i had to feed my two children since i'd lost another job so i carried on in the middle of. the work is extremely dangerous there's n

referendum the us has imposed sanctions on dozens of people and businesses in the yanmar south sudan and gambia it includes a myanmar general involved in the brutal crackdown on range of muslims the us is also drafted a u.n. resolution banning nearly ninety percent of petroleum exports to north korea peru's congress is debating whether to impeach president. of a corruption allegations opposition m.p.'s want him ousted over revelations his private consulting business receive payments from brazilian construction giant depression cases part of the so-called collar shriver scandal in brazil which is implicated dozens of politicians and businessmen across latin america. the red cross says yemen's cholera epidemic is believed to have infected one million people will in two thousand have died since the outbreak began in october last year all more on that story and everything else in about twenty five minutes time more news coming up from doha at the top of the next hour but that's after i want to warn east which starts now. al-jazeera wherever you are. if there was ever a quintessential chinese come f

has imposed sanctions on dozens of people and businesses in myanmar south sudan and gambia it includes a myanmar general involved in the brutal crackdown on a range of muslims the us is also drafted a un resolution banning nearly ninety percent of the trial you make sports to north korea. congress is debating whether to impeach president. over corruption allegations opposition m.p.'s want him ousted of revelations his private consulting business receive payments from the brazilian construction giant to crush the case is part of the so-called calm wash bribery scandal in brazil which is implicated dozens of politicians and businessmen across latin america and at least four people have died after a ferry sank in the northeast philippines more than two hundred fifty people were on board when the boat went under after being battered by strong winds and massive waves around two hundred forty will pulled alive from the water a spokesman for the philippine coast guard insists the ferry was not overcrowded you're up to date with all of our top stories i'll be back in twenty five minutes after

djibouti ecuador egypt gambia indonesia iraq jordan kuwait lebanon libya malaysia motives mauritania morocco oman pakistan qatar saudi arabia senegal sudan syrian arab republic tunisia united arab emirates uzbekistan bolivarian republic of venezuela and state of palestine i would also like to inform delegations that afghanistan and mali have withdrawn their sponsorship if any other countries wish to co-sponsor a smash slash ten slash l twenty two please signify now by pressing the microphone button south africa. and somalia have also joined the list of delegations co-sponsoring the resolution and democratic democratic republic of korea. and others thank you mr president thank you i recorded vote has been requested we shall now begin the voting process those in favor of draft resolution a sledge dash time flesh l. twenty two police signifying those against abstentions. the general assembly is now voting on draft resolution a slash nashton slash l twenty two intitled status of jerusalem will all delegations confirm that their votes are accurately reflected on the screen the voting has

algeria, bahrain, bangladesh, cuba, djibouti, ecuador, egypt, gambia, collatea, iraq, jordan, -- kuwait, lebanon, libya, ,alaysia, maldives, morelia , saudi, pakistan, qatar arabia, senegal, sue., syrian arab republic, united arab , boloes, uzbekistan variant republic of venezuela, and state of palestine. i would also like to inform delegations that afghanistan and molly have withdrawn their sponsorship. if any other countries wish to cosponsor, please signify now by pressing the microphone button. south africa and somalia have also joined the list of delegations cosponsoring the resolution and democratic republic of korea. any others? thank you, mr. president. >> thank you. the vote has been requested. we shall now begin the voting process. those in favor of draft /es/10/l 22, please signify. those against abstentions. the general assembly is now voting on draft resolution a/es 22 entitled status of jerusalem. confirm delegations that their votes are accurately reflected on the screen? the voting has been completed. the machine. [applause] >> the result of the vote is as against-- in f

phyllis wheatley had been enslaved on the west coast of africa, probably gambia or senegal, brought to the new world in the 1750s, as a young girl maybe about 8 years old, she eventually was sold to a family by the name of wheatley in massachusetts, the daughter in the family, taught her to read and write, and she had a real natural talent for writing verse, at the time this was an extraordinary development. so much so that there were those she began publishing pieces in the newspaper, and they began to be circulated. there was actually a trial held in boston where people like john hancock and other significant figures in the community were brought together to basically put her on trial. ask her questions, to try to determine if it was possible this american woman could have written poetry like this. she passed and they wrote a testimonial saying they believed that she, in fact, had been the talented writer who produced this poetry, so in 1773, she travelled to london, and this volume was published, it's remarkable that we have an engraved image, presumably a good physical likeness of

from all over the uk, and from all over the world — ethiopia, italy, sierra leone, the philipines, gambiaof the fire onjune 1ath, and no one knew this then as we broadcast from north kensington that morning, 71 people died. the service today will be attended by the prince of wales, the duchess of cornwall, the duke and duchess of cambridge, and prince harry. st paul's have consulted with the bishop of kensington, the al manaar mosque, local clergy of different faiths, survivors, the bereaved and the wider community, on the arrangements for this morning. the leader of the local council, conservative—run kensington and chelsea, has been asked by families to stay away. today on the programme, we're going to remember some of those who died. and we're going to talk to survivors, which we've done regularly on our programme sincejune14th. let me introduce you to paul, who lived on the sixth floor of grenfell tower he has chosen to give his first interview to us will stop and to bishop graham tomlin. good morning to both of you. thank you for talking to us. paul, tell us what the day means to you