new delhi. >> ghana comes plastic garbage is thrown away every day. one company turns waste into fashion accessories. we have reports from the capital city. >> this is how most people buy drinking water in begunga north america. they are cheap and convenient and often end up littering the streets. workers clean the saches and then they get creative. they produce bags and other access rays that they sell all over the world. the social enterprise is trying to raise awareness of the waste in the environment. >> the bags made of sa ashays. if people used that bag going to the grocery store, they would reduce the thin plastic bags that they use all the time. here you buy a bottle of water they put a thin plastic bag around it. >> they're now using the plastic from discarded billboards to make more comfortable products. but what they're able to collect is just a fraction of the waste in ghana. the plastic waste ends up in stomping grounds and then is washed bag ashore. beaches that would otherwise be tourist attractions are being spoiled. it could take up t

emma boteng reports. >> reporter: this is how most people buy drinking water in ghana.achess or cheap and convenient. they often end up littering the streets. trashy bags collects about 200,000 a month and process them in this factory. they clean them dry them and get creative. they produce bags and other accessories which they sell to customers all over the world. it's a social enter prides that's trying to raise awareness about the damaging effects of plastic waste on the environment. >> our bags shopping bags made from sachets. if people used those when they went to the stores and they used that every time then they would reduce the amount of disposal thin plastic bags which they are using all the time. you buy a bottle of water in a store and they will put a black plastic bag around it. that's what we have been trying to change. >> they are using the plastic from discarded billboards to make more colorful products. but what they are able to collect is just a fraction of the waste in ghana. >> the plastic waste ends up in dumping grounds like this one. if carried out

. >>> one man who made a journey from ghana made his way to libya where he paid people smugglers for place on board a boat. that boat was interceptby italian authorities in the mediterranean, then taken to the island of lampedusa. from there joseph was flown to rome where he has been ever since. al jazeera's phil lavelle caught up to him to hear his story. >> reporter: for the migrants crossing the mediterranean sea it is a journey that represents a new life, new start and joseph got that new life five years ago. >> they say yes, ma'am enter italian waters. i was glad. >> reporter: joseph had to get out of ghana made his way to libya where people smugglers put him on a boat for a price. destination, lampedusa. >> the first time i was lucky. the first time they promised me to, they promised me joe you are moving today. i went in and they didn't take me. they said that i'm -- the boat is over. so it's full. so i have ogo. following in two days time. about one or two days time, i heard that the boat had been sank on the sea. all of the people died. >> so you had a narrow escape. >> yes!

. >> in ghana people throw away tons of plastic every day. but one company has found a way to transform the unwanted packaging. in the first installment of a series looking at creative recycling, a company found a creative way to make something new from something old. >> this is how most people buy drinking water in ghana. these plastic sahays end up littering the street. this company clean the sashays, dry them and then they get creative. it's the social enterprise that is trying to raise awareness of plastic waste on the environment. >> our bags are turned into shopping bags, if they use that every time they would reduce the amount of thin disposal plastic bags that they're using all the time. here you buy a bottle of water from the store they put a plastic bag around it. >> they're also using discarded plastic from billboards to make more colorful products. the plastic waste ends up in stomp be grounds like this one. it ends up being washed back ashore. beaches that would otherwise be tourist attractions are being spoiled. it can take up t

you talk about a very powerfully in the book that significant of that trip for my angela to ghana andto you. tavis: she had lived in ghana earlier in her life, so for her it was a homecoming, so they rolled out the red carpet for herb on before i had ever heard of or met a guy called barack obama, i met an african-american president of a country called ghana. here i am come something year old kid, hanging out with my maya, i had never left the country, i'm going to africa for the first time leaving, with my angelou, meeting the president of ghana, and maya is speaking to the international conference and then walks in the great historian john henry clarke. i am a 20 year old kid full stop all of this in. it was significant for her because she was going home, as it were back to a place she had lived prior, but for me i had run for city council in los angeles and lost this race. i laugh at it now, but it was not so funny then. i'm in my mid-20's, i ran for city council and ali and i had lost, but because all it wanted to do was be a public servant -- and i make a distinction between publ

>>reporter: he had to get out of ghana. made his way to libya where smugglers put him on a boat for a price. >> the first time i was lucky. the first time they promised me to to move today. i went in and they didn't take me. they said the boat is oversold. it's full. so i have to go. about one or two days time i heard that the boat sank on the sea. all of the people died. >>reporter: so you had a narrow escape. >> yes. the people were about 125 passengers, people all of them died. all of them sink including the boat. >>reporter: but the boat he did board also got into trouble and had to be rescued. joseph still remembers vividly the moment he arrived in europe. >> people were very kind to us. they were happy to receive us. they checked us and gave us medication and treated us. after that they took us and we came to rome. >>reporter: but life has not been as kind as he had hoped. joseph takes odd jobs where he can. he barely gets by. >> i struggle to get money to feed myself. >>reporter: you struggle to eat? >> yes. struggle

. >> in ghana like many other countries, people throw away tons of plastic every single day. but there is a country that has found a way to transform all of that unwanted packaging. we look at creative recycling. reports on the company that has found a creative way to make something new from something old. >> this is how most people buy drinking water in ghana. these plastic sashays are cheap and often end up littering the streets. they are processed in this factory. workers clean the sashaays. dry them, then they get creative. they produce bags and other accessories, which they sell to customers all over the world. they're trying to raise awareness about the damaging affect of waste on the environment. >> if people use those while at the grocery store or for the market or stores and they use that every time, they're reducing the amount of disposable thin billion bags that you see all the time. you go in and buy a bottle of water in the store they put a thin plastic bag around it. >> and they're also using the plastic from discarded billboards for more colorful products. >> t

. >> i'm ama boassan in ghana. i'll report on how one company is turning plastic waste into fashion. fashion. >> in our global view segment we look at how news outlets across the word are reacting to various events. the nuclear agreement the guardian hails the agreement saying diplomacy shows its worth. but the middle east and the world as a whole? the headline in the editorial of the iran daily turning point ahead. it needs iran to maintain the power balance in the middle east and it says the deal marks a turning point in iran's international role based on president rouhani's moderate foreign policies. >>> finally the jerusalem post writes that the obama administration gave into iran because it was desperate for a deal. under the headlines slippery face-saver but iran wins. not about stopping iran from building a nuclear weapon, but about america and israel from stopping iran getting the bomb. >> retiring circus elephants by 2018. the elephants have been a mainstay. the fate remains uncertain because of a ban on a

in ghana. these plastic bags are cheap and convenient but they often end up littering the street. this company collects about 200 bags a month. they clean dry them, and then they get creative. they produce bags and other accessories that they sell to customers all over the world. it's a social enterprise trying to raise awareness of the environment. >> our shopping bags made of sashays. if people use those when they go to the grocery store when they go to the market or stores and use those every time they reduce the amount of thin disposable plastic bags. you buy a bottle of water in store and they put a thin plastic bag around it. >> they also use the plastic from billboards, and the plastic waste ends up in grounds like this one. it's carried out to sea and then ends up being washed back ashore. beaches that would otherwise be tourist attractions are being spoiled. it can take up to a thousand years for this plastic to degrade. they say if attitudes don't change fast the damage being done now

his name's joseph, his journey started in ghana he went to lampedusa, the island we've heard so much about and from there he went to rome. he's been there ever since. phil lavelle has his story. >> reporter: for the migrants crossing the mediterranean sea it is a journey that represents a new life. a new start. and joseph got that new life five years ago. >> they say you have now enter italian waters. i was blessed. >> reporter: joseph had to get out of ghana made his way to libya, where people smugglers put him on a boat for a price. destination, lampedusa. >> first i was lucky. the first time they promised you joe you are moving today. i went in and they didn't take me. they said that i'm -- the boat is full, it's full so i have to go. following two days time. about one or two days time, i heard that the boat had been sank on the sea. al of those people died. >> so you had a snare owe escape. >> yes! and the people were about 1 twaif passengers, people all of them died, all of them sink including the boat. >> the boat he did board also got into trouble and had to be rescued. joseph

joseph set out from ghana and made it to libya but he paid people smugglers for a place on the boat. the boat was intercepted and then he was flown to rome. we caught up with him to find out his story. >>reporter: for the migrants crossing the mediterranean sea, it is a journey that represents a new life. a new start. joseph got that new life five years ago. >> they said you have entered italian waters. >>reporter: he had to get out of ghana and made his way to libya where people smugglers put him on a boat for a price. >> the first time i was lucky. the first time they promised me i was moving that day. i went in and they didn't take me. they said that the boat is oversold. it's full. so i have to go. about one or two days later, i heard the boat sank on the sea. all of the people died. >>reporter: so you had a narrow escape? >> yes. and the people were -- they were 125 passengers. all of them died. all of them sink including the boat. >>reporter: but the boat he did board also got into trouble and had to be rescued. joseph still remembers vividly the moment he arrived in europe. >>

they beat algeria and ghana for the right to hold the biggest tournament. it will be the second time that they stage the finals having co-hosted with equatorial guinea. >> we are completely up to taking on the challenge. we're ready to make sure everything is perfect. we have plans in place to make sure that it runs like clock work. >> well, gary l. smith, a football journalist in gabon and he tells us why he thinks that they're gabon won the hosting. >> they offer logistics and even in equatorial guinea, they have a lot of events. they have the stadium and the infrastructure and they'll be using the facilities that they used in 2012. one challenge that i have after the final of the 2012, they went back to the stadium to just do a report and it looked like there was nothing there. they had used a lot of chinese labor and chinese materials materials, and it was a leg go stadium that we had seen. but this time they'll have a lot of stadium and a lot of infrastructure, that will be permanent. >> well, as well as the decision announcing the host, they held the

invited me on a trip with here to ghana, for almost two weeks with my dear friends, we all went to ghana for a couple of weeks, and i can't begin to tell you how being brought into her world as a young 20-something fundamentally changed my life. miya angelou was the first world class intellectual -- cornell west is a dear friend of mine but long before i met cornell west another world class intellectual, knew miya angelou, and the woked me -- welcomed me into their world and she became a surrogate power mother for me and i became her son one of her many sons and the book is really kind of akin to tuesdays with moreie. it's about a mother-son relationship and what that's 28-year friendship with miya angelou was like for me and the experiences we had traveling the world, the experiences we had staying at her house. she visiting mine. i have more public conversation with maya angelou than anybody on my public tv and public radio programs. the meals she took for me. the things she taught me. the things she exposed me. to and the fact that this world class intellectual would let me disagree w

you would think that ghana and algeria had a good shot. ?ll i got an e-mail response from the confeddishonesty of african football. asking him about algeria and an official response. can i be president with the top executive? to keep u.s. up to speed. it's normal international bidding purposes. those were the complaints from ghana. in the last 24 hours, algeria has complained. he doesn't feel the process is good enough. >> all right. that's where we leave it for now. always insightful. >> much more ahead. stay with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> a cargo plane carrying medical supplies touches down in yemen as the saudi-led air strikes enter a third week. >>> pakistan's parliament calls for a diplomatic solution in yemen, claiming it won't play a military role. >>> you are watching al jazeera. also on the program what could be a summit of the americas to remember as u.s. and cuban relations take center stage. plus, -- >> it's been a privilege to go into everyone's living room. >> a cricket and a legendary

. >> this is how most people buy drinking water in ghana. these are cheap and convenient, but often litter the streets. a company collects about 200 tons a month and processes them. workers clean them, dry them and then they get creative. they produce bags and other accessories, which they sell to customers all over the world. it's a social enterprise trying to raise awareness about the effect upon the environment. >> shopping bags made from them, if people used them going to the market or to the stares every time thrilled reduce the amount of disposable thin plastic bags which they are using all the time. here you buy a bottle of water in a store and they'll put a plastic bag around it. we're trying to change that. >> they are using the plastic from discarded billboards to make colorful products. what they're able to collect is a fraction of the waste. >> the plastic waste ends up in dumping grounds. it's carried out to sea and ends up washed back to shore. >> beaches that would otherwise be tourist tractions are being spoiled. it can take

all of the sport, including collected to host the 2017 africa cup of nations, beating bids from both ghanand algeria. ♪ >>> and we begin this news hour in yemen where aid is slowly starting to trickle in as the saudi-lead air strikes continue. iran's state media says tehran has sent two warships to the gulf of aden. fighting has been focused in the area in the southeast of yemen, 30 houthis have reportedly been killed in battle with other tribal militias. on yemen's border suspected al-qaeda fighters stormed and took control of a remote border post. and jordan is pushing a draft resolution at the u.n. to try to stop this conflict from escalating. the humanitarian situation on the ground in the port city of aden has been described as catastrophic. but some aid as arrived. >> reporter: bombs from the sky light up the night over yemen. air strikes have now entered a third week but the coalition hasn't been able to defeat houthi houthi houthi -- rebels who took control of the country in a coup earlier this year. on the ground fighters who support the current president engage in street-to-stree

the victims were from nigeria and ghana.propaganda video shows attacks on iraq's oil refinery. top general saying isis targeted the outer perimeter but the refinery is not at risk. coalition air strikes hit ice in ramadi on thursday. >>> investigators recovered more remains from the shoot down of malaysia airlines flight 17 in eastern ukraine that happened last july. the body parts were reportedly found in an area that was considered too dangerous to reach any earlier. investigators say locals turned over passengers personal belongs including jewelry. >>> sony is firing back at wikileaks after the website posted a complete archive of hacked data from sony pictures. the searchable data base put on-line thursday includes more than 200,000 e-mails and documents from last november's cyber attack p. that hack temporarily shut down the movie studio and exposed e-mails from top executives. bringing in cnn's will whiply, joining us live from tokyo. will, we already learned a lot from the leak et documents. what more is contained in

we all went to ghana a couple of weeks. i can't begin to tell you how being brought into her world as a young 20 something fundamentally changed my life. maya angelou was the first person first world-class intellectual, cornel west is dear friend of mine and dear brother, and book that you mentioned was coauthored with him. long before i met cornel west, another world class intellectual, i knew maya angelou. she welcomed me into her world. she became a surrogate mother to me. i became one of her sons. she had one son guy and i became one of her many sons. the book is really kind akin to tuesdays with more riff if you know that book. about a mother, son relationship. what this 28 year friendship with maya angelou was like with me. the experiences we had traveling the world. experiences we had staying at her house, she visiting with my. i have more public conversation with maya angelou than anybody on my public radio and public tv programs. the meals she cooked for me things she talked to me and things she exposed to me and t

. >> joseph had to get out of ghana, made his way out of libya, where people smugglers put him on a boat for a price. destination, lampedusa. >> the first i was lucky they promised you joe you are moving today pnl i went in and. they went in and they didn't take me, the boat is too full. i have to go in two days time. about one or two days time, i heard that the boat had been sank on the sea. all of the people died. >> so you had a narrow escape? >> yes, the people were -- they were about 125 passengers, people, all of them died. all of them sank including the boat. >> reporter: but the boat he did board also got into trouble. and had to be rescued. joseph still remembers vividly the moment he arrived in europe. >> people they were very kind to us they were happy to receive us. so we all happy about them. so they sent us to lampedusa for about four days. they check us, medication and everything. they treat us. after that, they took us inside plane and we came to rome. >> but life has not been as kind as he had hoped. joseph takes odd jobs where he can. he barely gets by. >> i struggle to

much of the ewaste is shipped to developing countries, china, india, nigeria and ghana receive the most. it's here the toxic elements end up in the up in the environment. >>> people are being allowed to vote for opposition candidates at a municipal level. at least two of the 27,000 candidates don't finds full loyalty to the castro did. one of the candidates is a member of the democratic cuba party officially outlawed. it comes after a historic meeting between castro and u.s. president barack obama. the summit of the americas in panama earlier this month. >>> a fast-moving wildfire is sweeping through parts of southern california. the pfeiffer which started on saturday evening has burned through about 300 acres near los angeles, although know injuries have been reported. authorities had issued an evacuation order for 200 homes in the drought stricken area. this has been lifted. it's you know clear what started the blaze. a province in the philippines notorious for gun culture is slowly undergoing an image makeover. a group of keen ranchers are working to start it as a road yeah. a report

how do you get to carrying the bags in ghana? >> it's one of the blessings in my life.ow we model what it means to be a mentor. i had run for city council, michael, and lost t seems laughable now that i could have thought my life was over, all i ever wanted to do was to be a public servant. i'm glad i found my way of doing that with the platforms i have now. in your 20s, when you run and lose the one thing you thought you were born to do, called to do you feel like your life is crushed. in that moment i get this invitation to go to africa basically, to carry the bags for maya angelou for two weeks. i jumped on the opportunity. the lessons, conversations, love and affirmation. this life-altering, life changing experience allowed me to find my voice. i go back to the story we were just talking about. it means something to young black men in this country when someone of maya angelou's stature or anybody, quite frankly, says your life matters, your future matters. you have to find your voice. as she said to me we find our path by walking it. tavis, i can't give you the answ

anchor: the christians, said to be from ghana and nigeria are all feared dead and europe is no closer to finding a solution to the tidal wave of people coming from north africa. reporter: many did not survive the journey but these migrants did. they are some of the 580 people who arrived in an italian port on thursday. these two men are twin brothers from syria. they have just arrived to another destination for migrants. they say they paid more than $3000 to smugglers who then abused them, but they were determined to try for a better life in europe. if we had stayed in the middle east, we would have died, he says. you only die once in your life we decided to risk life to start here. conflicts across the middle east are feeling a surge in the number of migrants attempting to make the journey from north africa to europe. numbers are up one third compared to last year and improving weather is expected to bring even more. italian authorities are struggling to cope and the european union seems unwilling to take responsibility. >> the european commission cannot alone do it all. we are putti

they were chosen ahead of algeria and ghana decided by a vote of the confederation of african executive football committee in cairo. they cohosted 2012 edition that neighbors he equatorial guinea. i think the delegation had strong belief they could get the bid. i think politics came in the way. the football association penalty of algeria is seen as a potential arrival for the current head of africa football. i think that was a strong factor in the fact that algeria didn't win the bid. my sources tell me that algeria had one of the strongest bids and got a standing ovation for the presentation. gabon is being rewarded for political that loyalty. they offered logistics and in equatorial guinea, we saw a lot of buses and i think this is a quid pro quo and victory for political loyalty. also the fact that they have a lot of projects going on, they have stadiums and infrastructure. >> you be keep up to date on all the stories at aljazeera.com.

and even on wednesday night we saw the president of ghana came to toga, and the president of ivory coasth came here to try to see how they could find a way forward. and what came out of this press conference was according to the opposition, the president asked that all of the results be checked thoroughly before any announcement was made. so there was great anger when the results were announced somewhat by surprise as far as they were concerned. >> now the united nations refugee agencies [ inaudible ] the dire conditions in migrant detention censers -- centers in libya. about 1700 people have died in the waters so far this year. many unidentified leaving behind families who have no idea of the fate of those who left. catherine soi met one such family. >> reporter: this woman last heard from her son two and a half weeks ago, he was just about to start his journey from sudan to the desert to libya and to europe. she is worried sick and just wants him home. >> translator: if he is live i just want him to get in touch. if someone has seen him, please tell him to come back to us. >> reporter:

. >> ghana last year to see the clinical trials for the new malaria vaccine, scientists hoped to prevent up to half of the cases. now, after giving it to 15,000 children, they found it reduces case by about a third. >> we really do have a malaria vaccine we need one more effective than that but this is the first one and because malaria is such a major problem, so many children die from malaria, under some circumstances using a vaccine that only gives you 30 percent of protection may be a very useful thing to do. >> when a mosquito bites it releases parasites into your bloodstream, they multiply into thousands of new parasites, which attack red blood cells causing fever and death. the vaccine has two components, one from the parasites and one from hepatitis b virus which together kick start the immune system. the treatment requires three doses of vaccine and a booster for the best results. that would be easier to administer, that is easier to administer in countries with a poor healthcare structure. but the main thing is the cost. paying for millions of the vaccine for millions is out of

and by the alice kleberg reynolds found and viewers like garrison keillor: kwame dawes was born in ghana and grew up in jamaica. he has published 13 books of poetry, many books of fiction, nonfiction and drama, and he's the author of the first in-depth study of the lyrics of bob marley. he teaches at the university of south carolina. he says of his poetry, "often i am not writing to describe what i have seen, but trying to voice what the work is stirring in me." "tornado child." tornado child, tornado child. i, i'm a tornado child. i come like a swirl of black and darken up your day; i whip it all up into my womb, lift you and your things, carry you where you've never been, and maybe, if i feel good, i might bring you back, all warm and scared, heart humming wild like a bird after early sudden flight. 'cause i'm a tornado child. i tremble at the elements. when thunder rolls my mother womb trembles, remembering the tweak of contractions that tightened to a wail when my mother pushed me out into the black of a tornado night. i'm a tornado child, you can tell us from far by the crazy of our

que _ en ghana hay artesanos que confeccionan ataÚdes de cualquier forma.pedidos a nivel mundial. vamos a pasar al siguiente. esto me encantÓ. tenemos a una monja chilena que baila reggaeton.esto fue durante un evento para rechazar la despenalizaciÓn del aborto en chile. ante 500 personas la hermana no dudo en bailar al ritmo de wissin para llegar a los mÁs jÓvenes. parece que lo logrÓ. y Ámbitos su vÍdeo mÁs de dos cintas cincotta 1000 personas. _ mÁs de 250 mil personas. para terminar nos llegÓ este perrito. segÚn dice su ama, es capaz de adivinar quiÉn serÁ la futura reina de la belleza latina. segÚn el perrito la ganadora es natalia! barbie: mira que lo cuide mucho para el prÓximo mundial!! borja: vamos a estar bien pendientes de quiÉn serÁ la prÓxima reina. recurrente el prÓximo domingo es la gran final. comenzamos el debate las redes usando el hashtag secreto voces. si quieren pueden seguirme@borjavoces. chicas, maÑana mÁs y mejor! pamela: ya regre le saluda lucia buenas tardes.. le saluda lucia el gobernador de california aclara porque el sector agri

. >> he had to get out of ghana and made his way to libya where smugglers put him on a boat for a price. destindestination lampedusa. >> i was lucky. they said, you're moving today. i went there and they didn't take me. they said that i'm--the boat is over. so it's full. so i have to go. in one or two days time i heard that the boat sink in the sea. all of the people died. >> so you had a narrow escape. >> yes. all of them died. all of them sink including the boat. >> but the boat he did board also got into trouble and had to be rescued. joseph still remembers vividly the moment he arrived in europe. >> they were very kind to us. they were happy to receive pups we were happy about them. they took us in a plane, and we came to rome. >> but life has not been as kind as he had hoped. joseph takes odd jobs where he can. he barely gets by. >> i struggle to get money to feed myself. >> you struggle eat. >> yes, i struggle to eat. there are little jobs. you're lucky to get some job. if you're not lucky you just pray that somebody will call you to come work. and he has a message for those drive

the president of ghana and ivory coast president came unexpectedly to the capital on wednesday to speak to both parties. it shows how seriously they're taking events here. the ruling party says as far as they're concerned the president is the rightful winner. >> there has been a win around loser. there are some bad losers and this is what we're facing now. there is no compromise about that. if they recognize that they consistently lose and we are the winners, then this is the beginning of consensus and from this basis we can continue the discussion about you issues in this country. >> both parties have interested and observers say it's difficult to predict. >> there has been more violence in burundi's capital in the president's bid for a third term. officers have been sent in to crackdown on the demonstrations. the court is looking into whether the bid is unconstitutional. the government said it's willing to sell 51% stake and the move would be a concession to reach an agreement with international landers and unlocking the bailout funds. to the crisis in rue crane. the ukrainian foreign

all 12 were christians from nigeria and ghana. another boat has sunk. only four people surviving from the original 45 on board bringing estimated death toll so far in the mediterranean close to a thousand. some of the migrants end up here at residents in the shadow of mt. etna. until 2011, it was home to u.s. military personnel and their families. it's now guarded by the italian army. the new residents are free to come and go as they please. the press, however, is not allowed in. from south sudan, saying he gets work on farms and has no complaints about his treatment. while 22-year-old from darfur sudan is grateful for italian hospitality. >> i've heard they have economic problems here but they've done what they can to help us. >> but with this steady and mounting influx of migrants, it not clear how much longer italy will be able or willing to help. ben wedeman, cnn, augusta, italy. >> the migrapt crisis in italy will no doubt be on the agenda when renzi visits the white house. renzi and barack obama are expected to discuss the fight or ukraine and fig

the victims from ghana and nigeria are feared dead. the remaining christians form a chain to resist attackers. >>> israel is handing out deportation notices to asylum seekers who refuse to leave the country. thousands of refugees are being detained at a facility, a supreme court ruling limits detention to 20 months. israel's interior ministry says deportation restores the fabric of are life to residents in south tel aviv. refugees say asylums were never considered. >> we have been waiting for the interview. last month they get permit to leave the country without seeing my request. that's the way >>> israel is not saying which african countries will take the refugees. detainees say continues in africa sent them looking for asylum in the first place. >> violence against foreigners forced thousands to seek shelter in police stations and refugee camps following two weeks of attacks. today many took a stand for peace. in context, we take a look at the call for solidarity. >> a lot of people have been asking what is the south african governm

china, india and ghana receive the most. the toxic elements end up in the environment and poison people. the eu has banned the shipment of waste and encourage others to do the same. they are calling for recycling. >> joining us now is the head of sustainable cycle at the united nations university. he leads a team has authored this report. what is driving the rise in the volume of global he waste? a trend set to continue for the next three years. what are the factors driving this? >> it's a hunger around the world for the latest gadgets. in order to have access to these electronic devices which are supposed to make our life easier but it's associate with the decrease in lifetime of the products. we have it now in our barmes, we have it in our kitchens, but we are also getting it in our outer motives, in other clothes even and this is contributing to the rising of the e waste mountain. >> of course we're talking things like cell phones, calculators and most of this he waste was generated in asia. which countries are the bigges

. >>> and anti-muslim advertisement ghana appearing on dozens of septa buses it's adolf hitler talking to a muslim leader, they tried to ban the ads but septa lost they are asking those that oppose the message to control their anger in a civil and constructive way, here at the big board with big news from atlantic city today where plans were unveiled for a $50 million playground at the pier at caesars, what is now the upscale but struggling pier shops, it will be a mecca of shopping music venue and bars and even a bowling alley and it will all spill on to the beach and all by summer it's the brain child of philadelphia developer bart blatstein, with a.c. losing four casinos and 8,000 people losing jobs, it's time to bring business and big time tourism back to the beach there and today he promised his plan will not fail. >> all year they visit caesars and we hope to bring people here to atlantic city and to caesars, in fact i commit and i promise you this will become the number one tourist attraction in atlantic city. >> now the concept is modeled after biel street in memphis and 6th st

much of the waste is shipped to developing countries, china india, nigeria and ghana received the most. here the toxic elementsened up in the environment. europe banned the shipment of e-waste, campaigners want others to do the same and invest in recycling. without this the growing mountain of e-waste will be the dark side of our unquenchable appetite for electronics and appliances. >>> the gap between rich and poor in the u.s. is becoming sharper. even in its schools. many children living in poverty rely on food subsidies to get by. as rob reynolds reports, without school meals, children would have nothing to eat. >> reporter: a new analysis by the southern education foundation shows 51% of u.s. public schoolchildren are eligible for the federal free or reduced price lunch programme, widely considered a measurement of poverty. >> this is alarming. for many years we thought of poor kids as being an isolated problem, maybe in the countries urban centers. now what we are finding is a majority of kids in public kids are poor. >>> in los angeles, 80% of children qualify for free or reduced

and even on wednesday night, we saw actually that the president of ghana came to togo and also the presidentivory coast. they both came here to discuss with the parties to try to see how they could find a way forward. and what came out of this press conference is that according to the opposition the president had asked that all of the results be checked thoroughly before any announcement was made. so there was great anger when the results were announced somewhat by surprise as far as the opposition was concerned. >> thank you very much indeed for that. >>> now nigeria is trying to identify nearly 300 women and girls rescued during an operation against boko haram. they were found in the arm's groups strong hold. this has raised hopes the group may include schoolgirls who were kidnapped from chibok last year. >> reporter: we have spoken dreblly to the military spokesperson who says the identities of the 200 women and girls who were rescued is still being ascertained. he explained it's an incredible remote and difficult area in which to get information from. you can only access many parts of it

that we have is that the general countries that they are coming from include syria, eritrea, somali ghana mali and senegal as well. you see how widespread the issue is. >> the entire world is paying attention to this and this issue is something that has gotten president obama's attention in washington. what are we hearing out of washington? well it's interesting. the italian prime minister matteo renzi has been over in washington and he met president obama for talks. they were wide-ranging talks, and one of the subjects that came up was the issue of the migration from north africa into europe. the americans concentrated more on the security issues concerns of the lack in many cases of a proper identification of the peep le -- people, and the worry, perhaps, of people connected with militant groups such as i.s.i.l. and affiliated groups in north africa may use the immigration as a way to gain access to europe. the italian prime minister it said it was to do with justice and the ability of mankind. >> is there a chance the flow of migrants might flow down soon? >> it's possible. listen, the

the firing squad, it is also a number of mainly foreign nationals but indonesians too, some one from ghana one from brazil, and other countries as well. that face it. all of them have one thing in common, errol, that is they face charges on drug related crimes. late last night, the president, again facing the media, being asked why he will not give them clemency, why he will not perhaps commute their sentences to life in prison as has been appealed repeatedly from many countries including of course, australia, for the bali 9 ring leaders. he said, "look, as far as we are concerned every other nation need to respect our law. i will not repeat this. it is a question of the sovereignty of our law." he also said, "we are serious about our war on drugs." he is of course referring to the fact that every day in indonesia 50 people die of, death related to drugs issues. this is his way of cracking down on it. human rights groups say this is no way to deal with the drugs problem. >> it appears the president isn't changing his mind. he wants to make a point. these men are set to face their execution

the neighbor who received the notes is originally from ghana. she doesn't want to be identified but her friend is speaking on her behalf. >> that anybody would feel entitled to address somebody else in the community with this abusive discusting foul inapropriate language, just makes me sick. >> well the victim says she feels much better since police stepped in. >>> next putting on baseball uniform for a unique opening day. >> this is no major league game. unlikely place fox's charlie laduff, a story you may never forget. >>> check this out. the one and only hubble space telescope, nasa has released this footage in honor of hubble's 25th birthday. it is a 3d fly through of a star nursery in the constellation carina. 20,000 light years from us, unlike our eyes, the hubble can see the full spectrum of light from their new stars. they're birthing grounds on the gas and dust surrounding, just imagine history right there right? the glittering light you see made up of 3,000 stars. i can just watch that all day long. >> backs here on terra firm a san qu

all 12 were christians from nigeria and ghana. and another boat has sunk. only four people surviving from the original 45 on board, bringing the estimated death toll so far in the mediterranean, close to a thousand. some of the my grants end up here at residents in the shadow of mt. etna. until 2011. it was home to milt personnel and their families. the new residents are free to come and goo as they please. the press, however, is not allowed in. >> a 22-year-old from darfur, sudan, is grateful for italian hospitality. i've heard they have economic problems here, he tells me, but they've done what they can to help us. but with this steady and mounting influx of migrants, it's not clear how much longer italy will be able to or willing to help. cnn, augusta, italy. >>> a postal worker who landed a gyrocopter at the u.s. capitol wednesday is now out on bail. douglas mark hughes was in court thursday wearing his postal service jacket and now officials think they know how he went unnoticed. >> tonight, new video shows the mailman in his gyrocopter flying east acr

the prisoners, who come from nigeria, australia, brazil ghana, the philippines and indonesia, have been given 72 hours notice, meaning their executions by firing squad appear to be imminent. parents and relatives of the 43 students missing in the mexican state of guerrero have marked seven months since their loved ones disappeared. some of the parents and relatives converged on new york city after traveling across the country in caravans. on sunday, they marched to the united nations, asking the u.n. to pressure mexico to reopen the investigation, and calling for the u.s. to stop funding mexico's drug war under plan merida. the mexican government has said the students were attacked by municipal police acting under the corrupt mayor of iguala, then turned over to drug gang members who killed and incinerated them. but mexican news reports point to a role by federal authorities. maria de jesus tlatempa bello, mother of one of the missing students, spoke at sunday's march. >> we are here today marching april 26, in support of the school. i am a mother who has a disappeared son whose name is

. >> just yesterday leader from yesterday, ghana campaign for president by promising to take us backo yesterday. >> republican senators rand paul of kentucky and ted cruz of texas are already in the race. susan macinnis, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> vice president biden whose name has also come up as possible democratic presidential contender says he still has plenty of time to make up his mind. a draft biden political action committee plans to open offices in iowa, new hampshire, and south carolina by early summer. last month, quinnipiac university poll showed hillary clinton with 56% of democrats joe biden had 10%. >>> well, it is retirement planning week. the perfect time to ask the question: how much do you need to retire? >> and here to answer that question, cbs news business analyst, jill schlessinger, up in new york for us, jill, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> people used to say that you need a million dollars to retire. is that true? >> wish i wash i answer is it depend. it is your life. first thing to figure out how much you need to float your lifestyle today, then

it's really about ghana.lution is you don't make bitter enemies of the people that lose, and they can help you rebuild. this is lincoln's part. he doesn't say he learned it from lincoln. it's exactly the way he talked. he didn't like to talk about as the heavyies, didn't like to use the word "treason, would occasional occasionally. he was always saying all we are asking is that you come back into the union and take up your place as citizens of the union. that's all we want. that wasn't enough for most people. i think that's what he wanted. it's the same idea. that's so we can minimize the hatred and bitterness afterwards. >> great. i love this. deena, you've been charged with -- we're going through the history and emotions of this. you've been charged with the somewhat dry challenge, speaking about the religious and intellectual references made these young ladies just gave us portions of. >> i always love the exciteing opportunity to be the guy that closes the evening down. i've killed more partyies than i ca

husband backed away from his promise to arrange a traditional wedding ceremony in their home country of ghana. the pair reportedly never lived together at all. the woman's lawyer tells the newspaper that the husband kept in touch only through phone calls and facebook messages, and she does not have his home address. the judge ruled that the soon-to-be ex-wife can send him up to three facebook messages. the lawyer reportedly says they sent out the first last week. so far no response. >>> kennedy's here host of "kennedy," 10:00 eastern time on the fox network. divorce by facebook? >> yes, that's the new era we're living in. your facebook secretary as physical as your -- facebook account is as physical as your address. it's real. >> the idea that you can divorce on facebook, this is serious. this is happening, right? >> it shows a couple of things. one, our digital footprint is as important to the manhattan supreme court justice as your physical footprint. and even though this man tried to live off the grid, he wasn't successful. you know, he doesn't have any sort of physical record for himself.

authorities say the muslim migrants attacked christians from nigeria and ghana. the killings followed news of a shipwreck which killed another 41 migrants. president obama has signed the so-called "doc fix" law to overhaul how doctors receive payment under medicare, the federal health insurance program for seniors and people with disabilities. the bill averts a cut in doctors' pay, shifting to a structure aimed at rewarding doctors for quality of care, rather than the number of office visits. it also extends a children's healthcare program for another two years. but the measure cuts billions of dollars from medicare and increases insurance costs for higher-income seniors. the group physicians for a national health program has criticized the measure as a step toward republicans' goal of privatizing medicare. students at wesleyan university in connecticut have occupied the office of president michael roth to demand the university divest from fossil fuel companies, the prison industry and the israeli occupation of palestinian territories. the action marks the annive