the long term you actually want to be out of a scenario where you actually have the rebel groups under control you know who to deal with them and for once you know someone has the groups that you know causing havoc and destructive governance the center left wing probably is not the kind of game that can play any longer. and i think that missy at least go out course quite strongly so between now and the next deal perhaps merely what's interested password to really think about this how best we can plan effectively at the really once you do with the rebel groups and actually that in their business because the longer a gate they are about interact with the governed i sense that with that kind of army peter a few moments a few moments ago you were talking about you know the fact that president to i dare you believed deserves some recognition for some of his efforts i want to ask you this do you believe he's going to be able to unite a very divided central african republic. extrude many concerns extremely conserved but try to imagine what happened. in early twenties 19 a very expensive 19 these thes

do stupid control some parts of the town is 700 kilometers from here difficult to confirm but since the armed groups have brought their fight much closer to the capital with or without the small towns they still control about 2 thirds of the country's territory and most of the country's diamond and gold mines now it would be just a few kilometers down this road where there was fighting last week it has been reports of a build up of troops on a recruitment drive just a few kilometers from here in the recent days ahead of a possible attack and left a lot of people thinking that the withdrawal of fighters from bangor could in fact be free and preparation for an assault on the capital. there's been a 2nd night of protests in 2 new cities despite a government imposed lockdown a video showing a police officer abusing the shepherd has drawn comparisons to the incident 10 years ago that prompted the arab spring reports. a man is humiliated in the street by a police officer the shepherd is being reprimanded and pushed apparently because his sheep got too close to the local government headquarters. there and.

darragh welcome webb has the latest from the capsule bunky a coalition of armed groups controls about2 thirds of the central african republic territory and in it to most of the country's gold and diamond mines they're also not far from where we are here in the capital bore me they've been threatening to attack it they did attack it last week but they were 4th off by forces along with the government that includes the national army un peacekeepers but the most effective fighters are russian mercenaries and rwandan troops now the forces aligned with the government complain that it's not a fair fight because of the arms embargo they say they adhere to it but they say that their enemy the armed groups do not know they say that means the armed groups much heavier higher caliber weapons and rockets they have to fight against the communications minister we spoke to him a couple of days ago even said he thinks those armed groups are getting support and weaponry from other countries in the region and possibly even from some european countries as well. the united nations envoy to the central afr

. >> a coalition of armed groups controls about two thirds of the central african republic territory.ithin it is most of the country's gold and diamond mines. not far from where we are here in the capital, they've been threatening to attack it and they did attack it last week. they were pulled off by forces aligned with the government. that includes a national army, you and peacekeepers, and the most effective fighters, russian mercenaries and rwandan troops. some complained it is not a fair fight because of the arms embargo. they say their enemy does not comply. they have heavier and higher caliber weapons and rockets that have to fight against. the communications minister said he thinks those armed groups are getting support and weaponry from other countries in the region and possibly even from some european countries as well. >> united nations envoy to the central african republic has appealed to the security council to increase its peacekeeping operations there. to you and peacekeepers were killed on monday during an attack. it's already one of the largest and costly issue in oper

i want to go to the control group. you will explain what it is. want to use a dangerous word, unprecedented. i am taking the control group back before the financial crisis. we have three moments down in the lower number. that is unusual. usually it goes down and comes back. that is not happening here. michael: it reflects the fact that pandemic is not going away. experts have been saying we are going to see weak spending as long as people are afraid to go out and spend. that appears to be what is happening now. non-store retailers is the real surprise. people did not shop at home either. nonstore retailers down 5.8%, although they are up 19.2% year-over-year, so more people did shift to buying on the internet not as many did so in december compared withli home supplies. they are also under residential investment. this is the stuff that goes into gdp as what consumers spent. a big decline in that does suggest a real problem. tom: lisa, i have the control group using the hyper secret michael mckee numbers. if you look back 41 years, this is unprecede

start to say hey what are we doing here and they're going to look at the fed you know with your group control say so to you here's the whole market and so it's a balance he's going to go from what 7 trillion to 27 trillion i mean if that's not hyperinflation i've never seen it so in my view you know it could happen very quickly i can't guarantee that though and i course you know i thought it was going to happen in 2009 so what the hell do i know i'm an idiot now but they things do happen quickly sat with you know a member enron was what 80000000001 day we're at 0 the next day you know we have many assets as during day 2000 and crisis that suddenly with then a 2 days there was a global credit freeze banks were not lending to each other and short term rates so it skyrocketed and it all happened very very quickly because of the leverage right you have got hundreds and hundreds of percentage points of leverage versus g.d.p. you know i want to ask you about the i.m.f. called for a new brand woods what's out all about i don't know much about either i mean i saw that and i don't know what they reall

how much of the country is actually under control of these armed groups? 's just say that perhaps about at least 70% of the country is not under government control. let's put it that way. precisely how much is under rubble control, that is relevant to the central african republic, is debatable. because some of these areas are operated by rebel factions. that's really targeting uganda. we have rebel factions in this same territory targeting south sudan. we have rebel factions also playing games. so basically cameron, drc, south sudan, the few countries around the central african republic, have rebel groups all stationed in the central african republic. at least 70% of the country is not under government control, but then not all the rebel factions are operating against the central african republic. a kind of a safe haven. not just for central african republic, but for the sake of all the other countries around. something really needs to be done about the unregulated forest regions in central african republic. host: the constitutional court rejected former pr

completion of the electoral process which opposition has been gravely through but those armed groups control about the tree across the country they control some of the. capital even if the government and the foreign forces the. have a grip on power just around. the rest of the country and those well generate think natural resources for the moment of profiting the. country's major issues there the completion of a process flawed as it may be doesn't really bring. you any closer to solving. major political problems welcome thank you very much malcolm webb the in. china says this economy grew by just over 2 percent last year it's likely to be the only major economy to do that as the u.s. japan and the e.u. all struggle to get on top of rising infections with coronavirus between e.u. reports from beijing. as the pandemic spreads around the world the 1st country affected by the outbreak china has surprised many by the speed of its recovery according to official figures its economy grew by 2.3 percent in 2020 a slightly higher figure than expected china is the only major economy set to avoid a cont

interrupt you and just ask you a quick follow up how much of the country is actually under the control of these armed groups well let's just say that perhaps about. at least 70 percent of the country is not under government control let's put it that way precisely how much is the ram rebel control that uses relevant central africa after republic is debatable because some of these areas are also occupied by rebel factions that are written elsewhere we have the losses army and the decision cody but this really targeted uganda we have rebel factions in the same terry tree also tied up in south sudan we have rebel factions also playing games with your our csa basically come to rely on d r c south sudan the key countries around since a lot of confidence may have rebel groups that are all stationed the center left under army so i mean it's come back to question eyepiece 0 percent of the country it's not government control but then not on the rebel factions out pretty nigh gates since left they've become economists a pavement and i actually notice for sense longer term for the sake of all the other countries around

know what the leaders want they can direct even if not officially, the massive sums of money the groups controlit is past the days of baker and lyndon johnson the handy them cash but politics is sensitive and the leaders learn about the control a massive infrastructure that determine how funds are allocated on candidates and it still a powerful tool of control. ... >> and once it arrives they operate independently but one thing the rules force you to do is to stop you are doing and deal with it in some form or fashion so often that refers to the committee so in this case the liberals knew as soon as the ball arrived from the house was referred to the judiciary committee and bragged he heads pockets the where he stuck civil rights bills liberals new he would refer to differ instantaneously and never see the light of day if you have a senator on the floor when the bill arrives they can object to it being referred to committee and then get a place on the calendar where later on the senator could call it up for a vote you have to be there in that instance when the bill physically arrives before the

since and also reports that. 2 separate control some parts of the town is 700 kilometers from here difficult to confirm but since that happened the armed groups have brought their fight much closer to here the capital the with or without the small towns they still control about 2 thirds of the country's territory and in it most of the country's diamond and gold mines but now it would be just a few kilometers down this road where there was fighting last week it has been reports of a build up of troops and a recruitment drive just a few kilometers from here in the recent days ahead of a possible attack and that left a lot of people thinking that the withdrawal of fighters from bankers who could in fact be prevented preparation for an assault here on the capital and the rebel ultimatum for the government to leave office on sunday later on sunday otherwise they say they will try to overrun. these kinds of ultimatums aren't necessarily strictly adhered to but there's certainly a lot of tension here those reports of a build up of fighters down this road and also on another road on that side of the city just about 12 kilometers from the city center

and group control -- and so constitutionalist should be concerned shouldn't they?t say i have never heard liberal democrats in the praise of the electoral college as in the -- in the last week's session in which they were in their own minds at least protecting the electoral college and practically they were in a sense protecting electoral college. even though almost all of them are pledged to abolish it as undemocratic holdover from the past. but this week we discovered that that undemocratic holdover was a jewel in the crown of american democracy. of course i think it is, and i think most conservatives think we need to very much protect, defend the electoral college because it is essential to federalism and to self-government in the united states. jon:mark: when we come back i wt to ask you you have been in academia defended constitution your whole life looked at all of this for decades and studied it. but what about the role in the media in informing and educating the people has it been positive or negative? we'll be right back. (naj) at fisher investments, we do

with the conformity and more impressed with, as you said, with groupthink in group analysis and group controlso, when chuck schumer makes a recommendation like this conservatives and constitutionalists should be concerned, shouldn't they? >> yes. i must say i had never heard liberal democrats so if use of in their praise of the electoral college as in the last week session in which they were in their own minds protecting the electoral college and practically they were in a sense protecting the electoral college even though almost all of them are pledged to abolish it as an undemocratic holdover from the past but this week we discovered that that undemocratic holdover was a jewel in the crown of american democracy. of course, i think it is evident most conservatives think we need to very much protect, defend the electoral college because it is essential to federalism and to self-government in the united states. mark: when we come back i want to ask you, you've been in academia your whole life invented the constitution your whole life and looked at all of this for decades and studied it but wha

trying to navigate the recovery, according to the latest annual forecast from the consultancy group control risk it says other top threats include a slow and uneven vaccine rollout emerging cyber threats and fresh tensions between china and the u.s. charles hekker, global reseven director of global risk joins us to discuss this annual report in more detail. great to have you with us, charles. let's quick off with your thoughts on the vaccine rollout and how the fragmented approach to getting these inak inoculati into the public may jeopardize the recovery next year how are you thinking about the impact that developed nations have already begun these vaccinations and developing nations have yet to even secure vaccine supplies in some cases >> that's right. i mean, really, whether we wanted to or not, we'll have to see the pandemic assi the primay dreier of risk, not like lack year where we were tracking infection rates. what we'll be tracking for 2021 is vaccination rates you're right, this is going to be incredibly fragmented outside the european union, there are only six other countries th

area since and also reports that. 2 stupid control some parts of the town is 700 kilometers from here difficult to confirm but since that happened the armed groups have brought their fight much closer to here the capital form the with or without the small towns they still control about 2 thirds of the country's territory and in it most of the country's diamond and gold mines but now it would be just a few kilometers down this road where there was fighting last week it has been reports of a build up of troops on a recruitment drive just a few kilometers from here in the recent days ahead of a possible attack and that left a lot of people thinking that the withdrawal of fighters from banga soup could in fact be for preparation for other cells here on the capital. well now to india where farmers and factory owners are getting creative with left of a stroll from the harvest season is that of disk that this is a discarding waste they're actually using it to generate electricity as elizabeth brought and discovered an idea saved one businessman a $1000000.00 a year. a novel way to produce electricity in punjab leftover straw from some of the state's pa

al-jazeera now the united states is preparing to designate yemen's movement as a foreign terror group it controls the capital and the country's main aid port a u.s. bank saudi led coalition has been fighting the group in yemen since 2015 they accuse hooty rebels of launching attacks against civilian targets in saudi arabia and targeting major oil facilities. thiis reacted to the us saying it is america that is the source of terrorism in a tweet the hooty said the policies presented by it express a crisis in thinking 100 last time has more from santa. the many observateur believe that this would for the worse and the humanitarian situation in the were torn country especially as according to the united nations over 1880 percent of the country's population now. under the public the line or have been. have been posted to the brink of farmer so the many hope that the upcoming administration world would bring warring sides to the back to the negotiating table to resolve their differences peacefully dosage of barry has reaction from to harass . things have been quite muted here the only thing we've hear

is news live from berlin gunman killed dozens and you share in a region where islam is groups are battling for control of the suspected terror attack comes as results of the country's presidential election showed no clear winner triggering a runoff vote next month also coming up. we'll take a closer look at the impact the coronavirus is having on young people all the pandemic is putting the brakes on a generation ready to head out into the world. and a buddhist think is back after a short winter break we'll bring you all the highlights from frankfurt's clash with live with. a mommy and use of welcome to the program we'll start in the west african country of new jr were gunmen have killed at least 56 people and wounded 20 interior minister is calling it a suspected terrorist attack he says the militants targeted 2 villages situated near the border with mali number of islamist groups are active in both countries and are battling for control of the region. let's get it over to correspondent wasted interests on the line he is in a budget in neighboring new jarrett nigeria and is following these developmen

were unable to gather evidence much of the country because not to be very unstable these armed groups control about 2 thirds of the territory and right now just a few kilometers outside the capital city right now we're outside the headquarters of the ruling party president but there is a party where there's a bit of a celebration going on but the end of the electoral process or their parents next steps in the beating their opponents that certainly isn't the end of the story because those armed groups just outside the city say that they reject the government they've given an ultimatum for the government to leave that actually last night but they made clear they're in trying to talk to the city they did last week they want to take over the government welcome thanks very much the life the news in benghazi. the world will be watching to see how quickly joe biden's that ministration will unpick donald trump's foreign policy agenda after 4 years of america 1st washington's closest partners are eager to see the u.s. pivot back towards international engagement but the new president will face an uphil

and his government must go malcolm webb has more from the capital bangui a coalition of armed groups controls about 2 thirds of the central african republic territory and in it's the most of the country's gold and diamond mines they're also not far from where we are here in the capital borghi they've been threatening to attack it they did attack it last week they were 4th off by forces aligned with the government that includes the national army un peacekeepers but the most effective prices are russian mercenaries and rwandan troops now the forces aligned with the government complain that it's not a fair fight because the arms involved are they say they adhere to it but they say that their enemy the armed groups do not know they say that means the armed group got much heavier higher caliber weapons and rockets they have to fight against the communications minister we spoke to him a couple of days ago even said he thinks those on groups are getting support and weaponry from other countries in the region and possibly even from some european countries as well. the u.n. envoy to the central africa

now the united states is moving to designate yemen's who theme movement as a foreign terror group it controls the capital and the country's main aid port a u.s. backed saudi led coalition has been fighting the group in yemen since 2015 they accuse who the rebels of launching attacks against civilian targets in saudi arabia and targeting major oil facilities those thieves reacted to the u.s. action saying it's the americans who are terrorists they've condemned the move and warned they may take action in response one of the latter has more from. the many observateur believe that this would for the worse and the humanitarian situation in the torn country especially as according to the united nations over 1880 percent of the country's population now. under the public the line or have been. have been posted to the brink of farmer so the many hope that the upcoming administration would would bring warring sides to back to the negotiating table to resolve their differences peacefully the u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi says she'll go ahead with impeachment proceedings against donald trump unless he

gunmen killed dozens and you share in the region where islam is groups are battling for control suspected terror attacks come as the country's presidential election shows no clear winner. and the bonus league is back after a short winter break we'll bring you all the highlights from frankfurt's clash with leverkusen. a moment use of welcome to the program germany has logged another day with more than 10000 new corona virus infections how authorities say once again more people more than 300 people died of covert 19 over the past 24 hours and that's despite the lockdown that's been in effect since mid december now the leaders of germany states are urging tougher action to keep numbers down until enough people can be vaccinated. there is snow again and for a few moments the feel of a holiday in the midst of a coronavirus winter despite appeals from police and government officials parking lots are full as are the slopes even the local tourist boards in northern germany parts mountains say stay away to no avail. because into i don't know if it's the open air and here we're not afraid we're onl

since and also reports that the 2 stupid control some parts of the town is 700 kilometers from here difficult to confirm but since that happened the armed groups have brought their fight much closer to here the capital with or without the small towns they still control about 2 thirds of the country's territory and most of the country's diamond and gold mines now they thought to be just a few kilometers down this road where there was fighting last week and it's been reports of a build up of troops and a recruitment drive just a few kilometers from here in the recent days ahead of a possible attack and that left a lot of people thinking that the withdrawal of fighters from bangor could in fact be friend preparation for an assault here on the capital. 2 female afghan judges subpoena shot dead in kabul their car was targeted as they were on their way to work it's the latest in a recent wave of attacks decisive ations the violence comes as the u.s. reduces troop numbers in the country to syria's summer punjab it reports. 24 year old has been beating for his father to come home to his fragile mental health he doesn't understand that has done. has be

reports that the armed people do stupid control some parts of the town is 700 kilometers from here difficult to confirm but since that happened the armed groups have brought their fight much closer to here the capital the with or without the small towns they still control about 2 thirds of the country's territory and in most of the country's diamond and gold mines now they thought to be just a few kilometers down this road where there was fighting last week it has been reports of a build up of troops and a recruitment drive just a few kilometers from here in the recent days ahead of a possible attack and that left a lot of people thinking that the withdrawal of fighters from bankers who could in fact be friend preparation for an assault here on the capital. the ugandan president warned he will deal decisively with anyone planning to create chaos following his election victory in the 71 may 6th term in office extending his 35 years in power but his main challenger probably whine and denounce the election as a complete fraud wine is under heavy guard at his home and what his supporters say is effectively the rest catherine sawyer reports now fr

news live from berlin gunman killed dozens seeing the sheriff in a region where islamist groups are falling for control to suspected terror attacks coming as results of the country's presidential election show no clear winner triggering a rumble photo next month also coming up. after today's french police shut down on illegal new year's right so 2 and a half 1000 people to fight a virus curfew to attend the event. and the fungus think it is back after a short winter break we'll bring you all the highlights from frankfurt's clash with a. yes welcome to the program we start in the west african country of me share where a gunman have killed at least 56 people and wounded 20 the interior minister is calling it a suspected terrorist attack he says the militants targeted 2 villages situated near the border with mali a number of islamist groups are active in both countries under battling for control of the region. earlier i spoke to d.w. correspondent wise interests who's following developments from nigeria he gave us the latest on the attack in neighboring me share. this terrorist attack in new jersey with m

about 2 thirds of the country including most of its gold and diamond mines the armed groups now control the villages that we can see just over there on the other side of the river people who live on this side say they can hear gunfire when they're fighting this is one of the homes of one of the usual residents of the village. it's basic in the villages being completely overrun its population is fallen by about 20 times of the new. rivals those lucky enough to have a mosquito net sleeping on the way out in the open many others have just built basic structures made of branches and leaves their exposed tomasky toes malaria and everybody here says that there's hardly any food to eat or clean water to drink. people told us of eating whatever edible plants they can find in the bush the local office of the u.n. refugee agency says it doesn't have funds for the new arrivals are supposed to treat them with dignity and so let me just saw with that up so when i got up on the well i mean the culture you want to see the promise of black by the absence. is not safe to go home but without help they ca

the united states is preparing to designate yemen's movement as a foreign terror group it controls the capital and the country's main aid port a u.s. bank saudi led coalition has been fighting the group in yemen since 2015. the rebels are launching attacks against civilian targets in saudi arabia and targeting major oil facilities.

now the united states is moving to designate yemen's who theme movement as a foreign terrorist group it controls the capital and the country's main port a u.s. backed saudi led coalition has been fighting the group in yemen since 2015 they accuse who the rebels of launching attacks against civilian targets in saudi arabia and targeting major oil facilities they reacted to the u.s. action saying it's the americans who are terrorists.

of their town who are a unesco world heritage site is now in the control of the christian militia group carrying out what makes describes as a reign of terror. because i was on my motorcycle when they changed my legs. and in the back then they stole all i had. made a presidential election a coalition of armed groups that fought each other in 2013 have joined forces capturing almost 2 thirds of a nation the size of france they are threatening to march on the capital bangui accusing president ouattara who has won a 2nd mandate of failing to implement a peace agreement as a result hundreds of thousands of people are on the move feeling to neighboring countries including cameroon where they are sheltering in makeshift camps u.n. staff say they are being overwhelmed by the number of refugees. you have to consider that in some traffic and in public a quarter of the population is displaced by foreign lands 630000 refugees have crossed the borders of the country and within the country you have 630000 washington displaced which is a staggering amount of people in need of assistance it will help