five months ago, saddam hussein started this cruel war against kuwait. tonight, the battle has been joint. this military action, taken an accord with the united nations resolutions, and with the constituents of the united states congress, follows months of constant and virtually endless diplomatic activity on the part of the united nations, the united states, and many many other countries. arab leaders sought what became known as an arab solution, only to conclude that saddam hussein was unwilling to leave kuwait. others traveled to baghdad in a variety of efforts to restore peace and justice. our secretary of state, james baker, held an historic meeting in geneva, only to be totally rebuffed. this past weekend, in a last-ditch effort, the secretary general of the united nations went to the middle east, with peace in his heart, his second such mission. and he came back from baghdad with no congress at all in getting saddam hussein to withdraw from kuwait. now, the 28 countries with forces in the gulf area have exhausted all reasonable efforts to reach a

we're determined to knock out saddam hussein's nuclear bomb potential. we will also destroy his chemical weapons facilities. much of saturn's artillery and tanks will be destroyed. our operations are designed to best protect the lives of all the coalition forces by targeting saddam's vast military arsenal and they show reports from general schwarzkopf our that our operations are proceeding according to plan our objectives are clear. so out of the same forces will leave the way the legitimate -- saddam hussein's forces will leave kuwait. kuwait will once again be free. iraq will eventually comply with all relevant united nations resolutions, and then, when peace is restored, it is our hope that iraq will live as a peaceful and cooperative member of the family of nations. thus enhancing the security and stability of the golf. -- gulf. some may ask why ask now, why not wait? it is clear. the world could wait no longer. sanctions, though having some effect, showed no signs of accomplishing their objective. sanctions were tried for well over five months, and

saddam hussein's forces will leave kuwait. will be restored to its rightful place -- the legitimate government of kuwait will be restored to its rightful place. and kuwait will once again be free. iraq will eventually comply with all relevant united nations resolutions. and then, when peace is restored, it is our hope that iraq will live as a peaceful and cooperative member of the family of nations, thus enhancing the security and stability of the gulf. some may ask, why act now? why not wait? the answer is clear. the world could wait no longer. sanctions, though having some effect, showed no signs of accomplishing their objective. sanctions were tried for well over five months, and we and our allies concluded that sanctions alone would not force saddam from kuwait. while the world waited, saddam hussein systematically raped, pillaged, and plundered a tiny nation, no threat to his own. he subjected the people of kuwait to unspeakable atrocities. and among those maimed and murdered, innocent children. while the world waited, sa

only to conclude that saddam hussein was unable to leave kuwait.e james baker held an historic meeting in geneva only to be totally rebuffed. this past weekend, in a last-ditch effort, the secretary-general of the united nations went to the middle east with peace in his heart. his second such mission. and he came back from baghdad with no progress at all in getting saddam hussein to withdraw from kuwait. now, the 28 countries with forces in the gulf area, have exhausted all reasonable efforts to reach a peaceful resolution, have no choice but to drive saddam from kuwait by force. we will not fail. as i report to you, air attacks are underway against military targets in iraq. we are determined to knock saddam hussein's nuclear bomb potential. we will also destroy his chemical weapons facilities. much of saddam's artillery and tanks will be destroyed. our operations are designed to best protect the lives of all the coalition forces by targeting saddam's vast military arsenal. >> the war in the gulf is not a war we wanted. we worked hard to avoid war.

military action to drive saddam hussein from neighboring kuwait. iraq had invaded kuwait several months earlier. in addition to the persian gulf war, president bush outlines his economic and budget priorities. the miller center and george h. w. bush, presidential library and museum provided this video. >> mister president and mrs. speaker, and members of the united states congress i come to this house that the people to speak to you and all americans. certainly we stand at a defining our. halfway around the world, we are engaged in a great struggle in the skies, and on the seas and stands. we know why we are there. we are americans. part of something larger than ourselves. for two centuries, we have done the hard work of freedom. and tonight, we lead the world in facing down a threat to decency and humanity. what is at stake is more than one small country. it is a big idea, a new world order. more diverse nations are drawn together in common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind. peace and security, freedom and the rule of law. such

but time and again, saddam hussein flatly rejected the path of diplomacy and peace. the world well knows how this conflict began, and when. it began on august 2, when saddam invaded and sacked a small, defenseless neighbor. and i am certain of how it will end. so that peace can prevail, we will prevail. [applause] thank you. tonight, i am pleased to report that we are on course. iraq's capacity to sustain war is being destroyed. our investment, our training, our planning -- all are paying off. time will not be saddam's salvation. our purpose in the persian gulf remains constant -- to drive iraq out of kuwait, to restore kuwait's legitimate government, and to ensure the stability and security of this critical region. let me make clear what i mean by the region's stability and security. we do not seek the destruction of iraq, its culture, or its people. rather, we seek an iraq that uses its great resources not to destroy, not to serve the ambitions of a tyrant, but to build a better life for itself and its neighbors. we seek a persian gulf where conflict is no longer t

he came back with no progress at all in getting hussein to withdraw from kuwait. now the 28 countries with forces in the gulf area have exhausted all reasonable efforts to reach peaceful resolution and have no choice but to drive hussein from kuwait by force. we will not fail. as i report, attacks are underway against military targets in iraq and we are determined to knock out the nuclear bomb potential and we will also destroy the chemical weapons facilities, and much of his artillery and tanks will be destroyed. our operations are designed to best protect the lives of all of the coalition forces by targeting his vast military arsenal. the war in the gulf is not a war we wanted. we worked hard to avoid war for more than five months. we along with the united nations, tried every avenue, u.n. secretary general, presidents gorbachev and mubarak and others, prime ministers, just to name a few all work for a solution, but hussein rejected the path of diplomacy and peace. the world will knows how this conflict began and when. it began on august 2, when hussein invaded

in one reason the world they made this error is because saddam hussein wanted people to believe thathe had weapons of mass destruction. he won his own people to believe it, he one of the military to believe it, and he wanted that you rainy and is to believe it. it's probably as well as they release. it was a huge strategic mistake on his part. make a.in the book that there were actually several occasions in which the invasion of a rack might have been averted. the first was in 1998 under president clinton, when at the end of 1998 ended he and the british launched a major military attack to get inspectors back into a rack after saddam hussein had thrown them out. they stopped that campaign and without having achieved their objective. and so 1998 marks the end of which the international inspectors were out of a rack and saddam never allowed them back. i argue in the book that one thing that could've been done was to continue those military attacks against iraqi military targets until saddam agreed to admit that vectors back into the country. if you had inspectors in the country then th

about two weeks earlier he announced the start of operation desert storm military drive sad hussein from neighbors kuwait. the miller center and george h.w. bush presidential library and museum provided this video. >> mr. president and mr. speaker. members of the united states congress i come to this house of the people to speak to you and to all americans. certain that we stand at a defining hour. halfway around the world we are engaged in a great struggle in the skies and on the seas and sands. we know why we're there. we are americans. part of something larger than ourselves. for two centuries we have done the hard work of freedom and tonight we lead the world in facing down a threat to decency and humanity. what is at stake is more than one small country. it is a big idea. a new world order where diverse nations are called together in common cause to achieve aspirations. peace, security, freedom and the rule of law. such is a world worthy of our struggle and worthy of our children's future. the community of nations has resolutionly gathered to condemn and repel lawless aggression. hi

important in the post-revolutionary sphere and the islamic republic because the way in which i am hussein was martyred is a story as told by shia muslims of oppressors rising up against those who are press them it is a image that that resonates almost immediately for for anyone who is viewing this and the reason they can communicate so much is because of historical methodology as well as almost 4 decades of image making in this sense so the propaganda machinery of the islamic republic uses the reconfiguration of the picture of money into that. in order to really validate and really energize the component of the islamic revolution. marcher shecky in persian and arabic has a connotation of being a witness with this to what witness to truth witness to the veracity of the iranian revolution. the new government knows that the revolution needs to be nourished reimagine with each generation and it has a convenient inflexible platform for the messages in the billboards bands and murals found in cities across. the political propaganda iran's goal is sometimes more subtle than that found on t.v. bi

saddam hussein was unwilling to leave kuwait. others traveled to baghdad with a variety of efforts to restore peace and justice. our secretary of state james baker held an historic meeting in geneva, only to be totally rebuffed. this past weekend, in a last ditch effort, the secretary-general of the united nations went to the middle east with peace in his heart, his seventh such mission and came back from baghdad with no progress at all. and now the 28 countries and forces in the gulf area have exotic -- exhausted all reasonable efforts for a peaceful solution, have no choice but to drive saddam from kuwait with force. we will not fail. as i report to you, air attacks are underway against military targets anorak. we are determined to knock out saddam hussein's nuclear potential. we will destroy his chemical weapons abilities. much of his artillery and tanks will be destroyed. our operations are designed to best protect the lives of all coalition forces by targeting the saddam's vast military arsenal. the war in the gulf is not a

the nation and undermining so life's in cases like is hussein boni many thanks for your time egypt and libya researcher international. colombia's former rebel group fark house renamed its political party the revolutionary armed forces of colombia will now be called the common people's party the former rebel group struggled to disassociate itself from its role in nearly 60 years of violence that has killed more than 260000 people and became a political party back in 2016 as part of a peace agreement with the government. and a few hours from now several world leaders will attend a virtual summit to discuss how to curb the effects of climate change one place under threat from rising sea levels is the city of st louis in senegal france and the world bank have donated more than $40000000.00 to help people living in the unesco world heritage site adapt to the effects of global warming nicholas hack has the latest. an unexpected tide swept away xena goofballs home with it a lifetime of memories remember she says to her son adam ah how in a matter of hours our living room where you used to wat

journalist mahmoud hussein has now been illegally detained in egypt for 1500 days without charge hussein was arrested while visiting family in december 2016 a number of human rights organizations have joined al jazeera in demanding his immediate release his detention is in fire lation of both gyptian and international law for much of the last 30 years africa's biggest oil producer that's nigeria has imported refined petroleum products because its old refineries are unable to produce enough and satisfy local to mount there's also been decades of mismanagement and corruption and now the government has begun a process of rehabilitating 3 of its refineries i would address reports from a picture. this is one of nigeria's government run or oil refineries in the city of port. but most of the supplier a she has been shut down to a great equipment and facility. the government plans to hand over these money losing ventures to invest just run after decades of mismanagement. africa's biggest oil producer has turned from self-sufficiency in refined petroleum products in the 1970 s. and eighty's to no

al jazeera journalist moment hussein has now been illegally detained in egypt 1500 days without charge hussein was arrested while visiting family in december 2016 a number of human rights organizations have joined in demanding his immediate release. the pandemic has forced the cancellation of many film festivals around the world but some of taking creative steps the film festival in sweden has held a contest giving one person the chance to see all 60 films on the program from a remote location reports from the island where the winner is about to embark on a movie marathon. the show is struggling on at film festivals around the world still with plenty of films it's the festival part that's somewhat lacking. here at the gotham film festival they've managed to avoid going totally online while giving the pandemic itself a starring role. the festival has chosen one person out of 12000 applicants to spend a week on the island of how the where alone and the cut to get straight between the north sea and the baltic with nothing but films to keep them company it's a different experience to watch

he joins me by phone from the yemeni capital sana'a he's a pro who the journalist hussein what's your response then to this designation as a foreign terror group and what does it mean to you. i was expecting that this to have been there like a many many months ago because jose. they have an us policy in the region and they look to the united states with the like that and they will live in a terrorist organization but they do i do agree with the guest to before that he said this action will actually undermine the disposal to be honest this is actually will be in favor of the military wing of. the whole city because for the last 6 years the peace process actually houses anything that is even here and somehow they are blaming mr griffith. to be biased towards saudi arabia that he's not actually trying to bring peace into yemen and this is all this latest decision will have actually at that effect the idea because if you are not told can we see if there is no peace process this means a military as would be the only answer to to lift in yemen. to stop the world so i think this decision act

more neutral thinks and boy solidarity with all detained journalists sign the petition. 3 common hussein. for many young adults a coming of age brings greater responsibility. for this young man the responsibility of 800 years of family tradition weighs heavy on his shoulders. the choice. but the decision must be made soon. monk by blood part of the viewfinder asia series on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm sat me down this is the news hour live from doha coming off the next 60 minutes india the country with the 2nd highest number of covert cases in the world is finally approved a vaccine. and a new variant of code it was discovered last month in the u.k. now mutations are found in more than 30 countries. fishel result saw in that and there's no way the presidential election now be a raw mouth plus.

the major intelligence services in the world and one reason they made it there was because saddam husseine had weapons of mass destruction. he wants it own people to it. he wanted his military to believe and you wanted the iranians to know what or to believe it. as probably as was the israelis. it was a huge strategic mistake on his part. i make the point in the book there were actually several occasions in which the invasion of iraq might have been averted. the first was in 1998 under president clinton when at the end of 1998 he and the british launched a major military attack to get international inspectors back into iraq after saddam hussein had thrown them out. they stopped that campaign without having to achieve the objective. and so 1998 marks the point at which the international inspectors out of iraq and saddam never allows them back. i argue in the book that what opportunity, one thing that could've been done was to continue the military attacks against iraqi military targets until saddam agreed to admit the inspectors back into the country. the object inspectors the country then

when hussein refused to leave by a u.n.ry 15th, the aerial bombardment began. >> the skies areuseum lated -- >> reporter: a breakout for the cable news network. its correspondents were the only americans able to communicate from inside baghdad at first. >> whoa. holy cow. that was a large air burst that we saw -- >> reporter: eventually others joined, including the late bob simon who along with his crew was captured and imprisoned for 40 days by iraqi forces. >> this was the straight-ahead road to kuwait -- >> reporter: when the ground assault began on february 24th, desert storm became the first war broadcast live from the front lines. >> we're now about a third of the way to kuwait city -- >> reporter: kuwait was liberated in lightning speed. a cease-fire declared just 100 hours after allied troops hit the ground. >> excuse me, my english not good -- but really i'm very happy. >> iraq's army is defeated. our military objectives are met. >> reporter: but president bush declined to move on baghdad and root out hussein. >> m

it was unique because we had been to war against saddam hussein -- saddam hussein in 1991. he signed an armistice and was systematically violating that armistice. he was found to have been one year from a crude nuclear device. he had used weapons of mass distraction against the iranians and his own people. matt -- mass destruction against the iranians and his own people. we were flying so-called no-fly zones to keep his air force on the grounds. he was shooting at our aircraft practically every day. i remember the president asking donald run filled -- donald rumsfeld, what do we do if he gets a lucky shot and brings down a pilot? we were in a state of suspended hostilities with iraq, not in a state of peace with iraq. in 1998, president clinton had actually launched cruise missiles against iraq and the inspectors who are supposed to be keeping his weapons of mass distraction programs under control left the country. so he was different for his having dragged the region into war several times, the fact he was continuing, we believe, to build weapons of mass destruction and ac

miatta, mo hussein, thank you forjoining us to go through those papers all dominated. it will be a busy one. let's now have a listen back to the key moments of president biden's inaugural speech. hear me out as we move forward. take a measure of me and my heart. if you still disagree, so be it. that's democracy. that's america. the right to dissent peaceably. within the guard rails of our republic is perhaps our nation's greatest strength. yet, hear me clearly. disagreement must not lead to disunion. and i pledge this to you. i will be a president for all americans. all americans. applause and i promise you, i will fight as hard for those who did not support me as for those who did. many centuries ago, saint augustine, the saint of my church, wrote that a people was a multitude defined by the common objects of their love. defined by the common objects of their love. what are the common objects we as americans love, that define us as americans? i think we know. 0pportunity. security. liberty. dignity, respect, honour. and, yes, the truth. recent weeks and months have ta

one leader which really captured world attention with saddam hussein. being televised story of the very 1st meeting of his senior official as he had after he took over from his cousin and became number one in there in iraq i was a very interesting meeting. there about 200 people. it's a large auditorium and he. wanted to get rid of 21 people. he. took one of those 20 in there and arrested him and his family and said to him you know i want you to confess to the plot against me it was not. and instructed him that unless you confess to this publicly then will you but your family will be tortured and executed. let me defend then. and also when going to. one can talk again alma and then the you know the whole. place he she i'm really a telling them to omar that is his name and he then went through and there's this is captured on video with him smoking a big black cigar and smiling throughout the entire 200 people in the auditorium off with is he a conspirator. you know the person would say who knew the list he was posed to pick up what about michael is he a

>> i am. >> i, barack hussein obama, do solemnly swear. >> i, barack hussein obama, do solemnly swearg the inauguration take place, seeing him being sworn in. a lot of people in general that, to be frank, never thought this day would come. >> i remember suddenly a tear comes down my cheek, and i was like, what was that? you know, i'm a journalist. i'm impartial, which i am. but i was struck by the history of the moment as an african-american. >> preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states. >> so help you god? >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> on the day of the inauguration, i walked up to president obama and said, mr. president, will you sign this? it was just a little piece of paper. and he wrote on it "it is because of you, john." i said, thank you, mr. president. the election of this man changed so many people and inspired so many of us. >> it is my great personal honor to present the 44th president of these united states, barack obama. >> he was nervous before the speech also because it was really cold. and t

. >> together for the first time ever on television, jordan's king hussein, israeli prime minister and plo arafat talk about peace. >> on live tv anything can happen. and on "larry king live" it certainly did. >> good-bye. >> he got up close and personal in more than 50,000 interviews, across a career spanning more than six decades. not bad for a jewish boy from brooklyn, born in 1933. back then, he was lawrence zieger. >> my father died when i as 9 1/2 and i dreamed of being on the radio one day. that's all i ever dreamed of. >> that dream came true in the 1950s in miami, florida. new city, new job and a new name, courtesy of his boss. >> he's got the miami herald open and there was an ad for king's wholesale liquors. he said that's your name, larry king. >> in the late '70s, king hosted a show coast to coast. a national audience got to know king and his knack for lively conversation. >> what you want in an interview is a passion, a sense of humor, ability to explain what you do very well, and a little bit of a chip on your shoulder. >> ted turner came calling in 1985. he needed a new

military action began with aerial bombing of iraq and was the opening salvo of an effort to drive saddam husseinat 8:00 p.m. eastern. and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. ♪♪ >> american history tv on c-span3. exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend as the nation prepares for the inauguration of joe biden saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern we'll look at past inaugurations, of president john kennedy, richard nixon, harry truman, sunday at 2:00 p.m., historian talks about the 1945 battle o iwo jima. at 6:00 p.m. on american artifacts, air and space museum curator shares some of the mutual's one of a kind artifacts. and at 8:00 p.m. on the presidency", a look back to january 16th, 1991 as president george h.w. bush announces the bombing of iraq and the start of the persian gulf war followed

named operation desert storm, the military action -- opening salvo but an effort to drive saddam husseined's -- that's at 8 pm eastern. and enjoyed american history tv, every weekend, on c-span 3. on american history tv, on c-span 3, if you explore the people events that tell the american story, every weekend. coming up this weekend, as the nation prepares for the inauguration of joe biden, saturday at 10 pm eastern. we will look at past inaugurations, of president john kennedy, richard nixon, harry truman, dwight knows how to -- franklin roosevelt. sunday at 2 pm eastern, historian mark pugh talks about the 1945 battle of iwo jima and the islands strategic importance about the american and japanese forces, during world war ii. at 6 pm, on american artifacts, smithsonian airspace curator jeremy cain, shares the museums one-of-a-kind artifacts. that tell the story of the first half century of aviation. and at 8 pm, on the presidency, a look back to january 16th, 1991. as president george h. w. bush, announces the bombing of iraq. and the start of the persian gulf war, followed by his stat

with me are former conservative adviser mo hussein and chief executive of the new economics foundationk, miatta fahnbulleh. tomorrow's front pages, starting with... and one story dominates most of tomorrow's papers the inauguration of america's 46th president. �*democracy has prevailed' joe biden�*s words hailing democracy is the lead on the front of the guardianand on the front page of the the financial times, along with his pledge to end the �*uncivil war�*, a messaged echoed on the front of tomorrow's gulf news with �*we have much to repair and heal�* leadingwhile hope for a �*brighterfuture' and a celebatory fist—bump make the cover on the mirror's report. the metro welcomes the start ofjoe biden�*s presidency with a familiar expression �*now make america great again�*. meanwhile the mail reflects on the former president — donald trump�*s exit from the white house on his final day. and the straits times looks ahead to what the biden administration means for tackling the pandemic and social issues. so let�*s begin... a quick look through some of the international papers that we have

saddam hussein chose chief scientist not germany is considering additional radical steps to slow the spread of coverage 19 including drastically reducing international air travel to the country the government is worried that restrictions currently in place may not be enough if new more infectious variants of the virus continue to arrive in the country. for now german airports like frankfurt remain open to travel but that could soon be a thing of the past according to the german government the plan put forward by the country's interior minister means air travel into germany could be reduced to new 0 if the new more contagious variants of the coronavirus spiral out of control in a 1st step mandatory tests for people arriving in germany could be introduced. and we don't think about reducing our air travel to 0 we'll talk about more tests when you arrive in germany right now you can come from countries like egypt i was out having a test the fear of new variance is real in germany several hospitals have stopped new missions and some staff are in florentine because they've tested positive

hussein was arrested while visiting family in december 2016 a number of human rights organizations have joined al jazeera in demanding his immediate release. for much of the last 30 years africa's biggest oil producer that's nigeria has imported refined petroleum products because its old refineries are unable to produce enough to satisfy local demand it's also been decades of mismanagement and corruption when al the government has begun a process of modernizing 3 of its refineries i would address reports from a bridge. this is one of nigeria's government run or oil refineries in the city of port. but most of the separation has been shut down to a great equipment and facility. the government plans to hand over these money using ventures to invest just run after decades of mismanagement. africa's biggest oil producer has turned from self-sufficiency in refined petroleum products in the 1970 s. and eighty's to now a net importer of the products. it's for plans to continue to operate well below capacity and sometimes shut down for months of say that cost to stop what we have done different

the decision to remove saddam hussein was the right decision. | not friends any more!esident at times, intimately, and he would also be conducting affairs of state? the story that he was on the phone, talking to congressmen? erm, yes. it's the witching hour, miami beach's midnight flyer programme... born in brooklyn, he rose to fame in his 20s as a discjockey in florida, here spoofing his role in this 1960s tv crime series based in miami. hey, creep! from the nation's capital, you're listening to the larry king show. by the 1970s, he was broadcasting his late—night radio show coast to coast... across the united states, this is the larry king show, coast to coast... ..preferring not to prepare too much for an interview and simply letting the conversation unfold. i like spontaneity, that's the kind of broadcaster i am. i'm coming on the air, saying, "good evening, my guest tonight is..." i have no idea what that question's going to be. in the 1980s, king joined a new 24—hour tv news station, cnn, gently probing everyone from donald trump... rumblings in the trump camp as

mahmoud hussein. the all the. cool cool. back a look at the headlines this hour now britain is formally left the european union single market and customs union with no major delays in the movement of trucks and ferries between the u.k. and the e.u. . 20000000 people in the united states have now tested positive for the coronavirus almost a quarter of the world's cases concentrated in just one country and the african free trade agreement has come into effect after months of delays with $33.00 nations now trading as one of the world's largest single markets. and we're on the practicalities of the new travel and trade arrangements many british people are now reflecting on what life outside the year paid union means for their sense of identity for almost 50 years people have felt similar. and european but not anymore if barker reports on this now from london a clouded sunrise over westminster nothing extraordinary here many of brics it's changes will be slow but no even but in the minds of british people the u.k. now adrift from

threatening civilian populations infrastructure and commercial shipping well earlier we spoke with hussein alba a pro who the journalist from the yemeni capital sana'a he says the designation will have a major effect on the ongoing peace talks. i was expecting this to have been there like a many many months ago because. they have u.s. policy in the region and they the united states would like that and they will build them in a terrorist organization this action will actually undermine the dispose us but to be honest this is actually will be in favor of the military wing of. the holy see because for the last 6 years the peace process actually hasn't done anything it is even here and somehow they are blaming mr griffith. to be biased towards saudi arabia that he's not actually trying to bring peace into yemen and this is all this latest decision will have actually at that effect on saudi arabia because if you are not told can we see if there is no peace process this mean military. action will be the only answer to to lift the blockade in yemen. to stop the world so i think this decision actu

hussein was arrested while visiting family in december 2016 a number of human rights organizations have joined al jazeera in demanding his immediate release is detention violates both egyptian and international law. at least 3 people have been killed in a suspected suicide attack in somalia's capital market issue witnesses say a car filled with explosives rammed into the gate of the africa hotel which is regularly frequented by politicians this was followed by a shootout between armed men and security forces officers say they've now ended the siege the rebel group al-shabaab claims to have been behind the initial attack now despite exporting the most oil in africa nigeria imports petrol and diesel because it's refineries are in ruins it leaves nigerians facing regular shortages at the gas pumps and has crippled the economy but the government says it plans to change this and soon address has more from. this is one of nigeria's government run oil refineries in the city of port tucker. but most of his operation has been shut down to a great equipment and facility. the government plans to h

it's truly historic, we've seen anwar sadat, king hussein took hold leaders to take this step forward. and today we've seen our leaders as well take this step. we had the foreign minister in town. he signed records on behalf of the kingdom and i think there were a lot of events that led up to where we are today. basically, his majesty's vision of peaceful coexistence within bahrain and the region has led to where bahrain incould take a decision like this is very important time. i should have said at the outset i wanted to offer our condolences to your prime minister passed away week. we're sorry to hear this thank you for coming despite that situation. so ambassador al otaiba, what led to this happening right now? >> we've been having having a debate inside the uae and it could have happened a year earlier, two or three years from now . the reason that happened in august 2020 is because of the annexation debate. we think progress we were making with israel and like having israeli civilian expo, things like that were going to be harmed by annexation and we came up with the idea of trad

the arab spring a decade ago and jailed several of its journalists several were released but mccord hussein has been held for 3 years without trial the french president has ruled out on official apology for colonial abuses in area emanuel mccraw and said there would be no repentance for the occupation of all geria or the 8 year civil war that voted to an end in 1962 a major report has called for a truth commission to help france confront that element of its past a car as previously gone further than any other president meeting the government had and gauged in crimes against humanity. at least 3 people have died in a large explosion in madrid caused by a gas leak the blast the stored several floors in a residence in the latina district emergency services advised the public to avoid the area. and said from me more of our ongoing coverage from washington d.c. with that rena brigade and our team in doha in a moment now let's take let's leave you with some key moments of joe biden's inauguration. day there. are those who grab it by you do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office

them assure that middle had the blood of the martyrs will not be wasted on the principle of a mom hussein this is a message for the world off the american spread language of sectarianism and killings our project will never end it's an islamic one we're here to remember the martyrs who were killed in the u.s. drone strikes and we demand that u.s. forces leave this country wherever they go they cause destruction. on january the 5th last year 2 days off the saleman his assassination iraq's parliament passed a non-binding resolution calling for the approximately 3200 american military personnel to leave prime minister mustafa economy who took office in may promised a timetable for withdrawal but many iraqis accuse him of dragging his feet and kowtow to us dumond's the iraqi prime minister mostafa called him a agrees with the files of people that have gathered here today that there must be a withdrawal of u.s. troops from iraq but many people here accuse him of listening too much to washington and not seeing fast enough to assure that all american troops. are going to be here i mean the iraqi