he said, kenya.o, here we are, united shades unknown, or parts united, scratch that, that doesn't sound good. america's shady est parts. no, that doesn't work either. unknown shades of -- ♪ ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world, i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha-la-la-la-la ♪ sha-la-la-la-la-la ♪ sha-la-la-la-la sloets ♪ ♪ ♪ >> first time on this koocouldn nebt? >> yes. >> i'm going to be teasing you relentlessly. >> yes, yes, yes. >> african-american, there is a lot of talk about going back to this thing of the mother land. >> seriously radicalizing experience for african-american comics who come here before. >> yes. >> life changing. we shall see. >> i mean even walking through the streets, i have a feeling when i moved from chicago to oakland, you hear about oakland being this black city. and you get there and it's like there's black people here, but it's not like -- this is what i imagined oakland was going to be like. like this feels like this is black, you know? [ speaking forei

what's it like being gay in kenya?uor onyango are members of "to revolutionary art love", a gay art collective. kevin mwachiro is a writer and journalist. >> kamau: so how free can you be? like, are there places in kenya where you could walk around holding hands with your partner? >> malcolm: you could try. >> kamau: are there places you can go where it's not an experiment? >> malcolm: no. i think at all points it's an experiment. >> anthony: well, so where's the threat from? where is it most dangerous? >> awuor: i think violence is like from homophobes. all of it is based around, like, desire of the penis. right, so if you see two women kiss, it's hot because you think you can get in there. >> kamau: "oh, they're just one penis short." >> awuor: yeah, you know, "they need me to help them out with the dick." but if you -- >> kawira: there's an abundance. >> awuor: and the violence, like against lesbians, always comes in the part where like men realize, "oh, they're not attracted to me." >> malcolm: i've always had this

kenya paid $3.8 billion. china arranged the financing and built a railroad network deep into the heart of the continent. it cuts the journey to kenya's capital to five hours down from eight for cargo transported by truck. >> the initiative is i believe a good initiative for the region. -- railway link mombasa to nairobi, it's creating immense opportunities. the railway link, i have reservations about the price that was paid. however, the fact that we have a rail link now is creating immense opportunities. resulting in reductions in supply times and so on. >> there is no one else who can compete with the chinese. >> when we look at it with an african or kenyan perspective, investors are welcome. whether it's american, chinese or european, because they need to make us more competitive. >> the market is there. to get connectivity, our products out there is a problem. we hope markets can be opened up. not only to china but other countries. that's what we are hoping for. rishaad: better transport links are vital.

and our beloved ideas series we have different kenya to track down wildlife poachers. the trade and ivory is a vast global business how can it be stopped. our reporter between at two am i went to the south of the country to meet fake quivers the american uses military surveillance methods to combat poachers she says it's the only way to break up the networks of illegal hunters dealers and buyers and protect the remaining elephants . my name is fake with us and with the international fund for animal welfare in kenya and i lead our elephant protection in country pushing projects for east africa. they quavers used to work for the u.s. military fighting militants now she's in some. in kenya fighting poachers the largest and strongest animals are the ones most in danger. of that if. it's ever a siggins time. elephants are extinct ecosystems crumble you know there's cascading effects for the communities that live in these areas that are reliant on wildlife for their livelihoods and you know in the end it would it would be the human greed you know where we were the generation

well count to global three thousand this week we are in kenya where a woman fighting poachers has developed a special way of protecting elephants. in syria now tropical wood is being locked on a massive scale chinese businesses out of reaping the profits. and on the indonesian island of lombok people hit hard by an earthquake are trying to reclaim their lives . it's the world's most seismically active area extending from new zealand to japan to alaska and chile the ring of fire along its forty thousand kilometers are at least four hundred fifty active folk a nose. and ninety percent of earthquakes take place along the ring of fire in recent weeks japan and indonesia have been hit particularly hard a major quake in august had its abuse center in indonesia's island of lombok the devastating shocks claimed hundreds of lives and caused enormous damage. a warning from god that's how local residents describe the catastrophe on lombok. five severe earthquakes hundreds of aftershocks. and new tremors almost every day. beauty to a needle has lived on the indonesian islands for a year and a half the

subsystems farming is still fairly prevalent in kenya.the mega-cities sound paolo there's very little space for the people to grow their own vegetables but there is some does a little paradise on the some power lines in this poor eastern neighborhood constant attempts has created a community garden here he runs the aid organization cities without hunger planting vegetables on the news than private plots of land he started it ten years ago today him stick a temp overseas twenty five gardens and some power as bob just constant noise a nine to five ale it was a completely new concept to produce food in a favela i thought what a fun start following the i get when i started when i wanted to use land for the communal gardens everyone always said it wouldn't work and that i was crazy. state of mind but they soon changed their minds our communities can use it especially when they sold the vegetables consequence copy it to end. pens deed to help the poorest of the poor people without an education or the job cities without hunger accompanies them f

when i finally said i've never been to kenya, he said i've never been to kenya either, which was incredible i was waiting to hear his voice through the narration. i have to say it was chilling and moving in many ways. we'll get to that. but just to travel, to go through a country with someone like anthony bourdain has got to be extraordinary. >> he had never been to kenya before and everybody in kenya was like, where have you been? you're finally here. what took you so long? it was like being with an ambassador. and people who didn't know who i was were kinder to me which was weird because i was the black guy. it was clear his reputation had preceding him and they were excited he was going to tell a story they could gather around. >> he said he was deriving pleasure to see how you would handle the heat and the crowds and the food. >> i'm fine with crowds and heat. but the food was -- that was -- i learned a lot. i tried a lot. i told myself i would -- >> like what? >> the first night i got there we were going to eat something called goat's head stew. i thought it was going to be a bowl of s

this is a subject that is part of the bits of privacy in many quarters including in kenya. where this is not legally. why don't the reasons for this secret t.t.t. is class the sadness conscience even already getting such as comes to actually to. night refute key can be screened for just seven days which means it meets the oscars criteria for a best foreign language film nomination to be eligible a film must have been shown in the country submitting it. after making history in cannes the cast could be hitting the red carpet again in february this time in holy which. says force is now and in boxing world heavyweight champion anthony joshua is on a mission to defend his title when he takes on a russia alexander povetkin at london's wembley stadium on saturday with an blemish professional record joshua is seen by many as the best on his way to vision but the twenty eight year old is up against an opponent with a pedigree of his own. no matter the challenger anthony joshua is all waste boxing boxoffice here's his last two fights in wales sold out now a stand off on home turf in

what many europeans are demanding is already a reality in kenya at the popular can game the market in nairobi you can find practically anything except plastic bags they've been banned for a year real usable bags are available at each stand but they cost about twenty cents each that's why many people bring their own bags along now they've adapted to the change but not everyone agrees with the ban including mouth and into. the meat in ethics that look when you know the van is to help the environment she says it's bad for my business. she used to sell her yams and plastic bags so they would stay fresh longer. but now they dry out quickly but you know i think it's yet that. nearby there are piles of discarded plastic bags people have simply tossed them there illegally nevertheless a officials from kenya's environmental authority the bag ban has been a great success a year after the laws were passed they insist fewer bags are being discarded in public spaces and fewer are ending up in fishermen's nets. at the beginning it was a talent everybody sing out and we continued to pass things but

well it made history this year as the first kenya film to be shown at the cannes film festival and now kenya's high court has temporarily lifted a ban on graffiti which is a film that explores lesbian ism the decision came after the film's director sued the government not just to allow it to be screened in kenya but also to make it eligible for a potential oscar nomination. just to be. it's a story about the love that grows between two young women and the pressures they face from both family and society in a country we're going to sexuality is punishable by up to fourteen years in prison . screenings of rifi key which means friend in swahili had been banned by kenya's film board back in april over what dick called it's clear intent to promote lesbian ism contrary to the law. the high court has now changed all that. practice of the tragedy did not begin with it but i think. this is a slogan that was up to the brits at work i think in many quarters including. webb is saying it's not legally. one wearies on the court i just did it t.t. is the class will set these questions even on very bi

imports goods from china worth three hundred ninety billion dollars and kenya only exports to china goods worth nine point nine billion dollars so people are saying that there must be some sort of balance in the trade. from nairobi thank you very much. that's it for me and the business team here in berlin thank you very much for watching give up your business. woman. comes. from a. lifestyle. transformed by a constant constant challenge which sanctuary features. racing spirit the formula's children jump international competition bring spotting condoms on is to high marine. told. the real talent decides. to come from their loss of people in five of them a billion pieces of lead nonsense democracy that's one reason why i'm passionate about people and aspirations and they can sense. the television the book is trying to get in the name of the form of the mining boom. now do remember thinking at that time if the barley in bulk and what if anything can happen if people come together and unite for a full plate. but i do the news that often confronts difficult situations for conflicts betwe

and kenya's highest court briefly allowed screenings of the film exploring lesbian love this in a country where homosexuality can be punished with prison time. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us we begin in iran where dozens of people are dead and many more wounded after gunmen attacked a military parade in the country's southwest several militants opened fire on the crowds marking iranian military history it happened in a city near iran's border with iraq both separatists and the so-called islamic state have claimed responsibility for the attack iran's government has promised a crushing response to the incident. members of iran's elite forces taking cover dignitaries and civilians fleeing for their lives as gunmen opened fire on a military parade and as the soldiers were marching in one of the countrywide annual parades marking the start of iran's eight year war with iraq in the one nine hundred eighty s. when the shooting started. we suddenly realized that some armed people wearing fake military uniforms started attacking our comrades from behind the viewing platform

or the police observe bros is one of many messiah villages in kenya and it is here that one of the best known symbols of african traditions is created. and crafted intricate beat work is as much a part of my sight culture as heading cattle. who are able. or did it's job you see we want to marseilles love to be beautiful and this is why we make these beads we also love culture. and as you know we say one who leaves their culture is a slave. i'm told beading is done only by women in must high culture and has been practiced since before colonial rule the skill is passed down from generation to generation today the youngest here is just three while the oldest eighties. now i can't imagine a life without being so i just can't manage. to unlock the meaning behind the beads is to understand the unspoken language of my site people various pieces are designed exclusively for certain ceremonies this one for example is only for weddings the colors are also assigned meaning in different villages read for example is for strength green is for the reach that feeds their animals an orange for want and

and most people i met with around kenya. coast all the way to us in kenya where one of the characters came was that everyone could tell me that they knew someone with that story well uncle who was involved in a once relationship or their name or a student that they went to school with or a coworker the story is a common it's just that people don't really want to talk about it and when you look at the research that was conducted by the sari center that at specific me university student you know they found that twenty percent of the girls that at one point in time or current the they had had had a sponsor relationship so i think that those numbers and just my experience of talking to people not just in nairobi also rule community did reflect that it is more common than people would like to meet i want to share a tweet from someone else to another organization that has talked to people this is price of silence a tweet and we have worked with women in these relations most specifically stateless women in nairobi who use these rel

and a victory for gay rights in deeply conservative kenya the country's highest court amid screenings of a film exploring lesbian love this in a country where there was sexual is can be punished with prison time. i'm rebecca riches welcome to the shard firefighters in northwestern germany are struggling to contain a blaze in the ns land region near the dutch border the file was spock's nearly three weeks ago by military rocket tests german defense minister of evangelion has apologized on behalf of the country's military she's in the region today it is a value survey the damage local officials are considering evacuating thousands of people from several communities near the town of myth and. in the elms and region in northwestern germany the wind has shifted and it's getting straw. and so could the remaining blazes the area affected is an army training site near the city of mecca and it totals eight hundred hectares one thousand three hundred emergency personnel are working hard to contain the blaze to be on the safe side nearby residents were told to prepare for a possible evacuation t

the two women fall in love and absolute to boo in kenya. and two thousand and eighteen rafiki became the first kenyan film to be invited to the come from festival. what did. you want and before the film was shown in cannes it was banned in kenya because homosexuality is a crime that office making films about the topic assessing such films is also a crime. in the film. of victims of violence and intolerance. you little piece and you know what. if you don't want to. say to cut a bob or young. one door you do see a more. with. politics and repression packed into a sensitively told love story. for the actors who portrayed the lovers in the film it was a real test of courage. is that anyone could be if they stayed in the country but initially they were threatened with a prison sentence but after the film running can the situation calm down where. the battle film festival is all about cultural exchange our first film takes us to israel and to the israeli occupied. territories of the west bank novelist now about goes on a road trip and puts both p

but our correspondent is in kenya story for us good to see you but a tense yesterday can you tell us what you saw and what people there are telling you. yes the threat of violence was in the air throughout the day yesterday the fear that we would see a repeat of some of the scenes last weekend on monday evening was palpable all those things did launch the remain peaceful that there was a minor scuffles a number of injuries some people were detained but they said they were able to keep the protesters apart not to say that there wasn't a lot of anger from people on the streets here on the side of the far right protesters they were extremely angry. governments immigration policies they were chanting things like. there was also a huge mistrust is the media among a number of protesters that we spoke to said that they felt that their legitimate concerns about immigration were being misrepresented in the press on the other side meanwhile there was a lot of anger among the council process is about some of the scenes that have unfolded over the last week or so people in particular. were drawi

kenya's. set the pace at the berlin marathon on sunday over forty thousand runners competed in perfect conditions when he defended last year's title he started off with an impressive pace and quickly shook off his biggest opponent will see kip sun is three pacemakers were pushed to the limit and so the kenyan completed the last seventeen kilometers show. really. expect that from the first the club that they left the club with they really pushed me in both like i think music in my ears with a total time of two hours one minute and thirty nine seconds to be shattered the previous world record by a minute and eighteen seconds and manifested his reputation as the greatest marathon runner of the modern era. glad it's true oh no it set a new course record for the women in two hours eighteen minutes and eleven seconds . and a quick reminder of our top story a russian anti-government activists have been flown to berlin for medical treatment after a suspected poisoning showed that affairs office one of

kenya's. set the pace at the berlin marathon on sunday over forty thousand runners competed in perfect conditions when he defended last year's title he started off with an impressive pace and quickly shook off his biggest opponent will see chips on. three pacemakers were pushed to the limit and so the canyon completed the last seventeen kilometers. the first. with a total time of two hours one minute and thirty nine seconds to be shattered the previous world record by a minute and eighteen seconds and manifested his reputation as the greatest marathon runner of the modern era. gladys truro note set a new course record for the women in two hours eighteen minutes and eleven seconds . and a quick reminder of our top story. a couple has fallen ill in the english city of saul's very close to the side where the former russian spy a ball and his daughter poisoned with a nerve agent in march this year you're looking at the latest images from there right over here once again the incident took place in

screenings of rifi key which means framed in swahili had been banned by kenya's film board back in april over what it called its clear intent to promote lesbian ism contrary to the law. the high court has no changed all that that this travesty did not begin with if. this is a forget the group. including the court. well this is what legally. why do we really want for at this creativity is this class to stop this question even when it gets to be. six ready to. ny or if he can be screened for just seven days which means it meets the oscars criteria for a best foreign language film nomination to be eligible a film must have been shown in the country submitting it. after making history in cannes the cast could be hitting the red carpet to get in february this time in holy words. and it's to suck up now where bundesliga match day for continues when the runners up of the previous season play the champions as shell could take home by munich by and have won all their games so far and help the table as usual shellcode on the other hand have had a catastrophic start to the campaign now they need to

cities as they brace for impact also coming up the marathon world record isn't smashed in berlin as kenya's. finishes the race in just two hours one minute and thirty nine seconds. next peiser it's good to have you with us a russian antigovernment activist who was jailed earlier this year for protesting at the world cup final has been brought to berlin for medical treatment. was flown to the german capital after a suspected poisoning the member of the pussy riot punk group fell ill after a court hearing is wife not just a token says it may have been attempted murder is being treated at the hospital friends describe his situation as serious. joining us is correspondent nina hauser who is outside the shallots a hospital in the heart of berlin nina what more do we know about charter varity love has the hospital said anything about his condition the hospital and hasn't commented yet we're hearing that the doctors will probably make a comment on monday but he is being treated somewhere behind me that now seems to be pretty clear what we do know is that his condition deteriorated fairly quickly a

with me the young man in kenya who has gone into business as a self-employed waste because. we have been forced to make things in by way and this is the reptile rescue center. and we take a look at of course job protection in solvents in nature and what it means for the future of fisherman that. hundreds of people in the kenyan capital live from go up . in down dura where one of nairobi's biggest dung sites is located we speakers come every day to sort through the rubbish amongst them is twenty eight year old gabino chair he views his work as an essential service and himself as a self-employed businessman he has specialized and can make a decent living from salvaging garbage. garbage covering an area bigger than thirty football fields just a few kilometers from the center of nairobi every day hundreds of trucks haul trash here from the city. the dump is like a big unorganized recycling center some people like godwin here almost every day salem you have heard of us were moved off to the sift through the garbage because i'm trying to earn a little money. i'm no longer on my ow

from both sides of the divide here what is happening in kenya right now. i the moment i'm standing in front of a person is open eyes by the rightwing a.f.d. party and the bigoted maidment what's happening in the main is that they were expecting to go on a march through the city that's been prevented while police are trying to establish the route that they were intending to go on will be secure there are of course the number of the counter demonstrators are currently blocking their route but these protesters say that they want to do is they want to march in mourning for the man who lost his life on saturday night early sunday morning and also to remember what they say the victims of i don't gentiles and then merkel's migration policy of course the task now for police is trying to ensure that they and the counter-demonstrators are kept separate so they don't want to see or a piece of a lot of the violence that we saw on monday night. and sounds like the city of chemist's is very divided have you had a chance to speak to any of the demonstrators then one of t

it's the capital of kenya with 6.5 million people living in the metro area.around a british railroad depot during the colonial era. halfway between other british interests and uganda and the coastal port of mombassa. ♪ ♪ there's a sense here of been there, done that. not a good luck for me but there's a mischievous curiosity in a part of my brain to see how kamal comes out to seat heat, the crowds, the rush and the whole new rush of an overwhelming world because that's what is it the first time. this ain't berkeley. >> here with us now w. kamal bell, cnn's host of "unit shades of america" so in this episode the two of you are to go. i know you have said that anthony bourdain is somebody who is very special to you. you wore a shirt his image on it to the emmys, and you give him a lot of credit for your own success. >> yeah. i was following his career far before i ever imagined that i could have a show before i followed his on cnn. you know, it was rarified air that i knew i was in there as we were there filming, yeah. >> how did this come to be? >> the first t

federal police since there was a lack of police visible when these protests happened in saxony in kenya and last week then a number of politicians of ministers have stressed the importance of standing up against right wing extremism they have the civil society to speak out against right wing extremism the german president for example has asked people to attend a concert today that is against right wing populism against right wing extremism on the other hand there's also a closer look on the a.f.p. the far right party in germany so there's a new discussion now whether this party should be one you toward to buy the mystic intelligence service since it was visible that people of the if the politicians demonstrated side by side with people who used hitler salutes on these protests in kenya it's all right or political correspondent. reporting for us thank you very much. i stopped and said an anti-racism concert is scheduled to take place in chemist's tonight with twenty five thousand people expected to attend and an easy call him has returned to the city following a week marred by far right

here make of the way the uncle of machall has been handling the situation following the incidents in kenya it's an elsewhere over the last couple weeks what people make of it well german society is very deeply divided on this issue and has to say and in fact the most recent polls of voters have shown that the if he has profited from this they have he has become stronger in some polls that is stronger than the opposition then the social democrats who are involved in government i get with uncle america in other words that become the second strongest party in some of the polls and i'm going to knock those conservatives sten to lose votes tend to lose support in the most recent polls it is a divided society they obviously one has to say the majority of germans if you look at all the other parties involved still support. policies or at least support and supporting migration about the f.t. certainly has profited from that and is feeling very much upbeat about the whole situation thank you so much for now did i bond here and of course will be carrying some of that bonus tied to bait for you live

capsizing borders of tanzania, uganda, and kenya.tween borders of tanzania, uganda, and kenya. capsizing between the islands of wary and ukora. at least 40 people are known to have died, although that number is likely to rise. 0ne official has suggested as many as 200 people may have drowned. a major rescue and recovery mission is under way, with around 100 people recover alive so far. —— recovered. translation: when the captain was about to slow down and, the passengers were already running to the other side, ready to get. so now the other side, ready to get. so now the wait was too much on one side of the wait was too much on one side of the ferry, so it capsized and sank. it turned completely, it upside down. this is far from the first nautical disaster in tanzania. with overcrowding playing a role in many of those which have come before. at least 145 people died in 2012, when a packed ferry sank while trans boring people to zanzibar in the indian ocean. —— transporting. and almost 200 were killed in the region in the previously.

i was the united states ambassador to the republic of kenya at the time of the bombing. this morning, 20 years later, we are in the beautiful pavilion of the u.s. diplomacy center. john and i are going to be looking at some of the artifacts and telling stories behind them. diplomacy doesn't always mean sitting behind a desk, getting your photograph taken, and wearing nice clothes. sometimes those nice clothes will get bloodied and dirty because it's a dangerous profession. example, this is the suit i was wearing. the two things i would point out, number one it is wool. nairobi is the land of eternal springtime in that it is close to the equator and at mile high. our august in washington is a cool springtime august in nairobi. most of the bloodstains are in the back because i was on top of a 21-story building with a colleague from the department of commerce represented by the suit he was wearing at the time. we were meeting with the minister of commerce. we heard an explosion. most of us went to the window. 10 seconds later a freight train sound impact of high energy hit

embassies in kenya and tanzania. killed 224, including 12 americans and wounded more than 5000. qaeda andist group al its leader osama bin laden claimed responsibility. next, we visit the u.s. diplomacy center in washington dc to tour and exhibit the markings during the 20th anniversary of the bombings. >> at the time of the east africa bombing i was the deputy chief at the american embassy in barcelona. there had been a gap between ambassadors and i was the acting ambassador of the embassy at the time of the bombing. >> i was the united states ambassador to the republic of kenya at the time of the bombing. this morning 20 years later we are in the beautiful that -- you do for pavilion of the u.s. diplomacy center. john and i are going to be working around, looking at -- going to be walking around, looking at the artifacts. diplomacy doesn't always mean sitting behind a desk, getting your photograph taken, and really nice clothes. sometimes those nice clothes will get bloodied and 30 -- and dirtied. wouldare two things i point out, number one it is war. the land of eternal sprin

for mas in kenya and if you believe. we need. to follow what's happening no. more transparency for kenya's coffee farmers it certainly sounds like a good idea and as a matter of fact eighty percent of kenya's coffee is indeed traded on the nairobi coffee exchange but in reality the people who need the information most often aren't able to access as many farmers in the area aren't able to benefit from the exchange. but i haven't experienced this we don't really understand it but if they come and teach us then we'll know how. well they may be talk of transparency and digitize ation in nairobi here in the area farmers like david monkee are yet to reap the supposes rewards of. bangkok street vendors are part of the city's landscape it's hard to imagine the thai capital without the but the local authorities now want to tidy up the streets and are shifting away street vendors to less attractive locations the vendors claim their livelihoods are being threatened while some say the plan could strip the city off its charm. life has become harder for digital and his busi