who happened to be in kenya and are driver. >> how many interviews did you do in kenya? >> about 40. most of them were there, a few of them over the phone, later interview were not available so i provided the questions and he conducted interviews "afterwards". >> book to be traveled with you to kenya and conducted an interview there as well. we want to show you that now. >> january 16, 2010. you've been in western kenya for about two days now as you work on your new book, out of this world, the making of barack obama. >> how has it been worth it? >> days remind me of when i do, why i do what i do. everything morning until night, it energizes me, even as i get tired of doing interviews, this is the reality behind so many things you think you know but you don't really know and it is of vibrant life and things i could never see my lifetime any other way because of what i do but i think wow, i am so lucky. these last few days, we traveled around this part of western kenya, based in consumer, the capital of this part of the country. informally called wildland because the main

it is dawn in lewa conservancy, in laikipia, northern kenya.r tackling the locusts. the un food and agriculture organization works with the kenyan government to manage aerial and ground spraying. but kenya only has five spray planes, and it's one of the most equipped countries in the region battling locusts. this is the only way the locust swarms can be controlled, using these pesticides. kenya has stockpiled them but because of the covid—19 pandemic, the global supply chains have been disrupted and that means it's becoming increasingly difficult to import more chemicals, and that's the big fear now. with chemicals scarce, it's crucial that they are accurate where they spray. and it's albert and the surveillance team's job to get the information to the pilots. today, spraying has been a success. but to stop the devastation, they need to destroy the majority of the swarms before they breed a new generation. over the next two weeks, albert keeps tracking the swarms as they travel north. he sent us his reports. when they are mature, the locusts di

it is dawn in lewa conservancy, in laikipia, northern kenya.ckling the locusts. the un food and agriculture 0rganization works with the kenyan government to manage aerial and ground spraying. but kenya only has five spray planes, and it's one of the most equipped countries in the region battling locusts. this is the only way the locust swarms can be controlled, using these pesticides. kenya has stockpiled them but because of the covid—i9 pandemic, the global supply chains have been disrupted and that means it's becoming increasingly difficult to import more chemicals, and that's the big fear now. with chemicals scarce, it's crucial that they are accurate where they spray. and it's albert and the surveillance team's job to get the information to the pilots. today, spraying has been a success. but to stop the devastation, they need to destroy the majority today, spraying has been a success. but to stop the devastation, they need to destroy the majority of the swarms before they breed a new generation. over the next two weeks, albert keeps trackin

in kenya are receiving oxygen from our 3 plants.and the public and private facilities alike 70 percent of the facilities are public crossing it is having bottom of the pyramid population. what telling has helped advance kenya's health care system with oxygen the w.h.o. in the meantime has classified this life giving element as an essential medicine. you're watching news remember you can keep up to date with all the latest on our web sites that state of the year dot com and you can follow us on twitter and instagram too. i'm claire richardson for me in the entire team here in berlin thanks so much for watching. on me all the time to talk about the 2nd season the only touch of the planet on the brink of disaster we did in-depth interviews with experts about one question. who changed the.

the original migrant locust swarms came to kenya from the southern arabian peninsula.s there allowed at least three generations of locusts to breed undetected. despite international efforts, months later a new generation of kenyan born locusts hatched. now it's a race against time to stop them breathing another larger and more destructive generation. it and albert is with a government surveillance team tracking the latest swarm. swarms of desert locusts can contain tens of billions of individuals and travel up billions of individuals and travel up to 150 kilometres a day. they need to pinpoint the current swarms so need to pinpoint the current swarms so the spray planes can cover the area with pesticides. they've found the swarm. so we estimated what area? 200 hectares. that's huge. 0ther‘s first job is to enter the information into an app that allows people to track these forms. a member of the grasshopper family, these normally try —— shy insects become gregarious when food starts to dry up and they are crowded together. each locust can eat its own body weight daily.

well then a 150 facilities in kenya across over 20 counties in kenya are receiving oxygen from our 3 plants. and the public and private facilities alike 70 percent of the facilities are public crossing it is having bought on the pyramid population. what has helped advance kenya's health care system with oxygen the w.h.o. in the meantime has classified this life giving element as an essential medicine. germany has approved the lifting of its travel warnings for $29.00 european countries it's set to take effect starting june 15th but foreign minister had said that germany would continue to monitor infection rates especially in countries like the u.k. he emphasized this step was not a return to business as usual. i know this decision will raise great hopes and expectations but there is something we need to bear in mind travel warnings are not travel bans and travel advisories are not invitations to travel again. that's also something we want to make clear in our advisories which may also include the urgent advice not to travel to countries like the u.k. for instance while people are arr

great britain and unicef it's a model of success. 150 facilities in kenya across. 20 counties in kenya are receiving oxygen from our 3 plants. and the public and private facilities alike 70 percent of the facilities are public crossing it is having on the population. what telly has helped advance kenya's health care system with oxygen w.h.o. in the meantime has classified this life giving element as an essential medicine. the many german businesses that had to close on a virus regulations are brothels their owners are asking when they'll be allowed to open their doors again but some health experts say there are so many unknowns about the virus that those doors should remain closed until there is more research 6 always sells they say a supposedly crisis proof profession but it's the very opposite of social distancing so the corona crisis has made life tough for those who make a living selling their bodies the virus threatens the very core of their business. some of my guests have weakened immune systems especially if they're a bit older and i might make you think what if i were to infec

now on bbc news, kenya's dance discovery.ne month since the coronavirus lockdown started, 19—year—old joel kioko completes daily ballet classes at his home in london, with instructions coming in from his teacher via zoom. demi—detourne. derriere. stretch out a little bit. switch davant fondu. second. let go of the bar. front reverse the port de bras... back in february, joel was taking his final classes at the english national ballet school and preparing for a major challenge — the leading role in romeo and juliet at the kenyan national theatre. with classical ballet, you're always learning something. that's how i see it — i don't know how other people see it — and especially for me, because i started late, i have so much to learn. joel has come a long way since his upbringing in the kuwinda slums, where his incredible talent was spotted. he's the first student from an emerging classical ballet scene in nairobi to train professionally in london. sometimes, when i am in class, i am like — i have never seen that before but i ha

across over 20 counties in kenya are receiving oxygen from our 3 plants. and the public and private facilities alike 70 percent of the facilities are public facilities serving bottom of the pyramid population. they were telling has helped advance kenya's health care system with oxygen the w.h.o. in the meantime has classified this life giving element as an essential medicine. tonight in the bundle of bremen take on frankfurt in a match that was postponed from early march due to a storm bremen were all but certain to be relegated to the 2nd division before playing was suspended because of the coronavirus but they have found their form since the season for a start the clock is ticking with just 6 games remaining. all the clubs that have used the pandemic pause to good effect it's their braman. all but relegated before the break the green and whites have emerged from lockdown fitter more focused and more productive. but it's great because we made use of the time off to get in better shape we can play at high tempo and we're raring to go and you can see that i

well than a 150 facilities in kenya across over 20 counties in kenya are receiving oxygen from our 3 plants. and the public and private facilities alike 70 percent of the facilities are public facilities having bottom of the pyramid population. what telling has helped advance kenya's health care system with oxygen the w h l in the meantime has classified this life giving element as an essential medicine. well here's a reminder of the top story that we're following for you a german prisoner has been named as a new suspect in the 2007 disappearance of madeleine mccann the british girl disappeared when she was 3 years old from a hotel room in portugal police are calling this a murder investigation. you're watching news from berlin after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day tonight u.s. law enforcement can to end the brutality. ever be. the rock that. like. muggle wards is a must. for the russians so. steep. for so many different walks of life. some are funny and oddly trying but all of them come straight from the heart. of. the russians and intimate journey to death st

but it's rare for police to be convicted of crimes in kenya. when a homeless man was shot dead in the sorry last week resident. tires they said police killed him police have denied it. but it prompted the activist to call for peace officers to face justice. so i'm here to protest for our youth who have died in the hands of the police without any wrongdoing and we're saying enough is enough as mothers many of our youths have been killed while being labeled as the. kenya's police was created about a century ago by british colonialists it was used to violently put down an independence movement was companies here say its offices still don't respect people's rights around the world take to the streets against racism and police brutality kenya's activists are calling for change to malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya for. travellers to self isolate for 2 weeks of the move has drawn criticism of the timing how to work and what impact it could have on the economy jonah hill reports from london. new 14 day quarantine rules for passengers arriving at u.

plus the coronavirus pandemic cripples kenya's tourism industry forcing people to find new ways to make ends meet we'll see how the country's massai community is trying to make the best of a bad situation. thanks for joining us german federal prosecutors to follow murder charges against a russian man suspected of gunning down a former chechen rebel fighter in berlin last year they say that moscow or that the killing the alleged hit job strained relations between the berlin and moscow last year prompting germany to expel 2 russian diplomats russia some bastard had to germany's says today's murder today's murder charges are groundless and that the kremlin will take action if palin moves to impose sanctions on russia. it's an assassination that has shaken russian german relations to the core last year and late august the former chechen rebel salim khan congress feeley was gunned down in the heart of berlin shot twice in the head in broad daylight the suspect fled on a bicycle but was caught soon afterwards a russian according to his passport soon after the murder suspicions arose that the

kenya has come up with a solution. nearing students and health professionals have designed a ventilator for the 10th of a cost -- for 10th of the cost of an importing machine. >> this globalization means we can have solutions being made. with the lockdown, it was exciting to see action being taken. >> the problem of protective masks has also been solved locally. they are coming out of a three-day printer owned by the nairobi based firm. it is producing 500 a day. >> all coming together. we have all collaborated, all sharing one design all on one hosting method. everyone is producing the same thing. our common goal is powerful. >> most important is oxygen itself. the first plant opened in 2014 and will have followed -- and more have followed with the support of the u.s., great britain and unicef. >> more than 150 facilities in kenya across over 20 counties in kenya are receiving oxygen from our three plants. daysys -- these are public and private facilities. 70% are public facilities. >> it has helped advance kenya's he

so we've been led to kenya and you continue to. see is also used in the manufacture of skin products contact lenses soaps and who've been organic products the national sorry cultural research center is country offering from a subsidy plants and mary berry cuttings are very subsidized rates and with the help of international investors they're also working to transfer money and help them identify markets. seem a few 100 years ago. hard to being just to see who could explode and did after that. we study that a lot of say culture and. the su so now we have high technology and. take culture but the we can't use it because. japan is too developed and also the crime it the crime made in the kenya is much better than japan to show the culture and by adapting to the changing climatic conditions small scale firmest like you don't know we know how fond a way of sustaining their livelihoods. according to the world health organization about 2200000000 people around the world don't have access to safe drinking water one region particularly hard

was turkana lake and what they did was kenya what that was somalia before i believe when we hear the ministry of you know forum that said or said egypt have to believe us you just have to believe us no we don't have to believe you because you have other ends of the nz that you was doing in you know intentionally harming kenya unintentionally harming severely as i believe you know we cannot trust just words we trust treaties and we trust international laws we reach you know and washington and general and severity almost 90 percent of the problems being solved we have just 2 problems we were discussing that mechanism of how to dispute settlements and how can we manage you know the operation of of the dad because we cannot trust that you have been government to manage just by itself so this is by the international law we are not talking about just we want to enforce our ideas or our you know opinions no based on 19. 02 treaty with the emperor man your lake the 2nd and by the way and this time as you be i was not and was not under occupation they are not colonized the emperor money leak

surviving on the streets in kenya. but we begin in germany where the population is attempts to return to normalcy despite the coronavirus seesaw between being careless and concerned. when chilling out once again getting a taste of what the new normal is now like post lockdown something seem to be back to where they were before coronavirus brought everything to a halt opinion is divided some think the authorities are being too cautious others say not careful enough it's a test of social cohesion. i think people are very responsible a lot are where they could be carrying the virus and are very careful on how many other us. altho it allis me. but not everyone in this playground chest this confidence older people in particular are still where it. service in my will mean i only need to come out at the weekend to see that people are partying everywhere 20 or 30 together the young just want to go for ect a concert covered us in this neighborhood takes a more casual approach something the pandemic is over all of us believe tha

brian is one out of an estimated 20000 people living on the streets in kenya. but each night the country's curfew comes into effect. the homeless seem to disappear if they retreat into these dark corners hidden from police officers m.p.'s we meet a mother with her 6 month old baby when you see we doing god is the only one keeping us alive she says because even if we are afraid of the virus it's not like we can stay indoors only as a libra knew brian considers himself lucky to have a roof over his head the organization that provides lunch has rented 2 rooms in the slum for the boys. brian sleeps in this corner and the army as he calls his group of friends from the streets take whatever spaces left. my shop on the left is good it's better than on the streets i was really free when i was out there nothing to cover myself but here is something that a. group it's no wonder that the next morning when we meet brian he's having a cocktail of blue and jet fuel for breakfast the blue keeps the hunger. and the jet fuel keeps reality at bay. and so another day begins as th

see humans but what about other primates we visit on chimps sanctuary here in uganda to find out in kenya would hear about a project of it and i was you know closed on and i'm leaving grazing butterflies and in ghana we'll meet a group of young activists on mission saving the a forest. let's talk always shall write to in uganda only too aware that the cold in 1000 pandemic causes spread like wildfire all across the globe ont he tells affected nearly every aspect of our lives so wouldn't it stand to reason that this aggressive virus also poses a greater risk to our closer to causing the chimpanzees conservationists think it does and that is why one chimp sumptuary is taking every precaution possible to protect the endangered eps in its current. before boarding the boats of the shows of the mainland just erik windows careful to disinfect the skin and clothing for overseas the well being of chimps in uganda is known by many nick victoria. it will and that is a constant for this just a little bit later we're going to forget about them. and also a bit of our what. else is of the on in the past

>> in kenya activists are also protesting against police brutality. authorities are investigating 15 cases of police killings since the beginning of the coronavirus lockdown. brent: i'm brent goff. to our viewers all around the world, welcome. they have come a final time to say good-bye. the funeral of george floyd, the black man whose death in police custody ignited global protests, is taking place right now at the fountain of praise church in houston, texas. friends and mourners of floyd's family have been speaking strongly and eloquently about the mantha they knew and loved. -- man that they knew and loved. we'll go live to houston in a moment, but first let's hear what those friends and family members have been saying about a man named george floyd. >> master, we thank you for this celebration. we thank you for the life of george floyd, o god. that at a moment when he called out f for his mama,a, we believ that the ears of mamas across this nation reared up. that the ears of mamas across this world heard him cry even though for one mama, all mamas

with a coronavirus pandemic crippling kenya's tourism industry communities near the country's national parks making the best of a bad situation by turning to conservation work. it's good to have you with us a book by donald trump's former national security advisor is raffling washington and the white house among several explosive claims made by john bolton is that the president china to help him win reelection in november the trump administration has been trying to prevent publication of the book that alone has already made it a bestseller and excerpts of it have appeared in u.s. used. these pages contain crying's which could roll. u.s. foreign relations and significantly affect the u.s. presidential election in november they were written by john bolton who said he saw donald trump in gauge in fundamentally unacceptable behavior that eroded the very legitimacy of the presidency. top of the books list of bombshell claims that trump asked chinese president xi jinping to ensure his win the election suggesting china find more american crops which would benefit u.s. voters from also encoura

and the coronavirus pandemic, crippling kenya's tourism industry. it is forcing people to find new ways to make ends meet. i'm brent goff. to our viewers, welcome. german federal prosecutors have filed murder charges against a russian man suspected of gunning down a former rebel fighter here in berlin last year. they say moscow ordered the killing. the alleged hit job strained relations between berlin and moscow last year, prompting germany to expel two russian diplomats. russia's ambassador to germany says the murder charges are groundless and the kremlin will retaliate if berlin takes new actions against russia over the murder. reporter: it is an asssssination that has s shaken russian german relalations to the core. last year and late august, the former rebel was gunned down in the e heart of b blin, shot t ie in thehe head and bught -- in broad daylight. the suspect fled on a bicycle,, but wawas caught sooafterward.d. a r russian, according to his passport. soon after the murder, suspicions arose. the man wawas a commander in the war against rus

kenya local residents were offered an opportunity to. call that depend solely. on the help of the forest. butterflies a deft and at least save a net in the hard work work that's paying off for many people living in a kenya. so coquet forest the largest and most intact coastal forest and east africa it's rich in wildlife with close to $300.00 butterfly species they call it the sun christmas butterfly this is a newborn butterfly so like 5 minutes to come. this butterfly will be able to fly fly away and enjoy life. but the play is just a month after mouth a butterfly dies beg in recent years things have changed a lot in and around the forest people who once gathered wood to sell now farm butterflies and moths instead it's a sustainable living priscilla elysium a jolly is one of the locals who really is pupae for export around the world the community based enterprise has made her aware of how important it is to preserve the butterflies forest habitats. before they set up the project we used to go into the forest to gather firewood and that was bad for the environmen

plus the pandemic is crippling kenya's tourism industry but communities near the country's national parks are making the best of a bad situation by turning to conservation work. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us today are holding a video conference out this hour on a financial plan to help the bloc emerge intact from the worst economic straits since the great depression the virtual summit is the 1st step in what are expected to be difficult negotiations discussing an unprecedented $750000000000.00 euro carona recovery fund leaders will potentially meet face to face at the end of next month for the 1st time since the coronavirus crisis began in february. masses following the talks for us today to georg can you sketch out for us the political fault lines as these negotiations begin. it's been one month bryan that america will and the french president a man who i might call made if you want the revolutionary suggestion to take mutual debt via the e.u. budget and form an economic recovery plan to get the european economy back on track now ever since a number of pressure groups within

here's my conversation with kenya barris thank you for doing the show, i appreciate it.off the bucket list that i would have never put on my bucket list, so thank you. >> jimmy: oh my gosh how is everything, how are you, how's the fam? is everyone safe, everyone healthy? >> everyone is safe. you know, my daughter -- this is a crazy thing. my daughter and me, my daughter just turned 21 we had -- i looked up, and a couple of weeks ago i felt like a charge she was like, i i'm going to go to jamaica i'm like, you're thought going to jamaica, this is a pandemic, are you crazy? she's like, dad, i'm going to be 21, i'm going to be grown. i was like, you're not going, if you go, i'm cutting you off. we never get to cut people off she's like, whatever so cut to, i look on instagram, it's like her on a boat somewhere. i'm like, where i'e yoin miami i'm like, you're in miami? >> jimmy: it's not jamaica. >> i was like, no, it's the epicenter, it's ground zero. >> jimmy: she went worse. >> i was like, you want to be the boss i'm taking everything. you're on your own you go and be an

japan is too developed and also the crime it the crime rate in the kenya is much better than japan to cherry culture and bad doctoring to the changing climatic conditions small scale firmest like you to know we know how fond a way of sustaining their livelihoods. according to the world health organization about 2200000000 people around the world don't have access to save drinking water one region particularly hard hit is south africa they're married people can only dream of having one awards or anywhere near their home and it is for that very reason that after many years abroad in geneva fick do return to his native ethiopia to still want to talk in the rural communities in recognition of his own standing saugus he was awarded an international prize on the of this year. like many people in rural ethiopia this mother of 7 doesn't have a water tap in her home until recently she and her family had to fetch their water from far away but now a water tap has been installed on a field just one minute away from where they live. in the morning to be fashed water and then we would go again in t

forms they're not the leaves of marbury trees and they're giving hope to farmers in kenya due to the extreme weather patterns of recent years you don't know we know has turned to farming and this is the 26th day and you can see the. already spinning. are making. another what they have already reached this stage that. stage yes so as the ice does they spin we have asked. the former senior research of the international center of insect is your knowledge and ecology started this venture and 2015 what is left for us. in form of corns we shall subject it to post how this thing processes that includes the flow shown of the book and you know removing their pupae inside so that we use the many part of it for producing that thread today you don't know we know owns our own 500000 marjorie trees planted over 5 because. many of the farmers in the region are following his example. to find a profitable crop to sustain their livelihood there ditching traditional cash crops such as coffee maize or sugar cane we haven't been working. to develop technologies for this ilk. so that we can give farmers t

and the coronavirus pandemic crippling kenya's tourism industry is forcing people to find new ways to make ends meet. i'm burnt off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome german federal prosecutors have filed murder charges against a russian man suspected of gunning down a former chechen rebel fighter here in berlin last year they say that moscow ordered the killing the alleged hit job strained relations between berlin and moscow last year it prompted germany to expel 2 russian diplomats russia's ambassador to germany says today's murder charges are groundless and he says the kremlin will retaliate if berlin takes new actions against russia over the murder. it's an assassination that has shaken russian german relations to the core last year and late august a former chechen rebel salim khan congress feeley was gunned down in the heart of berlin shot twice in the head in broad daylight the suspect fled on a bicycle but was caught soon afterwards a russian according to his passport soon after the murder suspicions arose that the russian intelligenc

get more on this we are joined now by john allen namu an investigative journalist based in nairobi kenya who has uncovered stories of corruption and impunity welcome to the program and thanks so much for joining us and john allen i'd like to begin by asking you because you you've been looking we've been looking excuse me in that piece about how populous leaders are using this pandemic in order to fuel division in society and also target the media for its reporting is that something that you're also seeing playing out where you are. well not specifically where i am in terms of targeting the media but our neighbors to the south tanzania have had a very torrid time when it comes to reporting of 19 and he's reporting it in your bend at the end of watching it accurately the president john mark malkoff we has led the charge in this feuding essentially the conventional knowledge about how $1000.00 has spread what measures can be taken and if at all 1000 is as going to just as as has been you know has been said by the world health organization that something that we're seeing across the borders

with this casket until eventually getting it back again during the night that he woke community in kenya has elaborate burial customs to cheat his fans and family are accusing government leaders and the police of disrespecting the dead they refused to rush burial and demanded more time to mourn just requesting. the condemnation of them and. it's not all our fault to be here we do the rich for peace that i've been i was brought in piece of the family we are going to. give us one we let the farm let them use you know at the farm the 33 year old singer died on thursday after being taken to hospital with chest problems his family and fans insists he had pneumonia not 19 but the kenyan government introduced strict pandemic measures ensuring burials as soon as possible and banning social gatherings the recall is getting. down. police are again being accused of violently cracking down on the breaking for a new virus frustration protest against police brutality were held in kenya's come to mind roby on monday they followed a police watchdog saying 15 people including a 13 year old have been kill