this is student news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes lagos was the brink so no cut as a ban on the city's popular motion by taxi use this dream to come into effect in the coming hour was this uproar on the streets. and i'll be joined by the ugandan climate action visit to venice and that that was cropped out of a picture with white activists you want to hear their message to the world following the incident. and then a special diet full column will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions researchers in kenya think so we'll tell you why. hello i'm kristie want to welcome to news africa it's good to have your company in the coming now is these motorcycle taxis will be eagle in nigeria's business capital lagos the state government announced the ban on the motorcycles known as because of what it described as the chaos and disorderliness and scary fake is often fatal accidents now drivers in lagos took to the streets to protest the band which starts on the 1st of february the bikes you see off a key source of income for thousands of young men living in the city. an attempt to keep and

how do you get around in lagos? aliko: i get around in lagos, sometimes i have a police escort but not all the time. i can drive myself. david: you drive yourself? aliko: yes, i do. david: do people stare at you? "there is the wealthiest man in africa driving himself"? aliko: they do sometimes. david: when you go to a restaurant by yourself, do they come up for selfies or do they ask you for money? aliko: they don't really ask me for money. even here, any time when i go to places to either eat, you know, i get a lot of requests for selfies. it is normal. david: you have some outside interests. one of them i think you are interested in, what we call in the united states, is soccer. what other people call football. the arsenal team. is that a team you would like to buy someday? aliko: it is a team that, yes, i would like to buy someday. but also i keep saying today, we have $20 billion worth of projects. i think that is really what i want to concentrate on. you know, i am trying to finish building a company. after we

david: you live principally in lagos? aliko: yes. david: how many people in lagos?: 25 million in terms of population. david: getting around in lagos is not easy, though getting around in new york is not easy either. you have special cars to take you around lagos? have: yeah, sometimes i police escort, but not all the time. sometimes i drive myself. david: you drive yourself? do people stare at you and say there is the wealthiest men in africa driving himself? do you go to a restaurant by yourself and people as q4 southeast or money? money,they don't ask for but anytime i go to places to eat, i get a lot of requests for selfies, yes it is normal. david: you have some outside interests. you are interested in what we call in the united states soccer, but other people call football. the arsenal team, is that a team you would like to buy someday? aliko: yes, i would like to buy it someday, but what i keep $20ng is today we have billion worth of projects, and that is really what i want to concentrate on. i'm trying to finish building the company, then after we finish, ma

larry lemur joining me who wrote "mar-a-lago."u say it's taken on more of a cultlike atmosphere. >> yeah. after he won the election, you know, there were a lot of people that didn't like him that were members. some of them quit. all these people came in that slapped down $200,000 to join and they adore him. when he walks in, they stand up and applaud. he asks how am i doing. they say, he's great, he's great. it's this atmosphere of endless stroking which i think is unhealthy for the leader of our country. in fact, the assassination of general soleimani is a mar-a-lago decision. i'm not sure if he's been in the oval office and generals have talked about the consequences of killing this man if he would have gone ahead. but that's what mar-a-lago is for him. he needs it. he's hungry for it. it's more like a cult the longer he's there. >> how has it changed, though, since he became president? are there people there any tell think you did a good job here or look at this area more or anything like that? >> are you kidding? you covered t

david: you live principally in lagos. how any people are there in lagos? >> about 25 million.terms of population. around in lagos is not that easy. getting around in new york is not that easy either. you have special police cars that take you around? lagos,i get around in sometimes i have a police escort but not all the time. i can drive myself. david: you drive yourself? do people stare at you? there is the wealthiest man in africa driving himself? when you go to a restaurant by yourself, do they come up for selfies or do they ask you for money? >> they don't really ask me for money. , in i go to places to eat get a lot of requests for selfies. david: you have some outside interests. i think you are interested in soccer. the arsenal team. is that a team you would like to buy someday? aliko: it is a team that, yes, i would like to buy someday. we have $20 billion worth of projects. that is what i want to concentrate on. i'm trying to finish building a company. finished -- david: so you are not buying a team right now? aliko: i am trying to take the company to the next level. d

you are in south florida near the president's mar-a-lago resort. this threat tonight from the president to iran is direct and there is no mincing of words. >> reporter: there certainly is not. and it is particularly striking when you put it up against the president's own words in the first day and a half after ordering that strike that killed the iranian general. also, the words of the president's top advisers who in the last day and a half have insisted that the united states is not on the path to war. insisting as the secretary of state mike pompeo did just this morning that the united states remains committed to de-escalation. the president's latest tweet is anything but promising de-escalation. the president here tweeting, iran has been nothing but problems for many years. let this serve as a warning that if iran strikes any americans or american assets we have targeted 52 iranian sites representing the 52 american hostages taken by iran many years ago. some at a very high level and important to iran and the iranian culture and those targets an

and mass forced evictions in lagos some residents were given just one hour what to pack their belongings and leave their hopes. hello i'm kristie want to welcome to news africa it's good to have your company attacks by armed groups in the democratic republic of congo have been on the rise in recent months last november and december alone more than 260 civilians mainly women and children were killed in brutal attacks this has turned people against u.n. peacekeeping troops in the country the troops which number about 16000 odd deployed to the d.r. see for a peacekeeping mission known as one new school it is the biggest and most expensive un peacekeeping mission but despite that militants have succeeded in carrying out a message has its force the u.n. to conduct an assessment off its response to the recent increase in violence not only more of that in a moment with my guest but 1st the violence in the country is mostly concentrated in the east with the city of beni and surrounding areas being a hotbed of millicent violence. u.n. peacekeepers on patrol in beni but for how long it was but agr

at his mar-a-lago resort.es say they kept him updated throughout the evening on all of these events. and we're waiting for some kind of formal announcement from the white house or from president trump. all we've seen is this, a tweet sent out by the president, just shortly after the first reports of air strikes came in, of just an american flag. now, no indication of whether or not he's going to speak or address this later today. of course, we're keeping our ear to the ground. christine, i want to note that the president was not here making the decisions alone. we've learned that the national security adviser, robert o'brien, was here with him at mar-a-lago, as well as the house minority leader, kevin mccarthy. look at this. this is an instagram post from mccarthy just hours ago, that really showcases the president around his resort of mar-a-lago. it shows him with president trump, as well as jared kushner, his son-in-law, and a presidential adviser. along with the deputy press secretary, hogan giddily, in dif

embassy and last night at mar-a-lago praised the response by the marines. >> i think that it has been handled very well. marines came in, we had some great warriors come in and do a fantastic job. they were there instantaneously. i used the word immediately. they came immediately. and it is in great shape. this will not be a benghazi. benghazi 1450 nevshould never h handed. this will never be a benghazi. >> and joining me is hans nichols who is in florida. and also ali arouzi. what is the situation on the ground right now? >> well still a fluid situation but perhaps not as volatile as it was at its peak. but mobs camped outside of the gates of the embassy overnight. and tho this morning more crowds arrived to join them. and u.s. marines were forced to fire tear gas again to push back the protestors who had lit fires on the roof of the reception area, they used make shift ramps to scale the walls. but geoff, just moments ago the umbrella group in charge of the shia militia in iraq issued a statement asking protestors to leave the area and respect the iraqi government. i've been watchin

david. >> rebecca, thank you. >>> next, the dangerous incident outside mar-a-lago. a speeding suv breaching two security checkpoints. shots fired by the secret service and two sheriffs. david wright is there. >> reporter: tonight, this woman is under arrest after a chaotic scene near the president's palm beach club just hours before his arrival. police say 30-year-old hannah roemhild drove a black suv through two of mar-a-lago's security checkpoints. >> this woman's driving on the wrong side of the road, going 70 plus miles per hour, with people all over the place. >> reporter: the secret service and sheriff's deputies then opening fire, hitting the vehicle. but the driver sped off. >> we're going to fire when our lives are in danger and there's danger to the public, and that's exactly what happened. >> reporter: police say roemhild then managed to pick up a passenger before a florida strait trooper located her bullet riddled suv at this palm beach hotel, tackling her as she attempted to flee to her room. >> this is not a terrorist thing. this is someone obviously i

it is the end of the road for the kekes and okadas of lagos.unced what he is calling his ultimate dealfor middle east peace. one of the world ‘s most intractable conflicts. it proposes giving israel sovereignty over all of its settle m e nts sovereignty over all of its settlements in the occupied west ba n k settlements in the occupied west bank while promising at the palestinians, who had no say in initiations, and economic bonus and future statehood. there is much more on that and more and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter — i'm @bbc mike embley. hello there. temperatures are set to climb over the next few days, after what has been for some of us a brief taste of winter. there's still enough snow and indeed moisture lying on the ground to give the potentialfor some icy stretches through wednesday morning, which could cause some travel problems. temperatures as we start the day around about freezing, dropping below freezing across parts of scotland. probably not quite as cold as it was on tuesday morning, but still c

it is the end of the road for the kekes and okadas of lagos.arth — but it's amazing what life can still be found there. one of those inhabitants is the loa water frog — an incredibly rare amphibian that is facing possible exctinction. now — a team of scientists in chile is racing against time to preserve them. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. this isn'tjust a frog — it's practically a miracle of nature. the loa water frog is a survivor. it's a survivor that may not survive for much longer. their numbers are dwindling at a speed that is almost unprecedented. translation: unfortunately, the levels are on par with the mass extinction of dinosaurs from many years ago. the difference now is that we are because of it the most affected animals are amphibians. they are becoming extinct as the days go by. this is just about the only place the frogs can be found. a handful of them were discovered in a rapidly drying riverbed in northern chile. these animals may be small but their contribution to the habitat is vast. translation: amphibians are very importan

people who come to lagos, gone to see what is possible and they go back and southern company.ll across the continent. the medium seen as quintessentially american being reborn in africa. i pictured from the philippines. the volcano is still going out smoke, ash, and lover. the authorities are wanting of an expressive eruption within hours or days to 70, just south of the capital, manila. it's a secondary package of volcano in the philippines. further options are likely in the coming days, there we re likely in the coming days, there were numerous, we call them tremors but without roman —— earthquakes overnight continue —— indicating continuing movement of magma under volcano. officials have indicated a state of calamity. before we go, there's just time to bring you this story from alaska. a man has been rescued after surviving more than three weeks in the alaskan wilderness, with little food or shelter. tyson steele was stranded after his remote cabin was destroyed by fire. he lived on canned food and used debris to make a tent in sub—zero temperatures. after being alerted by

lagos nigeria population more than 20000000 a small group of dancers has arrived from germany they aim to create a new kind of ballet that will include the best of westen and african influences. this creation of adventure is led by choreographer rick should see. the dance studio is located behind a gas station in the middle of an industrial area the dances know each other some of the met while the project was in the development stage others have danced on stage with siegel fee is. the beginning was incredible when it became i mean did it me was the cloud on all the n.f.c. it was so. their energy is contagious i think they're amazing. the choreography is done and redone and redone and we've done it redone it's a volatile art form and at times it's useful. to see release some kind of latent energy which may still exist within the world. we have this downs that's choreographed we can teach it parts of we can modify parts of that but it shouldn't it's not just in one direction that's what i'm what i'm saying the important thing is exactly what has happened when we walked into the room and

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headed into the island to the boulevard near mar-a-lago.oint and then proceeded along the southern boulevard. the vehicle turned onto southern boulevard and tomorrow lago, it's unclear at this point after the agency furrowin firing stopt the intention was. two people are in custody and there has been no harm to anyone at or near mar-a-lago and the president is headed there for super bowl weekend. we will have more after this. ♪ through the at&t network, edge-to-edge intelligence gives you the power to see every corner of your growing business. from using feedback to innovate... to introducing products faster... to managing website inventory... and network bandwidth. giving you a nice big edge over your competition. that's the power of edge-to-edge intelligence. neil: a selloff going on the dow jones industrial negative four for the month, the big catalyst since i've been mentioning the coronavirus, that is centric on that and the idea that this will lead to a global slowdown, and might be overdone but we should say this builds up a head of

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boris sanchez is at the mar-a-lago resort in florida where the u.s. president just landed a few hours ago. i want to start with jomana, though, in the iraqi capital. jomana, describe the mood there if you will. >> reporter: it's a very tense mood as you can imagine, becky. people here are absolutely terrified of what happens next. where is all of this headed? you know, there are some who are obviously happy to see the end of qasem soleimani, who they blame for a lot of the bloodshed, especially during the height of the sectarian war here in iraq. but at the same time, he does have a lot of support, especially amongst those iranian-backed shia militias that he commanded during the fight against isis especially, you know, on the front lines of that battle. and, you know, so many people are angry here, becky. they feel that this has been real violation of iraqi sovereignty. they feel that yet again this country has been turned into an arena for global powers, regional powers to settle their scores. and once again it is the iraqi people who are caught in

different aspect to donald trump and mar-a-lago and who he's telling things to. let's listen. >> this is exactly what happened two weeks ago with the iranian attack where we took out general soleimani, where the president did not tell the gang of eight. he told the gang of mar-a-lago where he was telling his friends and other senators there and his son who put out a tweet intimating this was coming. but the president has cut out congress. and i think you have to conclude that that's because congress has continued at least in the house to hold him accountable and so he's being punitive. but he's not just punishing and hurting us. he's putting our troops at risk and our democracy if we're not able to defend it. >> different issue, senator van holland, than what you and senator warren are looking at. but the idea that the president is not taking seriously the article 1 obligations in the constitution that congress has. that's been clear from the refusal to allow people to testify and to send information over. but it does seem to be reaching new levels. and when you

: david, the new tape shows indicted rudy giuliani associate lev parnas at president trump's mar-a-lago resort at a small fund-raising event. the april 2018 gathering was ten days before another event caught on tape where parnas and president trump are in a small, private dinner at trump hotel in washington, where they discuss rue yan. david, these videos challenge the president's assertions that he does not know parnas.

we know he's here behind us at his mar-a-lago club.was seen at dinner earlier from a person who told me also there is the national security adviser on property tonight. that's not unusual for the national security adviser to be around the president. he was here on sunday when he flew down with mike pompeo, and mark esper, they made the brief statements about the strikes. they took no questions, left, and flew back to washington several hours later. we are told that national security adviser has returned. we're waiting to see if there are any other officials around the president. as far as the activities today, we have not seen him in his public schedule. cnn did get a shot of him earlier on the golf course. he was out of his club for about five hours before returning to mar-a-lago earlier. and other than that, we're still waiting to hear more from the white house. and that could potentially just come from the pentagon tonight. >> all right. kaitlan collins, thank you very much. it's not clear if we're going to get a statement now or no

huge as well there is an elementary school not too far from where we are today on the outskirts of lagos in liking to be precise where the children learn some very important lessons about everything including when it will energy they say 1st time the advantages of solar power because a school generates its own and that's all. you want the kids to sort out what these kids have lots of ideas about what can be done to combat climate change burn fuel for still feel is ride a bicycle use solar powered discussions of this nature of giving high priority at this school who want our children to be a problem so must we want them to be people able to move and the environment and not do things they are showing school principal because a lot only one lady is leading by example she runs the abbotts heart school the private elementary institution not far from lagos the principal has had solar panels installed on the roof of the building. if the firm was such that we have 3 already answered for the left and they all. each of them retired i thought and i thought if i write the. supply and be viewed in. a

the president headed to mar-a-lago, headed to a rally. hearing in my ear. so the president there, the line highlighted. we took action to stop a war not to start a war. kaitlan collins, earpiece back in. kaitlan is covering the president for us. she's in mar-a-lago. critics of fearful otherwise? >> reporter: critics are. heard it from democrats saying they disagree with the decision to strike and kill this commander, but were questioning what the aftermath would look like and what the larger strategy would be from the administration. now you didn't hear the president highlight that or go into what exactly he thinks the response will be. not even predicting what ethinks iran will do but defending his decision to authorize this strike that killed iran's most powerful military leader saying we did not do this, take this action to start a war. we took this action to stop a war. now, that comes as we've been reporting that the president has been hearing a little pushback from some people questioning what the aftermath of this is going to look like, but these are

the meantime he's filling it with whatever tweets and input he's getting from folks there in mar-a-lagol see what happens with this. up next, pete buttigieg is starting the new year off on a very high note. sometimes your small screen is your big screen. and with the xfinity stream app, which is free with your service, you can take a spin through on demand shows, or stream live tv. download your dvr'd shows and movies on the fly. even record from right where you are. whether you're travelling around the country or around the house, keep what you watch with you. download the xfinity stream app and watch all the shows you love. >>> pete buttigieg is kicking off the election year with a bang. early this morning his campaign reported it raised more than $24.7 million in the last quarter of 2019. now, that's a big jump from the previous quarter and essentially matches his best showing of the year. the campaign says that the money came from the 326,000 individual donors with an average donation of 33 bucks. all told, buttigieg raised more than $76 million in 2019, quite an impressive number f

this video tonight, the man standing next to the president there at ma a lago, saying president trump knew exactly what was going on. president trump responding tonight, and we begin with mary bruce on this historic day. she's on the hill tonight. >> on the part of the house will be received -- >> reporter: today, on the senate floor, a solemn ceremony seen just twice before in american history. the trial of president donald trump, now officially under way. >> at 12:00 noon, the senate will receive the managers of the house of representatives to exhibit the articles of impeachment against donald john trump, president of the united states. >> reporter: a sight rarely seen. nearly all 100 senators present, sitting quietly in their seats. >> hear ye, hear ye, all persons are commanded to keep silent, on pain of imprisonment. >> reporter: the chief justice john roberts then sworn in. >> raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that in all things pertaining to the trial of the impeachment of donald john trump, president of the united states, now pending, you will do impartial justice a

boris sanchez is in south florida near the president's mar-a-lago resort. the president said he's not looking to start a war with iran. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. the president saying the strike was intended to prevent war, adding this should have been done a long time ago. trump citing an imminent and sinister plan by the iranians to attack u.s. interests but the president not giving very many specifics about that plan. and, wolf, we're learning that the strike first came up in conversation during a meeting between president trump and advisers, military brass and some key lawmakers at mar-a-lago on tuesday. we're told there was a robust internal debate with some of the advisers actually pushing back on the president, openly expressing hesitation to what kind of retaliation the u.s. could face from a strike on iranians. we're told that president trump was adam ant that the strike had had to take place and defensive in the conversation and some of that came through in the remarks the president gave today. listen to more of what he said. >> last night a

i was in florida with the president in mar-a-lago. we talked to some of his aids in and out. congressional aids were give an rudementry briefing. there was no question the timing issue remained very, very vague. i was with the president on the flight back from florida on sunday when he spoke to the press pool about half an hour. and he danced around the subject. >> imminence? >> yes. the idea we had to do this now or something terrible would happen. this is striking a republican is saying this today. suggesting this is an attempt to distract from impeachment and whatever it might be and say the administration has not been able to prove why the action is taken now. but doesn't change the fact at the it could have had a catastrophic fashion. >> mike lee is saying basically it's an american. this is the secretary of state, head of the cia, secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs saying they delivered the worst briefing and said if they're going to debate war power authority for congress, they would endanger america. i would be flabbergasted if there weren't con

brings him to mar-a-lago, keeps using him.he president may want to put him on the stand and may want him to serve as attorney in the trial, although it would be an odd move. mcconnell is trying to keep this thing tight and quick, get it off the plate. if rudy giuliani is testify, this thing could go south fast. >> what are we going to see as early as the second, third full week in january. you've got the senators at their desks. what are the mechanics? >> all 100 senators will have to sit in their chairs. they have to sit and listen. technically, they're not supposed to have their phones with them. this is what mcconnell has been telegraphing to senators tr months. the idea they're going to be sitting in their chairs for hours at a heim. not able to speak. >> how's a u.s. senator going to do that? >> they're nervous about the idea this could, hypothetically, they're going to get antsy. they're going to be sit iting there. hear the case from the prosecutors. the house managers. they're going to hear the defense from the white h

told that this is something that's sort of unraveled over the course of a couple days here at mar-a-lago. there were serious discussion within the administration after, we're told, they received information and intelligence that showed that there was multiple threats against americans in that region from iran. now, look, according to sources who have spoken with congressional democrats, that evidence that has been presented to them is not enough. they say that basically it has not been enough to tell them that this was an imminent threat. it has not been enough to let them know that was this anything different than they had been seen going on in the region as wreenlt in may, 2019, the movement of equipment. they're just not convinced right now. but the joint chief mark millman said he found the evidence to be overwhelmingly compelling and it was clear they needed to act. he was asked if it was imminent. he said it could have been within the next days, weeks or months. a lot of this looks like we are kwaubeling over the idea of what the idea of imminent means here and whether or not this

lagos comiccon is able to discover new talent. start their own company. the entrepreneurship might kick in and they might want to start something of their own. it seems comic books are booming, notjust in nigeria but all across the continent. a medium seen quintessentially american is being reborn in africa. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. we have another dose of wet and windy weather. ston brendan is to the north of scotland. the next system is drawing in the cloud, strengthening the wind and we have already seen some outbreaks of rain which will continue over parts of england and wales. wintry showers continuing further north. they will strengthen later in the afternoon with gilles developing quite widely for england and wales. strongest gusts towards the south—west. still quite windy and the far north—west of scotland, nothing unusualfor this time of year. milder further south. 13 in the south—east of england. we will hang on to the rain for longer. it will turn heavy overnight. clear skies developed e

why would he tell the people at mar-a-lago on new year's eve about what was going to happen in iran? was it so they could buy oil futures? what was the point of that? we have to think about the fact that there is no strategy here. he never had any strategy. we know he has always surrounded himself with hawkish people who wanted to eliminate iran. we talk about this country as if it's not a country filled with actual people, right. what did you say? sand and blood. there are actual human beings that are there and we need to think about that when we're talking aboutthe strategies or the lack there of that he is putting in place. >> we have to bring in a congressman for some comment on this, as well. there's no hope of diplomacy continuing within this administration or likely beyond it and now that deal is dead. help us understand what you're thinking for the isolation of iran and really what it means for what seems likely to be a country who is going to get nuke ler weapons as a result of this. >> when they tore it up they assured us the alternative was not war. it was not military act

. >> nancy cook, there were rumblings that guests at mar-a-lago seemed to know something big was on the way. but a week ago, a week ago tonight, would anyone at the white house have guessed or told you that we'd be where we are now? >> no, absolutely not. and i think that the strike early friday morning against soleimani came as a huge surprise to a number of white house officials, even national security council officials. and what was fascinating to me was that the people who were in the loop were largely, you know, mar-a-lago members had some sort of hint maybe something was happening. trump family members hinted at it on twitter. senator lindsey graham was told. so it seemed like initially it was largely trump's allies and people who he felt like were loyal to him that were informed whereas key congressional leaders, this was a surprise to them. i think that what we're going to see this week as congress returns to washington from the holiday break, i think we're going to see more and more congressional leaders clamoring for a sense of why the president decided to do this strike now,