the beginning of a still week is a holy time for christians but in mecca the celebrations were marred by violence as worshippers were leaving sunday mass 2 suspected suicide bombers set off explosions outside the indonesian city's main catholic cathedral one of them was said to be a woman. it happened during the shift change of prayer as the attacker was trying to enter our church and one of our staff was suspicious when the attacker was trying to stand near the gate later the bomb exploded. president called for calm saying his government would ensure people of all faiths can worship without fear. cross oxys that oh smug this book i strongly condemn the terrorism act and i have given instruction to the police chief to take down the terrorist network to the root. places of worship in indonesia have been targeted be fall police are investigating if this attack is linked to religious extremism the majority muslim country has a history of islamist attacks indonesia has been on high alert in recent months following the arrests of the prominent leader of an extremist group counter-terrorism

the beginning of a still wake is a holy time for christians but in mecca the celebrations were marred by violence as worshippers were leaving sunday mass 2 suspected suicide bombers set off explosions outside the indonesian city's main catholic cathedral one of them was said to be a woman. to get a quick it happened during the shift change of press the attacker was trying to enter our church and one of our staff was suspicious when the attacker was trying to stand at the gate later the bomb exploded. president called for calm saying his government would ensure people of all faiths can worship without fear. oxy there are some other sport i strongly condemn the terrorism act and i have given instruction to the police chief to take down the terrorist network to the root of some. of their places of worship in indonesia have been targeted be fall police are investigating if this attack is linked to religious extremism the majority muslim country has a history of islamist attacks indonesia has been on high alert in recent months following the arrests of the prominent leader of an extremist

describe and so i think gotten is off to a strong start here in the pacific here in asia right in mecca from the australian national university pleasure talking to him thank you for joining us. thank you indeed. and that's professor metcalf was saying the u.s. dialogue in the region will be in evidence all through this week between the 15th and 18th of march researchers start antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin will be in tokyo and seoul to meet their counterparts on the 18th and any blink in the metal security advisor jake sullivan need to chinese foreign minister one year and top diplomat young g g in alaska and between the 19th and 21st of march lloyd austin is the new delhi talking to senior officials there. coverage of all of that all this week on the news asia. in the indian capital delhi a street kitchen run by a former id professional has become a lifesaver for the poor and the needy for just one cent people can eat a full meal. it's lunchtime every day former i.t. expert praveen going al works in his street kitchen in delhi over 1000 people in need come here every

know mecca the sands of the area know how i. how they enter and exit our youth is very cooperated in this matter but there's another often unspoken reason driving this desire for greater empowerment the fear that shia armed groups could use isis activity as an excuse to take control of the area just as they did in other parts of iraq. the militias say they will come to protect us but the log houses and farms last year prime minister most the bulk of the me assured people in tahrir mia no outside force would occupy their land a fragile promise in a country where the state struggles to assert its authority while also battling isis resurgence seem awful to 0 mia the colombian government has given us for its role in the case of a journalist who was kidnapped tortured and raped while reporting on the civil war she say was the final day of hearings in the international trial underway at the american court of human rights but the victim says the government's apologies simply not enough. reports from bogata. i guess you are it took the

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te's in indonesia say a suicide bomber has detonated himself outside a catholic church in the city of mecca another would be attacker was stopped by police or shippers were celebrating mass to mark the start of the easter week when the bombing happened at least 10 people were hurt. police in bellerose have detained more than 100 activists and a number of leading journalists following renowned anti-government protests mung 5 reporters arrested on saturday was dave correspondent nick connelly who's been covering the protests against authoritarian leader alexander lukashenko. for the 2nd time in as many weeks beijing has been blanketed in dust as a dangerous sand storm hit the city visibility was severely reduced in the air quality index rose beyond the maximum safe level those who ventured outside had to take special precautions against pollution. $5000.00 revelers have doubts the night away in barcelona the rock concert was part of a study looking at ways to safely hold large events during the pandemic music fans were required to wear face masks and test negative for covert 19 on the day of

authorities in indonesia say a suicide bomber has detonated outside a catholic church in the city of mecca sour injuring several people but the attack comes on the 1st day of the catholic holy week which culminates in easter sunday a priest of the church said 10 people were hurt some of them seriously. and among egyptians of are his cannot say when the container ship blocking the suez canal will be refloated 9000 tons of ballast have been removed from the ever given a vessel has been stuck for 5 days hundreds of ships are waiting outside one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. $5000.00 revelers have down for the night away in barcelona the rock concert was part of a study looking at ways to safely hold large events during the pandemic music fans were required to wear face masks and test negative for covert 19 on the day of the event. meanwhile thousands of women have marched in istanbul to protest against the turkish government's withdrawal from an international treaty on abuse their stand convention was championed by turkey 10 years ago now with ankara as withdrawal many women in turke

authorities in indonesia say a suicide bomber has detonated outside a catholic church in the city of mecca saar injuring several people the attack comes on the 1st day of the catholic holy week which culminates in easter sunday a priest at the church said 10 people were hurt some of them seriously. thousands have rallied in cities across the united states to demand an end to hate crimes against asian americans a surge in anti asian racism and violence have stoked fear and outrage in the community earlier this month 6 asian american women were killed in a shooting rampage in atlanta georgia. $5000.00 revelers have danced through the night in barcelona the rock concert was part of a study looking at ways to safely hold large events during the pandemic music fans were required to wear face masks and test negative for covert 19 on the day of the event. thousands of women have marched in istanbul to protest against the turkish government's withdrawal from an international treaty on abuse is stamboul convention was championed by turkey 10 years ago now with ankara as withdrawal many women in tur

authorities in indonesia says suicide bomber has detonated outside a catholic church in the city of mecca soph injuring 7 people a attack comes on the 1st day of the catholic holy week which culminates in aced the sunday a priest at the church said 10 papal have been hurt some of them seriously. and. thousands have rallied in cities across the united states to demand an end to hate crimes against asian americans assertion as the asian racism and violence has stoked fears and outrage in the community earlier this month 6 asian american women were killed in a shooting rampage in atlanta georgia. french energy giant her town has suspended its gas operations in northern mozambique after an attack one of its facilities security sources say several people died when militant islamists seized the town of palma hundreds have fled after days of fighting. $5000.00 revelers have danced the night away in barcelona a rock concert was part of a study looking at ways to safely hold large events during the pandemic is it fans were required to wear face masks and test negative to cope at 19 on the day of t

the beginning of a still wake is a holy time for christians but in mecca the celebrations were marred by violence as worshippers were leaving sunday mass 2 suspected suicide bombers set off explosions outside the indonesian city's main catholic cathedral one of them was said to be a woman. or could happen during the shift change of press the attacker was trying to enter our church and one of our staff was suspicious when the attacker was trying to stand at the gate later the bomb exploded. president djoko we don't called for calm saying his government would ensure people of all faiths can worship without fear. or cross oxy there are some of us book i strongly condemn the terrorism act and i have given instruction to the police chief to take down the terrorist network to the root of some. places of worship in indonesia have been targeted before police are investigating if this attack is linked to religious extremism the majority muslim country has a history of islamist attacks indonesia has been on high alert in recent months following the arrests of the prominent leader of an extremis

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a group said to be aspired by eisel they were the only people killed in the attack in the city of mecca which injured 19 people jessica washington has more from jakarta. we know now that the 2 bombers were in fact a married couple who only been married for 6 months before they carried out this attack on a cathedral in the city of mecca we also know that these 2 individuals belonged to the local chapter of a militant organization known as j 80. dollars love that is a militant organization in indonesia that has a violent history of targeting churches and also police stations it's the same organization that was responsible for the church bombings in the philippines in 2019 and also church bombings in sort of buying into misa in $28.00 this is an organization which has launched these small scale attacks and the style of yesterday's attack in terms of involving 2 spouses is quite characteristic of this organization now in terms of the security landscape in engine asia the situation has really changed and these type of bombings did not happen at the same sort of frequency that they did 15 or

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months on rusa the new molly an emperor and sunjata key test grandnephew undertook a pilgrimage to mecca via egypt. the fall of the caravan routes all the way up to cairo. this journey marked the completion of a long process the establishment of a massive commercial trading zone between timbuktu and cairo. for the 1st time a leader from the south met those in power in the north. the egyptian historian and the crazy reported a man some spectacular arrival in cairo on the night of sunday 50 instrument the 1st the moon rose completely eclipsed. then came and some king after cool to make the pilgrimage. he. they need for 3 days at the feet of the pyramids as a gas. he entered cairo on thursday 26 rattrap ascended the citadel but that line to kiss the ground and wasn't forced to do so. however he was not allowed to sit in the presence of the sort of. the sultan can manage that he be equipped for the pilgrimage. commands a moose i was accommodated and spend so much gold for what he desired slave girls garments at the rate of the dean out fell by 60 rounds. and nobody has actually before or aft

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be speaking to the country's ambassador to germany for a closer look but before that we take you to mecca the troubled regions capital where at 1st sight they view life appears to have returned to normal but the conflict that began in early november has left its deep box many residents on the number of displaced people who have sought for a future in the city continued reports of the war still raging on. hundreds of civilians are being treated for their injuries in hospitals in the region's capital mckillop they come from all over to great the conflict started over 4 months ago thousands are believed to have been killed since that you tap sou'west sit in the to buy a bullet from you have to grab special forces and the if you'll be an army started fighting when the fighting stopped the t. ground forces left but the rest of the soldiers started killing civilians and the majority of the people died but some of us escaped in our area about 41 people died . and so we. most of the patients here say those carrying out the attacks are ethiopian and eritrean soldiers who are fighting the former ru

as sacred, he says, as mecca or mount sinai. >> from time immemorial, when we go back to the very beginninge talk about our religion, when we talk about our ancient songs and our ancient ways, it all came from these places. >> reporter: oak flat is a popular destination, for both campers and rock climbers. in 1955, it was protected from mining by president eisenhower. for decades, mining companies tried, and failed, to pass legislation authorizing oak flat to be privatized. then, in 2014, then senator john mccain, just hours before the vote, added a land exchange deal to the national defense spending bill. it passed, and it gave the land to resolution copper, a subsidiary of mining giants rio tinto and bhp copper. now, with the land set to be privatized, nosie and other groups have recently sued the u.s. government to stop the mine from going forward. the opposition to this project focuses how the mining itself would take place. even the mining company agrees, were the project to proceed, oak flat, and many of the areas around it, would be completely destroyed. resolution copper is planning

months and moosa the new molly and emperor and son john key test grandnephew undertook a pilgrimage to mecca via egypt. he followed the caravan routes all the way up to cairo. this journey marked the completion of a long process the establishment of a massive commercial trading zone between timbuktu and cairo. for the 1st time a leader from the south met those in power in the north. the egyptian historian usman crazy reported a man some who says spectacular arrival in cairo on the night of sunday 50 instrument 1st the moon rose completely eclipsed. and then came man's a new set. of to cool to make the pilgrimage. he . they need for 3 days at the feet of the pyramids as a guest. he entered cairo on thursday 26 russia ascended the citadel but the climb to kiss the ground and wasn't forced to do so. however he was not allowed as in the presence of the sultan. the sultan commanded that he be equipped for the pilgrimage. demands a moose i was accommodated and spend so much gold for watching inside slave girls garments that the reins of the dean out fell by 60 rounds. and nobody has actually befor

reports from mecca and she joins me now from. maria powerful painful testimony from the survivor you met how much help is there for the women who have been subjected to 1st horrific sexual abuse there will throughout the region help is very limited but in the hospital that i visited and i make a list so that's a referral hospital there is a small center called one stop center where women can go get their position and receive some medical treatment that they need but the main problem is that there's a massive shortage of medical equipment and medicine so it's very difficult for the nurses working there to actually provide the needed help to these women and the men within the hospital women who've been raped and got pregnant are able to get an abortion and receive some type of limited psychological support and the hospital also refers to some of the women. that i show in the beginning of the report where they receive additional psychological support but also know that help is very limited especially in rural areas with many health

know mecca the sounds of the area know how i saw moves how they enter. exit our youth has very cooperated in this matter but there's another often unspoken reason driving this desire for greater empowerment this year that shia armed groups could use isis activity as an excuse to take control of the area just as they did in other parts of iraq. the militias say they will come to protect us but the log by our houses and farms. last year prime minister most the bulk of the me assured people in tahrir mia no outside force would occupy their land a fragile promise in a country where the state struggles to assert its authority while also battling isis resurgence seem an awful teenagers era part of mia the u.n. population fund is trying to save what's left of maternal health services in yemen it says incredibly a woman dies in childbirth every 2 hours there and this is why only about half of all health facilities in yemen are actually functioning just 20 percent of those facilities provided maternal and child health services last year 80 of the $180.00 faciliti

the beginning of a still wake is a holy time for christians but in mecca the celebrations were marred by violence as worshippers were leaving sunday mass 2 suspected suicide bombers set off explosions outside the indonesian city's main catholic cathedral one of them was said to be a woman there's a lot of the lot of fact that go to court could happen during the shift change of prayer as the attacker was trying to enter our church and one of our staff was suspicious when the attacker was trying to stand near the gate. the bomb exploded it got me. president jerko we don't called for saying his government would ensure people of all faiths can worship without fear. oxy there are some other sport i strongly condemn the terrorism act and i have given instruction to the police chief to take down the terrorist network to the root of some. of our car their places of worship in indonesia have been targeted before police are investigating if this attack is linked to religious extremism the majority muslim country has a history of islamist attacks indonesia has been on high alert in recent months

correspondent maria get the cholesky reports from mecca and she joins me now from. maria powerful painful testimony from the survivor you met how much help is there for the women who have been subjected to this horrific sexual abuse you know all throughout the region and i hope very limited but in the hospital that i visited and i make a list so that's a referral hospital there is a small center called one stop center where women can go and make it their position and receive some medical treatment that they need but the main problem is that there's a massive shortage of medical equipment and medicine so it's very difficult for the nurses working there to actually provide the needed help to these women and the men within the hospital women who've been raped and pregnant are able to get an abortion and receive some type of limited psychological support and the hospital also refers to some of the women. that i show in the beginning of the report where they receive additional psychological support but all in all the help is very limited especially in rural areas with ma

the beginning of a still week is a holy time for christians but in mecca the celebrations were marred by violence as worshippers were leaving sunday mass 2 suspected suicide bombers set off explosions outside the indonesian city's main catholic cathedral one of them was said to be a woman. there were about a father to get a cricket happened during the shift change of press the attacker was trying to enter our church and one of our staff was suspicious when the attacker was trying to stand near the gate. the bomb exploded it got me. president called for calm saying his government would ensure people of all faiths can worship without fear. or cross oxy there are some other sport i strongly condemn the terrorism act and i have given instruction to the police chief to take down the terrorist network to the root of some by. their places of worship in indonesia have been targeted before police are investigating if this attack is linked to religious extremism the majority muslim country has a history of islamists to tie. axe indonesia has been on high alert in recent months following the arr

i would say we have seen last year the photos of pictures of st peter's square abundant the car by mecca being abandoned in the holy sites in jerusalem because of the of the pandemic and you see like leaders meeting for the summits online so i'm sure it's not the same like you peruse the streets of iraq or . see the people and greet them however this is not like an opportune time to go and assemble it can create mass assemblies of people in a time of a global pandemic what's all this going to feel like tucson on the ground at the moment in iran you know the country very very well its complexities and its conflict. i think it's a big sign for all religious minorities not just for tickets to people especially for example for the people and of course right now we have an awful situation with people who suffer. what isis has done to them so in 2014 when isis came into the. northern iraq where many people are living christian people and also as the people. they have still started to today so we are talking about $2800.00 women and women who are in the hands of isis and they don't want to be c

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be speaking to the country's ambassador to germany for a closer look but before that we take you to mecca the troubled regions capital where at 1st sight daily life appears to have returned to normal but the conflict that began in early november has left its deep box many residents on the number of displaced people who have such refuge in the city continued reports of a war still raging on. hundreds of civilians are being treated for their injuries in hospitals in the regions capital. they come from all over to the conflict started over 4 months ago thousands are believed to have been killed since that. to grant special forces and if you'll be an army started fighting when the fighting stopped the ground forces left but the rest of the soldiers started killing civilians and the majority of the people died but some of us escaped area about 41 people died. most of the patients here say those carrying out the attacks are ethiopian and eritrean soldiers who are fighting the former ruling party in the region the to great people's liberation front or the p.l.f. the federal government has yet of

i would say we have seen last year the photos of pictures of st peter's square abundant the car by mecca being abandoned at the holy sites in jerusalem because of the of the pandemic and you see like the leaders meeting for the summits online so i'm sure it's not the same like the streets of iraq or just see the people and greet them however at this is not like an opportune time to go and assemble it can create mass assemblies of people in a time of a global pandemic what's all this going to feel like tucson on the ground at the moment in iraq you know the country very very well its complexities and its conflict. i think it's a big sign for all religious minorities not just for the people especially for example for the people. of course right now we have an awful situation with people who suffer. what isis has done to them so in 2014 when isis came into the. northern iraq where many people are living christian people and also as the people. they have still started to today so we are talking about $2800.00 women and women who are in the hands of isis and they don't want to be connected wi

i would say we have seen last year the photos of pictures of st peter's square abundant the car by mecca being abandoned in the holy sites and she was ill and because of the of the pandemic and you see like bird leaders meeting for the summits online so i'm sure it's not the same like you peruse the streets of iraq or just see the people and greet them however at this is not like an opportune time to go and assemble it can create mass assemblies of people in a time of a global pandemic what's all this going to feel like there's an on the ground at the moment in iraq you know the country very very well its complexities and its conflict. i think it's a big sign for all religious minorities not just for the crew of people especially for example for the people and of course right now we have an awful situation with people who suffer. what isis has done to them so in 2014 when isis came into this. and they all the route to northern iraq where many people are living christian people and also as the people. they have still suffered to today so we are talking about $2800.00 women and women who a

right at the beginning of easter week on indonesia's soon away sea island catholics in the city of mecca saad gathered to mark palm sunday on a way to bombers were awaiting the pair try to enter the cathedral through the main gate but it was stopped. political the attacker was trying to enter our church and one of our staff soared and got suspicious he then stood by the gate and that's when the bomb exploded police cordoned off the area to dive the fire so far all police units are here including the forensic team and also the police chief the president said all people in indonesia have the right to her ship in peace. i strongly condemn this act of terrorism and i have given instructions to the police chief to investigate the networks of the perpetrators to take down that network to the root believe only 2000 bomb attacks in engineers are more frequent and killed many people but in recent years authorities have increased their crackdown on active network us experts say the threat has decreased but not disappeared. the security apparatus has actually created maximum deterrence but we know

rather security than we sort of europe during the cold war our quick comment from your professor the mecca of on their visits to south korea and japan by secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin what are they hoping to achieve in these visits. well it's very clear that the boyden administration is reengaging in a very constructive way with the whole indo-pacific region not only east asian countries like japan and south korea but also with india australia indonesia and many others but the japan and korea relationships are an important start because they are america's key treaty allies along with a stranger and so there's a reassurance the that america is not going to put transactional costs on japan or korea in the way that donald trump did there's also a commitment that america will support them in protecting their interests whether it's against china or north korea and frankly i think that there's a commitment to dialogue to listening which i think was missing in trying to be his gratian so i think boughten is off to a strong start here in the pacific here in a

injured in a suspected suicide bomb attack on a church in indonesia was carried out in the city of mecca as a congregation was gathering for the 1st day of the east a week media say the attacker died in the blasts. the protests have been held against a rise in violence and discrimination against asian americans in cities across the united states a number of ronnie's has increased since a gunman killed 6 women ovation dissent in atlanta cast her reports from one rally in washington. as burials for the victims of the georgia asian spa shootings continue people gathered in cities across the country for multi-day rallies against asian hate the crowd in the chinatown neighborhood of washington d.c. numbered about $100.00 among them was lille new when who left vietnam 8 years ago to study in the u.s. i didn't travel across the border to america to stay silent he says he had to speak up after the georgia mass shooting and after seeing a growing number of unprovoked attacks on asian americans this past year many of the victims have been elderly asian culture is we put our our our oldest our elde

explosion a suspected suicide bomb attack happened outside a catholic church in the indonesian city of mecca sa that left at least 14 people wounded and police say a muslim extremist group is responsible for that. it may go a container ship that has been jammed across the suez canal since tuesday is finally either freed or partially refloated according to different sources a vessel cause a backup of hundreds of cargo ships on both sides of the waterway however it's still not known how soon the canal will be open for traffic earlier egypt's president had stepped in and ordered preparations from lightning the vessel about 12 percent of all global trade passes through the suez canal which is the shortest sea link between asia and europe there was growing concern over international supply chains due to the blockage economist richard roth told us the canal has long been a disaster waiting to happen. it's going to raise prices it's going to delay shipments it's going to have a whole host of negative consequences that's already sure this is not the 1st time the canal has been blocked not at all it'

who only been married for 6 months before they carried out this attack on a cathedral in the city of mecca we also know that these 2 individuals belonged to the local chapter of a militant organization known as j 80. dollars love that is a militant organization in indonesia that has a violent history of targeting churches and also police stations it's the same organization that was responsible for the church bombings in the philippines in 2019 and also church bombings in sort of buying into misa in $28.00 this is an organization which has launched these small scale attacks and the style of yesterday's attack in terms of involving 2 spouses is quite characteristic of this organization now in terms of the security landscape in engine asia the situation has really changed and these type of bombings did not happen at the same sort of frequency that they did 15 or just 10 years ago but this organization as a result of the pressure from security forces has resorted to these small scale attacks and often holy planned attacks if the intention of the bombers was to cause a huge amount of damage and

fired on demonstrators in the town of boggle the younger on another protester died in the open city of mecca kenya thousands continue to defy curfews a military crackdown that the mond a return to democracy earlier the acting leader of the ousted civilian government urged supporters to keep pressure on the job in his 1st public statement since going into hiding non-winning kang tom promised a revolution to overturn the military coup the generals have justified that power grab based on what they say was widespread fraud in elections last year many civilian politicians have since formed what's described as a shadow parliament. this is the darkest moment of the nation and the moment when the dawn is close this is the time for our citizens to test their resistance against the dark moments. when forming our resistance unity plates a vital role despite our differences in the past this is the time you must grip our hands together to end that tater ship for good. that's reporter from al-jazeera terry chang who joins us live from bangkok and neighboring thailand we'll come to that statement from the

the islamic holiday of to honor his sacrifice of he's also who is thought to have built the kaaba in mecca in saudi arabia which is of course one of the main telegram which the main pilgrimage site for muslims so in visiting sites like these. the pope is really honoring the heritage and in the memory of christians in iraq but also hoping that he can somehow set a new foundation that he can perhaps even incentivize christian to come to christians to come to iraq as a part of a pilgrimage to visit for example abraham's house in order from a spiritual perspective this visit is really hugely important but the question again is will it result in any kind of real policy changes on the ground that will change the relations between muslims and christians we're just seeing pictures there of the inside of the airport now the pope who has moved inside he's being flanked. by people what appeared to be traditional dress who are. proud to be singing i believe as he walks up to the oil when you've been talking to people in baghdad some more know is there an indication from non christians about how import

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last wednesday massive crowds travels the sports stadium in the nation's largest city dar es salaam a mecca for these body was lying in state it will be taken to several venues across tanzania before a funeral in his home village on friday by good food who is a prominent cover 900 and i support has followed his example by showing few signs of social distancing as well as dismissing opposition claims that i could die from the virus so your bottom line amounts don't want to be did not dolly from coronavirus we accept the statement made by our government officials that has died of heart disease we have to make sure they take official information and get rid of the street rumors. about him divert covert cannot be true because his sickness was so whatever the cause of death he was always encouraging us to protect ourselves and be careful. while mourners also lined the streets of dar es salaam as mughal philly's coffin made its way to the airport to be flown to the capital to doma once there even more people turned out to pay their last respects another of another service is due to take place on

forces that city ground forces more to the central part of the region more to the capital mecca and that sort of created a security a security problem in those areas and it caused a lot of concerns in eritrea and that's why the troops had to be brought in but a lot of people are also saying that bjorn this troops being being withdrawn there needs to be investigation because they've also ringback. when accused of human rights abuses so it did right now we're waiting for more information from their prime minister's office especially about the timelines of the withdrawal and modalities of that as well will the ethiopian government allow the u.n. for example or even its own human rights commission to investigate these allegations of war crimes were out during in the past when you know there have been. i'm sorry we seem to have lost catherine the way that was that was catherine sawyer the nairobi let's move on william davidson is a senior ethiopia analyst at the international crisis group he says that the multiple reports of rights abuses integrate. the mounting evidence of eritrean involveme

injured in a suspected suicide bomb attack on a church in indonesia it was carried out in the city of mecca size a congregation was gathering for the 1st day of the east so weak media say the attacker died in the blasts and china and iran has signed a line walk 25 year cooperation pact to the deal will see beijing invest in key sectors of iran's economy including energy and infrastructure iranian economy has suffered under u.s. sanctions since washington withdrew from the 2015 nuclear agreement those are the headlines up front is up next on al-jazeera stay with us. seems a promising path out of the pandemic but implementing the greatest inoculation in history is testing the global community around the world already a clear gap is that between rich nations and poor ones when it comes to vaccinating their populations from the geopolitics to the pure economics the misinformation the latest developments what's going on here is very different for a start the vaccine comes in the form of the nasal spray special coverage of the corona virus pandemic just. as turkey pulls out of an international tr

ice leader whom the commander has personally known for years who was the same goes people of meccano mecca the sons of the area know how i see. moves how they enter and exit our youth has very cooperated in this matter but there's another often unspoken reason driving this desire for greater empowerment this year that shia armed groups could use isis activity as an excuse to take control of the area just as they did in other parts of iraq. the militias say they will come to protect us but the local byo houses and farms last year prime minister. assured people in tahrir mia no outside force would occupy their land a fragile promise in a country where the state struggles to assert its authority while also battling isis resurgence seem awful teenagers era mia maritime authority is in egypt have had to reopen an older section of the suez canal to divert traffic after one of the world's largest conquer ships blocked in both directions the 400 meter long 200000 ton ship operated by the evergreen company was knocked off course by strong winds and tugboat spent much of tuesday trying to dislodge i

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some mussa the new molly an emperor and son john tukey test grandnephew undertook a pilgrimage to mecca by egypt. you follow the caravan route all the way up to cairo. this journey marked the completion of a long process the establishment of a massive commercial trading zone between timbuktu and cairo. for the 1st time a leader from the south met those in power in the north. the egyptian historian and the crazy reported a man some who says spectacular arrival in cairo on the night of sunday 15 struck the 1st the moon rose completely eclipsed. and then came man's and. king of tycoon to make the pilgrimage. he. again for 3 days at the feet of the pyramids as a gas. he entered cairo on thursday $26.00 runs out ascended the citadel but the climb to kiss the ground and was in force to do so. however he was not allowed to sit in the presence of the sultan. the sultan commanded any be equipped for the pilgrimage. commands the moose i was accommodated and spend so much gold for what it is i slave girls goblins on the range of the dino fell by 60 rounds. and nobody has actually before or after d