the whole part of north africa has taken on a com pletely north africa has taken on a completely differentwe had most of the trouble in the middle east, and now we are moving to north africa where there are of course huge numbers of people, and you get that feeling all the time that the fact they have had to go to russia and discuss this matter with the foreign minister is that russia is being very smart in the way it has infiltrated on all these countries, libya, syria, now it is morocco. the only thing i will say and i hope it stays that way, that the prime minister at the moment, it seems to be benign to the degree that there are protests but there is no sign of violence yet. speaking about spheres of influence, you mentioned russia. some concerns about this story in the south china morning post. china signing deals on italian ports, and in some quarters, concerns that china, a huge amount of influence right in the heart of europe. the old italian prime minister is a bit of a rebel, isn't he? they are in trouble. they are in recession, they are desperate, they don't seem to have a good

the time when australia and new zealand were fighting in north africa and stationed in the u.k..t is part of the reason the u.s. had to move quickly to prevent australia and new zealand governments and peoples manning their troops get brought home to defend the islands. was, to counter pearl harbor, the new zealand population was small and supported the second new zealand division fighting in north africa, and elsewhere. the australians had formed the australian imperial force which is when you signed up and committed to anywhere you are sent around the globe. created fourns divisions, one of them was lost at singapore and the other three were in the middle east. part of this negotiation process was that the australians and new zealand, when the japanese peril became in effect, they wanted their troops brought home. the british wanted them to stay because they were a linchpin of the defense. the eventual agreement was that we sent these american troops out, and new zealanders left the second new -- the second new zealand division, and the australians brought two of their three di

and palestine so far so lots of has helped one million young people across the middle east and north africa find meaningful work it's chairperson her highness she. was in geneva this week to mark the tenth anniversary of salon founding and to announce an ambitious new target in addition to the one million young people we have already connected with drops we now have committed with in place to connect another two million young men and women by twenty twenty two that's three million meaningful jobs and businesses thanks to silicon supporters but we must do more. i therefore bravos propose that we set a new target and it is the board of five million by two and you're going to do. so a lot of acts as a bridge connecting often disaffected youth with apprenticeships micro financing initiatives and partners who can teach them how to run a business. the hope is it will help them become financially independent to achieve their aspirations and make a positive contribution to the economic and social development of their community slaughtered wants to combat marginalize ation in extremism it says young

this is a bizarre situation this ship seizure seems to be a sign of the migrants coming from north africa are getting more desperate will europe have to change its response. well i think it's the the problem the europeans are going to have is that you have this very powerful forces within europe that are welcoming the migrants when we hear about the populous politicians and acts of the name or by the nationalists who are opposing the flow of migrants into europe but we don't really hear too much about the very powerful forces that are encouraging and welcoming the migrants and i mean the corporations that think for cheap labor and a very powerful human rights lobby that is always using these migrant crises in order to bash the europeans for this suppose that heartlessness but i mean why should europeans just simply make way for somebody else i mean you know europe is a very nice continent it's a nice civilization it can very quickly cease to be a nice continent in a nice civilization once the millions of migrants start pouring in so i guess it's hard to say with the europeans are going to

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this is d w news live from berlin a major power change in the making in north africa algeria is in babel president pulls out of the upcoming elections protesters are celebrating after weeks calling for lizzie's beautifully good to step down he's postpone the elections and promise the country a new constitution after ruling out a bid for a fifth term in power. also coming up tonight investigators recover the black boxes from that crashed ethiopian ethiopian airlines flight it's hoped that the information moved into.

getting colder for a time it won't last however that's all taking place in mainland europe in north africa now the winds are taking or showing themselves to be quite strong as very dust in the middle of algeria but that directional so brings walls further north and some tribes. rewind continues i can bring your people back to life i'm sorry with updates on the best about just the arrests documentaries the struggle continues but from day till now these districts revisiting. anatomy of an american city i have close friends who were lost to the streets i can literally see the future of baltimore to the ass of my students and it does not look rewind on al-jazeera. hello again this is out zero let's remind you of the main news this hour parts of venezuela still experiencing a major power outage rival rallies been held both for against president because we do know in the capital opposition leader plan quite opens call for a nationwide march on caucus student leaders in algeria say the government's move toward the early closure of universities won't deter them young protesters have been leading s

always making their presence felt that well in terms of growth things are changing in terms of in north africa there's a lot of growth there there's been a lot of issues in the past in terms of tourism going down especially in egypt and tunisia the reasons for going to slay and that's been an issue so people sort of stop looking trips to those countries but that has changed sold the experience of growth but sub-saharan africa's. also experiencing a lot of growth as well and one thing that experts are saying is contributing to that is of course just the whole potential africa is remains still largely unexplored in terms of tourism the only attract you know a certain type of tourist who has a lot of money but is not too many of those and there's a lot of misinformation but that is changing of course with the internet and a lot of people informing themselves so a lot of potential is a lot does of those growth happening in africa but there's also a lot of potential so that's where they expect to see a lot of growth africa is also the second largest market for tourism in the world after asia so tha

newsline from berlin and power in change or political window dressing in north africa as embattled president pulling out of the upcoming elections protesters are celebrating after weeks of calling for abilities beautifully to to step down he's postponed elections and promised the country a new constitution after a ruling of a bid for a fifth. also coming up tonight investigators recover the black boxes from that crashed ethiopian airlines flight it's hoped the information flow contain clues as to why the boeing seven thirty seven crashed sunday killing everyone on board the weather was clear the plane was new so what went wrong and britain's theresa may makes an eleventh hour dash to strasburg concessions from the european union westminster lawmakers vote tomorrow again on her break. it's good to have you with us we begin tonight in algeria where president. has pulled out of the race for reelection the decision not to run for a fifth term comes after weeks of nationwide protest against his renewed candidacy in a letter to the jury an appeal. beautifully give said that the election that was p

clerics including sort of figures within the few logical community of both in the middle east and north africa and furthermore i think pointing out you know question essentially of migration problems which very often are related to this from countries i mean i've seen in the case of syria and in the case of northern africa it's not something that can simply be resolved by force actually requires a joint political solution so i think that this obsession that has been actually very consistent throughout there is not there lament which he's a matter of fact in many muslim countries christian communities in a very precarious situation which means incidentally that for this pope it's become a very high priority item in every agenda that he when he visits it's countries that motion the pope is going to meet with migrants and in the pasta. and understanding how americans react to that shway thing german speaking morrocco is sort of a showcase country for you know for the vatican essentially because it's a country that has a very long history of factually pretty strong integration minority communities

she is the head of the houses middle east and north africa program joining us now from london.ood to have you with us. >> good morning. >> let's talk about the simple significance of this moment. isis no longer holding territory in that region after years and years of bloody war. >> this is a very significant moment. having territory and having a so-called caliphate was a very big component of isis propaganda that it used to draw supporters from around the world. it went ahead, in terms of what they have said to achieve from supporters, ahead of any other islamic militant group in the world. that was a massive, massive draw, which means this is a massive, massive blow. >> the terror group no longer claims territory. doesn't the threat remain as the ideology is embraced by some who escaped and survived war and the threat of radicalization continues? >> absolutely. i think we should be very careful when we talk about defeat of isis at this moment. all isis lost, which is significant, its lost territory but the group is not eradicated. isis is very much at large. now, they will tr

say in north africa the algerian president abilities abilities beautifully has returned home to algiers after a two week stay in the swiss hospital the eighty two year old had been receiving medical treatment there for an undisclosed condition but asleep is returning as protests are growing in algeria over his intention to run for a fifth term. and in india's capital delhi crowds have gathered to mark sixty years since tibet's spiritual leader the dalai lama fled his homeland amid a failed uprising against chinese rule has been living in exile in india ever since tens of thousands of tibetans were killed during the failed revolt and nine hundred fifty nine while an estimated one hundred thousand tibetans fled the country. but it's like a soccer now it was a tough week for three for byron munich players for three players pardon me they were told just this week that their services were no longer required on the german national team germany coach york even live surprisingly ended the international careers of world cup winners tang that's who moves and thomas all three took to the field for

it's the first time the competition will be hosted in the middle east and north africa region since it'll find more from the the opening day of the uci para—cycling track world championships in the netherlands, where britain'sjody cundy and kadeena cox have both claimed gold. that's on bbc. co. uk/sport. that's all from me, more throughout the evening. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lucy fisher, defence correspondent at the times, and anand menon, director of uk in a changing europe thank you both for being with us. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the times leads with mps voting to ask the eu in the brexit process. the telegraph describes the move as ‘one last roll of the dice'. the financial times says theresa may has a better chance of getting her brexit deal passed as a result of this evening's vote. the express is less than impressed, branding mps failures for voting to delay brexit. the metro also goes with brexit, saying theresa may has secured herself some breathing space. the guardian carries

for reform in algeria and istanbul and yes i mean i lose a researcher and writer who focuses on north africa in beirut that i am a resident scholar at the carnegie middle east center and in algiers i'm a sociologist welcome everyone to this stream i want to start with some pictures to give our audience a sense of the scale of these protests take a look at my screen here this posted by red and has been shared several times on twitter he writes impressive drone footage showing the extent of the largest popular protests in algeria's history against the president's plan to cling to power and you can just see the scale of it there people looking tiny like this this is how it looks from a bird's eye view move over to this tweet here and this is been shown this and have a listen to what those protests actually sound like. and then today we got this one for. a member of our community malia here says i'm marching with students in algiers today incredibly emotional and powerful students united will never be defeated and she posts a picture of herself from the tuesday march nineteenth protest you can s

getting colder for a time it won't last however that's all taking place in mainland europe in north africa now the winds are taking or showing themselves to be quite strong as very dust in the middle of algeria but that directional so brings waltz further north and some tribes. over a hundred and sixty years ago a musician started a band in an arty strait in cairo. the brass band was so popular it gave birth to an entire musical genre. a century and a half later the sound still resonates with many egyptians today. the people's music on al-jazeera. welcome back just a quick look at stories making headlines now opposition protesters in venezuela have clashed with police during protests calling for president the duro to step down a large part of the country is now in its third day without power. colleges and universities in algeria have been ordered to close their campuses two weeks out of their scheduled spring break in an effort to quell student protests against the government a new satellite images show increased activity around the facility when north korea assembled most of its ballistic

louis as an analyst on the middle east and north africa he says the president is determined to cling to power. the president and the clan that is supporting the president trying to buy time buy time so the constitutional council sign on on his. campaign and buy time until they can organize and hold an election that is not likely going to happen if the protest movement continues in nigeria and we haven't seen any sign that this protest movement has weakened since february twenty second. but we have seen signs that this present movement has increased magnitude increased frequency and increased in intensity what behind it is a sense of shame if you go to argue and talk to the algerian people as i have done . you feel that there is a sense of shame since a for to get enough is enough and that's a refrain that you hear a lot enough is enough even in two thousand and four the movement that posed the fifth or the portrait of what if we come back that was called back at which me is enough this time is that i think this was kind of a gamble on behalf of what fluker and they called the bluff t

sparked the sunday egle al-jazeera let's bring in russia he's an analyst on the middle east and north africa he's been following the events in algeria extensively and joins us via skype from montgomery alabama. government says the president's back in the country we haven't actually seen him but if he is back what does this mean for the protest movement the short answer nothing. the longer answer is they're out the president and planned that he's sick we're going to the president trying to buy time buy time and so the constitutional council sign on on here is. campaign and buy time in told they can organize and hold new elections that is not likely going to happen the protest movement continues in nigeria and we haven't seen any sign that this protest movement has weakened since february twenty second. but we have seen signs that this process of movement has increased magnitude increased frequency and increase in intensity so to answer your question nothing really and as you say this weekend's protests have been the largest ever against but to free care and we're also seeing large protests in

and now to north africa and then almost forgotten conflict since one nine hundred seventy three the polish sario front national liberation movement has been campaigning for an independent state in the western sahara. is fighting raged in the desert first against spanish colonial rule then against occupation by morocco and mauritania hundreds of thousands of militants and their families fled the area to camps in algeria has been an armistice since one nine hundred ninety one but western sahara remains divided it's west in most regions are governed by morocco eastern and southern areas run by the policy front hundred sixty thousand refugees still living in camps in the algerian desert. this car is delivering. it's out in the desert. and i know it makes me proud to have established the first pizzeria in the refugee camps. and that i've done it alone as a woman using my own resources. to a lot of and. a pizza delivery service in algeria so hard desert with a young woman at the wheel. twenty eight year old hindu money is one of the ingredients in this rather unusual story. hundreds of thousands

the company is boasting 30 million customers in north africa, middle east and south africa. it is based in dubai. this all happens as uber is approaching an ipo that could be valued at about 100 uber is approaching an ipo that could be valued at about $120 billion. that email went out to uber employees. >>> stanford is making sweeping changes to its admissions process in the wake of the college brib firing its head sailing corules for sp recruits. all student athletes will now undergo a background check by a stanford leadership executive member. that person will review and confirm athletic credentials before students are admitted with only a recommendation by a coach. carla bury's daughter is an athlete then is looking at stanford is a possibility, as well as other possibilities. >> it is unfortunate. hopefully they find ways to put measures in place so it doesn't happen again. >> they need to take steps to keep it from happening. >> stanford is also investigating whether one of its students is connected to the scandal. in a blog post, school leaders say they are reviewing i

salute tech play into education and what are the challenges if particularly for the middle east north africa region as you know i am i'm i'm really i'm a great believer in education i believe in power of the cation transforming lives and societies indication is the basic moving rock cafe for human development that is the basis for sound people can learn their skills their knowledge. of citizenry and also they will construct their first word of you but indication i know it's not enough for you to fall for that with decent work and appointments we failed to provide our young people with the right environment economic social and cultural environment for their respect and their hope we have your very young population one third of all relations between fifteen years old and twenty nine years old this is a very productive age this is the generation that can drive the engine of our economic growth and lead. our social changes because of the changes so i believe that it is better if to invest in them and to give them the opportunity that by which they can be active in their societies and practice th

mpower change, or political windowdressing and north africa. algeria's embattled president pulls out of upcoming elections. protesters are celebrating after weeks calling for abdelaziz bouteflika to step down. he h has postponed elections and promised the country a new constitution after ruling out a bid for a fifth term in power. investigators uncovered the black boxes from that crashed ethiopian airlines flight. it is hoped the information will include why the boeing 737 crashed sunday, killing everyone on boa.. the weather was clear, the plane was new, so o what went wrong? venezuela still in the dark. reports of people looting and people dying in hospitals as the catastrophic blackout enters the fourth day. the countries of self-declared president calling on lawmakers to declare a state of alarm. a surprise return and the world of soccer. real madrid reappointed former player zinedine zidane as head coach. less than a year after he left the club. zidane conquered europe with madrid. can he do it again? ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. to our viewer

have distinctive ears we show our photos later to experts who tell us these are servile cats from north africa. following his twenty ten conviction malaysia's government banned wang and his wife . from holding business. and wildlife trading permits. yet someone in government did knowingly sign off on new licenses are search a public records found that both anson and his wife at had several business permits renewed from the book it jumble reptile sanctuary. to errol flynn. to c.b.s. wildlife. posing as customers we visit the penang address listed for the company. where we find answers wife being she almost immediately she confirms she and her husband are still trading and we're really really. back to. our documents search also and covers another company gronow wildlife it was formed after wong's twenty ten convictions listed owner is a name we don't recognize. but trading permits show it exports the same animals as anson did to the same us customers he had before his arrest. i think the door might be open so. rose address is listed on the upper floor of a commercial strip in the name of somebod

think that is going to do to the general mood, the environment, regarding rescuing migranants from north africa? richard: it is a very unstable country. there is no menu that you can follow as well as a crew on a normal vessel. the crew now decided that it is not a safe port and that is why they go north. brent: it sounds like the dangers are certainly not decreasing i in the mediditerra. we appreciate you taking the time to look at this tonight. a turkish court has dismissed a case against an investigative journalist andy dw contributor, who is being sued by the turkish finance minister after reporting allegations connecting the politician to offshore tax havens. her investigation was made possible by leaked documents. the court case was dismissed for exceeding church it -- turkish statute of limitation laws. >> she is used to court appearances by now. she has been through two criminal trials. her husband and father by her side. outside court on thursday, the family was relieved. >> of course i am happy about this verdict. it is bittersweet. earlier this year, the same judge sentenced me to mo

we go now from north africa to the middle east. years of campaigning in jordan for better protection for women threatened by domestic abuse. it is beginning -- it is hard to believe, but it is common practice to place women at risk of abuse in prison. supposedly for their own protection. last year covering debt --last year, the government announced that it is giving women a new way to start new lives. >> it has been years since this woman l lasts our h husband, bue abuse she suffered is still fresh in mind. >> when the beating got really bad, i would run away to the neighbors. my hususband suspected i was having an affair w with my neighbor, so he beat me again and strangled me. >> authorities feared her husband d might kill her in the name of family honor, so they put her in prison. the 42-year-old mother of eight was incarcerated for seven months under a georgian crime prevention law, which has long been used to indefinitely jail women considered to be at risk. supposedly for their own protection. >> they jailed me with women fac

so some good background there from hashem a whole bar al jazeera correspondent who's covered north africaextensively for many years now giving us an idea of well what life has been like under president abilities. it would appear that change is coming in some form of the other is he has announced that elections due april will be postponed he won't be running for a fifth term as president which of course caused such large scale protests in algeria the other developments of that his prime minister yahia has resigned as well and that a new constitution will be submitted to a national referendum with a promise of political and economic reform we've also heard there was a meeting with the army chief i think that picture might still be on algerian television if we can have just a little quick look at that they've got a still shot there of abilities but a figure on the right meeting with the army chief general ahmed had and the army's position is always so important in situations like this here's some fresh pictures as well of course this coming in direct from algerian television so we don't have

this is deja news live from berlin a power change or political window dressing in north africa jury is embattled president pulls out of upcoming elections protesters are celebrating after weeks calling for optimal lizzie's beautifully could a step down he's postponed elections and promised the country a new constitution after ruling out a bid for a fifth term.

think that's going to do to the general mood in the environment regarding rescuing migrants from north africa. i do the situation it's really crazy in the moment very unstable country is specially of the so-called coast guard so there's no manual that you can follow as well as a crew on board off a commercial. and this makes everything very complicated as well i think the crew now decided to say that it's not a safe harbor and that's why they go north. it sounds like the dangers are certainly not decreasing there in the mediterranean that's for sure richard britta joining us tonight from voletta in malta richard we appreciate you taking the time to talk with us tonight thank you thank you. breakdancing has been given a provisional green light to be included in the twenty twenty four olympics in paris that's right critics argue the pursuit is not strictly a sport and that judging routines is simply too subjective but its proponents are ready to the world and to change people's minds. breakdancing is part of a new generation of sports the international olympic committee has recommended adding i

libya which is the main starting point for refugees and migrants trying to cross the sea from north africa to europe we spoke to london metropolitan university senior research fellow george somewhere who thinks that the immigration crisis is nato's fault. well i think it's the problem the europeans are going to have is that you have this very powerful forces. within europe that welcoming the migrants i'm sure that the initial response of the multi-source origins will be we are not letting anybody in. but now with. the human rights the amnesty international the george soros crowd will say by god this is inhumane european civilization is coming to an end these are people fleeing from most horrific tortures and other and rape you have to let them in and i think in those circumstances it's going to be very hard for. these and the tally ends to say no. an online campaign has been launched against the u.s. drug maker accused of inflating prices of. drug by thousands of dollars it turns out the company doesn't even own the patron for the treatment the store. all across the american political spec

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power of change or political window dressing in north africa. pulling out of the upcoming elections are celebrating after weeks of calling for. likud to step down. and promise the country a new constitution after ruling for a fifth. also coming up tonight investigators recover the black boxes from that crashed ethiopian airlines flight it's hoped the information from.

dealing with it even before then because more and more people have been coming in small boats from north africane, the numbers went on the thames to the hundreds of thousands. —— to the tens. again, the problem for you in the centre—left is that yougov and italy in that period up till 2018, is that you seemed incapable of finding solutions that the italian people could believe in. do you least except that? we found a solution at the end of our five years‘s term, especially in 2017. we managed to reduce migration flows in a very, very remarkable way. there is a contradiction that perhaps explains what we are talking about. my government finished its term with a very high level of popularity, 52% of consensus in the country. my government was defeated at the elections. yes. this means that the italian people perceived that that that the government was doing itsjob in a good way, and is it was working on the right track. but they perceived also the party as something that did not function in the last five years. for them. for the people. exactly. and this is what we are changing now. politics is a

comes after weeks of street protests against his candidacy on like other longstanding leaders in north africa he survived a wave of revolutions between two thousand and ten and two thousand and twelve yelling president now seems ready to pass out various political future on to a younger generation but some voters are yet to be convinced as we hear in this report. echoes of the arab spring after nearly a month of protests the eighty two year old who defeat a bow to public pressure announced he will not run for office term as president the news brought tens of thousands of in the streets to celebrate but some struck a note of caution warning that real change must follow. to see if. it's a good thing but only if they change the government completely. if he bring someone just like him. it's not worth it so. they have to change the whole government persons as well saawariya if they announce when that the election due to be held next month has been postponed indefinitely. which had been what does it mean when they announce the buddha flicka is not running for a fifth term truck that he is adding an

for international in security affairs right here in berlin she's a senior fellow specializing in north africa and the middle east it's good to have you on the show let's talk about what we're seeing right now i want to begin by asking how surprised are you at this move by the military stepping in i mean it's almost counterintuitive that an army chief would want to protect the constitution in the country well this is not the first time this is happening either now darian are nor in the arab world but i wasn't that surprised given the level of protest but also given the level of rumors in the past days i think everyone knew that the one person that could push beautifully come out would be the on the chief of staff however i would have not expected him to do the so openly i would have thought that they would try to nudge him out of the now the army is clearly a position itself and has gone beyond its for all that if this and that by asking the constitutional council to step in so in a way if the constitutional council follows this law following army in the army chief says something like this in

sarah feuer is a north africa expert and senior fellow at the washington institute for near east policyhave had a couple of weeks of these protests now, where do you see it going from here? it is anybody's gas at this point. i think algeria's observers had been waiting to see, first of all, what the numbers would look like in terms of protesters could —— protesters. those numbers have swelled. we were also looking to see what the response of law enforcement and the regime or generally would be. so far the responses have clearly not been sufficient to calm the protesters or quell the unrest. so at this point it is anybody's gas. is there any alternative to bouteflika at this point? well, there was, one of the candidates who had been running against him, a former military general, a man named ali ghediri, he was seen as a potential successor, but there are reports is campaign manager has quit and joined the protest. i think generally, the decision to float bouteflika's candidacy again signalled to everybody that the military, business and political elite, this kind of opaque group that ha

some say the french government is quietly concerned over further instability in north africa algeria borders libya a major route for people and arms smuggling to europe of dillard's he says such fears are unfounded he says that algeria is turbulent past means many people like him a wary of chaos what they hope for he says is a peaceful transition to a fairer and more harmonious future with al-jazeera paris got a better activists and human rights of horses and marking the sixtieth anniversary of a tibetan uprising against chinese role rallies are being held outside tibet in countries that are in taiwan and india china as for restrictions on tourists and journalists who want to visit the himalayan country critics say it's another sign that china has a press and the rights of tibetans rob matheson reports on march tenth one thousand nine hundred fifty nine chinese soldiers poured into tibet china says it was liberating the himalayan country it had ruled since one nine hundred fifty one but it was also suppressing protests against chinese authority which had grown and were becoming more

bush i think it's two year old is seeking a fifth term in office along the whole bara has covered north africaextensively he says the role of algiers military is the key. as the protest movement gains momentum in algeria the big question is what will be the army's next move the army being the most powerful establishment in algeria that will depend on many factors we have to wait and see what happens on the thirtieth of march when the constitutional court will. approve those illegitimate to run for the presidential elections and i think that could ignite more anger in algeria the general sentiment now among many people the protesters the opposition is that the elections should be postponed and vase say that they don't think that the environment could be conducive to and instability in algeria i think of the men term continuous over the coming weeks the army will definitely have to step in now they're cautiously monitoring the situation on the ground and they're looking for that balancing act they don't want to be seen as siding with. and of the same time sounding again as the algerian people th