of northwest friends of israel rafi welcome back to going underground so we just heard from a former israeli mayor he said eurovision is a sign that it israel is a sign of a world becoming a better place a kind of validation of of a modern country you you think that's true too i suppose i think it's absolutely fantastic your vision is being held in israel of think it's a fantastic ready opportunity for the 10s of thousands of visitors who will be coming to israel for the hundreds of millions of whole world lives will be watching it to see that israel is the only liberal democracy in the middle east and it's the only country in the middle east where he is any religion freely where you're not persecuted for your sexuality. it's the start of a nation it's a welcoming nation i'm living in a very very tough neighborhood no one would doubt the. rights are better in israel than in gaza or in the west bank perhaps but you can't say it's a democracy surely with only one in 7 palestinians under israeli direct control able to vote in the recent elections well actually it's not just recently hel

the rafi doesn't hide his pain he is still haunted by the day he found out that his eighteen year old sister had been killed by a suicide bomb monika mortar yes i did when we found out he was body in a kaboodle autopsy hospital i told my father that it was hard but he said no he just couldn't accept me in cotton wool clinic but then he had to face reality at that point we were in so much pain and grief none of us could cry. many of the people listening have similar stories to share the center for memory and dialogue is a place for families to meet to know they're not alone in their grief. it's exhibits are a reminder of afghanistan's conflicts from the soviet invasion to the civil war the brutal reign of the taliban and the u.s. led intervention that followed. its organizers have worked on the project for eight years they say a place for remember and such as this is long overdue in a country that has been ravaged by war for four decades. unfortunately in afghanistan as i you know there was not a policy of remember this for you know dollars of war victims that we have in this country s

in deterring what he described as threats from iran in the region let's go live to syria's same bus rafi is that what's been saying about these accusations from jumbo. well it in the last hour iran's foreign ministry spokesman a bus mousavi has categorically denied and rejected what he called john bolton's ridiculous allegations against iran he also characterized the u.s. national security adviser as a warmongering figure in his comments saying that there is no evidence to suggest that iran carried this out that these are blatant accusations and earlier this morning we heard from iran's president hassan rouhani saying that the united states has made many contradictory statements in the past few weeks and i'll read you a quote from his weekly cabinet meeting in which he said our basis is not to rely on america's words whenever they stop oppressing oppression towards iran and put cruel sanctions aside and stick to their commitments return to the negotiating table then they themselves that they themselves have left then build realize that the door to iran is not closed to them so suggesting

bangladesh charging 16 suspects in a murder case that sparked protests across the country 19 year old john rafi was burned to death last month after she withdrew refused to withdraw sexual harassment charges against the principle of islamic school. us pharmaceutical giant johnson and johnson has gone on trial in a multi $1000000000.00 lawsuit brought by the u.s. state of oklahoma prosecutors accuse the company of marketing opioid painkillers deceptively and downplaying the risk of addiction the outcome of the trial could affect negotiations in thousands of similar cases across the country. strike zone jihad is controlled areas of northwestern syria have led to 10 more civilian deaths that's according to a briton based monitoring group most were in the in a village in italy province it live is the last an area in syria to be largely controlled by factions fighting the government around 3000000 people live in the region well than half of whom are refugees. in the immediate aftermath of a barrel bomb attack in paris this morning a man and 2 children are reported killed several more injured most re

stefanos tsitsipas had taken rafi on the dial out in their semi—final, and at times looked like he mighte 20—year—old greek already has wins against the big three to his name, but a repeat wasn't going to happen here. jock vic took control and took the first set 6—3. tsitsipas wasn't going to give up, though, and he did have his chancesin give up, though, and he did have his chances in the second. they would eventually pass him by. that set up a break of serve for the serve, and he would surge ahead. no—one has taken a set offjock of each at this yea r‘s taken a set offjock of each at this year's tournament, taken a set offjock of each at this yea r‘s tournament, and taken a set offjock of each at this year's tournament, and it would remain the case —— djokovic. a marathon match ended, with djokovic taking the match 6—4, and a third victory in madrid. he is very talented, he beat raphael nadella yesterday, and i think they finished theirs at midnight. i could see he wasn't as dynamic and the movements as he was last night, and that is probably due to the long matches he has had. but he h

same bus rafi extends standing by for a sense here on the zain what is iran's position given all this mansingh rhetoric. well the supreme leader ayatollah ali come in and made a speech last evening tuesday evening to a senior members of his government including the president the parliamentary speaker the head of the judiciary and senior military commanders and his message to them was that the uproar that the united states was creating was was was all for show that their actual power to hurt iran is far less than their their shows their public shows of grantor so essentially he's telling the iranian people that america's bark is worse than its bite its actions in the region aren't something that people should be alarmed by at this stage again reemphasizing iran's position that this is all psychological warfare and he did say even then that iran is still not in a position where it wants a conflict with the united states and he reiterated a statement that many iranian leaders have said over and over again that they don't want war with the united states here some of what he said janki. th

a police investigator said he'll recommend all 16 of those charged with rafi's murder face the death penalty. back in the united states, ramped up hisp attacks on special counsel robert mueller thursday, appearing to inadvertently admit russia helped get him elected in 2016. trump tweeted -- speaking to reporters on the white house lawn, trump later backtracked from the claims adding russia did not help me get elected. at the chicago board of trade, commodity prices for corn and soybeans have soared in recent days as severe weather is continuing to hamper the spring planting season. farmers across the central u.s. report f flooding and an unprecedented string of deadly tornadoes has left millions of acres of farmland impossible to sow. environmentalist bill mckibben tweeted -- "normally, at this point in season 90% of america's corn crop is in the ground. but thanks to endless rain, it's 58% this year. for soybeans, 29% planted instead of the usual 66%. a hotter planet equals more rain and more drought." on capitol hill, a lone republican lawmaker blocked a bill thursday to provide $

the murder of politician rafi courier e led to the cedar revolution. looking back at the mysterious poisoning of viktor yuschenko right before the orange revolution of 2004 we see now that he became a sacred victim himself. most political analysts believe the compassion of the ukrainian people at that moment tilted the scales giving him the presidency. the number of victims among the protesters during your oh my don totaled over 100 they are called to the heavenly 100 all the sacred victims were immediately mythologized. the beating of students on nov 30th 2013 was the obvious trigger of your own mind on. those who sent train provocateurs to the square very well realised that peaceful protesters were the ones who would get hurt the most. it's hard to keep protests going for months on end tension subside and people inevitably get tired. holidays are also a big danger for revolutionary masterminds people want to be home with their families and friends and one needs to get inventive to keep people in a cold tent city. on christmas day of 2013 tabloid jour

charging 16 suspects in a murder case that sparked protests across the country. 19-year-old nusrat jahan rafias burned to death last month after she refused to withdraw sexual harassment charges against the principal of her islamic school. in the u.s.s., at least 11 peope have been injured in a wave of tornadoes that struck kansas and missouri. the twisters destroyed several houses and brought down popower linenes in the kansas cityty ar. they came a a day after 30 peope were injured by debris as a tornado hit ohio. and in australia, newlyy reelected prime minister scott morrison has b been swsworn into office a a week after his conservative coalition won a surprise victory. his cabinet includes ken wyatt, the first aboriginal person to become minister for indigenous affairs. airstrikes on jihadist-controlled areas of northwestern syria have led to 10 more civilian deaths. according to a british-based monitoring group. most were in a village in idlib province. idlib is the last area in syria that is largely controlled by factions fighting the government. around three million people live in th

discriminated against especially those from the lower social economic sector who are sephardic jews rafi jews from arab countries meaning so getting power is really important maintaining it is really important and many of them believe that netanyahu narrative which which a key was talking about which is corrosive to devour prosy which is the media is controlled by the left the court is controlled by the left even the police are controlled by the left of center the the police all of these things the universities now if you saw on its own now last night who came on looking really worse than he's been before almost like a wounded animal what was the biggest insult he could say to event lieberman he is from the left and he went to his voters and said he's from the right but he is really from the left like that is the greatest curse that you could say to someone who is a right of center likud person so he creates this fear of of the left and was. able to put on the tail so they'll stick with him and again you know him he's always going to run a negative campaign whether it's you know for sure

rafi's did a pull into the cities or been planning. you saw the balloons they. draw conclusions whether to invest more like for example to the saloons or to adapt some of the sunspots routes or to find some other solutions i think it's still an initial stage we're going through if you think this kind of big data analysis is a very important for any city without it i think the planning of the searchers improvement. although there is undeniable concern that the system can be hijacked for ulterior motives big data can help find public transport to people's needs. and that's all from global three thousand this week do drop us a line global three thousand at d w dot com oh check us out on facebook. see you saying take cash. ico africa a town under threat of sunni lawmaker to take me to summon me up mckinney's i moved a big obstacle is a. move one way indicative of climate change and industrialization have battered barney in senegal on a web documentary shows how local people have been affected. in thirty minutes to. more than just earning a living work promotes integ

those votes will be cast next week to talk about this election i'm joined here at the big table by rafi of gold spike he's a research coordinator at democracy reporting international he knows a thing or 2 about these misinformation campaigns fake news or feels good to have you on the show thank you for you know i said at the beginning of the show that this election next week that it could be europe's most hackable yeah election do you agree it depends if you come if you compare to the what happened in the united states in 2016 i think many people were caught by surprise and i think back then much of what happened on social media even facebook were caught by surprise prospect and i think ever since we built much more resilience and bunch more capabilities to counter this type of facts i think much has been done ever since but we still have a lot to improve you say we've become more resilient but i'm not so sure about that who's resilient the the politicians the governments the voters all of them plus the people who do disinformation campaign this fall i think everyone is evolving in term

countries decision to stop implementing some commitments on that deal let's get the latest knows zain does rafi ed joins us now on the line from tehran zain just give us some context here just hide big and move is this from tehran. yesterday what we're hearing this morning was that letters have gone out. or not letters from present to the remaining signatories of. iran speaking at the moment in the coming hours we should have a better sense to see what the latest measures biden running government will mean both for the nuclear deal and iran's nuclear program going forward. for the region security. tension between the united states and iran but really iran has been saying for almost two years the out of the you or limited of cooperation is part of this one comprehensive plan of action names an option for it within the framework within the written word of the flow if other signatories to the deal are cooperative so this really is unlikely to come as a surprise. and of the countries receiving those. this morning what we've seen today one year since united states pulled out of the nuclear deal betw

discriminated against especially those from the lower social economic sector who are sephardic jews rafi jews from arab countries meaning so getting power is really important maintaining it is really important and many of them believe that netanyahu narrative which which it was talking about which is corrosive to devour prosy which is the media is controlled by the left the court is controlled by the left even the police are controlled by the left of center the the police all of these things the universities now if you saw on its own now last night who came on looking really worse than he's been before almost like a wounded animal what was the biggest insult he could say to a vet lieberman he is from the left and he went to his voters and said he's from the right but he is really from the left like that is the greatest curse that you could say to someone who is a right of center likud person so he creates this fear of of the left and was. able to put on the tail so they'll stick with him and again you know him he's always going to run a negative campaign whether it's you know for sure te

rafi was the first openly transgender white house staffer. ms. major gracie, who was at stonewall, has spent her life fighting to end the overincarceration of transgender people. the list goes on and on. i'm proud that the house will finally act to provide federal protections for lgbtq people with the passage of the equality act. the fight for equal rights is far from over, but i'm proud to be part of the majority that wants equal treatment for all of its citizens, regardless who they love. madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves, and the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: thank you very much, madam speaker. i want to begin by thanking the gentlelady from pennsylvania, my good friend, ms. scanlon, for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cole: thank you, madam speaker. we're here today on three very different pieces of legislation, which unfortunately makes this a compli

charging 16 suspects in a murder case that sparked protests across the country 19 year old news and john rafi was burned to death last month after she refused to withdraw all sexual harassment charges against the principal of her islamic school. he finally breaks his silence robert muller delivers his 1st statement on the russia investigation he spent nearly 2 years leading he says he stands behind his report and he's now stepping down as special counsel but he also raises more questions about president trump. this is the day. i'm speaking about today because our investigation is complete we gave 500 words to 2515 of 1000000 400000 pages of that we did not open expect this to be the only time that i will speak to you in this manner you just gave that report why does he have to tell us there but it's ridiculous and the report is my testimony where they should have never been any of those to get to. the indians of dollars when a soldier.