the daughter of the long live the german republic. we were watching commemoration in the german parliament of the events of november ninth some of the most important historical events in the country's history right there a speech read by mattis actor here in germany it was a speech to philip shot him on social democrat politician in the closing days of world war one proclaiming a new german republic in a short while we're going to hear from the german president from vulture steinmeyer who will also be talking about a further advance on the day but first a bit of music from the nimrod. the money. from her. the end. in the modern samba playing the music of the israeli composer paul bank. you're watching the german parliament to marking the day date november ninth when some of the nation's most important historical events took place the proclamation of a new german republic of the last days of world war one the fall of the berlin wall and the night of the broken glass now the german president. the president. to speak. trying to accomplis

, will they cracked the islamic republic in two years?t experts say they want. i will remind you that in 1983 when ronald reagan unveiled national security directive 75 to target the soviet union most experts predict the soviet union would crack six or seven years later. thank you. >> our batting cleanup is my cold iran, he is the senior fellow at the hudson institute. where he specializes in middle eastern security issues. he served as the senior director the national security council and the administration of george w. bush. and he was responsible there for helping to devise and coordinate u.s. strategies on a variety of bitter easton issues in and u.s. efforts to create iran and syria. he's also served in the bush administration as a senior advisor in the state department and deputy assistant secretary of defense of the pentagon. before coming to the hudson institute he was a senior fellow at the brookings institution and he's also taught at nyu princeton and the university of central florida. his latest book ike's gamble is out there

but first aid agencies are calling the crisis in the central african republic one of the world's most neglected conflicts an elected government is now in power however the violence between armed groups continues it's forced more than twenty thousand people from their homes and this year alone nicolas hoch sent this report from a refugee camp and. it just arrived ulead displaced children in this refugee camp the latest victims of the and then dig sick tarion violence in central african republic. some have their homes burnt to the ground others were chased from their villages by young men with machetes and guns among them are survivors of unspeakable violence. ten year olds to the his mother is dead her father is killed because they were christian by their own muslim neighbors. she hid in the bush with her uncle then tried to return to her village but the men kept coming back so she had again. there's no hiding from the violence we want the arms to go the violence to stop we just want peace this is silliness you home an overcrowded refugee camp of twenty three thousand people surrounded

next come on the presidency, former czech republic -- the former czech republic president operative thoughts on the cold war of the reagan era and his -- the historical conference. following remarks, we continue our conference coverage about the discussion of the cold war legacy of president reagan and the pope and later, remarks by callista gingrich, u.s. ambassador to the vatican. remarks by the czech republic president. >> when the soviet union invaded czechoslovakia in 1968, our next guest was forced out of the academy of sciences. he became a member of civic .orum, the resistance group three years after that, he became czechoslovakia's first non-communist minister. to call clouse in non-communist does not begin to do him justice. a member of the -- an important society -- a society he is an important advocate of free markets. he served twice as promised minister and two terms as president of the czech republic. after his country endured more than after decades of communist bureaucrats, he presented a man who knew his mind and how to express it. no one onir to say the planet has made mor

i think that's a very good way of looking at the islamic republic. and for those of us in washington who ultimately believe that the only answer to this question really, in the long, is a change in government, a peaceful change in government where iranians have the opportunity to vote and to have their future advance and respected by the government, we should be advancing that theory of the case. it is not regime change but it is inevitable this regime will end up on the same dust heap of history. i i agree with all that, and agree with patrick's two points that an explicit regime change policy or policy designed to carry out revolution brings about more problems than it's worth. also it's just not going to happen in the trump administration because donald trump is ideologically opposed to that. also, it also alienates our allies. and it commits us to actions that are not sure we the , american people in general are willing to take. i very much chastened by what am we've seen in syria as the assad regime neared collapse, the russians moved in and the

people's republic and of the donetsk people's republic and crimea. it's election day the donbass now team has been allocated this polling station the only place we can fill and there's an official watching every interview the queue by the way is for cheap eggs. i was born in the soviet union and ukraine was my homeland until the war started and i'd like to go there. but that's not possible for many people after four and a half years of fighting between russian backed rebels and ukrainian troops. pensioners have to cross the border by foot to get their pensions and goods across the same way. people in new hands complain of high prices. imports from russia are expensive but. few people want to talk politics there's little choice anyway all the candidates in new hands going to nats cup pro russian western state say the elections harm the peace process ukraine talks of treason there are no recognized independent observers just russian politicians or far right european parties like germany's a.f.d. . to how to train because dreams of international recogni

now the republic of tatarstan is located in russia's volga district with its capital cuz it's home to the tall tall people who are very proud of their culture and just as proud of their language but that makes them suspicious in moscow's eyes and the russian authorities have now ruled that the tata language should no longer be mandatory teaching in the republic schools prompting fears that culture is endangered but there is resistance. these are the sounds of touch are learning the language through song is how the ethnic ta-ta or lay son can i have a teacher said to her primary school students that these touch our children can still learn their native language is thanks to the school principal pavel schmeichel of he has refused to let go of his touch our teachers in defiance of the central education authority in moscow last year it had ordered an end to tar in tar stand as a required subject prompting teachers to be fired. at which implore. the decision was back for the touch our culture with the toilets and riders is very interesting he did will be learned about if the language is re

authorities in the democratic republic of congo say more than three hundred people have been killed by the ebola outbreak now sweeping the country congo has suffered ten evil epidemics since the virus was discovered there forty years ago the health ministry says the current outbreak is the worst so far. authorities in the u.s. state of florida have ordered a recount in the race is first senate and governor florida state law triggers a machine recount if the difference in a race is within half a percent democrat candidates trail republicans in both ballots. now in eastern ukraine russian backed separatists are set to hold elections in two self-proclaimed republics later today is an apparent bid to cement their split from the rest of the country this self-styled donetsk and luhansk people's republic known collectively as the region have been outside of kiev control since twenty fourteen the elections have been strongly condemned by key of and the european union. for donbass region with a russian heart proclaimed these election posters the acting leader of the donetsk people's republic de

people's republic of the donetsk people's republic and crimea. it's election day in the donbass now team has been allocated this polling station the only place we can fill there's an official watching every interview the q. by the way is for cheap eggs. i was born in the soviet union and ukraine was my homeland until the war started and i'd like to go there. but that's not possible for many people after four and a half years of fighting between russian backed rebels and ukrainian troops. pensioners have to cross the border by foot to get their pensions and goods across the same way. people in new hands complain of high prices. imports from russia are expensive but. few people want to talk politics there's little choice anyway only candidates in new hands can the next cup pro russian western state say the elections harm the peace process. ukraine talks of treason. there are no recognized independent observers just russian politicians the far right european parties like germany's k.f.d. . you know it's a chain because dreams of international recogn

s have too many rights in their republic which could lead them to split off from russia. touch heart is a useless language he says because the tars all speak russian anyway. the guy will store was stunned the republic of tatarstan is not an independent state but the stone it is always and forever a part of russia. that it puts all the symbols of states are nothing more than decoration it's a limitation. as some kind of state language is best to be abolished. because it's . found us sufi a former deputy in russia's parliament disagrees and tirelessly. he's concerned russian ethno nationalism is undermining the stability of the vast multi-ethnic country. he thinks russia will only remain a strong country when its many different ethnic groups and nations enjoy cultural autonomy. i'm not worried that our target our language and culture will grant sure i think they'll survive. the measure but smaller ethnic groups could end up losing their identity of these new regulations aren't scrapped using their will now there will be a catastrophe. at the with. the school principal part

that is where a new president will begin, facing an islamic republic that continues astructive behavior and sanctions structure that will be predicated on all of this maligned behavior will be difficult to suspend or lift as a result. the other reality this president in 2021 that are in in jcpoa will come to a head 2021, the arms embargo that is in the un security council resolution that essentially embeds the jcpoa internationally, the arms engage will be able to ofunlimited purchases weaponry from countries around the world. 2024, restrictions to launch missiles. iran will be able to procure parts and components for its missile program from countries around the world, but not facing you and restrictions. the restrictions that are both in the u.n. security council resolution as well as european restrictions are going to sunset. iran will bell, able to industrialize centrifuges. these are powerful and allow them to install enrichment facilities with more powerful urania uranium. that allows for clandestine i'm sneak out options. nine26, -- clandestine sneak out options. in 2026, many re

. >> let's talk about what was known as the republic of texas. what was happening and what is now the state of texas fo? ? >> you are absolutely right that in 1836, republic of texas declared its independence from mexico. it passed a constitution that disallowed the government of the republic from ever interfering with slavery. and the mexican government saw that and decided to take a very different stance with respect to slavery. the mexican government has never recognized the independence of texas, even though the mexican army had been defeated in the texas revolution. but they believed in by abolishing slavery which they did in 1837, they would be able to encourage enslaved people in texas to revolt or escape from , undermining the independence of texas at the moment in most needed to prove its independence among the national community or the international community. an extra added bonus to abolishing slavery for mexico was that the british government was considering whether or not to recognize the independence of texas and support independenc

the republic will such of the german population. this is a forgotten republic and the germans think of it only from the very bad ending. we think it has to be made clear that the beginning of the constitution of the first democratic state in germany was an achievement that was important for germany. that is the general aim of our club. phil: why hasn't been lost or forgotten? >> many reasons. first of all, it is only looked at because of its bad ending. many people said it was deemed too and that way. we think that is not true. it was not ended by itself, it was destroyed by forces of undemocratic german people. there are many other reasons for that as well. >> do you see parallels between 1918 and today? >> if you are correct to the ninth of november and our action , our revolution is rolling. i think this is a special event and a special thing where we want to attract attention. it really creates lessons for germans today. i think another revolution in this situation is not necessary and not wanted. it is the weight -- later histo

and the republic of ireland and a you member the u.k. says it's now pursuing a high tech solution to keep goods and people moving. the draft plan also says both sides and to provide a visa free travel only for short term visits longer trips may now require visas. in addition the document leaves room for an extension of the two year transition period after breaks it aimed at easing britain's departure but it also means the u.k. will be subject to european rules for longer without any e.u. voting rights the plans will now be decided on a political level by e.u. leaders to brussels on sunday it's been an extremely busy few days for the british prime minister she has been successfully able to hammer out draft proposals on firstly the withdrawal agreement and now a declaration of a future political relationship between the e.u. and the u.k. but history's amaze big breaks it plans head to brussels she knows that those plans could flounder at any stage either voted down by the e.u. or voted down here in parliament and i commend the states next.

now the un is warning of the rising death toll from an ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo the disease which causes internal bleeding and spreads rapidly has already taken two hundred lives in a matter of months and officials say it's the worst outbreak in the country's history according to the health ministry a vaccination program has so far in ocular it's about twenty five thousand people since the outbreak started in august doctors say more lives could be saved if medical teams didn't face direct threats to their lives from armed groups active in their region. looks at how the middle of each country is coping with the disease and they do violent instability. your new cell phone a necklace you just bought and a bowl of you might have forgotten the name of that deadly disease but there could be a connection between the three i'll explain in a sec this is the democratic republic of congo in the heart of africa that's where you find a lot of the pricey resources that the high tech and jewelry industries are after but who's in control of all that the legal extraction of me li

in eastern ukraine russian backed separatists are set to hold elections in two self-proclaimed republics on sunday it's an apparent bid to cement they split from the rest of the country the self-styled donetsk and the hans peoples republics collectively known as the donbass region have been outside of kids' control since two thousand and fourteen elections have been strongly condemned by kiff and the european union. for donbass region with the russian hearts proclaimed these election posters the acting leader of the donetsk people's republic dennys pushing in makes no bones about the territories reliance on moscow. but of course russia supports us but that's just temporary assistance and to way better place to use our own resources despite the complicated situation that we're currently in that we need. this in we're in counseling test tone open wounds in eastern ukraine around two million people live daily with the danger of mines and unexploded munitions bridge city to glory we have checked into the mind about a third of the affected territories in the muslim world will that we would ha

al-jazeera brings you an exclusive report on russian forces training the army of the central african republic in a forgotten conflict. and i that we've got plenty of active weather across parts of north america at the moment you can see this huge area of cloud here not only is that giving us a lot of rain but it's also giving us quite a bit of snow as well as it pushes its way northward we'll see more and more of that turn wintry so lots of snow there for the eastern parts of canada as we head through the day on friday by saturday that system largely will have cleared away but it won't be that warm behind it only one of the maximum and also a force in washington d.c. will just be knowing there's another weather system that's putting itself together across parts of the plains so do expect more snow hey but across that western coast seattle should be fine its up temperature of ten degrees above other towards the south you see the clouds over parts and with america also dipping its way through parts of mexico and it looks like that will gradually edge its way south was as we head through friday

fears grow in the democratic republic of congo over the country's worst brick of ebola the details coming up after this. join me every thursday on the alex simon chill and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. so we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic to follow the only i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. during the past thirty is lebanon has been subject to six invasions from israel. six invasions. practically every every five years we are having. one and this is definitely coming through the health club with. a look in a sea of red in warsaw the polish capital marked independence day with a nationalist march two hundred fifty thousand people gathered on sunday with some chanting a white and catholic poland and also decrying america's quote empire of people the country's president the government officials where there are two alongside far right groups. who. i. i. i. will write

in the central african republic appears that the international criminal court. and all of you disturb it with all the base voters croatia drew first blood in the davis cup final against france in that story and coming up later this news and. thank you for joining us more details are emerging of turkey's investigation into the killing of jamal khashoggi al-jazeera has learned the saudi journalist's murder was planned twelve days in advance turkish investigators are analyzing phone calls made between the saudi consul general in istanbul a leading member of the hit squad and a top aide to sound gerry b s crown prince let's bring in c.n.n. concealable in ankara for associate and what do we what information are we hearing about this phone call allegedly that happened. well fully the phone calls are very important details of this investigation because besides the voice recordings we know that nine hundred form calls what was held by my head up till as is that in the three who is the close security guard of mohamed bin sandman and a court to get it according to what we

the later history of the obama republic which is still very interesting for us because as i said. it shows that you have always to defend democracy and to fight for it otherwise it will be destroyed by enemies of it what has been the reaction to your initiative here in germany. you mean specifically the the actions which you were showing all general our work your your work to try and get people to remember this the i mean there is now and at this anniversary there is a very broad discussion in germany academically and even news papers in in many media is a broad discussion about the media of the one republic and this is what you want to influence and i think we we are able to do so good so here we wish you well thanks for joining. us here with. sort of a look at what else is going what which other stories are making headlines around the world leaders of britain france and belgium have visited world war warming the burial grounds and battle sites at the start of a weekend of events marking the centenary of the armistice british prime minister may said the commemorations were a time

that disallow the government of the republic from ever interfering with slavery.nd the mexican government saw to take a very different stance with respect to slavery. the mexican government has never the independence of texas, even though the mexican army had been defeated in the texas revolution. but they believed in by abolishing slavery which they did in 1837, they would be able to encourage enslaved people in texas to revolt or escape from undermining the independence of texas at the moment in most needed to prove its independence among the national community or the international community. bonus toadded abolishing slavery for mexico was that the british government was considering whether or not to recognize the independence of texas and support independence because they saw texas as a buffer against angle american expansion further west in the territories closer british possession. so the mexican government believed that by polishing slavery and creating this difference between texas slavery republican mexico, a free republic, that they would make britain com

former czech republic president offers his thoughts about the cold war politics and personalities of the reagan era. and his assessment of their historical importance. this is from a conference organized by the white house writers group titled"ronald reagan & john paul ii: the partnership that changed the world." remarks, wes continue the conference coverage with a discussion about the cold war legacies of president reagan and the pope. remarks from a u.s. ambassador to the vatican. [applause] >> when the soviet union invaded czechoslovakia in 1968, our next forced out of the academy of sciences. laterrs later he became of the suit -- leader of the civic forum. three years later he became czechoslovakia's first non-communist minister of finance. to call him a non-communist does not even begin to do him justice. he is an ardent advocate for free markets. primeved twice as minister and two terms as president of the czech republic after his country indoor communist bureaucrats. he was a man who knew his mind and how to express it. no one, i think this is fair to say no leader on the pla

the line of fire separates the self-proclaimed people's republic from the ukrainian controlled territory it also runs past what's left of tonight's port the scene of bitter fighting in twenty fifteen for eager this is home in the garden he shows us where his father was killed by a grenade the fifty five year old is pinning his hopes on russia cream and they've already taken crimea and a dumbass region to europe that will probably be a bit too much but one day the dumbass will surely be part of russia again just like we used to be it like many here in donetsk igal can see no way back to life until ukrainian rule. there may be more than six months to go before elections to the european parliament their say for may two thousand and nineteen but electioneering is already getting underway here in germany the country's green party has named its two main candidates for the race one male one female both while the politicians at the european level well the general drift to the right in much of europe and rejection of mainstream parties the greens have seen a surge in support in germany and many s

is the first suspect in central africa republic's current conflict to appear before the i.c.c. rory chalons has more from the hague. well alfred soames first appearance at the international criminal court here in the hague was short and procedural just thirty minutes or so long the three judges confirmed the suspects identity they also establish the language in which he is to understand proceedings as they are told and stay outlines the charges against him he specifically accused of being involved in murder torture cruel treatments mutilation intentional attacks against the civilian population intentional attacks against buildings dedicated to religion in this mince of child soldiers and displacement of the civilian population this is a step of some significance for the central african republic it's the first time that anyone involved in the recent conflict has ended up here to face charges it's going to be some time before the actual trial proper gets underway the judge said that it wouldn't be until april thirtieth of two thousand and nineteen that things really will swing in

still ahead on al-jazeera one and a half million children need urgent aid in central african republic we have the latest on an alarming reports by the un's children organization and fuel shortages mean more bad news was in bad ways troubling economy stay with us. hello again and welcome back well this i do want to start here across parts of central asia we are picking up a few showers across much of china and those are going to be on the crease as we go towards the rest of the weekend a couple showers down here across parts of the south hong kong you're going to be picking up a shower just to the north of you with the temperature not too bad of about twenty five degrees but we do expect to see heavier showers as we go towards sunday particular here across the central regions but over towards shanghai it is still going to be relatively quiet few where the temperature there of twenty two degrees a little bit further towards the west we are going to be seeing much of india clear over the next few days some showers down here across the south including parts of sri lanka but as we go towar

now there in the central african republic training an army that has lost control of the country. they call this the story danielle x. has ties blood to me or not his real name says discipline is one of the problems sectarian violence fueled by militia groups has divided muslims and christians the russians are training men who once fought each other to unite for a government too weak to secure its own borders. sanctioned by u.n. arms embargo the army's ill equipped at the requests or president ouattara the security council approved imports of russian weapons last december now they are providing both arms and training launching an ambush on a building they call this the storms danya exercise. in a few short weeks they'll do this with live ammunition to put the soldiers under stress. now they go through scenarios like this on a daily basis trying to prepare me soldiers to deal with real life events so that the government here can regain control of the country. here to help is valerie's ahead of the new special advisor to the president dispatched by moscow well the u.n. backed africa

as saying with the democratic republic of congo a newborn babies in the country are now being infected with the border virus according to the world health organization the u.n. health agency says seven newborn baby. among thirty six new cases of the outbreak babies don't usually catch the disease but experts suspect they may have caught it from infected parents the break in the d.r. c. is the worst in its history with three hundred forty six confirmed cases including one hundred seventy five deaths. there's plenty more ahead on this al-jazeera news hour including. so a sad attack us talk at china's consulate in karachi pakistan plus the u.n. envoy to yemen returns from the portsea for date as he makes a fresh push for peace talks and book a journey as fans pack into the stadium in bias eyes just to watch a training session at saturday's big final against river pates more on that coming up in sports a tale of the. first a politician and former militia leader accused of war crimes in central african republic has appeared at the international criminal court in the hague. also known as a r

these are important discussions today with the republic of korea. they are discussing ongoing diplomatic efforts, our sustained implementation of un sanctions, and the inter-korean cooperation. and finally, i just left a meeting with turkish foreign minister cavusoglu today. i welcomed the positive momentum in our relationship following the release of pastor brunson and urged reopening additional channels to address issues of mutual concern. we are still greatly concerned about turkey's continued unjust detention of u.s. locally employed staff and citizens, including nasa scientist serkan golge. we also discussed the khashoggi case and the need to work together to deescalate conflict in syria, support the reinvigoration of the un-led peace process, and achieve a peaceful, lasting solution to the syrian conflict. with that, i'm happy to take a few questions. >> i'll call on questions. abbie from nbc, please, go right ahead. >> sure. mr. secretary, one of the things that the president points to in his statement is a $110 billion arms initiative. but b

well i'm now in western central african republic it's one of the poorest most violent most neglected places on earth really all of the people in this community where i stand now have been displaced by violence each and every time we have family members killed in the most gruesome fashion but then it's also as you may see a and i don't know hope because here we are really building houses for people where displaced and we do it for both communities christians muslims and this and there is now an island of peace here these people want to rebuild their lives but it's very hard to get funding for these projects really the central african republic is forgotten i think we have to build peace brick by brick literally here if we get resources and if there is a more coherent effort for peace that includes neighboring countries like to chad and sudan and cameroon and the congo etc i'm optimistic for the future of the central african republic if not if it continues like now we may have another cat attack let's make war around zones like this that could threaten the lives of millions. of trumpet

politician and a former militia leader accused of war crimes in central african republic has appeared at the international criminal court in the hague alfred also known as rambo was a senior leader in the mostly christian anti block a movement its fighters attacked muslim seleka rebels who seized power in the country in two of the thirteen yet on is accused of killing civilians of rape as well as recruiting child soldiers well rory challenge is at the hague he's live for us now so tell us how this a procedural appearance actually went. it was pretty short just half an hour long or so. the first appearance of alfred in front of the international criminal court here at the hague as you say was was a procedural one the three judges sitting here basically confirmed his identity they established the language in which he is to understand the proceedings as they are unfolds and they outlined essentially the charges against these basically amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity i can list some of them for you now or he is basically alleged to have been involved in these crimes betw

at least ten thousand people have been displaced by fighting in central african republic in the last four days camps set up for those who fled their homes have been attacked at least two people killed former president francois boise's a was overthrown by a coalition of rebel groups and since then more than seven hundred thousand people have been displaced. protests in pakistan against the acquittal of a christian woman who was on death row charged with blasphemy have been called off under a deal with the government cannot leave the country and demonstrators can file an appeal with the supreme court. a new allegations have emerged the politicians were bribed to switch sides after the sacking of sri lanka's prime minister and i nearly a is refusing to quit the president fired him last week. has been replaced by mahinda rajapaksa a former president he needs another five m.p.'s to get a majority in parliament bernard smith as more honest now from colombo we believe that so far today mahinda rajapakse that needs another seven stories got seven minutes needed twelve at the end of last week

well still ahead here on the al-jazeera news of refugees fleeing violence in central african republic across is that aid groups say the world has forgotten about also iraq saw the goes on the pilot of the syrian border serving and he is coming in. the birth of boats slowed and they whether he was jews people's sons days after flying to tokyo to promote his. head over the rains have not played away from the eastern parts of north america you can see the latest system has it works its way over into the atlantic but it's still clinging on to the south so still expect a few showers here and if that will moves away another one develops a force for friday seven lot of snow on the northern edge of this than tending to rain as you head of the south and then that system pushes its way northeast with as we head into saturday behind it it'll turn cooler than it has been so chicago will have a maximum just of zero washington d.c. will struggle to nine degrees further towards the west a fine along that western coast but not too warm for us in seattle a maximum temperature just of nine degrees a bi

from london also coming up more than ten thousand people displaced by fighting in central african republic take shelter at a hospital after their camps are torched a u.n. convoy which is a desolate camp encircled by syrian government forces ten months after thousands stranded there last eight. in the war all of a christian woman acquitted of blasphemy fees pakistan i see a baby has been a barred from leaving under a government deal to end the protests against her. a warm welcome to the program it's been over a month since journalist jamal khashoggi was murdered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul and turkey's president is keeping up the pressure on saudi arabia making his most direct accusations again over who was responsible for the killing. and says he wants the puppet masters as he called them of the plot to be revealed writing in the washington post that he says he believes the order to kill khashoggi came from the highest levels of saudi government and while he didn't believe king solomon had ordered the hit he didn't say the same for crime prince mohammed bin soma has close ties t

now muslims are scapes sectarian violence in central african republic a slowly returning from nearbycameroon but their arrival is causing new tensions as their former homes and businesses have been occupied by mum muslims the un and aid agencies hope the violence by building new houses reports the city of qana. it is easy returned home from a two year long exile. gone are the pictures of his son mohamed do in whom i wrote the wall so the bad lehman shared with his wife and the so for the family sat around to watch t.v. . only the memories remain. lehman a diamond dealer was looted by friends and neighbors who after a lifetime living side by side in peace chase his family from their home because they are muslims. because i have come back because we will only find peace of my friends and neighbors see me again and accept me as their own it's not easy because after come back here for the love of my homeland my house is my country but some of the homes muslims left behind are now occupied by christian families they too are fleeing sectarian violence. this is the last thursday burning our

northern ireland and our neighbours, the republic. the republic. despite what the government spin machine the time ahead for an improved outcome. for an improved outcome. truly works to the benefit of all parts of great nation. parts of great nation. whole, guided by our principles and by our objectives. by our objectives. stepped out to reform the democratic unionist party. unionist party. of political life in northern ireland and the united kingdom. ireland and the united kingdom. future, but we must ensure that we translate our vision into a reality. translate our vision into a reality. benefit of everyone in northern ireland. —— our unionism. insisted, by the way, on delivering for everyone in northern ireland. for everyone in northern ireland. let me give you a few examples which are not often talked about. are not often talked about. supply agreement to tackle deprivation. deprivation. be provided to improve mental health services. services. represent is what shapes are vision for devolution. for devolution. to make northern ireland even better for all. for all. and our vision does

unicef says children and central african republic have been abandoned by the international community for too long and without urgent help they could become a lost generation brian al jazeera. zimbabwe's economic woes only seem to be getting worse one place that shows how desperate things are getting is at the petrol stations hundreds of cars are queuing up for hours due to another round of shortages or taso reports of harare. it's the second fuel crisis in just over a month and it's not just in the capital harare it's all over the country fuel pumps are driving the slushy seeing people have been waiting in long lines for hours some say even days hoping to get fuel what happens is they hear a rumor or they get word that fuel will be delivered could be delivered on the second day they come and they join the line many people we've spoken to today angry and frustrated quite frankly i can't leave again as i'm sure so many people feel it's a it's just such a waste of time and productivity. as i'm bob wins it's super frustrating because instead of working as you know hustling we are. someth

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