(audience applauding) [smith] saeed jones, welcome. [saeed jones] thank you, hey! [smith] and congratulations-- [jones] thank you so much. [smith] --on this. i think it's an enormous accomplishment. [jones] thank you. [smith] of this book. as i shared with you before we came out, i don't like anything. (laughin i'm not moved by anything. [jones] ok. [smith] i'm totally closed off. [jones] oh you're elsa. [smith] well, sure ok. [jones] cold. [smith] the second time i read this book, i got teary. because i really think that it is as moving a story, [smith] the second time i read this book, i got teary. even though your story is not everybody's story, everybody's story is not your story. i'll com to this in a second, the universality of it, the fact that we all see in ourselves, a time in our lives when we rying to figure out who we were. because really that's what this-- [jones] yes, that is it, that's the work. [smith] that's what the book is about. why did you decide to write it? basic question. [jones] i think like many writers, we write to understand. we write be

saeed was convicted of conspiracy against the state in september along with 2 former intelligence chiefs lawyers say algeria state prosecutor had been seeking a 20 year jail to saeed beautifully as a key presidential aide but was detained in may last year a month after his brother quit office due to mass protests the united arab emirates has admitted group targeting groups loyal to the u.n. back to yemeni government the deputy chief of staff of the us armed forces said his forces were fighting 3 and that means in yemen they mean the muslim brotherhood as well as and eisel the brotherhood is a grassroots organization that's part of yemen's government. well you. everyone should know that our side is here for the record we've been fighting 3 enemies at the same time. the muslim brotherhood and their 5th column and the terrorism of al qaida and dyce liberation could not have been complete without imposing security and dealing professionally with those enemies therefore we have conscripted trained and equipped more than 200000 lebanese in the liberated areas. the pentagon says 109 troops have

t thathorities have ruled mohammed saeed is not allowed to run for election. >> [speaking foreign languagei asked what thehe problem was d they said by statements, my speeches a and my activitity on social media. their conclusion was do not have the proper commitment to the islamic republicic. sadeghi is amomong lawmamakers d thousands of applicants s barred by t the guardian council. body who areenting -- vetting body who are mostly moderarates. the guardian council spokesman process is inng accordance with the constitution. >> [speaking foreign language] we work within the framework. our job is to implement ththe lw and nothining else. the guardian council is s not a polilitical club. it does not care a about peopl's opinions. reporter: the decision comes amidst escalade tensions with washington. the stage is set for conservativeves with and u.s. policies to dominate the government. >> we have the change the policy. if you are too flexible, it is going to backlash. reporter:sadeghi respects the decicision but think they went beyond their r role of justt supervising. >> [speaking foreign

mario, justin, amber, omar, saeed, armando, and the leasing staff. i want to say thank you for giving me the opportunity to live in a beautiful place like this, me and my kids. thank you, danny. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. and cici was telling me before the program that as a new resident, she sees something that maybe could use improvement, she goes down stairs, she talks to the staff, they interact. that's how this is supposed to work, and it's working. can we do better? yes, and we will, we will because we have residents like cici who will help us do that. so now, i want to acknowledge all the people who helped make this happen, who designed it, planned it, funded it. this is a $600 million project. even today, that's a big number, but i want to start with ocii, with nadia and her staff. and they presided, as they did at mission bay, over the two major mixed-income neighborhoods in san francisco. and without their participation, including financial and the affordable housing, this wouldn't happen, so that's nadia and sally hirth, her deputy

and we do that by coming together in these cities of knowledge of the exchange and creation i heard saeed one say that many cities around the world are overly obsessed with the past do you see this as a bad thing there is some of that what i don't like is if cities become museum was or when the the center of a city becomes a museum slash retail more saw and when museums are looked at as tourist traps rather than hubs of creative industry communication so i see there's a tension. with that but also do think that some of these stories quarters of our cities actually they have a robustness week and that and the density which we need again so if you compare the 1950s of the last century. to what we need now actually 19th century city which was more of walkable high density city office more to the contemporary live then the urban is of the 1950s that's why when this paradigm off orders i'm off to modern control and distribution collapsed the rediscovery of the urban centers historical centers it made sense but now we have to build on top we don't have to be shy in. subverting and evolving this

mastermind of the 2008 moon by terror attacks has been jailed for 5 years by a court in pakistan a thesis saeed was convicted on 2 charges of financing terrorism he founded the group of blamed by india for the move by attacks in which 160 people were killed he has denied any involvement. the latest advance by syrian government troops into the rebel held in the province has ruptured relations between the key international players in the conflict the past 10 days have seen deadly clashes between turkish soldiers supporting syrian rebels and forces of the syrian regime turkey's president richard tell you about a one has hit out at syria and its russian backers promising to attack regime forces everywhere in syria if his troops are attacked meanwhile the country's humanitarian crisis it continues to grow. the roads out of sarmad and it live province in the last 2 months more people have fled the fighting here than at any other time in the syria conflict many are braving the harsh winter conditions simply to get tight. to my family out of it's really sad to see people here enduring snow and cold and

mastermind of the 2008 mumbai terrorist attacks has been jailed for 5 years by a pakistani court hafiz saeed was convicted on 2 charges of financing terrorism he's the founder of a group blamed by india for the mumbai attacks in which 160 people were kid he has denied any involvement in those attacks. pitches of emerge of the devastation caused by last week's deadly violence and passive ston reports say ethnic conflicts clashed with members of the dong gun's a muslim group at least 10 people were killed the violence broke out in the south and jumbled region many the guns fled across the border into the neighboring republic of kyrgyzstan china has reported 97 more deaths from the coronavirus and more than 2000 new infections or almost all the new deaths $94.00 while in the who by province the epicenter of the outbreak but chinese have the fisher said these are the loosest figures since january and they predict the epidemic could be over by april international health experts warn it's too early to make that assumption. of move to silence criticism of the handling of the crisis at least to citi

mastermind of the 2008 moon by terror attacks has been jailed for 5 years by a court in pakistan how thesis saeed was convicted on 2 charges of financing terrorism he founded the group blamed by india for the move by attacks in which 160 people were killed he has denied any involvement pope francis has ruled against a proposal to allow married men in the amazon to become catholic priests bishops in the region had called for an exception to the churches celibacy rule to alleviate an acute shortage of priests in remote rain forest regions but conservative catholics and from opposed the move for. the latest advance by syrian government troops into the rebel held it live province has robbed church relations between the key international players in this conflict the past 10 days have seen deadly clashes between turkish soldiers supporting syrian rebels and forces of the syrian regime turkey's president recha thai air to one has hit on it syria and its russian backers promising to attack regime forces everywhere in syria if his troops are attacked meanwhile the country's humanitarian crisis it continue

is about to be laid bare when the courts to saeed whether the wiki leaks publisher julian a song will be extradited to the u.s. on charges of espionage for exposing war crimes the murder of civilians and large scale corruption will the prime minister agree with the parliamentary report that's going to the council of europe that this extradition should be opposed. and the rights of journalists and whistleblowers up held for the good of all of us johnson didn't answer the question and then in a week they u.k. corporate media has been continuing arguable support for islam is to extremism in syria the scottish national party came out all guns blazing lamenting syrian coalition attacks on groups affiliated to al qaida occupying air.

sentenced the man accused of planning the 2008 mumbai attacks to 5 and a half years in prison half is saeed was found guilty of collecting funds for a terrorist group $174.00 people were killed were members of the luxor a tiber group carried out a shooting and bombing attack for 4 days in india's financial hub by. a recent report by the world wildlife fund says threats to nature can lead to economic loss is urging countries to take action against the healthful effects of climate change natural disasters that lead to coastal erosion and a decline in wildlife can end up costing hundreds of billions of dollars over the next 30 years the study says these risks could be escalated by an increase in the use of fossil fuels or if there's an expansion in agriculture and urban development it goes on to say the u.k. could be one of the worse it countries after the u.s. and japan for karen ellis is the director of sustainable economy at the w w f and she explains the rate at which these losses are occurring. we're destroying nature incredibly fast globally we're destroying the area of a size of a footb

has sentenced a manic he is running the 2008 mumbai attacks to 5 and a half years in prison hafiz saeed was found guilty of collecting funds for a terrorist group 174 people were killed when members of the tiber group carried out a shooting and bombing attack for 4 days in india's financial hop. a gunman in india's capital region of delhi has opened fire on an audi convoy killing one person and injuring another this happened hours after a landslide victory for the party in the state elections with $62.00 wins out of 70 the shooter targeted a convoy carrying one of the party's newly elected assembly members. who says the victim was a volunteer. to iraq now where security forces have reopened a bridge in central bank that had been blocked since anti-government protests started in october it's one of an effort to restore normal operations in the city less than 2 weeks off to mohamed tawfik alawi was named prime minister designate simona fulton has more from baghdad. sinnett bridge here in baghdad has reopened for the 1st time since anti-government demonstrations began and of october you ca

jailed for 5 and a half years in pakistan but on separate charges pakistani court has found hafiz saeed guilty of collecting funds for a terrorist group at least 166 people were killed when members of the. group carried out a shooting and bombing attack for 4 days in mumbai which is india's financial capital denies being involved in the assault former head of mexico state oil giant pemex has been arrested in spain in mexico issued international arrest warrants against emilio last year over corruption allegations he led pemex between 20122016 is also suspected of having ties to a brush brazilian construction company accused of paying bribes to officials across latin america as though it denies the allegations. and important story here in the u.k. the country's has become one of only a few countries to regulate social media companies the government says it will make social media companies responsible for harmful content on their sites companies and executives could face substantial fines or even prison sentences if they fail to act or brennan has mall my name is megan hence pressurized to

he's saeed jones, this is "overheard."beat music) smith] let's be honest, i this about the ability to learn or is this about the experience of not having been taught properly? how have you avoided what has befallen othernati? you could say that he made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. you know, you saw a problem and over time,ook it on. let's with the sizzle before we get to the steak. are you gonna run for esident? i think i just got an f from you, actually. (laughing) this is "overheard." (audience applauding)

has sentenced a man accused of planning the 2008 mumbai attacks to 5 and a half years in prison afi saeed was found guilty of collecting funds for a terrorist group 174 people were killed when members of the type of group carried out a shooting and bombing attack for 4 days in india's financial hub mumbai in libya protests is taking place at the national oil comp aeration in tripoli against the brocade of many of the country's oil assets by forces loyal to war $24.00 have tar analysts say more than $1000000000.00 worth of oil revenues have been loss both francis says dismiss a proposal to ordain older married men to the priesthood bishops from latin america for the controversial plan to address a shortage of priests in the amazon the e.u. is lifting some of cambodia's trade privileges following the government's crackdown against the opposition terrorists will not be imposed on more than $200000000.00 worth of goods those are the headlines coming up next year it's al-jazeera world still failing this. in the 1980 s. the israeli government an intelligence agency mossad began monitoring the a

just bring is the breaking news now hong kong has announced the 1st death saeed's of china their 1st coronavirus death this makes the 2nd coronavirus fatality outside of china we're going to get more information for you on that and bring you the latest as soon as we get it that's the seconds fatality outside of mainland china has been announced and that is in hong kong kong of course very worries about its. the infection especially given that not all of the border with mainland china has been sealed this hour more on that when it comes through but for now human rights groups say that migrant workers in lebanon are being increasingly exploited as the country suffers from a deepening economic crisis foreign workers are excluded from labor law protections asara reports from beirut's. mohamed isn't backing down on his prices the vegetable seller has been arguing with the customer 15 minutes every bit of money he counts in testing times the shortage of u.s. dollars which the local currencies take to mean the large number of migrant workers life on able to transfer money home to their fami

given that it's a civil war and given the onus well the the the strength now is on the the our side saeed's why don't the rebels just surrender why doesn't one side just call it quits and end the suffering once and for all. this is not about one side surrendering to the rebels surrendered in many parts of the country and they were all forcibly displaced in massive numbers with civilians i mean what we're talking about is essentially 3000000 civilians who have such fear of the assad regime because the regime tortures and kills its own people that the unwilling to live under this regime those people are have already left their homes in other parts of the country and now they are being slaughtered in the last area which was safe until a few months ago and there is no option for these people to go back to the assad regime they will be killed under that regime and the only option for them is to continue to be safe in it live and that's where turkey and like minded allies need to step in to protect these innocent people ok karen rahmani thank you so much for joining us from california canon ronni

algeria has upheld a 15 year jail term for the brother of former president of the lazies buthe flicka saeed with a flick that was convicted of conspiracy against the state in september along with 2 former intelligence chiefs an appeal hearing began on sunday the lawyers say algeria state prosecutor is seeking a 20 year jail term but if like i was detained in may last year after his brother quit office due to mass protests the woman expected to replace german chancellor angela merkel has unexpectedly quit as leader of the governing c.d.u. party it's come column bar is stepping down in the middle of a crisis over the decision by regional representatives to vote alongside the far right a f d dominic came a ports from berlin. and a good company was supposed to be her party's political future soon she will belong to it's past her hopes of being her country's 2nd female chancellor dashed by a rout over how her party deals with the far right. as it's no it's been i'm the party leader and i'll remain in this position for the foreseeable future what i've said is that i will not run for chancellor bu

that routinely rounded up political opponents that tortured and even killed detainees like khalid saeed and others and that those are motions that will be further example or rather that were further i dictated by those who were then killed or injured during the protests that took place in 2011 are going to be very strongly held by the many in egypt that continue to suffer that that legacy. in chinnis for now thank you let's speak now with hashem he's sane techies had safe province near the border with syria let's get more from him now i have shim you've obviously covered egypt's. extensively over the past few years just give us a sense of what you think mubarak's legacy will be. people saying different things about the legacy of mubarak this is someone who came to power in 1981 after the assassination of anwar sadat that was so that back then it was lost and the life was one of the most important presidents of egypt after so about. and then he he will bought a came with this idea of starting the reforms one of the 1st decisions he made was releasing political prisoners and hitto he spok

might say no voice at the moment so how are people in iran going to you might say work with or along saeed's the parliament that they've now been given . it's going to be extremely difficult and i think one of the biggest victims are what trump did by breaching the nuclear deal and we imposing sanctions is not just that he really hurt the moderates and those elements inside of iran who wanted to have better relations with the west wanted to work out some of these difficulties and differences but it's the very idea of engaging with the west diplomatically that has been her and been victimized by this because now you have even folks that are not conservative never been not hostile towards the west being very disillusioned about any likelihood of engagement in diplomacy with the west leading to something better for you by mindful of this very bitter experience that they've now had with the j.c. in the nuclear what we have seen in recent weeks after the downing of that ukrainian. was that the public do raise their voice when they believe the government in tehran has done something wrong and they

sentenced the man accused of planning the 2008 room by attacks to 5 and a half years in prison if he's saeed was found guilty of collecting funds for a terrorist group where the 160 people were killed when members of the group carried out a shooting and bombing attack or 4 days in india's financial hub mumbai. the sinking of the migrant boat in the bay of bengal has highlighted the risk and taken by thousands of bangladeshis and trying to get to malaysia and indonesia i see every year at least 15 people died when the vessel capsized on tuesday average hartree has more. some 130 people mainly women and children were packed on the fishing trawler that capsized relatives wait anxiously outside the police station to find more information on the missing so be a big i was one of the survivor but she lost her 8 year old daughter in the tragedy she was planning to join her husband who lives in malaysia. when the boat capsized over trying to stay in my child was on my lap so that he slipped and washed by the wave i cried out my child my child but she was gone by then marriage is another layer of the

the amir of qatar is holding talks with and is in president chi saeed is the nearest 1st visit to the capital tunis since science election when high on the agenda was the ongoing conflict in libya one orderly to have to launch an offensive to take tripoli from the internationally recognized government last april . he was regarding libya the solution be a libyan one we discussed how together the libyan tribes that have a popular legitimacy which could pave the way toward elections without any foreign intervention this way sovereignty could go back to the libyan people so they can freely elected institutions in rulers the president of togo who has declared victory in the country's election next ending his 15 year rule landing his family's more than a half century grip on power but the opposition is challenging far in a single days when the runner up says there's been massive fraud and is calling for protests out as a result of an interim reports from the country's capital no may. it was supporters of president ford yes it celebrated his reelection too awful to. fully 41 sunday the elect

sentenced the man accused of planning the 2008 mumbai attacks to 5 and a half years in prison hafiz saeed it was found guilty of collecting funds for terrorist groups 174 people were killed when members of the last type of group carried out a shooting and bombing attack for 4 days each financial hub of mumbai hundreds of indonesians who left the country to join isobel not be able to return the government's decision the government's decision affects nearly $700.00 men women and children most of them in syria critics say the move means hundreds will be left stranded in status and could breach indonesia's constitution which is or is just a washington reports now from jakarta. fashion months family is incomplete and torn apart by a decision hope brother made it nearly 4 years ago he left you can't go without notice taking his wife and daughter with him to join i so. my brother isn't a violent person my family isn't like to us i was shocked when they left of course i wanted to prove to. he's now in jail in syria the indonesian government's decision to ban former eisel fighters and their famili

mario, justin, amber, omar, saeed, armando, and the leasing staff. i want to say thank you for giving me the opportunity to live in a beautiful place like this, me and my kids. thank you, danny. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. and cici was telling me before the program that as a new resident, she sees something that maybe could use improvement, she goes down stairs, she talks to the staff, they interact. that's how this is supposed to work, and it's working. can we do better? yes, and we will, we will because we have residents like cici who will help us do that. so now, i want to acknowledge all the people who helped make this happen, who designed it, planned it, funded it. this is a $600 million project. even today, that's a big number, but i want to start with ocii, with nadia and her staff. and they presided, as they did at mission bay, over the two major mixed-income neighborhoods in san francisco. and without their participation, including financial and the affordable housing, this wouldn't happen, so that's nadia and sally hirth, her deputy

mario, justin, amber, omar, saeed, armando, and the leasing staff. say thank you for giving me the opportunity to live in a beautiful place like this, me and my kids. thank you, danny. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. and cici was telling me before the program that as a new resident, she sees something that maybe could use improvement, she goes down stairs, she talks to the staff, they interact. that's how this is supposed to work, and it's working. can we do better? yes, and we will, we will because we have residents like cici who will help us do that. so now, i want to acknowledge all the people who helped make this happen, who designed it, planned it, funded it. this is a $600 million project. even today, that's a big number, but i want to start with ocii, with nadia and her staff. and they presided, as they did at mission bay, over the two major mixed-income neighborhoods in san francisco. and without their participation, including financial and the affordable housing, this wouldn't happen, so that's nadia and sally hirth, her deputy. shane an