as we mentioned earlier book in a fossil is one of a handful of countries in the sahara region that are battling on groups the force also includes mauritania mali and chad in february last year they agreed to set up a five thousand strong force to counter threats that have caused thousands of deaths the joint force has its headquarters in central mali and is backed by france the u.s. and the e.u. let's not get the thoughts of our guests in paris marie rodger below is the editor of africa international joining us on skype from dakar guy former director of information at coerce that's the economic community of west african states and in johannesburg martin is senior researcher of the institute for securities that is welcome to all let me start by asking mr with this we're talking about attacks targeting. the french embassy and the army's headquarters is this likely to raise questions about how do the attackers managed to get into highly secured areas you know it's very difficult i don't think any any kountry any government in the world can prevent totally terrorism attacks to happen. but

to not it so your highness went through saddam and then he went with people traffickers across the sahara and two weeks in the back of a lot two weeks in the back of a pick up and the pick up of the warden if they fell out that was them the. would've been left and they then they were so tightly jammed in the pick up of the can with arms by their side so i was with a table for two weeks and there was from tripoli in northern libya a boat across the mediterranean before they're picked up by the italian navy so your highness at that age was sixteen and i think issue and remarkable determination in life which is standing in very good stead no but your highness if this bill came through who'd be able to sponsor his sisters know in a camp and sudan to come and join him he gets to sponsor he's been granted refugee status and he would then get to bring a family member to this country as well so this would enable you highness to have the same rights and out of refugees to sponsor family members to come with them rather than leave them alone and isolated incidentally another side of it. refused to

different in the sahara. certainly not 45 degrees. today is the first day of astronomical spring." weather for the next few days. tonight it will be pretty chilly. the jetstream is days. tonight it will be pretty chilly. thejetstream is broken up here. that means that things are starting to change in the atmosphere. this side of the atla ntic we atmosphere. this side of the atlantic we are starting to see this strong winds putting in weather systems in our direction. that is a clear side sign that the atmosphere is reversing rather than weather systems from the east, they will come out of the west. the temperatures will start to rise. relatively compared to what we've had. tonight, lots of clear weather across the country. good touch of frost around, even in city centres first thing in the morning on wednesday. the weather going down hill, the jetstream pushing wednesday. the weather going down hill, thejetstream pushing in weather fronts. from the word go for scotland, northern ireland, pretty cloudy here. rain to the western isles during the course of wednesday. to the south the

it‘s called the marathon des sables, and they‘ll be running 150 miles across the sahara desert — sixwe them their lives in many cases. sophie raworth went to meet them. there are some flashing images in the report. i remember wheels turning across me, and then i don‘t remember the impact as such, but i remember being on the floor, and really panicking because i tried to get up and i couldn‘t move my legs. she was deathly white. she had lost a lot of blood, she looked like she was dying. can you hear me? three years ago, vicky labrecque was cycling to work when she was knocked off her bike by a lorry. vicky, what we're going to do now is we're going to give you an anaesthetic. her life was saved thanks to a pioneering medical technique carried out at the roadside. so we really need to then crack on and get her into the ambulance and get her to the royal london as quick as we can. i mean, if it hadn‘t been for the air ambulance then i wouldn‘t be here because they‘re the only people that do this procedure and, if that hadn‘t happened, then i would definitely be dead. they managed to sa

the other one of course, is western sahara will in fact some time and you never see a map of where it'sincluded in morocco but the moroccans come with a clear title and it's the same with occupied territories in jerusalem. this brings us back to the ambivalence of his real and the lobby. they have and how do i put this? it's almost psychological psychoanalysis but they have a deep respect for law but in the way that makes the elevator stopped in every way hundred and four and the can still take the elevator and obey the letter but israel spent a lot of time trying to work its way around the laws. rarely do they deny them so after the united nations the us spent a lot of time trying to create an elevator so that they could skirt the law and they are very scared of actual definitions of the law and that is why they are so obsessed and if the un was ineffectual they wouldn't devote too much effort to supporting them. there is an apartheid conventi convention. it's like the genocide convention. there is a legal international binding commitment on member states to do something about an apart

the g five which is the five countries that are along with france fighting the rebel groups in the sahara region that is mauritania malines air chad and. and it's unclear whether that meeting took place was. the attack happened but it's quite a cli students that this attack happened that high and the mention again and people here are artists frightened and set up there's been several attacks that have happened here since the return of democracy and there's been a call for long security so that those attacks don't happen again. thank you very much nic us hack with all the latest from the capital of the kenya fast whack a doodle. the u.n. has really satellite images of areas of east and showing the destruction in the space of a week. ago is from the u.n. operational satellite applications program based in geneva tell me duma is the west hit city. makeshift clinics in eastern who have been filling up with the wounded most of the civilian casualties are women and children. are waiting for the civilians to receive aid so we can preserve their lives we are waiting for reaction from the world. t

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now, three years later, he will be part a team of medics and patients heading to the sahara to raise money for the air ambulance. running alongside will be another cyclist, who also owes her life to london air ambulance. i remember it happening. i remember going under the wheel, trying to get the wheel off, trying to speak to the driver afterwards to say sorry, because i thought i was going to die and he would have to live with that. chloe baker, now a doctor, was a medical student when she was knocked off her bike 11 years ago. the pilot who came to rescue her remembers that day vividly. this patient was self—diagnosing herself and she, being a medic of some sort, knew what she thought she'd done, which is really rare, and we've never really heard of before. for chloe, just over 15 minutes to get a trauma team service right next to her, i think that makes a massive here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm hugh ferris. the headlines tonight. ashley young backs his manchester united manager after a tumltuous few days on the sidelines a

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it's the result of sandstorms in the sahara desert picked up by other storm systems and then mixed with rain and snow to turn it orange. >>> we have no orange snow here. i don't think that's a surprise but i do have beautiful, sunny skies in store for you. look at that. not a cloud in the sky. it's beautiful in san francisco right now. 52 degrees and warmer in the northbay, 60 degrees in santa rosa and concord 62 degrees. oakland 53 degrees. this high pressure system sitting right here is just off our coast. it's pretty much parked and it's not going anywhere for the next several days. that is what's going to be responsible for this nice, warming trend and the dry weather we've got over the next week or so. three things to remember. sunshine this afternoon, mild temperatures and a clear and breezy night with cool overnight temperatures and then warmer days ahead. 60s and 70s for highs. at or above average. today right on the spot. san francisco 62, 64, 63 in oakland. those temperatures are going to continue to climb over the next several days. today, 60 pacifica, 64 los banos, 63 in fre

visited a base menachem to see how the french army is dealing with these challenges of operating in the sahara desert. to operate in the desert, the french army needs to fluids, water for the troops and fuel to power the vehicle's and helicopters. tens of thousands of gallons of fuel are kept here. be most supplies have to transported by road. a breakdown can be a disaster, it can slow down a convoy and even mechanics come targets for extremists in the region. the summer vehicle broke down. there was a problem of the gear fix. they had to fetch it, bring it back to camp, they have 14 hours of work ahead of them. avoiding breakdowns is the best thing, that's why they make sure every vehicle that arrives at the camp gets checked over by his mechanics. >> logistics experts organize the supplies. with soldiers arrived at this location less than a month ago. there are 150 of them working behind the scenes, supporting combat troops on the ground. place: two suspects of in under formal investigation by police in paris for murder with anti-semitic motives. the stabbed and partially burned body of an 8

experts say it was caused from a sandstorm from the african sahara desert that went across europe.he snow an orange tint. that weather phenomenon happens every 5 years but this is one of the largest ever transfers of sand from the sahara. >> that is bizarre. >>> let's bring in rosemary. bill is off tonight. it sounds like this week is going to be incredible, and the game tonight, perfect weather. >> pretty nice. it is going to turn cool and breezy. bring a jacket if you're going out to see the game. there is the view of san francisco. a beautiful day after a chilly start. temperatures warmed into the 60s and we were well above where we landed yesterday. you probably noticed, anywhere from 5 to 15 degrees warmer this afternoon than yesterday and the trend will continue. tonight, if you're going down to at&t park, right about sunset is when the game gets underway. it is the wind that will cut through you, the west-northwest wind will be with us. it is a little bit breezy right now, but will continue as we get into tuesday. first, let's look at the temperatures from yesterday and into

the orange snow is a result of sandstorms in the sahara desert.d gets transported by wind and then mixes with rain and snow and it causes it to turn orange.>>> an around the clock effort is being made to fix a sinking train trussell. the rains caused the trussell to dip. it is dipping three people in normal. crews are laying down a foundation to try to secure it. there is another problem, a pipe underneath the structure holds diesel fuel.>> if it falls and collapses, it could put the main traffic bridge into danger. >> they could do a process to clean the river to stop it from getting downstream.>> crews have a vacuum down most of the diesel. they also have booms on standby to capture any residual fuel that could leak.>>> the california daredevil who strapped a rocket to his back to prove to people he was not going to chicken out. i'm april kennedy and i'm an arborist with pg&e in the sierras. since the onset of the drought, more than 129 million trees have died in california. pg&e prunes and removes over a million trees every year to ensure that

a lot of smoke and then people started running but you know fast says the patient in the southern sahara has made it a target for groups of fighters who operate in the region tens of thousands of people have fled the area because of frequent attacks. last year an al qaeda affiliated group attacked a turkish restaurant in a market killing nineteen people in two thousand and sixteen thirty people died in another assault in a hotel and restaurant in the city the region was once a french colony france now has four thousand troops in the sahara region supporting the old forces in five countries that the attack is the latest against the country's security forces in a region where violence has increased in recent years so new diagonal al-jazeera. us reports say police are searching for a student suspected of shooting dead his parents at the university hall of residence in michigan nineteen year old james eric davis allegedly killed when they came to pick him up from central michigan university police warn davis should because of dangerous they say was picked up the night before by police. steam

right there are a century five what we would call fragile states on the southern remove the of the sahara all of which are facing pressure from insurgents bases in that vast area of the sahara they're all under attack and what the french president joins a do was give a large amount of financial aid to try and set up a coup de native toss force to help with the fight to help with security but it is a very difficult area to control fosters senses and there are some hideouts which the groups can use very effectively in and launch these sort of attacks but it's notable so far no one has claimed responsibility for this one but the french president indeed the united states and europe are all aware of the developing situation in this region this is a real threat to some very fragile states and they need outside help they need military help from france particularly because they were the colonial power in this area but other states are trying to form a coordinated task force to try and prevent these sort of attacks happening but so far they've not been successful david chaytor in paris thank you v

the phenomeonon, which occurs once every five years, is caused by sand from the sahara desert mixing orange. it poses no risk to the snowboarders and skiers, though it does apparently make the snow a bit grittier than usual. tributes have been paid tojose abreu, the venezuelan musician credited with bringing a love of classical music to millions of under—privileged children. his scheme, known as el sistema, provided free music education in venezuela's shanty towns, and was copied around the world. tiffany sweeney reports. fighting poverty through music, that was the idea behind jose abreu's revolutionary music projects, bringing mozart, beethoven, tchaikovsky, to the poorest areas of venezuela, to make a young generation appreciate them, and escape a life of poverty and crime. el sistema spread across the world, and was used by thousands of students, many from disadvantaged backgrounds. it was heavily promoted by the socialist government of former venezuelan leader hugo chavez, becoming one of the country's best funded social programmes. but maestro abreu told the bbc in 2009 that he

the snow even reached the edge of the sahara desert in algeria. cold here, but there is rarely enough moisture for any precipitation! winter whiteout in iran, as the capital tehran is blanketed with heavy snow in january, much welcome moisture here offering some brief drought relief. can you believe this is tallahassee, florida ? and we are getting snow...? no, we can't, but it is, and injanuary it's the first measurable snow here in nearly three decades. more familiar territory for a winter storm, the north—east usa, several of them in march and this one gave the city of boston its snowiest march day on record. this storm that struck at the start of the year was dubbed a bomb cyclone, hitting boston with notjust wind, not just snow, but a three foot flooding storm surge. then this. after the flood, the big freeze, and astonishing scenes as frozen floodwater entombs cars in ice. back to the beast from the east. this video shows the huge effort at raf brize norton to keep the runway open in the face of prolonged snowfall, blowing around and driftin

year most of those coming from sub-saharan africa were gambians it is a dangerous journey across the sahara desert into war torn countries and across the mediterranean sea in the past three years almost fifteen thousand people lost their lives trying to reach european shores undeterred young men and women continue to take this route in what the u.n. describes as the biggest humanitarian catastrophe of our time. who profits from this do these young men and women know the risk. they are taking how much do they pay for this journey. is organizing their trip this week talked to al jazeera meets cambias human trafficking. his name is mohammed lamine johnny but he goes by the nickname elk boy i meet him at the bus station where most migrants depart usually those involved in people smuggling hide their identity not al boy he tells me he has nothing to hide traveling to europe through libya or the back way as it's known here is an open secret how many people did you help to cross to to europe to cross the mediterranean to europe around almost one thousand migrants run. in two of the sixteen why is

ukraine and romania were transformed into tain shereen tinted tundras and that was due to apparently sahara and sandstorms in fact the mars like landscapes were caused by sand pollen and dust particles mixing high up in the air and this combination then spread across north africa drifting across the mediterranean blending in with the snow here meteorologists state that this phenomenon occurs roughly every i here. a quick reminder now the top stories we're following for you here at russia slams decisions from both sides of the atlantic to expel diplomats a remarkable sign of unity with the u.k. this as a response to the poisoning of a former spy i'm for sale. and don't forget you can always give you news on the go just download our app from google play or from the apple store it will give you access to all of the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use the app to send us photos and videos that you feel are news relevant and you can wash our program a live stream i'm sorry kelly in berlin thanks so much for your company hope to se

it originated from sand storms from the sahara desert mixed with rain and snow creating that erie color there. the storm extended from greece all the way to russia. so big it was captured by nasa satellite imagery. skiers in resch captured images of orange slopes on mountains. this rare phenomena happens once every five years. >> definitely worth taking those pictures and posting them. we're talking about storms. nothing of that kind. regular spring storms, bill? >> we're all right with that. >> of course. >> remember the problems with the east coast and the west coast. we're focus using on the middle of the country. we have flood watchers from tulsa to st. louis in the next two days we could see localized amounts from 2 to 4 inches of rain and maybe a little flooding out of this. we also could get severe weather over the next two days. isolated tornadoes, ablien all the way north wards, oklahoma city is at risk also large hail possible. this is what you expect as we head through march and into april. the only issue is going to be by the end of this week this is a slow moving storm syst

bricky has become another front line to an expanding conflict affecting millions of people across the sahara nicholas hawk al-jazeera. to china now where the country's leaders are defending their plans to scrap term limits on the presidency which would allow. definitely the move is overshadowing this year's gathering of parliament which. according to the constitution of the chinese communist party there's no such provision as to nor more than two successive terms for the general secretary and the chairman of the central military commission of the party. there's no such cause of no more that two terms for the chairman of the central military commission for the country and the constitution of china so if we post the similar clause in the constitution for the terms of the presidency it's can juicer to upholding the authority of the central committee of the party with comrade xi jinping at the core and also to unify leadership also will help strengthen and improve the country's governance. china correspondent adrian brown reports from beijing. in the ceremonial heart of beijing china's political

restaurant in the city the region was once a french colony france now has four thousand troops in the sahara region supporting the armed forces in five countries that the attack is the latest against the country's security forces in a region where violence has increased in recent years. al-jazeera. the un's human rights chief says as strikes olympus each syrian neighborhood of east and go to probably amount to war crimes and should be prosecuted at least twenty two civilians have reportedly been killed as government forces reach more ground from rebel fighters on friday osama bin laden ports from neighboring turkey . makeshift clinics in eastern who have been filling up with the wounded most of the civilian casualties are women and children. are waiting for the civilians to receive aid so we can preserve their lives we are waiting for reaction from the world. that wait for the world to help stop the attacks and has gone on for years and since the government's latest offensive began last month morgues have run out of space for the dead. instead of receiving worshipers on friday this mosque go

know faso for the last few years regularly some have been claimed by rebel insurgent groups in the sahara who want to overthrow the government here in brooklyn a fossil now as we speak many people are in hospital getting treatment for gunshot wounds and as the hours go by the death toll is likely to rise. then as armies bear queues of bullying and intimidation revenge of refugees and its border with bangladesh spoke to witnesses who say the chips fired slingshots threw bottles at the refugees that clashes told them all to withdraw its forces from the area and run khan has more range of muslims fleeing me on my face harassment the troops that pushed them out a back making it very clear they want the ranger gone for good. this woman shows us her suitcase which she says was hit by ricocheting bullets fired into the camp al-jazeera producer tom baer chaldee spoke to those who fled from the army troops there said they were intimidated they were using bullhorn and mikes warning them to get out of this area through the storm had them alcohol bottles and right using even sling shot at some point

being african-american on the continent this is from sahara reporters and news site passport privilege and black guilt tales of an african american acts had and this is something our community definitely relates to our will says i've been telling my african-american brothers and sisters that they are more privileged and protected as americans in africa i'm going back to my home is the opiate because i could be in a better position as a u.s. educated with the opi and then trying to find acceptance here plus a little pushback on that idea lisa i want to bring you in here what are your thoughts. so is this minister i was it is yes so what i want to just add to that point is you need to understand something when african americans come to south africa and interact with other black south africans decline of exceptional lives because of the social capital in microsoft. you know you will have. an african-american engaging the black south african whose favorite t.v. shows scandal and sing j. the lyrics off by heart and like who has so much affinity to so much american black american pop culture

foster has become another front line to an expanding conflict affecting millions of people across the sahara nicholas hawk al jazeera. one of the check is next and then. under siege another fear people in syria. have adapted to growing unease in mushroom. china's leaders defend their push to scrap term limits which could see president cheney stay in power indefinitely. hello there we've been seeing some very heavy snow in the northern parts of china recently these pictures affirm that he long john province showing the widespread snow that we've been saying it's been coming down fic and fast causing a few problems there some of the roads have been forced to close and we've also seen the cancellation of a number of flights as well so problems there in the northeast thanks to the amount of snow that we see the actual system responsible it's moving away towards the east still dragging its feet behind it though we're seeing some heavy rain out of this at the moment that will continue its journey eastwards as we head through the day on monday so for many of us in japan it's looking fairly wet most

amount of the dust coming in across greece is the same in athens on thursday red reading skies as the sahara just moved in across the city will see that's a moderate continue to push its way further north which of these is be going through the next few days the temperatures will gradually nudge the way up sixteen celsius in essence thirteen degrees in rome at the same time a dragon in moderate from the atlantic a thirteen there in paris double figures for london that has some really wet weather pushing across spain and portugal to that western side of the middle mediterranean so the barracks seeing some rather stormy weather over the next day or two that will remain the case as we go through sunday twelve to gratian that is up towards the northwest and colder central areas looking fine to drive into double figures there for berlin and also for war so that wet weather around the western med that will push into italy easing back over towards grace but it should be somewhat dry and brighter to the east. in syria citizens are collecting evidence you know a lot of it built in charge of crimes com

burkina faso the country's capital is home to a base for the french special forces deployed in the sahara to fight rebel groups clashes and frequent attacks have led to tens of thousands of people fleeing the area fighters regularly attack police outposts in the north of the country last year an al qaeda affiliated group attacked a turkish restaurant in walker dugu killing one thousand people in two thousand and sixteen thirty people died in an other attack on a hotel in a restaurant in the city. but this is the most brazen attack so far. these three locations are some of the most safest and secured in this country many people here say in their able to attack these places then no one is safe with the death toll likely to rise. is again in warning fearing what comes next because hawk al jazeera out walking to. the charity doctors without borders has suspended all work from the northern nigerian town of ron following an attack by suspected back around fighters at least three aide workers and eight security personnel were killed in the raid in borno state on thursday night a female nurse is

now washington wants a more of a presence in the sahara region where armed groups including al qaeda and i saw have developed a stronghold the u.s. will invest twenty million dollars in training in the quitman for the guinea and military this year but the protesters a say that the threatens the countries in the pendants the french policeman killed in last friday's attack in southern france has been honored in a ceremony led by president their man when my whole new tenant colonel tom swapped places with the hostages during the supermarket attack entirely by saving her life but losing his own has been post you mostly awarded france highest award for bravery of passion butler reports from paris. trams coffin was a school to paris and to pouring rain people came to pay their respects to a french police officer who's become a national hero in imposing courtyard of the adelaide france's most famous military memorial victims' families joined politicians of all persuasions and former presidents in a show of unity on friday bill tram had swapped himself with a hostage in an attack in southern

or has become another frontline to an expanding conflict affecting millions of people across the sahara nicholas hawk al-jazeera. now the red carpets are rolled out for hollywood's biggest night the oscars on sunday the first since the me two campaign highlighted sexual harassment and gender pay and equality but those aren't the only issues facing the industry. is hollywood ready for its big need a new study casts harsh light on the lack of rachel in gender diversity in the film industry michael tran helped write the twenty eight team hollywood diversity report on most arenas that we look at you know writers directors actors and cetera you would have to you know double or triple the numbers of women and minorities in those fields to get a proportional representation with the u.s. population the numbers are not news to industry insiders but may surprise the movie going public accustom to hollywood some promoted image hollywood does think of itself as a liberal place as a progressive place and that's an important thing to believe in those values but we're here to provide the data to make

or has become another front line to an expanding conflict affecting millions of people across the sahara nicholas hawk al-jazeera. don't go away because here at al-jazeera we will bring you live and direct that result as soon as it comes in from the social democrats in germany as they decide whether or not to join angle of merkel in coalition government plus. president trump heightens the threat of a trade war with europe. from long island winds to an enchanting tax increase. hello there things are calming down for some of us across europe now we do still have some pretty strong winds in the northwestern parts of europe and they're giving some pretty violent seas that of the southern parts of the u.k. but the worst of the snow seems to be a this and now still have a little swirling mass here that still generating plenty of showers for many western parts and this plenty of rain for the south as well some of this is going to be quite heavy but generally speaking here it's a bit milder than it has been so we're looking at around ten in towards the east though it's still cold here we still g

foster has become another front line to an expanding conflict affecting millions of people across the sahara nicholas hawk al jazeera. police in bahrain ever arrested one hundred sixty members of what's described as a terrorist network funded by the revolutionary guard in iran t.v. pictures are said to show weapons and explosives to be used in attacks on the security forces the sunni led government on the shia majority island regularly accuse iran of supporting armed groups but iran denies knowing just sent south korea has announced plans for a special envoy to visit the north the delegation will leave on monday and it's in response to an invitation by leader kim jong un sr during her visit to the pier on china lympics rough mcbride has more from seoul. the delegation is being led by two ministry level intelligence officials one of them an expert in u.s. korean relations the other an expert in into korean relations so it seems this delegation has a jewel purpose first of all of exploring the possibility of dialogue between pyongyang and washington but also looking at what is the next step in