it's still day two of our trip to western sahara.e cross town to meet with more sahrawi independence activists, once again we're followed by a man on a motorcycle. we arrive, making our way past pro-independence graffiti, and meet an icon of the sahrawi resistance. sultana khaya drapes herself in the red, white, black and green flag of western sahara. justst holding this s fl in n pc is enough to get an activist beaten and arrested. sultana khaya: [translated] my name is sultana khaya. i was born under moroccan rule in the occupied city of bojador. i live just like anyny other sahrawi woman whwho was subjected to torture and beatings. and in m my opinion, my case was milder than many others. amy goodman: in 2007, sultana was peacefully protesting with fellow college students at a university in marrakech, morocco, when police surrounded her. sultana khaya: [translated] may 9th was an anniversary that all sahrawiwis should celebratete. wewe were a group of 500 sahrawi students. we left ththe university campus marching, peacefefully, wa

the sahara isner empty. these corridors are never empty. if you cross the sahara and you fall, by and by vultures circle around you, smelling, sensing your death. they circle lower and lower, they wait, they know. they know exactly when the flesh is ready, when she spirit cannot fight back. the poor are always crossing the sahara, and the lawyers and the bondsmen and all that crowd circling around the poor, exactly like a vulture. of course they're not any richer than the poor really. that's why they've turned into vultures, scavengers, indecent garbagemen and i'm talk but these black cats, too, in some ways are worse. i think that especially would be ashamed but i've had to think about it and now that i think about it, maybe not. i don't know what i wouldn't do to get phony out of jail. never come across any shame down here except shame like mine, except the shame of the hard working black ladies who call me daughter. and the shame of how puerto ricoans who don't understand what happened. no one who speaks to them speaks spanish, for examp

shadow war in the sahara. i'm sam is a than in dar with a look at the headlines here now dizzier venezuela's president nicolas maduro says he's ready to negotiate with opposition rival why those declared himself interim leader the supreme court has banned why they're from leaving the country is frozen and has frozen his assets and the reports from neighboring colombia. it took the venezuelan government less than twenty four hours to attempt to strike back against the latest round of you saying. the country's attorney general announced that a dog the leader of the opposition in self-proclaimed interim president will be banned from leaving the country and his bank accounts will be frozen. we have opened a preliminary investigation we have come to the supreme court to request cautionary measures cautionary measures as we carry out the investigation against the citizen a travel ban to avoid his departure from the country and to the parent income of property and real estate three the freezing of accounts. shrugged

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be online in the years ahead and there are plans to sell solar power to europe one day the burning sahara desert could one day become a hot export. well look at a bit further south there's another technological revolution in the making and sub-saharan africa mobile phone penetration still remains very low at the moment less than half the population across that region owns a phone but that proportion is growing fast and mobile technologies account for seven percent of g.d.p. across the region already generating about one hundred ten billion dollars per year that of opportunities for many african businesses google play the app store for android devices now allows developers from some african countries to earn a commission directly from apps sold on its platform it's a major opportunity for mobile games produces in africa globally the likes of pocket go and candy crush accounted for nearly half of all revenue from all apps africa's games industry alone could be worth six hundred forty two million dollars by twenty twenty one that is more than double what it was just two years ago so some up

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the bill before us today authorizes the trans-sahara counterterrorism partnership. this interagency program was established in 2005 to help america's partners in the sahel magrel. eel -- it's important we collaborate with our allies and that our policy is driven by united interagency effort. that's why this bill is so important. by coordinating our diplomatic, military, and development efforts in our own government, partners abroad, the trans-sahara counterterrorism partnership strengthens our response to the national security threats facing these regions of africa. passing this legislation, which authorizes an existing program, will also enhance the ability of congress to conduct thorough oversight. i urge my colleagues to support this legislation which already passed the house last year and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. mccaul: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. mccaul: i rise in

that it is a major hub in the south of morocco and just a few hours from the sahara desert. the provincial capital is famed for its impressive. the citadel enveloping play rules was built by the elder clan who ruled southern morocco in colonial times. little firm is based in where is is that's new town area here is where he set up his solar business. maracas blessed with three thousand hours of sun a year a natural resource in abundance supply. the twenty eight year old technician now has four employees he set. that's also thanks to how heavily the moroccan state has been investing in renewable energy of late. where he says that is no home to one of the world's largest solar power farms something show it is proud of it. has become something like the world's solar energy capital. it's an excellent project. and of course it's helping make renewables and solar power in particular more popular in morocco. you know. the power plant is colossal even from across the city you can see the tower at the center of the newark facility arabic for light. with very few field deposits of its

the way overland is far more difficult niger is situated at the southern edge of the sahara many of the roads give way to sand. lies in a small always this between two jews. finally the truck arrives a long anticipated moment and everyone is relieved it's finally here. through including aida and the africa green tech team. or not even. half the village has come to welcome the solar pioneers. the local women's cooperative is also here in force despite the warm welcome soldiers are here to provide security kidnappings of foreigners for ransom are not uncommon in this desperately poor region. that's another reason the shrivers wanted to come here. he goes to. niger is the least developed country in the world system works there. the most difficult conditions it would also work in places where things are pretty easy as it. occurred but first there are a few hurdles to overcome. the main road into the village is too narrow. it takes some careful maneuvering to get the truck into position. reform. have been to see how they come home to fix all. the deep sand is another obstacle. nothing they t

and the issue with the western sahara. ya go back something you men in the book would soon after i think to make these young numbers on the poll do you know bewley problem the long dead a good looking for the. israeli young or at least you know is they. don't tend to this is just the. most cases we need to be guided by the international law that is the foundation laid. by the un security council and we believe that we need to full field the corresponding reason on this issues as to this is your duty and you have all disappointed of security did. a decision. we will not get allowed to fake my colleague my friend for this opportunity now and wide him to pay a visit and come to russia. although people with. those with. similar. but of course that this is. serious. trouble. monica because they were all us when we got on may. first it was for their. just look at your blog today first and foremost i'd like to thank my colleague and friend for mr lever off i think that this visit . happens at a very important moment for our bilat

shadow war in the sahara on. the right that as well as opposition march through caracas calling on the military to defect while the man in washington plans with the us how to take over the military governments assets. i know i'm. watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up a saudi like coalition in yemen bombs who see training camps around the data and says it's ready to use calibrated force to make them comply with the cease fire president tells his own intelligence chiefs to go back to school. after that threat assessments contradict hits. and eight dead as a polar vortex brings a record low temperatures to a vast swathes of the u.s. and canada. welcome to the program our top story this hour venezuela's self declared interim president has joined thousands of opposition supporters rallying in the capital caracas they were calling for the military to stop supporting the elected leader president nicolas maduro meanwhile madeira signaled he is willing to negotiate with the opposition leader after more than

wind, showers, and all of that translates the snow in the sierras. 48 inches of snow will wallop the sahara, sierra through thursday. we will have full forecast in a few minutes. struck a giant sinkhole impacts traffic closing all westbound lanes and the montague expressway. kpix five says that crews are rushing to get it fixed. >> reporter: the sinkhole first opened friday evening. for the past 48 hours repair crews have been working around the clock to identify and fix the problem and make repairs. the asphalt used to fill in the sinkhole was still fresh and hot when we recorded these images. a swirl of gray smoke could be seen rising off the new pavement. on the ground, crews are rushing to finish repairs and reopen the road well ahead of schedule . >> i thought i would come down to see how big the hole was they are trying to fill. they already paving over it. >> reporter: a massive sinkhole opened in the westbound lanes of montague measuring 30 feet wide and long and 20 feet deep. traffic engineers a drainage pipe that runs under the road was likely to blame. they fear it could be monda

shadow war in the sahara on algis. the man with the plan venezuela's opposition leader outlines his idea for moving the country forward. from doha i'm come all santa maria and this is the world news from al-jazeera. keeping the nuclear deal alive the e.u. announces a plan to bypass u.s. sanctions and keep trading with iran. when hey in me and thousands of come out to mark seventy years since a rebel group took up arms against the government a cease fire is in place that will tell you why a permanent peace seems to be drifting further away. and why don't trump's battle over a border wall could allow immigrants to stay in the u.s. a lot longer. so as you've seen here on al-jazeera the venezuelan opposition leader speaking at a university in caracas he has been laying out his plan for how he can take the country forward trying to convince key military members especially to withdraw their support for president nicolas maduro majority self is under pressure to step down more protests were held in stay with the aim of forcin

shadow war in the sahara on out your. welcome back you're with al-jazeera just a quick look at top stories now venezuela's a time when the generals called on the supremes court became president from leaving the country and to freeze his assets. the u.n. is urging warring parties in yemen to withdraw troops from a day to immediately fighting has fled in the port city and some other areas risking the collapse of a six week old cease fire. and around thirty thousand people in northeastern nigeria have fled into neighboring cameroon flee fearing an attack by a book they left around town in borno state at the weekend after the departure of cameroonian forces. now some news from sudan where the intelligence and security chief has ordered the release of all people detained during anti-government protests that started last month this is according to the information ministry the protests across the country began over cuts to bread and fuel subsidies that have now grown into cold for president bashir to step down mohamed vall sent

shadow war in the sahara on algiers. yemen's port city of hyundai there is on the verge of collapse as aid agencies wall of worsening humanitarian conditions. and sami said this is al jazeera live from seoul coming out it in various ways where it hurts the u.s. imposes oil industry sanctions to the pressure on president nicolas maduro to quit legal victory for a christian woman in pakistan who support all that widespread protests. stop the unfair crackdown on chinese companies paging reacts the u.s. filing criminal charges against huawei. fighting has again flared up in cities across yemen putting a six week old u.n. brokered ceasefire in jeopardy nor really dire situations pushed fourteen million the yemenis close to famine now the retired dutch general in charge of the truce has stepped down from his role hopes of keeping the agreement intact fading reports . the ceasefire intraday appears to be on the verge of falling apart fighting has intensified on the outskirts of yemen's main port city further north government tr

and members of tha the fh and there is also been an enormous growth of christianity south of the sahara and the population growth in nigeria are stunning. so how great the growth is i don't know, but if you ask me what might command the spread of islam it is the sound of the qur'an which of those that hear it recited find it enchanting and the fact that you recite this several times a day. for the physical action that brings us very deep into the human being. >> fundamentally, the growth is a matter of birthrate in the message because you become a muslim because you are mom and dad of muslims >> [inaudible] i don't think so. i i would like to meet with you about the growth of islam that attributed that to the growth of population. i was never afraid of allah, allah is forgiving. >> islam has spread because allah is forgiving and merciful. there is no animosity. in the qur'an from your point of view is it antagonistic or what is your sense of that? >> they believe there is only one god and this is an enormous point of similarity. the challenge is they must reject their scriptures as corr

shadow war in the sahara on al-jazeera. for nine hundred forty six to nine hundred fifty eight the united states detonated dozens of atomic bombs in the marshall islands when the u.s. was getting ready to clean up and leave at least nine hundred seventy s. they picked the pit that had been left by one of the smaller atomic explosions and dumped a lot of this who tony and other radioactive waste into the pit the bottom of the dome it's permeable soil there was nowhere for her to line it and therefore the seawater is is inside the dome when this dome was built there was no factoring in sea level rises caused by climate change now every day when the tide rolls out radioactive isotopes from underneath the die roll out with it. really we're not talking just the marshall islands we're talking the whole solution. hello i'm maryam namazie this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes. venezuela's opposition march through caracas calling on the military to defect on their man in washington plans with the

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global problem — one of the worst affected regions is the sahel, this darker area that borders the saharaonal correspondent, lyse doucet, reports from the town of menaka in mali, rarely visited byjournalists, to see how climate change is impacting on daily life. the sahel, locked in a long war to hold back the desert. it's losing. and now a new enemy — climate change threatens the world's most vulnerable lands. mali fights on many fronts. un forces are on the ground here — the world's most dangerous peace—keeping mission, often under attack from extremist groups, including al-qaeda and islamic state. this 63—year—old farmer has seen it all. a country of extremes, now lurches from drought to floods. last summer there was more rain than anyone can remember. all his crops were washed away. his home flooded with water. a mud home full of cracks, after an explosion nearby. so what is the biggest enemy now? is it the conflict or the climate? translation: the conflict and the climate, everything is a problem here. mali has all the problems. and some families don't even have anything to eat. and

status which is very, very important for central americans, for some people from africa, south of sahara it has to be something that says we want people who are here to be full participants in america, and that we're not raiding job sites and this and that and instilling fear. and it is a -- we've been through this. secure our borders. legalize the people who are here so that they can participate fully. do so in a way that energizes america, which has always been the case with new comers coming. and i emphasize that secure our borders because that's a responsibility, to protect and defend our country. the president would not -- the inference that you draw from the wall is that's the only way to do that. that actually is an imorality. it builds walls in peoples minds about who should come here. it's a very sad thing that he's doing to instill that kind of fear of a new congress to our country. so very different from ronald reagan, george herbert walker bush, bill clinton, barack obama, all of our former presidents. this is departure. >> this is town hall so i want to get some questions in

protective status, which is very important for central american, for some people from africa, south of sahara. people from the caribbean and the rest temporary protective status. but it would have to be something that says we want people who are here to be full participants in america. and that we're not raiding job sites and this and that and instilling fear. and it is -- we've been through this. secure our borders. legalize the people who are here so they can participate fully. do so in a way that energizes america, which is always been the case with newcomers coming in. >> absolutely. >> and i emphasize that secure our borders because that is a responsibility to protect and defend our country. the president would not -- the inference that you draw from the wall is that is the only way to do that. that actually is an immorality. it builds walls in people's minds about who should come here and the rest. it is a very sad thing that he's doing to instill that kind of fear to our country. so very different from ronald reagan. george herbert walker bush. bill clinton. george w. bush, barack obam

worst affected by global warming — the sahel — a region of africa that covers the gateways into the sahara, is creating an explosive combination there. and it's a problem that could lead to more migration to the shores of europe, creating another humanitarian catastrophe. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, travelled to mali. she begins in the town of menaka, rarely visited byjournalists, to see how climate change is impacting on daily life. the sahel, locked in a long war to hold back the desert. it is losing. and now, a new enemy. climate change threatening the world's most vulnerable lands. mali fights on many fronts. un forces are on the ground here. the world's most dangerous peacekeeping mission. often under attack by extremist groups including al qaeda and islamic state. this 63—year—old farmer has seen it all. a country of extremes now lurches from drought to floods. last summer there was more rain than anyone can remember. all his crops were washed away. his home, flooded with water. a mud home full of cracks after an explosion nearby. so what is the biggest enemy

shadow war in the sahara cultures. this is zero. hello i'm maryanne demasi this is the news hour live from london coming up fears of a bloodbath in venezuela as pressure grows on president nicolas maduro to call fresh elections and the u.s. announces sanctions. france's president of on your background attacks egypt's human rights record as he meets his counterpart abdel fattah sisi in cairo. west african leaders discuss how to stop boko haram that violent.

if you put socialists in charge of the sahara desert, very soon there will be a shortage of sand.s an example. it's a country with the largest oil reserves in the world and they have reduced the production of oil by over 60%. they have had to buy gas, they had to buy gasoline because -- >> no one's wealthy. >> surely, ambassador, there's a huge difference between the corruption of chavez and now maduro in venezuela and other economies in latin america like chile, which has had both socialist governments and more free market like argentina which had complete corruption and now is a more reformist government. just to sort of tar this conveniently as the entire region and socialism, venezuela is an outlier, an outlier in latin america, maybe nicaragua is as well and cuba, these are outliers relative to what several hundred million more people are doing and other governments which have been refoifrmer reformis reformists. >> yes, but in universities, they still favor the state ownership of resources and they will teach the fact that capitalism is unfair and capitalism is not -- does n

worst affected by global warming — the sahel — a region of africa that covers the gateways into the saharaproblem that could lead to more migration to the shores of europe — creating another humanitarian catastrophe. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet travelled to mali — she begins in the town of menaka — rarely visited byjournalists — to see how climate change is impacting on daily life. the sahel, locked in a long war to hold back the desert. it is losing. and now, a new enemy. climate change threatening the world's most vulnerable lands. mali fights on many fronts. un forces are on the ground here. the world's most dangerous peacekeeping mission. often under attack by extremist groups including al qaeda and islamic state. this 63—year—old farmer has seen it all. a country of extremes now lurches from drought to floods. last summer there was more rain than anyone can remember. all his crops were washed away. his home, flooded with water. a mud home full of cracks after an explosion nearby. so what is the biggest enemy now? the conflict or the climate? translation: the con

. >> she was the -- >> in the sahara, they were talking about how great elise was. it was like, oh my god, did you see elise jordan on "deadline white house"? oh my gosh, she's incredible. >> i love all the love for both of you. thank you, both, for doing it. john heilemann sheer. you have a ton of titles these days. mns news -- >> whatever. >> whatever. whatever. the circus is coming back soon. politics editor for "the root" and msnbc contributor and donny is here. >> donny has no titles. >> like madonna -- >> or gaga. gaga blue is like a thing. sorry. we're off topic here, badly. talk about, i mean, you have an interesting sort of key hole into this world through your relationship with michael cohen. but i'm guessing you're not surprised by news that today we learned that the president's one-time campaign chairman handed polling data to russians. that one of the russians who was inside, deep inside trump tower with donald trump junior and everyone else running the trump campaign was charged by the justice department, related to another case. just talk about the cu

shadow war in the sahara on al-jazeera. here's the yemens poll city of hyundai there is on the verge of collapse as aid agencies wall of worsening humanitarian conditions. and this is al jazeera live from so coming up in venezuela where the u.s. imposes oil industry sanctions the pressure on president nicolas maduro to quit.

next we have the sahara deserts. we have the snowman festival in japan. we have moscow. we have a global warming protest in berlin and then we have china in modern art the snowman has been used. you will see in the next picture this is a really large insulation called the snowman factory and this also is a piece of artwork done in california and because of the snowman-- look i got into cartoons. [laughter] where do you see yourself in five months? i decided i needed an intermission in the books i wanted to collect the best new yorker cartoons about snowman and at some point i lost track of money and time and i had some cartoons to fill and i did them myself, so i did a couple for myself and became also friends with some of the people at the new yorker. we found this in your brain. a chain of events led to sam gross, a great looming cartoonist and he invited me to lunch, the famous new yorker lunch they had for my birthday and it was there that i met everyone and had a good time and i asked could i come back and he said sure, but come back with 10 sketches and on a dare h

thanks a lot. [ applause ] >>> next we turn to sahara aziz, professor of law, chancellor social justice scholar and middle east and legal studies scholar at rutgers university law school. she is also the founding director of the enter displane ary center for rutger center for rights. her book is forthcoming with harvard university press. [ applause ] >> good morning. thank you so much nor inviting me to this very timely conference. thank you to elizabeth, to erica, to the brennan center team for putting together such an excellent agenda, and also to r street and to csi s. so i have been tasked with, let's see. >> keep going. >> okay. thank you. i have been tasked with explaining something very simple, very easy. the international emergency economic powers act, which, as liza mentioned, is the statutory authority under which most of presidential emergency powers have been deployed or invoked, and i'll talk more about how that is done. but just to give you a brief -- a roadmap, i will talk about the predecessor act, the trading with the enemy act, the application of iepa and the financial

. >>> a new study shows mosquito borne virus found in the sahara africa is more dangerous than the zika virus. they found that it targets the placenta. all mothers caught the virus in that region. >>> today at 90. performing with your highest level. the harlem globetrotters are back in town. they stopped back with one of their newest recruits who is a former stanford star. >>> the interviewer that god president nixon to apologize for watergate. we will talk to the actors bringing that movie to the stage ? >>> don't you forget about me. it is 2019. people are making changes. the same old, same old isn't going to be the same.

i have pictures when i spent overnight in sahara desert. >> kirk, i'm thinking, the markets are thinkingrk zuckerberg when he bought assets, whatsapp and the like, instagram he said that they would be independent companies, not the case anymore, who is going to -- >> misinformed us, are you kidding? are you thinking that could be possible? he took his hand right there across my heart. i promise i will keep independent and separate while there's still claiming that they are going to be run separately as entities but the technical infrastructure will become one, to me that's just a nice wash over changing his mind on that one. >> kirk, good morning, really good morning for you because it's still nighttime in california, but do you think he will get -- facebook will get into the paid business also because if you're communicating back and forth with your friends you might as well be transferring money with them so they take a run at the paypals of this world? >> i would be looking at it if i were him. you have signal and a variety of competitors in the landscape. once he consolidates all of