his books include "western sahara: war, nationalism, and conflict irresolution." back to democracy now! as we see the russian invasion of ukraine play out, stephen zunes, talk about why you're talking about western sahara. >> trump recognize, formally recognize morocco's illegal annexation of western sahara during his final weeks of his presidency. a number of impetuous trumpisms, it was thought that biden would retract that. he has refused to do so, however. united states is virtually only country in the world, the only country to formally recognize morocco's illegal annexation. if you look at maps from the united nations, google, rand mcnally, national geographic, whatever, they are depicted as two separate countries. u.s. government maps show western sahara as part of morocco. no demarcation between them. when biden says russia has no right to unilaterally change international boundaries, that countries cannot expand their territory by force, he is correct but he seems to think it is ok if you are a u.s. ally like morocco. amy: for those who are not familiar wi

the visiting us secretary of state attempts to mend ties strained on the status of western sahara. we begin our coverage in concave, where russian forces are continuing their relentless attack. a 3rd of the population is managed to escape ukraine's 2nd largest city. the mayor says, no part of it is safe, as a beg has this exclusive report from khaki. with ben's night done. there's no pros company. this is the reality for many ukrainians still left in the country. second largest city of shelves by russian forces, whilst they slept, emergency services stretched to capacity. as shells, rain down in the middle of the night. i was here for you with our night starts with police as they patrolled the streets on the lookout for what they say, our russian saboteurs. we've been given access to the special unit of the police force that patrol the city past curfew. making sure there's no threats behind those front lines. reassuring people that the police are still operating and taking care of her gift. but nothing has prepare them for what they are doing now. oh, good music is always. yeah, th

the visiting us secretary of state attempts to mend ties, strain on the status of western sahara. about he december to the sports 7 more teams qualify for the 2022 world cup including santiago, who reached the finals at the expense of egypt. based on man mohammed sala had to deal with a hostile crowd. in back hall. we begin al, coverage in hockey, sweat russian forces are continuing their relentless attack. a 3rd of the population has managed escape ukraine, 2nd largest city, a corresponding assa bake, has more on what the marrow khaki said that no part of the city is safe or peeve burns at night on this number of the gruesome. this is the reality for many ukrainian still left in the country, 2nd largest city of shelled by russian forces while they slept. emergency services stretched to capacity, right. as shelves, rain down in the middle of the night. now we're here for you with our night starts with police as they patrolled the streets on the lookout for what they say, our russian saboteurs. we've been given access to this special unit of the police force that patrol the city pa

has maintained a peacekeeping mission in western sahara. a territory about the size of new zealand un efforts have repeatedly feel to broker a settlement over the disputed territory. which the police are you says belongs to the sufferer. we people, morocco controls 90 percent of the territory, including its 3 main towns, and insists it's an antique gro part of the kingdom. while policy demands a referendum on self determination. the 2 drivers have now reached the southwestern corner of the dispute, a territory near a small town called godaddy, where there is a un buffer zone, but which as effectively the border crossing into mauritania over 880000 travellers passed through here every year, tourists visiting west africa and africans having to morocco and europe as a hot spot for smuggling and illegal immigration. the weight here can be lengthy. they claim to inspect over $30000.00 trucks and cars here every year. for ibrahim and if that could be it, if it's an unwelcome bottleneck, and they have no idea how long the visa procedure, vehicle,

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most live in south east asia, the middle east, the sahara region, and north africa. the good news, the situation is not hopeless. on saudi arabia's west coast, an experiment is going on and initiated called the bay. the project has developed a system for regenerating the land using flash flood. yes, you had right flash floods in the middle of the desert. these video shared on social media in 2021. show what rainfall in saudi arabia can look like. but most of the valuable fresh water in the region runs off or evaporates. you said ok, well if we can catch flash floods and get that water in the ground, then that becomes a sustainable source of water. even if it's only happening, you know, every 18 months or every 20 months or whatever this is back meant specialist in regenerative agriculture and former director of the i'll be the project together with the local community use. beckman and other agricultural specialists have been building them terraces and kilometers of bitches. the idea is to channel the flood waters to where they're needed and retained them there. they

n. process of lincoln has supported in the past regarding western sahara could help us move closer to, to the needs of western allies. he was president joe biden has signed into law a bill making lynching a federal hate crime. it's now punishable with up to 30 years in prison. the journey to the new law took more than a century. during that time there have been thousands of lynchings, mainly targeting black americans. just to warn you this report by rosalind jordan contains distressing images. after 145 years lynching is now a federal hank crime in the united states law civil rights leader gather her day and most of all the family member til, and i to be wells. thank you for never given up. never, ever given up. 19th century journalist and activist ida b wells lobbied every one she could to ban lynching the practice of killing men, women and children, most of them african american, but some latino and asian american. and then displaying their corpses as a warning to racial minorities. they could be next. and for that, her life was threatened, her printing press was destroyed and she w

meanwhile, the sahara covered part. take a look at this video.torm brought up dust from the sahara with a sea of brown and orange tuesday. one snowboarded recorded his time exposing the snow below and leaving a trail of white before. air quality dropped significantly from spain over to the swiss alps because of the particles. te that's it for me. have a nice day. >>> that's all for this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm yoshi ogasawara in tokyo. thanks for watching and do stay with us for more. >>> this is "newsline biz." i'm gene otani. >>> the benchmark index at the tokyo stock exchange saw strong gains on thursday following an overnight rally in new york. the surge was driven by relief among investors about the outlook for the american economy. the result comes after the u.s. central bank implemented a widely expected interest rate rise. policymakers at the federal reserve lifted the key rate by the 25 percentage point to tackle inflation. fed chair jerome powell said the probability of a recession in the next year is not very high. the nikkei av

saharan dust, we need to source our airfrom the sahara and if we saharan dust, we need to source our if we follow our isobars, this one is like a pipeline all the way up to the south of the uk. you can see how we have pulled in that saharan dust ahead of this area of low pressure that developed across central england, and it is that loan that is now dropping heavy rain and slowly plodding eastwards through this afternoon. some western areas are already emerging into brighter conditions but for some, this rain is going to stick around until the day is out. a fine afternoon for northern ireland. increasingly dry across scotland. sunshine for wales and the south—west, rather stubborn in the hours ahead for the midlands, east anglia and southeast lincolnshire and parts of north—east england too. it will probably take until midnight for us to finally lose the rain from eastern counties of england. but then the sky is clear and there could be a bit of mist forming first thing on thursday. certainly looks like a chilly start to thursday, with a frost particularly across eastern scotland. fo

sees how uh people who have always lived in the sahara on the one hand.. they no longer ride a camel. they drive jeeps. i see some solar panels here, but at the same time, bread and meat are still being prepared. as they did 100,200,300,500 years ago , after 10 minutes the cake is turned over. oh, what a beautiful color is again buried in coals and after 5-7 minutes you can try to clean from coals and ash. to be honest, i can’t even believe that this can be an edible yakwa o those dogs. this is the most delicious beautiful and awesome bread of my life. just when let him talk. good morning, dear friends, the doctor light program about the right medicine, which we will talk about with the right doctors. we continue our conversations with mikhail gutch, a semi-ect head of the department of sleep medicine at the clinic for nervous diseases of professor kozhevnikov at sechenov university. good morning. michael in the morning. well, we are already talking about this, probably they said, so to speak, in general it is always. as a matter of fact, this is one of t

over 1st. seminole shows me the 330 kilometer long border area where these like state in the greater sahara is active. the i still linked armed group is seen as the biggest security threat in the region. it's leader ability. the salary was killed in a drone strike. in august, last year, general mohammed tomba and the 2000 soldiers under his command have been in the battlefield for years. but the fight is far from over. put la difficult deals are agree going with the biggest challenge we're facing is that there is no maryan or berkeley narbey army on the other side of the borders so he can talk and plan a text. within the last 5 years, the molly, an army retreated from the area and were acting on our own of a jam, mama and outgunned. the army relies heavily on intelligence from foreign troops. this has become a forward bass furniture's army fighting against iceland al qaeda affiliates in the sa, her region. they're backed by american and european special forces, but a few kilometers north towards the border with molly armed groups and expanding the continued to control a vast territory. now

runner sets off on a journey, capturing a compass and a supply of food, but the main thing in the sahara give out 12 liters of water per person per day. to reach the finish line in such conditions is an achievement in itself. after all, runners have to endure not only the exhausting heat, but also the wind that almost does not subside in the desert, the participants in the sailing grand prix series, windy weather, on the contrary, only i didn’t embarrass her, she was from the spectators who gathered at the finals of the competition in san francisco, the participants of the regatta fought at high speeds and were able to escape collisions. this is how the spanish yacht literally saddled the american one. none of the athletes were injured, but the spaniards were unable to continue the performance due to a breakdown in the victory. as a result, the australian crew, led by the olympic champion, celebrated the slingsby home award. they received a check for a million dollars, but snowboarder manuela mandy, on her own admittedly, i didn’t think about the prize money before the final of the world

they've been in limbo since western sahara was the colonized and united nations adopted the resolutions calling for a referendum on the self-determination. more than five decades later no referendum has been held and the destiny has been subjected to a broken promise after broken promise by the moroccan government. some of the administrations believe that they are serious about negotiating in the resolution. the secretary has directed you to look at alternative locations for the dod exercises in africa. i have more i want to say but the western sahara but we are pressed for time so i will submit in writing. i want to turn as you know in the last administration's decision for all the troops out of somalia and move them to djibouti and india and pursue an over the horizon counterterrorist strategy. a general, you've called me on the primary enemy in the somalia and most active in al qaeda network. two questions, general for the chain of command to put the forces back in the somalia on a full-time basis the answer is yes and when did you submit the request and have you gotten any responses

there is more we want to say about western sahara but we are s spressed for time. i will submit that in writing. general townsend, i want to turn to somalia. as you know i pose the last administration's decision to put poll nearly all of her troops out of somalia and move them to kenya and pursue over the horizon counterterrorism strategy. it increases risk and decreases our effectiveness. we are seeing this play out on the ground in somalia as things get worse and they gain strength. general townsend we you have called al-shibaab our primary enemy in somalia. your quote was largest and most active al qaeda network in the world. two questions, general townsend have you submitted a request your chain of command but dod forces backes in somalia on a full-time basis? and if the answer is yes when did you submit the request? have you gotten any membership response yet from that request? >> all the characterizations you just relate about somalia and al-shibaab are correct. respectfully senator i have advised my chain of command. my chain of command is still considering

thick dust from the sahara desert has blown across the mediterranean covering this french ski resort. it is now moving toward northern france. >>> here at home, some closure in a murder case more than 60 years old. the 4-year-old dubbed "little miss nobody" has been identified. she is sharon lee gallegos. she was abducted in 1960, and her body was found that year in an arizona desert. a crowd funding effort raised the money for dna testing. her family is grateful the mystery has finally been solved. >> we're really overjoyed. we looked into "little miss nobody" and were amazed at how the people of prescott and other counties rallied around her. took care of her for 62 years. and we, as the family, want to say thank you. >> investigators are still trying to figure out exactly what happened to sharon as well as who killed her. no suspects were ever identified in her kidnapping. >>> the white house is bringing back public tours. the white house will advise anyone experiencing covid symptoms within ten days of the tour to stay home. and masks will be available. spring events such as garde

i have more than -- i i want o say about western sahara but when pressed for time so i will submit that in writing. general townsend, i want to turn to somalia. as you know i opposed the last administrations decision to pull nearly all of our troops out of somalia and move them to djibouti in india and pursuant over the horizon counterterrorism strategy. it increases risk and decreases our effectiveness. we are seeing this play out on the ground in somalia as things get worse and al-shabaab gains strength. general townsend, you've called al-shabaab our primary enemy in somalia. your quo w t largest and most genetically active fighter network in the world. two questions, general townsend. have you submitted a request to your chain of command to put dod forces back in somalia on a full-time basis? and if the answer is yes, , then when did you submit the request and have you gotten any response yet from that request? >> thanks, ranking member. all the characterizations you just relayed their about somalia and in the threat from house to bob are correct. respectfully, senator, i've submitte

talking about sand, sand from the sahara, sand from algeria covers most of portugal and spain and turningrange. hot weather expected many places in western europe, the warm weather will affect kyiv late this weekend and next week. that's it for me, stay safe. ♪ >> that's all for this edition of nhk u"newsline," thank you fr watching and do stay with us for more. ♪ >>> this is newsline biz, i am gene otani. policymakers decided on friday to keep the bank short term interest rate in negative territory and they said they'll continue buying government bonds so the long-term rate stays around zero percent. the decision of downgrading the assessment of the economy. policymakers picked up overall but shown weakness in areas. one is rising prices for consumer goods. >> translator: inflation could reach 2% and stay around that level in while and certain periods after that. it depends on crude oil trends and the government's response for that. >> kuroda says the incree of pricing will hurt the budget. the bank's policymakers said another factor that's clouding the outlook of the economy is the conf

here to demonstrate against the decision taken by pedro sanchez, which is once again betraying the sahara. we feel betrayed because he said he would give sovereignty over the territory to the moroccans and we do not feel equal to them. we are the ones who decide our rights. amy: u.s. secretary of state antony blinken arrived in morocco monday where he is meeting with the kingdoms foreign minister. in mexico, 20 people were killed sunday when gunmen opened fire on a crowd watching a cockfight in a small town in the western state of michoacÁn. police said they found more than 100 30-caliber shell casings at the crime scene. mexico's military has joined the search for the killers, but so far no arrests have been made. last year, mexico filed a lawsuit in a u.s. federal court seeking to hold 10 u.s.-based gun makers accountable for mexico's epidemic of gun violence. the complaint says more than half a million u.s.-made guns are smuggled to mexico each year. meanwhile, a new independent report into the 2014 disappearance of the 43 ayotzinapa students says mexico's navy and army officials had b

in western sahara, a delegation of u.s.-based volunteersas arrived at the home of pminent sahrawi human rights defender sultana khaya, her sister laura, and their family. it's a rare visit by international human rights observers to the territory, which has suffered under moroccan occupation since 1975. the u.s. delegation includes adrienne kinney, a former u.s. army intelligence officer and president of veterans for peace. their visit breaks a 482-day siege of the home, where family members have been forcibly confined by moroccan security forces since the khaya sisters november 2020. say they were raped last year moroccan agents in front of their 84-year-old mother. the agents also stole mobile phones, threw trash, urine, and a noxious black liquid into the family's drinking water storage tank. to see our interview with sultana khaya, go to our website democracynow.org and link to our documentary "four days in western sahara, africa's last colony." in east timor, voters are heading to the polls saturday. among a field of 16

so after surgeon attacks by al kinder and i still affiliates in the sahara region, out there as hush robber i gained exclusive access to their military base tennis report. with a good shot captain abdullah zak bashar is briefing his soldiers on their mission. the will escort civilians to bunny bongo as a town near the chairs border with molly. a delicate mission armed groups have attacked the town many times in the last few years. as the command center left and colonel seminole money and his team and allies, the latest intelligence from the region, a look around what can offer 1st. seminole shows me the 330 kilometer long border area where these like state in the greater sahara is active. the i, sil, linked armed group is seen as the biggest security threat in the region. it's leader, up already the salary was killed in a drone strike. in august last year, general mohammed tomba and the 2000 soldiers under his command have been in the battlefield for years. but the fight is far from over. put la difficult, deirdre agree going with the biggest challenge we're facing is that there is n

is it possible to imagine at least some sweets without sahara?have a line of, uh, chocolate is very popular and the sugar content is either reduced in some items or not at all . it seems the time is right, easy for those who consider sugar to be the cause of all troubles, if traditional chocolate and sweets turn out to be more expensive than paying more and every second. now he will become a stalker. this is how the price of sugar, which has soared this month, may turn out to be in a few seconds , the program. you will not believe it, but we will see you exactly one week later on saturday at 19:00. stay with us. stay with your central television. see you. while the terrible death of the star of the film, beloved women mechanic gavrilov why did the actress natalya nazarova die alone, the neighbors do not exclude the actress could not die immediately, perhaps she slipped, hit her head, could not get up and died painfully long, because there was nowhere to wait for help. called, like, as from the guild of actors. uh, she hasn’t been in touch for 2 w

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i will bring wind and rain and stir up the air currents across the sahara desert and also push the dustkyjust in the last is so most like a martian landscape in the dust which is spreading into france here mayjust about clear the southeast of england over the next day or so. but for many of us, that will not be the case. the weather front is going to keep things fresh in the northwest of the uk recorder is sitting into the early hours of wednesday morning so perhaps a touch of frost in northern ireland but to the east and south of that weather front, it's going to be a frost free night. 7 degrees in london no more than five or six in the hall or newcastle. right across england and wales, that is a lot of cloud but also outbreaks of rain and they don't think it'll be raining all day but ill wax and wane to the course of wednesday the could be a break is coming we should be prepared for some heavier outbreaks of rain and later on in the afternoon across the south southeast, east and then the best of the weather in scotland and northern ireland but here, 10 degrees in belfast, and about se

and flying high in africa's sub—sahara. we're in serre chevallier, to see what the future holds for this stuff. it may not look it right now but snow is becoming a real problem. and here in the alps they are warming faster than the global average and with tourists and skiers like myself demanding better quality snow and longer seasons, resorts here have to turn towards artificial snow to extend their seasons into guaranteed better quality ski days. beijing was the first winter olympics to be 100% reliant on the creation of artificial snow. 222 million litres of water were needed to create the snow conditions and that is the equivalent of 85 olympic—sized swimming pools. one snow gun alone can create the equivalent of ten lorry loads injust one hour. but artificial snow is not new. back in 1980, lake placid was the first olympic games to use the stuff but the growth and reliance at sochi and pyeongchang showed that this is a growing problem for winter sports and ski resorts alike. snow cannons essentially create artificial s

. >>> a layer of reddish orange dust is carpeting parts of spain following a sahara desert storm.poor air quality, limited visibility and increased temperatures due to that dust. residents are being advised to use their face masks to shield themselves when going outside. authorities say the dust could travel toward northern parts of europe they believe changing weather patterns due to climate change could be responsible >>> and we've got a change now, seasonal bill is back with our forecast, feeling more like spring hi, bill >> yeah, with spring comes severe weather threat which we have in florida today and brush fire threat as the winds pick up in the southern plains coming out of new mexico. we have an elevated fire risk here, and this is the time of year we see those brush fires in the plains and if they do form, they can spread pretty rapidly. 75 in st. louis today, 71 in sincenity and another beautiful day from d.c. to boston. enjoy it, guys not as nice tomorrow >> all right, we sure will thank you. >>> fetching their way to our hearts find out which bedre is america's top do

reach spain's canary islands by boat from countries such as guinea, senegal, morocco, and western sahara. one spanish and geo said more than 4000 africans died last year, attempting to get to the canaries using this crossing the highest number ever. yet, despite the dangers the numbers keep increasing. as here more from madeline, now to find out why was so determined to take such a risk and how this change his life and that of the family he left behind the past years have been challenging for madonna tune carter. he hopes to one day throw punches in the olympic hawk sing ring, but it's a miracle he's alive to pursue that dream. his toughest match to date came out at sea. the maryan with still a teen when he climbed into a fishing boat in the west african country of mauritania and set off for the canary islands. look beautiful. the last day was the worst part of the whole trip. i was inexperience and simply had no strength left. i was very scared the whole time. but when you're suddenly in an extreme situation like that, your fear disappears. i learned a lot that later helped me in the bo

former us president trump recognized moroccan sovereignty over the disputed territory of western sahara. they heard from a guest who suspects that the u. s. is trying to backtrack on that decision as it seeks to improve ties with algeria. the from the decision was brought almost with, with the international law, with the american founding. the founding principles with the nature of the conflict sets up a very dangerous precedent in the international relations that unilateral decision a state that is deciding about the face of another territory. 30, which doesn't belong to which an rival of the, by the administration. we have been noticing, observing, gradual shift back to the traditional position of the, of the u. s. which was materialized declarations by the department of state, but also by the, by the white house. but we are yet waiting for the formal and revocation of administration decision. and we think that is really that is really key to relocate. the u. s. in the, in the, in the impartial and neutron was ition. you can't really choose a path to totally, and you still pretend or

that mild air with these sahara dust and the rain pushes out into the north sea as we go through the, much of england and wales will be dry and bright, showers though come a greater chance in north wales, north of england on thursday, a sunshine and show a day for scotland and northern ireland. a bit chilly here, temperatures climbing again further south and as we go through the rest of the week, it looks like with high pressure building, plenty of blue skies and sunshine into the weekend. see you soon. this is bbc news. the headlines: the government in ukraine has said more than 4,000 people were evacuated from front—line cities on monday through seven humanitarian corridors. the country's deputy prime minister said three other evacuation routes did not operate successfully. she accused russian forces of firing on civilians who were evacuating in the kyiv region. a large civilian convoy has left the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol following a number of failed attempts to set up humanitarian corridors forformal evacuations. they say civilian deaths have risen above 2000. the red

reach spain's canary islands by boat from countries such as guinea, senegal, morocco, and western sahara. one spanish angio said more than 4000 africans died last year, attempting to get to the canaries using this crossing the highest number ever. yet, despite the dangers the numbers keep increasing, let's hear more from madeline now to find out why was so determined to take such a risk and how this change his life and that of the family he left behind. the past years have been challenging for madonna tune carter. he hopes to one day throw punches in the olympic hawk sing ring, but it's a miracle he's alive to pursue that dream. his toughest match to date came out at sea. the maryan with still a teen when he climbed into a fishing boat in the west african country of mauretania and set off for the canary islands. look beautiful. the last day was the worst part of the whole trip. i was inexperience and simply had no strength left. i was very scared the whole time. but when you're suddenly in an extreme situation like that, your fear disappears. i learned a lot that later helped me in the b