state local military there for the ethiopian army and groups of ethnic somalis were reported to have been to businesses political leaders in somali state have long campaigned to join neighboring somalia. is in neighboring djibouti mohammed your sources telling us the latest information from this area. while a bit of a town condo in the city of the couple of the somali region to be here pure which lies on the border if you appear shares with somalia residents of the city won't friday to see tunks and troops rolling into the city taking over holliman some of the main streets and also surrounding the presidency and office of the president of the somali region and now government officials and others some of us say this was innocent tainted by a rift between them and the regional administration and a full on by the leaders of the region to announce separation and independence from ethiopia something they say is enshrined in the crystal titian but was being done in a constitutional monarchy that is when the local police exchanged fire with the government troops and then in that is assuming

there's a tense handle in the city of tick tick up a couple of the somali region of ethiopia federal troops continue to arrive some of them by claims and on friday were that into the city was surprised to see federal troops walling into this city with hun. at this point the local or special police exchanged fire with the federal troops and these created some confusion which. began something that's so high a market of you go to churches and up to fifty people losing their lives the government in addis ababa justifies why it sends the troops saying that there was not a rift between the regional administration and the federal government and that there was a plot by that it was russian to announce the suppression of secession from the rest of ethiopia something that was outrightly denied by the regional president . during his eyes jordan anderson who's an analyst of the africa country risk team that i am chess market thanks for coming in so what was your interpretation of events on the ground and what triggered all this so there's three key events that have triggered the deployment of fe

balance breaks out in ethiopia somali region is the government deploys troops after an apparent rift with the local authorities. the wire rock music festival dubbed russia's woodstock is providing the stage for the kremlin's heavy weapons as well as heavy metal. but no place in bangladesh have fired tear gas at thousands of angry students rallying for an eighth straight day in the capital dhaka demanding safer streets after two teenagers were killed by speeding buses last week the government has promised to crack down both on dangerous driving and the protesters and pro-government activists have been attacking demonstrators and journalists will try to jam has more. student protesters have blocked streets and boggle desh for the past week they're demanding government action to improve road safety traffic accidents kill at least seven thousand bangladeshis every year two young students were knocked down and killed by a bus last week in the net i'm going to we have been protesting on the roads for a few days with some of out demands with demanding justice for those students of the colle

there is a tense in the city of a couple of the somali region of ethiopia federal troops continue to arrive some of them by planes and. a resident of the city was surprised to see a group troops rolling into the city with tongues and at this point the local or special police exchanged fire with the federal troops and this created some confusion which. began something that's so the entire market of hugo looted two churches bombed and up to fifty people losing their lives the government in addis ababa justifies why it sends the troops saying that there was a rift between the regional administration and the federal government and that there were plans by the regional administration to announce a suppression of the session from the rest of ethiopia something that was outrightly denied by the regional president. when outside developments in afghanistan where a suicide bombers attacked a checkpoint in jalalabad killing three soldiers and he said recently set up checkpoints around the east and sets he after away the deadly attacks that early as three soldiers from the czech republic were ki

in the east it began when ethiopian troops were sent from the capital addis ababa to the eastern somali states to arrest regional officials there they clashed with local forces for the violence followed us with reports of groups of ethnic somalis attacking other civilians two churches have been burned and businesses looted and destroyed political leaders in the somali state of long called for it to be part of neighboring somalia. the health ministry in the democratic republic of congo says three more people have died from the latest outbreak of the a bolo virus the number of confirmed cases has risen to thirteen the world health organization says this outbreak poses new problems because it's in north keith province several armed groups are fighting there. course in zimbabwe have denied bail to more than twenty opposition supporters have been charged with inciting public violence the leading opposition candidate says the charges are politically motivated six people were killed on wednesday when soldiers opened fire at a protest against alleged vote rigging. from the capital harare. polic

there that has in the city of pick up a couple of the somali region of ethiopia federal troops continue to arrive some of them by plane and on friday residents of the city was surprised to see federal troops and walling into their city with hunger and at this point the local or special police exchanged fire with the federal troops and these created some confusion in which. began something that's so the entire market of hugo looted two charges and up to fifty people losing their lives the government in december by justifies why it sends the troops saying that there was a rift between the regional administration and the federal government and that there was a plan by the region session to announce a separation or secession from the rest of ethiopia something that course outrightly denied by the original president. a leading syrian scientist reportedly involved in missile development has been killed in an explosion. and his driver died in the blast sites in twenty twelve an armed group killed another senior scientist in damascus israel and western intelligence agencies were accused of bein

and you yourself were a somali immigrant.ccording to the u.n., some 95% of somali girls have undergone this procedure. and i wonder, how much of yourself do you see as you try to advocate and support and spare the somali immigrants in this country? >> well, initially when i came to europe and then later united states of america, my feeling was, "oh, my god, these girls are so lucky. they don't have to undergo female genital mutilation on american soil because that won't be allowed" or in europe because that won't be allowed. and then i realized, "oh, my goodness, no, i was luckier." i actually got out and managed to then look back in. and so i'm frustrated by the fact that you leave your country of origin in search of life, freedom, and your bodily integrity as a woman, and you think you're protected by the law, and you come to realize no because the people who are supposed to protect you and the institutions that are supposed to protect you are culturally sensitive. >> do you think that laws are failing to pass in the united

well listen somali province has been plagued by violence for the past three decades at the heart of the conflict is tension between ethiopian somalis who make up six percent of the population and the majority of people in neighboring province as well as territorial battles of a grazing land there's also the issue of oil wealth not being evenly distributed since coming to ethiopia's new prime minister ahmed who's almost himself has preached a line of unity while trying to assert more federal control of a somali provinces paramilitary soldiers loyal to the local government there have been accused of taking part in ethnic violence against the arm over which has claimed hundreds of lives and displaced tens of thousands of people since twenty seventeen mom of the duo has more now from neighboring djibouti fears that. in the city of a couple of the somali region of ethiopia federal troops continue to arrive some of them by plane and friday residents of the city was surprised to see federal troops walling into this city with hung's. at this point the local or special police exchanged fire with

in the east it began when ethiopian forces were sent from the capital at a suburb to the eastern somali state to arrest regional officials there they clashed with local forces further violence followed with reports of groups of ethnic somalis attacking other civilians political leaders in somali state of long called for it to be part of neighboring somalia. the islamic state of iraq and the levant has executed a druze teenager from the syrian village of shopkeepers according to local media that's in the southwestern province of. mohammed was one of thirty six people mostly women and children kidnapped by eisel last month the nineteen year old was killed on thursday after negotiations to release the hostages failed leading syrian scientist reportedly involved in missile development has been killed in an explosion he was as easy as and his driver also died in the blast me at massey outside of hama in twenty twelve an armed group killed another senior scientist in damascus. the venezuelan president nicolas maduro is accusing colombia and the group of financiers in the u.s. of trying to ass

is tension between ethiopian somalis who make up six percent of the population and the majority are romo people in neighboring or m e a province as well as territorial battles over grazing land there's also the issue of oil wealth not being evenly distributed since coming to power ethiopia's new prime minister ahmed who's a roma himself as preached a line of unity while trying to assert more federal control over somali province paramilitary soldiers loyal to the local government there have been accused of taking part in ethnic violence against the aroma which has claimed hundreds of lives and displaced tens of thousands of people since two thousand and seventeen the central government has also accused the region's officials of human rights abuses just last month senior prison staff were fired after details emerged of torture at a prison that there is now going to doe has more now from neighboring djibouti. there's a tense in the city of tick tick up a couple of the somali region of ethiopia federal troops continue to arrive some of them by claims and. the residents of the city was s

a transgender woman and a somali american among those securing a spot on the november ballot. >> can you stand at the podium and guarantee the american people they'll never hear donald trump utter the "n" word? >> i can't guarantee anything. >> the white house cannot rule out the president used the "n" word. the racial undertones of the president's tweets, a persistent problem for this white house. >>> 300 priests accused of abusing 1,000 kids dating back to the 1940s. a damning report casting a long shadow over diocese across pennsylvania. >>> and good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm ryan nobles. >> nice to see you this morning. summer morning. i'm christine romans. it is wednesday, august 15th, 4:00 a.m. in the east. >>> let's begin with a historic night for diversity in america. christine hallquist becoming the nation's first transgender major party nominee for governor. cnn projecting the former energy company executive won the democratic primary in vermont to face republican governor phil scott in november. hallquist telling cnn's don lemon this is a critical time for all

s federal government has taken over the administration of the eastern somali region a move it says is to restore law and order the original president resigned in a crate to hand over power after fifty people were killed in the state capital to take on saturday the violence began after the federal government deployed troops leading to a standoff with local paramilitary forces motto has more from neighboring djibouti the ethiopian federal government seizes the stick in this rare step to issue a security is brought back to the somali region a statement from the prime minister's office hinted the local administration i'm going rule being on the verge of announcing the suppression of the region from the rest of the country the government communication minister spoke on national television saying the federal government was now in charge of security and i missed all the somali regional be theo about federal troops and policemen have been deployed he also said that the commission of inquiry has been appointed to look into what caused the clock today about the left fifty people dead the minist

the somali region the somali regional state it's within the ethiopia's borders are going to zoom in on for you here close to the northernmost tip of somalia itself come right down into the city there and it's if i just straighten up for a moment you'll see the border which is about sixty kilometers away they are the capital as we say it is to jigga population of around one hundred sixty thousand there and if you are going to work it is if we look at the ethiopian government website you'll see some ali is actually one of eleven such regional states or city administrations as they call that has its own flags it functions basically as a as an autonomous region sort of autonomous region within. mohamad joe is over in djibouti reporting from there at the moment he knows all about this sort of. stories from this part of the region. there is a tense standoff in the city of to kick up a couple of the somali region of ethiopia federal troops continue to arrive some of them by planes and on friday residents of the city was surprised to see federal troops rolling into the city with tongues. at

hundred senators both using the hash tag aging you spread and tension rises in ethiopia's east in somali region a place run by local leaders but now federal government troops have taken control as the capital is hit by losing rioting and the burning of church. but the newsgroup to live on air and streaming online through you tube facebook live at al-jazeera dot com they say they wanted a peaceful protest but rubber bullets and tear gas have ended hopes of bangladesh's protests over road safety and the recent deaths of two students have become more violent this sunday tear gas has been used to break up the demonstrations in dhaka and activists say at least four people have been injured on what is now the eighth straight day of protests in a moment we are live to the streets of dhaka with some via choudhry first the full story with paul shouldn't you. student protesters have blocked streets and bangladesh for the past week they're demanding government action to improve road

there's a candle in the city of a couple of the somali region of ethiopia federal troops continue to arrive some of them by claims and. they were that into the city was surprised to see federal troops rolling into the city with tongues and at this point the local or special police exchanged fire with the federal troops and these created some confusion in which. began something that's so the entire market of hugo looted two churches bombed and up to fifty people losing their lives the government in a disservice by justifies why it sends the troops saying that there was a rift between the regional administration and the federal government and that there were plans by the rigid russian to announce a suppression of the session from the rest of ethiopia something that calls outrightly denied by the regional president stopped him hummel. venezuela's president nicolas maduro is accusing colombia and a group of us finance years of attempting to assassinate him we do know speaking at a military parade in the capital caracas when an explosion interrupted the event he was not hurt but seven sec

she is a progressive somali-american woman for a congressional seat.sman keith ellison won the nomination for minnesota attorney general, this despite allegations of domestic abuse against him. he denies those allegations, but the dnc says it will begin a review. >>> and finally, one week after the kansas primary, kris kobach is officially the winner of the republican nomination for governor. incumbent governor jeff colyer conceded the race last night after absentee and provisional ballots extended kobach's lead to 345 votes out of more than 313,000 cast. >>> and the trump campaign is filing for arbitration, claiming that omarosa manigault newman breached a 2016 nondisclosure agreement. it is the first legal action sense omarosa published a tell-all book about her time as a senior adviser to the president, and it comes less than 24 hours after mr. trump declared there are no tapes of him using the "n" word on "the apprentice," a claim the white house, though, is not backing up. we get more from cnn's jeff zeleny, who is at the white house. >> reporter:

ethiopia's federal government has taken over the administration of the volatile eastern somali region and to restore law and order the regional president resigned and agreed to hand over power after fifty people were killed in the regional capital gigo on saturday the violence began out of the government deployed troops sparking tension with local paramilitary forces ivory coast president alassane ouattara has issued an amnesty for the wife of former leader neural bank simone babbitt was jailed for twenty years in twenty fifteen for offenses against the state in the twenty eleven civil war. and a new wildfires broken out in california burning hundreds of hectares of scrub in a matter of hours planes and helicopters are battling the flames near tribute canyon in orange county people in the community of holy jim have been told to leave their homes as a precaution the army is sending troops to help emergency crews who are battling more than one hundred twenty fires across the western united states but those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story of the

thank you so much mohamad with all the latest on on what's happening there in ethiopia somali region reporting to us from djibouti now the new christopher robin movie will not be released in china and many believe that's because leader xi jinping is prickly about comparisons between him and one of the lead characters winnie the pooh china's censorship of the cartoon battle started last year with authorities blocking images on social media because people were likening crews of parents to she is a dream brown explains. winnie the pooh of course means different things to different people to many children around the world he's the adorable pudgy bear with a partial for honey but it seems here in china he has become an enemy of the state that's because a new film made by disney christopher robin in which winnie the pooh of course has a starring role will not now be shown in china no reason has been given china imports about forty foreign films a year and while that quota hasn't been reached yet no reason has been given as to why christopher robin will not now be shown in china now winnie

there is a tense standoff in the city of to kick up a couple of the somali region of ethiopia federal troops continue to our lives some of them by planes and. they residents of the city was surprised to see federal troops rolling into the city with tongues and at this point the local or special police exchanged fire with the federal troops and these created some confusion in which. began something that's so the entire market of your looted to churches and up to fifty people losing their lives the government in december but justifies why it sends the troops saying that there was a rift between the regional administration and the federal government and that there were plans by the regional administration to announce a separation. from the rest of ethiopia something that course outrightly denied by the regional president mahmoud. a russia has given turkey just over a month to unite the syrian rebels in it live under one banner excluding the former affiliate the head of the share in the moscow ankara deal is meant to stop the syrian government from carrying out a military offensive on ita

they got tons humble in the city of you've got a couple of the somali region of ethiopia federal troops continue to arrive some of them by plane and. the residents of the city was surprised to see a group troops moving into the city with tons. at this point the local or special police exchanged fire with the federal troops and these created some confusion which. began something that's so the entire market to go to church is bombed and up to fifty people losing their lives the government in addis ababa justifies what the troops saying that there was a rift between the regional administration and the federal government and that there was a plot by the region with russian to. suppression or suspicion from the rest of ethiopia something that was outright they didn't mind by the regional president stabbed him. in afghanistan a suicide bombers attacked a checkpoint in jalalabad killing three soldiers police have recently set up checkpoints around the eastern city after a wave of deadly attacks that three soldiers in the czech republic were killed in another suicide attack they were serving wi

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you defense minister is promising to take all necessary measures to restore order in its eastern somali region on saturday government troops fought with paramilitary soldiers loyal to the regional government mobs of looted shops and burned down buildings including two churches in the capital g. gigo at least four towns are also being affected by the violence. so to come when i was there. someone. panic as a second big earthquake in a week it seemed an asian island of long book local officials say at least nineteen people are dead. and the anti-government protests continue in nicaragua thousands flee for their lives to neighboring costa rica. welcome back time to look at the weather around the levant and western parts of asia it's a fine picture for the most part but we have got the risk of some showers on the southern side of the caspian sea so to run just a chance of a shower meanwhile the side of mediterranean generally looking good we've lost most of the shariat city around the caucuses and that's continues as we head on through into tuesday some mostly fine picture expected here tem

, afg ha ns et of them palestinians, somalis, afghans et cetera, wind up in situations where it looksround the corner, and yet they remain in camps in really squalid circumstances for a very long time, decades or generations, so i think there is a huge risk that, despite all of these changes, the rohingya could remain in camps for decades or generations, so this is something that really need additional attention. do you think that there isa attention. do you think that there is a sense of momentum building to find a resolution to the issue of what has happened to the rohingya people by governments around the world, or not? there is definitely work on it, so in november there was an agreement that the government of myanmar agreed in principle to take back an number of rohingya people, but surveys of the rohingya themselves have found that while they want to go home they are not willing to go home unless there are conditions at home that will enable them to return and live in safety. and that includes getting citizenship, it includes helping rebuild some of the villagers, it includes re

there is a tense standoff in the city of to kick up a couple of the somali region of ethiopia federal troops continue to our lives some of them by planes and friday residents of the city was surprised to see federal troops rolling into the city with tongues and at this point the local or special police exchanged fire with the federal troops and these created some confusion in which. began something that's so the entire market of your looted to churches and up to fifty people losing their lives the government in a disservice by justifying why it sends the troops saying that there was a rift between the regional administration and the federal government and that there were plans by the regional administration to announce a separation. from the rest of ethiopia something that course outrightly denied by the regional president mahmoud. now european aircraft manufacturers are rushing to deliver airliners to iran before u.s. sanctions are reimposed on monday thirteen of the twenty a.t.r. planes bought from the franco italian company have landed in iran iranian leaders say the sanctions are

the somali community here wa nt booming.one host with a kitchen at, the owner has chosen to put a veranda extension to shelter at the site, there is a kitchen garden for you can plant what you want. there is a tank to store rainwater. and to show you how comfortable they are getting, over there one such resident has already put up satellite tv. but some of the locals are not happy with the new development. the integrated settle m e nt development. the integrated settlement programme is also meant to help the host community, but some feel the benefits are skewed towards the refugees. translation: there are several benefits we should be getting, they agreed that if a refugee gets a house, so should a local. but if you look at what they are building for us, it does not compare to theirs. there is a saying which goes, when visitor comes on, the host of benefits. but when these visitors game, how come it is the visitors game, how come it is the visitor enjoying while the host continues to suffer? the un the complaints but is aski

if here piers federal government has taken over the administration of the volatile eastern somali region to a stall nor an order the regional president resigned in agreed to hundred of power after fifty people were killed in the regional capital of georgia on saturday the violence broke out on saturday after the government deployed troops sparking tension with local paramilitary forces motto has more from neighboring djibouti the federal government say suspect in this rare step to ensure security is brought back to the somali region a statement from the prime minister's office hinted at the local administration going rogue and being on the verge of announcing the suppression of the region from the rest of the country the government communication minister spoke on national television saying the federal government was now in charge of security and i missed off the somali region of ethiopia and but federal troops and policemen have been deployed he also said that a commission of inquiry has been appointed to look into what caused the clashes on saturday that left fifty people dead the minis

ethiopia's federal government has taken over the administration of the eastern somali region on saturday fifty people were killed in violence in the regional capital. clashes broke out after the government the ploy that's troops there leading to fighting with paramilitary soldiers loyal to the regional government mohammed addo is in djibouti. european federal government say suspect in this rare step to issue a security is brought back to the somali region the statement from the prime minister's office hinted at the local administration. being on the verge of announcing the suppression of the region from the rest of the country the government communication minister spoke television saying the federal government was now in charge of security administration of the somali region of youth europea and but for a group of troops and policemen have been deployed you also say but the commission of inquiry has been appointed to look into what the club for some sort of a doctor left fifty people that the minister also said that the government is going to ensure in the coming days to appointment of a

unrest is continuing in eastern ethiopia where government forces moved into a rest in the in the somali state federal troops took control of the capital after resistance from paramilitary forces loyal to the state government looting rioting in the burning of churches has been reported some of the states has been plagued by violence for thirty years israel's prime minister has defended the new nation state law which defines israel as a jewish state and downgrades the arabic language benjamin netanyahu told a cabinet meeting of the law is meant to protect israel status the jews minority packed a square in tel aviv on saturday to protest against the law netanyahu has been trying to reassure the community but you know this is only about the little shalom of the state of israel is the nation state of the jewish people israel is a jewish and democratic state individual rights are anchored in many laws including the basic law of human freedom and dignity no one harmed and no one intends to harm these individual rights without the nation state law the future of israel as the jewish nation state

the ousted governor of ethiopia somali state has been arrested just a day after he resigned from office and is being transferred to the capital adeste abba with several of his top aides on monday the federal government took over the administration of the somali region to restore law and order almost stepped down after fifty people were killed in the state capital jigger on saturday the violence began after federal government troops deployed their forces leading to a standoff with local paramilitary troops the region's been plagued by violence for decades with tens of thousands of people displaced since last year thousands of people have rallied in mali's capital to condemn alleged fraud in last month's elections the main opposition leaders from a urged people to protest violence marred the first round of the election on july the twenty ninth e.u. observers are calling for more transparency and access for sunday's runoff the office of nigeria's president has condemned the blockade of the national assembly by security forces politicians was stopped for an hour from entering the building a

in the city of a couple of the somali region of ethiopia federal troops continue to our lives some of them by planes and. they residents of the city was surprised to see troops rolling into the city with tongs and at this point the local or special police exchanged fire with the federal troops and these created some confusion in which. began something that's so high a market of hugo looted to churches bombed and up to fifty people losing their lives the government in addis ababa justifies why it sends the troops saying that there was a rift between the regional administration and the federal government and that there were plans by the regional administration to announce a separation or secession from the rest of ethiopia something that goes outrightly denied by the regional president mahmoud. standard that's an online news magazine covering ethiopia she says tensions have been building for a while. intervention by the federal government police force and an army force begun actually unfolding on wednesday and thursday when so much i reached down to state government. for me force the pa

at night in a stalking somali bombs patrolled streets police. tired of gang violence they use the maternal approach to prevent crime. in. a doomed. the stories we don't often hear told by the people who lived them mothers of rain could be this is europe. unless we have new generations growing up to understand that other nations should get the natural then soon there will be nothing left and will suffer primatologist and conservationist dr jane goodall towards to al-jazeera. on counting the cost after a week of nafta talks we'll look at the impact donald trump's trade policy is having globally plus why celebrity social media influences have a new set of online followers advertising regulates. counting the cost. alexander says that the chain code is killed in an explosion in ukraine moscow is blaming the death of the separatist rebel leader on kiev. hello from to ohio everyone i'm kemal santa maria this is the world news from al-jazeera. it's the final goodbye for the queen of soul thousands attending the funeral and celebration of life for a reas

is growing stronger to a much lesser generation of somalis more nauseous employment so let's check usua some of the. hundred small feeds in the night clubs. where i come from dr jordan mintz an import fountain soft transmitting a new stand for mission and when i was young my country was drawing many conflicts the war throbbing of people most people would god that i won't deceive us. it was my soul to two in one off the lot of just god you'll say it's so thought everyone in the calm cool to listen to those updates say. nothing has been from incident my own copy out into a month or more of them so long even thought i caught us i was a twit and for me all. my choices in this cognition because given the way i told transmitted to citrus. when it was no question how much and i was odds did up. hello and welcome to drive it the d w motor magazine coming up mountain climbing speak with an electric car. a world record attempt in a very low movil. and the latest version of the audi t.t.'s.

in bristol, a former somali refugee, was elected alongside me as a city leader. my deputy mayor is, i am told, arrested with 70 men. my other deputy mayor comes from a white working-class background, one of 13 children, he experienced extreme poverty and on occasion eats food from a been for the translation. craig will thank me for this. today, craig sits with my head of finance ever seeing a 1 billion pound budget for my city, my chief of staff grew up in one of the poorest estates in bristol, his family still lives there. we lead close to our city. refugee, migrants, child of migrants for the indigenous population. cities are the places we come together and must get things done. we live with the immediate benefits and costs of success and failure. city leaders, i say we should bring them together and bring our optimism to bear in reshaping the way politics works at the national and international level. we need global governance for its next iteration and that means representatives of international networks of cities, sitting and shaping national and internation

or today after country of mali now where presidential challenger somalis to say says that he will reject the results of a runoff held on sunday alleging cheating he asked the people to rise up against what he calls the dictatorship of fraud of votes are currently being counted in the country's presidential runoff after a tense election that was marred by violence incumbent ybor him who booked our client is widely expected to win the vote the result is due later this week. strick checks at polling stations security measures were once again stepped up for molly's presidential election runoff voters chose between the incumbent president even him. and opposition leader. seventy three year old kay to said he was confident of victory after topping the poll in the first round of voting. but many in the country were unhappy with the outcome. and. i'm a bit disappointed with how the first round went but unfortunately i don't expect much to change in the second round. the opposition are concerned about voter fraud demonstrating in the capital bamako at the weekend. plus many were unable to vote in

a reconstruction clinic here in berlin did obviously brady talked with a somali woman who's joined the call for an end to after her name has been changed to protect her identity. and one has to say. i was about eleven and twelve years old several people held me down then they cut me off they laid me on the table i can still picture it i had such horrific pain well then the sewed me together. they tied my legs together for a month so that the wind would heal. them by the head had i types of female genital mutilation very anywhere from damaging the clit or us to summing up the vaginal opening in some countries the brutal practice is considered a rite of passage a prerequisite for marriage. in somalia the procedure is done by your so-called cutter they have no idea what they're doing they just have a knife and a razor and they cut to even after two and a half years in germany thirty six year old the first seek an advice it does flower center which offers reconstructive surgery and consultation for women affected by a. dr cornelius johns advises those effects and but germany services an ex

in bristol my colleague is a former somali refugee elected to sit alongside me as a city leader. my deputy mayor is i am told europe's first deputy mayor. my other deputy mayor comes from a white working-class background, one of 13 children. he experienced the extreme poverty and on occasion ate his food from the den as a child out of a trash can. sorry for the translation. craig will thank me for the explanation. today craig sits as my head of finance with a 1 billion-pound budget from a city permit chief of staff from one of the poorest estates in bristol. his family white working class still lives there and together we lead close to our city and the city centrist. refugees, migrants and a member of the indigenous populations. cities are the places where we come together. cities are the places we must get things done and we live with the immediate effect and the cost of success and failure. as city leaders i say we should bring australians together and bring her optimism to bear in shaping the way politics work at the national and international level. we need global governance

s federal government has taken over their ministrations the somali region a move it says to restore order law and order regional president resigned and agree to hand over power after fifty people were killed in the state capital on saturday the violence began after the federal government deployed troops leading to a standoff with local paramilitary forces. two wildfires have merged to become the largest ever in california's history and firefighters say the mendocino is still growing further south in orange county a new wildfire is burning swaths of land people have been told to leave their homes as a precaution the army is now sending in troops to help emergency crews battling more than one hundred twenty fires and a team of firefighters from australia have been flown in to help out the chief executive of one of the world's biggest food and beverage companies is stepping down internet he has led pepsico for the past twelve years and will remain as the chairwoman until early next year the sixty two year old from india was the company's first foreign born c.e.o. as one of the world's most i

member elected from the state of connecticut then you have ilhan omar who will likely be the first somalim american. you have lupe valdez in texas, two openly gay major party nominees for governor. when you look at ilhan omar, she will likely be the second woman muslim elected to congress in november as well. there is clearly a shift in some regard. is that because of the president as christina hallquist said? not necessarily. it's the way things progress. the reality is there is more of a willingness specifically in the democratic party to address and embrace candidates that in past political consultants with their wisdom would have said no, don't run statewide. >> let's go state by state. wisconsin. i found this fascinating. you had this establishment candidate who had support. the radio talk show hosts very supportive of her but this is a woman who was so anti-trump just two years ago she went around calling him offensive to everyone. fast forward, she wore a trump pin, she was embracing him on the trail and it worked. >> it's the reality of the republican party. you can see people who

ethiopia's defense ministry is promising to take all necessary measures to restore order in its east and somali reachin on saturday government troops clashed with paramilitary soldiers loyal to the local government in the regional capital juba ethiopia's government says troops was sent there to hold to secession attempt. and israel's prime minister is defending a new law which has outraged the country's druze minority on saturday druze protesters rallied against the legislation which they say reduces them to second class citizens even though they also serve in the military and the police but benjamin netanyahu said the law is meant to protect israel status as a jewish state. all that brings you up to date with all of our top stories i'll have more news for in about twenty five minutes time do join me then coming up next it's twice a victim. each so called terror attack in europe has been followed by an outpouring of. unfortunately these armed attacks have stirred hatred islamophobia is on the rise and fear of our muslim neighbors has grown. but you know every attack there were also muslim victi

in bristol, my colleague is a former somali refugee and was elected alongside me as a city leader. my deputy mayor is, i am told, europe's first roster deputy mayor. my other deputy mayor comes from a white, working-class background, one of 13 children. he experienced extreme poverty and on occasion eating his food bin as a child. that is a trashcan. today, greg sits as my head of finance, overseeing a one billion pound budget. my chief grew up in one of the poorest estates in bristol. his family, white working-class, still lives there. together, we lead in the city's interest, refugees, migrants, child of migrants, members of the indigenous population. weies are the places where come together and must get things done. immediateth the benefits and costs of success and failure. i say we should bring our strengths together and optimism to bear on the way politics works at the national and international level. .e need global governance that means the representatives of international networks and cities sitting alongside shaping the national and international context in which we must l

there was a short-lived village of somali people. another one of maui, and those people were essentially living their daily lives in front of visitors. not uncommon at world fairs at the time. one of the most famous things on the zone was actually a painting called stella, that supposedly breathed, and it was a painting of a nude woman, and it was a very, very famous, i mean, for no good reason, because people could go to the fine arts building and see nude paintings, but this painting of stella supposedly breathed as viewers looked at her, and that gained quite a bit of attraction. steve: it sounds like a pretty big deal for those americans who traveled to san francisco. prof. markwyn: it was. it was. steve: san francisco then hosts another expo in 1939. prof. markwyn: yes. steve: what changed from 1915 to 1939? prof. markwyn: tremendous amounts. lots of things changed, obviously, between 1915 to 1939. as we were commenting before, it's ironic that both fairs happened on the eve of these devastating wars, that san francisco hosted t

s federal government has taken over the administration of the eastern somali region a move it says is to restore law and order regional president resigned integrate to hand over power after fifty people were killed in the state capitols a take on saturday the violence began after the federal government deployed troops leading to a standoff with local paramilitary forces. august seventh marks twenty years since simultaneous u.s. embassy bombings in kenya and dar es salaam in tanzania and nairobi a prayer meeting was held to remember the day suicide bombers affiliated with al qaeda killed two hundred twenty four people and injured close to five hundred the u.s. said al-qaeda was to blame for the attack and its for a number of missile strikes in afghanistan and sudan we talked to one of nairobi survivors at the site of the bombing and he told us how others can rise above their personal tragedies my name is douglas and. i was in this location when i got blinded. of the one thousand nine hundred eighty years in bus bombing in kenya where. i never knew i would be in the wrong place. on time

gridlock the economy struggles and mismanaged public services failed to deliver few places to put somalis the stagnation better than the country's once proud railway system which used to connect three continents lebanon . rains stopped running during the civil war more than forty years ago and to party squabbles over responsibility and budgets have stopped them moving ever since although media christly this rusting that is still officially in receipt of public funds in reality it's now just a relic of better times a victim like so much in lebanon of the system that doesn't this will more than keep rivals apart a political dynasty is in place. to train and equip the opposition in syria so they can help push back these terrorists people in power investigates how the us supplies soviet style weapons to its allies through private company spend the us government could wash their hands and say well we didn't know where it was caught so weapon that was supplied by the us government may well end off being pointed at us soldiers yes absolutely we pick it up less than two months off in the professi

in the news a lot in the last few weeks in hama just earlier this week we were talking about the somali region in ethiopia talk us through what's happening with the aroma. kemal this is a huge boost for prime minister. because of the liberation from a group founded in one thousand seven hundred three and has largely been fighting for the independence of the almost region from the rest of ethiopia is from these all ethnic group one hugging a rebel group fighting his government which is from his own ethnic group would have been a setback for his government so this is a huge boost for him secondly he removed the almost liberation front from the list of terrorist organizations just last month something we knew would pave way for this agreement that was signed in us matter today but one of the main reasons why it's coming now and not because almost in power you also have lost considerable support which was reaching them from a trial which has now normalized relations with ethiopia good stuff mama gerri thank you for that update from djibouti saudi arabia state line is suspending flights to t