as a refugee from sudan.he followed an uncle to phoenix and ended up living there, on and off, for 15 years. >> my whole goal of going there was just to getting an education. >> reporter: after earning a bachelor of science, engineering and masters of business degrees, abucha worked for companies like honeywell and hewlett packard. he started a family, became a citizen and a leading figure of arizona's growing community of south sudanese refugees. >> phoenix is still my home. that's where i have my buddies. >> reporter: do you sometimes miss the comforts of the united states? >> sometimes, yes, sometimes. but if i look into the suffering of our people, i think i should spend more time here. this is primitive. yes, it is. but we are good with it as long as nobody sits on us. we don't want to be imposed on. we want to govern ourselves. >> reporter: when south sudan won its independence from sudan in 2011, abucha went back and took an i.t. job in the census bureau in this new nation of 12 million people. abucha

and south sudan is the opposite of that. as united nations ambassador nikki haley troubles in africa where 6000 american troops are stationed, we will look at u.s. operations across the continent. niger, five nigerien soldiers and quarter u.s. special forces soldiers were killed. we will speak with reporter nick turse who says "u.s. military activity in africa is a recruiting tool for terror groups." >> most americans to understand niger is one small part of something akin to a u.s. shadow war on the african continent. that the united states is running about 10 missions per day all across africa. amy: we will talk about nick piece. new then as president trump declares the opioid crisis a public health emergency, we will speak with columbia university psychology and psychiatry professor carl hart. his new piece for scientific american "people are dying , because of ignorance, not because of opioids." >> if we are really concerned like the opioids and heroine, we need to tell people how to stay safe. if we are worried about ov

i9 yea rs sudan desperate for a turnaround.estroyed a pharmaceutical plant on that side of the claims it contained a chemical weapons factory. this was shortly after the us imposed sanctions on sudan for alleged links to terrorism. today the state of the site is perhaps a symbol of the rebuilding of relations between the two countries. sudan remains on the list of state sponsors of terror, but for now the us is giving the sudanese government the benefit of the doubt. we want sudan to be a partner and an ally and not an adversary or a negative force. and our engagement has led in that direction. changes within the regime here have created an opportunity to see how sudan too can help the west achieved its security goals. they seized the chance of the geopolitical changes in the area, the worries of the west from illegal immigration of the worries of the west from terrorism, the west and the americans could see that sudan could be a very good stabilising force. many students here at the university of khartoum have lived almost the

we want sudan to be a partner and an ally and not an adversary or a negative force.t direction. changes within the regime here have created an opportunity to see how sudan too can help the west achieved its security goals. they seized the chance of the geopolitical changes in the area, the worries of the west from illegal immigration of the worries of the west from terrorism, the west and the americans could see that sudan could be a very good stabilising force. many students here at the university of khartoum have lived almost their entire lives and the us sanctions. the problem is not sanctions, the problem is our government, we have the problem, corruption... this campus have been one of the main sources of dissent in a country where free speech is limited. those people, the government people, they will use the benefits that come from the usa to improve themselves. the leadership now needs to show its committed to reform but the main hope here is the renewed ties with the us will help sudan emerge from the shadows. tomi oladipo, bbc news, khartoum. before last yea

the united states backed south sudan when it became independent after a friend of mine twenty eleven but for more than three years now south sudan has been locked in a civil war the us ambassador to the un nikki haley hopes to convince president salva kiir to make peace i didn't come here to talk i came here to basically say the time for action is now we're not waiting anymore we need to see a change and we need to see it right away and there's nothing that they can say at this point we have lost trust in the government and we now need to regain that trust and the only way to regain that trust is through the actions of taking care of all of the people present here is the president of everyone not just one tribe not just one group fighting broke out in south sudan in twenty thirteen when president here accused his former vice president riek machar of a coup a peace agreement supported by the us was signed in ten to fifteen but there was more violence less than a year later forcing my charge to flee the country in september of this year the u.s. sanction to government officials and the

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. >> sreenivasan: the united nations says south sudan's four- year-old civil war has left half of the nation's population-- six million people-- in need of humanitarian aid. the conflict began when south sudan's army split between factions loyal to president salva kiir and former vice president riek machar. the two men mobilized their respective tribes, the dinka and the nuer. the war has caused what is now one of the world's worst refugee crises. with support from the u.s. holocaust memorial museum's center for the prevention of genocide, newshour weekend special correspondent simona foltyn and journalist jason patinkin traveled to uganda to meet those refugees. >> reporter: civil war is emptying huge swaths of south sudan. the violence has uprooted four million people, including two million who've fled to neighboring countries. in the last year, more than a million south sudanese have poured into northern uganda alone, crossing makeshift bridges like this one to flee fighting, hunger, and brutal attacks on civilians. >> ( translated ): they started fighting very, very severely. so t

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camp for displaced people inside sudan after security guards fired tear gas of protesters demonstrating against president salva kiir nikki haley had earlier met the president to discuss ways to end the four year civil war that's displaced millions of people it but morgan reports now from juba. the united states backed south sudan when it became independent after a friend of mine twenty eleven but for more than three years now south sudan has been locked in a civil war the us ambassador to the un nikki haley hopes to convince president salva kiir to make peace i didn't come here to talk i came here to basically say the time for action is now we're not waiting anymore we need to see a change and we need to see it right away and there is nothing that they can say at this point we have lost trust in the government and we now need to regain that trust and the only way to regain that trust is through the actions of taking care of all of the people present here is the president of everyone not just one tribe not just one group fighting broke out in south sudan in twenty thirteen when president

up to egypt but egypt and sudan claim exclusive rights to its use and object to anything that might affect the river ethiopia disagrees most of egypt's nar water originates in ethiopia and it wants the four point eight billion dollar dam to help boost its own economy. well joining us now from portland oregon is calling for and calling is a professor and chair of physical geography at the u.k. based nottingham university thanks very much for being with us calling i want to ask you first of all what do you see as the potential impact of this dam not only on ethiopia but on the downstream countries sudan and egypt the building of a great dam. is bound to have impacts both locally and throughout the the river system it's all one joined up system however the way that it's done and the way that it's built and the way that it's failed in the way that it's managed kind of. massively reduced those impacts and if the addition of another dam to to a river is done in a coordinated fashion with the existing dams and water resource development then actually the addition of a time can be beneficia

for more than three years now south sudan has been locked in a civil war the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley hopes to convince president salva kiir to make peace i didn't come here to talk i came here to basically say the time for action is now we're not waiting anymore we need to see a change and we need to see it right away and there is nothing that they can say at this point we have lost trust in the government and we now need to regain that trust and the only way to regain that trust is through the actions of taking care of all of the people present here is the president of everyone not just one tribe not just one group fighting broke out in south sudan in twenty thirteen when president here accused his former vice president riek machar of a coup a peace agreement supported by the us was signed in twenty fifteen but there was more violence less than a year later forcing my charge to flee the country in september of this year the u.s. sanction to government officials and the former military chief of staff put the reeling the peace process but south sudan

marriage is not the only thing that can force young girls like josephine out of school south sudan has been at war for the past four years since its independence from sudan and twenty eleven thousands have been killed and nearly a quarter of its twelve million population displaced and that has prevented many children from attending school some parents say they don't want their kids in class because of the tribal tensions the world has created cyrus el barrow says she had some fears before she joined school and till she met girls from other tribes i had friends there before and i want to interact with. the child of so much. communities that blunt how this day and all that. but also learn how to ski. but going to school especially for girls in south sudan is not easy according to unicef more than half of the children in south sudan are out of school and of those who are in school only thirty seven percent are girls and less than three percent of them actually finish high school and graduate. in many parts of the country a girl's value is based soley on how many cows which is regarded as

more than half of girls in south sudan drop out of school before the age of eighteen many of them come under pressure from their family to do so that teachers in one school in the rural town of rome back working with the community to change attitudes and to help girls finish their education morgan reports she's not just preparing for classes as she packs her books for. every day she stays in school is a win in the battle between her and her relatives who want her out of school. had only been in life. supportive of us when we need to get to my right leg i really feel that if i get tomorrow they will get. there the only prove they're living standard. marriage is not the only thing that can force young girls like josephine out of school south sudan has been at war for the past four years since its independence from sudan and twenty eleven thousands have been killed and nearly a quarter of its twelve million population displaced and that has prevented many children from attending school some parents say they don't want their kids in class because of the tribal tensions the world has create

thank you for your thoughts on the situation in south sudan we do appreciate that. as i said before there are no clear winners in south sudan's war and those are actually the words here of our own correspondent catherine sawyer wrote this piece in al jazeera dot com back in april she has been on the ground she's spoken to people a lot of whom actually resent the idea of being you know boxed into the camps of by the government all rebel supporters it is an al-jazeera reporter notebook which you will find under the more menu at al-jazeera to come we're jumping off the grid early today sars here with the story out of indian administered kashmir which well you heard about this online you brought it to amazing and we all sort of went. really come on actually it sounded so crazy we questioned if it was even true but bright chalk was all wrong the loose and city that's in administered kashmir and no one knows who they are or why they're doing it but it's scaring women. now women to get the cars in the last two months at least two hundred females have reported having the he

up to egypt but egypt and sudan claim exclusive rights to its use and object to anything that might affect the river ethiopia disagrees most of egypt's nar water originates in ethiopia and it wants the four point eight billion dollar dam to help boost its own economy. well joining us now from portland oregon is calling for and calling is a professor and chair of physical geography at the u.k. based nottingham university thanks very much for being with us calling i want to ask you first of all what do you see as the potential impact of this dam not only on ethiopia but on the downstream countries sudan and egypt the building of a great dam. is bound to have impacts both locally and throughout the river system it's all one joined up system however the way that it's done and the way that it's built and the way that it's failed in the way that it's managed kind of and. massively reduced those impacts and if the addition of another dam to to a river is done in a coordinated fashion with the existing dams and water resource development then actually the addition of a time can be beneficia

getting a challenge from most girls in south sudan we'll tell you how one school is helping communities. how i think we should see an end to the wet weather that we're seeing across eastern parts of australia through the next comes they still a little area cloud there still some rather lively showers in place in between these two areas of high pressure so something of a convergence the air is forced to rise the coast condenses and therefore we see the cloud and the rain developing further west slushy fine and dry across western parts of australia. for perth temperatures in alice springs picking up to around twenty celsius once again but there we go with that shabby rain that we have just around the gold coast northern parts of new south wales still seeing some wet weather as we go through tuesday come away the state should be fine and dry and warming up warming up to the melbourne temperatures here getting out to around twenty four degrees celsius with some pleasant sunshine some pleasant sunshine from time to time into new zealand but. a possibility over the next day or so seventeen ac

fellow first of all give us an overview if you can of the scale of the disaster in south sudan. and it's quite. valid six million people need surgeons have this is the majority of those who don't need and in many parts of the country especially in the northern regions where there's direct i think between the government troops and the rebel forces those you end can are really the only places where civilians can find many number of security outside those kind of lawlessness sort of people we talked to a lot of the women that come to the protected areas from which it took years and they say that they have even the freights to carry the food take home just for a few you damage out to their home villages because they fear being robbed or being harassed by un forces on the roads. given the dismal security situation there in south sudan you mentioned the lawlessness how effectively can international aid agencies even operate in the country. their presence in most regions in south sudan but of course that doesn't mean that they can go to every remote village in the country. stuff done i

is taking a tougher stance on south sudan in september the u.s. government sanctioned two government officials and one former chief of staff of the can in the country are saying that they are derailing the peace process and hindering peace in south sudan now and he made it very clear that she's going to focus on humanitarian access and protection for aid workers in the country more than eighty two have already been killed in this conflict and more than a dozen have disappeared or have been abducted she also said that she's trying to make sure that the aid money that is being spent is spent wisely she's very concerned about how aid workers are spending their money she's met with some u.n. agencies and she's going to talk to people in the protection of civilian camps and the u.n. protection camps for civilians where people have been displaced for more than four years to see how the axis and how the services are being delivered now us let us remember that the u.s. is the biggest aid donor in south sudan delivering more than seven hundred million doll

nikki haley's in south sudan to meet the president in hopes of finding a resolution to the civil war so on tuesday haley visited south sudanese refugees and western if you opium she told a group of reporters that she was quote mad that the international community has let the conflict go on for so long so sudan spiraled into civil war in twenty thirteen after a dispute between president salva kiir and his former deputy a nearly three hundred fifty thousand refugees have flooded into almost ninety percent are women and children. this is an international crisis this is not just ethiopians problem this is an international crisis and when you look at the thousands of people here and you see that they're supposed to have one hundred clinics for took thousand people and there's six thousand people in one clinic and it's a problem i mean they're there trying to make ends meet and you know working on food shortages but at some point you have to look at say no one deserves to live like this so that was nikki haley speaking earlier on have a morgan joining us live from south sudan's capital jub

from sudan the greenman signed in august twenty fifteen was intended to end the war but less than a year later fighting broke out in the capital juba forcing my char who had returned as first vice president to make and since then the conflict has brought them to governmental authority for development also known as i guess one thousand and two the violent south sudan's government has expressed its readiness for the process but it has concerns we think that we should move forward given over. to god is going to respond to some of the points of those. very technical questions which is why i'm just trying to assess because this commission of both military has witnessed political forces. millions have been displaced after the fighting in the capital last year a famine was declared early twenty seventeen in parts of the country more than six million people have of the population are facing food insecurity and the country's economy is hard hit by the war. involved in the conflict is just the first step in revitalizing the peace deal the next step would be bringing them round a negotiating t

it's going to south sudan now the country's aiming to revive its oil industry to increase revenue for its war torn economy all production has now been cut to nearly a third of pre-war levels in the country is struggling to deliver services to its people here but morgan reports from juba representatives from more than one hundred energy companies have gathered for thousand dense first international oil conference the government is keen to attract new investors the country has more than three billion barrels of oil in reserve we are having it because we wanted to have the world the potentials of south sudan in oil we used to produce four hundred fifty thousand barrels a day but because of the crisis two blocks are not producing one bloc is producing we're broke out in south sudan less than three years after its independence from sudan fighting affected production now down to one hundred thirty thousand barrels a day the country relies on the big oil companies to provide necessary infrastructure in return they get part of the output shareholders also benefit and there's a deal with neigh

sudan though will remain on the u.s. list of state sponsors of terrorism so as the relationship between the two countries improves there's still more work to be done it's got harder al-jazeera hurricane nate has been downgraded to a tropical storm as it moves inland from the u.s. gulf coast it made its second u.s. landfall as a category one system in the state of mississippi a few hours ago now it has already killed at least thirty people in central america danielle china reports from new orleans. the hurrican mates with winds of up to one hundred thirty five kilometers an hour was increasing speed as it worked its way north to the gulf of mexico it finally made landfall fairly close to the mouth of the mississippi river and it will bring with it heavy rains and increasingly strong winds here feel that they have made sufficient precautions to withstand this very strong winds these are people who have suffered. a tropical storm in the recent years the most notable being hurricane katrina in two thousand and five when bill

sudan had been subject to a trade embargo and other penalties.e criticised the decision, saying sudan has never been serious about introducing real change. the spanish government has suggested holding new regional elections in catalonia to try to resolve the dispute about independence. the education minister said autonomous elections would be a positive move towards political co—existence. but, the former leader of catalonia, artur mas, has warned that the region is not yet ready for real independence — even though he believes it has won the right to break away from spain. james reynolds reports from spain. espana, espana. tonight, spain has brought its football and its many arguments to this, the coastal city of alicante. the national sport reveals this country's divisions. spain's fundamental questions extend to these, its fans, and its national team. can you be both catalan and spanish at the same time, or must you choose between the two? gerard pique, the team's most famous catalan player, faces these questions. he was booed here in training

sudan had been subject to a trade embargo and other penalties.groups have criticised the decision, saying sudan has never been serious about introducing real change. the british prime minister has dismissed an attempt by some conservative mps to force her to step down as prime minister. in a short statement, theresa may insisted that she was providing the "calm leadership" that the country needed, and that she had the "full support" of her cabinet. earlier, the former tory party chairman, grant shapps, said he'd compiled a list of around thirty mps who wanted a leadership election. the spanish government has suggested holding new regional elections in catalonia to try to resolve the dispute about independence. the education minister said autonomous elections would be a positive move towards political co—existence. the catalan president is to address the parliament in barcelona on tuesday — fuelling speculation the region will announce independence, despite madrid's bitter opposition. the former leader has warned that the former leader has warned

south sudan is holding an international oil and power conference to deal with its fuel crisis petrol stations run dry on a daily basis despite the country having billions of barrels of oil is in reserve with no functioning power grid fuel from the black market is the only option but at a cost that he really can't afford him or morgan reports now from the capital juba . this may not seem the best way to prepare for exams but now i think peter says it's the only way her brothers them study she says fuel is too expensive for her family. because there's no power in the house so we use candles we can't pay for the fuel that is used to run the generator in our neighborhood that fuel is expensive and comes from the black market it's cheaper to get candles we used but for day south sudan has the largest oil reserve in africa according to experts but it has no means of processing its own oil instead it relies on its neighbor sudan to do so but two years of war and low oil prices last here has damaged the economy this has resulted in hard currency crisis making it hard for traders to bring in

sudan though will remain on the u.s. list of state sponsors of terrorism so as the relationship between the two countries improves there's still more work to be done it's got harder al-jazeera. last minute campaigning is underway in liberia ahead of a presidential election to find a successor to africa's first female head of state twenty candidates competing to replace ellen johnson sirleaf she standing down after two terms tuesday's vote will be the third since the country's fourteen year civil war and interest has more from liberia's capital monrovia. the leading candidates are of course the sitting vice president for most of the world with one of the yeah and a leading businessman seventeen other candidates who are trying to. get themselves voted into that office a block from the presidential election that is also seventy three they're also seventy three seats up for grabs and that this election now the focus of the politicians now is to get themselves into power but very few people in liberia asking questions how are

of civil war and tens of thousands of people killed east african leaders try to revive a failed son sudan peace agreement also ahead. it does not belong to any single country and it is not up to any single country to terminate it. world leaders criticize donald trump's attempt to change the landmark iran nuclear deal. and i'm far a small have all the day's sport including two of england's greatest football rivals are facing off right now liverpool are hosting manchester united at anfield we'll have all the details coming up later this hour. we begin in syria where u.s. bank forces and the government are reporting advances against syrian state t.v. says government troops and allies have retaken the town of dean one of the remaining pockets of ice or territory inside syria you can see it here on our map that's the area that's outlined in black for you now the u.s. backed forces say they have begun the final battle to defeat the group in iraq or its former self proclaimed capital you can see it there well north of damascus and the n.t. eisel coalition's victories pushed i saw into regions mu

sudan though will remain on the u.s. list of state sponsors of terrorism so as the relationship between the two countries improves there's still more work to be done it's got harder al-jazeera. protests have been held across australia against the current country's largest coal mine projects crowds gathered on the beaches and cities demanding the government stop the proposed mining indian group adani is behind the project is promising to bring thousands of jobs but environmentally say it will destroy the great barrier reef this would be the biggest coal mine ever built in australia and one of the biggest ever built in the world it's a massive project and all of the ships would be all of this car would be explored out through the barrier reef so the risks the rate than about thirty percent of the barrier reef unfortunately is already dead from while warming but to add an enormous risk such as this so that by through the ships going through the roof but also of course this car was getting burnt and that is going to contribu

. >> the united states has invested a lot into south sudan and him. over $11 billion was invested into a country and this isn't what we asked for in return. we didn't ask for rapes, for people to be fearful of their government, the hunger, all of the violence that's happening.

sudan though will remain on the u.s. list of state sponsors of terrorism so as the relationship between the two countries improves there's still more work to be done it's got harder al-jazeera iran's president has delivered a message to the u.s. president saying the twenty fifteen nuclear deal is irreversible hasan rouhani says iran has reached benefits from the deal that not even ten donald trump could rollback sanctions on iran's oil exports and other industries have been lifted as part of the deal donald trump has hinted that he may decertify the deal next week rose i got already caught today of the united states violates the nuclear deal the entire world will condemn america not iran and rose whole that we have managed to stabilize our nuclear rights our people would always defended their inalienable rights we have proven this unalienable right at the united nations and in the world of diplomacy. bangladesh's prime minister says her government will continue to support range of muslims who fled violence in neighboring

elise labott is live in south sudan capital city of juba.ng on for her to have to move? >> reporter: brooke, just to clarify. we were in juba earlier now we are in the democratic republic of congo. she was there to get a firsthand look at the conflict of south sudan. now, these protesters were not protesting nikki haley. they were protesting the president silva kir who they think is very responsible and nikki haley was there to tell her that has displaced 4 million people from the homes nikki haley was at ethiopia camp where there they were displaced by the conflict. basically this was a tough meeting with nikki haley. she went with the president and went to the protection camp for certifica certificate civilians and they started chanting, silva is a killer, down with silva ker. but also cheering welcome president trump. president trump welcome. and there were signs praising president trump calling him, you know, a mediator, someone who cared about hue hand rights. these people looking for the united states to do something about this brutal

when peter was eight he came to sister louise as a refugee from south sudan. kenya has long been a place of refuge from the war torn neighbor states no other country in the region has taken in more refugees despite all its own problems. i don't even think that all even exist oh the worst is probably i'll be dead by now in the wars and for the opportunity that system you saw. there will be no future for me. and that's honestly speaking and just from the fact that what south sudan is going through right now this really is really limited chances of hope but which is to louisa han hope and safety. in the one nine hundred ninety his sister louisa rented accommodation for child refugees and child soldiers from south sudan. peter was one of them oh well this gate right here i used to actually run through it without bending barnard to really bend grooms that grew so much so oh boy. they're in. hard. this is a boys' compound not much changes really. the school in the neighborhood didn't want to teach the traumatized child refugees as a result sister louisa opened her o

-a southern parts of sudan south sudan seeing some heavy showers might just see want to creep in the way into western kenya showers continue to fall color and go bond with many more areas of heavy rain further west. the weather sponsored by cats are always. in the house era when news coverage consists of a punchy headline a five second sound bite and an easy solution. dellums says challenge the status quo expose double standards and debate the contradictions join me. for a new season of the show the frank. and up front. about this time well just hearing . you're watching al-jazeera let's take a look at the top stories right now and spain's catalonia region volunteers are starting to gather at some polling centers ahead of a session referendum and there are reports that voters are already lining up you can pretty much see that there spain's constitutional court has declared the vote a legal. the mare puerto rico's capital is accusing the u.s. government of killing people through inefficiency she says help has not come coming quick enough after that devastating hurricane president on t

it was drawn by this man by a originally from sudan the self described social media revolutionary non-news in cata i buy a has been publishing on social networks for the past. i exist on social media site is the the only. but i have so. for me it's a bridge to reach people to do to do to start conversation in the age of snap chat and twitter messages have a very short life span. but are bio wants to leave a lasting visual impression for instance he placed two well known media images side by side to help shed new light on the hopeless plight of children in syria. his cartoons often go viral and also reverberate outside the arab world they tend to have a political message such as his depiction of attempts in france to ban book ynys. then tenets. gave the spirit of the way for us for a new way of publishing or with new way of reaching to people i tried when i first started i tried and i tried and i tried to work for traditional media i tried to work for a newspaper i got kicked out of an editor's office i you know i sent my work i said i don't want money i just want my think published it was

she has worked in usaid uganda, sudan and east after. she served as deputy director in east asia office and headquarters in dc. she works as a program manager for health link worldwide, a uk -based ngo. she received her bachelors of arts from colgate university in hamilton, new york and master of science in international development from american university right here in washington dc. two very experienced and dedicated public servants and leaders. it will yield to the investor. >> i submit my form for the record. >> without objection, your full statements and any attachments will be made a part of the record. >> i want to thank you very much mr. chairman for the work you have done on this issue and madam congresswoman, thank you for your concerns on the budget and i hope we can address those concerns. i also want to highlight a couple points for start my short form and as secretary tillerson during his comments before the foreign relations committee juny tight budget and that is a lot of difficult challenging decisions have to be made a

the hunger weapon in south sudan. a new migrant group through remaining. but we begin in catalonia with the political crisis surrounding the issue of independence from spain continues unabated many businesses are considering a move away from the region. jose maria ming well he's in downtown barcelona together with thousands of others eager to send a clear signal to the cattle on parliament declare independence but why. then it's a chance to have a normal country a country that can develop and make use of its resources and pass its own laws that's it. earlier meanwhile was busy working at a company he set up with partners the mid-sized company that supplies chemicals such as enzymes for beer production but while business is good now what about major corporations leaving catalonia they're not going to put on a body in economic terms there will be repercussions for spain in europe due to the loss of trust but that was predictable that europe was slow to respond to our warnings they claim we are a prosperous region with a high degree of self-determination but