thomas africa was killed in elgin 9 and hit earlier. describe the situation in the city as a genocide. israel's parliament has voted on an important part of prime minister. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is propose, judicial as a whole, and pays elected a member of the opposition to a panel that appoints judges. they rejected the other candidate from danielle, whose own liquid capacity is proposed plans had sparked months of nationwide protests for the boxes in which jerusalem with more on device one of the key elements of the judicial oval, whole. the prime minister benjamin netanyahu had been proposing for the last few months, involved the ability of the government to decide who should sit on a key committee that would decide judicial nominees for quotes, including israel, supreme court, the test today, a key test in this vote inside the connection, it was whether the government would be able to push through to have its own candidates to sit on that committee despite weeks of compromise, told for the position in which the oppositio

africa in particular. putin was invited to the country and there are allegations. did this, as a surprise to you. amb. thomasreenfield: we have a strong partnership with south africa. we worked over many years to reaffirm. we are also clear that in the support to russia's unprovoked aggression against ukraine is unacceptable. were not telling south africa with our poor and pop -- their foreign policy should be. so the decision is their decision. what putin is a war criminal. putin has been convicted or being prosecuted by the itc. the accountability for him being the leader of what has been a consistent and high level human rights violation against the ukrainian people i think has to be taken into account by any country who makes the decision that will make the decision to engage with him. jonquilyn: why are we seeing these countries straddle the fence when it comes to ukraine and russia? as the west not given them a compelling argument? what's going on? amb. thomas-greenfield: i can't speak for these countries. as i said earlier what we can say if you believe in sovereignty, if you believe in the integrity

africa now. what is the big vision the biden administration had for the continent. what came out of the summit the president hosted and what comes next? amb. thomasreenfield: i spent most of my career in africa as you saw from my bio. africa is the new frontier. it is the last frontier. it is the continent that has -- the only continent left that has all of the resources needed to make a difference in the future. they have a really strong youth population. the median age is just 19. that young population will be populating jobs around the world in the future. africa has natural resources that have not been capped and those natural resources will be important as we look at what's needed in the future. again we felt as we hosted the leader summit that we needed to reaffirm our commitment, our relationship, our partnership with the african continent and i think we accomplished that and continue to work on that. jonquilyn: i want to zero in on one of the stories prior to the current conflict it seems like that country was on tap to be a full-fledged democracy. going against the trend we are seeing across the globe towards autocracy. what do you say t

thomas. originally from south africa and now living and working here in berlin. as a human resource manager, i hope you a high have you and this to hi, eddie, thank you for having me. that's great to have you. so 1st things 1st, what made you decide to come and work in germany? it's actually a very funny story because it wasn't a defense. and so mine was a case of serendipity. i was looking for like a really huge change and i was feeling stuck in my country and not knowing, you know, what else like, what next. and then i received a link message, a link to in, you know, asking me if i would consider an opportunity. if the time i didn't even know it wasn't very late. and it was so easy because because i was already in the process of looking, i was just like, ok, i haven't heard of this company. okay, i'll, i'll see you for an interview. and that's how my journey began. and it's interesting. yeah. yeah. so that's a brave move. what to just like respond to that, but how is it been like working in settling and german? you've been here a bit over. yeah, just over. yeah

culture has gained and international following with funds everywhere from india, south africa to brazil. the thomas are combining the dues with local agricultural traditions and adapting them to this specific context. in a while that's dominated by big funds and industrial agriculture, tom is like 5 need to get creative if they want to turn a profit. kids vegetables on more expensive, unconventional produce stimuli and price to organic veggies sold around the region . the special effects spencer was a surprise. come from ship labor and to cut pizza of all on one in your carrots. um, because it's destroying the world. a tom acosta has one big advantage. if the system does become self sustaining, you need very little input to produce food. so i have a really high profit margin. i'm actually 80 percent like 80 percent of my revenues . profit fits it's a. yeah, it's insane because i don't have a tractor. uh i the only thing that we actually pay for is a composite then the seeds. it's not that i'm getting rich, but i don't need much to to live off because i have my foods and me as well. so what could in

africa's economy is powered by coal. but critics say this comes at a massive cost. thomas: the science is there. pollution is a killer and therefore the government needs to act urgently. promise: my heart is bleeding for the people who are living in this area. and they are getting poorer every day. reporter: 80% of the country's energy is produced by 12 coal-fired power stations in the south african coal belt. in 2019, green peace declared the area to be one of the most polluted on earth. duduzile: we are suffering every day. we can't breathe. you even ask yourself whether you are going to wake up alive. you lie awake the whole night without sleeping because you can't breathe. reporter: dr. ndhlovu's practice in emalahleni is right in the coal belt. duduzile mkhwanazi is breathing heavily. while she has been having problems for years, the condition has worsened and she is concerned. dr. ndhlovu: there is lots of blasting, there are lots of mines around. the air is polluted, water is polluted, so obviously you are going to have lots of respiratory problems. quite often we get bronchitis, we do ge

thomas before the insurgents arrived. it has many europeans as well as contractors from south africa hoping to and money from the gas plant. it was around 10 am or maybe 11, even i was working back there. we heard gun shots and thought there must be some kind of problem. it was left for everyone, immediately worried when we thought our soldiers were doing practice drills. but then we started hearing more and more gunshots, and that's when we got scared. was that people entered out into the street and saw people running all over the place. they were all petrified. so you can see that laurie from kenya owns the hotel, wasn't in palm at the time. oh, but her manager roby, told her about it after a while people started seeking refuge here. nobody expected. and the very, very frankly, because people knew was the, the, the extreme is had been doing people in the course chopping them off and, you know, being vague graphic. so you could imagine the fear of everybody that was in palmer and, and, and as roby said, we open the gate because a lot of people have running down here and buying it on the guy. there's after a few days, som

ancestors, men, women and children, were stolen and trafficked from the shores of africa to the islands of st. croix, st. thomas, and st. john and the danish west indies, now known as the virgin islands of the united states. until 1848, the danish subjected the people of the virgin islands to the atrocities of chatled slavery. forgotten today, the danes were notorious for having some of the most grueling and inhumane conditions in the caribbean. under these conditions under the watchful eye of the danish, the people resolved to mobilize and seize their freedom. on july 3, 1848, 9,000 enslaved and freed people on the island of st. croix collected en masse at fort fredric and demanded their immediate and indefinite liberation. under the superior leadership of moses general gottlieb, they had coordinated, strategized and executed a plan for freedom. overcome by the people, the danish surrendered by the declaration of the danish governor. the virgin islands became one of only two places to ever successfully gain their freedom through an organized slave revolt. armed insurrection in the history of the western hemisp

really need the 15th is clear, inclusive class and frank thomas, the power of love and assistance and we caught up with golf, take south africa, which has been sweating, gender, stereotypes not conforming to binary relationships in africa. temple is culturally specific challenges which the domina tell us like, so culture may find difficult to accept, but is b j o we're really an african cause i was 6 and relationship x, but the box this me hey, what are you reading? oh, just some l g b t q i article, it's honestly quite depressing. l g b t q i right? that's the lowest concept and i'm africa. and if you asked me actually what was the, is a global reality, and it's very much present in western countries. european colonize is impose their own rigid agenda and sexual norms on african societies, from dress code to labor divisions, to laws criminalizing same sex activity, which he raised the rich diversity of gender and sexual expression, but invested long before they set foot on our continent. like with an ancient african society, they were various squared practices. for instance, in many west african cultures, they were individua

africa summit. soon we are going to hold and see 2nd, josh advocates thomas hearings and such as that it will take place in july. mr. tribesmen would like to use exhibits, unity to once again. express to you when you try to to, to form receive and us and such of find the atmosphere. thank you for having us. we received us as a 3rd of july 2020 to 2. then i was here as tries to share personal save for communion and to set the time already i post to you a well wishes of peas. and we were particularly concerned to find the issues related to an entry and food security. and it is a context associated translations. and sam, you showed us ready to support us and unblock and this conflict, thanks to you and also to us and such as church. and so you and we managed to pause is a queen deal on the card today. mr. tries then we are mentioned again is a framework of when you meet the train mission shown to share personal say a for communion has the dimension to we. i mean the ages and it comes with it between the russia and the x ray and which was tries that place. initiative. what is the good also says mission? is

thomas, the power of love and a sister. and we catch up with golf, take south africa, which has been flooding dentist do real time not conforming to binary relationships in africa. temple is culturally specific tonnage is which the domina tell us actual culture may find difficult to accept, but is b j o quit really an african cause our sex and relationship x, but the box this me hey, what are you reading? oh, just some l g b t q i article, it's honestly quite depressing. l g b t q i right? that's the lowest concept and i'm africa. and if you ask me actually whole phobia is a global reality and it's very much present in western countries. european colonizers impose their own rigid agenda and sexual norms on african societies from dress code to labor divisions to laws criminalizing same sex activity, which he raised the rich diversity of gender and sexual expression that existed long before they set foot on our continent. like with an ancient african society, there were various grey practices. for instance, in many was african cultures. they were individuals assigned male at birth, who dressed and presented themselves as women. t

thomas greenfield weapons and thus he exacerbated the issue of global food security for a long time russia blocked ukrainian grain in the black sea grain that helps feed much of the world , especially africa and the middle east. this is what makes the black sea grain initiative such an important deal that we must continue next month for the benefit of all and why it is deeply alarming that russia is once again the only country that threatens to withdraw from the initiative of the new grain harvest in ukraine and russia. this agreement is gaining even more importance, colleagues. we must call on russia to remain in the black sea grain initiative. iryna solomko spoke to us from the un headquarters in in the last week, we have been talking a lot in the west about the ukrainian counteroffensive, the former commander of nato forces in europe, general filibridlav , calls not to put pressure on ukraine and to give it time on offensive actions, in his opinion, the bolt is currently in the early phase of a military operation and is preparing for how and where to use most of its forces , my colleague from the georgian voice of america spoke with a former american general . we see this is what i act

africa leader summit. not only did most of any attend, he was also gifted a meeting with u.s. ambassador to the united nations, linda thomase idea of a human rights foreign policy, either that, or stop talking as if we are the defenders of human rights on the world stage. when i was in the obama administration, we visited with several world leaders. i remember the yuan ambassador at the time being warned not to take too strong stance against local custom, local laws. completely forgetting the fact that the united states export of missionaries are all colonial export, it was part of why these customs existed that condemned homosexuality. stand up for human rights or recognize our complicity and a lot of the violence overseas. the sad thing is, when it comes to foreign policy, we often look at it as a matter of great power. if china is involved in uganda, if russia is trying to get a hand in uganda, than the united states is trying to make sure has power there too. >> such good points. thank you. at the top of the hour, three more republicans are expected to join the crowded 2024 presidential field this week. the grand jury