we took them out of timbuktu in four by fours. we brought them to bamako, we also stockpiled them in small boats, about five miles outside of timbuktu and took them 375 miles away. >> reporter: abdelader haidara, whose family also owns an important collection of manuscripts, has digitized 20% of nearly 200,000 documents the originals are kept ithis room, classified by family name and year. they deal with myriad subjects: subjects such as astronomy and physics, politics and... magic. these gentlemen are reading page by page of each book, and they are making notes olike a summarwhat it says in each page.nn but time is g out. the books survived for centuries thanks to the dry desert of timbuktu, but now live in the heavy, tropical climate of mali: bamako, mali's capital. tiuktu and northern mali, still plagued by conflict remains a no-go area. is anranslated ): the urgency because we have used 20% of the funds keep in, it's a lot bu mind we have hundreds of thousands of manuscripts. >> reporter: these books are relics, some date back

stations particularly in the center and in the north the oversea of a polling station in the region of timbuktu was killed by unknown gunmen however today a group of observers representing the hell and somehow a group of nations in africa organized a press conference they mentioned some of these disruptions but they said that they do not amount to what can be used to disqualify this election also we have been in touch with the electoral commission about the turnout figures some of those some of the sources talked about twenty two points thirty eight percent turnout yesterday the electoral commission deny that figure and said that the turnout so far is calculated between thirty and forty percent he also mentioned that they have counted up to now more than eighty percent of the ballot papers but the official results can be announced only in a matter of two or three days hundreds of people are still missing a year after a devastating mudslide on the outskirts of sierra leone's capital more than a thousand people died after trencher rains modern rocks hurtling down a mountain on the outskirts of fr

observers declared the second round fairly peaceful despite a polling station official being killed in timbuktu more than a hundred stations are being closed for security purposes president abraham is the front runner in the vote mohamed valas more from bamako. as the counting of ballots continued on monday we also continue to receive more information about what happened on sunday during the run of vote and that includes allegations of fraud and other violations leveled by the opposition side against the ruling party they may shinde their finding of stocks of ballot papers that have been signed and stamped with the name of president before him but also mention the missing ballot papers inside polling stations across the country other violations and disruptions have caused the dysfunctioning of the closure of about one hundred polling stations particularly in the center and in the north the oversea of a polling station in the region of timbuktu was killed by unknown gunmen however today a group of observers representing the hell and somehow a group of nations in africa organized a press conferen

regions violence ma the election process a poll worker was shot and killed in the northern region of timbuktu how even the islamist militants. and lover to turn out mock this runoff vote less than thirty percent of eligible voters costs a ballot. well turning now to. officials say that over one hundred members of the security forces have been killed as they battle with the taliban for control of the city of gaza neve taliban forces launched a surprise attack last friday on the city which is just one hundred twenty kilometers from the capital kabul. then defense officials say some two hundred taliban fighters killed in the fighting hundreds of civilians have fled the city u.s. is providing military support and troops there washington has denied reports that the city is on the verge of collapse. our correspondent some of the people's money is with us here in the studio sondos has spent years reporting from afghanistan tell us sort of what are you hearing from your sources and does there was the latest on the ground there there are still fighting on on this is day five and there have been more a

.% jihadists may have lost contrrl of northerr regiins, but with on aprilk in timbuktu 14, jihadist fighters have proved they are ccpable of complex operrtions. since the cease-fire in september of last year, clashes tuareghe two are egg -- ru rebels has abated. there is s still conflict in the central region of the country, soar. the new president will have to -pcommunities, with the overhaul of the malian army. 344 human rights violations have malian security forces were involved in 58 of those. corruption remains in damage in phe ccuntry, as one of the grapplesoorest nations with economic chhllenges. as africa's leading producer of cotton, agriculture accountssfor the country is also struggling with high unemploymmnn. but according tt the african ddvelopment bank, the malian economy is showing signs of progress, with expected grooth of 5.4% in 2017. inflation is esttmated aa 2%, which is less than the 3% threshold set by the west african economic and monetary% as the country struggles to stem unemployment, poverry remains rife. in a deeperate milliins are -- malians across the mediterrane

representatives there were also some reports of violence the head of a polling station in a village north of timbuktu was killed by unknown gunmen but the president's camp says there should be no cause for concern. without any doubt this is the most transparent electoral process in mali's democratic history a few months ago a new electoral law and other reforms were introduced at the request of the opposition the government has agreed to count the results at every single polling station separately upon a demand from the opposition international observer missions have all praised the voting process in the first round of this sunday's turnout was reported to be very low in parts of the country particularly in the north the main opposition party came in a distant second in the first round of voting in the two weeks since then opposition leader so my lissie failed to convince his colleagues. and the other parties to join him in a united front that has left c.c. with even less chances of winning there's a feel of the shuffle here same old talk of violations exchange of accusations and confusion in some po

representatives there were also some reports of violence the head of a polling station in a village north of timbuktu was killed by unknown gunmen but the president's camp says there should be no cause for concern. without any doubt this is the most transparent electoral process in mali's democratic history a few months ago a new electoral law and other reforms were introduced at the request of the opposition the government has agreed to count the results at every single polling station separately upon a demand from the opposition international observer missions have all praised the voting process in the first round of this sunday's turnout was reportedly very low in parts of the country particularly in the north the main opposition party came in a. second in the first round of voting in the two weeks since then opposition leader so my lissie failed to convince his colleagues and the other parties to join him in a united front that has left sisi with even less chance of winning there's a fear of the same old talk of violations exchange of accusations and confusion in some polling stations and just as

some incidents in the north including the killing of the head of a polling station in the region of timbuktu not clear yet why this man was killed nor the identity of the people who killed him also reports of a very low turnout in the north and that has been expected because of the insecurity that's widespread there in the north and in the center of the country. expectations here about the president will win this vote by a large majority the opposition has failed to united sciex and the opposition leader the man running against. a sissy has made a strong call to opposition leaders to stand behind him but they have many of them have refused to do that so the conclusion that insults of this election are highly expected as a big win for president abraham. after twenty two years.

stations particularly in the center and in the north the oversea of a polling station in the region of timbuktu was killed by unknown gunmen however today a group of observers representing the. group of nations in africa organized a press conference they mentioned some of these disruptions but they said that they do not amount to what can be used to disqualify this election also we have been in touch with the electoral commission about the turnout figures some of those some of the sources talked about twenty two points thirty eight percent turnout yesterday the electoral commission deny that and said that the turnout so far is calculated between thirty and forty percent they also mentioned that they have counted up to now more than eighty percent of the ballots papers but the official results can be announced only in a matter of two or three days. american music legend aretha franklin is gravely ill according to u.s. media a seventy six year old is reportedly with friends and family at her home in the city of detroit is known as the queen of soul for her distinctive voice and powerful live perf

of a polling station in the region of timbuktu was killed by unknown gunmen. today a group of observers representing the. group of nations in africa organized a press conference they mentioned some of these disruptions but they said that they do not amount to what can be used to disqualify this election also we have been in touch with the electoral commission about the turnout figures some of those some of the sources talked about twenty two points thirty eight percent turnout yesterday the electoral commission denied that figure and said that the turnout so far is calculated between thirty and forty percent he also mentioned that they have counted up to now more than eighty percent of all of these papers but the official results can be announced only in a matter of two or three days. turkey stepping up military and diplomatic efforts to avoid what it calls a catastrophe and serious problems it's working with russia to prevent the humanitarian fallout from a possible syrian government offensive to retake the rebel held province so hard to report. the syrian go

representatives there were also some reports of violence the head of a polling station in a village north of timbuktu was killed by unknown gunmen but the president's camp says there should be no cause for concern. without any doubt this is the most transparent electoral process in mali's democratic history a few months ago a new electoral law and other reforms were introduced at the request of the opposition the government has agreed to count the results at every single polling station separately upon a demand from the opposition international observer missions have all praised the voting process in the first round of this sunday's turnout was reported to be very low in parts of the country particularly in the north the main opposition party came in a distant second in the first round of voting in the two weeks since then opposition leader so my lissie failed to convince his colleagues and the other. to join him in a united front that has left sisi with even less chance of winning there's a feel of deja vu here same old talk of violations exchange of accusations and confusion in some polling station

regions violence mot the election process a poll worker was shot and killed in the northern region of timbuktu a haven for the islamist militants. and low voter turnout mark this runoff vote less than thirty percent of eligible voters costs a ballot. we're going to take a closer look at that country today right now fishel say that over one hundred members of the security forces have been killed as they battle with the taliban for control of the city of god's name televen forces launched a surprise attack last friday all the city. which is just one hundred twenty kilometers from the capital kabul defense officials say some two hundred taliban fighters have been killed in the fighting hundreds of civilians have fled the city the u.s. is providing military support to afghan troops washington has denied reports that the city is on the verge of collapse. our correspondent son of the pages joins me now in the studio she spent years reporting from afghanistan knows the place well what are you hearing from your sources in gaza need today what's the latest on the ground where we see a fifth day of figh

some incidents in the north including the killing of the head of a polling station in the region of timbuktu not clear yet why this man was killed nor the identity of the people who killed him also reports of a very low turnout in the north and that has been expected because of the insecurity that's widespread there in the north and in the center of the country. expectations here about the president will win this vote by a large majority the opposition has failed to united sciex and the opposition leader the man running against. so why the city has made a strong call to opposition leaders to stand behind him but they have many of them have refused to do that so the conclusion that insults of this election.

some incidents in the north including the killing of the head of a polling station in the region of timbuktu not clear yet why this man was killed nor the identity of the people who killed him also reports of a very low turnout in the north and that has been expected because of the insecurity that's widespread there in the north and in the center of the country. expectations here about the president will win this vote by a large majority the opposition has failed to united socks and the opposition leader the man running against. so might a sissie has made a strong call to opposition leaders to stand behind him but they have many of them have refused to do that so the conclusion that insults of this election are highly expected as a big win for president abraham. after twenty two years of negotiations the leaders of russia iran kazakhstan azerbaijan and turkmenistan have signed an agreement on the legal status of the caspian sea this means that the five countries can move ahead with sharing out the resource rich inland body of water which is the largest in the world ari chalons has the detail

observers declared the second round fairly peaceful despite the polling station official being killed in timbuktu more than one hundred stations of close for security purposes president of rainbow. is the front runner in the vote hundreds of people are still missing a year after a devastating mudslide on the outskirts of sierra leone's capital more than one thousand people died after a trench all rain sent modern rocks hurtling down the mountain on the outskirts of freetown crushing surrounding villages and three thousand people lost their homes the government has been criticized for not doing enough to rehire them. heavy rains and flash floods in the philippines of force more than fifty thousand people out of their homes at least three people died after a tropical storm yagami hit the country's nor the island's china jan the forts. a swollen river overturned cars and thousands of filipinos desperate for help. tropical storm yagi hit manila's marking a city with heavy rain causing major flooding. this gym is one of the places many of the displaced found shelter now i'm going to see you know my fl

observers declared the second round fairly peaceful despite a polling station official being killed in timbuktu more than one hundred stations are being closed for security reasons president abraham says the frontrunner in the vote. zimbabwe's president elect is urging the conference move on from last month's disputed election he made the remarks as the country celebrates thirty eight years of independence emerson was supposed to be sworn in on sunday but the ceremony could only go ahead with the approval from the constitutional court. in the capital harare. president elect innocent and i got asked political leaders to remain calm it's his first public appearance since his inauguration was postponed after the main opposition alliance filed court papers on friday preventing it from going ahead zimbabwe is even more divided since last month's disputed election and post election violence we are already going. viral as post of. let's. see result. here is you know since it is. made. where did all these. commission of. first grade. it is not. the lives. we are. hero's day is one of the most important

some incidents in the north including the killing of the head of a polling station in the region of timbuktu not clear yet why this man was killed nor the identity of the people who killed him also reports of a very low turnout in the north and that has been expected because of the insecurity that's widespread there in the north and in the center of the country. expectations here about the president to him when this vote by a large majority the opposition has failed to united socks and the opposition leader the man running against. the c.c. has made a strong call to opposition leaders to stand behind him but they have many of them have refused to do that so the conclusion that insults of this election are highly expected as a big win for president abraham bucket are ok for more on this we can now speak to journalist katrina hoyer who's been following the votes from the capital so catherine no way can you tell us we've heard about a instances of violence but what is the general view of how the vote has been conducted. well last we heard you say she has been looming over the selections since t

station in the region of timbuktu not clear yet why this man was killed nor the identity of the people who killed him also reports of a very low turnout in cuba in the north and that has been expected because of the insecurity that's widespread there in the north and in the center of the country. expectations here are about the president will win this vote by a large majority the opposition has failed to united socks and the opposition leader the man running against. a sissy has made a strong call to opposition leaders to stand behind him but they have many of them have refused to do that so the conclusion that insults of this election are highly expected as a big win for president abraham. coming up on this news hour from london explain how u.s. sanctions against iran could also have a negative impact across the border in iraq. i'm andrew thomas in the northeastern indian state opus where there's real concern about a new register of citizens which is left four million people of its concerns there are about to be made streets. and fireworks to rafael nadal as he reaches the final in to

representatives there were also some reports of violence the head of a polling station in a village north of timbuktu was killed by an unknown gunman but the president's camp says there should be no cause for concern. without any doubt this is the most transparent electoral process in mali's democratic history a few months ago a new electoral law and other reforms were introduced at the request of the opposition the government has agreed to count the results at every single polling station separately upon a demand from the opposition international observer missions have all praised the voting process in the first round this sunday's turnout was reportedly very low in parts of the country particularly in the north the main opposition party came in a distant second in the first round of voting in the two weeks since then opposition leader so my lissie failed to convince his colleagues and the other parties to join him in a united front that has left sisi with even less chance of winning there's a field of vision for here the same old talk of violations exchange of accusations and confusion in some poll

have declared the second round fairly peaceful despite a polling station worker being killed in timbuktu and more than one hundred stations being closed for security purposes president. is the front runner in the vote though he faces a challenge from his former finance minister say. well that's it for now i'll have more from london for you in about twenty minutes time let's get to in doha thank you maria as many of us know before president little trump was actually president he starred in a reality t.v. show called the apprentice a morass of money gold newman was a contestant and later joins trump in the white house as a staffa she was then fired last to full clashing with a stock member already far from the headline says carter promoting her new book titled unhinged an insider account of the trump white house and it contains many allegations against trump including that he is racist but what has security experts and trying to clearly alarmed though is that she secretly recorded her firing by white house chief of staff john kelly and then ultra high security is the situation room and par

representatives there were also some reports of violence the head of a polling station in a village north of timbuktu was killed by unknown gunmen but the president's camp says there should be no cause for concern. without any doubt this is the most transparent electoral process in mali's democratic history a few months ago a new electoral law and other reforms were introduced at the request of the opposition the government has agreed to count the results at every single polling station separately upon a demand from the opposition international observer missions have all praised the voting process in the first round of this sunday's turnout was reported to be very low in parts of the country particularly in the north the main opposition party came in a distant second in the first round of voting in the two weeks since then opposition leader so my lissie failed to convince his colleagues and the other parties to join him in a united front that has left sisi with even less chance of winning this i feel. here same old talk of violations exchange of accusations and confusion in some polling stations and

some incidents in the north including the killing of the head of a polling station in the region of timbuktu not clear yet why this man was killed nor the identity of the people who killed him also reports of a very low turnout in the north and that has been expected because of the insecurity that's widespread there in the north and in the center of the country. expectations here about the president will win this vote by a large majority the opposition has failed to united socks and the opposition leader the man running against. a c.c. has made a strong call to opposition leaders to stand behind him but they have many of them have refused to do that so the conclusion that insults of this election are highly expected as a big win for president abraham book akita. after twenty two years of negotiations the leaders of russia iran kazakhstan azerbaijan and turkmenistan have scientific we meant on the legal status of the caspian sea it means the five countries can now move ahead with sharing out the resource rich in land body of water which is the largest in the world or a challenge has this repo

observers declared the second round fairly peaceful despite a polling station official being killed in timbuktu more than a hundred stations are being closed for security reasons president abraham caters the front runner in the vote. zimbabwe's president elect is urging people to move on from the disputed election he made the remarks during celebrations marking thirty eight years of independence. i was supposed to be sworn in on sunday but the sermon he can only go ahead with approval from the constitutional court. in the capital harare. president elect him a similar us political leaders to remain calm it's his first public appearance since his inauguration was postponed after the main opposition alliance filed court papers on friday preventing it from going ahead zimbabwe is even more divided since last month's disputed election and post election violence we are a. very. post of. let's. see results. here is you know since it is a. major. general these are. a commission of. first great. it is not. the lives. we are and. heroes day is one of the most important national holidays is to remember th

regions violence ma the election process a poll worker was shot and killed in the northern region of timbuktu a haven for the islamist militants. and low voter turnout mock this runoff vote less than thirty percent of eligible voters cast their ballot. now picture this you're after a beach just taking it easy maybe reading a book and then this giant thing starts marching towards you well if that does happen you can assume the dutch are artists and engineers is not far away ansen has been creating these moving sculptures out of p.v.c. piping for almost thirty years now he calls them his strand beasts. well david leavitt's from our culture desk is here with me david i think a lot of people must be looking at this and thinking well why. yeah i think so you know aside from just being kind of fine and he's moving sculptures actually do have some real implications for science particularly for the field of space exploration which is why nasa has been in touch with yon's and particularly they're interested in his ideas for a probe to send to the planet venus now i want to tell you more about that in

observers declared the second round fairly peaceful despite the polling station official being killed in timbuktu more than one hundred stations are closed for security purposes president of cater is the front runner in the vote. it's been five years since at least one thousand people were killed by security forces in the rahbar square in egypt's capital human rights watch describes it as one of the world's largest killings of demonstrators in a single day in recent history the group was protesting against the coup which depose the democratically elected president mohamed morsi burn smith reports. the wizened and you'll sit in warms the voice from egypt's ministry of interior. everyone wants to avoid any bloodshed. but by now hundreds of people had already been killed by the country's security forces as they moved in and the last of the major protests by supporters of president mohamed morsi he'd been deposed in a military coup for forty seven days they'd occupied a square outside a lot away a mosque to have some order from kill us just secured arse just to kill our president is more suited. for

representatives there were also some reports of violence the head of a polling station in a village north of timbuktu was killed by unknown gunmen but the president's camp says there should be no cause for concern. without any doubt this is the most transparent electoral process in mali's democratic history a few months ago a new electoral law and other reforms were introduced at the request of the opposition the government has agreed to count the results at every single polling station separately upon a demand from the opposition international observer missions have all praised the voting process in the first round this sunday's turnout was reportedly very low in parts of the country particularly in the north the main opposition party came in a. second in the first round of voting in the two weeks since then opposition leader so my lissie failed to convince his colleagues and the other parties to join him in a united front that has left sisi with even less chance of winning there's a feel of this here same old talk of violations exchange of accusations and confusion in some polling stations and just

from timbuktu and they have patches you can peel them on and off and maybe next year it's just a plainthe biggest things is hoy to pack your backpack, make sure the weight is right r school.that's apprri >> that's right. let me show you this. when you get one, look for this inside pouch. it helps to distribute the weight properly. put the heavy stuff closest to the back and the body and the sharp stuff in the front. that makes a difference when the kids are trekking to school. >> all right, becky, these kids love hearing that it's time to go back to school. >> back to school, kids. >> their favorite words, back to school. for more back-to-school tips head to our website and now over to ginger. >> yes, let's do your "gma" moment. shall we? this one, we go to the louisville zoo and amber, the orangutan, ever have a friend who's a little too nosey into what you're eating? yeah. so is amber and these folks -- yeah, trying to look into the cooler like what you got in there and she says that's not good enough. i want to see what's in the other bag and points to the other bag. that's at the l

two brothers, one cousin, all from timber to —— timbuktu. which one are brothers?e under the backdrop of edinburgh castle. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm tolu adeoye. armed police have have arrested a man in north—west london on suspicion of plotting terror acts. the 20—year—old was detained by officers from the fire arms command unit during a planned operation at around 6:30pm last night. he is now being held at police station in south london. a fresh appeal‘s been made by police for information into the death of a man thought to be killed while he was trying to stop a fight. it's now two years since 35—year—old mohammed hassan was fatally stabbed in battersea. five people were arrested in connection with his death, but no—one has been charged. mental health organisations are calling for more support to help young athletes deal with the pressures of top level sport. it follows the death of surrey snowboarder ellie soutter who died last week on her 18th birthday. one mentoring group is urging those