in west africa, it would fetch 30% more. that demand and new technology that makes cars impossible to hotwire, are fueling those crimes. and you're most concerned about the violence associated with these carjackings? >> well, it's probably the compliment to the car companies here is that they made it so tough to steal a car in a conventional manner. they need the key. >> reporter: and getting that key means confronting the driver. gio benitez, abc news, newark, new jersey. >>> and this next story is about all travelers. we told you about delta airlines last night, changing the way they give out frequent flyer miles. well, today, another big move by a giant airline. american airlines announcing they have done away with bereavement fares, the steep discounts given to passengers traveling at the last minute because of a death in the family or a medical emergency. american blamed the move on their merger with u.s. airways, which does not offer bereavement fares. >>> and now, to a seismic change coming to your supermarket, and a

west africa north africa and we've seen the mali was koppel the year ago we've seen the rise of boko we committed the absolute criminal stupidity of overthrowing president khadafi so how is this security helping look at the central african republic it's been very strongly it doesn't almost it almost doesn't exist anymore look at nigeria look at south sudan look at mali there's still fighting terrorism in northern mali with french troops so all this money that is being spent could much better be spent building roads building energy power plants building water development projects and actually uplift the population of. fused to do that we have a military only policy right now and africa could feed itself and could provide food for the rest of the world if we developed it but the western policy has actually been a genocidal policy that is to allow people to die from famine from war and from the disease rather than developing these countries. excuse me but our breaking news for you this hour here on r.t. international a boeing seven sixty seven passenger plane we're going to show you a p

west africa north africa. and we've seen the molly was awful the year ago we've seen a risible prahran. we commited the caffeine criminal stupidity of overflowing. president of the feed to how it is to carry helping look at the central african republic is being destroyed. it doesn't all of it almost doesn't exist anymore. what can i carry. look at south sudan. look at while you still fighting terrorism in northern mali with french troops to war this money tight that is being spent. it might better be spent the building wounds building any new power plants until rewarded development projects and actually up with a population of the eu refused to do that we have a military only policy right now. africa can feed itself and could provide food for the rest of the world. if we develop key west and how he has actually been a genocidal policy. that is to allow people to die from salmon for more than from disease rather than developing these countries the stories from around the world in turkey found the protesters hav

in west africa, it would fetch 30% more.t wire, are fuelling those crimes. >> it is probably the compliment to the car companies here, is this they made it so it you've to steal a car in the conventional manner, they need the key. >> and getting that key means confronting the driver. abc news, newark, new jersey. >> mississippi family rejoicing after the apparent death and resurrection of a loved one. what a story. 78-year-old walter williams pronounced dead by a car coroner wednesday night. they put him in a plastic bag, zipped him up and took him away in a hurst. two hours later, the family got a call from the funeral home. he was alive and kicking, so to speak. >> i don't know how long he will bless us and grace us with his presence. but hallelujah, we thank him right now. right now. >> the funeral director said he's never seen anything like it. even the coroner said it is a miracle. >> he was kicking in the bag, that's how they were alerted he is alive. he is doing just fine now. full of life. >> they say he is full of l

we were focused in north africa and west africa. we were directed with about 12 hours notice to make that flight to djibouti to evacuate the rest of the embassy. we did assist with the continued withdrawal of personnel out of the embassy. as far as the conditions we executed, we felt that the security was adequate for us to do that. i'm not sure if that answers your question. >> i will take the question right next to the camera there please. >> this is joe talbot. sir, i would like to ask you about the legal framework of your missions. do you usually need to clear the mission with your local authorities? if yes, do you coordinate with the local authorities in securing an embassy? >> absolutely. the ambassador does that coordination within the country that we would be operating in, and we would only do that under her or his request. so, that coordination would be done. as far as the countries we operate from, we have agreements in place or missions that we are responsible for and we are not doing any operations that are not, that do

al qaeda finds good candidates in refugee camps, many popping up in west africa. >> it's scary to hear you say that. james clapper's full quote was: >> how do the refugee situations vary between regions, the middle east, the western sub-sahara. are any particular areas more prone to the extremist movements? >> absolute ly. anywhere you have a permissive or ungoverned space you'll have the organizations going there. you'll go and look for any place you can operate out of site. whether people know it or not. refugee camps are a prime target. they can hide in the camps amongst people. just what happened once the french came in and ran the fighters. many of them are thought to have gone to refugee camps. that's what they can do in the space. we sit, plan, and in some tass and can collect arms and resources, planning the next attack. >> thank you for joining us and >> can women break the glass ceiling of pol sticks. in new hampshire they elected women to all top political offices. of the 435 seats in the house of representatives 78 are held by women, and they hold 20 of the 100 senate seats

for their plan, for their operations in refugee camps, many of which are popping up as well in west africa, north africa. talking about james clapper. africa is a hot house for the emergence of extremist and rebel groups which launched deadly asymmetrical attacks in which government forces cannot counter. how do the refugee situations vary between the middle east, the western sub-sahara and other parts of the world. are any particular others more movements? >> absolutely. anywhere that you have what is a permissive environment, or what they call in the intelligence world ungoverned space, you'll have these organizations going there. they'll go and look for a place where they can operate out of site. whether people know it or not, refugee camps are prime targets. they can slip into the camps. they can hide themselves in the camps amongst people. what happened in marley once the french came and ran the fighters out. they disappeared to the desert. many are thought to have gone to refugee camps. that's what they do in this ungoverned space, sit there, plan, communicate as best they can and in

many which are popping up in west africa and north africa. >> talking about james clapper, his full quote was africa is a hot house for the emergence nor extremist rebel groups which launch deadly attacks, in which government forces cannot often cannot effectively counter. how do the refugee situations vary between regions between the middle east, the western sahara and other parts of the world, are any particular areas more prone to the extremist movements? >> well, absolutely. anywhere that you have what is permissive environment or what they call in the intelligence world ungoverned space you're going to have these organizations going there. they're going to go there and look for any place where they can operate out of sight. whether people know it or not refugee camps are prime targets because they can slip into those camps, and they can hide themselves in those camps amongst people. just what happened in mali, once the french came in and ran the al-qaeda fighters out, they disappeared in the desert, and many are thought to have gone to refugee camps. that's what they can do with this

africa. thanks for joining us. what your core argument in relation to the killings around the west bank? detailave documented in cases of palestinian civilians who have been killed by israeli forces in the occupied west bank . and what we have concluded is that there is a clear pattern of israeli killings, that forces used lethal force, live ammunition in some cases, in other cases rubber coated metal bullets that are lethal, when people were demonstrating. in some cases they would be for demonstration. in other cases, people were throwing stones. we believe that grossly excessive force, lethal force was used unnecessarily. >> but the israeli army can explain it. they argue you are ignoring the substantial increase in palestinian violence initiated over the past year. what is your response to that? >> we are not ignoring violence whatsoever. we are very clear in this report and have gone into great detail in each of the different cases about what these precise circumstances were. in some cases, these were peaceful events, peaceful demonstrations. in other cases, indeed there was violence

they sailed or demanded to be returned to west africa.he spanish captain tried to buy time for not wanting to round the cape into the atlantic. that is when they came across delano's ship. they could have fought or fled. but instead, they came up with this remarkable plan. they were starving. they were dehydrated and thursday. two women and two children died. yet he managed to stage this nine-our pantomime of the master slave relation to treat this new england mariner who understood himself as a reformer, forward-looking man of the world who had a realistic vision of how things worked. it is remarkable story. >> how did you first come across this story? you travel all around the world to basically research archives to find out the details of what had happened. -- herman melville, 50 or so after the event, he reads about the story and memoirs and turns it into this haunting novella. class.d that in the not because i thought it was true, but i thought it was a nice, novelistic illustration of u.s.-latin american relations during the time of

year around 20 million kilograms of cocaine, mostly from columbia and venezuela passed through west africa. guinea is the shortest point between the continent and latin america, which is why the country is attracted to drug smugglers. it's aparting the president's effort to rebuild the economy after a military coup. guinea has vast reserves of iron ore, and the government has pledges of millions from private companies. >> we'll go back to beirut. two bombs have been detonated in the lebanese capital. stefanie dekker is there for us. tell us what more you know about the attacks. >> we are hearing two separate car becomes targetting near to the iranian cultural center. i'll try to get the cameraman to man in. this is the building on the right, the iranian flag on top. in is in a residential area. people live here, there are shops, restaurants, cafes. it's a tense situation. we are told two dead, up to 40 injured. and two car becomes. initially we are hearing reports of a car bomb. the army is trying to get into the secured area. they are trying to push people back. it is tense. he's trying t

to manage the campaign to drive out al qaeda linked militants the ten situation is just one of west africa's not just music festivals. the festival others that out of the country. to be silenced the festival's musicians that traveling around a while now they also stop by in batman in boom boom. but the team used the gathered at the gates and to top two to three days in january thousands of known and celebrated the festival of descent with guests from holland and control it. only the kelt and the shed. it's got to the crisis of town or region. i got to get the one cd at the festival was something of the family re union. in twenty fifteen with stalking team of two was released. it's a film by genentech to disarray from toronto. many such is the director of the desert festival. well when they did it for when we started the festival molly was just coming out of a civil war three billion destroyed a lot especially between nomads and sinful people. i wanted and why did the first time people could enjoy themselves together again. music and dance. and among them the some ten thousand people celebrat

many of which are popping up again as well in west africa and north africa. >> that's scary to hear young about james clapper his full quote was that africa is a hot house for the emergence of extremists and rebel cruise: how do the refugees situations vary between regions, middle east, western sahara, east africa and other parts of the world? are more areas prone? >> absolutely. anywhere where there is a permissive environment or what they call in the intelligence would ungoverned space you have these organizations going there. they will go there and look for any place where they can operate out of sight, and whether people know it or not, refugees camps are prime targets because they can slip in to those camps. and they can actually hide themselves in those camps amongst people just what happened i mali once the french came in they disappeared in the to desert and many we want to refugees camps. that's what they can do with this -- in this ungoverned space is hide. sit there, plan, communicate as best they can and in some cases they are able to collect arms and all sorts of resources

he has been an ally for obama, the french have fought deeper ties, north africa, french-speaking west africali, iran, where the french never cut diplomatic relations. >> hollande and the president has worked side by side putting pressure on the syrian government for peace talks. >> american comedians have jokingly referred to the french as cheesy, but the relationship between the countries has changed. when airstrikes against syria looked emanant last year it was the americans not the french who got cold feet first. >> trust has shakenned about i spying scandal but france does not seem to have been as badly effected as germany. there have been no reports of president hollande's phone being tapped. >> we never got real satisfy toe answers that politics is politics, and they have common interests to show that they are close to each other and that they understand each other. >> reporter: and so the old alliance between france and the united states is evolving into a new partnership. one based on pragmatism and shared global interests. jackie roland, al jazeera, paris. >> when we come back a sec

we were focused in north africa and west africa. we were directed with about 12 hours' notice to make that flight to djibouti to evacuate the rest of the embassy. as i mentioned, we did assist with the continued withdrawal of personnel out of the embassy. as far as the conditions we executed, we felt that the security was adequate for us to do that. i'm not sure if that answers your question. >> i will take the question right next to the camera there please. then i am going to come to the questions on the second row. >> this is joe talbot. sir, i would like to ask you about the legal framework of your missions. do you usually need to clear the mission with your local authorities? if yes, do you coordinate with the local authorities in securing an embassy? >> absolutely. the ambassador does that coordination within the country that we would be operating in, and we would only do that under her or his request. so, that coordination would be done. as far as the countries we operate from, we have agreements in place or missions that we a

have deeper ties, historic ties, maybe better intelligence in northern africa, french speaking west africamali, iran, where the french have never stopped ct diplomatic relations. >> reporter: they have worked side by side. they put diplomatic pressure on the syrian peace talks. american comedians have jokingly referred to the french as cheesy, but the relationship between the two countries have changed. when airstrikes against syria looked imminent last year it was the americans not the french who got cold feet first. >> shaken by the nsa spying scandal, but france has not been as affected as germany, there are no reports of franÇois hollande's phone being tapped. >> politics is politics, they have common interests to show that they are close to each other, and they understand each other. >> and so the old alliance between france and the united states is evolving into a new partnership. one based on pragmatism and shared global interests. jackie roland, al jazeera, paris. >> there has been another setback for kenneth bae. north korea took back its offer to discuss bae's release. the revere

conflict breaks out, is that a contagion that can link up with other friends that are going on in west africahboring sudan. >> absolutely. there are a lot of commonalities with what is going on in the central african republic to what we see in other countries of the region of africa in particular. and we can exactly analyze that contagion effect that you brought up f we look at the history of rebellions in central african republic directly related to chad next door and also in sudan. and these fighters were proxy fighters between chad and sudan just a few years ago. and the day to want that was reached between chad and sudan in the late 2,000s kind of enabled the fighters to seek safer ground specifically in the central african republic and fight against what is a broken or extremely state with no institutional capability to defend itself. but this kind of noah cross borders, a wham a mole type insurgency, we see this in mali that ambassador sanders talked b swaoe it nigeria, we have seen it in chad previously. and now the we are trying to address this in lip i can't as well. so there is very

have failed to combat terrorism in afghanistan or anywhere else and the same will happen here in west africa it's likely that their presence even bring the terrorists to senegal but the president does his calculation saying well this will allow me to be a good friend of the united states maybe attract some investment or strengthen my security forces that from the point of view of the senegalese people we risk losing our norful lot is a number of african leaders have expressed concern about the potential militarization of the continent fearful that america's expanding presence will bode badly for africa and her people poilus leah r.t. . r.t. international live here in moscow more news for in just over half an hour from now in the meantime kate is next with the sporting highlights from sochi. i did for state of the city address new york mayor bill de blasio said that he would put forward legislation for the city to issue special municipal identification cards to undocumented immigrants he summed up his feelings by saying to all my fellow new yorkers who are undocumented i say new york city is

americans it feel to combat terrorism in afghanistan or anywhere else and the same will happen here in west africa it's likely that the prisons even bring the terrorists to synagogues but the prison does calculations seeing will this will allow me to be a good friend of the united states maybe attract some investment to strengthen my security forces but from the point of view of the senegalese people we risk losing our norful lot is a number of african leaders have expressed concern about the potential militarization of the continent fearful that america's expanding presence will bode badly for africa and her people. r.t. part time now for a very quick snapshot for you here on r.t. international swiss police now are saying it was the copilot behind the hijacking of an ethiopian airlines passenger plane which landed at geneva airport he's now in custody and asking for asylum after taking control of the jet when the captain left to go to the toilet this is a recording of his conversation the suspect had with air traffic control while still in the air. you know you're. more. none of the passengers or

yes the maritime police announced friday that the total amount of oil spilled in west africa to fifty four thousand readers now that's more than one half times greater than they in turn estimates that it simply said set their sights on more than sixty people in relation to the accident eight people have already been charged with helping to bring came from negligence and the conduct of business and destruction of evidence the spill occurred after eighteen curtailing the break in january thirty first as it tried to stop causing three oil pipelines all three of aig's topics to rupture. one of korea's nuclear reactor shutdown southerly early this friday morning. the niners fifty thousand kilowatts and eight two reactor in young one time non go province came to a halt at around ten fifty am. sea run plant operator korea hydro and nuclear power said it is invga

>> these are found in west africa. up into nigeria a bit. >> at the extreme west of central africa. >> we were here when it came out this morning and seeing what they eat, they need to fight this? >> they do like that. primarily their diet is about 60 percent leafy greens. a variety of lettuce and spinach and kale, maybe a bit effort. >> would find the connection that people make especially in the case like this, and humans really relate to this. inaudible >> what's your favorite movie gorilla? >> favorite movie gorilla? >> beyonce condo. >> are you serving that eight and a martini? >> she allowed one. >> i will say king kong because it made people aware of guerrillas that gives them the wrong impression. >> 1976 king kong, can't beat that. here are the four finalist names. the brookfield zoo website is worried and voted. i heard more than 10,000 votes are in and alima is winning. we will announce the winner live next week. >> coming up, late-night debut for seth meyers. harold ramis has died. ramis was the creative for

have failed to combat terrorism in afghanistan or anywhere else and the same will happen here in west africa it's likely that their presence even bring the terrorists to senegal but the president does his calculations saying well this will allow me to be a good friend of the united states maybe attract some investment or strengthen my security forces that from the point of view of the senegalese people we risk losing our norful lot is a number of african leaders have expressed concern about the potential militarization of the continent fearful that america's expanding presence will bode badly for africa and her people policia r.t. while this week an investment banker saw himself off the top of the hong kong skyscraper where he worked and his was just one of a handful of suicides in the doggy dog finance sector during the last months tesser cilia reports. there are untimely deaths grabbed headlines three of which happened within a week be it the big investment banks they worked for the senior positions they held the public nature of their deaths or all three once again it raised questions . a

have failed to combat terrorism in afghanistan or anywhere else and the same will happen here in west africa it's likely that their presence even bring the terrorist threat to senegal but the president does this calculation saying well this will allow me to be a good friend of the united states maybe attract some investment or strengthen my security forces but from the point of view of the senegalese people we risk losing our norful lot is a number of african leaders have expressed concern about the potential militarization of the continent fearful that america's expanding presence will bode badly for africa and her people poilus leah r.t. . now let's take a quick look at what we've lined up for you on line fallen ill in space not be a problem in the future as not scientists are working on the so-called robo doc capable of performing even complicated surgery on cosmic travelers get the full story on artsy dot com. plus homemade pride we tell you why america has been forced to purchase its flanks from china but now says the time has come so produce the stars and stripes on the home ground. fi

americans a field to combat terrorism in afghanistan or anywhere else and the same will happen here in west africa it's likely that their presence even bring the terrorists to synagogue but the president does calculations saying well this will allow me to be a good friend of the united states maybe attract some investment or strengthen my security forces but from the point of view of the senegalese people we risk losing our norful lot is a number of african leaders have expressed concern about the potential militarization of the continent fearful that america's expanding presence will bode badly for africa and her people. r.t. . and another nation whose presence looms larger over the continent as china but instead of building up military might beijing has rather aggressively courting african businesses let's now bring in china based writer brendan riley who knows the subject for us brendan very nice to have you here on our seem to national so china is now africa's largest trade partner right rather high but beijing is not going to give up and its interest there right. no well there is a very deep

americans it feel to combat terrorism in afghanistan or anywhere else and to see more often here in west africa. it's likely that christians will even bring the terrorists trip to senegal to the prison disco tuition saying well this will i need to be a good friend united states media types of investment rushed into my security forces the quantity of senegalese people. we risk losing an awful lot as well a number of african leaders have expressed concern about the potential income rising to the continent. fearful that america's expanding presence. all those baggy for africa and the people. was he an auntie hurry up next to a full focus on celestial twenty fourteen has fooled again just a couple of minutes. all day from the antics but sometimes don't go away the eye. i i i when i was in ntu he he they do. to me. i did. each i design trends due to the apple jewel best way to the heart of moscow. i am firstly the city address new york mayor bill the blood ceo said that he would put forth legislation for the city to issue special municipal identification cards to undocumented immigrants is summed up

all of this means more demand for cocoa beans, which comes largely from west africa, a region impacted by harsh weather and political instability. it's all pushed prices higher. cocoa futures have climbed 9% since the start of 2014, trading near a two and a half year high. higher prices mean higher costs for gourmet candymakers. >> a batch like that is about $250. sa pallet of chocolate costs a lot of money. a pallet will be more than $15,000. >> reporter: this is the vault, 4 1/2 tons of chocolate stored here, it's the heart of the operation. each one of these pallets weighs a ton and can cost $15,000. the higher of the cocoa level, the higher the price. still, consumers won't feel the cocoa pinch just yet. big companies like hershey's hedge their supplies, locking in prices up to two years in advance. gourmet chock lar tiers? valentine's day preparations started months ago, meaning impacts won't be seen until at least easter. even then it will be the difference of pennies. with champagne-filled bon bones and dark-covered orange peels from provence, consumers might not mind. >> yum. t

the total amount of oil spilled in west africa to fifty four thousand readers now that's more than one half times greater than they in turn estimates that it simply said set their sights on more than sixty people in relation to the accident eight people have already been charged with helping to bring came from negligence and the conduct of business and destruction of evidence the spill occurred after eighteen curtailing the break in january thirty first as it tried to stop causing three oil pipelines all three of aig's topics to rupture. one of korea's nuclear reactor shutdown southerly early this friday morning. the niners fifty thousand kilowatts and eight two reactor in young one time non go province came to a halt at around ten fifty am. sea run plant operator korea hydro and nuclear power said it is investigating the exact cause of the shutdown but added that the incident will not interfere with electricity production. this is the first time in seven years the reactor shutdown and a second nuclear reactor shutdown this year following one reported late last month in the region kill