economic and social commission for western asia. findings, and a new report published by the human economic and social commission for western asia, which is comprised of 18 arab states. this is the head of the u.n. agency. >> the importance of the support is that only because it is the first of its kind, one that is published by one of the united nations bodies the clearly and frankly concludes that israel is a racist state, that it is an established apartheid system that persecutes that ousted him people, but also sheds light on the essence of the palestinian cause and the conditions needed for a coalition -- amy: report met with immediate condemnation from israel and the united states. the u.n. spokesperson stephane dujarric told reporters in new york that the report was published without any prior consultation with the u.n. secretariat. >> if we just saw the report today, which you say was published by esquire, it was done without any prior consultations with the secretariat and the report as it stands does not reflect the views

this is former executive secretary of the yuan economic and social commission for western asia rima khalaf. ,>> it was to be expected that israel and its allies would put enormous pressure on the united nations secretary-general to renounce the report, and he gave me instructions to renounce it. i asked him to review his stance, but he insisted. so i said bit of my resignation to him. the crimes that they continued to commit amount to war crimes against humanity. amy: her resignation came the same day as soldiers opened fire on a group of palestinian teenagers in a refugee camp in the israeli-occupied west bank, killing 16-year-old murad yusif abu ghaz. on saturday, israeli soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets at a group of mourners, following the boy's burial. to see our full interview with richard falk, who co-authored the u.n. report accusing israel of imposing an apartheid regime, you can go to democracynow.org in france, thousands of people rallied in paris sunday to protest police brutality. the march demanded justice for a 22-year-old black man who was allegedly raped with a p

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never been to asia or arguably for that matter barely got out of united states, he claimed that the intellectual curiosity and scientific progress was the exclusive domain of the western world. as havingzed asia human beings, but he said it was an ancient crumbling civilization whose time is long past. originated in asia, they have worked their way principally westward. behindow the people are -- and utterly behind the people of europe. while we here in america think we discovered an invented faster than anyone. recognizing that perhaps he was on thin ice he concluded, he may think this is arrogant. they do not deny that russia has access to show hurt steamboats and railroads well in other parts of the asian area they barely know those exist. in these ancient inhabited countries, there is a real notion ofold smothering the intellect of man. well neither respecting or appreciating the countries of latin america, wink and like any nationalist understood his audience by extolling the virtue of the united states. at the expense of degrading other people it was lincoln's intention to convince his americans that they would be on the next great stage of history. strategy tos

never been to asia or arguably for that matter barely got out of united states, he claimed that the intellectual curiosity and scientific progress was the exclusive domain of the western world. he -- world. he recognized asia as having that like african-americans, were the human zine's -- were indeed human beings, but he said it was an ancient crumbling civilization whose time is long past. human failure originated in asia, they have worked their way principally westward. right now the people are utterly behind europe, while we here in america think we discovered and invent and improve faster than any of them. recognizing that perhaps he was on a bit of thin ice, he concluded "they may think this is arrogance. but i cannot deny that russia's show them on us to how to build steamboats and railroads, while in other parts of asia they scarcely know such things in this -- exist. in anciently inhabited ,ountries, there is a real downright old fogey of them -- smother that seems to deteriorate the intelligence ." man at the expense of degrading other people, it was lincoln's intention to convince his fellow countrymen that they would be on the next great stage of history. a

>> yes it's endemic in africa and asia but it epidemic in the western after the fact how are currently infected? >> you only stay infected for a couple of weeks. it's impossible to know. right now, were in winter beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere so there's no transmission going on in the northern hemisphere. probably transmission going on in some places in brazil and down south where it summer but they had such a big academic that people may be immune to it and when you have wine spread immunity you have heard immunity. you have to wait to a lot more children are born and people who have not had the virus to get a big second wave. >> how prevalent is zika in the us right now? >> not very. except in puerto rico but were not sure how many people got infected, a quarter of the population may be a little bit more but the blood work has been done to know the answer but from what it looks like that's true. there was an outbreak in miami there was an outbreak in texas but it didn't spread beyond that. they were isolated cases all over the country but those are people who had tra

western world. more and more people in africaand south asia are affected. what you can do against it.this is something i will talk about.welcome to "in good shape."

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itself in western europe itself, the ideas and principles rejoining this tormented history. >> so not this book but your previous book the ruins of empire, that was an intellectual history of modern asia or more specifically the attempt of certain thinkers to create a modern historical intellectual narrative that could counter the dominant narrative of the west. that is a counter narrative to the western arab. in this book, the second, you mentioned that history, i think it's called. at this point should be really regard the western notion of progress is fraudulent history that we need to do away with. >> progress is the fact, but it's always patchy, it's uneven, it's the result of different factors. not all of them have to do with capitalism or democracy. we tend to give too much credit to these obstructions we cherish and love, but progress, whenever it is made, it's the result of very many disconcerting conferences. the fact that women's rights were advanced most of all by the two world wars, we think of progress is happening because economic growth is happening in their demanding certain rights and there's a big package of rates going through. unfortunately that is not how it work

once you move out of the western hemisphere, you move to asia, andkpile data is delayed patchy.me cases, nonexistent. the chinese tend to regard their strategic stockpile data as a secret and that is a part of chinese inventories and the week on week and month on month change in inventories because china is still building their stockpile. we get much less clarity coming out of that. i think the one thing that is clear is that opec is out for cuts, however you measure compliance with them, there are all numbers floating around. those cuts have not yet had the impact, either on inventory levels or prices, that opec has helped. mark: is saudi arabia going to shoulder the bulk of the cuts? and if so, for how long? julian: the big question, in january, it cut more than it needed, below 10 million barrels a day. all the analysts we surveyed in the oil companies and other to putresurveyed together the monthly assessment for february, leave the same thing happened in february. that saudi arabia shouldered a disproportionate share of the burden. the numbers saudi arabia gave to opec yest

asia, and africa. it is just not going to be a 21st-century western country. james: the challenge, it seems, is not to make america great again, but to stop it from falling apart. james cook, bbc news, at the oroville dam in california. tim: some big projects in store there. that is it for this edition of "bbc world news america." plenty more on the website, bbc.com/news. you can reach us on twitter and facebook. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newman's own foundation, giving all profits from newman's own to charity and pursuing the common good, kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs, and aruba tourism authority. >> planning a vacation escape that is relaxing, inviting, and exciting is a lot easier than you think. you can find it here, in aruba. families, couples, and friends can all find their escape on the island with warm, sunny days, cooling trade winds, and the crystal blue caribbean sea. nonstop flights are available from most maj

western europe has been decimated. the united states. africa, asia, there is vocation.sts from those areas of the world to help supplement our shortage. we yuksed to send missionaries elsewhere, now they're spiendin priests to us. >> why the shortage? >> i can't tell you how many parents have said to me, i really wouldn't recommend my child, my son be a priest. i think there are so many opportunities right now. look at the priest scandal, the sex scandal, that put a mar on the priesthood. people are saying, why would i want to get my child involved in all of that. we have to do a lot of reeducation, a lot of reimagining. i think we have to open the door and say, this is what a modern-day priesthood looks like for a modern-day catholic. the church unfortunately moves really slowly. if parents were to promote it, i think if it was spoken about more, those of us who are happy priests and have great ministries, we could share that more. but it's an uphill climb right now. look, i can do ministry as a single person or married person, why do i have to be a priest and give up

most foreign visitors come from elsewhere in asia like south korea, japan and taiwan. but there are huge numbers of westernspecially from the us. wendy wu tours is cashing in on this trend specialising in off—the—beaten track tours to china, and has seen a big jump in bookings. joining us now is wendy wu, founder of wendy wu tours. welcome. good morning. just tell us wendy about how it started for you. you established your company quite a long time ago, but what caused you to go down this road in the first place? when i was 20 i went to australia. i decided to go on a big holiday to china. i'm chinese so i did all the research myself, but i didn't want to go by myself. so two weeks before the holiday i put a little ad in the paper to say, "this is how much it will cost. this is the place i'm going to go to. whoever wants to come along, i will be your free whoever wants to come along, i will be yourfree guide." whoever wants to come along, i will be your free guide." that was the ad and that's how we started and we took off from there. and from that point, of course, you've grown into a huge business. it is

understand that for the first three years of world war ii, the western powers never won a single battle. literally, either in europe or asiathey were beaten time and again had gotten pacifists their way in the 1930's and prevented an adequate buildup of -- fory forces, for with which men paid for with their lives. at some point, the west learned their lesson. began aed states progressive capacity. they were able to defeat the nazis and later the japanese. thatre not going to have time in a nuclear war, you will not have three years to be beaten and come back. we will be lucky if we have one year. storm" was gathering written by winston churchill. is there anybody today in your opinion beside what you just suggesting we ought to be concerned with the gathering storm? thomas: you mean people with an official position? brian: yes. thomas: not that i have noticed. you don't get two winston churchill's in the same century. would have been the closest and he is gone. you have to look at the inherent constraints and which with you are operating. when the soviets started building up nuclear weapons in respondedrope, reagan by send

most people don't understand that for the first three years the western ii, powers never won a single literally, either in europe or asia. they were beaten time and again viivists in the had gotten their way preventing an adequate build up because the orces men had lost their lives in world war ii. point, the , at some west learned their lesson. the united states entered with remendous productive capacity and was able to supply itself, britain, and the soviet union with the power and the weapons defeat the nazis and later, the japanese. going to have that kind of time in a nuclear war. you're not going to have three around and get beaten and then come back. we'll be lucky if we have a year beaten and still come back. mr. lamb: the gathering storm as in said in that late column december was written by winston churchill. is there anybody today in your opinion besides what you just aid that is suggesting that we have got to worry about the gathering storm in public life? r. sowell: oh, there are people -- you mean holding some official position? mr. lamb: yeah, people that you respect? i've well: not that noticed. and wins

asia and africa. it is just not going to be a 21st—century western country. of kurt cochran, the american tourist killed in last week's attack in westminster say they have been through a "humbling and difficult experience" , but have been helped by "the love of so many people". mr cochran and his wife melissa, from utah, were on a trip to celebrate their wedding anniversary, when they were hit by a car driven by khalid masood. daniela relph reports. the moment cally massoud began his attack, we now know he was driving attack, we now know he was driving at up to 76 miles an hour across westminster bridge, killing and injuring as he drove. this afternoon his mother issued a statement condemning the attack and emphasising that she does not condone her some's actions not support his beliefs. she said" i am so deeply shocked, saddened and numbed by the actions my son has taken that have killed and injured innocent people in westminster... ‘s and those victims included american couple kurt cochran and his wife. it'd been their first time in couple kurt cochran and

understand that for the first three years of world war ii, the western powers never won a single battle. literally, either in europe or in asiathey were beaten time and time again because the pacifist had gotten their way in the 1930's and presented an adequate buildup of military forces for which men paid their lives in those early years of world war ii. fortunately, at some point, the west learned their lesson. the united states entered with tremendous reductive capacity and was able to supply itself, britain, and the soviet union with the powers and the weapons needed to defeat the not these and later the japanese. but we're not going to have that kind of time in a nuclear war. you're not going to have three years to muddle around and get beaten and then come back. we will be lucky we have a year to get beat and still come back. storm"b: "the gathering as you said at that late column in december was written by winston churchill. is there anybody today in your opinion decides what you just said that is suggesting that we ought to worry about the gathering storm in public life? mr. sowell: there are people -- oh, you mean ho

asia business report. iraqi soldiers say they have taken control of the last major roll out of mosul. government forces already control the western more than 25,000 people have fled the fighting. we report from a newly established refugee camp. 0ne aid agency has described this as the world ‘s worst humanitarian crisis in the last decade and it does not seem to be an over exaggeration. this was set up two days ago yet the un and other agencies say it will be full in just five days—30,000 people and steel thatis five days—30,000 people and steel that is not enough. 750,000 civilians are estimated to be trapped inside mosul. 300,000 of those are expected to come to these camps as the fighting intensifies. here people are queueing for food and water. the psychological impact of the war is almost unbelievable. these children have not read the school for two or three years. they have seen some terrible things, people executed fraught trying to live the city. —— for trying. 0ther civilians have been forced by islamic state to go behind the front line and act as human shields. these people in some ways are the lucky ones. they've been a

asia." i am david ingles. shery: the china's central bank has long been reluctant to be influenced by its western counterpart,st hours after fed raised rates last week. david: let's talk about the with rabobank. was that a form of tightening? >> yes, in a nutshell. david: they said it is not tightening. don't pay attention to it. >> since when have we paid attention to what officials are saying, particularly in china. a quick aside on that front, the g-20, china lionizing about the glories of free trade. it is one of the least free of economies out there in terms of major economies. into: we do want to get the trade issues later, but when it comes to money rates, does this signal a confidence in the okancial markets, that it is to tighten, and will markets take it as a sign of confidence? and they areo, wrong. it is not a sign of confidence. it is a sign they have to go where the fed goes. admittedly, the indicators and china are looking up, but we also know why. just because they have pumped several trillions of dollars into the economy, all of has to be paid back with interest. ityou put up the interest, is