copper is a huge source of income for zambia and analysts say the price of the metal could rise with growing demand. that would most likely lead to more investment in copper mining but that has spurred criticism from zambians who are concerned about effects on health and the environment. but our correspondent shipowner jimbo's was in the story has taken a nose dive into the relevant data of this story to point out why should ordinary zambians for example fear for the effects of mining well one thing they obviously have to fear for is the effects of mining on the environment pollution mining is very. police environment quite to a high degree and there's actually a landmark case which is going to be heard in the u.k. high court which involves. villagers suing a foreign investor so it's a subsidiary of a foreign investing foreign investor that isn't zambia in the mining industry that's been done from india and the reason that case is being heard in the u.k. courts because in part there was a belief that that wouldn't be heard fairly in zambia and that's why one reason what's the complai

ambassador is in the spotlight, this time in zambia.is now pulled after he criticized the jailing of a gay couple there. kylie atwood is in washington with more. >> reporter: daniel foote was recalled as the u.s. ambassador to zambia after he was critical of the government for putting two men in jail, sentencing them to 15 years in prison because they were gay. at that point, the president of zambia said he was no longer wanted in the country. they did not want him representing the u.s. so, the state department said they considered that to be a statement that ambassador foote was a persona non grata. they did have to recall him from zambia. but this was a treacherous moment and quite complex. and nasser foote, after receiving the criticism for him going after the s.a.zambian government for being gay. i was shocked at the venom and hate directed at me in my country, largely in the name of christian values. by a small minority of zanbians. i cannot imagine jesus would have used beastalty comparisons or saying that his fellow human beings

gives zambia $500 million a year in aid. what did zambia do when our u.s.annot do this. this is not right. you cannot jail time someone for being gay. the government of zambia has called our our ambassador to be sent home. what president trump is doing look this is something we can all agree on. the religious community. the right, center, left. everyone can agree you shouldn't be criminalizing homosexuality. >> martha: fascinating. is it going to get anywhere. >> we are doing a lot already. we are talking to. -- i personally have talked to a lot of countries ambassadors and foreign ministers who have criminalized it. i think it's going to take 70 different plans. it's going to take a while. we had to start and we have started. >> martha: good for you. and we wish you very good luck in that effort. i want to talk about one other issue before i let you go. i know you have sort of been -- some people? germany are not happy with. so things you are pushing in terms of the north stream pipeline go from russia and germany going to bypass poland and bypass u.k. and

the united states has recalled its ambassador to zambia after zambia declared dael foote a persona non grata for criticizing the government's criminalization of homosexuality. ambassador foote said he was horrified that a judge in zambia has sentenced a gacouple to 15 years in prison for having sex. zambia is one of the largest recipients of u.s. aid per capita. longngtime bolivian president eo morales is vowing to return to bolivia after he was ousted in what he and others have described as a military coup. morales is currently in exile in argentina. on tuesday, he vowed to return to bolivia by nenext christmas. >> for reasons of security, i i can't go into detail about the plane i have for returning to bolivia but onone has to go back to one's country. a defective government cannot understand that. it is not as transitional govevernment. if it were, it would not start changing social programs, it would just organize elections. amy: and separate interview morales also claimed the united tuesday, states played a role in forcing him from power, accusing the u.s. of orchestring his ouste

ambassador to the african nation of zambia from the embassy there and it what do do with the american with the american diplomat speaking out against the country's record on gay rights and against government corruption. cnn national security reporter kylie atwood is here following the story. what is going on here? what did the ambassador say that set this in motion? >> reporter: yes. a little complex and confusing. walk through what happened over the last month or so. so the ambassador came out and criticized the zambian government because they had put two men in jail for being gay. sentenced them to 15 years in prison. he came out very critical of that move and criticized the zambian government for corruption. at that point the zambian president says he no longer wanted the ambassador in the country and made it known to the u.s. government and there was a ton of pushback to the ambassador from folks in zambia because of his comments. so he came out with a statement in early december basically saying he was shocked by how critical folk hs been. i'll read what you he said in the statem

also he called out zambia's government for stealing millions of dollars of public funds. the criticism. zambia's home affairs minister said foote had "crossed a line" and he said the ambassador was removed after the country filed an official complaint. joining me right now to discuss this is ambassador christopher hill, former u.s. ambassador to iraq, south korea, poland and macedonia as well as an msnbc diplomacy expert. ambassador, thank you for being with us. what is your take or reaction to this? can a country, like zambia, do this? >> oh, yes. this happens. it doesn't happen often to u.s. ambassadors but happens in a lot of places. essentially a country can request that our ambassador leave at any time, and it goes by this latin word persona non grata or png. a country declares you png you have to pack your bags and leave. so this is evidently what they did, although they did not do it through a normal diplomatic channel where you send a diplomatic note, et cetera. the question i have, he made a very tough speech, not just on this hoar risk situation of a gay couple,

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only this a hell zone that's affected by climate change this is the famous victoria falls bordering zambia and zimbabwe this is how it nobody looks like now though much less what. about eclipse of the region's biggest tourist attraction the false in summer but experts and locals say the west drought in the century in the region has caused an unprecedented decline in water levels. big pretty dry. normal for every season to be dry today but it's the season has started as if he has joined so this is one of the i would say it's the longest race is in if a hot year at the victoria falls. well that's it for now from africa you can catch all our stories on our website on thies preach we leave you with some visuals of the current state of the victorian good bye and have a great weekend. that's hard and in the end it's a me you're not allowed to stay here and more we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers we're alliance and the what's your story. 'd 'd with numbers and women especially in victims of violence. take part and send us your story your training always to under

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region and that's threatening millions with hunger the drought has curbed output rising food prices in zambia especially in corn products has pushed inflation there to a 3 year high in zimbabwe monthly food inflation has reached almost 50 percent as supplies wendel the country is experiencing its worst economic crisis in a decade on top of those shortages then there's nigeria where supply problems are also driving up costs the price of imported rice has surged 7.3 percent since august and that was after the government ordered border closures partly to counter a wider spread widespread food smuggling of food cost of nigerian inflation to its highest rate in more than a year now earlier i spoke with world food program executive david beasley i asked him how bad things could get in southern africa if something doesn't change soon got enough problems with or in conflict in the hunger that result from that when you compound that with climate extremes and the climate is changing for example in the seville region it is a dramatic impact in fact we are seeing over 22000000 people this year alone are

yousef: meanwhile, traders are keeping an eye on developments in zambia and zimbabwe. off the beaten path for many mainstream investors, but they have the world's largest man-made freshwater dam. reporter: there are some --eresting development's on developments going on. the hydropower dam is the world's largest freshwater dam, but unfortunately, water levels have dropped to more than two decade lows and are continuing to fall, putting a crimp on power production or there's a risk they might actually have to shut off power production for the first time ever. so far, households and factories have borne the brunt of the power shortages because copper mining companies in zambia are such an important part of the expert earnings. looking ahead, if we do seek continued power, we could see the production put to risk. yousef: thank you for those updates. let's now check back in with the markets. you have a level of trepidation and a level of caution that is moving through a lot of these asset classes. in phase one of the u.s.-china trade deal, it is definitely supporting u.s.

zambia's president wrote to the u.s.his withdrawal. >>> with six fewer days between thanksgiving and christmas this year, retailers pulled out all the stops to drive sales. and it looks like it paid off. a report from mastercard shows online sales hit a record high this holiday season making up 14.6 of total retail sales. overall, holiday sales increased 3.4% this year. president trump cheered the news in a christmas tweet saying it was the biggest number in u.s. history. but a spokesperson for mastercard told reuters this year's was not the biggest ever citing 2018's 5.1% growth. the white house did not comment on the error. >>> all right. a little more than a month until the first votes in the 2020 democratic primary, we're going to bring you numbers on just how much money is being shelled out by the candidates. that's next. ren laugh and screa) (dog barking) ♪music it's the final days of the wish list sales event. hurry in to your lincoln dealer today to get this exceptional offer. >>> all right. believe it or not, we

responsible for color vision but we only see the light that actually enter his our eyes if you are in zambia wanted to know more. light travel. during a thunderstorm or you see the lightning straight away but we hear the thunder. that's because sound waves move slowly or as light travels super fast. 300000 kilometers per 2nd. it maintains that speed in space where there's a vacuum and it moves only slightly slower through the earth's atmosphere but other media slow it down for example water in which it travels at a mere 225000 kilometers a 2nd. light travels like ripples spreading on the surface of a liquid in all directions simultaneously. and in straight lines which is why we talk of light rays sometimes it's even possible for us to see the. light that does not strike our retinas remains invisible we only see light inside view for example when it scattered off particles of dust or droplets of water and into our eyes. on a rough surface light rays scatter in all directions in shallow water this produces wavy abstract patterns. when this light hits a smooth as glass surface it changes direct

intervention so i want to bring in a couple of personal stories just before we close up robert says and zambia the aggressive chinese takeover is visible and all aspects of our lives in my area there's a new chinese graveyard a milling plant farm and a supermarket they have literally taken over all small businesses run by the locals and other person wants us to keep our eye on central asia entire says chinese expansion is nowhere more visible in south and central asia for example china $1200000000.00 nearly half of the country's foreign that's of $2900000000.00 so i'll wrap this up from our community their perspective but this from wasit who says it is good for china bad for poor countries. sarah a vicar way and thank you so much for joining us on national today to talk about the growing influence of china around the world of us join us on thursday for the last show in this week's special series let me tell you what we've been doing over the last couple of days a monday and tuesday on wednesday these are all of the topics on thursday because colonialism we're going to be talking about cullen o

rains but they have yet to come and so the world's largest waterfall that separates zimbabwe from zambia doesn't quite look the same with tourists asking where has the water gone this isn't just a tourist attraction it's a lifeline for millions of people beyond zimbabwe's border because the water is used both for food and power but look at it now. gone is the thunderous sound of falling water left the lower hungry animals dying of thirst after travelling for hundreds of kilometers in search of water a hippopotamus experiences the slow painful death from hunger $200.00 elephants have died since the summer there could be more with endangered species especially vulnerable to those alive both animals and humans are left to graze on whatever they can and so dulled by hunger margaret and a 10 day in her grandchildren share their meal today treat a portion of maize tomorrow is uncertain nicholas hawke al-jazeera matabele land zimbabwe. political party in pakistan has organized a protest in the capital against india's decision to strip kashmir of its what and in administered kashmir was divided

retaliation now why is this so sensitive for china well changing lies at the heart of president xi jinping zambia one belt one road project and for that project to work shouldn't jang has to work in china says for the last few years should jang hasn't been working because of what it says has been a growing terrorism problem china's response to that has been draconian it has set up what human rights groups say are nothing more than reeducation camps cans that china says are vocational training centers where we get to learn to try to find ways to improve their lives well human rights groups insists that is simply not the case it has now been taken up to the highest levels reaching the house of representatives and potentially president donald trump could now sign this act into law this in many ways is a defining moment for we good people because the president of the united states is now listening to their plight the timing of all this of course is also very important just a week ago president from signed into law the hong kong human rights and democracy act which means that the special trading statu

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melissa joan hart with my husband and son, we're in zambia with world vision. go to africa since i was really little. >> as far as the mission part goes i said this is a mission trip not a safari he's like i'm there, i'm doing it. >> whoa! >> you okay? >>he trio got right to work in this remote african vilge. melissa and her family have age 6 to 16 and they brought supplies. , socks, food, goats are the really big thing that makes a big change so that they can then learto farm and then teach others and share the goats. mason broug five footballs and they taught the kid who you to throw properly. >> i told mason i wish you would look at me theay these ks do instead ofoing i got it dad. >> one of most powerful moments is meetingthree-year-old maria. >> she had gone the first three years with bad nutrition and the size of a one-year-old. she's not absorbing the nutrition d they're rlly worried and concerned about her. >> she hopes by making the trip can help others. >> you can sponsor a chi or send a family a goat or a bicycle so those girlsan get to school or the

we're reporting one story about the ambassador to zambia, as well. >> there's no respect for the professionals politics has overtaken foreign policy. it's hugely damaging. >> cnn political analyst, josh rogan. thanks for getting up early today. >> anytime. >>> a pivotal day ahead for benjamin netanyahu. he is facing a challenge in his own likud party. he's promising supporters he will convince president trump to recognize his really sovereignty over the jordan valley and all settlements on the west bank. netanyahu was rushed off of the stage at a campaign event, after a rocket was fired into southern israel. it's almost identical to what happened just before the elections in september. oren leibermann is live in jerusalem. good morning, oren. do you think there's a possibility that netanyahu could lose this challenge? >> reporter: there is a possibility. but it certainly appears to be a very, very slim one. having to be rushed off of the stage at a campaign event did not look good. especially since it's the second time. and that may be the smallest of the issues he faces. he faces criminal ind

rains but they have yet to come and so the world's largest waterfall that separates zimbabwe from zambiadoesn't quite look the same with tourists asking where has the water gone this isn't just a tourist attraction it's a lifeline for millions of people beyond zimbabwe's border because the water is used both for food and power but look at it now. gone is the thunderous sound of falling water left below are hungry animals dying of thirst after travelling for hundreds of kilometers in search of water a hippopotamus experiences the slow painful death from hunger $200.00 elephants have died since the summer there could be more with endangered species especially vulnerable to those alive both animals and humans are left to graze on whatever they can and so dulled by hunger margaret and a 10 day in her grandchildren share their meal today treat a portion of maize tomorrow though is uncertain nicholas hawk al-jazeera land zimbabwe. now mexico is dealing with its highest murder rate on record with a majority of firearms involve being smuggled in from the us violence across the border has come un

foursomes gary would lose to dustin johnson took the suppose in the 1st match then patrick can play in zambia shuffle i racked up another win and suddenly the gap was down to just 2 points but i. and it looked like closing even further rickie fowler and justin thomas were 5 up in their match. but they let it slip abraham answer and mark leishman fighting back pretty early winning 5 at the last 9 holes to tie. the internationals all set to fight back in the final match of the day walking nieman holding fist sleeping putts at the last hole to make sure of the half point i a day of twists and turns and no doubt more to follow in the 12 singles matches the internationals lead by 2 but the american civil he lost this tournament wanted 25 years and they'll have togo back in action on sunday he's picked himself to lead the comeback charge and much won david stokes out 0. 4 now to a big game at the club world cup here in doha a place in the semifinals is at stake a saudi arabia's asian champions are allowed to take on africa's champions esperance and while we're joined live by andy richardson he's ou

for simms gary woodland dustin johnson took the suppose in the 1st match then patrick can play in zambia shuffle a racked up another win and suddenly the gap was down to just 2 points was i. and it looked like closing even further rickie fowler and justin thomas were 5 up in their match. but they let it slip abraham answer and mark leishman fighting back brilliantly winning 5 at the last 9 holes to tie. the internationals all set to fight back in the final match of the day walking nieman holding this leaping putts at the last hole to make sure of the half point 5 a day of twists and turns and no doubt more to follow in the 12 singles matches the internationals lead by 2 but the americans have only lost this tournament wanted 25 years and they'll have tiger back in action on sunday he's picked himself to lead the comeback charge in much one david stokes out his 0. test cricket return to pakistan has been rather anticlimactic after more than 80. 10 year hiatus play was abandoned because of bad weather on day 4 in rawalpindi between pakistan and sri lanka follows just a few overs being bowl

teaching english in bally, renovating temples in sri lanka or renovation projects in zambia.ot only see new places but to help out people as well. popular destinations, bahamas and hawaii and caribbean, you can stay at hyatt hotel and donate to hurricane victims. not only seeing treasures of the earth and help people in need. ashley: very noble thing. the new year is upon us. people making resolution, number one, be healthier. bring in fox news medical correspondent, dr. marc siegel. okay, doc, intermittent fasting is becoming popular. has been popular for a whale. are you a fan of this? >> i have become a convert of this. more and more scientific research backed this. specifically article in the "new england journal of medicine" from johns hopkins, mark madsen. these are heavy-duty researchers, they have reviewed all the studies, they found this, ashley, the cells of your body have something called a met billionic switch. ashley: yeah. >> they go from sugar over to fat. they only do that if you're not bombarding them with sugar and processed foods for a time. you need a peri