>> china has remained very friendly to zimbabwe.have continued that friendship and i have no problem with china at all. zimbabwe is open for business. not only to china. but to the entire international community. fact, we have visitors coming in from across the world. past, you see the entire european community is closed out because of the eu sanctions on us. sanctions are on us were closed down. it was between us and britain. time, there is a woman prime minister in britain, things change. things are changing because of theresa may. coming to congratulate me, they theresa may. i have met three or four ministers from the united kingdom. is engagement from britain going on very well. the chancellor from germany has sent another minister. the relationship with the german is coming back. same with france. so, we feel that the entire world is opening up. several high-level officials from the u.s. have met. i believe that the green signals coming from washington are indicative of re-engagement with zimbabwe. still maintain relations with

first we had to zimbabwe after the land reforms many farmers there were unsure how to best work. many still practiced traditional methods such as slash and burn which as we know has a devastating effect on the environment one man with a lot of experience set up a foundation for farming to teach the rule farmers how to work according to environmentally friendly methods the results higher yields and better sought protection have a look. old habits die hard. because from us. the damage to the environment makes life and plan for deploying instead of making sweet more fun time. and permission to use the negative impact for both families and environment brand old reefs look for can't even catch on. that could be solve this so instead. there's a blanket over the earth and you see a star studded from last year and this. week against saving stuff from two years ago and that builds up and that's a protective blanket and the water to infiltrate and so your water table comes up and then the beatles in worms and ants in the system take that biomass on the surface into the soil which rehabilit

bankis the reserve governor of zimbabwe. the delayed and she is expected to say there will be no change in her brexit stance. thatd -- were waiting on and we had cable moving lower on that announcement. david: she says she is not changing tack, that is a sailing turn. -- term. if she thinks she is getting where she wants to go, it is great to stay on tack but if you are a sailor and are not staying in direction, then you might have to change your tech. alix: the papers' humiliation overnight, how can theresa may respond? guy: there was some speculation that the whole sulzberger story was some sort of fabricated creation to give theresa may a better shot running into the .arty conference coming up the fact she is making the speech takes her look a little more rattled by that response from the rest of the e.u. maybe this is not a premeditated story, maybe she is dealing with the situation on the half. -- hoof. what she has said that she will suggest -- stick to what she has suggested is a reasonable one. it is hard to see any

and emergency is declared in the capital of zimbabwe off to a cholera outbreak kills twenty people and in fact two thousand more. allow our top story the european parliament has been debating whether to strip hungary of its european union voting rights out of a vote on wednesday there were major concerns over the direction the government has been taking notably on immigration issues but. now reports from strasburg on gary a prime minister is strongly defending his position. victor oban arrived in strasburg to defend himself and his far right policies as any piece debated punishing hungary for breaching evaluates the prime minister accused the european parliament of blackmail what has been a hungry does not give in to blackmail hungry will defend its borders stop illegal migration and will defend its rights that can be no compromise some enemy peace say that obama's anti immigration an anti e.u. government is violating the rule of law and human rights at the height of europe's migration crisis in twenty fifteen hungry built a fence along its border with serbia and croatia to keep out re

many cynics zimbabwe. when people know which ones are harmless likely to kill them . and i learnt a lot about snakes when you're in touch right into my snakes we learned the different colors they mostly just beautiful and china to help our. divine hope that if kids learn to love snakes they will protect them in the future. now let's head to port elizabeth in south africa and we enter the joe slovo township where more than sixty percent are unemployed left to survive on very little money and often have to contend with violence around in just the township kevin came with designs buildings that can be used as youth centers nursery schools and workshops for local businesses and they're all made from recycled materials dr nick believes that is green and sustainable designs can be used to empower local communities we had a look around. south africa's cities are growing rapidly architects are looking for ways to provide millions of new residents with affordable housing one of them is kevin kim well up here in the joe slovo township near cape town he's developing green buildi

a medical emergency is being declared in zimbabwe's capital after twenty people died of cholera it's reignited fears of a repeat of the outbreak that killed thousands in two thousand and eight. from harare. patients who are suspected of having cholera have been quarantined in zimbabwe's capital harare health officials say this is an emergency but i realize that the numbers are growing by the number of cases. to. two thousand over two thousand cases it's a very big problem problem is that it's all cool. through us zimbabwe's health sector and other departments in the country has been underfunded and poorly resourced for decades government officials blame the current economic crisis and say they lack resources opposition leaders say it's because of decades of corruption and mismanagement public hospitals sometimes run out of essential drugs you have no offices and because you know it is as if it is c.d.c. she was relieved when for quite a huge investments to continue. working very hard to try to diminish the source of that many for more so. typhoid and cholera outbreaks occur regularly

typhoid and cholera outbreaks occur regularly in zimbabwe because of dilapidated water and sanitation facilities government officials say this latest outbreak started in glenview a poor neighborhood in harare is believed some of those people who visited the area in travel to other parts of the country that's why the outbreak has spread to other provinces. zimbabwe's biggest cholera outbreak was a two thousand and eight more than four thousand people died health officials and the international community accuse the government of not responding to the emergency fast enough right now as the bombings don't know how long it's going to take to contain this outbreak. al-jazeera. still ahead for you this hour we'll tell you what is doing to tackle one of the highest rates of stunted growth in children. i'm wayne hay on the banks of the mekong river in northern thailand just across the river is laos and downstream from here the lao government is building another big dam we'll tell you why many people on this side of the river want it stopped and the oldest man in formula one is set to leave fer

are plenty more ahead on news hour including zimbabwe government declares an emergency in the capital after at least twenty people die in a cholera outbreak a new u.n. report says that one in nine people suffer from hunger around the world and the oldest man in formula one is settling for can a petition from france make him stay. more. brazil's jailed former presidential reason arceo lula da silva has been replaced as the workers' party candidate for next month's presidential election the former mayor of south paulo fernando huddled has the difficult task of taking over from him. topping opinion polls and says he'll continue legal efforts to get on the ballot paper he's been barred from entering the race because of a corruption conviction let's go to our latin america editor lucien human now she is joining us live from could achieve at the southern city where there's been jailed so he's out of the race but it would be uncharacteristically sea of blue letter just fade away. you are absolutely right the announcement that you just mentioned was made at a very emotional kind of ceremony h

emma: and the conversations with the new president of zimbabwe. >> we feel the world is opening up.mma: it is all straight ahead on "bloomberg best." ♪ hello and welcome. i am emma chandra. this is "bloomberg best," your weekly review of business news and analysis from bloomberg television around the world. the week began on a familiar note with trade tensions rising between china and the u.s., and reports of another round of tariffs. >> the u.s. trade spat with china heating up. president donald trump threatening to impose tariffs on an additional $200 billion of chinese goods. china, ready to retaliate. >> earlier this morning, president trump tweeted tariffs have put the u.s. in a very strong bargaining position with billions of dollars and jobs flowing into the country and yet, cost increases have been unnoticeable. if countries will not make fair deals with us, there will be tariffs. this is one of several tweets, jonathan, the president has tweeted in recent days. >> what we are hearing from our sources is the chinese absolutely will not agree to have any more talks with the u

but how about across the world like in zimbabwe, south everyone africa. revolutionary freedom fighter robert mugabe ended white colonial rule but then clung to power for nearly 40 decades thereafter, turning his rich nation into a poverty-stricken internationgtional pariah. a new president was elected late last year promising to turn that around. he is emmerson mnangagwa who tells me that they're open for business and he even wants to offer president trump a golf course. i talk about his infamous nickname, the crocodilcrocodile >> are you the crocodile? >> i'm human. [ laughter ] i am soft like wool but patient like a crocodile. >> here's our full interview. president mnangagwa, welcome to the program, thank you for joining me. >> thank you, thank you. >> here you are in the united states at the u.n. general assembly. it's your maiden speech and it's not a secret the world had a very, very negative impression of zimbabwe for many, many years. >> yes. >> president marjory stoneman douglas mugabe seemed to stay in power forever. what is it that you want to

and china, and will china remain a key investor in zimbabwe, you hope?s remained very friendly to zimbabwe and we have continued that friendship, and i have no problem, but i am embracing the ability to say zimbabwe is open for business, not only for china but for the entire international community. and, as a matter of fact, investors are coming in, businesses are coming in, from across the world. in the past, the eu had sanctions against us, so the entire european community was closed out because of the eu sanctions on us. america has sanctions on us. they are closed out. but now they are saying to open up. and fortunately, between us and with britain, and today, there is a woman prime minister in britain that thinks change. re-engagement with britain, it is going on very, very well. in regard of that, in germany, the chancellor there, she has sent another minister. again, our relations with germany are coming back, same with friends. -- france. we met with the prime minister here. we feel the entire world is opening up. there are several high-level adm

as we've said such outbreaks sadly not uncommon in zimbabwe just how serious is this new crisis. well the calling it an emergency was suggest they are probably taking it seriously they say that this latest outbreak started last week monday in gainesville it's a poor neighborhood in harare it's a little crowded meaning they don't have access to clean a running water is thought that some people who visited the area then left and other parts of the country which explains why the outbreak is spreading this is the areas in harare we people are stick it in quarantine and the city of islamists is involved in telling them that this is how you must keep safe and if you feel your stick please go to the nearest health facility now some people in the urban council officials who work they say the problem is to thank that there is no money there's been no money coming in many years that means they can't buy chemicals to treat water is he that means they can make sure all households in zimbabwe in harare and they've always have clean running water and they say they can't replace old dilapidated

emma: this week, sitting down with the president of zimbabwe.s to restore investors -- investor's confidence following the ouster of the longtime leader. >> a perception of the country, we want to move away from that and offer to the international community and open zimbabwe for business. >> china is a big investor in you at the moment. are you concerned about the relationship between the u.s. and china and will china remain a key investor, do you hope? >> china remains very friendly to zimbabwe and we will continue that friendship and have no problem. but i am embracing the entire community to say that zimbabwe is open to business not only to china, but the entire international community. investors coming in from across the world as a matter of fact. in the past, the eu had sanctions against us. so the entire international community is closed out because of the eu. america was closed out, but fortunately, today is the time with a woman prime minister in britain, things change. things are changing because of theresa may. minister, andther we are

is that a big problem problem is that even if that is all it will break through us zimbabwe's health sector and other departments in the country has been underfunded and poorly resourced for decades government officials blame the current economic crisis and say they lack resources opposition leaders say it's because of decades of corruption and mismanagement public hospitals sometimes run out of essential drugs you have no offices and that's because we know this is if it is c.d.c. she was relieved when for quite a huge investments to contain the outbreak so you're working very hard to make sure that when what is the source of that we need for more so. typhoid and cholera outbreaks occur regularly in zimbabwe because of dilapidated water and sanitation facilities government officials say this latest outbreak started in glenview a poor neighborhood in harare is believed some of those people who visited the area in travel to other parts of the country that's why the outbreak has spread to other provinces. zimbabwe's biggest cholera outbreak was a two thousand and eight more than four th

tom: argentina is not zimbabwe.e been critical of the regime and how your moving toward a quai-currency. argentina, the zimbabwe lesson? country ncube: every needs a stable currency, a currency investors can rely on. the experience has been building toward a stable currency to be issued in the future. argentina has been impacted by the oil and emerging-market volatility. south africa has been impacted. you have different factors impacting these global emerging markets. zimbabwe's volatility has been driven by internal factors and some external factors. we are pleased with the way the oil prices has held up. the other metal prices have held up. we produce tobacco. in terms of the global impact of global demand, we are benefiting more than argentina and south africa. francine: your country will continue to use these bond notes and the currency system until the economy stabilizes. is there a time frame? minister ncube: we need this to happen sooner rather than later. such as makings sure that we have a full monetary po

a medical emergency has been declared in zimbabwe's capital after twenty people died of cholera it's regarded fears of a repeat of the outbreak that killed thousands in two thousand and eight reports. patients who are suspected of having cholera have been quarantined in zimbabwe's capital harare health officials say this is an emergency and i realize that the numbers are growing by the day the number of cases and to date. we have about two thousand over two thousand cases. is that a big problem with the problem is that even if that is all it will break through us zimbabwe's health sector and other departments in the country has been underfunded and poorly resourced for decades government officials blame the current economic crisis and say they lack resources opposition leaders say it's because of decades of corruption and mismanagement public hospitals sometimes run out of essential drugs you have offices and because we know it is as if it is serious issues relieved when for quite a huge investments to contain the outbreak so you're working very hard to try to diminish the source of

typhoid and cholera outbreaks occur regularly in zimbabwe because of dilapidated water and sanitation facilities government officials say this latest outbreak started in glenview a poor neighborhood in harare is believed some of those people who visited the area in travel to other parts of the country that's why the outbreak has spread to other provinces. zimbabwe's biggest cholera outbreak was a two thousand and eight more than four thousand people died health officials and the international community accuse the government of not responding to the emergency fast enough right now as a bobbins don't know how long it's going to take to contain this outbreak how al-jazeera. earlier we spoke to a similar to an associate professor at oxford university who told us about the factors that led to this outbreak. they relate to problems around the planning of urban town and ships where many of the urban poor left many of given poor live these areas have long been underserved in terms of housing where overcrowding has been a perennial problem the water and sanitation facilities in b. areas places

typhoid and cholera outbreaks occur regularly in zimbabwe because of dilapidated water and sanitation facilities government officials say this latest outbreak started in glenview a poor neighborhood in harare is believed some of those people who visited the area in travel to other parts of the country that's why the outbreak has spread to other provinces. zimbabwe's biggest cholera outbreak was a two thousand and eight more than four thousand people died health officials and the international community accuse the government of not responding to the emergency fast enough right now is the bombings don't know how long it's going to take to contain this outbreak how to al-jazeera. leaders of ethiopia and eritrea have reopened crossing points on their shared border for the first time in twenty years ethiopia's prime minister i'll be on the din eritrea's president of work he attended ceremonies at the eastern and western ends of the border to cement the reconciliation between the former enemies each nation nations forces which are currently stationed along the border also be moved back to c

sittingis week, down with the president of zimbabwe.estore investors ousternce following the of the longtime leader. became such a perception of the country, we want to move fer theom that and of international community. china is a big investor in you at the moment. are you concerned about the relationship between the u.s. and china and will china remain a key investor, do you hope? china remains very friendly to zimbabwe and we will continue that friendship and have no problem. but i am embracing the entire community to say that zimbabwe is open to business not only to china, but the entire international community. investors coming in from across the world. in the past, the eu had sanctions against us. so the entire international community is closed out because of the eu. out, butas closed today is the time with a woman prime minister in britain, things change. she has sent another minister -- coming back, the british prime minister here. we feel that their world is opening up. several high-level officials from the u.s. administration

we want to open zimbabwe for business. >> china is a big investor in you.ou concerned about the relationship between the u.s. and china? is very friendly to zimbabwe. we continue that friendship and i have no problem with that. saying zimbabwe is open to business, not only to china, but the entire international community. we have visitors coming in from across the world. eu had the, the entire community because of the you sanctions on us. america will close out. fortunately, between us and today there is a woman prime minister. she has sent -- another minister. the same with france. feel the entire world is opening up. officialsn high level and there are signals coming from washington indicative of that. >> >> you are watching "bloomberg best," i'm emma chandra. let's resume the roundup of the week's top business stories with the focus on company news, starting with a scandal at a danish bank that claimed the ceo as a casualty. >> the chief executive has stepping down when internal reports showed up to 200 billion euros flowed through its operations at the

very friendly to zimbabwe.ed that friendship and have no problem with china at all. it to say and bob way is open to business but not only to china but to the entire community. business can come in from across the world. the entire immunity is closed out because of that you sanctions on us. america and others are closed out. we are requesting them to open up. today, it is time the britain prime minister changes. year.s inaugurated last she came and congratulated me after my inauguration. i have picked up three or so ministers from the united kingdom. engagement with britain is going well. the german chancellor sent another minister. we feel the entire world is opening up. i have several high-level officials from the u.s. who i have met and i believe the signals coming from washington are indicative of engagement between zimbabwe and the u.s. we still maintain our partnership with brazil, india, and china. caroline: that was the president of zimbabwe speaking exclusively to bloomberg. that has taken significant

i maryanne demasi in london you know with al jazeera also coming up public gatherings abandoned zimbabwe's capital as a deadly cholera outbreak continues the government blames mismanagement and corruption with a special report from greece's largest refugee camps overcrowded and facing closure because of its appalling conditions. and nasa launches a rocket to measure the world's polar ice sheets as global warming continues to melt the glasses. at least twelve people have been killed in the most powerful typhoon to hit the philippines this year typhoon that lost some of its power after it landed on news on the largest filipino island rube's were ripped off homes power lines downed and heavy rains caused landslides jimmy fallon dogan reports now from the northern province of yun. typhoon monk arrived just as predicted vicious with its force pounding over most of northern luzon the early hours saw power and phone lines cut off in the ghetto city in calgary and province incessant rains and strong winds crippled many of the operations planned by emergency teams. but the destruction here is nothi

typhoid and cholera outbreaks occur regularly in zimbabwe because of dilapidated water and sanitation facilities government officials say this latest outbreak started in glenview a poor neighborhood in harare it's believed some of those people who visited the area in travel to other parts of the country that's why the outbreak has spread to other provinces. zimbabwe's biggest cholera outbreak was a two thousand and eight more than four thousand people died health officials and the international community accuse the government of not responding to the emergency fast enough right now as the bombings don't know how long it's going to take to contain this outbreak. al-jazeera. hundreds of people have been paying their respects to the former united nations secretary general kofi annan ahead of his funeral on thursday his body has been flown to his native gonna the nobel laureate was the second african to serve as u.n. secretary general he died last month in switzerland at the age of eighty. now they were invented in japan where a complex alphabet made texting cumbersome but in the past few

went to zimbabwe where farmers are using matter said strip you of the nutrients from the soil. in germany school children are putting what they've learned from the classrooms about environmental protection into practice. and in kenya would visit a stash of them makes eco friendly pencils and pens from recycled newspaper. first we had to zimbabwe after the land reforms many farmers there were unsure how to best work. many still practiced traditional methods such as slash and burn which as we know has a devastating effect on the environment one man with a lot of experience set up a foundation for farming to teach the rule farmers how to work according to environmentally friendly methods the results higher yields and better sought protection have a look. old habits die hard many of them by b.s. from us employ methods that damage the environment like slash and burn or deep ploughing instead of making soil more fertile they keep the opposite louis leads. and air pollution to reduce the negative impact for both farmers and environment nearing brand old reefs look for tonight even cut

this isn't the right hope your opposition lawmakers in zimbabwe walked out on the new president during his first speech to parliament lawmakers of the opposition movement for democratic change protested against president emerson and then gone well because they say that he stole the election in july he replaced the longtime leader robert mugabe who stepped down under military pressure last november but the new government says that its top priority is to repair a broken economy for the country's young people that thick skin not come soon enough he w. correspondent privilege most fun here reports tonight from the capital. talent wakes a long hours every day in his tiny shop in harare somebody township he makes shoes that are then sold on the streets of the capital but he can barely get by with what he ends. that's expectations of the new government. to make it clear to the government in boardrooms what i mean this is to me winning over the counter. there is. a big they have to keep in. the u.s. as long as we don't have something to do as long as our jobs are not being empowered . we are n

probably to get zimbabwe has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world. while i love my charges one month old i'm on the street every day so i get my need to freedom and by the police are chasing me away how am i supposed to survive. the government recently declared a collar emergency in the capital some harare residents blame the council for his inability to supply clean water in some suburbs it's been like that for more than a decade. union leaders say the government is blaming us for the outbreak instead of fixing the real problem dilapidated water and sanitation facilities i understand that. your motions are being moved to if i in confronting us in the streets we feel that that is not a proper. process to take it all that would should not be encouraged to be to be done but some city council workers believe removing st hilda's is one way to contain the disease right now we are negotiating private property owners for them to be able to consume some of them for them to. fill in places. or structured some other vending stalls designated selling points nea

zimbabwe's president emerson non-god where has picked the former deputy head of the african development bank as his new finance minister he hopes that and to me in kobe is appointment will help to turn things around in zimbabwe which is suffering from casual shortages and high unemployment and kobe is not connected to the rulings on his p.f. party the new cabinet is much smaller than those under former leader robert mugabe . shares in electric car make a tesla have taken a nosedive after more controversy found the long musky smoked marijuana during a live broadcast on the internet as heidi jocasta reports his recent behavior has raised concerns about his ability to lead his business holds its stores whether a media stunt gone bad or an ill made decision and probably can't because stockholders. i mean it's legal right soli go ok the video of billionaire entrepreneur eva musk smoking marijuana during a live interview thursday has translated to a financial hit on his company the stock value of electric car manufacturer tesla tumbled nine percent friday morning.

opposition lawmakers in zimbabwe walked out on the new president during his first speech to parliament lawmakers of the opposition movement for democratic change left in protest of president emerson god who they say stole the election in late july while many zimbabweans hope will be would set the impoverished southern african country on a new paths after a long time leader robert mugabe stepped down under military pressure last november really all right let's get you more now well from the capital harare where do we use a privilege was fun here he is standing by good to see you privilege tell us more about this speech because this was a really important day for the new president and for the country as a whole. indeed it was an important day for the president a muslim and because he was making his maiden speech to parliament since these election in july but. seeing from events that took place that parliament today the opposition protested and also they walked out of parliament in the middle of the speech protesting that he is not legitimate and therefore they were not going to sit in pa

zimbabwe's government has banned public gatherings in the capital harare to try and prevent a spread of cholera twenty five people have already died from the disease the deadliest outbreak in a decade residents in harare say poor hygiene on the streets has contributed to its spread from harare herron metasearch reports. are also heard from blocked and burst pipes flows through glenview a poor suburb of harare rubbish piles of nearby another source of disease zimbabwe's government recently declared a cholera emergency in the capital norman has lived here for nearly fifteen years in that time he says the abnormal is becoming normal every year people get sick very worried because the. the druid's should be should be cleaned. the congo and big issue do come. in. some households in harare haven't had running water for years people who live here say it's been like this for months you can smell the roar silage and the houses are really close by they save us a city council to do something about it but despite the cholera outbreak nothing has been done. politicians are blaming each other for

public gatherings are banned in zimbabwe's capital as a deadly cholera outbreak continues the government blames mismanagement and corruption. a nasa launches a rocket to measure the world's polar ice sheets as global warming painting used to melt the black sea is. at least twelve people have been killed in the most powerful typhoon to hit the philippines this year typhoon mangat lost some of its power after it landed on news on the largest filipino island rues were ripped off homes power lines were down then heavy rains caused landslides jamila alan duggan reports from the northern province of. typhoon arrived just as predicted vicious with its force pounding over most of the we saw in the early hours saw power and full lines cut off in the ghetto city into the province. incessant rains and strong winds crippled many of the operations planned by emergency teams. but the destruction here is nothing compared to what we saw when we ventured out of the city. through out to rural communities we saw homes and farmland destroyed access into these remote areas is difficult which means eight he s

probably to get zimbabwe has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world. while i love my charges one month old i'm on the street every day so i get money to freedom and by the police are chasing me away how am i supposed to survive. the government recently declared a collar emergency in the capital some harare residents blame the council for his inability to supply clean water in some suburbs it's been like that for more than a decade. union leaders say the government is blaming the dangers for the outbreak instead of fixing the real problem dilapidated water and sanitation facilities i understand that issues in their motions being moved to a violent plea or confronting us in the streets and we feel that that is not a proper. process to take in all that would should not be encouraged to be to be done but some city council workers believe removing streets in this is one way to contain the disease right now we are negotiating private property on us for them to be able to consume some of them for them to. selling places and we are opening up for structuring s

a single peaceful transfer of power in the news ahead wife food vendors are paying the price of zimbabwe's capital fights a cholera outbreak a lot of negatives from brags that the international monetary fund warns of major problems for the u.k. economy if there is no deal with europe. hello again we're here across the caspian we are watching the showers pushing across the northern areas of the caspian forbye kudo really not looking too bad over the next few days twenty five degrees maybe a possibility of a. a little bit of a rain shower activity as we go towards the afternoon timeframe but down towards the south quite city really not looking too bad about forty five degrees and then as we go towards wednesday forty two degrees but we do expect to see probably some high humidity in your forecast there as you make a way down across parts of the gulf it is going to be quite humid here in doha thirty eight degrees and relative humid expectedly in the morning in the evening may be reaching at about eighty to eighty five percent in the worst parts of the day over towards maybe about thirty nine

zimbabwe's president anderson non-god one has picked the former deputy head of the african development bank as his new finance minister he hopes that and to include base appointment will help to turn things around in zimbabwe which is suffering from cash shortages and high unemployment and kobe is not connected to the ruling zanu p.f. party the new cabinet is much smaller than the former leader robert mugabe shares in electric car make a tesla have taken a nosedive after more controversy to found musk he smokes marijuana during a live broadcast on the internet as a joke castro reports his recent behavior has raised concerns about his ability to lead his businesses closed its doors whether a media stunt gone bad or an ill made decision probably can't because stockholders are. i mean it's legal right it's all legal ok the video of billionaire entrepreneur musk smoking marijuana during a live interview thursday has translated to a financial hit on his company the stock value of electric car manufacturer tesla tumbled nine percent friday morning continuing a downward trend fueled by a stri

i wanted to know where we are with sanctions on zimbabwe, and if there are any plans to reassess zimbabwe's pensions -- sanctions? i went there for their elections, and there are numerous problems that happened after the election. but zimbabwe is trying to reach out to us now, and i want to know where we are with that. i also want to talk to you about actions against iran, and i want to know if you are aware with a specific case of a 19 your old -- a 19-year-old sudanese girl sentenced to death in may for fatally stabbing her 35-year-old husband that she was forced to marry when she was 15. there has been a lot of international pressure to stop her from being executed. him ins she killed self-defense, because she was being raped. i want to know, given that we have been considering changing our policy towards sudan, if that is a leverage points, number one, to save her life, but where we are with sanctions toward iran? i have a few other questions, especially from mr. billingslea. that was for ms. singh. asst. secretary singh: thank you, congresswoman. when it comes to's about white -- zimba

has called for unity to help rebuild zimbabwe's struggling economy and overcome a recent cholera outbreak. live in the capital harare now and her first of all what was saying in his speech was that what people wanted to hear. he touched on were the right time sometimes where people wanted to hey talked about economy he talked a bit about cholera but some members from the opposition parliamentarians walked out saying that he is illegitimate they feel he did not win july's election and they say his government is failing to deal with the cholera issue but we've got a glimpse of each tribe again that is in government at the moment the president arrived very expensive rolls royce some key arriving very flashy cars the i would have been told that the board for the new m.p.'s as well as and asking all the money being spent for the ceremony pomp and fanfare why can you go to war with cholera the government if it needs more than fifty million dollars to repair water and sanitation infrastructure in and out a money if it doesn't have but the bobbin feeding the government making so much money millio

our pressure on zimbabwe remains in place. we are trying to use this pressure to leverage political and economic reforms, human rights observations. and so the response to your question is basically it remains on our radar as pressure remains who want to see fundamental changes in zimbabwe and only then will we resume normal relations with them. >> i think we certainly have a lot of leverage right now and we need to figure out how to set that up as well. >> thank you, congresswoman. we are always open to conversations. we are open to demonstration for the government that it is changing its way, observing human rights. >> thank you it before amount of time would she respond about sudan? >> i don't have personal knowledge of this younge woman. it sounds like a very unfortunate situation. the purposeur of our sanctions again is g to get these governments to properly observe human rights and that would be in the case of iran and sudan. >> i would appreciate that. the sellers state-sponsored terrorism. they still have that designat

down withday, i sat the president of zimbabwe to discuss the nation's current relationship with chinavery friendly to a zimbabwe, and we have continued that friendship and have no problem with china at all. but i am embracing the entire -- toity who says in but say zimbabwe is open for business -- not only to china, but to the entire international community. fact, i'm helping investors coming in from across the world. eu hadpast, the sanctions against us so the wasre european community closed out because of the eu sanctions on us. sanctions on us, they are closed out, but we are now seeing leaders open up and open up. fortunately, what was between us and britain [inaudible] , it is time that things change. [inaudible] on the 24th of november last year. to come a foreign enemy to me and talked about 24 minutes about nonaggression. and i met 10 or so ministers from the united kingdom and the rapport and their engagement with britain is going on very, very well. and germany, the chancellor, she has sent another minister. again, our business with germany is coming back. the same with fran

in chinese direct investment went to nigeria alone in the first half of the year it's followed by zimbabwe which had one point six billion and south africa with one point three billion. in kenya a new train route between the capital nairobi and the port of mombasa opened in twenty seventeen and the brunt of the costs were borne by china extending the four hundred seventy kilometer long line cost around three point four billion dollars critics say kenya is buying outdated technology that's too expensive to boot and will have to pay back loans at a high rate of interest. you know african leaders think china is santa claus they're not santa claus they want returns on their investment we've already had a levy on each liter a fuel sold in kenya there is a libby going towards the repayment of that loan now this is more sophisticated banking than china has been known for they have got a fantastic group and they've got security they own and run and manage the whole thing the train line is now slated to be extended to uganda south sudan rwanda and burundi at the cost of about fourteen billion dolla

saw the president a muslim appointed kiss the korvin tree if former three time middle east or for zimbabwe as their youth and sports minister into this cabinet and some of the people who are coming in who have never been in the corridors of politics they are coming in is to ignore crowds and you decided to include these fresh blood in this cabinet you're talking to thank you privileged privilege was fun here in harare. just hundred ninety five top story at this hour human rights watch has called on the international community to impose sanctions on china because of its treatment of muslim minorities it's believed that more than a million muslims are being detained in what rights groups say is a form of ethnic cleansing. up to date i'll have more for you at the top of the hour i'm going to once i check out what's going on around the clock on our website that's called a good day. rise and shine time to cast off. take a look. welcome to my hamburg summer tour always pretty close to the water and there's plenty of it in this city. in the. next song. does the internet not only vote for the. you

of farmland thousands of villages are submerged so many people don't have anywhere to shelter in zimbabwe the arguments over who's to blame for a cholera epidemic are growing so are the numbers of victims twenty five dead and three thousand sick is the latest casualty count in the capital how to master has more from harare. but also it from blocked and burst pipes flows through glenview a poor suburb of harare rubbish piles up nearby and now the source of disease zimbabwe's government recently declared a cholera emergency in the capital. norman has lived here for nearly fifteen years in that time he says the abnormal is becoming normal every year people get sick. very worried. because the. the dreaded should be should be cleaned. the combined big disadvantage should come. in. some households in harare haven't had running water for years people who live here say it's been like this for months you can smell there or silage in the houses are really close by they said of us a city council to do something about it but despite the cholera outbreak nothing has been done. politicians are blaming

zimbabwe is trying to reach out to us now and i want to know where we are with that. i also want to talk to you about sanctions against iran, and want to know if you are aware of the specific case of noria hussein. she is 19 years old, she was a sudanese girl for fatally stabbing her husband she was forced to marry when she was sa there has been international pressure to stop her from being executed. she is 15. she says she killed him in self-defense because she was being retained. i want to know given that we have been considering changing our policy towards sudan f that is a leverage point, number one to save her life, but where we are with sanctions toward iran. then i have a few other questions especially for mr. billingsly. that was for ms. singh. >> thank you congressman, when it comes to zimbabwe, we have is 41 individuals including the president and the former president who are designated so our pressure on zimbabwe remains in place. we are trying to use this pressure to leverage political and economic reforms, human rights observations and so the response to