Came from the east the mongols in the space of a lifetime had descended from the asian grasslands to create the greatest land empire ever seen. Some a canned. Moscow 1238. 1240. All the way to the gates of vienna. Only a muslim army had managed to stop the New Jerusalem in 1216. But the mongols would be back. Home like many venetian merchants marco polo father and uncle to travel to the east before. Now they were returning to the mongol emperor a global economy. This time they were taking marco with a plan to it. They sailed east from venice towards the holy. Acre. Inside the walls the city was still. Hanging on as a hump of venices treating. Outside the walls muslim armies were biting that time. After a crusades was disputed territory. And marco polo had arrived in medieval europes last toehold on the continent of asia. Today is part of israel its still a divided city split between historys winners and historys loses in the red cafe youll find those who are defying history like activist sami who are. Used to be. One of the some 3rd of the world is only. Nations armies occupy that and when. The ottomans the state here for 400 years but in the end they went. Across a theres also came and went after 200 years. Of all the conquerors. They are like marco polo. Marco polo came under the wind. And we stayed here. We are always been. Between tours. East and west. Crusader and arab. Jews and muslims the fault lines run through the middle east like a sparking wire on a set of. Religion ideology fanaticism imperial ambitions all the conditions of war have existed here in concentrated form for thousands of years. Like all wars conflict provides opportunities for business. And it was in the holy land that marco polo began to learn his trade. But it was more than business that brought the polos to wake. They headed for the venetian quarter near the harbor. It said that this was a hostel for venetian travelers in markopolos time. This is where people of high rank with thrown together with pilgrims and commercial travellers. Among the guests was theobald ovis conti a papal envoy who had dealings with the polo family viscounty had an unusual distinction he had just been elected pope. Now the polos journey took on a new complection. Most of them a lot of it as into their papa it bought them what it is but a. D. T. Does have it they can get on their what order they compute you into. It she did it us well beneath your own. Business baby buckle portal. Aka kind of the my me. Youll see how the water level of the thoughts that definitely have serious local as. Apollo is the elderly colonialism a few of. The new ones out there are coming to see the barbarians maybe maybe it see the headaches. But the portal kind of messages are. What can. I just set it in full. Set it do in. Self suburbia. 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From jerusalem marco polo went north through the poles of i ass and then turned east to Southern Turkey and armenia. This was territory largely already overrun by the mongols. Not the most direct route but the safest. The travelers from the west the odds of travel meant avoiding war. Not easy then. Not easy now. Although many middle of which into it you want to. Go get on the snow to the momo leave that sort of on the. Ground else to the cover lydia found that. At the. Dock. The callus almost seemed the rule in baghdad refused to bow before the overwhelming threat of the huge mongol army. With its frightening a ray of modern weaponry. The siege lasted just 7 days. You know minted lepers at home forts a. Request to inflict it on the father. It devastation of a home country. A country. More than 7000 years old. It destroyed within 2 weeks. Of naked power. And aggression. That there was again. Such. An iraqi. It was cruelty need in humanity. And they devastated people. They turned them into wild. Human beings deprived of their humanity. Our will bonnie an. Indian. Children. To go wait out the trunk sure. Sure. Sure sure you mean the. Monk. Who would she. Doujin tyo where hood. Is son fatty was an architectural historian who had made a photographic record of the buildings of old baghdad since the american led invasion of 2003 he has seen his country descend into sectarian war he is now one of thousands of iraqis exiled in jordan had i stayed i would have been either killed all kidnapped something horrible would have happened to me within a few years nothing remains of all baghdad i cannot associate my past memories with the present. Its not baghdad that i knew. People live with turner. Its a 35. 00 city. What been shifted before to any electric shocks india and the us the car includes. Even then in its worst days in history theres never been like this. Group or leash or she me in jeans a little. Sure those. Would say you are. 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Hello nora taylor not over the top stories on our jazeera doctors in sudan say at least 5 protests as have been killed as opposition rallies are held across the country to demand civilian rule gunfire was heard at a protest in the town of casella forcing demonstrators to flee in the capital khartoum protesters have marched to the defense ministries headquarters is the 1st major demonstrations since Security Forces violently broke up the protest camp on june the 3rd saddams military overthrew president bashir more than 2 months ago but tensions are high between the opposition and military as they remain divided over how the country will move forward. Donald trump has become the 1st sitting u. S. President to set foot in north korea during an impromptu meeting with kim jong il the leaders met in the Demilitarized Zone between north and south korea after trump suggested it in a tweet during the g. 20 summit the u. S. President said both sides would set up teams to push forward talks aimed at getting north korea to give up its Nuclear Weapons but trump also said theres no rush to strike a deal. Stepping reports that its a great a lot of progress. A lot of friendships and its just its just a great project so i just thank you very quickly notice that i want to just i believe looking at this action this is an expression of his willingness to eliminate the unfortunate past and begin a new future. Airport authorities in libya say air traffic has been halted at much bigger airport shipleys only functioning civilian airport after it was hit by an asteroid the warlord highly for have to as Information Division says its air force destroyed a turkish drone at the mighty good military airbase well this as Turkeys Foreign Ministry demands the Immediate Release of 6 turkish citizens being held by fighters loyal to have to or it says theyll become quote legitimate targets but authorities in afters Eastern Libyan strongholds say theyve only arrested 2 turks for supporting armed groups on saturday the worlds forces threatened turkish flights and ships in libya turkey has been accused of supplying weapons to forces allied to the un recognized government in tripoli i curse as its in libya to support Regional Peace and stability. To stay with us marco polo a very modern Journey Continues next hour of news after straight after that vice watching. The at. The at. The end. Professor joe is in venice on the trail of marco polo. Why did marco polo travel east. Was he a peace envoy for the pope. A spy. Or simply much. He remains something of a mystery. Marco polo has heard about the brutal force of the mongols and the terror they had inflicted on baghdad. So he navigates carefully away from the battlefields of the middle east. But as his journey takes him to modern day iran he enters a territory already controlled by the mongol empire. Travels through to bridges yanks and car among. The road is hard. Pressed the piano do up it seems that. It done people teach if. It is in the heat and dust of southern iran that we find real roads traveled by marco polo the excitement of the hunt trouble in math are there rather than as a matter of. Iranian scholars professor of a sugi and mr rezai think they picked up on the scent of marco polo. Orders i said its rather can i not. But you might find out my seat of morkel put up with a shock she had to show. 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Marco polo or needles a caution that should yet the financial shock. Me if we show need to tender john i know. You do draw under a gold holder. Dog. But then at the Northern Edge of todays iran marco polo did hear a story. More potent than any of the myths of his time. The story that still affects the way the world looks at iran. To. Be. Assuring the ceremony of mourning for the brutal death of hussein grandson of the prophet which continues to be upheld by shia muslims worldwide to this day all think. The idea of martyrdom is the key to one of the most unusual stories marco polo encounters on his travels. It is the story of an old mine and the mountain. I think you were in when i was young he ignition of them yet i. Still got a man. That i have on a. Shit c. R. Not. That had to have gone. I mean should do is to shut up. As high as it got to have saw the show yet as you have read. Really. Enjoying out im inside of it all. Im sure for just. 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Hello again welcome back were here cross the southern part of our story over the next few days we are going to see include cloudy and windy conditions as well we do have a system that is making its way across the by right now you can see those clouds making their way through adelaide well were going to be seeing some clouds make their way inland as well over the next few days and then make their way towards the east so here across much of Central Australia into the south that is where the clouds will be still quite clear over here towards melbourne as well as sydney but from monday to tuesday those clouds make their way towards the east were going to be seeing brisbane as well of cloudy day for you sydney at 19 with clouds in the forecast we dont expect to see much in terms of rain unless you go down here towards parts of tasmania where the winds and the rain will be a issue over here towards the north in the south island of new zealand it is going to be quite messy of the next few days one system make its way across the tasman sea 1st the south island will see the weather and then it will be the north island as we go towards tuesday as well temperatures into the low teens here in Christ Church for auckland though it is going to be a day of 16 degrees but more rain is going to be in forecast by the time we get to tuesday and speaking of rain it has been raining quite hard across parts of japan we expect to see more of that in coming days anywhere from tokyo all the way down here towards the sucka but sapporo off and on rain for you with the tempter 21. 00. Selfless act human brain. 1000 pieces of literature rescued from being. Sorry. Its the bulls mean women and men who risked everything to save their rights and heritage. The love of books on aljazeera. Aljazeera. Color on our intake of this is the aljazeera news hour live from london coming up. At least 7 protesters dead and 181 wounded john after tens of thousands brave a heavy military presence to march against army rules. Historic moment all photo opportunity donald trump becomes the 1st sitting u. S. President to set foot in north korea as he meets kim jong un. Khalifa haftar forces destroyed a turkish drone a trapeze much bigger airport as the libyan warlord seeks to punish turkey for supporting his rival. U. S. Diplomats come home their support for israel as they help inaugurate a new tunnel on the east jerusalem. And england have handed india their 1st loss that the cricket world cup is claiming a 31. 00 rotten win in burning em to base their hopes of reaching the sami thought. The revolution will not die the message from tens of thousands of protesters they poured into she died on the streets demanding civilian rule for their country theyve been met with gunfire and tear gas saddams Health Ministry says at least 7 people have been killed and 181 injured in the 1st major protests since the military violently broke up a protest camp almost a month ago killing dozens of people but here mohammed reports. The message remains the same as it has for months demanding sudans military rulers hand over power to a civilian that government. Tens of thousands of protesters march towards the president ial palace of khartoum opposition leader. This calls for similar mass demonstrations nationwide dubbed the 1000000 strong march. We doubled to feel like we stopped we want people to feel like we will continue continue no matter what everyone is out so we encourage each other. In some cases police fired tear gas at protesters the Rapid Support forces patrolled the streets with machine guns they were accused of the crackdown at a sit in at Army Headquarters in khartoum on june 3rd around 100 protesters were killed. In the eastern town of gunfire was heard the military gentle says its not to blame for recent violence. The military is here to protect protesters but we cant do anything when it comes to food 3 to 5 or 6 people have been hit and we need to go there to sort out the problem you have to know that there are infiltrators people who want to change the Current Situation but god willing if we reach an agreement and if you understand the situation we will get rid of the snipers who are killing the people right now. Sundays mass marches with the 1st since the killings in khartoum 4 weeks ago and internet and media blackout has been enforced since then the protests coincide with the end of the African Union deadline for the ruling military junta to hand over power to a you and ethiopia have led mediation efforts to find a political solution the opposition has accepted a plan to form a Transitional Government for the next 3 years the Transitional Military Council says its willing to negotiate. Sunday was also the 30th anniversary of the military coup led by Omar Al Bashir sudans president was overthrown by another military coup in april and is in prison charged with corruption activists arab countries to stop supporting sudans military rulers they will never want to. Not because they are. They are. Out of war so thats very normal very natural but we are forcing them so unless we do that by that mainly im speaking about saudi arabia the u. A. E. Then its going to be really hard for us to meet them come to the calm or be able to wedge and i think this is changing now. The protesters say their chance of defiance will continue despite threats to their lives until their demands for civilian rule on met for hillah mohammed al jazeera. After there has been banned from sudan so hippa morgan said this update earlier from neighboring south sudan so what happened it sounds that people are saying that. The Security Forces are using tear gas globalization there are pages circulating on social media despite an internet clampdown you know the military jet down has shut down Internet Services after the june 3rd attack on the under 6 new front of the un headquarters there saying that the internet was a threat to National Security so people have been still going out and theyve been reporting the using live ammunition tear gas at least a dozen injured according to activists in speaking to so its not as you left it is it is it the violence is something that they say it looks expectant so people are saying that despite all of this despite the interior guys despite the live ammunition they still will continue the protest the sudanese the questions association has called her people to congregate in defense squares to continue the protest and they say they will be addressing theres also has been the way forward going on. During minister here is professor marshall whos a senior lecturer in middle east politics and Security Studies at the university of exeter thanks for coming in so the reports are 7 People Killed is it your impression though that the broadly the march was allowed to proceed. Obviously not the problem is now is the army or the well the really escalating the situation the 1st time were significant casualties were 3rd of june we saw about the war over 118 People Killed in this than 10 hours so 10 protesters were being killed per day today we dont have the same scale of violence but this is not an indication that the t. N. C. The transitional misery council want to negotiate or want to reach a solution or want to foster an environment where you can protest and have some freedom of Movement Freedom of speech at the same time beach some sort of a a a negotiation despite the rhetoric because the rhetoric is saying that the proposal by. The African Union can be considered you may have a council that administer distribution of period with a civilian majority but the actions on the ground are very very different from this rhetoric i mean you mention of russia is a have they have actually said that they are ready to start talks again. And in fact that theyve said they want to reach an urgent and comprehensive agreement with no exclusion does that as the language changed at all there would you think that it is simply the language and its not making it with not many programs to level game here one level is for the International Community primarily for the African Union and for other. Forces that want some sort of negotiations which is basically this kind of rhetoric we want to compromise where we accept and so on so forth is an internal rhetoric an area right there for some of the supporters of the t. M. C. Specially egypt the u. A. E. And saudi arabia which you can see. Today and yesterday would from general ham it be who is basically saying that there are snipers who are not ours that are as a sub with ours there are people who want to call up their infiltrators are being funded by foreign powers or the usual conspiracy or rhetoric that we heard before in libya. India and in mubaraks egypt and sees egypt so its a very similar rhetoric to there then this is directed to basically to the supporters of the t. M. C. And to some of the internal. Internal dynamics that mainly want to terrorize the protesters in that in that way so theres 2 level game but also the what truly makes the news is the bloodshed and today there was some significant bloodshed and its a very very strong message stronger than any rhetoric and any words that will come in terms of wanting to compromise so where do you see this going next and whats difficult to tell is the images largely banned or certain some media banned from the country what was the scale of the demonstration today and and do you think just as will replicate this again it was very significant were talking here about the Opposition Movement ranges from the communists all the way in the left or all the way to conservatives like the party all the way on the right and many of the professionals mainly upper middle class urban upper middle class professionals are organizing dissin than the forms of the professional syndicates so you have a significant percentage and today we somebody ports said the there are over 30 towns cities in villages in sudan where you have mobilization and protests and the same with very same slogans that started 6 months ago you know. Like just fall and thats it and so on so but this time not directed toward bashir but that i could do the t. M. C. So you have significant level of mobilization you have to a certain degree a coherent in the form of the coalition for freedom and change but what you dont have is a partner to reach some level of compromise and i think the military thinks that it can can control the country it can win in the end a it will exhaust the protesters basically they believe that theyre winning the war with addition and the they will have full control of the country im not sure they will succeed theyll want to leave it there professor thank you very much indeed for your thoughts thank you. Well you know now speak to us not it was out protesting on down on nicotine thank you very much for joining us tell us what happened where you are today. Thank you sir for having for the 2nd time. Actually just in a part. Of the street which is the street in may 1 of the biggest streets in the winter months. 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