Pres. Trump africa has tremendous business potential. I have so many friends going to your countries, trying to get rich. I congratulate you. They are spending a lot of money. Amy as President Trump brags about his friends going to africa to get rich, he praises the fictional country of nambia. He meant to say namibia. We will speak with a leading journalist from namibia who was jailed and had her office firebombed. Plus, we will speak to Tarja Halonen, the first female president of finland. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broadcasting from paris, france. In puerto rico, hospitals report theyre at capacity and struggling to maintain operations, part of a growing humanitarian catastrophe more than a week after Hurricane Maria devastated the island. The pentagon says the majority of puerto ricos 69 hospitals do not have enough fuel to Power Electric generators, as the islands entire electrical gr
Of southern england, particularly the south east, where some fog patches could develop. For many of us, a cloudy and mild night and start monday. On monday, as another week weather from luton, expect a lot of cloud, a few bright and sunny breaks to the east of high ground. Where the cloud is thick enough, a bit of drizzle. A better day in western scotland in bed with today, some outbreaks of rain in Northern Ireland by the time we get to the evening and temperatures 14 17. The weather becomes more active as we go through this week with stronger winds, some wet weather, especially in North Western parts of the uk but warmer, especially in the south east, by friday. Hello this is bbc news. After her difficult party conference, theresa may says shes resilient and wont hide from a challenge. It comes as Senior Tories have been urging colleagues to stop the infighting and back the Prime Minister. Scotlands deputy first minister, john swinney, has opened the snp conference, saying the party
A British Air Force base at Kabul International airport last week. The casualties we have heard of. Siren. Get down the gp is locked down. Nato now plays a backseat role helping train, advise, and assist Afghan Forces in their battle against the taliban. Suffice to say there is some sort of barrage going on at the moment. But in terms of numbers, we dont have much information. It has been a tough fight since the afghans took over. The government now controls less than two thirds of the country. And that is not the only challenge for afghanistan. It is one of the most corrupt countries on earth. Tens of billions of dollars are reckoned to have been stolen by government officials. The country is also grindingly poor. No wonder the president of afghanistan, ashraf ghani, says hes got the toughest job in the world. President , very, very good to meet you. Very goot to meet you. President ghani, thank you very much indeed for sitting down to do this interview. You are one of the few World L
And Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thank you for joining us. The Trump Administration has lost its first appeal of a federal court order halting its ban on immigration from seven predominantly muslim countries. Early this morning, the ninth Circuit Court of appeals which covers the western United States upheld fridays temporary restraining order by a federal judge in seattle. The courts have halted enforcement of the 90 day ban on citizens from iran, iraq, libya, somalia, syria, and yemen from entering the u. S. The january 27 trump executive order also banned Syrian Refugees from entering the u. S. For 120 days. But the court order by judge james robart, a george w. Bush appointee, app
A survey this spring found the following. 59 of likely u. S. Voters oppose allowing 10,000 syrians to come to the u. S. By the end of the year. The report finds just 31 favor letting those refugees come in. When asked how concerned they are that giving thousands of syrians asylum poseas National Security risk to the u. S. , 48 are very concerned, 25 say somewhat, 19 not very, 7 not concerned at all, and 1 not sure. What you may not know is that many Asylum Seekers and refugees are already here. They too were fleeing a vicious civil war this one in somalia. Last year, we visited one american town grappling with the financial and cull ral impact of the unexpected newcomers. [chanting] sharyl these may look like city scenes from africa or the mideast. Where families like this are coming to seek asylum. He was a Government Official in burundi, east africa. Which he says is the devolving under the post arab spring instability that is causing refugees to flee. But why are some ending up in o