A moment of truth for him when you realize how much resentment there is a among the population and among the workers towards. The u. S. House of representatives as being recalled to vote on legislation to protect the personal service the postmaster general has also been summoned to testify at a Congressional Committee crowds in sudans capital protesting on the 1st anniversary of the landmark power sharing deal following the overthrow of longtime data the share they say the transition to democracy under the current government has been too slow or. Government troops are surrounding a port in mozambique after it was captured by isolate fighters last week its the 3rd time watching border prior a key town and a gas rich province has been attacked this year the issue is expected to be discussed during a meeting of the Southern AfricanDevelopment Community which is currently underway there has more from harare in neighboring zimbabwe. They want to know if mozambique is going to our region to help and then what kind of help is that actually going to be the area has been its been for about 3 years then youve seen the army groups come in take more villages and towns and after a while go up and forth and come back remove these people and its now become a back and forth in that part of the area is very remote we were there last year covering play clone kill it and you drive and drive for hours and hours more villages more towns been no resources the people complain of no Running Water no electricity and thats worth of anything that it could be one reason why leave groups able to think of crute some people in these areas who feel that despite all the gas in the area despite all the Big International herms making billions of dollars theyre the ones who are not beneath it from it and thats why some play this competition take a while to end. Alshabaab is claiming responsibility for about a bomb and gun attack at a hotel in somalia a 5 hour siege in the capital mogadishu killed at least 16 people and injured 40 a shootout followed a suspected car bomb explosion 5 attackers government officials and a Police Officer are among the dead millions in gaza are facing electricity blackouts israel close the main crossing to import diesel for the only power plant israel says its responding to hamas rocket attacks and fire bomb balloons from gaza an egyptian delegation is in the besieged palestinian territory to meet leaders of hamas and islamic jihad. Lebanon has reported a record of daily number of new corona virus infections while still struggling with the aftermath of a massive explosion in the capital beirut at least 439 new cases and 6 deaths were confirmed over the past 24 hours daily cases that already been on the rise and the blast has made social distancing all the more difficult. To fishel number of corona virus deaths in india has now passed 50000. 00 some experts suspect the actual total is far higher because of low levels of testing in the well its a 3rd west affected country and japan has reported its worst Economic Contraction in modern history mainly because of the coronavirus the worlds 3rd largest economy shrank almost 8 percent in the 2nd quarter spaniards speaking out against a new coronavirus rules there which make the wearing of must mosques in public mandatory hundreds marched in madrid spain has the highest number of infections in western europe. California has reports of a record at the highest global temperature and more than a century 54. 00 degrees celsius that reading from death valley has found this creek is yet to be verified and comes as 55 as tackle wildfires across the state. Well those are the headlines and next up its well one threw out of. World war 1. 4 years of bitter conflict. Known as the great war. Or the war 2 and all the wars. Its green the strange warfare. With europe the main theater. But this was a war fought on many fronts. So theres another story rarely told. Of huge importance during the war. And of lasting significance. The story of troops fault and dying but who are often forgotten. Im driven outcome that shaped the middle east of to. This is gold more one through our high. Mileage to rekey the 2 new zealand writer and broadcaster is taking his on a personal journey across a dozen countries. His grandfathers Generation Force in the war. So far hes explored how thousands of arabs were conscripted by the british and French Colonial powers in north africa. And how our robes were forced to fight on both sides for the european allies and the central powers setting muslim against muslim. And the vital role played by arab troops in the ottoman army again literally. In this episode he looks at the roots of why the ultimate is joined the war at home. How the european powers viewed the ultimate empire as right for division and exploitation. And the suffering when they also mean government of young turks cracked down on the arab provinces. And the little known story of a future zionist leader in the ultimate world. The polish jewish student or walked along here 911. 00 his name david been guardian or would become the 1st Prime Minister of israel. Then a little how to go after. Lip the key is the must say to him you must accompany him by the door to dont have to look funny at a horrible irony of the way i want to follow a daughter. Out of bonaire there out of me as he ought to be and i think one of the taliban has fallen to saudi without her judgment and mike business but theyre just. Been so kind of shy. Because. I let the kind of that even when i do. Have the ability one at the city about how the hell beat out in a cottage when you then take a spotted been obvious as my body how dare. They have that well there you don. How they are how to land at their own happy how are german name a. New mayor the color and it to how do you. A very good question and one with roots deep in autumn in history. Before reading 30 the Ottoman Empire stretched from mesopotamia in the east to the red sea and most of the north african coast. But over the next 80 or so heres the ottomans lost algeria tunisia egypt and in 1912 libya. Then the last territories much closer to home and the balkan wars of 912913. So britain france and russia began plotting how to exploit the potential collapse of salt on our block a means empire for their own individual benefit. Not to have made the 2nd will rule the empire from 87629000 or 8 or 9000 or 9 felt that western european powers were playing dirty games. In his mind and the minds of the advisers around him and many ottoman ops are mere appeal powers were supporting nationalist Independence Movement within the Ottoman Empire he thought that the great powers were using religion especially christianity to mobilize those nationalist movement in an effort to undermine the Ottoman Empire. The sultans view was not wrong the european powers so on rest in the arab world after nearly 400 years of ultimate rule as an opportunity. But there was a stumbling block provincial arab leaders and intellectuals were thinking about gaining independence from the ultimate. But for ordinary arabs the sultan in istanbul was the kaleb of islam the leader of the muslim world. Whichever side you were on there was a close bond with the calle of respect and loyalty for him across the arab world. An incident later in the war illustrated this clearly. The british captured 700 iraqi soldiers in 1917 and sent them to egypt. The british offer to free the prisoners if they would support an arab revolt against the ultimate ends led by saudi for the saying of mecca but few iraqis accepted most were uneasy at the idea of challenging the kale of. Books such as the 1938 work by George Antonius the arab revolt exaggerated the support of shoddy preuss ains 1916 report against the ottomans and exaggerated and painted a very negative image up on him in a rule of 400 years of ottoman rule and even many european colonialists tended to denigrate the ottoman past and to the point of referring to it as so despotic and backward that it almost welcomed the arrival of european colonialism. They also manami was also diverse in november 914 up 2300000 of their troops were arabs from greater syria. Of the armies 9 most senior commanders 2 were all bamian 2 from the caucasus and 2 arab. And in politics Saeed Halim Pasha the grand vizier all Prime Minister was from egypt. The british had to find a way to challenge this holy bond between the kaleb in istanbul and his loyal arab muslim citizens. They approached hussein bin ali the sheriff of mecca he was a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad leader of the hush my people and ruler of islams most holy place. The british thought he alone could challenge the kale of an istanbul. But he would not be straightforward. On the eve of world war one most arabs were largely supportive of the Ottoman Empire. They regarded it as a protector of the an islamic identity in an era of expanding european colonialism even many arab christians and jews especially after 1008. 00 welcomed the liberal reforms and wrote glowingly hand the of these reforms and have these iraqi and rarely ever called for independence for the arab people. Tonight you know it was a significant here in this unfolding story that was when the new leaders of the committee of union and progress the young turks staged a coup removing sultan of though from it the 2nd from power. They started out in 1000 eves with a project of trying to hold that empire get there on the basis of question. But at the same time they found themselves in the position of trying to defend it maintain them. Against all great retractions and east new nationalist uprising this fall within. When the young turks reconvened parliament they created optimism in the arab world but this soon turned to disillusionment. Over all the may not have intended it that they found themselves fighting to me in n. P. P. Treat. From 9. 11 hours from italys in the nation on once then came the balkan wars and then there came the great. To this change this transformed issue actually. Promising and bringing freedom to not peoples in to one of meeting in. Defeat in the balkans hard in the young turks and they tighten their grip on their arab possessions the balkan wars of 101213 catastrophe defeat and finally the action from what had become of all kinds brought about and enormous fun to jump in the development and education of turkish nationalists and also they became more and more dictatorial. The young turks had hoped to stay out of the war and ally themselves with britain and france but neither of these 2 countries would go against russia so they were not an option. Besides the autumn ins and germany had a history of friendship. Geyserville him the 2nd 1st visited istanbul in 889 to befriend sultan. 9 years later he landed at haifa on a state visit to the ottoman east. They made a ceremonial entry into jerusalem. And visited the tomb in damascus of salahuddin the famous mediaval muslim oreo who defeated the crusaders. There was mass celebration when he announced the germany would pay for the renovation of his grave. The kaiser also declared his friendship of the worlds 300000000 muslims and gained the nickname. Vilhelm so germany was a natural ally. But the young turks were also gambling that the european war might be over quickly. At the time there were series and. Prospect of voice in europe that in fact the civilized european powers would not fight each other for very long that this was a crisis but a cry for that might. Come to an end funeral rather than later ultimately therefore that they would be able to favor the alliance with germany which they had signed for 7 years not necessarily protection but an alliance with germany that would help the ottoman state to consolidate its. Its borders its institutions and to restrain finn and that period under which there would have germany as an ally. However germany needed this deal as much as the ultimate. And. They were outnumbered on the ground in europe and could open a new Eastern Front against russia and the british. The german general era gluten doff wrote that ultimate entry into the war enabled the central powers to soldier on for another 2 years otherwise the war might well have been over by 916. This is the house in istanbul of anwar pasha he led the secret negotiations with germany on behalf of the young turk or unionist government. Here on the night of the 1st of august 1914 he secured his treaty of alliance. Unwarped pasha was a fan of everything german he spoke the language trained in Military College there and admire the way chancellor autobahn bismarck had modernized the state. They had enormous admiration for passion is for be spark in is and for the germans on that rick germany had to follow its own special path and it was envisioned as and it became a path in which the German Military the german army played god to the nation and the state it was perceived and it really was true to a large extent that the german nation and the german state were called prof in a very strong sense by pressure and the pressure an army and this is what the spark in his was all about the union ists perceive themselves as pursuing a kind of pressure path in the context of thought to manpower. And it wasnt just the young turks who admired germany some arabs were impressed by its achievements National Unity military expansion Scientific Research and economic development. The lebanese why to this layman that he wrote a poem called the 20th century was. Well in my knee feels more as he said to. Me and to me and to sit. Down and feed him a few games. 11 feet believe that in the. Face to. All who would look this. Good food to move north dad. In august 114 and one persons treaty was still a secret. But in the 2nd week of november came the formal ultimate entry into the war. And the grand mufti has called for muslims to join a jihad against the own powers fatah mosque in istanbul. It was a call for a holy war to old listenings including arabs who supported the canaan. The germans believed that this cold could undermine their enemies war efforts. There were millions of muslims in the british and french colonies where the germans hoped for mass uprisings. They launched a campaign to influence muslims fighting for the allies. It was led by german lawyer diplomat and ancient historian max von. Of his obviously very dear to his heart because of his german pictures and so on. And his interest in the middle east but in a very specific way by 899. Was it no one had a reputation as an experienced and really very well informed travel are. Open haim was an adventurer and archaeologist but was also involved in planning the route of the ballon to baghdad railway. The German Government wanted to build the line to compete with the british to give them access to oil and bring the region under stronger influence. Nothing unusual about the fact that siemens who was then the director of the dogshit bank which was largely in charge of the financing of the border into baghdad really should contact him about the extension of the line from a low. To muzzle has fought that particular strange and he asked him if he would do some prospecting and advise them on what was the best route and he wrote about all the advantages that the best and most efficient lying to follow for the railroad and all the advantages that would accrue from following this route rather than that route. After troubleshooting for siemens at Deutsche Bank hed made a historic archaeological discovery in Northern Syria in 1909. It was in a certain sense by accident that he made the greatest discovery of his career that she discovered tell her laugh. Because really what he was trying to do was do this prospecting on his own. On officially for the berlin to bagdad really and she did write he did write a brief to report and devoted many more pages of that from the report to route from aleppo towards wholl than he did. To that he had discovered to tell how tough. Open heim returns to excavate tell her life in 1007 and discovered a city built in 6000 b. C. The bell into baghdad will be took 37 years to complete by which time europe would be at war again. Still to come the devastating impact of the war on greater syria and its people. We think about world war one we think about the british and french and the germans but really the Ottoman Empire suffered far more than any of the continental powers. The terrace. Facts of the ottoman repression over our of nationalists. Along the way. And a modern greek city and its story of one of the founders of israel. And judah essentially is a plot to me that all of this was mainly the jewish city it was called the jews a limb of the baltics. For 4 weeks america in goal didnt protest every day all over the us even as the country faces the continued threat of a deadly pandemic. And it morphed into a movement calling for Police Reforms sometimes it was violent. But mostly it was peaceful we asked people to describe what america is now feeling i think people want change. And its going to by willing to do whatever it takes to get there on friday billions of people in america are expected to celebrate whats called june 13th at an official holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States this year in the wake of the nationwide protests there is a growing number of calls to make it an official federal holiday. As people see it as a great opportunity to take to the streets to continue to let their message be her. 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