Jambazi sugu aliyetoroka jela kwa kutumia helikopta Ufaransa

Redoine Faid

Jambazi sugu ametoroka jela kwa kutumia ndege aina ya helikopta katika jela moja mjini Paris , mamlaka ya Paris imesema.

Redoine Faid alisaidiwa na watu kadhaa waliojihami ambao walitengeneza mwanya katika lango la jela hiyo huku helikopta hiyo ikitua katika uwanja karibu na jela hiyo.

Ndege hiyo ilipaa hadi eneo la Gonessa lililopo karibu na jela hiyo ambapo ilipatikana na maafisa wa polisi

Faid 46, amekuwa akihudumia kifungo cha miaka 25 kwa jaribio la wizi wa mabavu lililotibuka ambapo afisa mmoja wa polisi aliuawa.

Hii ni mara yake ya pili kutoroka jela: Mwaka 2013 alitoroka jela baada ya kuwatumia walinzi wanne kama ngao huku akilipua milango kadhaa kwa kutumia kilipuzi.

Alifanikiwa kutoroka chini ya nusu saa baada ya kuwasili katika jela hiyo iliopo kaskazini mwa Ufaransa

Mwaka 2009 Faid aliandika kitabu kuhusu uzoefu wake katika mitaa ya Paris iliojaa uhalifu na kuwa mtu aliyekukuwa akivunja sheria mara kwa mara.

Alidai kuwacha uhalifu lakini mwaka mmoja baadaye alihusika katika jaribio la wizi lililotibuka ambapo alipelekwa jela ya Réau katika jimbo la Seine-et-Marne.

Faid na washirika wake walitorokea katika uwanja huo wa jela ambao haukuwa na ulinzi mkali, bila ya kumjeruhi yeyote kulingana na chombo cha habari cha Ufaransa Europe1.

Watu waliokuwa wamejihami kwa risasi walimchukua mfungwa huyo katika chumba cha kuwatembelea wageni kabla ya kumpeleka katika helikopta hiyo na kutoroka naye kulingana na duru za usalama zilizonukuliwa na chombo cha habari cha reuters.

Ripoti zinadai kwamba rubani wa helikopta huenda alikuwa ametekwa nyara. Usakaji wa maafisa wa polisi unaendelea katike eneo lote la Paris.

Hatua zote zinafanywa kumtafuta mtoro huyo , kulingana waziri wa maswala ya ndani.

Akiwa amezaliwa 1972, Faid alilelewa katika maeneo ya uhalifu mwingi ya mitaa ya Paris kabla ya kuanza maisha ya uhalifu

Miaka ya tisini , alikuwa akisimamia genge lililohusika na uhalifu wa kujihami na ulafi ktika mji mkuu wa Paris. Alikuwa akisema kwamba maisha yake yalipata msukumo wa filamu za uhalifu za Hollywood, ikiwemo Al Pacino na Scarface.

Mwaka 2001 alihukumiwa kifungo cha miaka 30 jela kwa uhalifu

Maafisa wa polisi wa Ufaransa wanaamini kwamba Faid aliongoza uhalifu ambapo afisa wa polisi aliuawa, lakini akahukumiwa kwa uhalifu aliotekeleza mnamo Aprili.

Alikuwa amerudishwa jela 2011 kwa kukiuka masharti ya msamaha yanayohusiana na makosa ya awali.

Mwaka 2013, alitoroka katika jela ya kaskazini mwa Ufaransa ya Sequedin nje ya Lille, kwa kuwateka nyara walinzi wawili, lakini akakamatwa tena wiki sita baadaye

Mwaka uliopita, alihukumiwa kifungo cha miaka 10 jela kwa kutoroka jela 2013

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Trump vents at Merkel and asks for advice on Putin

President Donald Trump questioned German Chancellor Angela Merkel about how to deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their at times heated discussions at the White House last week, according to two people familiar with the conversations. 

President Donald Trump

Merkel, the longest-serving leader in the European Union, has a well-established history and rivalry with Putin. It's not clear what advice she offered Trump, though the officials suggested the President at times didn't really seem to be listening to the answers.

The officials said the one-on-one meeting was calm and Trump "behaved himself" but became agitated at a larger plenary session, which became contentious when he repeatedly raised the issue of Germany's large trade surplus and its defense spending, which falls below the NATO-recommended threshold.

Trump has long railed on those two issues, both in public and private, but his tone surprised some German officials attending the meetings, who said they felt the session provided a "window into Trump's mind."

Vladimir Putin

Trump accused Merkel of being "so protectionist" in her trade policies, and again raised the issue of German automobiles flooding into the United States. Merkel explained that if she lowered barriers for US cars entering Germany, she would have to do the same for other countries.

But Trump demanded to know what Merkel would offer the US if he agreed to extend an exemption on steel and aluminum tariffs.

He adopted a similarly tough approach on defense spending, a bugbear he has railed on since the campaign. Trump told Merkel that "you could raise it to 2 percent tomorrow," reaching the NATO target.

The officials said Trump was angry and "venting" about both matters during the expanded meeting, which included officials from both leaders' cabinets.

The tone was very different in the earlier one-on-one meeting with Merkel, which included a discussion of the Iran nuclear deal.

Merkel, along with French President Emmanuel Macron, had traveled to Washington in the hopes of convincing Trump not to rip up the Obama-era agreement. The Germans regarded Macron's floating of a new deal that addresses Iran's ballistic missile program and destabilizing efforts in the region as a last-ditch effort to keep Trump from withdrawing.

Not wanting to show signs of European disunity, Merkel largely kept to Macron's talking points in her meeting but emphasized that any new agreement would build on the existing deal.

Merkel emerged from the talks telling advisers that Trump had said "exactly what she expected" on Iran, including his insistence that the accord amounts to the worst deal ever negotiated.

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BBC reporter and famed photographer among 30 killed in Afghanistan

Kabul, Afghanistan - Nine journalists were among 30 people killed in a series of attacks in Afghanistan on Monday, including a BBC reporter and a well-known photographer who had written of the dangers of reporting in the Afghan capital.

Eight journalists were killed in suicide bombings in the capital, Kabul. Shah Marai of Agence France Presse was among a group of journalists who died when a bomber disguised as a TV cameraman detonated a second bomb at the site of an earlier explosion. Both attacks were claimed by Islamic State.

In a separate incident, Ahmad Shah, a reporter with the BBC's Afghan service, was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Khost province, the BBC said. Najib Sharifi, director of the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee, said Shah

 was on his way home when the attack took place.

Shah Marai of Agence France Presse was among a group of journalists who died when a bomber disguised as a TV cameraman detonated a second bomb at the site of an earlier explosion. Both attacks were claimed by Islamic State.

The first blast happened at around at 8 a.m. local time in the Shashdarak area of the city, where the US embassy and Afghan government buildings are located, prompting journalists to rush to the scene.

A man cries after his son was killed in an ISIS
 attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 30.

The second explosion came as the attacker, posing as a cameraman, detonated explosives as journalists huddled around the scene, Kabul City Police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai told CNN.

In a statement issued via the social media app Telegram, ISIS said a "martyrdom brother" blew his explosive vest up among a group of "apostates" and killed and wounded a number of them. The group named the first bomber as Qaqaa al-Kurdi and the second attacker as Khalil al-Qurshi. ISIS did not provide any evidence for the claim.

Eight journalists, including at least one woman, died in the blasts, according to Sharifi.

SharifiIn a tweet Monday, AFP's Global News Director, Michele Leridon, honored Marai for his "extraordinary strength, courage and generosity" and praised his "consummate professionalism" and "sensitivity" during his 15 years covering the Afghan conflict for the news agency.

AFP said the death of its "treasured colleague" Shah Marai in Monday's twin blast in Kabul was "a devastating blow".

Leridon sent "condolences to the families of other journalists killed in this terrible attack".

A further 45 people were injured in the two incidents, and have been taken to city hospitals, according to Ministry of Public Health spokesman Wahid Majroh.

The agency said Marai joined AFP as a driver in 1996, the year the Taliban seized power, and in 2002 he became a full-time photo stringer, rising through the ranks to become chief photographer in the bureau.

AFP Global News Director Michele Leridon released a statement on the death of the long-serving photographer.

"This is a devastating blow, for the brave staff of our close-knit Kabul bureau and the entire agency. Shah Marai was a treasured colleague who spent more than 15 years documenting the tragic conflict in Afghanistan for AFP."

AFP photographer Shah Marai killed in Kabul on April 30.

He leaves behind six children, including a newborn daughter, AFP said. 

In an essay entitled "When Hope is Gone," written in 2016 -- before the birth of his sixth child -- he acknowledged the danger of living in the city with his young family. "I don't dare to take my children for a walk. I have five and they spend their time cooped up inside the house.

"Every morning as I go to the office and every evening when I return home, all I think of are cars that can be booby-trapped, or of suicide bombers coming out of a crowd. I can't take the risk."

An official briefs journalists at the scene of the blasts in Kabul on Monday.

The site of the explosion was close to NATO's Afghan headquarters, the US embassy and Afghan government buildings, including the Presidential palace, the Defense Ministry and the headquarters of Afghanistan's intelligence services.

US Ambassador John Bass condemned the attack.

"I condemn today's terrible Kabul attack (and) reaffirm our commitment (to) stand with the Afghan people in their fight for peace (and) security across Afghanistan. We mourn for those murdered, including the brave journalists who stand for truth in the face of violence," he wrote on Twitter.

John R. Bass

✔@USAmbKabul

I condemn today’s terrible #KabulAttack & reaffirm our commitment 2 stand w/ the #Afghan people in their fight for peace & security across #Afghanistan.We mourn for those murdered, including the brave journalists who stand for truth in the face of violence:http://ow.ly/ziXp30jK8q8 

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The United States strongly condemns today’s savage bombings in Kabul.  We extend our deepest condolences to the families, friends, and colleagues of all the victims, including a number of brave...

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Spate of attacks

A few hours after the strikes in Kabul, an attack in Kandahar Province killed 11 students at a local religious school. The suicide bomber had targeted a convoy of Romanian soldiers. Five of them were injured in the blast.

No group has yet claimed responsibility.

Afghanistan has witnessed a spate of attacks in recent weeks. Days ago at least six people were killed, including two Afghan soldiers, when a car bomb exploded in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province.

On April 22, a suicide blast killed 57 people -- including at least five children -- and wounded over 100 more at a voter registration center. That attack was preceded by a car bombing in southern Afghanistan in which at least 13 people were killed and 35 others injured.

A relative of a victim cries outside a voter registration center which was attacked by a suicide bomber in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, April 22.

The incident took place outside a sports stadium in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province. A wrestling match was taking place inside the stadium at the time of the attack.

The uptick in violence comes despite reports around six weeks ago that suggested some factions of the Taliban had expressed interested in pursuing peace talks with the Afghan government.

Those reports came on the heels of an Afghan government announcement in February that it would be willing to recognize the Taliban as a legitimate political party as part of a potential ceasefire agreement with the Islamist militant group.

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Bolton says US considering Libya model for North Korean denuclearization

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un (left) and South Korean President Moon Jae-in (right) shake hands over the military demarcation line that divides the demilitarized zone upon meeting for the inter-Korean Summit on Friday.

The White House is looking at Libya as one example of how it will handle potential negotiations with North Korea on dismantling its nuclear program, John Bolton, US President Donald Trump's national security adviser, said Sunday.

But experts say the Libya model is a dangerous one to trot out when discussing North Korea.

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi agreed to abandon his nuclear ambitions in exchange for sanctions relief in the early 2000s. Within years, Gadhafi was overthrown and killed by rebels backed by Washington.

Analysts who study North Korea say Pyongyang often cites Gadhafi's case to show that only nuclear weapons can deter the United States in the long-term to ensure the survival of the Kim Jong Un regime.

Bolton appeared to use the Libya case as an example of how North Korea might develop the trust of international partners, just days after after Kim committed to the "complete denuclearization" of the Korean Peninsula during a historic summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.

"One thing that Libya did that led us to overcome our skepticism was that they allowed American and British observers into all their nuclear related sites. So it wasn't a question of relying on international mechanisms. We saw them in ways we had never seen before," Bolton told CBS News.

Summit preparation

Both US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Bolton are preparing for Trump's upcoming summit with Kim, which the US President said could happen in three to four weeks.

Trump shocked the world last month by accepting an invitation to sit down face-to-face with the North Korean leader after a year of saber-rattling from Washington and Pyongyang.

It's unclear where exactly the two will meet, but Trump suggested Friday the shortlist was down to two to three locations.

Mike Pompeo and John Bolton

Pompeo and Bolton have made it clear that a major factor in determining the success of a Kim-Trump summit -- which would be the first meeting between a sitting US President and a North Korean leader -- will be whether both sides can develop a modicum of trust between each other.

 The secretary of state became the highest ranking US government official to ever meet Kim over Easter weekend, traveling to Pyongyang where the two discussed the upcoming talks, Pompeo said Sunday.

"We have a long history of negotiating with North Korea. Repeatedly, they have taken actions only to find that those promises proved false or unworthy or they were incapable of keeping them," said Pompeo.

"My goal was to try and identify if there was a real opportunity there. I believe there is."

Chinese minister to visit North Korea

Friday's inter-Korean summit was a spectacle filled with pageantry and history-making moments, with Kim becoming the first North Korean leader to travel to South Korean soil since 1953.

Now, the young North Korean leader appears to be moving quickly on the diplomatic front.

Kim will welcome Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi for a visit in the coming days, and the South Korean presidential office said Pyongyang planned to shutter the country's nuclear test site and invite foreign journalists and experts to ensure "transparency" around its closure.

"The United States, though inherently hostile to North Korea, will get to know once our talk begins that I am not the kind of person who will use nuclear weapons against the South or the United States across the Pacific," Kim was quoted as saying by Moon's spokesman Yoon Young-chan on Sunday.

But despite the cautious optimism emanating from Pyongyang, Seoul and Washington, experts say the real work is yet to come.

"As we go from really broad details into more and more definitive outcomes, it's going to be tougher and tougher to keep the whole team on board," said Melissa Hanham, a senior research associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies.

South Korea on Monday began to dismantle speakers along the highly militarized border with North Korea after the two Koreas agreed to stop broadcasting propaganda across the border in Friday's post-summit declaration.

The speakers had been playing on a regular basis since January 2016, when they were turned back on as a response to North Korea's fourth nuclear test.

They were used to broadcast Korean pop music, news and weather forecasts -- snippets of everyday life in the South that are strictly off limits for North Koreans.

Kim and Pompeo

Challenges ahead

Friday's summit ended with Moon and Kim agreeing to the "complete denuclearization" of the Korean Peninsula and the formal end of the Korean War, a conflict that is still technically ongoing as hostilities ended with a truce rather than a treaty.

Moon and Kim's commitments were made in a three-page joint declaration that analysts say has lofty goals but is scant on details.

If negotiations were to reach a phase where North Korea is required to declare weapons, experts say a deal with Pyongyang might be complicated and would see the United States push for invasive mechanisms -- like the continued presence of international monitors inside North Korea -- that Kim may balk at.

"Not only would we be watching their uranium enrichment facility -- the one we know about -- their plutonium reprocessing facility and their reactors that we know about in Yongbyon, we would have to hope that there were no other facilities that we didn't know about that were enriching uranium," said Hanham, the nonproliferation expert.

Then there's the issue of the warheads they've already made, the nuclear weapons that are meant to be fitted atop missiles.

"They're small and can be moved around the country and they can be hidden," said Hanham. "We would have to worry about whether they did or didn't declare all their warheads to us."

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Msanii kutoka label ya WCB, Rayvanny amefunguka na kueleza kuwa kiasi kikubwa alichiwahi kulipwa kutokana na kuandikia wasanii nyimbo ni Sh. milioni moja.

Muimbaji huyo ambaye kwa sasa anafanya vizuri na ngoma‘Unaibiwa’ ameiambia XXL ya Clouds Fm kuwa licha ya kulipwa fedha hizo kazi nyingi zilikuwa halipwi.

“Nilikuwa napewa hela ya kuunga unga wakati mwingine akijisikia ananitoa vizuri lakini nilikuwa sipati hela hiyo. kiwango kikubwa nilipata ni milioni moja” amesema Rayvanny.

Ameendelea kusema kuwa kwa sasa hivi amesitisha kuandika utaratibu huo kwani anaandika ngoma zake ila akiwa studio na wasanii wenzake huwa wanasaidiana.

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Health Benefits of Bananas

The health benefits of bananas include helping with weight loss, reducing obesity, curing intestinal disorders, relieving constipation, and curing conditions like dysentery, anemia, tuberculosis, arthritis, gout, kidney disorders, urinary disorders, menstrual problems, and burns. They are also good for reducing blood pressure, protecting heart health, modifying the metabolism, improving the immune system, reducing the severity of ulcers, ensuring healthy eyes, building strong bones, and detoxifying the body.

The fruit of the banana tree is eaten directly when ripe or as a part of fruit salads, juice, or shakes. Unripe bananas can cause severe indigestion and  should be eaten only in cooked form. Also, bananas are good toppings for breakfast cereals, or as a snack for a quick burst of energy. Bananas have been an important cultural food for many different countries, although the genus of bananas, Musa, is native to South and Southeast Asia. The full scientific name of bananas is Musa acuminata. Now, bananas are grown in more than 100 countries around the world and can also be used to make fiber, banana wine, and even as ornamental decorations.

The banana tree is actually the largest flowering herbaceous plant in the world, and although there are many different varieties exist, they almost all are elongated, slightly curved fruits with a fleshy outer peel that can be easily removed to expose white to yellow flesh. They all grow in clusters near the top of the fruiting plant, and come in a range of colors, including green, red, yellow, purple, and brown (when ripe). The main distinction is between bananas and plantains, and while there are not many differences, plantains are smaller with starchier, denser fruit and is traditionally eaten in Asia and tropical countries. Bananas are more commonly found in Europe and America, and are soft, desert fruits.

The many medicinal benefits of bananas are attributed to its rich vitamin, mineral, and organic compound content. Let’s explore the actual content of what makes bananas such an important, powerful, and beneficial fruit!

Nutritional Value of Bananas

Bananas have been considered one of the healthiest options for fruit consumption for many years due to its impressive nutritional content, which includes vitamins like vitamin C, vitamin B6, riboflavin, folate, pantothenic acid, and niacin, as well as trace amounts of other vitamins. In terms of minerals, bananas deliver a significant amount of potassium, manganese, magnesium, and copper. Bananas are also good sources of dietary fiber  and protein.

Health Benefits of Bananas

The health benefits of banana include the following:

Weight Loss and Obesity: Bananas are useful for weight loss as one banana only has approximately 90 calories. It contains a lot of fiber as well and is easy to digest. Furthermore, it does not contain any fats. Therefore, an overweight person does not have to eat too many calories if their diet contains some bananas, because they also serve to feel very filling. The roughage will also not make the person feel hungry by inhibiting the release of the hunger hormone, ghrelin. This will reduce overeating, keep a person healthy, but also help them naturally lose weight.

Stronger Bones: Bananas are one of the best fruits for guaranteeing strong, healthy bones throughout your life. One of the best reasons for this is the presence of fructooligosaccharide, which is a prebiotic and eventually a probiotic, beneficial bacteria in our digestive tract that boosts the intake of minerals and nutrients by the body. Specifically, bananas are linked to increased absorption of calcium. Some bananas also possess short-chain fatty acids, which humans cannot absorb, but the organism that live in our stomach lining can consume those fatty acids, which increases their ability to absorb minerals like calcium. Calcium is the most important element in the production and regrowth of bone matter in the body, thereby reducing the chances of osteoporosis and natural weakness commonly linked to aging.

Arthritis and Gout: Various compounds inside of bananas are anti-inflammatory in nature, meaning that they can reduce swelling, inflammation, and irritation from various conditions like arthritis and gout. These conditions are very common as people age, or if they have poor diets or unhealthy diets. Therefore, adding a banana a day to your dietary regimen can keep you ache and pain-free for many years.

Weight Gain: At the same time as helping people lose weight, bananas can also be useful for weight gain. When consumed with milk, bananas help to increase a person’s weight rapidly. Milk provides the necessary proteins and bananas provide the sugars. Furthermore, since bananas are easily digested, a weak person can gulp 5-6 bananas in a day apart from the regular meals without giving them indigestion. This leads to an additional 500-600 calories which is quite necessary for weight gain. Since bananas have the ability to provide instant energy, sportsmen eat bananas during breaks during games for an extra surge of energy.

Constipation: Bananas contain significant amounts of dietary fiber and therefore help in smooth bowel movements. Bananas are said to push out stubborn stools and relieve a person from constipation. They also help in treating other intestinal disorders. Fiber is able to bulk up stool and help to stimulate the body’s peristaltic motion, which helps to move bowel movements through the intestinal tract. This can help to reduce unhealthy digestive conditions, as well as colorectal cancer!

Ulcers: For years, bananas have been used as an antacid food to soothe upset stomachs. It actually does far more than that, however, and can suppress acid secretion. The organic compounds in bananas stimulate the activity of the cells in our stomach lining in order to build up a protective barrier against acids. They also contain protease inhibitors, which eliminate the harmful bacteria that have been linked to the development of stomach ulcers!

Kidney Disorders: Bananas have been linked to reducing the danger towards the kidneys from a number of different conditions. Potassium helps to regulate the fluid balance in the body, and that can help ease the strain on the kidneys, and also encouraging urination. This can help to keep toxins from accumulating in the body, and speeding up their release from the body through increased frequency and volume of urination. Furthermore, there are polyphenolic, antioxidant compounds in bananas that positively impact kidney function and the accumulation of toxins, while also stimulating proper functioning of the kidneys.

Eye Health: Bananas, like many other fruits, are packed with antioxidant compounds and carotenoids, as well as a proper mix of minerals that can seriously boost the health of your eyes. Macular degeneration, cataracts, night blindness, and glaucoma have all been shown to decrease with normal intake of bananas and other similar fruits.

Cardiovascular Protection: Bananas represent an important part of overall heart health for a variety of reasons. First of all, bananas are rich sources of potassium, so they reduce blood pressure, since bananas are vasodilators. By relaxing the tension of arteries and veins, the blood can flow more smoothly through the body and oxygenate the various organs of the body to increase their function. This can help eliminate atherosclerosis and the subsequent strokes and heart attacks that are so commonly associated with that condition. The fiber in bananas also scrapes excess cholesterol from the arteries and blood vessels, as a further message of reducing stress on the cardiovascular system.

Piles: Piles is characterized by having difficulty in passing stools that may also lead to bleeding. It is believed that bananas help in treating piles. Some people also consider bananas to cause negative effects on the bowels during piles as it adds a lot of bulk, giving additional pressure on the bowels. However, the primary problem with piles is excretion, and bananas definitely stimulate that process. Bananas also have anti-inflammatory properties, which can help treat piles by reducing the inflammation and associated pain that often leads to itching and a worsening of the condition.

Anemia: Bananas contain high iron content and therefore aid in treating anemia because iron is an essential part of red blood cells, which is why anemia occurs, low blood cell count due to lack of iron. Anemia also has a significant content of copper, which is an important element in the creation of red blood cells. By increasing red blood cell count, not only do you prevent anemia, but you can increase circulation to all parts of the body, thereby oxygenating various parts of the organ and optimizing their functionality.

Menstrual problems: Cooked banana flowers help in providing relief from painful and excessively bleeding during the menstrual cycle as well as other menstrual disorders.

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