Western Sahara

They are kind of an energy type being that prefer taking the bodies of humans and dolphins that are from Sirius B.

The Dogon tribe of Western Sahara, they've known about this for thousands of years.

So obviously it goes on and on.

But the gnomos is what some would call the merpeople, potentially.

They are kind of an energy type being that prefer taking the bodies of humans and dolphins that are from series B.

The Dogon tribe of Western Sahara, they've known about this for thousands of years.

So obviously it goes on and on.

But the gnomos is what some would call the merpeople, potentially.

China upgrades the country's free trade arrangement with Peru and Switzerland.

The UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara ends after 35 years.

And over there in Poland, bitter stats between the country's Prime Minister and President erupts.

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I'm Ding Hen in Beijing.

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara has ended after the UN Security Council failed to renew its mandate amid a standoff between the United States and Russia.

Russia has vetoed a U.S.-drafted resolution that would have made Morocco's autonomy plan the basis for negotiations and change the mission's mandate, while a Russian-drafted resolution for a straightforward one-year renewal was rejected by the United States.

And they're in the middle of a big row at the moment over the appointment of judges and big constitutional standoff where the judges have the wigs off.

massive protests lads fighting and the whole lot so massive constitutional crisis there in poland a case of chickens coming home to roost but you also mentioned morocco and i want to maybe end on this one because the u.n general assembly also dealt with western sahara what a sickening and the u.n mandate the peacekeeping mandate in Western Sahara is coming to an end.

What an absolute indictment of the UN.

We've been to Western Sahara.

We need to do a proper program on this.

The people in Western Sahara were out protesting during the week, but the Americans, in a disgusting move, moved to wind up the peacekeeping mission, but under terms which would mean that the only resolution of the conflict there would be on Morocco's terms.

That didn't get passed.

The Russians blocked it.

Because Mali, the north of Mali, also connects to the south of Algeria.

And you could extend it all the way to Mauritania and Western Sahara.

That region has its own insurgent dynamics around the national aspirations of the Tuareg people.

They are not really Islamists, but they have their own.

The White House said that the U.S. First Lady, Melania Trump, helped to broker the limited truce, which began early Tuesday and was expected to end on Sunday evening.

UN ends mission in Western Sahara.

The UN's long-running peacekeeping mission for the disputed Western Sahara ceased Operation Sunday after 35 years as a result of the U.S.-Russia standoff at UN headquarters over the territory's future.

Rich in minerals and fisheries, Western Sahara is a vast desert territory roughly the size of Colorado.

along Africa's northwestern Atlantic coast.

Once ruled by Spain, it is claimed by both Morocco and the pro-independence Malaysian Front.

Have they lined up the boats before he came in? We'll only know when the straw poll is held.

What I can say is that also on Friday, the Western Sahara mission, they're doing very little for a long time, but upholding the idea that there should be a referendum on independence, there was a veto.

Russia vetoed it.

China, Pakistan, and Somalia abstained.

Trump said the two sides have the concept of a very good deal.

Western Sahara After a standoff between the US and Russia in the UN Security Council, the 35-year UN peacekeeping mission in the non-self-governing African territory of Western Sahara ended Saturday.

Russia, on Friday, vetoed a US-drafted resolution that would have backed Morocco's claim to sovereignty over the disputed territory, and a rival Russian resolution to extend the mission failed to win enough support.

Germany Authorities in the German state of Hesse say more than 100 police officers were injured and 54 people were detained when rioting and looting broke out in Frankfurt on Saturday night following largely peaceful youth-led protests across Germany over living costs and education.