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Welcome our viewers worldwide. 4

I'm Coral Jesus. 5

At the CNN Center last week, U. 6

S President Donald Trump said he'd sign a proclamation recognizing a territory called the Golan Heights as being part of Israel. 7

Yesterday, he did it with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu standing next to him, the American leader put pen to paper during a ceremony at the White House. 8

Here's why. 9

This is significant and controversial. 10

The Golan Heights is a rocky plateau in the Middle East. 11

It was part of southwestern Syria in 1967 But during the six day war, which was fought that year, Israel captured large amounts of territory from the neighboring countries of Egypt, Jordan and Syria. 12

The Golan Heights was part of that land here in the Golan Heights, where there's years of evidence of fighting between Israel and Syria. 13

Israeli forces seize this mountainous territory from Syria in 1967 during the Six day War, and since then it's been considered occupied territory by the international community and the United Nations Security Council. 14

Israel annexed Golan in 1981. 15

But no country in the world would ever recognize that annexation until now, U. 16

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President Donald Trump overturning decades of U. 18

S foreign policy, breaking the international consensus and saying it's time to recognize Israeli sovereignty year because of its strategic significance. 19

Anyone positioned here has a great vantage point from which to look into southern Syria on one side and northern Israel on the other. 20

So Israel considers the Golan Heights part of its country, and it has settlements there, with thousands of Jewish Israelis sharing the land with other groups of people. 21

President Trump said the U. 22

S proclamation to recognized Golden as part of Israel should have taken place decades ago. 23

Several other countries disagreed. 24

They don't think the Golan Heights should be recognized as part of Israel. 25

The European Union is among them, and the government of Syria called the U. 26

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Proclamation a violation of international standards and said the Golan Heights was and would remain Arab and Syrian. 28

The signing ceremony was held weeks before an election in Israel, and it was expected to help the incumbent leader. 29

Prime Minister Netanyahu shortened his trip to the US, though after a rocket was fired from the Palestinian territory of Gaza Monday morning, it hit a house in central Israel, injuring seven civilians. 30

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The Israeli military said it would strike targets in Gaza that belonged to the terrorist group that was responsible. 32

All this came as another example of tensions in a historically conflicted region moving south from the Middle East. 33

We're taking you to the African nation of Mozambique, where international aid workers say the destruction from Cyclone e Day is worse than they imagined. 34

The Category two storm that made landfall on March 14th wasn't the strongest to hit Mozambique, but it came after heavy rains had already soaked and flooded parts of the region, and UNICEF says 1.7 million people across Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe were affected. 35

Some of the flooding can be seen from space. 36

Survivors say many people are still trapped in their homes. 37

Rescuers say they still can't get to some areas, and the hundreds of people are known to have died in the catastrophe. 38

Some experts say the final toll could be more than 1000. 39

Officials are calling for the Mozambican government in other countries to step up rescue and recovery efforts. 40

12th trivia. 41

What country is the world's largest producer of oil? 42

United States, Saudi Arabia, Russia or Canada? 43

He's in the top four in order. 44

With the United States having surpassed every other nation in oil production, US still relies on other countries for certain types of oil. 45

So even though America is the world's biggest producer overall, the production by other nations especially those in an oil producing organization named OPEC, can still have an effect on crude oil prices. 46

And that's the single biggest factor in gasoline prices in the U. 47

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Though they stalled a bit this week, they've been rising since January, And OPEC is part of the reason why OPEC is often accused of artificially boosting oil prices and ripping off consumers. 49

Reality OPEC isn't as powerful as it used to be for two main reasons. 50

First, the fracking revolution in the US over the last decade has made America much less reliant on its product. 51

And second, Saudi Arabia hasn't been able to effectively control the other OPEC members. 52

OPEC stands for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. 53

Its members control about 40% of the world's oil supply, and they're supposed to work together to decide how much oil to produce its simple supply and demand to raise the price of oil. 54

OPEC members simply agree to produce less to lower the price they produce more. 55

But it doesn't always work out like that. 56

At least not anymore. 57

Open game. 58

Its reputation to control global oil markets in the 1973 oil crisis basically because some of the members of OPEC put an embargo on the United States wth e sudden cut off of oil from the Middle East turned the serious energy shortages we expected this winter into a major energy crisis. 59

But along the way, OPEC countries basically stopped listening to the group's de facto leader, Saudi Arabia. 60

The Gulf nation would set the oil production goals for the other members, but the other countries didn't always comply. 61

If the other members joined Saudi Arabia and actually stuck to their production quarters, they could change the price of global oil, but quite a bit. 62

But the problem is that other members of OPEC have the incentive to cheat because they're producing considerably less and at the margin they need the money a lot more than Saudi Arabia. 63

OPEC's power had been slipping for decades. 64

Then came America's fracking revolution. 65

Before 2008 the United States imported most of its crude, but technological innovation allowed US companies to tap into vast shale oil reserves. 66

Last year, the United States became the largest producer of crude oil of the world, edging out both Russia and Saudi Arabia. 67

So there's no doubt that Shell has reshaped the global energy landscape. 68

But American can't live on shell alone. 69

Shale is very light on American refineries require that really light shell to be mixed with heavy crude, which is often found with open. 70

So don't count. 71

Oh, peg out completely. 72

It may not wield the same power as the 19 seventies, but it still plays a role. 73

The Northern Lights, a k a. 74

Aurora borealis, are commonly seen in the Arctic Circle. 75

Think Alaska, Canada, Iceland and Norway. 76

They're not usually seen as far south as a U. 77

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State of Iowa. 79

But because of solar storm was hurtling toward Earth last weekend. 80

Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration thought that maybe, just maybe, some states in the Lower 48 would also see the northern lights. 81

Will they? 82

Didn't, researchers say, the storm didn't make enough of a direct hit to bring the northern lights farther self. 83

But when geomagnetic storms from the sun do smack into the earth's atmosphere, described is one of Earth's greatest light shows, An Aurora is one of the most fascinating and beautiful, naturally occurring phenomena. 84

You might know it as the northern lights, but it's technically called the award Bori Alice in the Northern Hemisphere in the Aurora, Australia's or Southern Lights in the Southern Hemisphere. 85

This phenomenon occurs above the magnetic poles in the northern and southern hemispheres they form when gases particles in the Earth's atmosphere collide with charged particles released from the sun, Electrons and protons from the sun are blown toward the earth by the solar wind. 86

As these air carried towards Earth, most of them are deflected by Earth's magnetic field. 87

However, the magnetic field is weaker at the polls, allowing some of the particles to funnel into the earth's atmosphere. 88

The vibrant colors produced are determined by the type of gases that are colliding. 89

The result is a brilliant display of the common green and yellow, less common blue and violet, even rare reds painting the night sky in ribbons, arcs or shooting raise oxygen produces green and red light, while nitrogen gives off blue and purple. 90

The bus time of year to view the light show is during the winter months, when the nights are longer under a cloud free sky away from light pollution. 91

It's not always a good thing when someone calls you honey bear. 92

It could mean there's been a theft. 93

The evidence beehives at Pennsylvania's Susquehanna University were recently found toppled and slumbered on. 94

There were no witnesses, but there is a suspect. 95

And here is the Awesome Wanted sketch. 96

While the Pennsylvania Game Commission is trying to trap the perpetrator with doughnuts, electric fencing has been put up around the remaining beehives, so the thief may strike again. 97

But can he bear the shock? 98

It would be hired him to take flight Honey comb a different place for food. 99

Of course, he could always brewed around the yard in search of another colony. 100

But before the insects were to drone on about one, they'd say it's none of his beeswax.