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moving closing together, top diplomats from iran and the united states meet for first time since the iranian revolution. and what are we doing to our planet? leading scientists say that they are more sure than ever that humans cause global warming. ♪ but first, we start in egypt, and the protests which are taking place across the country again. the demonstrations have been organized by the anti-coup alliance. it's the first friday since the muslim brotherhood was banned so many protesters would have gathered first at mosques and are now on the streets. well, let's get more from this from our correspondent in cairo, whom we're not naming for security reasons. if you can identify anything
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different from these demonstrations than we have seen before. >> reporter: stephen what we're seeing this friday is very typical of the scenes you get across cairo and egypt every friday. these are demonstrations by the anti-coup alliance. in some cases they are in the hundreds. in some of the larger areas they may get up to 1,000, 1500. so it doesn't look as though there has been any huge reaction to this court ruling that was issued to ban the activities of the muslim brotherhood. >> what reaction do the demonstrators get from people who live in the areas where they are demonstrating? >> reporter: well, that's a really interesting question, because a couple of weeks before we were in the nasa city area. that's an area where a very
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large demonstration is usually held every friday. it gets between 1,000 and 2000 people. you see some people there who support the demonstrators, who are right behind them, who is also on their balconies, waving flags in support. but there are also many people in those areas as well who we spoke to, who said they are fed up with thesal list on a friday; that they are ruining their friday. it's usually the first day of the weekend for people in egypt, but there is a curfew that starts at 7:00 pm, but there are these local demonstrations, and some people wish they would stop >> has there been any reaction to manning of the muslim brotherhood or seizing of its
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assets. >> reporter: so far they have decided not to put any of this in place until they have a decision from a higher court. so far there hasn't been anything to freeze the assets as much or to stop muslim brotherhood activities. and when you speak to people in the group, they are saying it is business as usual for them, that they plan to continue running various charities, different businesses, et cetera, and they say that the muslim brotherhood group has existed for decades. it's being forced underground before, and has always managed to operate and work, and they say that no court rule willing stop that. >> and muslim brotherhood activities, do they go on -- do they continue anyway? >> the interim government pointed out that these anti-coup
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demonstrations will be allowed to continue because they are not organized directly the muslim brotherhood group. that's why we're seeing these people out on the streets today without any interference by the security forces. are were many different charities run by members of the muslim brotherhood group. the muslim brotherhood tries to emphasize they are run by its members and not the organization itself. we visited one this week, and they said because of the crackdown will have a lot of people that are too afraid to go to the center. they are starting to see some impact, but they said that has been happening over the last few weeks as the crackdown has intensified on the muslim brotherhood. >> okay. well thank you very much to our correspondent we're not naming for security reasons for that
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update from the streets of egypt. well, we're going to go to syria now, because a car bomb has exploded north of the capitol of damascus, dozens of people are said to have been killed. bring us up to date, zana with what happened? >> reporter: we are getting reports from activists that there was a car bombing in a town in the northern countryside of damascus. they are reporting up to 30 people killed and scores injured. because the bomb went off as worshippers were leaving the mosque following midday friday prayers. the armed opposition do have a presence in this town, but the town is surrounded by government forces. i have spoken to activistst who
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were in contact with military commanders, and according to them, they are blaming the regime, and they believe that the this is a message that the syrian government is giving them not to open a new front, because that area has been relatively quiet compared to other areas in the damascus suburbs. a number of rebel groups announced they are going to push towards the center of the city capitol. >> i would like to ask you also just very briefly, is what is happening in new york considered a break through in syria, do you think? >> reporter: well, no. when you talk to the people of syria, rebel commanders, the fighters on the ground, they don't believe this was a break through, they think the united states was working in its own interest. they are not thinking about how -- how -- how to help the
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people who are facing daily bombardments, and when it comes to the question of a anying associated settlement, people are quite worried about the opposition, the forces on the ground now do not even recognize the main opposition, so who is going to speak on their behalf, if the warring parties sit on the negotiating table. so a lot of uncertainty for the people of syria, the disarmament of the chemical weapon's stockpile will not change much in their life. >> thank you zeina. iran's foreign minister said u.s. secretary of state john kerry met at the un general assembly. iran says it wants to provide evidence within a year that its nuclear program is not aimed at
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making nuclear weapons. >> we had a constructive meeting, and i think all of us were pleased that foreign minister came and made a presentation to us which was very different in tone and the vision that he held out with respect to the possibilities of the future. >> there have also been words of appeasement from iran's president, hassan rouhani, speaking on the sidelines of the un general assembly, he said the foreign policy wouldn't take an extreme approach. >> translator: we will work on easing and removing tensions in our foreign relations, and strengthening our relationship with our traditional and new partners in all of the regions. we will avoid confrontation and actively pursue our larger
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interest. >> we had a very constructive initial meeting of 5 plus 1 or whatever you want to call it, discussions were very substantive, business like. we hope to be able to make progress. >> so to scandinavia, where scientists are now 95% certain that humans are the cause of global warming. that's according to a new report from the world's top scientists who have been meeting in stockholm. it is the strongest message yet on what may be behind the rise in average global temperatures. we have our correspondent standing by live for us, but first let's go to stockholm,
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which is slightly warmer. the last summit report, you remember, was full of errors. is this one likely to be more credible? >> reporter: stephen i think saying it was full of errors slightly overstates the case -- [overlapping speakers] >> reporter: was also disputed. what they said was given the vast amounts of data, the vast amounts of material in that report, there was actually an awful lot which was consistent, and what this report has done is if anything it has backed up some of those earlier claims, but those criticisms linger, and the doubt lingers. i would like to bring in the chair of the iccp. this time around are we getting a report that is more accurate than the last one? >> well, the last report i thought was a very good report. it has a major impact in
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creating awareness and providing information to the public around the world. but this time we have certainly put in a lot of effort, and there's a lot of new knowledge. we have sited 9,200 pieces of literature. these are all top-rate published works that have been assessed by us, and about two-thirds of these have been published after the last report came out, which was in 2007. we also worked very hard. we have an excellent set of scientists, and we are absolutely sure that this will be a report that will make a difference. >> this time around it seems you have been more confident with those details which you are sure about, and the subject matter, the areas you are less sure about, you have been more cautious on. is that a fair reading of the report. >> there is a progression of
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knowledge from one report to the other. we start prod do you seeing the report first in 1990, and since then we have come a long way. and that's because there is a lot more knowledge and published research that is available now. clearly in those areas where we had a certain position and a certain set of findings. we can now put them forward with a high level of confidence, and is always the case, where we find there is gaps in knowledge, we always state that, and we have done that in those cases where we don't have adequate knowledge to take a very firm and clear position. >> thank you very much for your time. there is an awful lot of detail in this report to pick through. i have certainly spent a few hours trying to get my head around some of the deeper detail of it, it will have an norm ousz amount of impact in the months to come as governments consider
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what they can do to mitigate some of the effects of this changing world. >> indeed, very fast changing world. thank you, terek in stockholm. let's go to the eastern arctic now, daniel, important factors like the melting of frozen arctic soil, which are expected to contribute significantly to global warming have been left out of scientist's calculations, because the size of their impact is still unclear, but there have been visible signs of warming, haven't there, where you are? >> absolutely. we're on the arctic ocean here in northern canada, about 64 degrees north latitude, and i'm not going to say it should be frozen over right now, but it shouldn't be raining the way it is right now. there should be a little snow on
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the ground. scientists are positive that this is the place that climate change is accelerating the fastest. they have seen temperature rises between 2 and 4 degrees celsius. sea ice has been retreating here. the arctic was famously void of sea ice than every before. this year it's the sixth worst on already. they are seeing animals move, the caribou have disappeared from here. one of the things the government is noting, climate change may not be all bad. some are seeing potential benefits. beneath the waters of cumberland
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sound, more fish than ever before. a great first catch for peter on his new trollers maid envoy age. it's a species they just began to catch in recent years. now a longer ice-free season is helping build a commercial fishery, where once people fished onlying for food. >> we went out to test our lines and test new fishing grounds. and i'm glad to say that with the effort of everybody, we did catch quite a bit of turbin in very small amount of time. >> reporter: few machines prepare it for export to east asia. bigger fishing boats, mean dozens of jobs in a place where most are unemployed or work for the government. >> it falls really well into a traditional lifestyle, so if
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people are able to -- to -- to use some skills that they have always had, and apply them to a job, then that's something that will probably be of more long-term benefit. >> reporter: projects like this newly built small craft harbor and this entire fishing pier show the authorities are taking the prospect of fishing seriously. elsewhere commercial fishing has been halted until scientists do more research on one of the least underecosystems on the planet. >> when you don't understand a place you study it, before you start its [ inaudible ] and that's what we should be do. >> reporter: canada has been cutting funds for arctic research, and many of those who live here, want to seize
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whatever opportunities arise from climate change even as they confront its challenges. >> quite rightly you identified the changes in the arctic environment, and many disadvantagesest especially for the traditional hunts. are there advantages to the sea warming up, opportunities opening up? >> reporter: i think -- probably. this is the point that we really don't know enough to say with certainty. but this local government, they have identified climate change through the wisdom of their elders, seem who have seen the seas come and go for generations. the government here is saying that climate change, melting ice, and melting snow on the land may give mining companies more opportunities. whatever you think of mining, it could provide jobs up here.
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the thing to say is really we don't know. scientists are warning it is a bit too early to jump in with both feet. shipping is another opportunity. the northwest passage is wide open now, a danish ship as just gone through for the first time ever a commercial vessel has gone through the arctic, carrying coal, ironically. but we need so much more information before we can actually find out its benefits or challenges. >> that is the crucial point. great, great irony of that ship carrying coal. daniel, thank you very much for joining us, and teret thank you too. the u.s. energy council is now just hours away from a crucial vote on how to deal with
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issue's chemical weapons. >> the un security council after two and a half years of conflict in syria, and more than two weeks of intense diplomacy is now poised to past its first every resolution. the first inspectors mandated to go into the country no later than tuesday of the coming week. the vote, however, is not expected to take place until several hours from now and before that there are several other syria-related events happening here at the united nations and elsewhere. at 20 gmt, the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons in the hague is due to meet and endorse this plan of the security council which it will be their inspectors -- which their inspectors will actually be carrying out. at 22 gmt, the u.s.
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secretary of state john kerry will be meeting with the special envoy for syria, to discuss establishing a peace conference, also referred to as geneva 2. that will also be discussed at 2230 gmt by the permanent five members of the security council. this aims at establishing a political transition for syria, and is also called for. intense diplomacy underway, not only on chemical weapons but a way to chart forward out of the conflict in syria. >> that's an intense diplomacy, which is very different than what is going on as far as syria is concerned. what else is happening at the un? >> reporter: well, there is also much discussion about iran still on the agenda here. we had an historic meeting yesterday with the permanent
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five members of the security council, meeting with the foreign minister of iran, muhammad zarif. more discussions going on today, really focusing on syria and this resolution, which does call for consequences for syria, if they somehow use chemical weapons or make an underauthorized transfer of chemical weapons. but another resolution will be required further in order to impose those consequences. a was a concession to russia. >> thank you very much. the kenya pat has appealed for more help to fight al-shabab. it says it is a political threat
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which must be fought economically and security. >> reporter: this man understands the pain of an al-shabab attack. in one bombing earlier this year, he lost his restaurant, two staff and his nephew. his daughter died in another. the blast that took his business was aimed at a passing government official. the suicide bomber de debt -- detonated explosions outside of the restaurant. >> translator: in nairobi they are punishing kenyans for killing somalians, but what did he do to deserve to be punished. >> reporter: this man showed me the second-hand barriers around his office that they hope will fend off would be attackers.
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>> this is a religious war. it's not a military war. then we need qualified, well-trained individuals, and i think we don't have that intelligence, extremists and professionals, we don't have that. >> reporter: sympathy for the victims runs deep here. you don't have to go far to find people who complain of what they say is al-shabab hypocrisy. in the shade of the city's ruined cathedral, this family waits for their food. they fled here a year and a half ago after al-shabab refused to let assistance in. >> translator: i feel really bad for them. we expect it hear because we don't have a good government
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that can protects. but there they do have a proper government. i never thought it would happen to them. >> reporter: so this city feels nairobi's pain, but it has also learned difficult lessons that the mayor believes kenya would do well to heed. let's change continents, tone and story, and go to the weather and everton. >> steven, yes, we'll start with the united states, where it has been a rather stormy area. this area around the rockies has been producing a little bit of snow. it could see maybe another $0.50 meters. this pretty active area here, making its way into canada and the pacific northwest will produce wet and windy weather over the next day or so, as far as our area snow across the
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mountain states is concerned that will make its way further east with rain. around the midwest and stretching down into western parts of texas. that wet weather will slowly make its way further east where winnipeg will drop to around 23 on sunday. in texas we can do with the rain here, much of texas will see some lively showers over the next day or so. more rough weather coming in up here right through the weekend, but further south not bad in l.a., steven, only about 29. >> everton, thank you. earlier we reported on the meeting between the u.s. secretary of state and the iran foreign minister. >> reporter: messages of peace
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at the un, and a lot of deliberation back at home. iranian hard liners don't trust the united states, and don't think president hassan rouhani should either, but they are supporting his diplomatic efforts at the general assembly. >> translator: the iranian nation has always been oppressed by the u.s. and arrogant nations. the strong and logical speech of the president was based on this, and i hope god help rouhani and his government. >> reporter: but at this mosque, there are those that say iran will not benefit from these talks. >> translator: in my opinion i don't think relations with the u.s. is a good idea. whenever a problem or war has occurred it has been because of the u.s. and israel, and i don't think iran benefits it from. >> translator: if the
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[ inaudible ] authorities also agree to have friendly relations with the us. it is very good and we will both benefit. but during the last few years the u.s. has not shown kindness to iran nor any other country. >> reporter: john kerry met his iranian counterpart at the un. the talks including iran and the six nations handling its nuclear relations were positive for those that were there. but that is not the case here. hassan rouhani is playing it very carefully. he wants to appease the international community and rid iran of external pressures, but he also has to face the opinions of the people. most iranians do want better relations with the rest of the world, including the united states. but some won't be moved, and for hard linerers there is little
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anti-coup alliance with taking place in several cities across egypt. a court ordered the banning of muslim brotherhood activities and ordered the seizure of its assets last week. a car bomb has gone off outside of damascus, and dozens are said to have been killed. iran and the u.s. have held the highest level talks. iran talked about months that the nuclear program is there not to make nuclear weapons. let's go back to egypt, and wafner is on the line. he is in cairo, i suspect, and he is one of the demonstrators, perhaps. can you tell us who you are and what you are doing there.
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>> okay. i'm part of the anti-coup alliance women -- i'm a woman, yeah [ inaudible ]. and we are in [ inaudible ] now. we have a big demonstration from the mosque, and it's now at the beginning of [ inaudible ] street, and it's a beginning is at the beginning of the street and ends at the end of the street, it's a very, very big rally. we have [ inaudible ] every day, and on friday [ inaudible ] and each friday they [ inaudible ] what is noteworthy today is the number of youths in the demonstrations today. we have got the primary school, elementary, pep -- preparetory
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schools who have taken this to their hearts. it beminds us of the 1990 revolution, when students went to the streets. and this has given a lot to the demonstration. >> and what do you hope to achieve today? >> the demonstration from the beginning has had two goals. one of them is to educate and to reach the message out to all egyptians, that these demonstrations are for freedom. they are the continuation of the 25th revolution, and to prove they have nothing to do with the [ inaudible ] they are peaceful. the second one is to buckle down the [ inaudible ] because this is a military regime, and the
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students told their parents they want a free civil society. they want the ability to have a future, and under the m administrator regime, there is unemployment, and [ inaudible ], and these people come and rule for their own interest. they want to gain as much of [ inaudible ] from power and money, and so egypt goes. and the people of egypt cannot tolerate this anymore after the 25th revolution. >> all right. indeed a protester from nasa city. thanks for joining us. let's talk more about egypt, we have an assistant professor of history in cutta. today do they hope to achieve
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from the anti-coup alliance? >> i think we're seeing a continuation of the fact there is a significant population that is accepting to accept the july 3rd coup that overthrow president mohammed morsi, and now is trying to implement a return back to the old regime. we have seen of course the repression, the campaign of violence against the muslim brotherhood in the streets. and of course many of the court cases that are now determined to ban all of the group's activities, and dissolve the muslim brotherhood as an organization in egypt. this is being seen as a sign of things to come in the way that anybody civilization will be repressed in egypt. >> apart from the muslim brotherhood who is in the alliance? >> there has been a growth in
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members from people who are not necessarily in the muslim brotherhood. given the fact that the muslim brotherhood leadership has certainly all been for the most part imprisoned or is on the run. we're seeing it among the youth and student movement. egyptian schools resumed their courses, and as a result we have seen a wider array of protesters coming out from the student movement within the primary, secondary, and university systems in egypt, a number of students many of whom have now resisted the call to essentially endorse the coup. for instance, they refuse to sing songs in support of sisi. >> what is your estimate on this? >> there hasn't been a good representation of numbers, but
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there is support on both sides. i think now we're seeing much bigger numbers that are slowly growing in terms of the number of these protests, they are actually quite scattered across egypt, and this has been a big decision to not concentrate the protests in up with or two locations, and instead scatters them throughout the cities. it is growing in the people who supported morsi originally, but they are being far less represented, far less inclusive, and certainly taking on the tactics of the old regime in terms of the violent opposition, and this is serving as a wake-up call to larger sections of the egyptian society. >> thank you very much for joining us. well, we're going to move to syria again, because we're
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hearing opposition groups are trying to break an army blockade in damascus. a number of areas have been cut off by assad's forces. and aid agencies are warning of the risks of starvation. >> translator: all of this man wants is to find food for his children. relief organizations say more than 4 million syrians, more than half of them children, do not have enough to eat. there is a humanitarian crisis in many regions, but it is particularly dire in the suburbs of damascus. the opposition controlled side of the capitol has been under siege by forces for almost a year. people there say children are malnourished as food is increasingly hard to find.
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>> translator: dying is better than living this life of hue millation. there is no food. there is nothing to eat. you are having to endure heavy bombardment, and on top of that we are dying of hungry. >> reporter: the suburbs are also the site of the august 21st chemical attack that a un report included the use of the nerve agent sarin. but aid agencies say they have not had access to these areas. government forces have been trying to retake the suburbs and push out the rebels. they have managed to stop their advances in some strategic districts that are now effectively blockaded, but the rebelian around the capitol has still on not been defeated. they have been able to maintain their defenses in some areas,
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but their main supply roots were cut off by the army a few months ago. nevertheless they announced a few offensive to try to break the block aid. >> translator: we agreed to set up a point operational come planned. we call on our brothers in the opposition to join us to achieve this goal. we want to end this block aid. >> reporter: but activists of people who live in these areas have little hope a new assault would end their suffering. they want food and medical sup place to reach them, so that they can stay alive. aid agencies are pushing for all parties can reach a ceasefire so they can prevent the risk of what they are warning could be mass starvation. >> let's look at a bigger picture, and talk to a member of the opposition syrian national council. the headline is the un agree a
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deal to force syria to hand over weapons, but of course the detail is the most important below the headline, and that is can the u.s. and russia agree on the detail? >> well, like you said, the devil is in the details. but i don't have the exact text of the resolution, it's not good, and it is not encouraging. people are frustrated inside of syria, because number 1, it doesn't mention chapter 7 of the un -- >> remind us what that means. >> chapter 7 means -- >> the use of force -- >> well, using all means including force. so it has some teeth in it, and the americans looks like they compromise with the russians that they put a text that says forces syria, legally to give up their arsenal of chemical weapons without any mention of that chapter 7.
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>> because that was disputed at the time, i remember. lavrov and kerry talking about that. >> exactly. and lavrov did not want to have any language that may have any possibility of using force against syria. so here it's kind of -- very vague when it says forces syria legally. well what if they don't abide? what are the consequences? beside it leaves two important thanks, if i may. one is what about punishing those who perpetrated the massacre on august 21st? it doesn't mention that. there are 1400 people killed by a chemical attack on august 21st. >> but isn't that another agency that takes care of -- of that, of the people who died? should that be in the rez elusion?
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>> the agency -- another agency should determine who used the chemicals. because we know that -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> -- syria at the moment, right? >> right. they will be arriving on tuesday. but there's no doubt that chemical weapons including the sarin gas was used in syria, we question is who used those weapons. >> and as president assad said, the rebelled used the weapons. >> correct. and we want an independent party, somebody who is neutral, who is expert to decide who used them, and we want some punishment, and i'm here, yes, representing the opposition, but whoever used those chemical weapons we want to be punished. point number 2, which is more important, how about killing civilians with other conventi conventional weapons? that has not been aggressed by
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the american-russian agreement, unfortunately. >> as you said at the beginning, and i said too, the devil is in the details. thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. in pakistan 359 people have died in an earthquake that hit this week. hundreds are injured, thousands have been made homeless. it is difficult to get aid to victims because many of the roads are impossible. they say it is likely to be a week before aid gets through. here is the latest from the district. >> reporter: 72 hours after that massive earthquake, the military is finally beginning to reach the more remote regions of our district, where the catastrophe is quite substantial. people of the mud houses are collapsed. there is no food. and the military has been ordered that it should take
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those sup place as soon as possible, even though this is an insurgency ridden province. but they are interacting with the local population. getting the essential supplies to them where they are needed most. most of the people have been seeking are protection under [ inaudible ] and they have no water. whatever little help is coming through is welcome, but the challenges are great. this is the biggest province in the country, and therefore, logistically it is also a nightmare. further north a remote controlled bomb on a bus has exploded killing at least 19 civil servants. there has been no immediate claim of who did it. sunday a double suicide.coming at a church in the area killed 82 people. the company running the troubled fukushima nuclear pant
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in japan -- the government says it is safe to reopen. radiation has been leaking from the power plant since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. vie lain ka's president is preventing her country. her report criticized the government for failing to investigate occasions of war crimes. >> people of sri lanka think she
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wrote it before she came here. so i menninged that. but when she met me, she didn't say anything. >> she says that some of your ministers have been making falsehoods about her, including one of your brothers. >> you must remember. this is a democracy country. democracy is there. they can say anything. i have a cabinet of 58 people. so all of this [ inaudible ], you know, the muslim -- so we have all of these people in the cabinet, so they are all working together. i have to manage them. they hold their own political views, their own ideas about various things. so they express it. >> you can watch the full interview on "talk to al
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lengthy process in florence. they had been criticized for the sport's inability to control doping. he said . . . wellings has covered the story and scandal and joining us live now from london. lee, there were scenes before the [ inaudible ] and talk us through that. >> yes, it was an absolute farce i'm afraid in florence for hours just as cycling needed to try to remain credibility. it looked for while like an election wouldn't even take place, because the president for eight years didn't have an
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official nomination. he had to in the end claim that he had backing of thailand. there was disputed. in the end it was pretty much brian cookson saying i have had enough with us. let's just have an election. and they did. who knows what would have happened if pat mcquaid would have won it. but cookson won it in the end. and finally we had a proper election, and the uci has spoken. >> we know in the years under pat, the sport's image has taken quite battling. can the sport now finally restore its reputation, and is cookson the man to take it forward. >> this was seen as an
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absolutely critical day for cycling. i look at the tour de france, there were allegations and claims being made against them. why? because people don't trust cycling. they don't trust what they see in the tour de france. people have lost all of their trust in cycling, and it's up to brian cookson to try to rebuild that trust, and to realize the lance armstrong affair, and two decades of doping properly came out last year, it is time to move forward and reclaim cycling. and he is under no illusion, and says he hard work starts out in. >> there is a special section on this on our website, aljazeera.com/sport. now [ inaudible ] and his
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father have appeared in court under allegations of tax evasion. the four-time world [ inaudible ] for half an hour, and the judge will now decide if the case needs to go to trial. both men deny the charges, and since june a payment of 6.6 million has been made in back taxes and interest. [ inaudible ] real madrid -- rather real -- with the goal after just 40 seconds. jonathan added a second in the 67th minute, and they pulled one back later on, they finished 2-1. stan crumbky has given arson
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vaininger. >> honestly i would to be here forever because that would mean i would be immoral, but i'm not naive enough to believe that. so as long as i'm here to give the best for this club, because i love this club of course. >> now just fine months away from the football world cup in brazil. but hooliganism seems to growing in south america. the mayor had to call off two matches after some were killed after violence. >> translator: the symbol of another football death in [ inaudible ]. the mayor and heads of the city
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teams gathered in this bus station where days before hooligans killed a 19-year-old boy, his sin being a rival supporter and wearing the team's jersey. >> we need new policies that can guarantee that not only football fans but also the entire city can coexist in peace. >> reporter: this was just one of three killings. a wave of prematch violence that has posted the mayor to postpone the game. >> reporter: columbia's football has a long history of violence. in 1989 the entire first division tournament was canceled after the killing of a referee. strict security measure have had greatly reduced violence inside the stadiums but not outside.
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>> translator: since i started coming to the stadium, my mother begs me not to wear the jersey or at least zip the jacket up to hide it. you never know what crazy armed guy you might bump into. >> translator: we have scum, i'm sorry to say. >> reporter: [ inaudible ] has been studying hooliganism for decades. the asked him to advise >> translator: restrictive policy that has been successful in richer countries, like raising ticket prices or preventing people from entering the stadiums will not work here. we need to solve our program through education.
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>> reporter: the government says if there are more incidents, they might decide to shut down the league. the new york yankees bid farewell to one of major league baseball's most famed pitchers. mariano got a rapturous ovation. after 19 years service, the rays went on to win 4-0. >> it was amazing. it was amazing. a great, great night. i mean, we lost, i don't know how i would be saying that, but -- besides it was a great night. >> thank you very much. lots more to come of course, the latest from those street protests in cairo. that's coming up at the top of
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you are watching al jazeera, america. i'm richelle carey. here are some of the stories we're following. the unsecurity council could vote on a plan to allow syria to get rid of its chemical weapons. if syria does not comply, the council would need to adopt a second resolution. secretary of state john kerry had what he said was an effective discussion with iran about their nuclear
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