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this is al jazeera ♪ this is the al jazeera news hour and a warm well for for me, david foster and this is coming up, in the next 60 minutes, thousands look for help in south sue dan after an attempted coup and an operation to hunt down the former vice president. and north korea is marking the death of jung-ill while his son increases his grip on power. >> three years on from the event
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that sparked the revolution. >> reporter: are they doing us more harm than good? the makers of antibacterial soap, they want them to come clean. i have sport and the crickets have a crushing victory over england in the third test. ♪ the fighting continues in the south sudeeneze capitol after a day after a failed coup and 26 killed and 130 said to be wound this the violence so far. there is still confusion over whether the man reportedly behind the coup attempt has been arrested. former deputy president mashiar was dismissed from his post in july and says he wants to run
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for president and let's go to the capitol in kenya in nirobie and does it seem like the coup is still going on or an attempt to topple the president is still going on? >> an important thing to keep in mind, david, that up until now there has been very little clarity of exactly what went down on monday if it was an attempted coup or a sudden outbreak of violence between the rival of proand antigovernment solders within southern sudan and heard one story of someone who accused the long-time arch rival of being behind that. up until now we have not heard at all from the other side, the whereabouts of the former vice president remains unknown,
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although we understand he is now being officially stopped by the government. the foreign minister had told the associated press agency that at least five politicians with links to the alleged attempted coup have been rounded up and more are being hunted down including the former vice president, something of course that will likely escalate the tension. >> what you are hearing out of duba is it clear at the moment who is still fighting who? >> once again there is no clear image. we have spoken in the past hour to humanitarian workers who are saying they have been confined within their compounds and unable to get a clear image of exactly who is fighting whom, the government is trying to send an image of ability or control asking people to go about with their business as usual and one humanitarian worker we spoke to
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told us they don't feel comfortable with that as sesm - assessment and guidance and coming up, with assessment and confirming thousands of people are huddled in u.n. compounds and don't feel comfortable going out and unable to assess people's needs, david. >> thank you very much there in nirobie and going to duba and fleeing homes and leaving anything they have as fighting began and continuing through the night. all u.n. compounds we understand in lock down and a nighttime cure few there. and he is the u.n. humanitarian in charge of a large part of the u.n.'s mission there. you are on the phone, i know it's difficult to get lines out of duba so thank you very much indeed. first of all what is the position from where you are? >> i think from a humanitarian
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perspective our chief concern is the safety and the welfare of the population of duba, this is a city that has several hundred thousand people in it and, you know, it's the capitol of the world's youngest country and unfortunately as we have just heard there is some violence which is still ongoing in the capitol and it's very, very difficult for the people of this city. we have about 13,000 people who are in our two bases here in duba, mostly women and children, of course, and they have sought safe haven and refuge and have been able to provide that with water and blankets and it's quite an heroing situation and it's a real call to come at this difficult time. >> reporter: are you having to turn people away? >> well, somewhat surprisingly
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the number of people didn't increase this morning until now. we had anticipated that it might but it hasn't. no, we have not had to turn people away but i think that if things continue as they did this morning it's entirely possible we will get more people as the day goes on and certainly as night falls. >> reporter: toby i guess and you may not be getting straight answers you are trying to get in touch with authorities in duba, what are they telling you about the situation? >> well, obviously there are many of us working all possible channels and if it's on the ground in duba but i know they are key leaders in the region and people far afield in the most relevant people's relations with south sudan's leadership and what we are hearing is that
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sit tight, be patient, the situation is increasingly under control. key installations have been brought under full control and i think there is an expectation that the violence will not continue. it is rather difficult to take that sort of information for me on board if you are a woman or a child who is in a neighborhood which has seen quite some strife during the past 24 hours and so really our point and i think humanitarian coordinator, i just want to reiterate all the other calls to come regarding hostilities and restoration of law an order. >> reporter: final point, toby, we understand the airport was shutdown at least for sometime and do you know if that is the case or whether it has now
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reopened? >> the united nations is not using the airport at the moment and unaware of anybody who might be. and obviously that is going to be an important factor for the restoration of normality here so we will see how things pan out in the coming hours. >> we thank you very much indeed, that is toby lanza and works for duba and reporting on the situation and 13,000 people so far in u.n. compounds. other news, thousands of people have been to a memorial service in north korea to mark two years since the death of their leader kim jong-il and this is after his son ordered the execution of his uncle. he was believes to be the second most powerful man in north korea and harry faucet takes a look at what is happening. >> these men and women know the
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price about kim jung-il and described to the uncle ahead of his execution and this was a memorial on the second anniversary of his death and also an opportunity publically to close ranks around his son after the unprecedented resolution of discord at the very top and the most influential senior ally rallied the troops. >> translator: we know other except kim jung-un and we will reveer and follow only the dear supreme leader. >> reporter: his grip on power strengthened by a ruthless perjury and also being questioned by a south korean government warning of security implications and trouble at the top in peong-yang. >> translator: competition for showing loyalty could lead to possibility of provocation and therefore we consider it's highly likely the north could
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make threats early next year. >> and kim jung-un has been busy with nuclear tests and rhetoric and accelerated program of installing his own appointees in positions of power and he is humiliating and executing his uncle. >> what is happening at the top of the question, questions of course which won't be highlighted in public by privately north koreans will be skeptical about the change. >> reporter: he was accompanied by his wife at the moseleum that houses their grandfather's body but does that necessarily strengthen kim's position? >> they see themselves as cornered. it means they might take some steps which would not be considered a few years ago like staging a coup and staging
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conspiracy to the region. >> north koreans have seen a public demonstration of the ruthlessness and power and the world will watch as the long-term effects of a few days in december play themselves out, harry faucet al jazeera seoul. >> they are increasing the budget by 5% and spend $250 billion on improving defenses and the money will go on drones, sub marines and fighter jets part of the plan to increase the defenses around remote islands. there is currently a dispute on territory in the east china sea. >> taking into consideration the situation and the case of north korean missiles or tension in east china sea we believe we have shown opposition, safety and security environment is changing. japan needs to talk about this head on rather than having security policy effected by the
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regional environment as it has been. >> secretary of state john kerri is in the philippines showing his support for a long-time ally of the united states. he is there to strengthen military and economic ties. on wednesday he will go to taclaba, the last hit area after last month's typhoon and looking at recovery efforts there. a number of people killed in suicide and car bomb attacks on monday reached 92, more than 100 others were hurt and the most serious attack is in the northern city of bejing with explosives strapped to their bodies took over a police station. several hurt in an explosion in lebanon valley, and a car bomb exploded by a check point passing through a village. the international organization given the job of dismantling chemical weapons in syria and later on plans to outline how it
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will get them out of the country, a report by the opcw is also expected to identify who will be overseeing the destruction of the chemicals. as part of an international agreement syria is due to hand over chemical agents used to make poisonous gas. in syria activists in alepo said 17 were killed when they carried out air raids on rebel held parts of the city and some died and others hurt. rebel fighters say the regime forces have been dropping barrels of explosives on neighborhoods as part of the latest bombing campaign. thousands of people are getting together for so called day of rain. exactly three years to the day after a street vendor set himself a light, triggering mass protests and revolution which spread across the arab world. there are those who say their lives are still miserable and
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that it is still too hard to find work and organizers of the event say the government has broken its promise or promises at least to the people and we are in the city and town where the street vendor set himself on fire. and nobody, three years ago could have foreseen what is going to happen in so many different countries but let's bring it all back to where you are right now. do the people there in any way think they are better off than they were in 2010? >> well, that is a good question. as a nation i think many people in tunesia feel that things are slowly going forward. we heard there is an interim prime minister leading the country to fresh elections in the new year but here and exactly where i'm standing is the place where mohamed did set himself a light three years ago
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and led to massive protests in the capitol and over throw of the president and this is a celebration but here people feel that the government since the 2011 revolution has neglected them and unemployment is almost double the national average and it's a young population here and you may see some of the young steres who gathered for a day of rage and not a celebration. they are very proud that their town featured so prominently across the region but they wants jobs and security and opposition politicians who are popular here were assassinated this year. there were pictures of him on the banners as well as pictures of mohamed and those are the heros here, not the country's political leaders. >> do the people have any sense they have a say in how their lives are run now rather than three years ago when effectively they were under some type of
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dictorial rule, did they feel they were a part of any democratic process? >> certainly people will agree that things have got better in terms of repression. people are not harassed as much as they were by the police and security forces and mohamed was so harassed he went to burning himself and they will tell you there is more freedom of expression but on the economic level things really have not advanced particularly for this region which is very agricultural. people feel there has been a lack of investment neglect by the poll takeses because the main policy that did the best in the first elections after the revolution, the islamic leading party is not popular here and favor more secular parties in general here and a lot of those groups have started what they are calling the day of rage. they do feel they are somewhat outside of events going on in tunis if you like.
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>> reporter: thank you very much indeed and we are in the city where it all began, the arab revolution and we have more coming up, on how the arab world since they started to protest three years ago. it was as we were saying it was kick started with all sorts of events across the region and we will have expert analysis on who are the winners, who are the losers so far a little later in the news hour. well, with ukraine leader about to meet the number and the country is divided and we go to moscow and this is the first major sporting event in over 40 years since violence and we will have the rest of sport in about a half an hour's time. ♪ there is a growing humanitarian crisis in the central african
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republicanic and trying to control fighting between rival malitias and thousands of people getting away from violence by heading to the capitol bongi and others moved out of the town about 300 kilometers to the north of bongi and andrew simmons sent us this report from there. >> another attack, houses burning, this time it's muslim homes. and this time no one is killed. it's feared the attackers are still here though. french solders deployed and go in search of a so called antibalica, christian malitia but have run in the bush. the african peace keeping force is next to arrive and little they can do and nearly everyone living here has fled. this was an african family home and now look at it, it's hardly any surprise the level of fear here, the level of insecurity, the people look to the african peace keeping force but they are
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here too late to do anything about this, the situation gets more critical by the day. and the reason is the cycle of violence is deeply set. the african peace keepers fought bravely to start a massacre days ago but dozens have died in miss trust and a will to seek revenge. >> translator: security should do more to stop this otherwise christian's houses will be set on fire by angry muslims. >> reporter: in the six hour drive from the capitol bongi we encountered some of the people and risen against the mainly muslim alliance which brought down the previous government. >> translator: they are human beings like us, if they had come to live with us in harmony we would have been all right and they turned the guns on us and we died in large numbers. >> reporter: these are former
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fighters in the army of the transitional government and plans to disarm them but their commander says this shouldn't happen to a national army. over the road the african peace keepers keep a weary eye on them and close besides their guns is a makeshift camp for 7,000 muslims living in dark conduction discussions. a short drive down the road and beside the catholic church 36,000 christians are packed in equally appalling conditions. add one more location to this uneasy landscape the french army base and its all a dangerous mix. one with no immediate solution in sight. and we join andrew live who can tell us what is happening for those people, we are at a camp and andrew refugees. >> that's right, david, and throughout the history of the
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central african republic and going beside it is a perpetual emergency and with me to talk further about that is ellen vandervelden from the frontier who is ahead of mission. your experience with this situation at car, you have been on the ground for a number of years, how critical is it now? is it getting any better? >> the situation as we see it today has never been worse and so many people displaced in their many places and definitely around the bush around many villages and through all the places grouped together here and 35,000 people grouped together in the fields and never seen anything like this. >> what are the main issues you have to tackle?
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malaria? >> yes and malaria is the main disease here but every other diseases under the sun and wounded people we are caring for and next people need water and need shelter and food and we are taking care of the resources and water and sanitation part of it. >> so many people are playing into it and carries with it the added killer of malaria and you have great recording of that. >> i have never been in a country where it has been so rampent and people living in make-shift shelters and no mosquito net. >> the c.a.r. has been the forgotten crisis and much is said about support from international community, from you on the ground, what is your assessment? >> i think what you see on the ground is definitely the response, the international response in terms of humanitarian aid and the dust
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falls short and goes for many different organizations which is why we have appealed to all organizations including the u.n. and a very big organization with great people on the ground and wish they would send many more of them. >> thank you very much indeed. and so there you have it, a crisis that needs more assistance, more efforts and indeed more money. andrew we appreciate that thank you very much and thanks to your guests, andrew simmons there. police in turkey detained the sons of three senior politicians as part of a bribery investigation. 18 other people taken into custody during raids in estambul and searched the health bank in the capitol ankra and we are live from estambul and two questions and the first is who are they and how are they
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related to senior politicians? >> well, the three sons of senior cabinet ministers as you mentioned, this fact alone has eyebrows raised right across the country and it's not any old cabinet minister either, it's the son of the minister of the interior, that is to say the man in charge of internal security in turkey, it's the son of the minister of city planning and the environment and it's also the son of the minister of the economy. if i tell you that now there has been no charges laid and these are the tensions, police detentions pending questioning but the subject matter they wish to discuss is bribery as you mentioned in association with state tenders and when i tell you some other arrests are two leading turkey business man with a portfolio of business interest. plus as you mentioned the turkey bank and the general manager of
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the organization and also the mayor of one of the major districts of estambul and as you can see this is not any old corruption investigation, this will be seen as a strike at the heart of the political system and something the government would likely to be very upset about indeed. >> reporter: that is anita reporting from estambul. the president of the ukraine is going to a meeting with putin to deep enthe country's close economic ties. there were hundreds of people lining the streets as he made his way to the airport asking him not to go. they and thousands of other protesters who were in independent square and they want a close economic ties not with moscow but europe and angry with the decision to turn down a trade pack for the european union, foreign ministers are trying to reassure russia.
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okay, we will go to rory in just a moment in kia but first let's talk to peter sharp in moscow. peter, is this a symbolic meeting between the two just to show they are as close as ever or would anything concrete come out of it? >> i think this meeting has been sign posted and expecting concrete things to come out of it and the ukraine president is coming here when his economy is sort of floundering and his currency is down to the lowest in seven years. and they are going through the third recession since 2008. what basically he is looking for is some financial help from russia and a reduction in the price they have to pay for russian gas and also, this is very important, a substantial loan from russia to help avoid any sort of a bail out. the big question now of course is what is russia going to ask
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for this because we understand that the decision to ask the ukraine leader to sign up for the russian-like customs union simply won't be on the table today. it will be a further provocation for the protesters back in kive and not looking to destabilize him, they see him as a leader they can do business with and won't be any customs union today, but what we will be looking for really is what are the russians going to ask for the generosity. >> thanks from moscow and rory and i have been watching the demonstrators and their resolution to stay put day after day and what have been pretty freezing conditions and asked the president not to go and waived banners saying don't go and one imagined he is either on his way or about to take off. but they did have some success. these protesters with the parliament in kiev, didn't they?
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>> well, this is a difficult question. is what happened in the parliament today because of protesters or was there another motive and i will explain what has happened. we were looking forward to a packed day of parliamentary business. we were expecting possibly to have the opposition try and force through a vote of no confidence in the government. we were expecting maybe the cabinet to be resufled itself from the party of region and the president's party to do some reorganization of the government. but actually the parliamentary business only lasted about ten minutes and it was abandon until thursday. there were about a thousand protesters outside of the parliament building trying to block mps from getting in but many mps did show up and what was the real reason for abandoning the session, was it the protest outside or was it maybe the government deciding
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that if there was an opposition push for a no confidence vote for the government in the cards the best way to tackle that would be abandon business for the day. >> murky areas and that is rory in kiev and that is earlier out of moscow and time in the news hour to say hello to richard who has got the world weather starting in china i think. >> yes, that's right, david, we had some exceptional weather and travelers choose to visit this time of year and dry and pleasant but we have seen exceptional weather conditions and heavy rain extending from the south up through and towards china further north. and that is exceptional and expect relatively dry conditions here but look at the situation on hiland people and 158 villages and people affected by
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torrential rain and in the north it has been snowfall and here we had reports of 21 centimeters of snow, the first snowfall of the year. we do expect snow in this region and doesn't come as a great surprise but it was heavy and what was a big surprise was to get snowfall much further south in the sub tropical region of the mountains of vietnam, northwest of hanoy, the first snow seen here in many years and this is the first time many of the people will have seen snow in their lifetime and the weather quieting down and moving away and temperatures remain below average in much of the region. >> richard, thank you, three times the chancellor and merkle sworn in for a third time and leading the biggest economy. plus, a new political force
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punching its weight in india, the party promises to transcend social boundaries and cleanup local government. we have this. >> we get the ashes back and he is special because of the work we got over a long period of time. >> reporter: and we will hear from the captain after his team regains the ashes and details coming up, with joe in sport in about 15. ♪ night with the combatants in their training base.
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♪ this is the news hour with me david foster and these are the top stories, heavy gunfire
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continued overnight in the sudan capital toll after they stopped a coup and they are in compounds after fleeing from their homes. thousands of north koreans have marked the second anniversary of the death of the leader kim jong-il and there was a service in the capitol a few days after the country's new leader kim jong-un ordered the execution of his uncle. thousands of tunesians are out on the streets in what they call a day of rage exactly three years to the day after a street vendor set himself on fire and protesters say their lives are still miserable and that it's difficult to find work. so three years on, it was the start of the arab spring and let's see how it began, the birth place of the revolution
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and there the street vendor mohamed setting himself on fire, losing his life to draw attention to the dire economic hardship in the country, leading to the president ben stepping down in january of 2011. and followed rapidly in egypt where 18 days of demonstrations led to the removal of musbarak and libya up rising in the month and february ex leader gadfai and in the southern city of dara and that leading to a civil war which is still continuing. what happened? let's talk to the director of globe strategy advisory firm based in dubai and looking back and comparing then with now, are there any of these countries which we have mentioned and others as well of course in the
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same areas where people believe they are actually better off? >> well, i think one of the things that might be an unfortunate reality for the last three years is that the arab spring may go the way of an iraq war as an attempt of introducing democracy in the region. there was a hope three years ago and this was a more organic movement and will lead to more lasting and sustainable change but not only has the situation not changed in places like egypt you could say it's restored to its previous status but in many ways has worsened in countries where violence and sectarianism and extremism have taken root and it's an example of a completely dysfunctional and chaotic state. in addition to that many autocrats feel they are the upper hand and if you think about the arab spring
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introducing people power, it seems to have reenforced those in power. >> a topic can you generalize and say where it went wrong with people who wanted to see genuine change? >> well, of course, i mean each country is different but fundamentally one of the qualities of this movement was that it was leaderless and it was widespread, among a large base of people and the lack of specificity, lack of a specific agenda, the lack of a practical organization men that over time these people are not able to consolidate the revolution and in places like egypt and tunis we saw islam people root themselves in the post revolutionary environment and led to further antagonism as other movements were less organized and could not create an entity to compete for the messaging in that post
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revolutionary environment. >> reporter: given the revolutions have not worked and are aware of what happened with popular movements and the chances of it happening again in a different fashion are smaller now than they were three years ago. >> definitely. i think not only are observers or analyst weary of that, the economic conditions have nothing improved and in many cases gotten worse and they see the current systems in place obviously as flawed but these movements, if they were to arise again, seem to lead to chaos for me of these people and that is why so much of the hope lies in tunis to see if there is some type of model of democracy, of people power emerging and can lead to actual results for people in their day-to-day lives and their economic and social conditions. as you see in tunis and it has
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shown, people feel that they have gotten nothing in these three years despite all the protests and demonstrations. >> and we thank you very much indeed for that overview, rather depressing if you happen to be a resident of one of those countries but we thank you anyway. and we are talking from dubai. a political deadlock in new deli means the rule of india's capitol could be transfers to the president and could be the first time in 20 years. political parties are refusing to work together and have done since elections earlier on this month but as we report one new party has become a strong force. >> aap or the common man party is the new force in national politics, supporters gathered to hear their leaders speak and thousands arrived in central deli and shaped the political landscape and recently held elections. promising to cleanup local politics and stamp out
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corruption is something millions of indians want to see, the party hit the right note and captured the public's imagination and support with the promise and he was an it specialist in hong kong and gave up a huge salary to work as a volunteer for the party and like many indians who come home attracts to a movement for change promising to end corruption. >> see the difference between the system that works there and works there. i'm not able to do anything in my country. and i always believe that is not enough and your sisters and brothers living in india and responsibility to solve the problems. >> reporter: that support comes from people of all classes and economic backgrounds, from bankers to teachers, from street food vendors to drivers and a former soldier who fought
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against terrorist attacks in 2008 and has cut through many social barriers and wide media interest. everyone trying to get the best vantage point including the national media, all eager to report on the new political phenomenon. >> translator: volunteers from france, onning con, singapore and more have quit their jobs to join us and why have they come? they don't love the party. they have seen a real hope that india will change. >> reporter: the party evolved from the anticorruption movement and his hunger strikes against politician and bureaucracy hit a cord with millions of indians. and the tax inspector with no political experience or aspirations was inspired. other political parties
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challenge the party to fight for their cause at the ballot box, the party did that and is now the official opposition party in the state capitol. >> success comes quickly to the party and they are listening to what their leaders have to say, knowing the job of governing deli is not done yet. the party said it's quite happy to fight another reason of the state election and in the meantime it also wants to get its message across india for the massive listen at the forthcoming general election, and al jazeera, new deli. >> reporter: politics there and politics in europe, the biggest economy and the german cans ler and merkle will be sworn in and had the job since 2005 and won reelection in september and it took a month to put together a cabinet with coalition partners
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and we are live in berlin and this is not the first time she put together a coalition but will it change what she is able to do, what her priorities are? >> it will change a little bit, david, you are absolutely right. she always had coalition partners but the previous partners in the government that has just left office if you like with free democrats who were a little right of center certainly on economic issues and her new partner the social democrats are to the left of center. so she will be pulled in that direction. there is no doubt about it. and the social democrats were able to win some important policy concessions in the negotiations that went into forming this coalition and introducing a minimum wage and extending pension rights in particular. and there are people within merkle's christian democrat party who worry it will reduce the competitiveness of the german economy. so that tension will be there
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undoubtedly but i don't think that her own authority is in any doubt. she is such a dominant figure here in germany and indeed across the euro zone and the eu as a whole. >> reporter: thank you very much indeed and a little later merkle will get the okay from the german president. thank you very much. it turns out that antibacterial soaps may do more harm than good. the u.s. government health wash dog reported one of the chemicals found in many antibacterial soaps may cause health risks and let's hear what from kimberly. >> for years u.s. manufacturers have advertised to get rid of dangerous germs antibacterial soaps are the answer. but now the u.s. food and drug administration says there is no evidence to backup those claims, even worse it says one key ingredient triclosan found in
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the soles may even be dangerous. only after an environmental group accused the fda of delaying action on triclosan in a lawsuit did the agency finally take action. >> we are worried about the fact that people are using them every single day and making their kids and infants wash their hands with them every day. and it may effect hormones which are very important for development of brain function and reproductive function. >> reporter: in a preliminary ruling manufacturers must prove their products are more effective than soap and water and safe for long-term use. new guidelines apply just to antiback-year-old soaps that require water, hand sanitizers used in hospitals are not effected. we contacted the fda to ask why it took 40 years and a lawsuit by an environmental group before it issued a preliminary ruling of the safety of triclosan and
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the fda claims the ruling after so many decades is simply a response to an emerging science that wasn't available before. still two associations representing the soap manufacturers are vowing to challenge the ruling. in a statement they said we are perplexed the agency would suggest there is no evidence that antibacterial soaps are beneficial. as industry has long provided data and information about the safety and efficacy of these products. but in 2010 the european union ban triclosan for products that come in contact with food and in march the canadian said it was toxic to the environment. still the u.s. food and drug administration is taking its time. despite 40 years of investigation the fda says a final rule on antibacterial soaps for the u.s. won't be issued until 2016. kimberly with al jazeera washington. >> coming up, on the road, not
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for much longer, voltswagon puts the brakes on a camper ban and riots in mianmar and the rest of sport in just a couple minutes. ♪
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♪ and to think i sat here so full of op mission, just november the 21st, not very long ago, joe. >> and it's optimistic, don't
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we, david, never mind. cricket has done it again and regained the ashes for the first time since 2007 with a comprehensive series win over england, and this went in the final day of the third test on 251-5 and reach 504 to win the match and made a good start in the morning session but ben stokes dismissal on 120 after lunch triggered a collapse, and all out for 353 and mitchell johnson taking the last wick etto secure an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five-match series. here is how it finished. and australia needed those on the final day. >> every single day i see how they are training, the work they are doing on-and-off the field to be better players and a better team and makes it special and that is why today as brad
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said we brought it home and actually get the ashes back is special because of the work the guys are putting in a long period of time. >> i will never be embarrassed because i'm very proud of the way we conduct ourselves, as i say in sport, you turn it up and if you are not good enough you get found out and we are not good enough and that is the reason we lost. i'll never be embarrassed by the way we go about things and the effort they let us put in as a hard thing to say when you have been beaten and deserve to be beaten and it's never good at the minute. >> in a cricket club in sidney and the australia victory. >> this victory is sweeter for being unexpected. a few weeks ago it was the england team talked about as the strongest for years and won the previous three ashes series but didn't look that strong in the
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earlier matches. ben stokes on tuesday was the only one. england got across the three matches and australia got 7 and he is a history teacher and a keen cricketer and what was your reaction? >> really excited because it's been too long. >> reporter: ashes are coming back to australia and what does that mean to fans like you? >> it's the world and means everything. and they are giving us a good ribbing and back to get a good history and lost and get back to her. >> going in the other direction and thanks byron. two matches to go, one in melbourne and one sidney and england had the best of five series and will want to retain something even if it is only their pride. hundreds of football fans
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rioted, the team lost to indonesia at the southeast games and devastated by 1-0 loss and the fans ripped up seats, setting fire to billboards and flags and police were pelted with stones as violence continued outside of the venue and the first time in four decades hosting a major sports event and joining us on the phone is timothy, sports editor for the times and we are hearing that it's possibly a misunderstanding of the rules may have contributed to these riots. >> hello, timothy, can you hear me? timothy, i just asked you if you weren't hearing me the first time we are hearing it's possibly a misunderstanding of the rules may have contributed to the riots there.
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well, it's a bit of a shame, we hoped to hear from him and hope to hear from him a little bit later on. and munik will be in the world cup on tuesday and the winner will meet at brazil or host casablanca and the winners and leap with german and they are led by world cup italian coach and last month they became the first chinese site to win the asian champion league. >> translator: it's not the most famous now to be honest but it's up to the players and put on a performance and in the end we will be on the sideline but it's not important for us. >> translator: we must be
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relistic like this and when we play against a team that is stronger than us and stay humble and a few cards to play and use them to our advantage and truly prevent them as much as we can in using many assets. >> and this is 3-0 to move out of the relagation and neither side can breakthrough in the first half which is terrible weather and they broke the deadlock in the 60th minute and went on to score two more in the final 20 minutes of the game and the hat trick had a crucial three points and put them with delta. rome is undefeated but couldn't manage a victory against ac-milan and scored in the second half for milan for 2-2 draw and milan having a poor season and the 18 time italian
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champion back in 10th position with only four wins and rome is second, 5 points behind leaders. now if you have been watching al jazeera in the last week you may have caught our correspondent andy richardson's documentary called why we run and he asks runners from all sorts of backgrounds that question and his own incredible journey running the marathon, yes, you heard me right, if you missed it you can watch it on our website al jazeera.net/programs and it's worth heading there anyway to check out our interactive tool called i am a shoe, it's a look at how a sports shoe is made and how it goes to our feet and is a multi-billion industry and fascinating facts and figures there you may never have thought you might need to know before and that is all the sport for now, david, i'm sure you will be
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heading to our website to check that interactive tool out. >> i will be going there in a moment but it will probably be slow and joe thank you very much and reporting on that ashes lost by england a little bit sad after such high hopes only just about a month ago, but that is the way that sport works and let's hope the next series will be a very good one. congratulations to all the australians by the way, great cricket. this is sad, after producing nearly 4 million of mini buses volkswagon is putting the brakes on the camper van and our correspondent reports from south palo. >> i can't open from the side. >> reporter: it has been three years since dave left his home in san diego, california to drive up and down south america in his bus, the vehicle is a little beat up but full of personality and quite reliable
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he says. >> the only time i ever had to take the motor out was to put new piston rings on it, that is it. >> reporter: most owners of vw vans or kombies known in brazil the love affair with the vehicle is, well, something different. >> you don't buy a car you enter a relationship and i feel it, i feel this car. >> reporter: panton and other bus lovers gathered in south palo to hold a farewell of sorts 63 years after it was first introduced in the market and they are discontinuing production on it before the end of the year. since 1975 this vw factory in south palo is the last place in the world it's made, 140 a day are produced here but now they are assembling the final few. a new law goes in january 1 and
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all have to have standard airbags and anti-lock brakes but there is no way to retrofit the vehicle to accommodate that, so the people at volkswagon say it's better just to retire it. >> translator: for owners back at the going away party there was nonstop talk about the adventures with the vehicle. a map inside his, traces everywhere it has been and he has taken it to three world cups and driven it in dozens of countries in four different contine continents. >> translator: when i travel it's where i eat and sleep and when i'm tired i stop and spend the night with it. >> reporter: spoken like a true k o mbi lover, they will carry on the legacy of those still on the road. now that no more will be made. gabrieele. >> that is it from the news hour team.
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