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against the prime minister. dozens of people lose their lives in the latest wave of bombings in iraq. i'm barbara sarah from london. two members of the band pussy riot are arrested in russia. and how hundreds were forcibly removed from their indian ocean homes to repopulate the french countryside. ♪ the opposition in ukraine says that three protesters have been killed in street battles with the police. much of the fighting was outside the offices of ukraine's ruling party. several thousand anti-government protesters here fighting with police. it is the worst violence they have seen in more than four

weeks. and ukraine's capitol city on another winter's evening of discontent and rioting. you can see the smoke there moving across independence square. we are told that tempers have cooled just a little bit, but the situation still extremely tense after the death of those three protesters. >> reporter: a return to scenes that ukraine hasn't witnessed for weeks. anti-government protesters fighting with police surrounding parliament. ukraine's interior ministry says several officers were injured. some demonstrators through stones and petro bombs. the police fired stun grenades

and rubber bullets. more than 10,000 people marched on the square. but when the discussion wasn't tabled opposition politicians who are a minority in parliament blocked the session. one party leader said the speaker was breaking the law and repeated the protesters demands. >> translator: as a responsibility politician, the president of ukraine should call early presidential and parliamentary elections. this will be a way out, a brave decision. at the same time i'm urging the president to pull the riot police back off of the streets. >> reporter: so far victor yanukovych has showed no signs

of doing that. the latest violence a reminder of the distance between what the opposition wants and what those in power are offering. in thailand four people have been killed. we received this report from the capitol, bangkok. >> reporter: the moment that a historic part of bangkok became a war zone on tuesday. round after round of gunfire ex -- echoed across the intersection. the day began with the police attempting to take over the area.

crowds of demonstrators cheered and taunted the police behind their riot shields. the police held their lines until they heard a large explosion that was later identified as a grenade. they fired in the area of the explosion and more gunshots. then chaos with people running in all directions, unsure where the gunfire was coming from. by the end of the day emergency services reported the number of people injured and killed had climbed even higher, including one policeman who was killed. as the police pulled back, anti-government protesters reclaimed this area, and created new barricades as you can see that meant over turning even police vehicles and destroying them. the aftermath of tuesday's gun fight isn't just about the casualty toll or the newly

rebuilt barricades, it's also about the injured pride of a police force that lost one of their own. two members of the russian protest punk band pussy riot have been arrested in sochi where the winter olympics are taking place. barbara has more. >> reporter: yes. the two had come to the winter olympics host city to hold a performance. they were held at a police station and questioned before being released. the pair said they were walking down the street when they were detained both had only been released from custody in december. al jazeera's rory challenges is in sochi for us. they are saying they were just walking down the street when they were detained what other

theories are their behind their arrest? >> yeah, that's a good question. the girls themselves were tweeting while they were in police detention and their lawyer was coming out and speaking as well, and they were saying the reason why they were being detained is because they were planning on a protest, a protest was going to be a song called putin, we'll teach you how to love your motherland. the police say the girls and various other people, journalists and campaigners who were with them were detained because there had been a theft from the hotel they were staying at. anyway we can hear from the girl's lawyer. >> translator: well, there was allegedly some kind of theft from the hotel. this is a complete lie. it's the police who made this

up. they had no right to detain them in this way. >> translator: there are so many violations of human lives. members of the [ inaudible ] saying that putin is democrat and the answer is clear, it's not as [ inaudible ] >> so basically they are free now without charge as are all of the other people who were detained with them. interestingly, this was the third time that they have actually been detained by police in their spell in sochi. they have been here for three days, and on each day they have been here, the police have picked them up for one reason for another. we have a source in the police force who says that yesterday when they were detained these girls are such celebrities that the police were queueing up to have photographs of them take went the pussy riot members.

>> rory thank you. still lots more to come from europe in this news hour, including, we're going to have the latest as a suspect is detained in the case of a british family shot in the french alps. ♪ now news out of iraq. a series of car bombs across the center of the country on tuesday killed dozens and wounded many more, the bombs went off in mostly shiite neighborhoods. >> reporter: another day to clean up deaths. multiple car bombs exploded in the country's center, many in the capitol. in bagdad the bombs hit four areas, mostly shiite. in the past year, sectarian

killings and violence have increased in frequency, and politically there are problems too. one of the countries most influential shiite leaders on monday quit politics. the invasion of iraq propelled his movement. he helped bring the prime minister to power, now he opposes him. >> translator: the government came to power that shuts off the opposition, kills its opponents and fills its jails with them, it doesn't even listen to the voice of the religious leaders or the voice of their partners, we are not interested in their feets of power, we only care to offer them guidance and keep them away from mistakes. >> reporter: still he has many supporters that hold seats of

power. several soldiers were killed in an attack, the army has been attempting to push back gunsmen which the government says are linked to al-qaeda. now a group affiliated with those tribal elders is said to behind the violence. and iraq is set to hold elections in a few months with evenless security. south sudanease soldiers have launched an attack. they began fighting government forces early on tuesday, both sides sid sides accuse the other of violating a ceasefire. let's go now to juba. the government itself says there has been some kind of counter offensive? >> yes, the go says there has

been a counter offensive, there has been intense fighting since the early hours this morning. the government says at this stage government forces do control the north and the south of the city, but they also do say that some of the rebels manage to get into the city center from the eastern side. now the rebels do claim, however, that they are in control of the center of the area. the government says it is only pockets of rebels who are roaming around the center. so we cannot independently verify from where we are now, but certainly it is a developing situation, the government seems to be quite confident that it will be able by tomorrow to expel all of the rebels from the town, and went as far as saying maybe even from the entire upper nile state. however, the government did say that the rebels seem to have some sort of support.

>> there was a lot of evidence that there has been planes landing, planes dropping ammunitions. who's planes, we don't know. where did they come from? we don't know. that's a subject of investigation. the same thing when we captured [ inaudible ] there were six trucks loaded with food and ammunition. where did they come from? we don't know. and definitely as you put it, you cannot use that ammunition from here in juba, that is not possible, so the possibility of an external foreign country or foreign groups or individuals mercenaries or adventurers that are adventuring into the country of south sudan, supplying the

rebels ammunition and guns is possible. >> also noted the government believes they are moving in on that area because it is very rich in oil, saying they want -- the rebels that is -- to take over the oil fields, but there is suppose to be some kind of ceasefire, isn't there? >> there was supposed to be, and at best it was a wobbly ceasefire. and one could probably say it was a stalled ceasefire. and whoever i stoke to, whether it was in the camping for displaced people or people in bore you had very little confidence that it would hold. both sides are pointing the finger at the other. but when you speak to analysts and observers they will tell you that both sides have breached

the ceasefire. and at the same time we have these talks that are supposed to be going on in ethiopia. there has been an opening ceremony about a week ago, but both sides could not agree on the agenda from the way forward, these talks were supposed to be about leading to a comprehensive peace agreement between both sides. certainly a very difficult situation, and after today's event, we'll have to see how much of this fight will intensify in the coming days, but certainly the idea of a ceasefire is gone here in south sudan. >> thank you very much indeed. time to take a look at some of the things we have coming up. iran and some of the world

powers meeting to try to seek a deal. and rebels give rise in caracus. and an unfinished stadium. we'll have details in sport. representatives from iran sitting down with six world powers in vienna to talk about the future of iran's nuclear program. the aim is a permanent deal, following a short-term agreement reached in november. under that deal, iran agreed to curb serve nuclear activities and would allow more inspections. in return the so-called p5-plus-1 world powers agree to

lift a number of sanctions. what would a permanent deal look like? tighter inspections, closing the country's facility and scaling back ukraine um enrichment. if that is agreed to, iran could see all sanctions lifted. >> reporter: the vienna talks are all about places like this, and what is going on in them. iran's nuclear facilities. the u.s. and its allies say iran's nuclear program is dangerous. iran says it is peaceful. both sides will try to secure a lasting deal to build on a temperature one struck in november. so far iran has kept its part of the bargain. in return the u.s. and western powers agreed to a roll back of

sanctions. >> translator: the outcome of sanctions despite all untruth and word play is nothing but fire and warmongering of human beings. it will damage the quality of life of people living with these sanctions. >> reporter: the talks are expected to last for months, and there are serious challenges, particularly those posed by the israelis and saudis, who want to end iran's nuclear program. not just limb it. -- limit it. >> translator: some are interested in continuation of regional tension. and don't like that they reach an agreement. i can name israel as part of

this, also saudi arabia and some of its allies are interested in the failure of talks. >> reporter: for iran failure is unacceptable. what is happening at the same time as these high-level talks are technical ones between iran and the un's atomic energy agency. and these talks focus on what iran may or may not have done in the past. iron has made seven commitments to clear up outstanding issues by may. the prospects of a lasting political peace is hoped to be built. let's go to james bayes live in vienna for us. james if failure is not an option for the iranian authorities in these talks is iran prepared to do anything that is asked to get the

sanctions lifted for good? >> well, there are all sorts of sticking points that are going to come here, david. because when you do an interim deal you come up with language that both sides have to deal with. the first day of talks so far seems to be going quite well. they had a first session with the p5-plus-1 and the iranians. and after that session i grabbed a words, from one man. he said the meeting was constructive. right now they are trying to come up the framework for these talks. >> we had that last week in geneva as well.

james. >> you have the p5-plus-1 around the table, and the iranian negotiating team chosen by the president around the table. but there are lots of people who around the table. on the western side the obama administration has to listen to the comments of its allies in the persian gulf and israel, and there are obviously a lot of people saying things about this on capitol hill on the u.s. congress. on the iranian side we know there are people who are not convinced by this process and that includes the supreme leader himself. lots of people trying to have influence on what is going on here. what is clear is this is the start, but it will be a very long process, it could go on for months. >> thanks james bayes in vienna. now to egypt, egypt's prime

minister says the [ inaudible ] group is a threat to tourists and is undermining security in his country. on sunday it blew up a tourist bus. egypt's public prosecutors charged two men suspected of being israeli intelligence agents. two egyptians have also been charged with providing information to israel. and the trial of three al jazeera english journalists is set to begin on february 20th. mohammed fahmy baher mohamed and peter greste have been held now for 52 days, accused of having tied to muslim brotherhood which egypt has declared a terrorist organization. and our correspondent from our sister channel has also been in custody since august 20th. al jazeera rejects all charges

and continues to demand the unconditional release of its staff. we are receiving reports that 18 people have been killed on the outskirts of the syrian city of berra, activists capturing the devastation after the attack. syrian rebels say government forces used barrel bombs and targeted the town. the bombs reportedly hit a,n school. thousands of refugees have been escaping the fighting in in syria. many have been trying to get across the border in lebanon. it is a hazardous trip. stephanie decker reports from the lebanon, syria border. >> reporter: this man hopes he has to stay here for only a short time. he has come from syria to lebanon after his home was bombed in an air vehicle. he says this is no longer a

revolution. >> translator: the regime is taking money from countries and so is the opposition, and we the people are getting butchered. if they want to fight, fight away from our towns and cities. go kill yourself, but leave us be. >> reporter: this camp is in a no-man's land. it's a small camp and comes before the first army check point. so people keep arriving unchecked. and we're told there are many more board -- closer to the border. so we head in that direction. these are old smuggling roots and there is no one in charge here. it is roughly 30 kilometers to the first village. we see a few tents scattered in the mountains, but the refugees we try to speak to are hostile. we are threatened with weapons if we don't believe. we see men with guns who say they are fighting where the

syrian army has launched his attack on the last rebel strong hold on this border. they won't be filmed but there is a lot of activity here. we have to stop filming early on because it is dangerous. we have just come back to this no man's land. this is a very uneasy situation in there. we came across fighters for the rebels and seem loyal to the regime. this is an area that the government often targets with air strikes. fighters do come and go here. but it's mostly families that are making their way into lebanon, and as this war rages through their towns and villages, they are left with little choice. many have some here with nothing but the memory of their home and

country that they long to return to. court in pakistan has postponed a decision on whether or not to indict the former president on charges of treason. he arrived for his hearing in a heavily protected convoy. the judges adjourned the case until friday, said they would first decide on an issue of jurisdiction. he is accused of violating the constitution in 2007. a senior military officer has been killed by taliban fighters in pakistan. six days after indonesia's volcano spewed out ash and debris, those living here the volcano have been able to start some kind of cleanup. the eruption began on thursday

and sent ash some 300 kilometers away. more than a hundred thousand people were forced to flee from their homes. 22 men rescued from a gold mine in south africa are to stand trial later on tuesday on charges of illegal mining. the men were rescued from the disused shaft on monday. rescue workers believe five more are still hiding down the mine. some asked for be except from prosecution as a condition of leaving, but the police said no. still to come on the news hour. cute, flushfy, a deadly hunter too, the domestic cat causes bird levels to plummet in the us.

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you're with the al jazeera news hour. i'm david foster, and this is what is happening. several thousand anti-government protesters fought with police with the worst violence kiev has scene in more than four weeks. fighting began in thailand when security forces tried to pull down barricades around state buildings that have been set up by anti-government protesters. a series of car bombings across central iraq have killed at least 26 and injured more than 50. the bombs went off in mostly shiite neighborhoods. supporters of an opposition politician in venezuela wrestled

free when he was being hauled away by guards men. those scenes followed a raid on the party headquarters of one of the president's biggest rivals. the government has also given diplomats 48 hours to leave the country. rachel levine sends this report. >> reporter: the anti-government protests continue in the venezuelan capitol. this time representing their frustration at state television. in this security video distributed by the opposition, shows what appears to be rm ared men force their way in. this congress woman who was there at the time describes the

scene. >> translator: the men forced us to go down on our knees. they said they were looking for the national coordinator. they knocked down the doors they were armed and then they left. >> reporter: this aledged attack on the opposition comes just a day before they called for a massive rally here in car ak cuss where they expect to have thousands of supporters take to the streets again. the government has turned up diplomatic pressure and national sentiments by expelling three u.s. diplomats. he accuses them of aiding groups that are trying to overthrow the government. >> they will be forced to leave in the next 48 hours because of participating in the organization and participation of these groups. >> reporter: the u.s. rejected

the allegations saying the country's political future is for the venezuelan situation. >> translator: we can't find chicken, meat, milk, butter, oil, sugar, or coffee. we can't find any basic products. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: with the opposition refusing to give up, and the government increase k pressure, there is no clear sign, when, how, or even if this political crisis might end soon. >> let's go to andy gallagher live for us in caracus. bring us up to date, andy, please. >> reporter: we have two demonstrations going on at the

moment. one playing on state television here. and the second one we have a team on the ground with the man that has basically been labeled as public enemy number one. and it's very difficult to communicate with anyone in that march. we have people who have sent us pictures. he plans to march with his peaceful protesters to an interior ministry building where he says he will give himself up in necessary. he has been taunting the police saying come and get me earlier. he is of course facing very serious charges, but all of this is playing into the president's hands. he has blamed the woes of this country on a theory of things, things like american government

agents and greedy capitalists. but lopez himself says he will give himself up. he says he has a right in a healthy democracy to make himself heard he is accusing these people as being fascists trying to overthrow the government. and the man who narrowly lost in the last election is distancing himself from these protesters, saying without the support of the poor, they really won't get anywhere. >> he lost the election just about a year ago, he was the maybe opposition man, and then we have lopez coming along and capturing the public's imagination, or at a least a section of public's imagination, how has he managed that?

>> reporter: it has captured international attention more than anything else. we just heard a few hours ago that a fourth protester may have dieded, but he has captured a section of the population i think. and the man who came closest to coming to power is perhaps distancing himself from these protests, saying there are democratic ways of doing this, and that's how we should go forward, but he is also saying, look, if people want to take to the streets, they should be allowed to do that. >> we thank you, that's andy gallagher in caracus. and we can bring you some pictures. i'm told these are pro president marches, and that's clear the

red, blue, and yellow, the colors of the man who succeeded chavez. the protesters as well as those supporting the opposition, also protesting in venezuela. now back to london to join barbara who has more news out of europe. david thank you. let's start in france where police have detained a 48-year-old man in connection to the grizzly shooting of a family in 2012. a british-iraqi man, his wife and mother-in-law were found shot to death in their car. the suspect was identified as witnesses after this sketch of a motorcyclist was released. one of the couple's daughters was found alive in the car after spending eight hours hiding

beneath her dead mother. french members of parliament will debate the state's role in the forced relocation of hundreds offer children. the children were removed from the french island territory in the indian ocean. a total of 1,650 children were sent to france in order to repopulate rural areas. simon mcgregor-wood joins us lye from paris. simon, not a lot of people seem to know about this both outside and within france. >> that's absolutely right. it's not an issue that many french people know very much at all about. extraordinary given the desperate nature of this policy, which was concocted back in the 1960s, when i was discovered that certain parts of rural france simply needed more

people. they were underpopulated, and a politician make the connection with the french area thousands of miles away which was going through something of an economic collapse at the time, and a population boom. and they thought why not move one set of people from one of our territories to another. and this forcibly migration started with such disastrous consequences for the children involved. they ranged in age from 3 years to 17, 18, and for all of them, of course, it was profoundly traumatic. the victims hope that finally this story will get some sort of recognition. we have met several of the victims who have traveled here to be at this national debate. one of them, a woman called valerie was taken from her

family when she was only three. and she said for her it's the notion that more people will find out what happened to her and hundreds of other small children like her. >> translator: this needs to be taught in schools, that we lived this story, and it happened only 50 years ago. that's not such a long time. i think that our story has to be incorporated into french history, so that we can move towards closure. >> so simon is that what many of these people of course now grown ups want is the recognition? >> yes, certainly the handful that we met, there are about 41 of the victims of this program will be present at the french national assembly in just a few minutes as this debate gets underway. certainly those we met were not interested in the possibility of compensation. it's important to note that this motion does not include an apology or the promise of

financial compensation, nearly the admission of the french state's role and culpability in the program. there may be some that want compensation, but it's listening to the stories of how traumatic this must have been. many of these people were told their children were going to be taken to a better life. they would be based in paris where they would be educated, of course, the reality turned out to be very far from that. many ended up in adoption centers in isolated parts of rule france where they suffered all sorts of deprivations, and many required psychiatric treatment and several of them finally committed suicide as a result of the terrible trauma. >> simon thank you. an italian newspaper has

obtained video capturing the moments of a hijacked flight landing in switzerland. the captain can be heard trying to calm passengers. he says the co-pilot took control of the aircraft while he was in the bathroom. the co-pilot is claiming asylum in switzerland. formal steps towards forming a new government is underway in italy. the 39-year-old mayor of florence has received a mandate from italy's president to form a new government. he has promised to revive the country's worst economic slump since world war ii. here in the uk there is much debate over whether a life sentence in prison should mean spending your entire life behind bars. now the court of appeal has upheld the right of judges to make sure that some offenders

are never released. >> reporter: when the prison door slams shut, there is one question you can bet is on every criminal's mind, how long until i get out. for those sentenced to life in england or whales, there is one certainly, they are unlikely to be inside until the day they die. that's why this murder's case has caused such an outcry. he was sentenced to at least 40 years. the attorney general wanted to lock him up forever, until a european court intervened and said no. now they have ruled he will never be released. and that will be applied to some other killers too. how much control does this country have over its own legal system? a judge in there can sentence somebody to life in prisonment, and mean it literally, but then

the european court of human rights gets involved and deems it inhumane. so then the focus moves here to the british parliament. there is an outcry, there are demands for politicians to tell europe to stay out of it. this is a huge electoral issue. one many have been desperate to bring under their control. especially in high profile cases like this one. these men were found guilty months ago, but the judge has specifically held off sentencing them until now. he was waiting to see if the court of appeal would rule, as it has, that whole life terms are compatible with eu law. >> whole life tariffs made by a judge in this country were compatible with human rights,

and they concluded that they were. >> reporter: those whole life tariffs will only be used for those described as the most heinous of crimes. they won't become the default sentence for every murders in england and whales, though there are some that hope that one day that does become the case. so life can still life here in the uk. now let's go back to david in doha. >> barbara thank you very much indeed. i'm going to take you to y kiev once again. night has pretty much fallen there. the fires that you saw burning off to the right appear to have been extinguished. an uneasy peace would be the best way to describe the situation there. which includes deaths, and the worst violence in several weeks, possibly a couple of months

since the trouble began. we just heard from the foreign policy chief, deeply concerned, she says about the escalating violence, the country's leadership should do something, just a few words in direct quote from her. i'm deeply concerned about the grey new escalation in kiev. i condemn all uses of violence. that's katherine ashton talking about events today in kiev. you are watching the al jazeera news hour. we're going to go skating in just a moment. south korea's speed skater redeemed in sochi. we'll have details with jo. and barcelona get ready to face knockout stage manchester city. stay with us, if you can. ♪

welcome to al jazeera america, i'm del walters in new york. violence breaking out again in the ukraine as protesters say the government is stalling on reform. the opposition saying three activists were killed in today's clashes. >> reporter: a return to scenes that ukraine hasn't witnessed for weeks. [ gunfire ] >> anti-government protesters fighting with riot police around parliament. ukraine's interior ministry says three officers were injured. some demonstrators threw stones and petro bombs.

the police fired grenades and rubber bullets. earlier more than 10,000 people marched from independence square. their aim to pressure parliament to pass a law that would limit the powers of victor yanukovych. but opposition parties blocked the session. one leader said the parliament was breaking the law. >> translator: as a responsible politician, the president of ukraine should call early presidential and parliament elections. this will be a way out. and i am urging the president to pull the riot police off of the streets. >> reporter: so far the president shows no signs of being willing to do that.

on tuesday they attacked yanukovych's party headquarters, the latest violence, a reminder of the distance wheen what they want and what those in power are offering. it's now just after 7:30 in the evening in sochi, russia. the usa has 19 medals. two members of the punk rock group pussy riot have been released three hours after being arrested. members of the group were in sochi to protest and organize as well. sochi hasn't been as cold as they would have liked this year,

but that isn't the case in the midwest. >> reporter: it has been a busy season for the crew of the ice cutter biscayne bay. their mission normally involves search and rescue. >> typically we're up north. >> reporter: this year's primary task is breaking through massive ice formations to help keep commercial traffic flowing. this picture shows just how encompassing the ice cover is this year. at this point more than 80% of the five great lakes combined are frozen. they have been forced to expand their ice-breaking operations to keep up with the demands. they have now sifted south to deal with the ice. >> usually the toke -- local

tugs can handle chicago throughout the winter. >> reporter: but tug boat operators say these conditions require more tug boats and extra time to break through the ice, that means higher prices that shipping companies don't want to pay. >> we had to layoff three-quarters of our work force just keep a skeleton crew on to one run tug here and one tug there, so it's really impacted us. >> reporter: at the great lakes environmental research lab, scientists monitor the ice daily. the last time the lakes were this frozen was 20 years ago. >> the ice season got started early, of course we had that arctic vortex in end of december and the ice just kept building.

>> reporter: the plus side is that the ice helps reduce evaporation. and the ice cover protects white fish and other species from winter storms. but as the shipping season begins this spring that could mean an even busier few months of ice breaking to come. the city is considering blocking the canal system there to stop the spread of carp into lake michigan. these fish have been displacing native fish. the carp was introduced, but soon made their way up the mississippi river. google bing, and oversights can translate just about any

language for free. but there are often mistakes. tanya moseley has more from washington state. >> reporter: as these professional translators will tell you, translating from language to another is not as simple as cut, paste, and click. to illustrate the point, spanish translator katherine german takes us to the washington state government's website. which translates a spanish text into english. >> many of washington companies with success have used skinny cowhand ling strategies. >> reporter: it changed lean practices to skinny cowhand ling. >> very funny to a japanese native speaker. japanese translator -- found all sorts of mistakes.

washington state does provide professional translation for some materials, it is one of a number of states that includes a button for translation software on many of its websites. this is also the law. back in 2000 the federal government mandated that agencies must provide meaningful language translations, but the word meaningful is up to interpretation. it would be very challenging for the state of washington and the department of enterprise services to make sure that every piece of our electronic information is available and updated every time that we change a web page. >> reporter: kurt's office estimates the system gets translations correct about 80% of the time. his office is looking at better ways to provide the service, but hiring translators could be cost prohibitive. >> we're obligated to try to keep our costs down as much as we can, and till provide that

service. >> reporter: like many imgrants, this man believes human translators are worth the investment. he almost gai up starting a business when he moved to the states from mexico 11 years ago. he believes proper translations offer immigrants the ability to integrate faster. >> they will be able to pay taxes faster, provide jobs. they are now looking for cost-effective ways to provide real means in all languages. on wall street, stocks having a little trouble maintaining the momentum from last week's rally. a weak manufacturing report weighing down the market. disappointing earnings from coca-cola also holding the blue chips back.

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welcome to al jazeera america, i'm del walters. these are the stories we are following for you. back at the bargaining table, the next round of iranian nuclear talks are now underway. [ gunfire ] violent clashes in thailand as police try to remove protesters. san francisco facing problems with its new bay bridge. ♪