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indonesia's future stars need all the game-changers to pull together, starting today. >> accusations are being ignored and neglected - relatives' fury two weeks after the malaysia airlines plane and passengers disappear. >> hello, this is al jazeera live from doha. three palestinians are killed in confrontations with israeli forces in the occupied west bank. >> and the backlash from turkey
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over the twitter map. >> and i'm on site at what was the middle east's great lake. the greatest environmental disaster is unfolding. >> >> the search for the missing malaysian plane is entering a third week, and no traces of the aircraft, no clues as to what happened. relatives of the passengers are getting increasingly angry. hundreds of them confronted malaysian officials in beijing, and they have not been able to ask the officials with the search efforts. they later held a second new conference to express their frustration. >> frustrated doesn't begin to decide how the relatives of the missing plane's passengers are
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feeling in beijing. they are furious at what they see as disrespect and show of neglect towards them. it's taken two weeks before a special envoy was sent to them by the malaysian government. once the envoy was here, they say they were not allowed ask candid questions. >>. >> translation: we will not let the officials leave. the families stayed up to compile questions. they left before we had a chance to ask. rest assured, we'll get them back. >> prepared statements were read to them, and they were not allowed a free conversation where they felt they were being answered truthfully. the relatives of the passengers felt that malaysia had been on purpose receptive, and felt that a lot more was kept from them. malaysian officials said they
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had to reserve bits of information due to security concerns. the passengers relative here feel there might more going on. they are meeting with official to decide on a concrete protest action. they feel the disrespect is a show of contempt not just for them, but all of china. >> some of the chinese relatives have chosen to stay in kuala lumpur. they have been told to move to a different hotel because of the upcoming formula 1. >> i thought we explained because of the formula 1. they are not unhappy about that. they are well taken care of. i think they are fully understood. >> search teams have been focussing on the southern indian ocean over the past two days, after australia picked up satellite images of two floating objects in the water.
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six australian aircraft are combing over the waters off perth, including two commercial jets and three p3 orions. two more japanese jets will join the search on sunday. malaysia asked to borrow sonar equipment from the u.s. to help with the search. we have the latest from perth. >> it's two weeks to the day since flight mh370 disappeared on route from kuala lumpur to beijing. who would have thought two weeks on here, at an air force base in south-west australia, that all eyes would be on and where the search effort would be run from. the deputy prime minister was at the base, and was asked if there were more images that the australian government was not missing that night suggest it was debris from the got. it was a question he avoided answering directly.
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he said the search would go on until it was clear there was nothing to find. he said that the objects spotted by the third satellite, the big objects floating in the southern indian ocean, they may have tongue by now. he doesn't think all objects would have done, and thinks there are objects to find. whether they have anything to do with flight mh370 is unclear. six aircraft, including one behind me were involved in the san on -- in the search. there's eight, the most number of planes that will be out. the weather is better saturday on friday than it is likely to be on sunday. saturday is a crucial day in the search that may or may not be connected with flight mh370. >> to other news - three palestinians have been killed in confrontations with israeli forces in the occupied west
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bank. it happened when israeli forces tried to rescue a prominent member of the palestine group hamas. 12 others have been injured. >> al jazeera's correspondent is joining me on the line from ramallah. what is happening? >> a large number of troops surrounded several palestine militants in a house north of the occupied west bank around 2 o'clock and showered the house with gunshots. there were clashes when the palestinians failed to surrender. three were killed. 11 were wounded. three where in a critical condition. >> okay. we know that excursions are common. deaths resulting from them aren't. this, in the west bank, under palestine control, at a time
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when peace talks are taking place. >> exactly. like you said, it's very common. the army carries these out on a daily basis. it resorts whenever it's decision time or it approaches. around 60,000 have been killed. israel pushing for an escalation to make the pa look weak. >> how tense are things there. we are seeing pictures on the tv of israeli attacks on the roads and palestines throwing rocks at them. >> this is a very common scene whenever something takes place. always it seems to control the
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level of violence. when they go and raid camps, you can only expect palestinians retaliating. that, too, is a common theme. >> thank you for that. joining us there from ramallah. >> well, earlier i spoke on the line to palestine chief negotiator. i started by asking how palestine authorities feel about israeli forces entering the janine camp to arrest hamas members. >> we cannot accept this under any circumstances. 10 days ago they accused them of attacking soldiers. two days ago a 16-year-old boy was killed. a week before that, a 16-year-old boy was killed, and the army was shooting the
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palestinians, and this is fully accountable. the israeli has to right to make excursions into our area. they are not supposed and not under agreement go into this area. they don't define what limits them in terms of the agreement, or honouring agreement. so their action is condemned. this action is provocation on the palestine people, and they are murdering palestinians in cold blood. >> how concerned are you that this latest incident did take place in the west bank. unfortunately we are used to these attacks in gaza. this is, as you say, in the west bank. under palestine authority. >> i don't think it's between
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whoever. this is an occupying power, whether in gaza. whether in any place. they act the way they want to act, in terms of undermining all efforts in the peace process, and we condemn the action, and we hold the israeli government fully accountable for such actions. the whole point of israelis is they think they can solve the problem with the guns, and this is wrong. this is wrong. this is a policy that the committee should stand firm in condemning, and it's time to hold the government accountable for the action. >> where does the latest incident leave those u.s. brokered peace talks. which seem so have very much derailed in the past few months.
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there has been little progress. >> i think you are right. actions are succeeding in derailing these peaceful efforts. when we speak about 11,000 housing units introduced sips july -- since july 29th. 59 palestinians have been killed in the last six months. is this a policy of a government that seeks this, absolutely not. these are deliberate attempts. these are attempts to derail the peace process. >> independent monitors are being sent to ukraine. the team will begin its work. there's disagreement on whether they'll be allowed to go into
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crimea. president vladimir putin signed laws integrating them into the russian federation. >> looking at the pictures of celebrations it's as if there has been little controversy here about russia's annexation of the crimean peninsula. >> the crowds cheered when the prime minister spoke on stage. in russia's capital, it was a similar scene. people in full support of their leader, of putin's take over of crimea. >> translation: crimea showed us what it means to love the land we live in. >> while the west say putin's actions are illegal, they talk about sanctions. the russian leader sealed the take over as the upper and lower house ratified the treaty. >> translation: i want to congratulate you, all people of
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the country. crimea and sevastopol, on what is, without any exaggeration, a moment us event. >> as russia welcomed crimea into its fold, the european union reached out to ukraine, agreeing to sanction top russian politicians and stepping up efforts to stop european dependency on russian energy supplies. russian's foreign ministerry announced plans and announced sanctions against nine u.s. officials. putin reacted cautiously. >> i think we should hold off on retaliatory measures. >> ukraine soldiers in crimea
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are packing their bags and getting out. it's not only the military who are leaving. >> translation: around 3,000 vehicles and 6,000 vehicles go through the checkpoint. from march 4th to 21st, 987 refugees arrived. >> the head of the border guards visited a defensive position. the troops were there to stop provocateurs from russia entering ukraine and heightening tension. russia agreed with the 56 other members of the organization of security in europe, to allow the deployment of the international monetary team to ukraine. >> it will assist of 100 observers. they are not expected at this stage to visit the new russian controlled territory of crimea.
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>> let's go to your correspondent nick spicer who joins us live from simferepol. how tense is the situation on the border, on the urban ukraine border. are they trying to stop kiev from allowing prove okay tours into ukraine. >> the government in kiev is convinced moscow is sending in professional political agitators, russian speakers like where they are being sent to, like donetsk, who will set off violent incidents or organised demonstrations that wouldn't happen otherwise. that's the perspective in kiev. moscow has a different version of events, suggesting that what has been happening has been happening spontaneously. there's within demonstrations and take obviouses of d
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administrative buildings in the past weeks by those that have run up the flag to show allegiance towards moscow. what is happening on the border is an attempt to stop that. kiev sees people coming in as professional prove okay tours. >> large group of international monitors are set to be deployed to ukraine. what are they tasked with doing. will they be allowed where you are, into crimea? >> they won't be allowed in, according to interfax, the russian news agency. i think they can be trusted sips they have been pushing the monitors away these past weeks. there were several o.s.c.e., organization for security and cooperation in europe, coming here to see if the referendum was going to be organised in a free and fair manner. they were chased away by what
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was described as local self-defence units. i don't think they'll be allowed in. there's a u.n. delegation. they began their work yesterday, and are meeting with the prime minister and the military is still surrounded in its bases. many of the men defected to the russian side. some are moving up to ukraine. the presence in ukraine from the nation is so see what is going on, to get a version of reality, where russia has been telling the world media that it's been repressed. the majority in eastern and south-eastern country regions of ukraine, and doubtless the appearance of o.s.c. observers
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will shed light and help people understand what is really going on. >> nick spicer joining us from simferepol. >> a decision by a turkish court to ban twitter seems to have backfired. according to media analytic firm, the volume of tweets in turkey has risen by 138%. many suspect that prime minister recep tayyip erdogan ordered the ban to suppress corruption allegations against him and his government. the president defeated that blocking twitter is unactable. turks are divided. >> this is not the solution. it makes the people more angry, more politically active. so i think it's not a very - it's not a start reaction. >> the government shut is down because of the leaking of voice recordings. i welcome it. they should ban facebook. >> turkey's government insists the twitter ban is not
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politically motivated. >> translation: blocking access is a decision taken by court orders. the turkish state should protect the laws and rights of its citizens. we should stand together against insults, slander and lawless plans. twitter, youtube and others have to comply with the law. >> turkey internet users have been using images: >> recep tayyip erdogan is featured prominently in many. one of the shared images was supervise imposed on president obama's campaign poster with the message "yes, we ban." .
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>> still to come - adding to isolation. why some saudi arabia banks are cutting ties. >> in a different league, top footballers in crimea prepare to play in a new country.
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>> >> good to have you with us. these are the top stories on al jazeera. relatives of the passengers on the missing malaysian airliner have confronted officials in beijing, and said they have not been allowed to ask about the
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ongoing search efforts. >> three palestinians have been killed in confrontations with israeli forces in the occupied west bank, when a powerful member of hamas was being arrested. al jazeera was told that the killings are an attempt by israel to derail the peace protest. >> twitters users in turkey are defying a court ban on using the social media website. the volume of tweets has more than doubled since the ruling. >> two major saudi arabia banks joined western institutions cutting off dealings with saddam's banks. we have this report from the sudanese capital. >> the decision by the saudi bank to sideline sudan bank is
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significant. there are two wage trade links with sudan. hundreds of thousands of sudanese work in saudi arabia. bankers are putting on a brave face. there are still banks dealing with sudan. and there are still some banks that are continuing their relationship with sudan. that would be adequate for the exports. >> not everyone is as optimistic though. >>. >> translation: the situation is bad. it will be impossible to attract investors. no one can trust money or bring it in. investors will have to rethink their presence here. >> sudan's economic problems have been increasing since 2011, when south sudan separated with the bulk of the oil. sudanese have weakened.
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the increasing isolation of sudan by international or financial institutions a affecting private and government transactions. government officials say the import of critical medical supplies is jeopardised, causing stoppages. they are now increasing calls for a change your in policy. if sudan is to survive the impact. >> unless we have a change in government policy, putting the interest of sudan first, they will not be resolved. >> the u.s. imposed economic sanctions on sudan in 1997 over charges of terrorism and human rights abuses. the mood appears to show a cautious attitude by financial institutions that don't want to risk violating u.s. sanctions. >> yemen - one person has been
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killed, several others injured in fighting between the army and shia houthi rebels. they launched an uprising against the government in 2004, saying it discriminates against shia muslims. >> local media reports in pakistan that 35 people have been killed, dozens injured in a road accident, when two buses and an oil tanker collide. the victims have been moved to hospitals in karachi. a domestic worker is suing the consulate general of bangladesh in new york, accusing a couple of forcing a man to work 17 hour days without time off for more than 18 months. it is said that the couple threatened to beat or kill him if he left the home. the lawsuit was filed in manhattan, seeking unspecified damages. >> pope francis is calling on
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members of the italian mafia to change your their ways. speaking at a ceremony for victims of organised crimes, he told them they'd ended up in hell if they don't repent. they have extended their influence in rome and milan for the last 20 years. >> translation: the power, the money that you have now coming from so many dirty businesses, so many crimes, it's bloodstained money and power. you can't bring it with you to your next life. repent. there's time to not end up in hell, which is what awaits you if you continue on the path. >> the crisis in crimea is exacting on all aspects of life, including sport. the two football teams will find
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themselves in the russian league by the end of the year. >> these three players play for simferepol. they are not just team-mates, but spend most of their free time together. mutual support is important to them, especially these days in crimea. marr im came from croatia and says the recent situation has not been good. >> especially for foreigners, because we don't know what's happening. we read in newspapers, and it was not present. when russian soldiers came with armoured vehicles and you see armed men on the street, you know how it is. we don't have it in croatia, so it wasn't pleasant. >> danny has been playing here for three years. his parents are worried about the soldiers and weapons in
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crimea, than he is. >>. >> translation: our families worry about the situation more than us, even though we tell them everything is okay. they can't find peace. they read newspapers, watch tv and it makes them worry. >> they say when the crisis got worst, the club helped a lot. >> i can't say that foreigners are panicking. we had a meeting with the coach and spoke to him. it's not panic, we wanted to talk. people from the club said they'd find the best solution, and we are safe here. >> basketball and handball teams from crimea stopped playing in ukrainian leagues. no one knows what will happen with football. >> it's a difficult question. i don't know the answer. for me, simferepol will stay simferepol. >> translation: they will lets play in the russian or ukrainian leave.
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sevastopol is in the same situation. where we go, they will do. >> these three guys say their future is with the simferepol football team. >> and just a reminder that you can keep up to date with all the news on the website - aljazeera.com. should i be worried? >> reporter: and i asked whose first tweet was this? please pray for me. i'll answer the question a little bit later. this is ali velshi, this is "real money." >> this is real money. you are the most important part of the show. join our live conversation at twitter,

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