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antigovernment protest start to build in egypt, meanwhile the trial of the deposed president. ♪ live from the global news headquarters in doha you are watching al jazeera and also camping up on the program sri lanka releases detained fisherman a day after india fails to talk about the human rights record. illegal referendum, u.n. condemns the vote that lead to
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russia's annexation of crimea. and conserving the coffee culture and argentina wants a visit to a cafe to be part of its national heritage. ♪ protests taking place across egypt two days after the country's former defense minister and army chief said he would run for the presidency and are gathering momentum after friday prayers and these are people in the city of giza after the decision of krchl c to run for president. al jazeera obtained a leaked government from the military intelligence and says the government should pursue about securing the border of the gaza strip and it was published last year before the military coup and the document casts doubts on
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the trial of mohamed morsi and he is facing charges that include conspiring with hamas and deputy hamas foreign minister and confirmed they used to have positive relations we egypt. >> and even to 30 june they have contact with intelligence and we have many meetings with them and we discuss different issues regarding the security and the borders and things and really they never claim that hamas made mistakes in cairo and all the time we have good relationship and good atmosphere and sometimes it's our help and support. so we never feel that intelligence has something against hamas and all the time they listen to us and we have good cooperation with them. because of this, after the 5th of june everything will change. and this document proves all
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delegations and claims against hamas is fabricated and not true and the intelligence and military know very well nobody from their heart and mind and according to their meetings with each other and it's all said in the egypt media is not true and because until now there is no one number of hamas brought to betrayal. >> reporter: and they called for release of peter greste and one of three journalists head in a cairo prison for days and they are accused of having links of a terrorist organization and spreading false news and the arabic channel from al jazeera has been in custody more than six months and al jazeera rejects all the charges against its staff and continues to demand their immediate release.
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and andrew thomas has the latest from sidney on tony aberts phone call to the president. >> tony abbot spoke to the president on thursday and during the conversation it's understood he asked for the president's assistance in securing greste's release as soon as possible and said he was a journalist doing his job and is not damaging egypt and egypt president says he too hopes the case will be resolved as soon as possible and peter are receiving all necessary support and legal assistance and details of the phone call are less important than the fact it happens at all because tony abbot has not said anything about his life and criticized in australia for not speaking out but the fact he has now is significant, certainly we found out about the conversation on friday even though it
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happened on thursday and his parents were very pleased the prime minister has intervened. this is a little of what they had to say. >> very thrilled. >> good. >> yes. >> i mean, without any kind of reflection on anybody, we weren't expecting it at any moment. it was a great surprise to have that information. >> look, i can't quote him because i don't know what was said, but clearly my understanding is that the primary purpose of the call was to seek peter's speedy release and the resolution of the case. >> reporter: during that interview they were asked repeatedly whether they felt if tony abbot should have intervened earlier and said who knows and in diplomacy things happen behind the scenes and said the comments and conversations made them hopeful and had high hopes but not expectations and did not expect
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to greet their son and colleagues next week but sounded hopeful than they did a week or to ago and hope that it may be reaching a resolution with peter greste and colleagues may be released soon. >> reporter: the sri lanka president said they should release the fishermen after poaching and not to back a u.n. war crimes investigation against sri lanka and we have more from columbo. >> the president's announcement very much seen as a thank you to india for the stand it took at the u.n. in geneva yesterday abstaining from voting against sri lanka in terms of the resolution for the u.n. calling into a national inquiry that it committed war crime in the final stages of the war. they are saying the call for an international mechanism was intrusive and over all emphasizing a number of area
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where they wanted sri lanka but could not vote for the resolution because of reasons. the president's gesture and instructions that all the fishermen in custody at present and we hear there are 93 fishermen and 22 boats still in custody following the last release and they be released and the spokesman said it's a good will gesture. in order to basically sink in for the stand it took in geneva yesterday. in terms of the overall picture of this dispute basically it will be what the indians have been pushing for the fishermen to be released and in terms of the sri lanka government it was very much a significant achievement that india had decided not to back that international inquiry. >> reporter: the indian supreme court has said ahead of the cricket board they should step
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aside during a corruption investigation and due to become the president of cricket's world governing body this year, a former playing gavaskar will step in and the allegations are around the league, a lucrative competition in world sport. u.n. general assembly condemned russia's annexation of ukraine and approved a resolution that described the mosquito-backed referendum that led to the take over as illegal and cat turner has more from u.n. headquarters in new york. >> reporter: ukraine and member states in the general assembly resolution will be happy with the outcome and 100 countries voting yes and calling the vote in crimea invalid and russia on one hand and on the other the united states and several european nations. many members state address the general assembly to explain their vote, some of them called
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the referendum a violation of international law. >> self determination is a value that all of us here today hail. we do so while recognizing the critical foundational importance of national and international law. coercion cannot be the means by which a self determines. >> reporter: china chose to abstain and said the vote would complicate matters and in the end there were 11 in the no column and voting with russia, syria, cuba and venezuela against the resolution. >> translator: it is confrontational in nature. the draft seeks to question the meaning of the referendum that took place in crimea which has already played a key historical role. >> reporter: general assembly resolution is nonbinding and carries no legal weight and won't have a direct effect on the ground but it's a flexion of the international community's position and it's the symbolic
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message and attempt to isolate russia further but moscow has proved in the past it's more than willing to go it alone. >> reporter: youtube is the latest social media website to be blocked in turkey following similar action against twitter, the government cited national security concerns said the video sharing website is used to leak a sensitive discussion between turkey officials about the war in syria and they have described that alleged audio leak as vial and cowardly and we have more from istanbul. and on youtube and twitter anchored turks voted for the first time in sunday's local elections and turkey has a young population in the region. and we report now on the issues that matter to them. >> reporter: they come from different parts of turkey but
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moved to study at the university and they are from the republican people's party and will vote for the first time in their like and it's about protecting personal freedoms. over 6 million young people will be eligible to vote for the first time in the up coming local elections and many of them students, although under the current government the number of university in turkey increased from 76 to 175 and tuition fees scrapped at all state universities some students are still unhappy. a large part of that is due to the government's reaction to the getty park protests last june. >> translator: we saw they were united over freedom. it was a movement that started to protect the trees and it goes all the way to the protection of individual freedom. >> reporter: and she believes the protests and restrictions on
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social media sites will effect how young people vote. >> looking at the young waters and they are from a generation and born in a digital and have facebook and well informed. >> reporter: it's a symbol for many of turkey's youth and those opposing the government say it stands testament to how they are carving freedom and liberty in turkey but supporters of the akp say it's an example of how the opposition is being more interested in rioting than economic developments. and they are friends from the party youth wing and volunteer campaigning on social media sites preparing election material and organizing ahead of sunday's polls. >> in turkey they need to learn you cannot get anywhere with violence. >> reporter: akp activists and has accusations that the
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government and the freedoms are baseless. >> translator: i don't wear a head scart but my sister does and equal and we are free, everyone is free. >> reporter: on the ground akp's candidates are trying to win over both young and old, it's a charm offensive they hope will secure the kind of victory they want but to do that they need turkey youth singing to the same tune as theirs. al jazeera, istambul. >> reporter: more ahead on the program, when we come back the deadly outbreak of the tell bol la virus reached new guinea capitol. >> i'm in rio where tensions are running high as the army prepares to move into in shanty town. ♪ there's more to financial news than the ups and downs of the dow. for instance, can fracking
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♪ hello again this is al jazeera, a recap of the top stories, al jazeera obtained a leaked document from egypt's military intelligence and says pursuing dialog with hamas of securing the border of the gaza strip and across egypt this is days after cc the former defense minister said he has run for the presidency. sri lanka president ordered release of dozens of fishermen detained for poaching three weeks ago and a day after new deli did not back a resolution on war crimes investigation against columbo. the u.n. general assembly has
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voted that russia's referendum on aand -- annexation was illegl and talking about ukraine's economy and this is on barack obama top priority on friday, when the u.s. arrived in saudi arabia and they are deeply weary of how washington has handled syria cease civil war and nuclear ambitions and patty examples the issues. >> reporter: a lot has changed since 2009 when president obama received this warm welcome to saudi arabia with gifts of gold and foreign policy decisions have since angered the saudis and calling for egypt president no bark to step down and negotiating with iran and threatening to act against the president bashar al-assad and
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changing his mind and taking the unusual step of questioning the u.s. president's credibility and prince saying a few months ago when that kind of assurance comes from a leader of a country like the united states we expect him to stand by it. there is an issue of confidence. the president's job on the second visit to restore that trust. experts say although the u.s. is importing significantly less oil from opac countries the saudis still have leverage. >> it's their place in the oil market because what happens is the saudis are the ones who have the capacity to expand and contract production depending on what the market bears. >> reporter: the u.s. view is that the saudi leadership feels increasingly concerned about its place in the region and fighting with neighbors in the gulf and influence iran could have if they resolve the nuclear issue. >> the u.s. and iran may take
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the place of saudi arabia as the united states preferred partner in the gulf and the middle east. >> reporter: with its present here and his words president obama is expected to send a message, the decades old alliance with saudi is still the center piece of u.s. in the region and regardless of who else he talks to and the amount of oil his country buys. patty with al jazeera, washington. >> the highly contagious ebola and four are in quarantined but it's the first time it has been diagnosed here and erica wood reports. >> reporter: taking in the latest warning, one of the deadliest viruses known to man has reached the capitol city
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with no known cure or vaccine news of ebola spread striking fear into residence. >> translator: since i heard about the disease i've been afraid, everyone has to protect themselves when drinking and eating. >> reporter: people are told to take precautions and the government banned public funerals for ebola victims to stop it from spreading. >> translator: this is the first time we've had this kind of disease in guinea and the first time the government has been preoccupied with a disease that doesn't have a cure. >> reporter: and detection is difficult. >> translator: you cannot just look at a sick person and say he has it. systematically if it resembles ebola we send them to the infectious disease center. >> reporter: it can cause severe fever, vomiting, diarrhea, organ failure and internal bleeding and people die and the only course of action is quarantine and it's highly contagious and passed on just by
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touching an infected person or animal. it's believed this out break of the virus was originally transmitted to humans from bats in the forest regions of gin guinea and the government ban eating of bats and other bush meats. >> translator: you see i'm afraid, i have stopped eating meet. >> reporter: this market normally full of forest foods is now empty. fear of eboal spread is reaching neighboring countries too and some strengthened border controls and they are investigating their own suspected cases. erica woods, al jazeera. >> a indz yanukovich military cargo plane crashed in india killing all five people on board and it was a c 130 and went down in bangladesh shortly after take off, defense ministry has ordered an investigation.
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australia says the search for malaysia airline has shifted again based on new data and turned their focus to waters northwest of the previous search area in the indian ocean and four planes and six ships are trying to find traces of flight 37 off the southwest coast three weeks after the passenger jet went missing. >> an international air crash investigation team in malaysia provided updated advice to ntsb which examined the information and determined an area 1100 kilometers to the northeast of the existing search area is now the most credible lead as to where debris may be located. the new search area is approximately 319,000 square kilometers in area and about 1850 kilometers west of perth. >> reporter: the search for the missing plane has talked about the relationship between china and malaysia and most 239 people
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on board were chinese nationals and families have strongly criticized the way may slaysha has handselled the situation and we have more from beijing on what is at stake financially. >> the messages as they march to the embassy in beijing were personal, one speaks of a mother's cooking being the best, another reveals a waiting marriage proposal and engagement ring, all addressed to people on board flight 370 and now their personal grief and anger have become a national issue. >> translator: china, malaysia corporation has not only benefitted our people but conducive to regional stability and development. >> reporter: the visit to malaysia last october was meant to strengthen an already strained relationship and by lateral trade was worth $106
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billion u.s. dollars last year and expected to go up 50% by 2017 but that is not the only reason the chinese government wants to keep relations with malaysia friendly. >> translator: chew that also has territory disputes with malaysia but not as serious as with philippines and vietnam, so china will look at malaysia as a good neighboring country. >> reporter: many people are already callings for a boycott of all things malaysia and chinese tourists are the third biggest to malaysia and the figure is expected to drop by up to 40% and it's not a matter of compensation for the plane's passengers and said they showed lack of respect and understanding and not just to them but china as a whole and it is not enough for these relatives of passengers on board flight 370 that chinese officials allowed them a rare public show of emotion and want
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the government to do something more to punish malaysia. >> the case you here is the extent of public pressure coming from china itself and i think to the extent that is the case the really revealing thing about the story is not so much the relations between malaysia and china as it is the nature of the regime in china itself. >> reporter: they need to find a way to balance public and they don't want to risk under mining, the relationship with an important ally. i'm with al jazeera in beijing. >> police outyum interred demonstrators 2-1 in protests against the world cup and they are angered about the cost of hosting the tournament that kicks off in three months and in rio the army is being deployed into a community of shanty towns known as complexes and they increased their presence amid
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violence there and here is rob reynolds. >> reporter: brazil soldiers are on patrol in one of rio's largely lawless shanty towns. the army deployment was approved by the country's president rusa after a surge in gang violence, revenge killings and attacks of police on out posts and larger troop also be brought into the operation in the coming days. the government says the show of force is necessary to keep the violence in the slums known as valilla from spiralling out of control. >> translator: we have to show them that we are stronger than they are. >> reporter: the government also wants to preclude embarrassment from widespread pavilla violence during the world cup starting in june. the people who live here seem more skoernful than intimated from armies who pass through the neighborhood and they say the
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soldiers ransacked this house. >> translator: they said i have guns in my house and i live here we my don't have drugs and i was angry and could not defend myself because when i try to talk they tell me to shut up. >> reporter: many residents will not speak out publically for fear of reprisals by the police or criminal gangs but there is widespread resentment of the government spending $11 billion on the tournament while the slums lack even basic services. >> translator: a lot of people here don't have enough food to eat and the government keeps investing in things that don't help us. >> reporter: disturbing images and a simmering under current of violence as brazil prepares to take a turn on the world stage. rob reynolds, rio with al jazeera. >> a cafe on almost every corner
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and they want coffee drinking to be declared a part of buenos ares heritage. >> they drink coffee, all kind with cream or double in a cup or a mug, the art of coffee drinking is a part of daily life and developed by argentina spanish immigrants. >> translator: more than accustom, it's an excuse for us to meet and chat for a while, 20 minutes, half an hour, it's a good excuse. >> reporter: the ministry culture declared coffee drinking a part of the cultural heritage. along with tango dancing music.
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the city has designated more than 50 of what it calls notable cafes and local landmarks each with history and clientele, there are few finer places in the world in which to drink coffee and chat, to read, to write or just to stair blankly into space. but the truth is my risk of offending a few locals here the coffee sometimes could be a little better. there is a new wave of cafes of having better brewing methods which seems to be to their taste. >> translator: the reaction has been one of surprise. they have been drinking something out of habit and suddenly they try something delicious and ask themselves why was i drinking that. >> reporter: the coffee drinking culture is changing, the independent cafes facing
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challenges from outside, something for the locals to discuss over a cup of coffee, obviously, i'm with al jazeera. >> and as always there is lots more on our website, al jazeera.com, get the latest on all the stories we are following, al jazeera.com. tonight i'm asking how would these be different if republican controlled washington. also, holy molely, the once secret world of vatican finances. just a few months ago, and this is real money.
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