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> >> we'll be in a stronger position to deter vladimir putin
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when he sees the world is unified. the u.s. president sends a warpi -- warning to stop meddlig in eastern ukraine. and a celebration to mark democracy in south africa - how much have things really changed. first, a billion roman ka catholics around the world have two new same time. a celebration started at the vatican for john paul ii and john xxiii. this is the scene in st. peter's square. event began with a mass led by pope francis and his predecessor, benedict xvi. 2 million are expected, including dozens of world leaders. it's a day of prayers, hymns and celebrations. a canonisation mass was held in
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the past two hours. pope francis started to recite the special prayer, at about this time. it's, as i said, a day of four popes, including pope john paul. there's a doingent from poland. a day of unity from the vatican watchers, a conservative and reformist coming together, an event unprecedented in the 2,000 year history of the church. giant screens, which you may not be able to see as we watch the pope and listen to the pope in the mass. they have been set up as pope francis conducts the ceremonies. he asked his predecessor, pope emmer it us benedict the xvi to
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take part. jonah has been watching event for the past two hours. an event unprecedented in catholic history. tell us what has been happening so far? >> i thought i better point out to you because you are probably looking at live pictures. you may have noticed all the yellow and white umbrellas throughout the congregation in st. peter's square. those are priests delivering communion to the congregation gathered here. many thousands that have come to st. peter's square and watching on television to see the connonisation of the two late popes and a while ago, an hour or a half ago. they heard pope francis proclaim st. john paul ii and st. john xxiii. that is what they came to see,
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an historic double canonization. it never happened before, and it has never happened in front of two living popes, pope francis and peope benedict. here is my report on the miracle and questions at the heart of this canonization. . >> reporter: two popes elevated to saint hood, the holiest honour that the catholic church can bestow. in st. peter's square and around the world the faithful witnessed in their billions. among the number this woman, whose sudden recovery from a fatal brain aneurysm eight years ago is considered one of two miracles qualifying pope john paul ii for sanctity. >> i heard a voice saying "get
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up, don't be afraid", my eyes were fixed on a picture of the john paul ii. in the picture his hands were raised. i saw how they extended out from the picture, indicating me to get up. i got up and said "yes, sir itself, that was my response. >> it happened at home in costa reeka as she watched the late pope's butification on television. her family were waiting for her to sky. >> reporter: john paul ii was responsible for two medical miracles after his death. on xxiii just one of the the counter pope francis removed the requirement for a second, making this canonizition event possible. to pilgrims both are men of holiness. the legacy of the john paul ii causes some to question.
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giovanni was a priest abbinged to give evidence to a committee investigating the possibility of john paul ii's canonization. they did not ask him back. >> in the past i expressed my view that the process has been accelerated in a significant way. subsequently they have not vetted the characters of these men, specifically the shadows in the life of survivors of sexual abuse within the church agree. the polish pope, they say, should have done more to stop it. it's disappointing that the catholic church officials are making john paul a saint. he was involved in coughing up sex crimes, and we don't believe that's saintly behaviour. >> that view will not be widely heard on sunday. >> a day of two popes, in fact, a day of four popes at the vatican. a reformist and a conservative.
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why at the same time. >> vatican watchers will tell you that there's no coincidence in that, as far as pope francis is concerned. remember, this began before he ascended to the papacy. he's publicly blessed this canonization and says it works well in terms of his mission, the mission of his papacy to unite the church, rejuvenate the church in terms of its flagging numbers and popularity of recent times and draw it out from under the cloud of controversy that i was alluding to there. by choosing the popes, icons of the left and right politically within the church, that works well in terms of unifying the church. john paul ii, of course, known for his ring ied conservative --
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rigid conservative views. pope john xxiii liberal, credited with breathing new life into the court. both modernist leaders of the church through the 20th century. important in terms of prap sis, both with a -- pope francis, both with a huge impression on him has he made his way through the church. john paul elevated to cardinal. in line to succeed. john xxiii a young man belonged to the lay order of st. francis. where the current pope got his name. >> thank you to jonah in vatican city. let's move away from jonah for a second and look at the crowds.
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st. peter square - many pilgrims sleeping out to get places for the dual canonization. as jonah pointed out. if you saw some priests with umbrellas, signed. it's a sign they are giving communion to the faithful. a last word before we move on. at pope john paul's funeral nine years ago. there were calls of santo rebito, and calls for him to be canonized. saint now, basically. as we see the incredible pictures. two popes, canonizing two popes. the south korean prime minister resigned over the government's handling of the ferry disaster. more than 100 are dead and more than 100 are unaccounted for. chung hong-won said the cries of the families of those missing
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will keep hum up at night for the -- him up at night for the rest of his life. >> 11 days after the disaster, days marked by grief, anger and recrim nation. south korea's prime minister decided to take the fall. >> translation: the right thing for me to do is take responsibility and resign. on behalf of the government i apologise for problems, from the commencement of the accident to the early handling of the did as -- disaster. >> chung hong-won was in charm of the effort. supervising the multi-agency response, putting him in the firing lines. literally parents of the missing children threw a water bottle and scuffled with him and stopped his car leaving the island of jindo. relatives from furious about delays for getting into the ship and lack of survivors and the
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lack or contradictory nature of the information from officials. >> reporter: there's a wider sense of anger and shame as more ememories about the safety -- emerges about the safety violations bringing about to the needless lose of life, lapse preparation and corrupt practices as a whole. >> against the background president park geun-hye pre-empted a trial calling what the crew did tantamount to murder and called on public servants involved in illegalityies to be held accountable. the outgoing prime minister went further. >> translation: through the accident i bitterly felt there was so many varieties of irregularities that continued in our society and practices that have gone wrong. i hope the deep-rooted evil is corrected this time and this kind of accident never happens again. >> an apology to those killed
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and a challenge to the president and colleagues in government to engame in farr-reaching reform. >> harry fawcett is with me now, and let's talk about that, live from seoul. has the tragedy, do you think, exposed problems in the corporate culture in south korea? >> i don't think people who live here would be surprised at such problems. i think it has put a spotlight on them. there's a sense that it was failed by the businesses, government and regulators. including the crew. as i say, i think people recognise that there is something in the business culture in which lines are blurred, and corruption can take place. you can look in the nuclear industry, where safety is at a massive premium and a raft of electrical cables were found to
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have false safety tickets attached to them. they weren't what the nuclear operators were buying. and there was corruption and bribery involved. that's something that people here accept, that this kind of thing can go on, and to some extent it can be explained by the success. it has been accused of corner cutting in the past. president park geun-hye's father in charge of the country in the late '60s and '70s. his push for economic success was down to coddling client countries. again there were lines crossed and lack of regulatory inspection and the rest of it. it is a massive shock to people to see the effects so terribly played out on the television
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screen. >> do you think enough has been done to diffuse the discontent and was president park geun-hye under pressure. >> i think she is under pressure. i think that was recognised when thee came out with an extraordinary strong comment against the crew saying their actions essentially had been tantamount to homicide. i think that she has accepted the resignation with her prime minister and saying not yet, that she wants him to continue in his job in the immediate future while the rescue operation continues and he has other things to deal with. to some extent he may act as a lightening rod. the approval ratings went down from 70% to 50% within a couple of days from the scene of this accident. there is a potential for further heads to roll. she may choose to make this an
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opportunity for a wider cabinet reshuffle. i think her prime minister left her or at least in her leaving speech gave her a challenge and said we need to look broadly at the culture of how we do business, how we ensure safety in the country, and to some extent that's what they'll have to make good on in the longer term. >> thank you harry harry fawcett, reporting from seoul. >> you're watching the newshour from doha. still to come - devastated by drought. we report from haiti where poor harvests weakened the frage il food supply. plus, service with speed, a race where competitors need poise, pan ash and the bill, in buenos aires. in sport, find out what the n.b.a. players say about the racist comments allegedly made
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by this franchiser. before all that the united states and malaysia promised to strengthen their relationship. pam re and the malaysian prime minister najib razak held bilateral talk. trade was among some issues discussed. >> we agreed to upgrade our bilateral relations to a comprehensive partnership, marking a new phase in our relationship, greater collaboration on economy, security, education, science, technology and more. >> barack obama is the first american president to visit malaysia in 40 years. some international groups want him to use the journey as an opportunity to raise human rights issues. one is political freedom. human rights says malaysia's government uses outdated laws to harass political opponents.
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the system is used to target peaceful protesters, and police use force against demonstrators. homosexuals face particular persecution with groups undermining activities. >> unfortunately it is a situation that is getting perceptively worse since the election on may 23rdrd. we have seen a crackdown on political opposition leader anwar ibrahim and others, and on civil society groups, across the board. freedom of expression, association and public assembly. >> while in malaysia barack obama was thinking about crimea. he said russia should stop encouraging unrest in the east of ukraine, and there was brode support for sanctions to deter
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moscow. >> the motion that for us to go forward with sectorial sanctions would be the most effective deterrent. mr putin, i think, is factually wrong. we'll be in a stronger position to deter mr putin when he sees that the world is unified and the united states and europe is unified. >> inside ukraine, a team of negotiators is heading to the east. hoping to secure the release of their colleagues held by gunmen in slovyansk. the group of military observers have been detained since friday, as the leader of the pro-russian group suggests he would consider a prisoner swap. moscow would do norrees sanctions. the leader of a separatist group in the eastern city of slovyansk said me have detained three
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ukrainian intelligence officers. the me were captured in an overnight operation. russian media is reporting the group wanted to exchange the officers for separatists who are previously detained. hoda abdel-hamid joins me from donetsk. it's complicated, this story, hoda. it is becoming very complicated, and the major is feeling emboldened and empowered by it. he declared the o.s.c.e. team was considered as prisoners of war, even though it wasn't clear whether he decided that europe was an enemy. he said they were not allowed in his territory, and accused them of being spies to give information to the enemies of his up to. now, there is a lot of pressure on him from all sides.
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we understand from the o.s.c.e. that they have been talking to all sides. they have put its weight on it. sergei lavrov clearly said that he will do whatever he can, but this happened because of the anti-terror operation that was launched against the town of slovyansk, and never kicked off. it is a very complicated situation at this stage. from what we understand, the mayor is under pressure to release at least o.s.c.e. delegation, at least the foreigners, three of them are germans, there's a daip, a pol -- dane, a pol, a czech. yes, that's the nationalities, i'm sorry, there. with them there's five ukrainians, and from what we understand, this is not confirmed, he will try to keep the ukrainians along the lines you mentioned and use it for a
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prisoner swap. we haven't heard from kiev. >> prisoner swap. quid proquo. if the people holding the o.s.c.e. members as hostages, i suppose, say if you release members of our group, we'll release them. and moscow saying we'll do what we can. is there evidence that moscow is doing that. supposedly the men will have loyalty to moscow e won't they. >> moscow has a lot of weight there. we don't know whether there is russian presence on the ground in slovyansk. but we are hearing from people that they don't recognise the gunmen. there's a security building that has been taken over inside that building. there's a lot of armed men, and there are allegations that some
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are russian intelligence officers. russia has a lot of weight to pull on the release to happen. there is an o.s.c. delegation that should have asked about an hour ago in slovyansk. we don't have confirmation if it arrived or not. the mayor didn't know at this stage. it's supposed to hold dialogue with the mayor. he indicated that it could be solved. we have to wait and see what could happen. it puts it in a difficult situation. we heard the interior minister announce the anti-terror operation and announce the relaunch of anti-terror operation. at this particular moment, he can't do anything while this delegation is captive in slovyansk. hoda abdel-hamid in donetsk. thank you, hoda. iraqis will head to the
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polls on wednesday for parliamentary elections. the build-up to the vote has been marred by violence. corruption and mismanagement of funds it a big concern for voters. we have a report from the oil-rich region of basra. >> this woman makes tea for her family. a pleasure, but not as uncomplicated as it looks. the water from the taps across the city is undrinkable. it's been like this in basra for decades. >> translation: you can never drink it, it's salty. if you watch your face, your eyes burn. the children get stomach ache. some days we don't wash, you can't wash before prayer. >> life was better before. >>. >> translation: we lived a good life in the '60s. >> this is the father of the
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house, forced to leave the police force after suffering a blood clot to the brain. he pays his bills, the water is bad, and he can't afford the medical treatment he need. >> translation: my wife is dark. i can't explain my feelings, we have poor electricity, the water is foul and polluted. the daylight is dark in my life. >> basra could be one of the richest cities. many thousands of barrels of oil lie under the ground. basra's budget in 2012 was 3 billion, money for water, sewerage and electricity. most people have given up waiting for the promises to be kept and want to know where the cash goes. >> people in basra and others have never had possible drinking water from their tapsment that's
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despite promises from the authorities. one of the reasons is because of corruption. >> this is a candidate and says the government does not give enough money to basic infrastructure projects. >> when the central government gives the local government money, it starts. >> pro-government politicians say the country is struggling with a legacy of saddam hussein. the battle against corruption can be won. >> in the time of saddam hussein, he concentrated on the killing or the spirit of our country. we expect results soon. >> this woman and her granddaughter who walk to fill her bucket of water.
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iraq's democratic system must seem a long way away. >> time to look at the weather where you are in the world. here is richard with news of tornados. >> that's right. late april, normally we are talking about tornado all the time. as far as the u.s. is concerned. april is the deadliest month for tornados. think back to 2011. more than 300 fatalities across the state. at the moment it's been very, very quiet until the 24th of april. there were no e f3 enhanced scale 3 tornado or above to report across the region. it's the first time it happened since the early 1950s. the situation now is beginning to change. there's no reason why we shouldn't end up with something more typical as the months run on. at the moment, we have got things developing across the plains region, we have very big
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storms beginning to appear as the low pressure center moves in. we have had significant storm damage to the east, across north carolina. there's nasty damage in beaufort, 15 injured, no fatalities, at least. the situation will worse. mississippi towards georgia. the risk of storms as they migrate from the north to the east. >> this is the area of risk. we move along the eastern sea board in disorders the carolinas. the risk of storms extends to the upper part of the midwest. it looks very disturbed indeed. >> it does. still to come - poles apart. south africa's development since the end of apartheid.
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and cristiano ronaldo breeds new life into the title race. andy with that in sport. vé
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you're watching al jazeera. i'm steven cole, this is the newshour and these are the top stories - two popes have been canonized at the vatican. hundreds of thousandsf thousand a double canonisation for pope john paul ii and pope john
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xxiii. ukraine says pro-russian separatists detained three officers. a group of international observers are also being detained. south korea's prime minister chung hong-won resigned following criticism of the government's response to the ferry disaster. back to the top story - the day of four popes, the connonisation of two at the vatican. andrea is a catholic analyst from the catholic newsagency. first of all, it's a long process, but what are the qualifications for saint hood? >> well, that's right. everybody can be a saint. a saint must lead a saintly life. but people can be a paint. not only a priest, and this is very important. pope francis could be a saint.
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some did not want to make an exception. you need two miracles, one miracle and one after the butification to be canonized. can you tell us how you decide what is a miracle. there must be a committee. i know there are ag nostics or atheists on the committee, what was the miracle that pope john paul created. >> it's not the saint that nation the miracle. but the procession. a person, a faithful of the church feels that something inexplicable, they cannot explain. it's a miracle. they send a letter to begin an
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investigation. the person in charge of taking all the details about the safety life of this person. then the postulator, among all the miracles, signals, miracles, among everything, it chooses the miracle that seems the most credible, the most real one, and then this goes to the medical commission, and to the theo logical commission, and the congregation, and to the pope. but actually the process fails - they can shoot another miracle, in fact. >> can you tell us a little more. you talked about religion. talk about the politics of religion, bringing together what is a conservative and a reformist. >> yes, i see your point. in fact, this pope can be, for many reasons, they have many
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things determined. in fact, pope francis - what concerns is politics of the church. we could not have john paul ii. he was the one who failed and what about this. the church, we can see, see that john paul xxiii is progressive because of the council. he was strict and orthodox. at the same time we can see that john paul ii was conservative. he was a modern pope. he was the first pope travelling around the world and touched so many off the cuff features and many that were not off the rack.
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they were on the record. >> john paul's path to saint hood, the fastest in modern history. thank you, for the catholic newsagency in rome. >> south africa's president jacob zuma says a lot has been done to make the country a better place. he was speaking at an event marking 20 years since the end of white minority rule. critics say the pace of development has been too slow. >> this is my grandchild. >> photographs of this family bring back fond memories. she gets annoyed. she voted for freedom in south africa's first democratic elections in 1994, but feels young people these days do not understand what it was like living under apartheid. >> i told them they are stupid. i didn't tell them they are fools. we used to live like dogs.
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>> violet calls the apartheid years as dark days. those that spoke out, some were arrested, disappeared and kill. the national congress is credited with ending the repress. this 23-year-old learnt about apartheid in school and through word of mouth. she knows that during apartheid she probably wouldn't do the job, because of the colour of her skin, and is grateful. she feels that democracy should be more than freedom. >> there's a lot of issues that come up with regards to the calibre of leadership in the country. this is riddled with a lot of corruption. you know, our leaders that have, in a sense forgotten their people. >> millions of people are jobless. one in every four. there's anger at failure to address poverty and growing inequality. we have a different kind of
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apartheid. a class of apartheid who continues to benefit those who benefitted under apartheid, but with a small layer of the black middle class crafted to those that benefitted historically. that has to change. >> the ruling african national congress has done well. >> we have basic needs. today. >> millions across the country say they are waiting for the paskss like water and -- basics like water, electricity and affordable housing. we are joined from pretoria. i know you will talk about that in a moment. tell us about what the president has been saying. >> he ran through the list of
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achievements that the african national congress managed to accomplish, and it's 20 years in power. he talked about housing, water, electricity, free education, winning the fight against hiv and aids, and the improvement. far more women in power in government ends in business as well. he made a dig at some of the opposition leaders sharing the stage. he said he can't deny or downplay the achievements. the facts are the fact. it's about celebrating 20 years when people here of all races were able to vote and someone that will vote for the first time on may the 7th is with me now. are you excited. what are you looking forward to about may 7th? >> i'm excited, looking forward to voting being a first-time voter this year. what are the things, issues that you are concerned with.
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>> i'm very concerned at the fact that i have no idea how the procedure works. so i'm nervous about that. otherwise i think everything else is fine. and a bit of research as well. >> how will you decide who to vote for? >> i will do arch on the different types that are available, and my biggest thing is i don't want to base my voice on the things that happen, i want to make an intelligent vote. >> you were born in a free country, voting for the first time. what do you know about apartheid? >> i though that it was a hard struggle. and it wasn't a nice time in south africa. if it happened, what happened,
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we wouldn't be standing here. different coloured people, you're white, i'll black - a lot of that wouldn't have happened. i know there were a lot of rules, and people were fighting all the time, so, yes. it was a tough time in the world. >> do you think the a.n.c. has done enough? >> yes, it has. it has. i'm speaking on my behalf. i did metric last year. it was a tough time. there was no funding because the government availed opportunities like in friendships, i was able to get a job and help myself and study while i was working. so the government is doing a lot. >> thank you very much for being with us. interesting to hear your thoughts. so many vote for the a.n.c. based on history and the past, weighing up all the actions to make an informed educated
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choice. >> tania paige. >> a severe drought is having a devastating effect on some of haiti's communities. months without rains means many are relying on handouts. the u.n. world food program helped to feed 100,000 people. supplies are running low. >> reporter: in the mountains of north western haiti it's rained once in the last seven months. this valley should be full of healthy crops and livestock. it's dry and barren. the lack of water is making life harsh, following two years of below average rainfall. the local farmer tells us he planted crops in september, to watch them wither and die. in a region remote and poor, the effects of the drought are felt throughout the community.
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school meals are rationed and all the food is brought in from the outside. supplies help but time is running out. >> translation: the drought impacts the children in so many ways. when they don't eat at home, they don't come to school. when they shop in class, we see them exhausted all day. >> this part of haiti depend on agriculture, and there's been some success in helping farmers build walls to keep the soil in place. other issues are harder to tackle. the problems when the rains come, all too often the soil that is here is washed away because of deforestation, there's nothing to keep it in the ground. that is a big change that the region faces. >> it's almost impossible to stop people shopping down trees for charcoal when for many it's their only source of income. they have removed so many trees, it's making a bad situation
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worse. >> the drought is destroying us completely. if you look around not each a child can find something to eat. the adults have nothing to do. they don't have jobs or could it is much needed. if the rain fall is below average conditions may get worse. >> now, there has been a 50% increase in the number of people in saudi arabia found with the life-threatening virus called m e.r. s. on sunday another 10 cases of middle east respiratory syndrome were reported, raising concerns across the region. . >> reporter: middle east respiratory system or m e.r. s is from the same family as the flu, causing coughing, fever and pneumonia, in a third of cases it caused death, in the elderly or people who are already sick. it was reported in 2012, and
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until two weeks ago, around 200 cases had been identified. most in saudi arabia and other gulf countries. in the last two weeks, saudi arabia has reported more than 100 new cases. 10 on sunday, including two deaths. there has been the first recorded case in egypt. the patient arrived with growna disease, underwent analysis, and the infection confirmed. the most important thing is to prevent the spread of the infection and put him under supervision, in isolation, to take the necessary medication. >> some doctors say the increase in reported cases could be a result of mutations in the fire us, allowing mers to pass from human to human. the saudi arabia government says the increase is because it's testing more people, many with milder symptoms.
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the mers virus is known to exist in camels. not all people who caught the virus have been in contact with animals. many saudis give birth in april and may, and may result in an increased in viral activity, five international vaccine makers have been invited to the kingdom to work on it. some health experts suggest the money would be better spent on identifying and stopping the virus before it's transmitted to humans. coming up. the latest sport from around the world. we'll hear from a football manager hoping to guide liverpool to a first english league title in more than 20 years.
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the asian carp is a fish threatening native fish species in some of america's waters, found in 12 states. researchers tried various ways to slow it's spreading. kentucky is trying a new method of disposal - literally swimming with the fishes. john hendren reports. >> reporter: what do you do when an invasive spees ace overwhelmed -- species overwhelms the waterways - earn millions for sending them to china and credit for removing fish. >> last week we export half a million, this year we'll enlarge the numbers. at the same time we are
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marketing in the u.s. it will cut down the numbers. >> the massive asian karp arrived in kentucky to control algae in ponds. frequent floods overwhelmed the ponds, carrying them into the waterways, including the mississippi river. now they are bounding out of lakes and rivers across the midwest. one broke darryl butler's ribs. >> jumped into the boat. hit the ribs. they are dangerous. they are increasing numbers. they took over lakes and refuge. >> too big, too boney and foreign for american's taste. earning $0.10 a pound instead of 50 cments. the carp are beginning to catch on with recreational fisher genment george uses a bow and aro. >> carp is a dirty word. in europe and asia it's a delicacy. here, people don't know. they are used to the big macks
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and the french fries and don't want to explore other opportunities. >> for those fish there are limited seasons. there's nothing fishing wildlife officials would like better than to deplete the stocks of asian carp, so you can real them in as the fishermen are doing, year round. >> we are trying to feed and employ people in a community that needs employment. >> it has more bones than other spaces. it's really good. people need to try it. >> with the first of the invasive critters appearing in the great lakes watershed, no one is worried about overfishing asian carp in america except perhaps two rivers fishery. time for the sport. here is andy. >> thank you so much. the n.b.a. is investigating racism claims against the opener of the l.a. clippers, alleged donald stirling was caught on
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tape not to promote her association with black people and not to bring them to gains. the league says there'll be no sanctions until it confirms it is his voice on the recording. >> reporter: this is the man at the center of a race storm in the n.b.a. l.a. clippers owner donald stirling allegedly telling his girlfriend not to post votes of herself with black people nor bring african-americans to clippers games: >> the lakers said there'll be no sanctions aclains the clippers or -- against the clippers or their owner until they confirm it is stirlings voice on the tape. >> all members of the n.b.a.
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family should be aforwarded due process to present their side of any controversy. it's why i'm not prepared to discuss any participation sanctions against donald stirling. we will, however, move extraordinarily quickly in our investigation. in the meantime mr stirling has agreed that he will not fand his play-off game tomorrow. >> with the play-offs ongoing. across america. many high profile players have made their feelings clear. miami heat star lebron james had this to say:
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. >> even the u.s. president, a keen basketball fan has been drawn into the controversy. >> the united states continues to wrestle with the legacy of race. and slavery and segregation. we have to be on guard against racial attitudes that divide us, rather than embracing our diversity as a strength. when ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't have to do anything, you let them talk. that's what happened here. >> clippers players met to discuss their reaction to stirling's alleged comments, and for now have agreed to appear in sunday's play-off games. >> well, there is more on that story at the website, and the rest of the sport news for the day.
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aljazeera.com/sport. liverpool can take a step towards winning the english premier league title when they take on chelsea in a couple of hours. they are five clear of second place chelsea with three games left in the season. liverpool aiming to win their first title in 24 years. >> people talk about the pressure, and you see the players. they enjoy the football and i enjoy being at the top of the league. you know, it's absolutely wonderful. there's no pressure with it. people talk about are you not enjoying it, you must not sleep at night. i haven't slept better. >> here is the table giving the liverpool manager sweet dreams. third place manchester city in access. ryan gigs started life as manchester united interim manager with a 4-0 win. >> the teeth of former coach tito vilanova - barca's upcoming
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game will go ahead. tito vilanova died at the age of 45 after a long fight against cancer. the stadium here has become the focus of grief for thousands of fans. the funeral will take place on monday. >> real had a chance to close the gap on atletico to three points. richard nicholson reports. >> reporter: as with all the league games in spain there was a minute's silence as a tribute to former barcelona manager tito vilanova, who died on friday. as the game got underway "real money" looked to go above their arch rivals, and cristiano ronaldo took six minutes to put his team in front. they opened the scoring with a brilliant strike. if you thought that was good.
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the second goal after the break was better. the portuguese striker making it 2-0 after 52 minutes with the 30th league goal of the season. later they defended, ramos putting it beyond doubt. and another defender, daniel rounded out the scoring with 83 minutes, making the final score 4-0 to real madrid, three behind atletico who play on sunday. earlier real continued a good run of form with a 3-0 run at grenada. they move up five places to ninth. the relegation secured three vital points to escape the relegation zone. richard nicholson al jazeera. >> no mistakes made in the
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latest defense of the world heavy wait boxing title, knocking out the challenger in the fifth round. klitschko unbeaten for 10 years. >> more sport from me later. that is it for now. >> knock out sport. waiting tables has a lot of history in buenos aires. immigrants introduced the skills. this generation of waiters is celebrating the condition in a fun way. daniel schweimler reports. . >> reporter: efficiency, poise and grace are three of the virtuous on display for waitresses and waiters in the heart of the buenos aires. this is a reevious winner. with more than 30 years in the job, he knows what is required. >> a good waiter must be friendly, respond rapidly and
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treat the customers as well as possible, always with a smile they were the main characteristics of a good waiter. >> he has worked at the bar in the legal districts serving lawyers and judges for two decades, a profession he loves because he enjoys dealing with the public. a maligned profession. some practice with a certain amount of style and pan ach, and nowhere is the art at raising a table better preserved than here. the waiters here at the iconic cafe, as in all the major establishments worked their way up the career ladder, to finally, when ready, serving the customers. it's a story that goes way back. a way to raise celebration of pride in their profession. >> it's a tradition. buenos aires has been a
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hospitable city. with more than 10,000 hotels, restaurants and bars, it's a profession we are proud of. >> this race is for the waiters, this for the waite reses. 1,600 metres to the government palace and back, balancing two bottles and a glass in the trade. >> the winner is not just the fastest but one with the most balance. that is service. let's go to roam and see the latest pictures of the pope after the connonisation of two paps, pope john paul ii and pope john xxiii. they have been declared saints at a mass co-celebrated by prap sis and his predecessor pope benedict. the scene from st. peter's
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... we pray the grace we have bestowed. from popes to saints, john paul ii and john xxiii join an elite group as the vatican make history. >> day two of a visit to malaysia, the first american president to visit the country in half a century. calling it quits - south korea's prime minister