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she's talking about all of you. she's talking about those who we've lost. that's the difference in the legacy you can be proud of. now even as our combat mission ends later this year i want everybody to know in this country and across the region america's commitment to the people o of afghanistan will endure. we'll continue to stand by afghanistan as they strengthen their institutions, as they build their economy and improve their lives for men and women, boys and girls, i've made it clear that we're prepared to continue prettying with our afghan partners on two missions, training and equipping forces and targeting against al-qaeda. once afghanistan has sworn in its new president i'm hopeful to sign a bilateral security agreement that let's us move forward.
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with that bilateral security agreement, as soon as it's signed we can prepare for a limited presence in afghanistan beyond 2014. because after all the sacrifices we've made we want to preserve the gains that you have helped to win. we want to make sure that afghanistan never again, ever, be used again to launch an attack against our country. so our combat mission will come to an end, but our obligations to you and your families have only just begun. the al-qaeda leadership may be on the ropes. but in other parts of the world al-qaeda affiliates are evolving and posing a serious threat. we'll have to stay strong and stay vigilant. fortunately, we have the best led, best trained and best equipped military in human history. [ cheering ] and as commander in chief i'm going to keep it that way. we're going to stay strong by taking care of your families
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back home. first lady michelle and vice president joe biden's wife jill has made this their mission. their families have served too. we'll make sure that more americans are stepping up to support and honor those extraordinary families. we'll stay strong by taking care of our wounded warriors and our veterans because helping our wounded war injuries and veterans is not just a promise, it's a sacred obligation. as you come home some of you will return to civilian life. we want to make sure that you can enjoy the american dream that you have helped to defend. with the transition assistance to help you begin the next chapter of your life. that's going to keep america strong. the credentials and licenses to help you find a job worthy of your incredible skills. that will keep america strong. making sure that the post 11 g.i. bill is delivering the kind
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of education that you have earned, that will keep america strong. i keep saying to every company back home, if you want to know someone who knows how to get the job done, hire a vet. hire a vet. hire a vet. [applause] because like generations before you, we need you to help us write the next chapter in the american story. i know you'll do that because i've seen the character of your service. i know the strength of our country. going back to new york and thinking about that tragedy 12 years ago in those awful moments after the twin towers fell. as the wreckage was still burning, those are the scenes we're desperately looking for survivors. one of those searching was a
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detective at the nypd. as he climbed the debris i spotted something in the rubble. it was a flag. it was torn up. parts of it were burned, but it was still intact. today that flag is at the 911 dataco9/11 museum. it's dusty. it's torn, and you can see the burn marks from the fires. that flag has been through a lot. but the thing you notice is it's broad stripes and bright stars are still shining. after all it's been through, after all america has been there, our flag is still there. our flag is still there because when our nation was attacked a generation, this generation, the 9/11 generation stepped up. our flag is still there because you served with honor in dusty
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villages and streets and remote outposts in kandahar, coast, our flag is still there because this long war you never wavered in your belief that people deserve to live free from fear. over here and back home. our flag will always be there. because the freedom and liberty it represents to the world will always be defended by patriots like you. so i'm here to say thank you. i'm here to say i'm proud of you. the american people are proud of you. god bless you. god bless the united states armed forces. god bless our united states of america. thank you very much, everybody.
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>> president barack obama there thanking u.s. troops there having just arrived on a surprise weekend visit a few hours ago. a very lively speech kimberly halkett also listening there. kimberly, it was a rapturous welcome, and a very upbeat message he had. >> reporter: indeed. there were a lot of local and american-type references that were put into this speech deliberately to boost the mood of the troops. many who are on their seventh and eighth combat mission to iraq. there was that effort to try to make them feel proud, to show appreciation with the service. at times with the memorial day
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holiday taking place where americans traditionally honor those who have serve: what is interesting, the president intimated that he will be making some foreign policy announcements in the future and provide clarity in terms of what the american commitment will be in afghanistan following 2014 when there is that scheduled draw down of n.a.t.o. and troops. the president saying that he believed that afghanistan had made many gains. there is the elections and then the run-off elections, but he acknowledged, in his place, a dangerous place. still in his words a long way to go. for that reason there is the belief and intention of the president from the sounds that have speech, that he would like to see some security presence remain in place after the end of 2014, but the numbers are still unclear. we're told there will be a number of foreign policy speeches made by the president according to some of his advisers. that's when we may expect to see a specific number.
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right now there are 32,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan. expect that number to be a little closer to 5,000 as the president said in his words that the united states wants to keep a commitment to the people of afghanistan. >> kimberly, interesting that he made reference to the veterans and families back home, and how they'll be looked after. because there is a lot of controversy in the u.s. about this. >> reporter: indeed, there has been a lot of controversy whether the u.s. is doing enough to provide for the needs of these service men, men and women, i should point out, who when they return are finding high unemployment, finding they can't get jobs. finding that they can't get the medical treatment that they need. some of them suffering horrific injuries as a result of serving in afghanistan. getting the run around, finding
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that the veteran's administration who is supposed to handle their healthcare, is not serving them in a way that they have been promised when they signed up on this service. on the heels of this controversy, which has been a prominent controversy here, but the fact remaining that the president is acknowledging that, knowing that these men and women who are in afghanistan, at that air force base there have been following this and are concerned when they return. will i be taken care of. will those promises be kept, the president trying to provide assurance there. >> thank you very much for joining us from washington at the end of obama's street. let's go now to our producers in afghanistan for the view from kabul. some of the key points that we picked up from that speech was obama's hope that he can sign a treatly, a bilateral security agreement with the new president of afghanistan.
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that, then, plans for limited troop presence in afghanistan remaining after 2014. we don't know who the next president of afghanistan is going to be yet, but it's the thought that this treaty will be signsigned. >> reporter: well, both candidates who are run off on the 13th of june say that will be on the top of their list and their priority to sign the bilateral security contract. of course, president obama called the trip a single mission to thank the soldiers, but the speech has a very important message for afghanistan. it's a speech of commitment for the future after 2014. he said he would never allow afghanistan to become a safe haven for those threatening america. he also pinpointed lots of success and achievement of
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americans here. he talked a lot about how strong afghan forces are now, and how the girls are going to school. all these achievements are so fragile if there is not a presence of foreign forces. with all those afghan armies it will be very hard for them to keep these achievements. so it is a big challenge. now afghanistan is waiting for them. another announcement by president obama of how many troops will be allowed to stay in afghanistan after 2014. >> thank you very much. thank you very much to kimberly halkett in washington, d.c.
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that's it from me. i'm turn you over to my colleague. >> yes, i've got news for you for the next 45 memberships. we'll kick off with ukraine where a billionaire novenas the chocolate king is claiming victory in the presidential election. the national exit poll put this man, petro poroshenko in the lead at 56 there's. turnout in the capitol of kiev was strong. but pro russian separatest stopped the vote from going ahead in the east. poroshenko said that his first step would be to end the chaos in eastern ukraine. >> all exception polls have been carried out by highly reputed services in the world. they're saying that the election has ended in one round and that the president has a new president.
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today our european road and european ambitious i ambition i. >> let's get the latest from jackie in kiev. it does underline the challenges this man is going to face if the presidency is his. >> yes, indeed, and he was talking tonight like president-elect. we're not looking at preliminary results, this is just exit polls. but because of the huge gap between him and his challenger, and these exit polls suggest above the 50% it does sound like we're listening to a president-elect rather than just
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a presidential candidate. i will i'l bring in our next gu, professor alexi alexsei. what challenges to you think will be facing him right now. >> we have a lot of challenges. this is undeclared war. what will a president can do? >> now beyond the pace of ukraine there are a lot of other
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challenges. can you give us an idea of the top priorities for poroshenko if he becomes president in the next several days. >> success reforms in the ukraine and moving ukraine closing to europe. again, he would be able to even agreement with the e.u. political has already been signed. but it's very likely that this economic part of association would be signed on june 27th. simultaneously with moldova and georgia. >> ol esksiy, thank you for
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sharing with us the challenges of petro poroshenko. >> jackie roland in kiev there. now libya's general national congress has given a vote of confidence anti-government groups. i know there were a lot of difficulty getting the number of members into the building for a proper quota to vote. tell us what is happening. >> well, just in the last hour or so they managed to get 93 people into that building.
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it took eight hours. they have voters, and they have approved the government which means that libya has a government. four cabinet posts remain empty. this ithis is key because therea lot of power issues here. many people will say that the move by the gnc is a very dangerous one. they have said that the gnc has no legitimacy, why? because it's mandate ended in february, and the election was controversial. some say that it actually ended. anyway, a lot of complications back and forth. the reality is we'll have to see how it weighs out.
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it's very complicated allegiances, tribal, regional, we'll have to wait and see how it plays out. there is a government which will rule on election on the 25th of june. >> the government will be certainly be challenged by general haftar. we're hearing about a build up of armored vehicles on the road around the gnc. can you tell us what is happening security-wise? >> that is right. we heard that a few hours ago. that there was a build up of armored vehicles believed to be part of the brigade who were part of the attacks on the gnc last sunday, which is when they were supposed to approve the cabinet. the security was tight. they would not let us film.
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but so far i have to say it has passed without incident. we have haven't had reaction or statements at the moment. enemy here in tripoli and across the country will tell you it is very tense. we hear reports of people trying to take money out of banks. we don't know how this is going to go because many militias extremely well armed, and of course a lot of applications have the backing of different militias. it's a very complicated situation. many people will tell you it is very dangerous of how this will play out. >> thank you very much, indeed. stephanie decker reporting live there. pope francis' visit to israel was supposed to be a neutral one, but there was a surprising step into politics. we watched as they said a prayer. and on the barrier a message, "free palestine."
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the palestinians and israeli presidents have officially accepted the pope's invitation to the vatican next month. >> the time has come for everyone to be generous and create the service in the common good. it rests on the right of two states to exist and live in preys. >> we'll be hearing from nick schifrin in jerusalem. but first in bethlehem. >> reporter: pope francis visited bethlehem. he was choppered in to a crowd of cheering thousands. his first stop was to meet with mahmood abbas. after there he got into the popemobile to make his way to
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manger square. but first he made an unexpected stop where he went up to the wall and prayed for five minutes under a graffiti sign that said, "pope, we need someone to speak about justice." although the pope has emphasized that his trip to the holy land was as a pilgrim, this act spoke louder than many words. he came back to hold a two-hour mass. he had lunch with five palestinian families before heading to a refugee camp to meet with children there. he'll head out to jerusalem and meet with the leader of the eastern orthodox church bartholomew i. >> in israel pope francis will continue the of the to strike a balance while giving a nod to the narrative of the location he
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is in. a few stops, one, mount hertzel, the too many of the four father of israel, the four father of zionisms. israelis believe that is a significant stop because neither of his two predecessors stopped there, and because they feel it's an endorsement of israel's right to this land. he'll also visit the holocaust museum an and shimon peres' hou. he'll go to the church of the holy sepulcher where it is believed that jesus was crucified and resurrected, and he'll continue with his attempt at inter faith harmony and inter faith dialogue. poacpope francis is here to cone the unity and meet the head of the or th orthodox afternoon ate
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sepulcher. he'll try to strike a balance between the israelis and the palestinians. >> a car bomb has ex-blowed in a pro-government neighbor neighborhood in the syrian city of homs. aat least eight people were killed. the explore went off in a predominantly alawites area. in a southern city, the fighting is intensifying. the government is trying to gain control ahead of next month's elections. but rebel fighters are refuse to go back down and now they've gone underground to take back strategic positions. >> reporter: syrian rebel fighters crawl on their hands and knees. here their guns aren't needed. they're being replaced with
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picks and shovels. they dig through the day and the night and while the snipers can't see them here, the lack of oxygen and threat of earth collapse is a deadly risk. >> we're facing certain difficulties. we're using simple tools. the terrain is stoney and tough. >> the rebels have been digging a underground network of tunnels to reach key posts held by syrian government forces. already they have helped to destroy some of these key areas in deraa. >> assad's forces have fortified their barricades, turned them into strong barracks. we can't seize or destroy them with light arms. that's wh why we need the tunnes
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to destroy them. >> the start of syria's civil war in 2011, thousands of people have lost their lives since then, and with both sides refuse to goay down their weapons of choice, the digging and the killing is likely to continue. al jazeera. >> let's get some news from europe now. and mariam. >> police in belgium are still hunting th. >> reporter: security camera footage shows the moment the gunmen struck. firing an assault rifle into the jewish museum in brussels before taking off on foot. he is still on the run.
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>> we have one, he was alone, probably. that he was prepared, and that he was armed. >> the museum remained sealed. no one knows why the gunman open fired herers, but anti-semitism is widely suspected. >> we have to remember that this was promised opposite one promise: never again. >> there are elements in europe that condemn any construction of a house in jerusalem but don't houry thurry do condemn what gon europe itself. >> reporter: jewish leaders fear more attacks could follow.
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>> we can feel reassured but as you know attacks can happen anywhere, any how, any time, and anything can be expected from those who decide to carry them out. >> if proved this would be the worst attack against belgium jews in 30 years. tips from the public will be crucial in tracking the gunmen down. >> people across the european union are taking part in parliamentary elections. vote necessary the remaining e.u. member states will select who will helped them in europe. only 40% are expected to turn out and vote, continuing a trend of declining participation at every european election. those who do vote in the five-year event are selecting 751 mep seats. for the first time those mep
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seats will have a say on who is elected president. a powerful role in e.u. legislation. we go to brussels, simon, what are early exit polls telling us? >> reporter: well, they are in line with some of the predictions made in the run off to this vote. that namely in certain key european member states the parties that are emerging as the most skeptical anti-e.u. anti-immigration are set to do pretty well. i guess the headlines so far is polling the exit polls between 4, 2524%, 25%, and 26% of the v. that party would be the winner from france, and on greece and
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there are matters are anti-e.u. and anti-e.u. bail out and economy. and it is expected that the u.k. independence party is also going to deliver a shock to the political mainstream, if you like, possibly coming top there as well. >> nevertheless, a big problem with these elections every time, simon, it seems to be turnout. >> reporter: it does. ever since 2009 the voting has seemed to be slipping. in 2009 it was will 43%. in big countries like germany and france, the turnout seems to be a healthy 3% to 4% up in france and as much as 5% in germany. so some encouragement there. one mention on the rise of the new right wing parties, the
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anti-union skeptical parties, the exit polls are showing a surprise where the freedom party is predicted to do very well there. that prediction appears to be bucking the trend. what we will get at the end of this election process we should get officials result in the two and a half hours is the emergence of a new bloc made up of parties that are anti-the whole european project, and that could shake up the european map in europe. >> mcgregor woods in brussels, thank you so much. we'll have more on europe later in this hour. >> thank you very much, indeed. anti-coup protesters in thailand have been give a warning by the army against rallies.
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corporation heads were ordered to come in for talks with military. still it come on the program, will vote recounting condition in malawi, a day after the president declared the election null and void? plus why researchers say not all fair trade works are getting fair wages. and can rory mcilroy put his problems behind him? that coming up.
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president obama in afghanistan with a surprise visit for u.s. troops. and pope francis' visit to the middle east has become political after he stopped to pray at a wall that said free palestinians. president abbas and president perez has accepted his invitation to visit the vatican next month. a vote widely seen on a referendum. supporters say his social party brought steady economic growth. he's seeking a second term in of courseoffice. but he's accused of giving too
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many concessions. zuluaga said he'll suspend talks with farc if he winds. this is the tightest race in two decades, and it could do you dee whether peace talks continue with farc. >> absolutely, this is a real nail-biting race, and there is so much at stake that is the outcome, not only the outcome of the peace talks but who wind this election. the candidates are running neck and neck in who wins. these peace talks will be continue or may be suspended all together. this could put an end to 50 years of civil survive which has
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cost 200,000 lives and he's placed 6 million colombians. so there is a lot at stake in this election. and it's very, very likely that no one will win in this first round. there are five candidates in all, and there's kind of a sixth silent candidate, it's the blank vote. it's on the ballot. people are allowed to vote blank. if more than 50% do so, there will have to be a brand new election with new candidates. while unlikely, it does tell you how disillusioned colombians are with their government. and there is room to vote blank. >> thank you for that live i bogota.
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>> according to a new report by academics in london profit from fair trade are not helping those poor in uganda and ethiopia. >> reporter: sustaining farming that's the promise that fair trade offers in purchasing their products. it's become a by word in doing business. say the farmers, workers and local community. but it may not be effective enough. after studying 1500 people working in fair trade certified businesses in uganda and ethiopia, many of the workers profile fell short of earning decent wages and receiving little of the benefits it's meant to deliver. there is evidence of children being paid to work on such farms. >> in certain areas where there is larger scale and commercial
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production what we tend to find and the statistics show this is significant is that the wages are typically lower on the areas dominated by fair trade. >> but more companies selling fair trade products such as this coffee shop behind me, it has proved to be a popular idea as your favorite cappuccino or favorite bar of chocolate could go to helping poor farmers all around the world, and leaving consumers feeling assured that some of their money is going towards ethical treatment. the fair trade scheme was set up years ago and now it's a big enterprise. it's become one of the trusted consumer brands. nearly 1.5 million people around the world are part of the fair trade scheme from products for schools and sanitation and health products. while the allegations raised may
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be troubling news fair trade maintains that it is a work in progress, and the challenges are numerous but it is improving working countries with high levels of poverty. >> reporter: people acknowledge just how tough it is to tackle the problem. it's a problem that all governments and all companies have to tackle. that's why it's hard to find when this report looks at women, divorced, and have to find very temporary work. in a globalized work it is the regulators governments as well as the consumers who need to push for better living and work conditions for the very people fair trade is trying to help. al jazeera, london. >> italian police have arrested three egyptian men on suspicion of human trafficking. the men arrived with 400 migrants on board. most of them were children from syria and egypt. nearly 5,000 illegal migrants
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have crossed from north africa to europe so far this year. poland's last communist leader has died at age 90. he came to power in 1981 as the pro democracicy moment was beginning to challenge government. he was eventually forced to negotiate with a group in 1989. he had been ill for some time. that's it for london for now. >> thank you. malawi's democratic processsive party has received a court restraining counting votes. it sad at 65%. this could delay the release of results in a disputed election. >> reporter: they seemed pleased
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with themselves. the judge agreed to stop the election count vote. the elect traditional election has to keep counting votes and release final results in a few days. >> we have brought view additional remedy. we have tried to reason with the malawi electoral commission reminding them that recounting votes is illegal. it is against the law for the following reasons. one, that the ballot boxes and the ballot papers have no security. >> reporter: the court has infuriated the ruling people's party. the president has accused the opposition in inflating figures and vote rigging. the president wants a recount. >> for what? because the ballots are sealed and they cannot be tampered
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with. >> reporter: experts say only specific cases warrant a recount of the election vote. >> they do not have the power to do a recount. the only time you can do a recount is when it is announced, and someone petitions the high court. then they can order the recount, or re-election. >> politicians would like to keep battling out in court until a way is found. there is uncertainty and anxiety. but what is clear malawi is no closer to the final results. >> al jazeera continues to demand the release of its journalists held in egypt. m mohammed fahmay and badder mohammed, and peter greste have now been held for 148 days.
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>> now we've got sport coming up in just a moment. roger federer starts his bid for a second french total. we'll have all the action coming up. monaco" opened the festival. it did not compete but set the al jazeera america gives you the total news experience
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we have reports in tazmania. >> reporter: until one stings you, bees are easily ignored, but they are crucial. almost everything people eat is dependent on what they do. >> every piece of food on this planet starts off with some sort of pollination. everything starts off with a plant, and then the animals eat the plant and then it makes the meat. >> reporter: but bees are in crisis. something called colony collapse disorder has wiped out a quarter of the world's honey bees. >> one expert says if it continues we have four years left. i don't know, but i don't want to put it to the test. >> reporter: tiny micro chips are being attached to bees with super glue. >> it's not much. it's like someone walking with a backpack.
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>> reporter: as each microchi microchipped bee leaves and comes back to the ohio, it's identify is recorded. 18,000 bees will be chipped and tracked. the idea is to get the broadest possible data of how bees move under diploma different environt conditions. >> first they're be traced for behavior. >> we have deep understanding of how the bee waives. we'll know how many times each one of those bees are leaving the hive and how long they've been out. >> reporter: soon pesticides will be in the sugar water that bees feed on and then pollution to see if either changes bees behavior. >> once it's clear what changes
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bees behavior and what is damaging them, then that can be addressed. meanwhile, movement pattern can be repositioned so world areas of bees used more efficiently can be moved. >> okay, more buzzing news this time in sports. >> reporter: we'll start with formula one, and niko rossberg has replaced hamilton at the top of the championship standing after winning the monaco grand prix. >> there mat might be mercedes teammates, but rosberg insists they are not friends. the safety car was needed on the he very first lap of supplied's
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race. his race ended early with engine trouble. again, forcing the safety car out. both mercedes drivers pitted although hamilton felt he should have gone in earlier. the britain had problems with his eye. that allowed rosberg to pull away and rosberg winning his second race of a year denied hamilton a sixth straight victory. the world champion managing to hold off ricardo for second. rosberg replaces hamilton at the top of the driver standings, four points ahead.
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>> it's a a special day for sure. drove really well and pushed hard, so the pressure was on all the way. but i kept it cool, and i was able to win in the end pulling a bit of a gap. >> reporter: a fifth mercedes won, too, not that that matters to the drivers. >> off to football, and real madrid have been celebrating a record tenth european cup. thousands line the streets many fans staying on through the night welcoming back the champions to lisbon. real madrid 4-1 in extra time. following that, the naming of the final world cup to brazil.
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the 25-year-old liverpooled off injured early on in the game in lisbon putting his world cup in jeopardy. but he said he won't announce his final 23-man squad until after a friendly against bolivia on friday. did he reveal on sunday an interim 19-man party, but that did include any of the seven real madrid and atletico players he played in saturday's match although most are expected to be part of the final squad to brazil. >> the world cup begins in the first phase. it starts in the first match. we want all the players in the best condition to play against the netherlands on the 13th of june. this is the reason not to produce a definitive list of 23 players because we could make a mistake. because of this we will make a list of the friendly match against bolivia and a total of
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26 players including atletico and real madrid players, we'll eliminate the three to produce the final 23. >> federer taking on slakou on sunday. the 32-year-old kicked off his campaign with a 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 win. >> i'm happy i got off to a good start for the tournament here in paris. there is always that little bit of feeling that if you don't feel well, if your opponent plays great, whatever happens, you could lose early. i was getting early signs out of the match that i was actually playing well, and i was going to get my chances. >> well joining federer in the second round, winning straight
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sets. williams with a break early in the first set, venus recovered to take control. the williams sisters will face off in round three. radwanska wins. >> having first qualify on the grand slam here of course, you know, it was important for me, but i think the qualifier is not the last thing i want to do here. i have a couple of years to try
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to do better and better here. >> golf and former number one rory mcilroy put his personal problems behind him to win the bmw pga championship at wentworth. he announced that he slipped with his girlfriend. he went into supplied's final round seven shots off the lead. but this final round of 66 put him on 14 under par over all giving him victory by one shot. his first european tour title since 2012. aru wins the stage 15. >> the host won the toss in sri lanka bats first.
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top scoring with 88. and england's crumbles to 99, narrowly avoiding their lowest score. miami heat fans are following a sigh of relief after a thrilling game three matchup against the indiana pacers. in the second they found the mow new testament, lebron james doing thinks thin his thing. dwyane wade added 23 as miami won it 99-87. they lead the series 2-1. >> i hate the way we played the game. we can't play that type of basketball. we have to come down and play like we're down 15 to start the game because it can bite us in the foot if we don't prepare that way.
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but we're a confident group. we don't panic. >> the jamaican teammates have set a record in th. blake led home the team in a time of 1:8.3:18.63 seconds. for all the latest sports go to www.aljazeera.com/sport. all the details there of how to get in touch with our team using twitter and facebook. >> we should do the program from jamaica. >> you do the pitch. >> thank you very much, indeed, for that. that's it from me and him. from all of us thanks for
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>> regi >> i would say antisemittism globally is the worst i knew regi it's been since leach two or regi war 2. >> more than 25% of the world is antisemmet regi regi semittic. an extensive survey of global people. >> region is a major determineant. religion, also, is. >> in the united states, he says the trends are improving. >> while the law permits you to be a bigot, you will pay a price if you are a bigot.