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surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. talk to al jazeera, saturday, 5 eastern. only on al jazeera america. demands for a unify government stop the rapid by sunni rebels. ♪ the u.s. and britain have been joined for their call of an inclusive unit by a man that was one of their greatest enemies. this is the al jazeera news hour. also coming up. a kenyan governor is charged with murder, following deadly attacked camed by al-shabaab last week. shock in libya, after a prominent human rights. five fa bites back.
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banged for four months and out of the world cup. plus. 100 years after the outbreak of world war i, leaders meet to remember. the cause is growing for a unity government to tackle the sunni rebel advance that is is threatening the whole region. british foreign minister william hague added his vise to the cause, as does one of the most powerful shia leaders. also stepped up the counter attack against sunni rebels in northern iraq, launching a helicopter assault on the rebel held city.
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more from baghdad. >> a man whose ma lish what once fought, says he want as unity government. >> the iraqi government, must fulfill the legitimate demands of the modern sunnies and stop excluding them, because they have been marral for so honk. we also need to rush the formation of a national government, with new names and from all backgrounds. and not to be based oen the usual sectarian. >> and he has an unlikely supporter. met with with key leaders and had much the same message. >> the message from the united kingdom, is very clear, we urge all leaders and communities to unite the iraqi can state face add threat,
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and the growth and expansion of an area controlled by isuil with huge implications for the future of this country, and many other countries. his words are echos by others across the spectrum. peace can only be achieved through political moves. what happened was with caused by the marginalization of an important component. and that's the sunni component. the sunnies felt they were not part of the political process, and what happened two years ago, was a legitimate appeal by the people in those areas, and the iraqi government was with supposed to answer their demands. and find a political solution instead of resorting to violence. the prime minister is de90, and he is sticking to his position. he says he is the only man that can heed the them out of this crisis.
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that's when parliament meets to discuss the formation, and that will be a government that the prime minister will want to control. >> the call for forming national emergency government as they like to call it is simply an attempt by some in the opposition to launch a coupe against our process in order to destroy it. >> so the prime minister faces pressure at home and internationally. before they can give any more help, iraq need as unity government. >> rye rackky government says it is back in control of one of the most strategically important oil refineries. sunni fighters said they'd seize the refinery, but iraqi military pictures appear to back up government claims that they are back in control, after soldiers were fending off the assault. >> beijing refineries located 230-kilometers north of baghdad. the battle is unlikely to
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effect global markets in's because the refinery is focused on servicing domestically. supplying a third of the country's needs. but ifi.s.i.l. controls this, it could win favor by supplying cheaper fuel than the government does. more than 2,000 iraqi christians have fled their villages outside after they were attacked by i.s.i.l. where she found people trying to keep safe. now, they are christian, which is just along the boarder of the so called disputedded areas not very far. they left in a hurry. they are elderly, babies as young as two weeks old. now just a week ago, knives that town, and people were with worried but they said that so far they had been spared from the violence.
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like this lady, she fled and then she was in mosul, she had to leave as she went, and now -- which in the kurdish north. now she says she doesn't know where she is going to go next. we are in a youth sports club, this building is three stories high, and wherever you go, it is absolutely packed with people. there's another similar room this way, and then another one this way, and it is the same on each floor. now, these people do wonder what is the government doing to protect minorities like them. they say that the kurdish forces deployed to the town, overnight, intensified their positions there they do say inform the crieses deepens. in this country, at least for the moment.
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>> meanwhile, saudi arabia has issued an alert for what is it is calling potential terrorist they wants. all necessary measures are taken to safeguard against any threats. the building was demolished in the attack. improvised explosive and drops from a syrian government helicopters. we are unable to confirm the authenticity of this footage. a short time ago, i spoke to the u.n. humanitarian chief, and asked her what her biggest concern was, giving the growing crisis in iraq? >> three major countries really, one with is just the flagrant violation of international humanitarian and human rights haw, that continues. people are just being killed every single day.
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second my, we have so much difficulty getting our aid to the people who desperately need it. and i have said to the security council that we really need to do more to get to those people. and thirdly, we need some kind of political solution, because without it the numbers will continue to increase and our job will become even harder. spoking of his belief that nori must leave iraq. so we are sheared again, from maliki that he is not keep to leave, if he doesn't go, what do you think the forecast is? is. >> well, first of all, i think he will go. he may not want to, most people in power don't want to go, because once with they leave power, things don't go so well for them.
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but look, this isn't maliki's decision. iraq for better or worse is a parliamentary. the different political parties that got seats have to decide who is the next government, and who is the next prime minister. he is the least bad option, that advantage, if you can call it that, that he had is now gone, because i think many people majority of people see him as largely responsible for dividing the country. so regardless of what he says the reality is that i think the iraqi people are going to decide that they are better off with something else. >> what is the role -- how do you see the proal of the u.s. in all this? how much difference do you think the advisers will make? >> it isn't going to make a big difference. it is not enough -- the
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united states is pretty much squandered whatever leverage it has, maybe that's too harsh a word, but look, the sunnies counter on america a number of times. the sunnies of iraq, they counter on america when may rose up to defeat al kade goo, when we convinced them to enter the political process and vote, and make democracy credible in iraq. on all ouations may feel like the u.s. has not lived up to it's end of the bargain, with providing this emwith safe outlet, because they have been persecuted by maliki's government. our word doesn't count for a lot, because it hasn't gotten them very much. then if you don't have troops on the ground, you
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haven't even left. >> in the absence of u.s. involvement, we see that iran has reportedly supplying forces with more hardware and so on, and we also see that apparently syria is using air strikes to hit i.s.i.l. fighters. what do you make of the involvement now of syria in all this. >> well, i would basically say, that historical transport makeses can be very messsy. and what we are seeing happen in iraq today, and in syria, and frankly throughout the region, are historical size mick shifts with respect to governing structures, political institutions, social relations, religious movements, this is a time of perment in so many ways. usually when you tall about per community it is in a positive sent, but
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it can cause a very noxious mix. to have that larger perspective of these are forces at social and political and economic and religious fourses at work that are playing themselves out in very hard to predict ways. and anybody that tells you nanos are this is going, is not being honest. israel's military has named two men. in the west bank. around 50,000 government employees hired by hamas
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in gaza are on strike, protesting not receiving their wages. they haven't been paid for three months after the new unity government said it would vet them before they are paid. all government offices are closed but hospital emergency rooms remain open. coming up this news hour, latest on the attack which killed 22 people. ukraine's president says he won't renew a cease fire, unless he is convinced pro russian separatists are taking peace talks seriously. and in sport, nadal rafael brings up wimbeldon past. somali forces have left three people dead. two soldiers were among those kills when a suicide bomber blew himself up as gunman
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attacks the hotel. the armed group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility. more from nairobi. >> he has been charged with with very serious offenses, murder, forceful -- and terrorism, as well as the prosecution has asked for more time to investigate. they have been analyzing the phone records, the defense is arguing that he needs to be released on bond, the judge is going to rule on that on monday. this is a very high profile attack the
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government has said from the on set, what happened as a result of political instigation, with an aim of ethnic cleansing. am sha babb claimed responsible for that attack, but the government said that al-shabaab is taking advantage of the situation for publicity. the opposition has blamed the government criticized the government for using politics as a ruiz to cover up it's incompetence in preventing the many attacks that have happened in the country since kenya soldiers went in to fight in 2011. there has been about 66 attacks and saying that the government has failed to prevent this, and it should own up instead of covering up and playing a blame game. >> a victim wounded in wednesday's bomb attack, has died in hospital. raiding the death toll to at least 22. the government says
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soldiers are shot and killed one with man suspected of planting the blast, and detained another, the attack is the latest in a series blamed on the rebel group boko haram. the sudanese christian women whose death sentence was goa turned has been ordered to be freed for a second time. she was freed can retrooven monday, and then accused or forging travel documents. they have put pressure on sudan's government to get her freed again. she was sentenced to death last month, for converting to christianity from islam. >> the u.s. secretary of state is in paris for a series of meetings on the situation in iran and ukraine. after talks with with the french counter part, kerry called on russia to exert it's influence on ukrainian separatists. >> we are in full agreement, that it is critical for russia to show in the next hours
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literally, that they are moving to help disarm the separatists toen courage them to disarm. and to begin to become part of a legitimate process. a week long cease fire in eastern ukraine nears it esend on friday. the ukraine's president who is currently in europe, says he won't entertain talks until he is satisfied the separatists are serious about the outcome. he said he would not extend the cease fire if he believed the armed groups were using it to buy time and rearm. >> and prorussians in the east are he is prime ministering ahead with moves to entrench the separation, representatives from the self-proclaimed people's republics have voted to adopt a constitution. the government does not recognize the governments formed by russian speaking groups.
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leaders have come together to mark the ceremony of 100 years since world war i with. >> europes leader stood at the gates to remember the dead. they were surround bed i the names of 54,000 soldiers who died near here, but have no known grave. it was a war that tore europe apart, and redrew it's map. there was to be another, but the europe union was created to make sure that would be the last. the blasts, the gas, senseless, endless, relentless. a spire of destruction. engulfing this continent of civilized nations. >> the symbolism of today's leaders coming
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here is entirely intentional. during the war, the area around saw the worst of the cornnage. there were five separate battles. it was here that gas was first used and where men drowned in mud. >> it is in the farmland outside where you first become aware of the sheer scale of the sacrifice of those who fought in what was the world's first truly industrial war. that is british and allied cemetery, in it there are 12,000 individual graves, but on the war back there, there are 35,000 names of soldiers whose bodies were simply never found, and don't forget, all this represents one small sector in a much bigger battlefield. >> in four years of fighting 550,000 soldiers died here. this is the mangerman cemetery.
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today people come from all over the world. they are both german and british ran zestry. >> it was unbelievable that there are so many cemeteries here. i did not expect this many. it's just futility. it is just absolutely futility of what happened. we have children in some of these. >> the traditional family photo reminds you just how the european idea has grown. it's economic and political problems have grown too. but this day has been a chance to remember how problems used tock solved and no one here want withs to go back to that. al jazeera, belgium. >> live now, so the ceremony there.
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yes, they are on safe ground today, coming to this place to begin this year of remembrance of the dreadful war that redrew the map of europe. bluff under is sur is pass there's a lot to squabble over. and in those elections significant numbers of european people voted for right wing with nationalists parties many of those against the very principles of the european project, and the european union. this is a dinner now taking inside the place in the center, and i suspect that away from the prying eyes the fixed smiles today. during those ceremonies that we saw will be replaced be i the usual fighting.
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trying to set the agenda for the next five years we get a clear out of european officials taking place and new officials have to be elected. most significantly, the president of the commission, the executive arm of the union. with with the british not for the first time, a rather complicated. for the four discussions in the dinner and tomorrow, friday, yet again, they go back to brussells the two day event. and we will see those very difficult questions being discussed back to politics as normal. >> a french court has ordered the extradition of a man suspected of killing four people at the brussells jewish museum. the lawyer says he would be appealing the decision on the grounds in as a
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french citizen, the case should be handled in france. resembling those used to shoot four people in may. the so called right to be forgotten was upheld in may. received more than 41,000 requests in four days. the spokesperson for the internet said each request has to be assessed eventually. individually. uruguay is out of the world cup. people's world governing body has banned him for nine international matches for biting italy defender on the shoulder. that came during uruguay's win in the group stages of the world
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cup. he is also banned from any football activity for four months and has been fined 105,000 u.s. dollars. on 28 of june, 2014. the remaining match suspensions will be served in uruguay next world cup matches as long as is the team qualifies and or in the representative teams that could subsequently official matches in accordance with article 38, paragraph two a of the fifa disciplinary court. so lee, is it being seen as enough of a punishmen punishment? >> yes, it is, it is quite an unusual situation for fifa. they have bitten back, and hard. may acted swiftly, which
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sun usual, but they had to, because uruguay still in this world cup, they have a game against columbia here, and they wanted to resolve the matter before that, and the ban is actually far tougher than it initially looked. nine international matches is a lot, but it is what they call competitive matches. not friendly, so he is out of the world cup, of course, that's the main thing, future tournaments, the south american champion, he won't be able to play much of a part in that, and of course, then, the fact that the club ban is is brought in as well, and liverpool won't have him until october. this will have a huge effect on his career, but it is the third time he has done this, and fifa want withed to show it has no tolerance. >> and away from all this scandal, if you like, what should we look out for? >> well, we with have seen germany and the u.s. advance.
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so is it was a really competitive match, and it's just that an interesting situation, that the german with with so many world with cups is the manager of the united states, so he has taken that team through, it meant that ghana and portugal go home, ghana has had a dreadful world with cup. including two of their players fighting and arguing with coaches, who were with disciplined and sent home. so they are out of the world cup, but germany and the wrights are through to the last 16. >> okay, thank you very much indeed. >> still to come, after a mass grave is found in texas thought to contain illegal immigrants. pressure increasing on the illegal animal trade, be uh in hong kong some are slipping through the net. live in brazil.
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jazeera.eadlines on am al britain has joined in calling for a unity government in iraq to help stop the sunni rebel advance across the country. your guy striker ruiz swarez has been twoed for four months for biting the italian defender georgio. and the governor in kenya has been charged with murder, and terrorism in connection with last week's deadly attacks joining me now in the studio is author and political analyst, thank you for coming to talk to us, why do you think the governor has been charged here, when al sha bad claimed responsible. >> there are several things that al sha bob can claim when they know how to operate. one is tribal issues, landisch shoes and our tribal politics. now, al-shabaab understands all this, what it looks as though the al-shabaab using
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local politics have been exploited in brown way or the other, and subsequently the governor has been a victim of it. so it's somehow -- this -- it's becoming very complicated with politics, and things that relates to tribal issues. >> so in this case, how is this going to play with the kenyan public, that there's a local poll six is being blamed for something they may not believe he is responsible for? >> politically the governor is part. the area is muslim, and the people whory asked there alemned to come from up country, and then bought land so that makes it very vol it to in itself. but al sha bad has managed exploit the situation. knowing the issues and
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subsequently, the difference between this communities and the islamic issues coming into play. >> do you think this is a change in tactics. >> absolutely. we are seeing them throwing groups on busses going to central kenya, we are seeing them attacking people in nairobi, probably are very it is a tribal union of central kenya. and subsequent hi, them knowing that the issues of the looting class, and other regions that are involved in politics there are people who are feeling not very involved in kenyan political and government issues. then they have seen an opportunity for them to exploit the situation. thank you for coming to talk to us. >> now, libya's parliamentary elections have been marred by a low turn out.
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it is being blamed on fears of violence and confusion on who to vote for. >> seen here at the news conference in 2012, was shot by gunman and stabbed several times in her home. her husband was at home at the time, he has disappeared believed kidnap. the former nebraska of the transitional council plays an active part in the upriding which overthrow then leader. libyan political activists says she was killed for standing up for her beliefs. >> she was never afraid to speak her mind, she was a great woman, that we will all remember. and in the history of libyan woman, she was a great woman. and it is a terrorist attack, and we definitely
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blame the fund mend lists terrorists that have in control in libya. to kill everybody that speaks their minds, or asking for peace, or law and order. i don't think mrs. a specific reason or a specific time to kill someone, it's just the time that if you speak your mind, some stories say she was filming the clashing between fund mend lists and the army, but nobody is sure about this story. but to kill someone, she has always been entrusted to the fund mend lists. >> where the al jazeera journalists who was with sentenced in monday, have now been in prison for 180 days. they were given seven years in prison. baha mohammed was sentenced to ten years because he had a spent bullet in his possession. they were falsely accused
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of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. canada's government has denied it will strip him of his canadian citizen ship. that's despite a week old law that allows. daniel lack has more from toronto. it provides the stripping of -- on the opposition, in far limit, which objects to the law, immediately wrote to the prime minister after monday's court verdict, in egypt and said will you be stripping mohammed famemy of his citizen ship, and the prime minister's office says it was quick to say it would not. he said we have no intention of doing that whatsoever. he said a this is a conspiracy theory put forward by the opposition, and canada will continue to press for mr. foammy at senior levels. we have heard this week, a couple of times after many weeks many months of
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not much intervention from canadians. it has to be said. the first thing to say is that it is probably a good sign that they have been so quick and so emphatic to deny that dual citizen ship is not really an issue, he won't be stripped of nit this case. means he doesn't regard the verdict of particularly troubling under it's new law. the other thing is while the media has been very critical, saying that ottawa hasn't stepped up, and pressed freedom in egypt, so what it is doing now, is probably making up for that. prime minister stephen harper has stepped in, the foreign minister john baird has stepped in he has had a meeting with the egyptian ambassador. during a trip to care tremendous a couple of months ago. right now we are watch withing and waying to see if canada will bring it's level to that of australia, the u.s.a., and the u.k. visit the special page on our website.
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u.s. authorities are investigated a mass grave, uncovered by researchers in texas, near the mexican border. the bodies are authority to belong to illegal immigrants. so far, more than 100 have been removed from a cemetery, from where andy reports. ore simply piled on top of each other, it is thought that all illegal immigrants died crossing the border scientists fear there may be worse to come. >> what i am terrified of is that we're going to start finding the bodies of all these children. there are going to be so many that just can't make it. there are too many that aren't doing well as it is. >> so far more than 100 bodies have been exhumed but their identitied remain unknown. >> local officials say
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what happened here is a humanitarian crisis on an international scale, and mrs. a sense of shame from the community that genuinely cared about the plight. a full investigation has now been launched but without the full resources the problems still continue. this year alone, 33 bodies have been recovered from the local area. >> it is an issue that volunteer is keeply aware of. >> seven or eight have been picked up. >> spends his days making sure that water stations are fully stocked. in a hope that those making the crossing will find them. officials say their priorities are clear. >> number one, to reignite and identify remains of their loved ones with uh the other thing is to ensure this never happens again. the remains are now being sent to laboratories.
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but lit be a long process. the chief deputy is one of just four police officers in brooks county, he says his department is overwhelmed by the sheer number of people tries to cross the boarder. >> all you are doing is putting a band aid on a big situation, and then you add the influx of women and children, you are really in for something that's beyond your control. nor those seeking a new life, it has become a symbol of the risks involved. the matter they were layed to rest, is only making a bad situation worse. texas. >> investigators looking into the disappearance of an malaysian plane, now believe it was on auto pilot when it crashed. the flight vanished in march on it's way to beijing. officials say after further analysis of satellite data they were shifting the search south, the focus is now on an area
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1800-kilometers off the west coast. disan industrial worth $213 billion every year. and is grin by growing demade for endangers specieses and animal parts. reports from hong kong. taken by noters in mainland china. officials here have also taken the lead in banning shark fin soup as official banquets sending a message they hope others will follow. >> it all points to changing attitudes in greater china, which is good news for the endangers species but balance that against increasing affluence, and the way with many covet the things made from the rarest animals. >> the law still alaws
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for illegal trade. but with the help of a hidden camera, we with came across a customer who is happy to share the enduring allure of ivory. >> it is special because it won't something over time, and becomes more antique. i can pass it on to my children, and there's less ivory around, because of the ban. >> the stocks date from before the 1980's ban on ivory imports. activists leer find it hard to believe legal stocks can can stimexist. more than 25 years later. we found that the illegal trade in ivory is providing a cover for the illegal trade. still selling ivory in the shops pretty sure that it is from the stock from illegally poached elephants in africa. >> as evidence, customs offices continue to intercept increasing amounts of poached ivory. simply, animal rights
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advocates blame the captive breeding of wild animals in china for encouraging the illegal exploitation of wild life. >> unfortunately, if there is a legitimate trade, a trade that is licensed and that is legal in the consumption of endangers animals can the captive breed trade is, that allows for poaching from the wild, in order to fuel the demand for those species. >> it has always contributed to making the raise one of the world's most lucrative. but no one with country can tactle alone. >> wild life trades has a wide implication. money laundering, so these are all brocks that cannot be handling by one. >> a truly international business, requiring an international response. am al jazeera, hong kong. >> zillion ahead this
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wave of speculation that is making life harder for the district's poorest residents. it was just a couple years ago, that she paid $150 to rent one home, but her rent doubled forcing her to take a second job. >>s in a neighborhood that lacks the infrastructure to have high rent. we don't have shopping malls or security to justify it. >> home to nearly half a million people, the neighborhood where she lives is hiss toric hi one of the poorest and most run down. but look off in the distance, over the roof tops oif shanty towns and it is home to the new $400 million world with cup can stadium, has caused a friendsy of investment speculation. >> a home ownner the area for more than 40 years believes the development
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like the metro line, is positive for the neighborhood. development coming here is a good thing, our neighborhood is not seen around the world, and now we are growing to become almost a middle class area. home run some signs of progress. >> on the other side of the street, is a brand new set of highway overpasses that was just completed. it is meant to relief traffic here, and it probably would have never been built so fast, if it wasn't first for the stadium being built. but for several thousand working families who in early may occupied land by the stadium, they say none of the development will benefit them if they can't afford to live here any more. after a series of marching they won, and they agreed to build more
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low income housing in a neighborhood where suddenly it is the in place to be, but where the less porchal are increasingly priced out. al jazeera. >> now let's go over to senna for the world cup action and the rest of the sport. >> thank you very much. as you have been hearing luis swarez will play no further part in this world cup. he has been twoed for playing any football for four mondays and banned for nine international matches. if fifa disciplinary panel found him guilty of misconduct after he bit italy's georgio. during a game on tuesday. the football association has responded by saying the evidence is inconclusive, and they want a meeting with fifa president. the decision can be appealed but he won't be allowed to play while any appeal process is on going. >> such behavior cannot be tolerated on any
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football pitch, and in particular, not at the fifa world cup, when the eyes of millions of people are on the field. >> spoke to former english premier league referee, who thinks fifa has been relatively lenient. >> i still think the suspension is light. i thought fifa would ban him for a year or many more. because the maximum is two years over 24 matches. so i figure they have been lenient with him. and i think live pool may have some about the club suspension as well. >> so after the football in germany has beaten the u.s.a. to -- decide a new draw would be enough for both of them to go through to the last. but it was the german whose brought the only goal of the game. with the all important strike after 55 minutes his force of the tournament. who progresses u.s.a. is also through despite the
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loss as the other group went in their favor. which wasn't good much for either team to stay in the competition. an equalizer for the defender, had gifted portugal with an on goal. ten minutes from time final score, 2-1 to portugal. looked like this germany top with u.s.a. joining them in the last 16, thanks to a better goal difference, who are third and go home. ghana also out after finishing. get some reaction on the mash, live for us, what a night. and his team, what is the atmosphere, how was it like? >> well, the atmosphere
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mere this afternoon was electric, they are just clearing up here behind me, basically as quickly as may came in, they filed out. but officials say about 18,000 came out here to watch the game, and you can hear just after the first half when germany scored it's first and only goal, a collective gasp come over these thousands of people who came out. despite the hoss is going to move on, a cheer began, and the crowd went wild. >> can we say that this team has made something of a break through in turning the u.s.a. on to football? >> it would with seem that way, and over the last few years. they have seen a trajectory of upward interests in football here in the united states. and clearly with this world cup as the u.s. has
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basically turned believers out of doubters continuing on and moving further on and advancing, the swell of support here in the quite has also grown which was clearly the case here, and u.s. fans are looking for another opportunity to cheer on this team as well. thank you very much for that. >> two more games coming up this thursday with the focus shifting to group h. belgium all the other teams from a chance of dawning them. in the hahs 16. should be enough to see the african can side progress. >> live for us. first, ghana and portugal what a disappointment. i think if you look at portugal first, scored one of their goals as they fin wish a victory.
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and they just left themselves too much to do. so much on him. with two players. just before this vital match, one for attacking an official, and the other one for what he is supposed to have said to the coach. s in a terrible world cup. >> talk about al jazeera russia, the pressure on both teams. never been in the knock out rounds before, also the 2018 hosts believed to stay in this tournament. what are their chances. what an opportunity to butt this in position by scoring more goals than any other.
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before or against korea, and now they just need a draw. now they have managed that, can they get this last result, which will take them to the last stage, but if they do go through and finish second in the group, setting up a match against germany and a chance for revenge, when west germany as they were. that would be a really great story if they managed it. >> lee, just the final thought, i know that story you saw -- it's over and done with, did it take all the focus away from the football in brazil. >> i think it did, didn't it? i think we all agree with with that. the world cup amazing it was being called the best ever, and then as far as i would say, has
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overshadowed anything up to 12 world cup matches. with what happened earlier this week. s that a huge shame. that's one of the reasons why f.i.f.a. was aated by it and acted so swiftly. and i think everyone hopes we can move on, but we can't just yet, because ur guy is not happy about it. >> live from rio, thank you very much for that. don't forget to join us every day for our world cup can update. a daily wrap of everything going on at the 2014. the spaniard rallied from a set down. in four sets, the czech nadal out of wimbeldon in the same round two years ago. was with close to going two sets up. the spaniard and save the sets and the match, 4-6,
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7-6, 6-4, 6-4. goes through to the third round. in the women's draw, american vina pulliam had a much easier time. she needed just 49 minutes to beat south africa chenel to reach the third rant. 6-1, 6-1 the final score. the international cricket council have now officially elected indian as chairman. this concerns the constitutional changes agreed earlier this year for india, along with australia to have more control. currently suspended as india's cricket president by the country's supreme court by corruption, allegations are being investigated. >> and that's all the sport for me, more later on. >> thank you very much. now, without the river the city of london
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wouldn't exist. the river was with vital to it's development. and its bridges provided the critical links. now, they are the focus of a new exhibition. s toasting the reverberations under all of london's 30 bridges. from the leaf fifa disciplinary suburbs in the west to the industrial east. feeding the bridges is just one video component in a show at london's museum. talking about bridge as celebration of connectivity. 19 century photographers were experimenting with new technologies, as engineers used new materials to build ever bigger bridges. artistic inspiration, from bridge building. >> and of course,
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artistically, the prospects from bridges have moved artists and poets. >> without the river, london wouldn't exist. it is a medieval super highway, and the bridges provided the connections. today, bridges aren't just about crossing the river, the newest bridge a pedestrian bridge, is an architectural statement. >> 900 years ago, when the first masonry bridge was built, london bridge, it has to be blessed. because it was considered an act of god, changing the nature of things. organizers need to raise more than $200 million for the next bridge. and for the walkers and cyclists the latest link in nearly 2,000 years of long done bridges. jessica baldwin, al jazeera, london. >> and that's it for this news hour, back with you in just a moment for the
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