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>> attacks in gaza and israel after the killings of a palestinian and israeli teenagers. [ ♪ music ] hello, you're watching al jazeera live from doha. japan's prime minister announces a partial lifting of sanctions against north korea. crisis talks and the world's worst ever ebola outbreak. ministers battling denial, fear and panic. i'm scott heidler at the tempo in cambodia, where
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historians are using modern technology to answer ancient questions. a top story in the killings of a palestinian and israeli teenagers provoked calls for calm. israeli jets have hit terror activity sites and hamas targets and conseed rocket -- concealed rocket launchers. rockets have been fired from gaza strip into israel, one hitting a house in a border town. we are joined live from jerusalem. nas reen, give us the situation now in the aftermath of the night's voims. >> well, we heard the statements from the regular spokesperson from the israeli police who said
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three rockets were launched from gaza into southern israel, in an area close to gaza, and they damaged two houses. one of them was seriously damaged even if there was material damaged to a car parked outside much the second building, a summer camp for children was moderaty damaged. there were no casualties, according to the police. now in east jerusalem clashes continued overnight. these clashes started early in east jerusalem, where the palestinian boy is believed to have been kidnapped and killed. these clashes continued throughout the night and broke out in other parts of east jerusalem of in the old city, and close to the gate, in the old town, and the neighbourhood.
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according to the palestinian red cross, a total of 204 palestinianians were injured in these clashes, including three - pardon, two from live ammunition, according to the palestinian red cross. the remaining injuries were caused by rubber-coated steel bullets. >> no doubt the tension there is high. but the funeral who murdered the teenagers was expect today. it is expected today. we spoke to the father of the boy who has been told by the israeli authorities that they will carry out on autopsy on the body of the boy today, that would last up to four to five hours. it will happen at the forensic institute here in israel, a palestinian doctor will be
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present during the autopsy and after that the body will be handed over to the israeli security forces who will, in turn, hand the body over to the family, and we expect the funeral to take place in his neighbour hood in east jerusalem later today. >> no doubt you'll be updating us on that. well, the president of iraq's kurdish region is set to deliver what has been described as an historic speech to the parliament, amid tensions about kurdish ambitions. kurdish forces control kirkuk and will hold a referendum to decide whether to stay in iraq or become part of the kurdistan. it's part of another rebellion, led by the group called islamic state. >> that particular group holds
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territory in syria too. it is fighting against other groups in the country for control of key locations, all trying to overthrow the government of bashar al-assad. the syrians reelected bashar al-assad as president in june. the opposition says the vote was rigged. >> libya's government says has resumed control of two eastern oil terminals, rebels seized last year. they seized the terminals demanding regional economies. they are on the coast, but according to the libyan government, both sides reached on agreement and put an end to the country's oil crisis. >> japan has agreed to ease sanctions on north korea, after talks between the two sides on beijing, following the reopening of app investigation by -- an investigation by north korea into the fate of japanese
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nationals kidnapped during the cold war. north korea ab ducted dozens of its citizens in the '70s, and '80s. >> we have determined that an unprecedented framework has been established. an organization that can make decisions at a national level will be at the forefront of investigations into abductions. i would like to lift part of the sanctions that japan has in place. this is the start. we are determined to do everything we can to reach a comprehensive sal use. >> a 2-day visit to south korea. nash let's go to seoul where harry fawcett joins us live. china is usually known to be an
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ally of north korea. she has decided to visit the south kore south kore south korean peninsula, what is the message? >> it's a showing of it's content. a state that is propping up for decades, blow the north-eastern border. the idea that a chinese sitting president would come to south korea before going to visit the leader of north korea is unprecedented since normalization of diplomatic relations between south korea and china. it is a public snub. it's an expression of a deepening relationship between south korea and china. south korea relies on china, it's a huge market for south korea, the trade between the two countries is $230 billion.
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it's an important relationship and one that is becoming, i think, more friendly since the two people, suin pink and park geun-hye became to the top. park geun-hye speaks chinese, they get on well, perhaps there's a deepening relationship on a personal level. >> you mentioned economy and trade. security is on the agenda, isn't it? >> in all sorts of shapes and forms. the key security problem is the neighbour to the north, and that will be key on the agenda between park geun-hye, and ms ping. they come at it with different preconceptions. china is upset about the way north korea continues to carry on with nuclear testing and
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continuing its nuclear programme, it is upset about the execution, taking the uncle of the north korean, seep as in the van -- seen as in the vanguard of north korea's relationship. china does not want to see undue pressure put on the leadership of north korea. it could lead to collapse or destabilization of an area south of border. as far as south koreans are concerned, like the united states, they want to see more action from north korea on walking away from its nuclear weapons programme. china wants to see six-party talks. south korea is saying not before action on north korea. there's current dissent about what is happening in japan, and the abduction talks between north korea and japan, they are walking away from a passivist
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constitution, allowing troops to fight abroad with an ally. that's seen as a militaristic move by the murns of japan -- minister of japan. china and japan with memories of what they did in the colonial period and the second world war. >> harry fawcett reporting from seoul. >> it's the first anniversary of the overthrow of egypt's prime minister mohamed mursi, and he has been replaced by former military leader abdul fatah al-sisi. mohamed mursi's supporters from the muslim brotherhood demand his re-instatement. july the 3rd, a day when egyptians will remember for grpations. the -- generations. the defense minister surrounded by secular leftist and religious leaders makes a stunning
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declaration. >> translation: this roadmap includes suspending the constitution, holding early presidential and parliamentary election, and a reconciliation committee including young people. >> it was a decision welcomed by this crowd of army supporters who chanted it's a new revolution. the shock supporters of the deposed president mohamed mursi called it a coup. back in 2012, when mohammed morsi was elect president he appointed the defense minister. the new president was introduced to political reforms and build a strong economy. instead, the opposition and the christian minority was increasingly concerned about the rise of political islam. an anti-mohamed mursi protest gained momentum. mohamed mursi and his group
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threatened the young democracy. after mohamed mursi was deposed, his supporters set up project camps and promised to stay as long as it took for the leader to be returned. egyptian security forces stormed the camps. hundreds of people were killed according to human rights organizations and attacks targetting security forces were on the rise. leaders of the muslim brotherhood were put in gaol. some now faced death sentences. seen by supporters as a saviour, abdul fatah al-sisi was elected in june. abdul fatah al-sisi's rival rit out at the election. during his ipp august ration, e -- inauguration, egypt's president promised a prosperous future. >> we will establish a strong
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welcome back. the top stories on al jazeera. there has been call for calm in israel and palestinian authority. rockets have been fired on both sides. japan agreed to ease some sanctions on north korea. the announcement made after a reopening of the investigation by north korea into the fate of japanese nationals kidnapped during the cold war. >> china's president is on a visit to south korea. the president greeted ping in seoul. nicolas sarcozy has gone on french television to plead his innocence after being placed under investigation for corruption much he says he's shocked and accuses the french
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justice system of trying to humiliate him. >> reporter: defending himself on prime-time tv, nicolas sarcozy's interview wnt out less than 24 hours after being placed under formal investigation for corruption. >> translation: i have never committed any act contrary to the principals of the republic or recall of law. >> nicolas sarcozy was released after 15 hours of questioning much he said he was shocked by treatment. >> did i have to keep with the two lady judges at 2 o'clock in the morning, after 14 hours of being questioned? >> it's alleged that sarcozy offered a judge a job in monaco. the center-righted unp party believed they could benefit. >> it's likely that sarcozy will
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appear as a victim of some hostility coming from certain judges. because some are well known to belong to a very left trade union. >> others say the judiciary oversteppeded their powers. >> i don't think judges are haunting him or plotting against him. that doesn't surprise me. >> it's not clear that nicolas sarcozy will be charged over the new allegations. they are the latest twist in a series of investigation, which have tainted the imaging of the former president. at least for some people here in france. >> nicolas sarcozy hind that he'd like to stand for president in 2017. the ongoing investigations may play a part in that. >> ukraine's president named valerie halati as a choice for
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defense minister. parliament will have to endorse the jerment who heads -- general who heads security. it comes as foreign ministers of spain, france, germany met in berlin to try to secure another ceasefire in eastern ukraine. firing continues in the east. african health minister are are forkzings on the -- focussing o on the worse ever outbreak of ebola. it has killed 467 people this year. most of the victims are in guinea, where the outbreak began in january. the rest are in liberia, and sierra leone. it's warned without action it will continue further. there is no known vaccine or cure. symptoms range from fever to vomiting and diarrhoea much it's
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infixous and transmitted through blood and body fluids. >> if you are a health worker, you have to take precautions, ebola is contagious and nine out of 10 patients die. >> my family tell me do not work here, my life is at risk. my colleagues, when they work here, are dying. two of my colleagues i know are in the hospital. they were diagnosed positive with ebola yesterday. health officials say a big problem is convincing people to go for treatment, making it harder to contape the agreed of the -- contain the spread of the virus. when i thought i had the sickness, i ran into the bush. i heard a lot of people who get ebola died. when the ambulance came, i used
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to die. it's the first time the disease has occurred in multiple countries at the same time for west africa. >> it's a worry that the disease moved from rural to urban areas. an emergency meeting is healed in ghana. they need to find a regional response to the outbreak, to stop it spreading further. >> the deputy health minister says the country needs help. not just financial. >> we want strong commitments from the international community, and they want them followed up. even in circumstances, now they stretched to the limit. resources are crucial. we need them. but the community is affected.
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life that is practically shut down. checkpoint movements are limited. it's put a strain on people. until the outbreak is contained many in the region view each other with suspicion, wondering who is suspected. >> a sudanese woman spared the death sentence for apostasy is facing a lawsuit - this time from her family. they are establishing that marian ibrahim was a muslim. the plov could delay her departure with huss huss mapped, going to the united states. she was accused of leaving the country with falsified documents. >> protesters forced bus loads of migrants without documents to turn back. as jennifer london reports, they are demanding their deportation. >> reporter: every moment at
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this cafe, these long time friends meet for a board meeting. on this morning i joined them as they discussed how the city halfway between los angeles and san diego has become a flash point. >> who will pay for all this? >> they need to go back to their own country. our government should be more forceful in taking them back to their countries, and making them understand that it's not worth trying to come back again. >> they are talking about the undocumented immigrants homeland security tried to bring to mary eta this week. >> they shouldn't have been brought here in the first place. >> the not in my backyard stance against the federal government's stance acages the migrant families being moved from overcrowded facilityize in texas to this center reached overmass.
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140 detainees arrived on a charter plane and boarded three buses for an hour drive to a processing center in mary eta. they never made it inside. an angry crowd draped in flags and waving proteff signs blocked the buses and forced them to turn around. >> u.s. citizens have to pay higher taxes to support these people, it's not care. we can't take care of our ob. >> the bus loads were taken to a different facility 80 miles away. the mayor says anger in his down is directed at the immigration policy, not at the immigrants themselves. >> we have a federal policy that is not enforced, and is broken. it's not efficient. we are standing up against the federal policy or the lack thereafter. >> back at the doug nut shop people are concerned.
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customs and border protection is referring questions to ice. it released a statement saying: the city with the motto the future of california finds it's struggling with what the future holds. at the moment they are caught in the cross-hairs. . >> cambodia's monument, 1,000 years after it was built, historians are learning about its past. some questions are aped by modern -- answered by modern technology. >> reporter: this has been seen by millions of people and studied for centuries.
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a recent discovery is helping archeologists understand how the temple was used. >> it was built in the 12th sementury and converted to a buddhist temple in the 15th century. the history has been murky. it was vacant until scientists discovered these sketches and paintings. there are messages from pilgrims, a kind of graffiti that left its mark while worshipping. it's important for us to tell to the whole world that the temple has not abandoned. >> dating analysis of the paintings suggest that pilgrims started to come here immediately after it was switched over from hinduism. >> how have these paintage, for the most -- paintings, for the most part gone uninnocence said. >> -- unnoticed. >> it's because most of the paintings can't be seen by the naked eye. >> what they lack, they make up
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for in historical significance. >> i open them up on the software. >> this man was working as a volunteer during the university break. he noticed red pigments on a wall. as a rock art researcher he knew of technology that can make the invisible vis uble. the computer programme is used by n.a.s.a. to study the rocks on mars. i take a photograph of the rock on the wall. i put it though software. what that does is change the colour in the image. it's xaj raying the colours. so things that can't be easily seep with the eye are made -- seen with the eye are made clear. >> reporter: 200 wall paintings are being studied. the job for the historians is to make sure that the new-found anchors are known. >> millions that come to the temple take a closer look at the
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wall. . >> have you wondered what is it like to spend a month at the bottom of the sea? jaust knows -- jacques yves cousteau knows what it takes, fabien cousteau has broken the record. >> reporter: this is the first time in weeks that fabien cousteau has breathed fresh air. he's been living and working 20 metres below the surface in aquarius, since 1 july. the idea was to show that long stays living under water are viable, using techniques that jacques yves cousteau helped to develop. the mission was broadcast via the internet. something that fabien cousteau said his grandfather would have enjoyed. >> he would have loved to talk to people, whether they were students, young, young at heart
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or in the news. or other scientists around the world from acquirious. >> it's the advances in research that make this expedition significant. scientists don't need to go through deep compression. >> they can go outside and put in a full work day, and stay six to eight hours out there, and need to go back to habitat to get food and to sleep at night. >> the aquarius is the only laboratory of its kind in the u.s. and expense ito run. authorities say the benefits outweigh the costs. >> in a month they'll produce new find in, work that would take years. work focuses on environmental changes. the research could make all the dips. less than 10%. world's oceans
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