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♪ this is al jazeera. hello. welcome to the newshour live from our headquarters in doha. i am jane dutton. in the next 60 minutes, 10 days under house arrest for the palestinian boys beaten by israeli police. what happened with my sons, political and tribal tonings rise in kenya. at least 22 dead in attacks along the coast. >> the report on how the
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privatization of the u.s. justice sees a return the debtor prison. >> the latest for the from the wimbledon men's final, a dramatic start as the race is halted after a big crash. coming up later in the program. >> the palestinian teen ankler beaten by israeli plea police hn released, a u.s. citizen has been fined and will spend 10 days under house arrest. he was detained in jerusalem over the murder of his cousin. he was burned alive alleged lee by right-wing israeli. we will here from his father but first, this report: >> reporter: released on bail but with conditions, 15-year-old khadair will spend nine days
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under house arrest and he can still be charged. >> he is one of the family. he was sad. he was angry but expressing empathy toward the family. he and another 6 children, this is the result. face of democracy of israel is exactly this. his family said this mobile phone footage shows israeli soldiers beating him in east jerusalem. he said his holiday turned into a nightmare. >> it turned out to be a summer vacation. i was brutally attacked when i was just watching what was happening. >> he was arrested during protests on thursday, the day after the burned body of his cousins, 16-year-old mohammed
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abu dhair was found. there is footage that showed the men behind the kidnapping. >> israeli authorities have condemned the killing despite a gagging order some media reports say the army has made a number of arizona. there is still a lot of anger among palestinians and they say it's a revenge attack for three teenage israelis settlers. their bodies were found with gunshot wounds near the city of hebron. the one pal stanian man was arrested who is suspected of being involved. two remain at large. >> palestinians say hundreds of people have been detained since surge began. there is fear this situation would escalate further. earlier, i spoke to al dean hyder and asked him why his son was arrested? >> what happened with my son is
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two soldiers attacked him. undercover police attacked him and locked him up. after they lock him up, they hurt him very bad after that, they take him to the police station, take him to the police station and put him in a police station several hours without any medicine, without any medical treatment. so, i called the em, and the embassy work hard with me to let the police station to take him to the hospital. >> did they tell you why they treated him this way? >> this is the way always happen in a police station. as soon as i say this is american, this is american passport for him, had he started to change the story. started to say we don't know this american and start to give
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some excuse. i think did my son throw rocks? you caught him throwing rocks? he said, no. he thinks to do that. he tried to do that, but he didn't throw rocks. it's why you put him in this position? why you grab him and put him under your feet and hit him in the head and try to kill him? the police tried to kill my son. >> tell me: as a father, i mean we have all been shocked looking at those pictures of damage done to him, the pictures of him being kicked. how did you feel as a father and your family when you saw that? >> what i feel is very, very mad feeling. it's when i see two soldiers, no mercy, two soldiers, no mercy
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and no heart for him, to hit 15 years old boy in this way who is a human being. he is a human being. >> soldier is not a human being to hit a kid. what about him? this is a kid. american. what if i didn't have a it show. we hear about the palestinian. somebody tries to kill him. no evidence. today, we have evidence. with my son. >> so let me ask you. at the same time, his cousin was found murdered and we know he has been burned to death. i mean, also, shocking. how do you, as a family cope with something like that?
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and what would you like to see happen now? >> okay. what did you think about my son, if he was the last one, shake mohammed and when i bring that picture,eik mohammed and when i bring that picture, the picture the police posted employed sheik mohammed, how he gets killed? he gets killed. he burned life. he was alive. i can't believe it. abbew khdeir wants to see how his cousin, he gets killed in this way in cold blood just because he is a palestinian, just because he is a palestin n palestinian, he gets killed in this way. what is the meaning? >> tell me where this leads you. >> a lot of jewish gets killed by hitler. you killed my kids in the same way. >> tell me where this leaves you
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as a family, where this leaves you as a palestinian first and foremost and where you think it leads relations between israelis and palestinians? >> kids is kids wherever you go. it doesn't matter what kind of kids but the palestinian kids have a lot of problem. i feel sometimes they have had this agenda from israel government against the kids. he wants a new age from the palestinian kids to be no feeling, nothing for the palestine, no feeling, no -- no roots. he don't feel with his roots but the palestinian get the family, raise the kids for always look to your roots. always you look at palestine is
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number 1 for you. after your family, after that, before anybody, because our kids -- this is for the future because no way where he want to go. he has america to go. but where other kids wants to go? where does the palestinian wants to go, the palestinian kids? this is the future leader for pallet stein, the future and one, the israel government want to destroy the palestinian kids to tell them, you don't have anything to do with something called palestine. this is israel. this is not israel. this is palestine for palestinians to do -- to try to say this is palestine for us, not for israel alone. >> al jazeera has asked the israeli government to respond to that interview. iraq's kurds are engaged in fierce fighting with sunni armed
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groups in diala. they say the military rejected to reach the mountains that they consider the natural boundary of their home land. this report from the kurdish front lines from jalalala. ? >> another funeral. iraq's kurds are caught up in the conflict nonetheless kurdish forces are suffering casualties. the fighting has been fierce in this corner of teastern profess town is an urban battleground. many of the curtt residents have left. peshmerga fighters show us the areas under their control. as this vehicle approaches our position, the fighters become
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uneasy. it is clear they are concerned their enemy has breached their lines. there doesn't seem to be a clear front line here. sunni armed groups which include local tribal forces are based inside the town and their snippers have prevented the kurds from taking it. kurds say they are not fighting sunnis but what they call terrorists. the peshmerga general explains: their military objective is not just to take. they want to push further south they want to push further south. >> the mountains, the natural border, we know the mountains. now, we fighting the islamic state and the group. all of these fighting. was part of the disputed territory between the central government and the kurds.
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now that the army has fled, the kurds want this land. the battle here is about to enter its second month. it's far from over. kurdish peshmerga officials say they expect this to be a prolonged conflict. >> the kurd soldiers are poorly armed and relatively few in number. they are within range of mortars and sniper fire and they have been ambushed. capturing has been hard enough, holding their supply lines in this bearen terrain may prove to be more difficult. suspected al-qaeda gunmen have killed six soldiers in ambian province. they killed the occupants and too their guns and fled. egyptian security forces have protested against a hike in
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fuel prices. the government said it isness but it isn't polipular where almost half the population lives below the poverty line. >> reporter: these are difficult times for egyptians. they have to pay more for petrol. the price has gone up 70%. >> that's making a lot of them angry. >> this is about people's livelihood. do they assume the people are passive and they will accept anything? we can't go after the rich guides so they are targeting the poor people. >> what can the poor man do in order to survive? what can the government worker who hardly makes any money do? the minister is sitting in comfort behind his desk. i want him to go into the streets and see how the people are suffering. >> taxi drivers are protesting against the increase. many of them say it will run them out of business. customers tell me to complain to the government.
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what can i do? i have four children top take care of. >> the ministry said it's necessary to help the government. this government does not get the poor people. go and look at the conditions our hospitals are in. >> the people protesting the min stray say they are angry and the pet roll price increases are on their mind, natural gas and electricity prices have gone up. many say the price increase runs counter to election process led by he will sisi. who promises the burden will not be on the poor. people see it different. al jazeera. >> al jazeera journalist mohammed fatmy has been admitted today hospital for a shoulder injury. he and two other journalists have been one 90 days in prison. he was sentenced along with peter greste to seven years in
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prison. baha mohammed was given 10 years because he had a spent bullet in his possession which he picked up at a protest. they are falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. arizona rejects it and demands the journalists be freed. >> more to come in the news hour including: celebrations in malawi. how greece has become an early port of call for people fleeing conflict in the middle east. coming up in sport, a decision which may have saved the netherlands from the world cup defeat. police station and army back affordable care act have been attacked by tribal fighters.
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17 security posts were killed in the congo when the fighters moved to a nearby village, the army opened fire killing at least 41 of them. at least 22 people have been killed in two attacks on the kenyan coast. the attacks took place in the counties of lamu and tana. the armed group, al shabaab says it's responsible. here is more from nairobi. >> reporter: the herific series of attacks on 7ia's coast. two attacks, one targeting a police station in gamba on it. ana river and the other targeting civilians in hinzi close to lamu. now, people are saying or wondering who is responsible for these attacks. al shabaab has claimed responsibility once again but as happened last time around, when al shabaab claimed responsibility, the government came out with a network. all of this is adding to the since of confusion and fear.
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the opposition in this country is proposing dialogue with the government on security and, also, corruption, other big issues in the country. they are saying if the government doesn't talk to them, they will hold a rally on monday called sabasaba or 7-7. this is just adding to political tension and, also, ethnic and tribal tension in the country. and some people are actually leaving their homes because they are so afraid. susan midoli is waiting. she wants to get her four children, the family sofa and all of her belongings on to one of these buses. but they are full. many of the people leaving are from western kenya 7 years ago after a protested presidential election, they were among the many victims of violence. >> i have decided to leave because i remember how bad 2007 got. i feel threatened, and i am
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worried all the time. when a snick bites you once, you don't want it to bite you again. >> ethnic tension is nothing new in kenya. but recent political pressure is exposing historical divisions. dinga who lost the presidential election last year wants the government to agree to talks. >> those close to the president have accused adinga of trying to grab power. observers say all of this is leading to hate speech on social media. >> forcing people to leave their homes. it's a position of olbermann and offline activities particularlying by political leaders. >> the police force is trying to assure people and has this advice. >> those who are being threatened, they go and make a
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report to their police station. >> many people are also afraid of this. more attacks, either by al shabaab or local armed groups. at least 60 people have been killed along kenya's coast in the past month. people are taking even motor bikes. there was a sense here and in many parts of kenya, people are u losing confidence in theability of the security forces and the government to protect them. people from all ethnic tribes hearsay they want avani or peace. other politicians refused to sit down and talk. the uncertainty and suffering for these people will continue. it's not clear when these families will want to return. now, al jazeera in kenya's valley. >> over the border in somalia, an improvised explosive device has gone off in a restaurant.
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at least four people have been killed and eight injured. there has been no claim of responsibility. celebrations marking 50 years of index from malawli. it was one of the first nations to break the ties of colonial rule. it is one of the most depositionly populated countries. it has vowed to fight corruption. live at the stadium in the capital. people are quite enthusiastic. they have been boistrous celebrations. . >> yes, there have. thousands of people here in the stadium. it's a very colorful military day. they are listening to the president right now. some people say they are
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celebrating. there are some who say there isn't much to celebrate. officials say to me, malawi has appear man 50 years old who is still live with his parents. he said they are independent and celebrating that but it's dependent. >> jack was 12 years old when malawi gained independence. he said he is happy colonialism is a thing of the past but the country has a long way to go? >> >>
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fleischer >> one thing is we have done a great job in education, but on the flip side, we need to do a little bit more by way of absorbing people who have been trained into industry. >> officials say they have discovered oil and gas reserves in lake malawi. the economy is largely based on agriculture w talks of oil, the next page could be dramatically different. >> the president was recently sworn in. he said i am new but i see the glass half full and half empty. let's work together to build. he tries to convince people he will do the best he can to try to improve conditions. he has cut costs in many areas. he said he is going to try to do as much as he can to create jobs and make people's lives a little
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bit easier. the rea reality is it's important to celebrate 50 years of index but let's see where this is now, 50 years. let's move this country forward in hopes of malawian people will work with malawi. >> thank you. let's get the weather now with stef. and i have been looking at that huge typhoon behind you. what's going on there? >> it's very impressive. we like it when they are like this, over the sea but looking amazing. unfortunately, it is going to hit land. let's take a look at the satellite picture as i run it through sequence. you can see this huge eye that's developed. >> that's an indication that it's a very powerful and very intense storm. this one at the moment is the equivalent of a category 4 hurricane. that's what it will be if it was in the atlantic all around the waters near the americas. it's running northwards. we are expecting it to make
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landfall ol wednesday or thursday in neoguiri. we must keep an eye on the forecast over next few days. in the more immediate future, though, we've got this area of cloud over the southwestern parts of australia that's been causing us a few problems. we are looking at more severe weather here as we head through the next 24 hours. that was a cloud that might not look too impressive but it's giving us 18 millimeters of rain in 45 minutes, we saw in some places. >> that's an awful lot of wet weather. it was the winds that caused us more in the way of problems. over 100 kilometers per hour there. that was one gust of wind. those winds are going to get stronger as we head through the day on monday. we have another cold front working its way through. it's going to be the southwestern parts of western australia where we see the worst of the weather. there could be gusts over 125 kilometers per hour, jane. >> thanks. going to jail for being in debt was once routine punishment in
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the western world in some parts of the u.s. that practice still goes on with private contractors profiting from people unable to pay fines for minor offenses. from georgia, tom ackerman sent us this report. >> reporter: after a minor driving violation, nicole thought she had paid her debt to society with the $1,400 in fines, fees and hours of community service. but two years later, she is still paying $35 every month to a company called centinal defenders? >> they call my phone and threaten me that i am going to go to jail. they will take me back in front of the judge. they are rude, real rude. >> 30 years ago, the u.s. supreme court ruled no one could be locked up because they didn't have the money to pay a fine. >> is routinely ignored by private protection service companies like this one which operate under contract to the local governments.
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the companies don't charge the government but they do impose repeated fees on those low-level offenders who can not immediately pay their fines. a court effectively gives them the power to declare someone who is behind in their payments subject to arrest. by some estimates, the contractors make annual $40 million profit in georgia alone. but according to a recent georgia government audit, the companies were found to have, quote, improperly extended the probation term obtained an arrest warrant or improperly allocated probation or payments to provider's supervision fees instead of the court. >> people on a minor traffic stop or even a license checkpoint get hauled off to jail so someone with get their money. it's a total abuse of the process. >> kathleen huck said she spent 20 days in jail for a $186 debt
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to the probation service contractor. the company had her arrested four years after kathleen's original fine and restitution for drunken driving had been paid. >> the sentinel reinstating my probation without a judge's signature or anything, doing it on their own. so, i would say they are doing it for profit. >> the company is appealing the local judge's decision for sentinel to repay hundreds of people. meanwhile, the probation company successful lobbied georgia's legislature to pass a law protecting their operations. but georgia's governor vetoed the bill. he said it would guarantee the companies could keep revenue confidential. >> thelitn legislature has seen fit to make this a state secret. this is something we hope the legislature will address in coming sessions. >> reporter: law enforcement act seeds have their own complaint with the system.
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the companies are forcing too many jail beds to be filled by people who are not criminals. it will wind up costing the taxpayers for their room and board. tom ackerman, augusta, georgia. >> australia faces legal action as it refuses to break its silence over the fate of more than 200 tammal refugees plus. >> harry fawsett where a 66-year-old law says dancing is illegal. no one seems to have told anyone here, though did you know a ten-second test could help your business avoid hours of delay caused by slow internet from the phone company? that's enough time to record a memo. idea for sales giveaway. return a call. sign a contract. pick a tie. take a break with mr. duck.
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you are watching the al jazeera newshour. the palestinian american teenager who was beaten by israeli police has been released from kufltdz. he is a u.s. citizens who has been fined and will spend 10 days under house arrest 22 people have been killed in two attacks on the kenyan coast according to the kenya red cross. the attacks took place in the countieses of lamu and tana river. the armed group al shabaab says it's responsibility. >> several police stations and army barracks have been attacked in the congo. nearly 60 people have been killed the reece of the teen ager beaten by israeli forc forces the father father says h
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feared for his life. >> did my son throw rocks? he said, no. he drinks to doctor he thinks do that. he . >> /* a did you put him in that position and grab him and put him under your feet and hit him in the head, hit him in the legs and try to kill him? police tried to kill my son. >> we have been trying to get an israeli response to this interview. any word? >> no. as far as theisi police are concerned, the police spokesperson has said basically about a question needs to be asked about why a u.s. citizen is standing on the front lines
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in clashes in east jerusalem attacking israeli security forces. >> that's as far as the israeli police spokesperson would comment on this. now, we also know that there were videos. we have seen videos of security forces beating a boy. we don't know exactly and have not been able to to confirm if the boy in these videos was indeed mohammed khdeir but we know from the justice ministry as well as the israeli police that an investigation has been launched into these videos to find out who is responsible for these beatings because these videos were spread out and got a lot of criticism. again, i said we can't confirm that to the person being beaten in the video is indeed him. the authorities have said they will investigate this incident. >> from reports out there, it seems we might be a step closer to finding out who was
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responsible for burning to death his cousin. is that correct? >> perhaps. there is a gag order on the reporting details of the case of the murder of mohammed abu khdeir. however, some israeli newspapers and news agencies are saying that police have arrested six suspects and that police suspect that the motives behind the murder are nationalistic, not criminal, meaning that those who have been arrested are israeli jews. none of this information is being sourced or quoted by a certain official because as we know, the gag order is still on. we know that from these israeli police who would not comment further on this. there might be a briefing later on today about these arrests. as far as the israeli police and any government official you
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speak to there are no comments on these arrests. this is information received by some israeli journalists that they have mentioned basically would you agree that quoting or sourcing six suspects and that's the motive is probably nationalistic and not criminal. >> thanks. >> ukrainian rebels are regrouping int donetsk after being driven out of the former stronghold of slovyansk. ukraine's president has given them until sunday to lay down their weapons. scott hider joins me live. tell us more about those fighters in donetsk and about them regrouping. >> yes. one thing that's going on right now is behind heover my left shoulder is lenin square. there was a protest forming over the last hour, a lot of people started gathering there. there was a protest and the actions of the sentence tral
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government here in ukraine. the civilians are protesting against that is happening in the central part of the city. before this, driving around town, it appeared to be like almost a normal sunday. every once in a while, we would come across some of these hundreds of separatists fighters who have come into the city, came into the city on saturday early and all the way straight through the day. if you go on to the outside of the city, and we drove around to a couple of checkpoints? >> it is tension out there. we saw some trenches being dug and they were very, very much on edge, those separatist fighters protecting the city. so, if you look at it on the inside, it seems to be almost like a normal, calm sunday afternoon, but on the outside, very, very tension because they have no idea what's going to come next. >> the ukrainian president poroshenko held the fall of slovyansk as a victory but not the end of the war. any word from kiev today?
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>> a couple of statements came out, one of note: they are not going to have any kind of cease fire planning right now mainly because they say that these pro-russian separatist fighters need to unconditionally lay down weapons before they will consider that. going back to what they reiterated a little bit of what they said on saturday and that the kicking out, retreating of these pro-separatist fighters. they said that was a victory but the war is not over. it still goes on. but again, right now, hard line in the sand but they are not going to discuss any kind of cease fire planning unless there is are unconditionable weapons employed laid down. >> scott with an update on that. 11 people have died in the plane crash in po land. the plane was carrying sky divers on a training flight when it crashed. one man survived and is in a serious condition in hospital.
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each month, tens of thousands of refugees from war torn regions get on boats in search of a new life in europe. gleas says it's becoming overwhelmed and needs more help from the european union. in the second part. escape route series, a report from the eye lands of leswas. ? >> this is how east meets wet, in a cat and mouse game played at night. this time, the coast guard intercepts a group motor cruiser. what it's on the look out for is dingies filled with refugeys fie in greek water, the okay payments are instructed to puncture their boat so they have to be rescued. 500 have downed so far in the mediterranean. >> the traffickers tell them that if they cope to europe, they will come to paradise
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actual where the conditions are great. >> the lucky ones end up on a volunteer run camp. some of the syrians were picked up last night. others, like gundara have been here for months. his father took the family out of afghanistan after refusing to join the taliban. >> the taliban said if you don't join us, we will kill you and your children, and we will take the boys to be good fighters. >> the government is building this detention center nearby with many con conflict in the middle east, the number of refugees is going up. grease is having difficulty coping. >> it has doubled making these waters the gateway for 910ths of irregular migrations into europe. policing this board costs $86 million a year. even though this is a european border, grease bear 95% of that cost. greece gives about 1 in 5
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political asylum. >> is a burden it must bear alone. the european's asylum law only allows people to apply in the country they arrive in. it's a european problem. >> greece is asking the eu to change asylum rules and allow y migration deeper into europe. >> when you know people are in need, escaping, they are forced to get in this boat and try to save the life and you let them, they are then we are in that. >> it's up to europe to decide whether to welcome the migrants or keep them out. john psoropoulos. >> australia is facing criticism over its handling of tamils. the government is refusing to comment on their whereabouts and is about to face legal action from a refugee rights group.
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more from lisbon. >> the australian government has a policy of never discussing on water masses, asylum seekers arriving by boat. the two vessels were intercepted off of the australian coast last week and it passed through customs. human rights groups have expressed concern that nobody knows where thighs people are or what's happen to them. also tamil counsel said at least 11 are said to have been jailed and tortured in sri lanka before they managed to escape. other groups are concerned australia may be thinking about returning these people to sri lanka. one group, the refugee action coalition says it's planning to bring a case to court on monday. choo accusing australia. it's hoping to force the australian government to reveal
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the whereabouts of these people and what its planning to do with th them. >> a pakistani court indicted five men for stabbing a pregnant relative to getting. they have pleaded not guilty to torture and murder and will go on trial on monday. onlooke on look her father, two brothers, ex-husband and a cousin are charged with killing her because she married against their wishes. >> recent supporters of the ruling in the northern state, party leaders were arrested when they tried to defy a ban on attending a religious festival in a city. a doctor's strike has forced suspension of health services in the western indian state. the stoppage is in its sixth day. doctors are calling for better working conditions and higher pay. india has one the highest rates
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of measles in the world. international agencies say vaccination campaigns are not doing enough. >> reporter: one shot closer to a healthy childhood this toddler is one of 30,000 children immunized in their district in the north indian state every week. but with only 300 health workers trained to administer life-saving vaccinations, protecting children from easily transmitted infections like measles is a big challenge. >> we want to reduce morbidity. all too well, they know the serious threat meals measles poses. his 14-month-old son has intermittently suffered from the highly contagion disease. >> when health workers come here
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to give injections, my son has a fever which means he can't be vaccinated. >> india has eradicated polio but huge concerns still linger in these alleyways. 9 million immunization sessions are held across india every year, but still, routine vaccinations fail to reach tennessee of millions of children. we can save 4,000 deaths a day in india with immunizations. one of the things. >> hello. radio unicef. >> hitting the air waves with messages of good health say locally produced campaigns and the involvement of minority communities are the best way to drive home the importance of i am munizations. >> at a time immunization against polio was a big success. next is measles.
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considering easing the deck aids old law that restricts dancing and bans it late at night. the review follows a recent crackdown on night clubs. some people worry a redrafted law could bring problems. the story from tokyo. saturday night and sunday morning at tokyo's djs playing to an enthusiastic crowd playing to what they say is country's best sound system. the japanese way of life has a very particular mindset on sound and detail and space and light and energy. if you knew nothing about the laws, you would assume it's a normal scene. >> the law in question known as the fuelo was passed in 1948 when dance clubs were regarded
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as centers of moral turpitude. a venue listens requiresstruction conditions and prohibits any dancing after midnight or at the latest, 1:00 a.m. tokyo's night clubs are famous the world over and we are in the biggest one on a saturday night. they are not allowed to call it a club. what these people are doing is illegal. for many years, the law was regarded as something of a quaint relic and largely ignored by police and club owners alike. a murder at a club in osoka led to its use in a crackdown on n venues across the country. for months, there will has been a work to redraft the law. recently, he has become concerned it's the police calling the shots and easing could see clubs restricted to designated areas. >> so far, although it's been in a legal gray zone and with all
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of the risk that entails running a business, everyone was equal in that sense. if that gray zone is divided clearly into black and white and the black is removed, i think the diversity of club culture will be lost. >> donu is the one of the smallest clubs, attracting a crowd serious about music, saying police fail to comprehend it saying it's part of a broader japanese balancing party and hard work. >> the dance party is the day of hara where we dlenings ourselves of negativity. we want to share with the world our ceremony. >> to that end, music is streamed to an online audience and it means ogawa can call this
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place a studio, not a club. therefore, he says, it's not in the slightest bit illegal. harry fawcett, tokyo. >> a business day in the sporting world. robin will tell us what's going on? >> thank you very much. good to have you along this year's men's final underway with roger federer looking to extend his record by winning an 18th grand slam title t would be the 9th time he has lifted the trophy at the all-england club. jokovich leads the first set 6-5. a dram attix start itt of the granted pre. there was a big crash on the opening lap. he flew into the barriers, limped from the car. he was whisked away prompting the red flag. he suffered a hip injury. disappointment for masr who had
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to retire. he has restarted behind the safety car and rosberg is leading in his mercedes with louis hamilton second. for the world cup semi e finals complete. argentina booked their spot at the expense of netherlands a report now. a gamble that wouldn't pay off. >> that's what football pans were pondering when the dutch minister substituted the goalkeeper in injury time after 120 minutes. the netherlands' final with costa rica finished at nil-nil after regular time and extra time as well. the coast a ricans already on their knees while the dutch stood tall as it came down to
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penalties and then the dutch courage paid off. the second sent the netherlands through to the semifinals. >> this was the same in amster dopp dam. >> giving up hope. to win now, yes. going to the finals. remember going to win this. >> there was dancing in the streets of salvador as well where the match had taken place. >> the netherlands are the only team left that hasn't previously won a world cup. argentina stands in between them and successive appearances in the final. the two teams will meet in sa sao paolo on wednesday.
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al jazeera. neither the goalkeeper and coach are being given equal credit in the netherlands. >> it's krul on the front pages of the sunday papers but he is seen as a tool. people have been marving about how he has taken ball tactics to a new level. before the tournament people thought we could get to the second round at best and probably second in the group and that we would finish brazil and go out. the semifinals is an expectation that people never had in their minds. the dutch if they had a goal set for the tournament, get to the semifinals. apparently, they were more confident than people here in
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2010, spain in the tournament, this time it looks like all teams have obvious flaws. a lot of them say it is the best team he has worked with in terms of teamwork. the mood in the camp is incredible. everything is possible. >> this was costa rica's best ever world cup performance. joining fans in san jose? >> there is a better sweet feeling. you can see behind me where thousands of fans were a short time ago. the clean-up has begun. you can see people hanging around. people are very sad. we have seen people crying but at the same time, there are
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celebrations. people realize this was a historic moment for costa rica. >> that's ball-loving country. it's small, lethan 5 million people. they don't have the kind of resources some of the other teams that have been in this match have, but they have all of the heart in the world and the fans absolutely love them for it. a historic moment people having come this far for years to come. when the players are coming back to costa rica from brazil, they will receive a hero's welcome. >> argentina on their first trip to the city finals in 24 years against belgium. a goal after 8 minutes gave the south americans a 1-nil victory. the previous time was back in 1986. the year they went on to lift the trophy. a final line-up, the first match takes place on tuesday as hosts
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play germany. the following day in sao paolo argentina take on the netherlands. a daily wrap of everyone at brazil 2014. on the air each day at 1540 gmt. andy richardson standing by with that show in a little under two hours from now. they will go live to rio and around the world. one of argentina's greatest fallers of all time is said to be in a serious but stable condition after suffering a heart attack. alfredo distafano spent eleven years with the club fell ill in spain days after his 88th birthday. they are saying the columbia and spain, he is being kept in an induced coma. as a player, he won five european cups, eight spanish league titles and scooped the european player of the year award on two occasions.
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on our website, al jazeera america/sport, you can click to our dedicated brazil 2014 website. al jazeeraspot for more. before i go, an update from the men's wimbledon final t at the all-england club, a first-set tiebreaker, federer 4-3 up there. federer looking to win an 18th grand slam title. it would also be djokovic, only previous victory at wimbledon was in 2011. >> that's your sport. andy has more for you later. >> has it been good? >> very exciting. i need to catch it. thanks for that. thank you for watching. the al jazeera newshour.
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