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iraq's embattled prime minister defies international pressure to step down. > al maliki is clinging to power despite growing international support for his challenge. wufrping the al jazeera news hour live from london. also coming up, egypt rejects a damning rights report into the largest killing of demonstrators in a single day in recent history. hamas declares the war is won as gaza coming to terms with
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unprecedented destruction. plus. we remember robin williams, comic genius. the political crisis deepens in iraq. prime minister al maliki is refusing to give up his position, and the fight continues against sunni fight nertz north. he has the support of u.s., iran, turkey, the american league and the uk. they say his actions are a violation of the constitution. >> translator: i really urge you, the iraqi military, to
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uproot the islamic state group. you are responsible. they are a cancer that can spread. we are all responsible for the safety and security of our country. >> kurdish forces are continuing to battle islamic state fighters in the north of the country. the u.s. has been backing kurdish soldiers with air strikes on islamic state positions in the area as well as supplying weapons to them, but the humanitarian crisis is continuing to mount. thousands have fled their homes in fear of fighters advancing on towns. britain and france pledged more aid and money to help groups in northern iraq to help with the crisis. despite the international community trying to continue with humanitarian aid drops, pledging more support, what can you tell us about the humanitarian situation and the plight of these minority groups in the region? >> reporter: it's really quite
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dire. the focus has been on mount sindar where up to 10,000 members of the small miernlt, an ancient religion are, are still trapped without food and water and without shelter of the there have been frequent iraqi airdrops as well as u.s. airdrops of food and water. one ended tragically today when an iraqi helicopter crashed killing the pilot and wounding 20 people on board including a member of parliament. the u.s. has evacuated the wounded according to kurdish sources and they're in hospital, but the helicopter crashed when desperate people on the mountain tried to grab onto it to climb on board. it's an indication how desperate they are across the north here where almost a million people have fled their homes due to
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fighting with the islamic state group. >> and in terms of the baghdad politics going on, jane, he's been given a month to 30 days to form the next government. al maliki is unhappy about that. are there concerns about where his intentions lie and what hez next step might be? >> reporter: i think there were a few raised eyebrows when he appeared on television as the commander in chief today with a range of security forces, an indication he wants to make clear he's still commander in chief. he's said he's going to the courts to try to press his constitutional right to form the next government. he has very little political support, but he can continue to prolong this. he still has some support and he received quite a bit votes in the last election. as you mentioned, the wave of support has been pouring in for
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the prime minister designate who would replace him. the feel is maliki cannot hold the country together. that his policies have been responsible for the sunnis and the kurds feeling so disenfranchised. on top of that, there is still actively fighting raging here in northern iraq. mir dimaful. in baghdad at least 24 people have been killed in two car bombs. one went off near a shia mosque. the second exploded just southwest of baghdad. as many as 56 people have been injured. good to have you with us. just talking to jane about the political situation in baghdad, prime ministerial maliki, do you think he's likely to use his influence over the security forces to his advantage in his political battle, sore is he just waiting for the right time
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to stand down? >> well, i think he has lost most of his allies. his allies are dwindling by the hour. the most important religious authority in iraq has stepped down. the americans and the europeans have made it very clear he must step town. they basically have congratulated the new prime minister designate. the reality is it's very risky for al maliki to pull on the military to confront his rival. this is suicidal, and maliki himself told the officers and military today to stay out of politics. it's his last act, and i think he's bargaining for some basic privileges to be persecuted in the future, but i doubt very much he would commit political suicide and call on the special forces within the security forces to crack down against his
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rivals. >> how different will be it to form a national unity government? >> this is the most important question. everyone is saying that nouri maliki is a polarized figure and a liability. absolutely. he is on iraq and the political process. he faces formidable tasks. he needs a coalition, a broadly based coalition. he needs to integrate all the tribal and idea logical forces into his own cabinet. remember, there's a great deal of goodwill in iraq for him to succeed. relative consensus, everyone wants him to succeed.
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iraq is the political powers, international powers that will take a long time for his government to basically take off. as you know, governments take time. he needs to build the trust. >> how difficult is it for him to reach out to sunni in areas where they're already in control? where is the intent for them to compromise when you could say they have the upper hand right now? >> this is the key challenge facing haideral ibadi to give him a state in the new order to change the political security. as you said, well-put it took
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years to reach this particular point. it's going to take a great deal of hard work and policies to restructure the security and political forces and bring in this affected community. it will take nine months to a year. i believe that it's a matter of time both in iraq and in the region and the international system as well, particularly the americans are fully behind them and the american secretary of state john kerry has made it that the united states is planning to deepen and increase the support for the iraqi forces. >> i was going to pick up on that point and ask you that they pledged there would be additional military and political support, but no details on exactly what that entails. is this going to -- is that -- will that work significantly in haider ail badi's favor?
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>> absolutely. >> the americans have made it very clear -- >> obviously, the americans are helping out with air strikes and small arms to kurdish fighters, but a lot of people say they lack a comprehensive, coordinated strategy because it spans two countries, iraq and syria. are they going to -- are they willing to commit that the forces that in essence -- tears a mismatch between what they're doing now and the level of the threat they describe. >> again, it's a very important question. the americans have made it very clear they will not become a factor in the civil war in iraq
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unless there is an inclusive government. a government that basically bringing in all social government. once there's an inclusive government the americans are on record to intensify the support and they basicallile will escalate the involvement on the side of the iraqi government. this is the keyword for the americans and even the iranians are willing to go on board. i think the iranians and the americans and europeans are talking and the saudis about the future road map for iraq because it's going to take years, as you said, to confront isis not only in iraq, even if you defeat isis in iraq, it will take years. what do you do about syria? the headquarters of isis is in syria and iraq. in the last few minutes the british government as announced it's sending military helicopters into northwestern iraq. there's a small number of helicopters that are sent in.
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british government will transport military supplies provided by other countries to kurdish forces resisting fighters from the group calling itself islamic state. in our other top story, human rights watch says egyptian forces are guilty of crimes against humanity. a year ago this week, the egyptian police and army moved into the square to clear supporters of ousted president morsi. in a new report human rights watch says more than 100 people died in just six weeks. it calls for an international inquiry and for senior leaders to be investigated including the current president, sisi, who was defensive minister at the time. >> it's time for the international community to step up. there are three recommendations we list here, and the first is a commission of inquiry at the u.n. council. we're doing this press
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conference from geneva, because it's time for geneva to ask. 27 countries underscored the importance of accountability. i think even those that are supportive of the government at this point would tell you the excuses have run out. it was first it's instability. there's no elections. there's no president. there's no nchr report. now the new flavor of the month issed fact-finding committee's report not slated to go public. the excuses have come to an end. we need to look into the killings. secondly, we call for a suspension of the assistance in military and law enforcement that goes to facilitate abuses. finally the third major recommendation of the international community is domestic courts accordness with laws open it up. >> barnaby fill lphililips has
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now. >> reporter: they don't mince the words over what happened on the streets of cairo a year ago. it was a massacre. the killing of at least 800 people, perhaps more than 1,000 in a single, gruesome day. >> you must kill them. we have to kill them. kill us. just to kill us. >> reporter: human rights watch says these killings were meticulously planned. not a single police or army officer has been punished. the chain of command went right to the very top. human rights watch is calling for a u.n. investigation. it is protesters threw rocks and molotov cocktails at the police and fired guns sometimes, but the use of force by the egyptian police and army was disproportionate. >> there's a complete failure of builtability. the people that were responsible the brutal response got away with it, and what's also
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striking is how weak the international response has been. the other thing that they call for in the report is the international security systems and arms exports and so on, the kind of egyptians used to crosswalk town -- crack down on the protesters. >> reporter: since then they have carried out mass arrests and tortures fired on other demonstrators. it would seem unlikely they allow an international investigation. human rights watch officials flew to egypt this week to present their report. they were refused entry at cairo airport. >> during the media conference, human rights watch discussed the systemic dismantling of civil society in egypt including the jailing of journalists. al jazeera is demanding the release of its three journalists who have been imprisoned in egypt for 227 days. they were falsely included of
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helping the muslim brotherhood. they were given seven years sentences. still to come for you on al jazeera in this news hour, the w.h.o. approves the use of untested ebola drugs. in sports the season's first piece of european football silverware is up for grabs. we'll have the details for you later on. later on. palestinians in gaza use the 72-hour truce between israel and hamas to bring back norm mall see into the area. the destruction is at billions of dollars, but reconstruction requires israel to ease the blockade and allow building materials into the strip.
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two days into the ceasefire, talks are continuing in egypt to try and find a more lasting end to hostilitiehostilities, but b say negotiations are proving difficult. palestinians want the blockade to be lifted, and hamas -- israel wants hamas to disarm. since israel's fight against gaza began over a month ago, 64 soldiers and 3 civilians were kill. 1,094 palestinians have been killed. near tlie-quarters are civilians and 449 are children. almost 10,000 palestinians have been wounded, and more than 209,000 are still living in 88 u.n. shelters. andrew simmons is talking to the people in gaza. >> reporter: a senior hamas official addressed a crowd of about 2,000 here in the square. he told them that the war had
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been working, and his rhetoric was very different from five years ago when another rally was told that categorically hamas would carry on fighting and that the war wouldn't be one until the blockade was lifted. now, as far as the move goes for the people, they have one of complete des lags because right across the strip people have the extraordinary level of damage of deprivation. it's been described by the united nations as unprecedented. they're distributing foods to tens of thousands in need. it has feeding points all over gaza city and the strip. it says that the need is higher than it has ever been in gaza strip. as far as the infrastructure goes, well, that's in a desperate state as well.
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the situation really is chronic at the moment. palestinian foreign minister is in the caracas as part of a south american tour to strengthen support for the palestinian cause. it's a region that took a firm stance about israeli intervention in gaza. >> reporter: from mexico to patagonia, latin america is closing ranks in solidarity with gaza. chile outside of the middle east, the government has recalled the ambassador to israel. ecuador, peru, el salvador and brazil have done the same. >> translator: it is because to us the number of children, women and elderly killed seems to say disproportional. >> reporter: other leftist governments go further accusing israel of genocide.
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it's not just political support. here in venezuela a nationwide campaign to help gaza yielded some 250 tons of food, medicine and clothing. these children are making toys for their palestinian counterparts. as venezuela prepares to be the first country in the next few weeks to receive an undetermined number of orphaned and injuried children from gaza. >> venezuela has offered to open special clinics and special homes for these kids, the ones that have lost their arms, their legs to, you know, receive the treatment or the parts they're missing to do the therapy and to return them to palestine. >> reporter: south america has a large and influential large arab community, mainly lebanese, syrian and palestinians that live in harmony with the local jewish community.
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nevertheless, latin america has taken the firmest stance in response to the military offensive in gaza. even before that, almost all of central and south america decided to recognize palestinian statehood and established full diplomatic relations, angering both israel and the united states. while they're far from the conflict in the middle east, ordinary latin-americans and their government send the message that gaza is not far away enough to be ignored. christine newman, caracas. the world health organization backed the use of untested drugs on patients that contracted ebola. the announcement comes as a spanish priest treated with the experimental drug z-map died. he was working in liberia when he contracted the virus. the first case of the outbreak was detected in guinea in mark but spread to sierra leone and
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nigeria. >> reporter: he was a dedicated aid worker. he's the first european to die are from the ebola yoet break, treated in spain after being evacuated from liberia. he was receiving an experimental u.s. serum zmap, and his death comes as the world health organization announced it was ethical to use unlicensed treatments without unknown efficacy and adverse effects. there's currently no none known cure for ebola, officially declared a health emergency room that claimed over 1,000 lives. >> it's ethical to offer it as potential treatment for prevention. there are caveats, though. the ethical criteria must always guide the provision with such intervention that includes
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transparency about all at pictures of care. >> zmap shows promising results at a u.s. hospital treating two american missionaries infected with the viergs while working in africa, but the manufacturers say that all its available supplies have now been scent to west africa. liberia will treat two infected doctors, the first africans to receive the treatment. >> one of the greatest problems in global health right no is the fact tha number of diseases that affect poor people in poor countries do not get enough research and support. the reason we have emergency meetings about the ethics is a very direct reflection about that kind of inequate in the world. >> the epidemic where health care regions are unable to cope has opened an ethical debate on the use of trial drugs on humans, including we should receive priority with the
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limited supplies. tim friend, al jazeera. >> a new report says by the end of the century one out of every four babies will be born in africa. researchers say it would lead to prosperity or further strain on economies. malcolm webb reports. >> reporter: this uubegan dan baby takes her first breath. in the coming years she'll want an education and then a job. africa's pop laying is booming and across the continental people wonder what the future will bring. >> the first thing they look for jobs. that's what i'm going to school first so that i can get a proper job. >> i think the government needs to build more industries so there's more job opportunities. >> reporter: the united nations projects that by the end of the century, four out of ten people
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will be african. by 2050 around 41% of the births will be in africa and most in nigeria where it accounts for one-tenth of the world's birth. lagos is already the largest city in the continental, and more than a third of young adults living there are uncombped. in march they attended a mass recruitment informant stadium for a handful of government jobs. it ended in a stampede and seven people were killed. the u.n. children's fund says africa's youth group could lead to huge economic growth and prosperity if governments invest now in education, health care and creating normal jobs. >> we're optimistic about africa's future, but only if the investments are made and if those investments start to be made now. it will take for many investments possibly a generation for them to be fruitful. unless that happens, the
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africa's very young children in 20 years time when they enter the labor force may face a very uncertain future. >> so the future for the continent's millions of babies hangs in the balance. it's the decisions of the leaders today that determine their chance to succeed tomorrow. malcolm webb, al jazeera. still to come for you this news hour, what australia's government is proposing for the nationals fighting with the islamic state in iraq. why activists hope the end of cambodia will stop land gragging. a cricketer is banned from the sport for life. we look at his final legal challenge. e. when you run a business, you can't settle for slow.
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on the ground kurdish forces say they've expelled islamic state fighters southwest of irbil. palestinians are trying to return to normal life as much as possible. the cost of any potential rebuild has been estimated at billions of dollars. the u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon says time is running out, a ceasefire in gaza must be agre agreed. he was speaking in new york to have this to say about the worsening situation in iraq. >> the movement of the formation a new government, the prime minister designate haider ail has auz opponent the of iraqi society. it
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it's. hearing ban ki-moon speaking about the political problems in baghdad, but there's a humanitari humanitarian crisis unfolding in northern iraq. what did he have to say about that? >> reporter: he expressed his ongoing concern for the deteriorating humanitarian situation and expressed his worry that the islamic state is doing things like conducting summary executions. that they're taking women and girls as sex slaves, and the u.n., of course, is attempting to deal with what they say now is 1.2 million people displaced in iraq as a result largely of the actions of the islamic state group. the u.n. is still coming to terms with where these people are, how many people there are and how to get aid there. so we heard ban ki-moon also
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expressing his thanks to the united states and european countries for their airdrops of food and also actions taken to limit the advances of the islamic state. i think the real message that he was delivering here was one of support for the new prime minister, haider ail abdi. he was named prime minister and many other world leaders called on iraq to form a new governm t government. the message is people of iraq need to get behind the new prime minister. >> thank you. more than 150 australian nationals are thought to be fighting with the islamic state in iraq. the australian government fears they could pose a threat to the country when they return home. the subtle has dominated talks
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with the u.s. as andrea thomas reports from sydney. >> reporter: this image has caused outrage. a young boy, the son of an australian fighting in here hoping the decapitated head of a soldier. >> this is utterly disgraceful and underscores the degree to which isil is so far beyond the pale with respect to any standard by which we judge even terrorist groups. >> reporter: john kerry was echoing the comments of australia's prime minister and of community and religious leaders across australia. >> don't pretend you are muslim. all your actions are nonislamic. don't pretend you're a good father. you're a despicable person. >> reporter: they sat the
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barbaric actions target australians traveled to fight. there's a suspension of passports, the assumptions that those who travel to hotspots to fight unless they can prove otherwise and the collection and retention of everybody's internet and phone records for police and security services to access. john kerry said after the sydney talks that the u.s. and australia have agreed that a approach to foreign fighters should be pursued at the united nations. australia committed plains to help with things in northern iraq. the talks with the australian defense minister wouldn't rule out helping militarily, too. both stressed the threat from the islamic state group isn't just to those in the middle east. foreign fighters can bring it home, too. andrew thomas, al jazeera, sydney. the hamas leader has been speaking to al jazeera on the current situation in gaza and the status of talks taking place
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right now in the egyptian capital of cairo. >> translator: as you are aware, 11 days have now passed. the process was slowed by the israelis. they are deliberating buying time, wasting time addressing our demands. we saw it through yesterday. these are real ones as the israelis are stipulate maneuvers and manipulating and bargaining and rejecting our demands with many words. to today there's another round of talks and a break through for a ceasefire and having the personal demands met, mainly lifting the siege from gaza strip. >> you can hear the full
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interview on talk to al jazeera this saturday at 4:30 gmt. rioting has broke out for a second night in a suburb of the u.s. city of st. louis. it follows the shooting of a black teenager by police. police fired tear gas at pro teers in the suburb of ferguson to try and disperse the crowds. 18-year-old michael brown was shot dead on saturday after police say was a struggle with a gun in the police car. the fbi investigation into the case is now under way. diane esterbrook is in clayton, missouri and joins us now. we're expecting to find out who the police officer was that was involved in saturday's shooting, but that didn't happen. >> reporter: that's right, miriam. the ferguson police department planned to release his name about midday today but decided not to out of concern for his
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safety. we spoke to the police department earlier today, and they say they've been flooded with death threats from all over the place against this police officer and other police officers on staff. the department says some of the police officers that are out on patrol have and are getting death threats from people on the streets and they use go out with two officers. if they make a calm call. >> tensions are high in the area after a second night of rioting diane. what's done to defuse the situation there? >> reporter: we were at a pub meeting last night at a church organized by the naacp that included members of the community, clergy, some people from law enforcement. this afternoon the reverend al
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sharpton who is an activist is in town meeting with michael brown's parents and his attorney. he is wanting the officer named, but he's also saying that there needs to be calm and people need to be very measured in their approach in honor of michael brown. >> thank you. russia sent 280 trucks carrying humanitarian aid towards eastern ukraine, but ukraine won't let the mission in because it's not coordinated by the international red cross. emma hayward has more from eastern ukraine. >> reporter: russia says it has now sent 280 trucks of what it says is humanitarian aid towards the ukrainian border. ukraine, though, says the only way that material will be allowed in is if it is reloaded onto ukrainian trucks at the border in an operation that is
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managed by the international red cross. separately the ukrainian parliament approved a law today that will mean they can impose sanctions on individuals they believe sponsored fighting here that has taken place in eastern ukraine. you humanitarian situation in this part of eastern ukraine is getting worse. we are around an hour, hour and a half from a city hit by shelling and fighting. one of the local red cross representatives has said that the world needs to sit up and listen to what is happening here, and there are shortages of medical supplies, food and water. while moscow insists the trucks are carrying aid, there are international concerns over the convoy. >> the ukrainians get cold feet regarding this russian aid convoy. i think they feel it might be some sort of trojan horse, and now there are serious doubts about whether they will actually
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let it across the border into ukrainian territory. the russians insist that it is just humanitarian aid, 2,000 tons of it including grain, sugar, first aid supplies, power generators and sleeping bags and that sort of thing. nato has been saying for somedays now that the chances of a russian military invasion of eastern ukraine are getting higher and higher, and nato has been saying that russia may use a humanitarian pretext, some sort of peace-keeping mission to justify that military incursion. so many people in the west in ukraine in the eu are very uneasy about this aid convoy and exactly what it contains. egyptian president sisi is in russia to meet with putin. the visit focused on trade and military cooperation. among the measures agreed, the increase in imports of agricultural products from egypt to russia.
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it comes after russia banned most food imports from the u.s., eu and their allying in retale yags of the over the crisis in ukraine. putin is a strong supporter of the egyptian leader and backed him even before his presidential bid. a copper mine in mexico is under investigation for polluting waterways with millionses of gallons of contaminated water. heavy rainfall at the mine caused the overflow. environmental authorities restricted water from the site and hundreds of thousands are affected. authorities in california confirm that robin williams died after hanging himself in his california home. tributes have poured in for the 63-year-old battling depression. fellow actors have held him as a genius. we have the report. >> reporter: from a-pitched
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alien to a cross-dressing nanny, robin williams may most fondly be remembered as a funny man. >> please welcome robin williams! >> and it was as a stand up comic he first made his mark. >> it's weird, in california this summer all the state parks caught on fire. that's because these parks are full of weed. it's bad news! it's like even the guys fighting the fires are like ha, ha, ha. oh, my god. make another rainbow, tommy. oh, my god. >> whoa, whoa, whoa. >> remember me, mork from ork. >> it was one appearance on 1974 on "happy days" that the alien mork kick started his career. >> i had to zap your mind to
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make you forget. didn't want you to go to bozo city. >> that led to the spinoff series "mork & mindy" that ran for four years up to 1982. and then came the movies. >> good morning vietnam! >> and along with the comedy, came the more thought-provoking roles. his part as a rebellious army radio presenter during the vietnam war built on his reputation on a comic, but the dark subject matter of the film allowed him to explore his more serious side. the performance earned williams an academy award nomination for best actor. two more best actor nominations followed for "dead poet's society" and "the fisher king" before he finally collected a golden statue. >> the oscar goes to robin williams in "good will hunting." >> his portrayal in "good will
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hunting" of a therapist who helpeds a troubled young jean just played by matt damon earned him his one and only oscar for best supporting actor. >> you see this? all this shit? look at me, son. it's not your fault. >> i know. >> off screen williams had his own troubles. he admitted to being addicted to co-cone through the 1970s. in 1982 he quit both cocaine and alcohol. >> what is the attraction of cocaine, and what is the thing that clears you of it? >> both. the attraction is it. it's a sweet drug. it's like this immediate empowerment and then total insecurity. i mean, you're like hey i'm great. i'm not so good. it's between that you're back and forth and eventually that makes you go i can't do this
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anymore. yes, you can. no, you can't. eventually you go, no, you can't. >> he never did fully recover. williams' publicist said the actor was battling depression prior to his death. film critics describe him as one of the most influential actors of his team. his fans will remember him making them laugh and cry. >> you don't want to do that, sport. coming up for you on the news hour, we have all the sports. i'm daniel in buenos aires where this club is hoping to emerge as champions of south america with the support of rather prominent fans.
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activists hope the end of the political deadlock will bring justice to the victims of land grabbing. we report on a practice at that forced tens of thousands from their homes. >> reporter: they're among the estimated half a million people affected by land grabs in recent years. this community was forced to move from the strl of phnom phen by developers, but the $500 each
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family received in compensation is all gone. >> it ran out because there is no work here, and now people have borrowed money to survive. >> reporter: ironically the lake project they were moved for has stalled with a main investor pulling out. the homes of thousands of people were sacrificed by a developer's dream. construction should be have well under way. for now nature has been left to retake control. it highlights the chaotic land disputes situation in cambodia. the problem stems from confusion surrounding landownership after the end of the regime in the 1970s. large companies simply grab land sometimes violently from local villagers. tackling the issue was one of
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the main attentions of the leader. finally taking his seat in parliament with his fellow mps brings him closer, he says, to fulfilling it. >> there's an increasing number of landless farmers, and this is really easerious. it's why we have to give back their land. >> human rights campaigners believe a real change is now possible. >> the opposition now can play a role as a real opposition. in the past they didn't have enough seats to constitute a strong opposition. >> reporter: back at the disputed site, activists, many of whom are imprisoned in their stand against developers remain cautious. >> translator: we had high hopes they would join in opposition for us, but after they joined the parliament we're not so sure. we've been cheated by the
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establishment many times. >> reporter: the most vulnerable in cambodian society still waiting to see evidence if those with the power are willing to help them. now we go to sports. >> thank you so much. the take overof the nba team the l.a. clippers is now complete. former microsoft ceo steve palmer is the new other than. the $2 billion take-over from donald sterling was depleted on tuesday. it follows an order by a california court to allow his wife shelly to sell the team. it i understands a four-month showdown between sterling and the nba that banned him for life for making racist comments. football now. european champions around madrids are playing in the curtain razor to the new european football season, the super cup. real is targeting six trophies this season. the latest in car dif is still
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0-0. on wednesday monday niche and dartmouth face each other in the other super cup. robert will make his official debut against his old including. they swept the german cup last season. the coach will miss several players through injury and the players that won the world cup with germany only just returned to training. >> translator: every final is important, and here especially. we know each other very well. of course, it's the first title of the season. we earned the right to play this match because we won. of course we will try. they were runners-up last season losing both titles to byron. the super cup may not be the season highlight, but he says the match is crucial ahead of
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the start of the season later this month. >> translator: this is a competition that arouses quite a lot of attention abroad as well and it's a trial of strement in the highest level with one of the best teams in the world. this match is very important to us. they both have france as an official member, but argentina has largely been devoid of major success. that could all change on wednesday when they host pa paraguay. the success is coming despite economic problems, which affected the domestic game. daniel has the report. >> reporter: argentina has many economic prop bes sliding into recession, defaulting on foreign loans and ram mant inflation, and nowhere are the diments more starkly felt than here in the neighborhood of buenos aires.
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home to the club in the final of south america's major club competition for the first time in their history. these fans are dreaming of glory. >> translator: we're about to play the game of our lives. it's the biggest match in the history. i hope we make it. i believe we will make it since the team is very good. >> the argentinian national team reach the world cup final for the first time in 31 years losing to germany. most of the players perform in the lucrative european leagues. things are very different at home. >> translator: we're all protesting. a lot of things are going wrong. i'm worried about the standards of the new players coming through. >> reporter: police last week raided the argentinian football headquarters as part of an investigation where the millions of dollars have gone.
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while the sport is braced for a power struggle following the death earlier this month of the man that ran the national game for 35 years. there will always be the fans. >> translator: the passion for football in argentina goes back many years, and it will never disappear. i passed it on to my two daughters taking them to the games, and that will continue for generations. >> no one here sensibly at least talks about devine intervention, but it has been pointed that san lorenzo is leasing success winning the first national title in six years and reaching the first final coinciding with their most famous fan known as pope francis moving to rome. san lorenzo is far from being one of the biggest clubs in latin america and not the biggest in buenos aires located in the four corners of the city. it's on the verge of
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international glory, a useful escape from the thousands of tribulations from everyday life. iraq's under 21 football team are getting ready for the upcoming asian games to be held in south korea. the team's pr preparations have been affected by the unrest in the northern and central parts of the country. only 12 of the selected players have been able to attend training in baghdad. the squad are planning to travel to turkey for the next training camp due to security concerns. >> translator: it has an impact on the team both positive and negative. when the security situation is not okay in iraq, players are worried about their families, relatives and friends. players will be more determined to achieve positive results to help people be happier and forth get the situation. former pakistan bowler has lost his final legal challenge against his life ban from cricket for spot fixing.
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he was banned in 2012 after being found guilty of corrupt activities. the 33-year-old was never charged by police and has always denied any wrongdoing. the england and wales cricket board have refused his application to appeal the ban. south africa has wrapped up the one-off test match with the neighbors. they pulled out for 181 in the second innings on game four taking four wickets. that game of south africa a victory target of 41 runs and they reached it with ease. they play three with the one-take internationals. authorities in the united states say no criminal charges pend against nascar driver tony stewart after he struck and killed a competitor in i r a sprint car event in new york. an autopsy said he died from a massive, mrunt trauma. stewart, one of nascar's biggest names, is yet to confirm whether he will return to the sport in
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michigan this weekend. >> no criminal charges have been placed against anyone, and there are no facts at this point that would support probable cause of any criminal behavior. that's all your sport for now. now back to miriam. don't forget you can watch al jazeera online. aljazeera.com is the place to go. you find all the analysis and video on demand. do check it out. aljazeera.com. of course, our top story there, prime minister al maliki defiant in the face of growing international calls for him to step down and international support for his rival. more on that at the top of the hour. that is it for this news hour, but a full round-up of the day's news in a few moments time. stay with al jazeera.
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