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>> announcer: this is al jazeera. hello, welcome to the newshour, i'm jane dutton in doha. the top stories. [ gunfire ] chaos and confusion in libya as rebel militia seizes control of tripoli's main airport. israel's prime minister warns of more strikes against targets in gaza and tells civilians to get out the way. pro-russian separatists march prisoners of war through the streets of donetsk.
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in a show of defines. >> i have all the sport, including the latest from the belgium grand prix. there has been controversy involving the two men fighting for the title - nico rosberg and lewis hamilton. tension is rising in libya. the government lost control of the airport in tripoli. and egypt has angrily denied accusations that this was behind air strikes against the capital. it adds to chaos and confusion, as dominic kane reports. a battle for control of tripoli airport. until this weekend it was held by fighters who broadly support libya's new parliament. it's now in the hands of militia were misrata who oppose it. on saturday, air strikes were launched on their positions, killing more than a dozen. spokesmen believe others are to
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blame. >> translation: based on the intelligence we have, the egyptians are involved in this attack. we stress that we have good relations with the good people of egypt in the u.a.e. the libyan rebels want to make it clear that we will always defend the sovereignty, a homeland against agregs. >> egypt denied involvement. the fighters who lost control of the airport are loosely allied to this man. general khalifa haftar. baste in benghazi, but with an influence that extends across the country. he wants the parliament to be based in eastern libya, close to strongholds. he is accused of trying to take over the country. the parliament called for international intervention to find a solution. many people oppose that and the parliament itself. they want the old general national congress to return.
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it was set up in the wake of the fall of muammar gaddafi. and based in tripoli. at stake is the future of libya. with fighting in many cities and a political system seemingly at odds with itself. some international organizations are calling it a failed state. dominic kane. this is the worst violence in tripoli since the revolution in 2011, when former dictator was overthrown. libya's important institutions are mostly run by these three groups. the zinc tan group has controlled tripoli's international airport since 2011. fighters led a coalition who opposed a parliament in an attack on an airport. in the past this hours, they say
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they have taken control. >> general khalifa haftar emerged was a new player, attacking the militia, seeking to intervene in defense of the zinc tan brigades. tripoli are now so ipp squur that the new parliament is meeting in the port city. they are directors. it specialises in libyan affairs. there needs to be an effort to bring them together to discuss the shape of any new government. >> it's a systematic failure from the highest level, the permanent five members and the security council must take into consideration the nature of the united nations for libya is not able to make the changes the security sector informs changes. it underpins the transmission. this is the arrangements that would lead to agreements and narrow down the free market.
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it's defence of a gap. what kind of configuration will figure. it's off the table negotiations and the only kind of negotiations that will immunize libya's democratic future from the problems at present. >> israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu has warned people in gaza to leave a building where hamas fighters were operating. a mutty storey -- multistorey apartment building has been destroyed in gaza. we'll go to jacky rowland in west jerusalem. tell us about the cabinet meeting and the words of warning coming from binyamin netanyahu. >> the cabinet meeting is a weekly event. there's a lot of pressure on the government and the military leadership from the general
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israeli public. people want to no why after 48 days community across israel are targeted and hit by rockets. mortars, prement tiles coming out of gaza. the prime minister is under a lot of pressure to convince people that he has a strategy here. speaking at the cabinet meeting he indicated that it insisted on gathering intelligence and attacking gaza from the air. >> i'm calling on the residents of gaza to clear out of any area from which happen as snigates terrorist activity. every place like this is a target. >> now, a particular new challenge on facing the israeli army is a challenge throughout, is mortifier from gaza, into
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communities from gaza strip. israel has an yoirn dome system. that doesn't - it's no use for mortars. we saw how those communities are within mortifier, underlined which the killing on friday of an israeli child in a village near the gaza strip much. >> the main crossing point for journalists coming in and out of gaza, and the main point that wounded palestinians go out when they get a permit to travel out of gaza for medical treatment. the situation with the mortars is leading to some in the political establishment to call for another limited ground operation to deal with the mortar launches, you can understand the reluctance of certain in the leadership to say yes to a ground operation. the trouble with the limited operations is it can end up
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dragging on for more than what was originally planned. here is jane ferguson in gaza where the department building was destroyed on saturday. >> this is a middle class neighbour hood in the heart of the city. the community is shocked at how hard they were hit last night. the rebel behind me was until 7:30 local time, a 14 storey apartment building living in it. up to 1,000 people believed to be in the building at the time. before it was hit they were given warning by the israelis, who called several people who told them that the whole building would be brought down and that everybody must be evacuated. they did so, and no one died in the attack. people have, of course, returned to try to salvage some of their personal belongings from the rubbish. by the standards of gaza, in terms of a scene of destruction, this is incredible. we have breaking news of a hostage release in syria.
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some rare good news from that country. an american journalist peter three theo curtis has been freed. captured in october 2012. his last known location was in turkey, where he had plans to enter syria to teach english. that's news of the release of the american journalist peter theo curtis. boko haram has taken over local government headquarters in a town. it is home to thousands who had been displaced by boko haram attacks in the area. this is nigerian authorities, confirming 35 police men are missing after the group attacked a police training facility in borneo state. we have more from abuja. >> the inspector general of police says it's too early to speculate on the state of the police men. whether they were killed in action, kidnapped by the group
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or whether they are hiding in the bush until things calm down. this is yet another attack. the birthplace, the traditional strong hold. it is simply battered over the past few weeks and months by high profile attacks, including a brazen kidnapping of 300 schoolgirls in april. the nigian government and security forces imposed a state of emergency on three states affected, including bono state. we have seen them able to push back the group to its hideout. in recent months we have been seeing a shift in strategy by the group, where they are not just hitting and running, but seizing towns. high profile and brazen attacks, indicative that the group is being emboldened and currently the mainly earian security forces do not appear to have the
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upper hand in this content. i'll tell you more about the breaking news of the hostage release. peter theo curtis has been freed, an american journal. >>. he was handed to u.n. representatives in syria after being captured in october 2012. somalia has seen a quarter of a century of conflict. there are half a million guns in circulation. getting them off the streets is a priority for troops charged with keeping the peace. >> reporter: after years of struggling for control, the somalia government releases the need to scoop up illegal weapons. peacekeepers and troops braved the houses of people they called warlords and militia leaders. officials call the operation a success and say they'll continue until they bring back a measure
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of stability to the country. >> we will not stop until we reach a point where he need a warrant of arrest, and not guns to arrest criminals. the counter chaos will continue. >> not every militia leader will be disarmed. this man was one keen of keeping private armies. >> these men fight for the government, and that has earned him enemies. >> the government should provide security for people that might be targeted or let them keep their weapons. i believe people like me will not be disarmed. we are waiting to see the government's response. >> somalia has known little peace for the last 24 years. war profit ears, militias battled for control. a massive free for all trade in arms has been fuelling the conflict between them. >> a few days ago the treat was one of somalia's biggest arms
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market. the traders abandoned it. they have taken massive trade in guns underground. >> in one of the cities suburbs we met a young man trying to sell an a kx 47 rifle. with the market watched by the government. they are now officially part of the mogadishu's illegal trade in arms. >> we continue to sell arms to anyone who needs them, until the government provide us with alternative employment. this is our job, the only one we know, and all that we care about. >> disarming the whole of somalia will be no easy task. many believe it can be done by force. months and years of negotiating with militia men and clan elders. the government will have to reassure those that bear arms that it has the capacity to
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protect them now. >> still more to come on the al jazeera news hour. americans are divided on how they see the race. airlines on alert after a vol quano in icelapped. we here from roger federer about his hopes for a record 18 grand slam title. iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif said what the islamic state it going in iraq and syria amounts to genocide. he flew to baghdad to meet with iraqi leaders. they were concerned about the threat of fighting in iraq, which is spreading closer to iran's border. >> we believe it requires a
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concerted several by the international community to leave the group, whose character is clear to everybody. the same character, which has brought chaos to syria is wreaking havoc in iraq, and committing acts. hore epdous genocide. and crimes against humanity. it needs to be tackled by the international community and every country in the region. this me as is going to haunt every supporter. that did not have the far sightedness in the past to know the nature of the threat. therefore we do not believe we need to be present. inside iraq in order to help our iraqi brothers and sisters to fight this menace. they are capable of doing that by themselves. >> the speak are of iraq's parliament called for a
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government to be formed immediately. sectarian tensions identified. zeina khodr reports from kirkuk. >> this family has been living in this room for three months. they moved to kirkuk when the home downturned into a battle ground. israeli planes and helicopters have been bombing baghdad since islamic state group and other fighters pushed the army out. this man no longer feels his country is safe for all of his communities. >> prime minister nouri al-maliki wants to get rid of sunnis, he's fighting us in fallujah. why doesn't he bomb. it's not acceptable that sunni areas are the only ones targeted. sectarian tensions are not knew. friday's attack targeted a mosque. it couldn't come at a worst time for a country trying to deal with divisions. shia militias are blamed for the
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death of dozens. lawmakers threatened to pull out of talks. the speaker of parliament was more conciliatory. >> there were those who wanted to thwart the political process, targetting iraqi society and social structures. their contact has been made with all political forces. some have been responsive. . >> many iraqis are optimistic. now that there is a political process to form a new government. it's not just about changing the leadership's faces. >> translation: we hope all iraqis will be treated equally and get the same employment opportunities, and the army will serve everyone. there is a power struggle in iraq, and the conflict created a dangerous sectarian divide, one that allowed the islamic state group. >> these people areaught in the middle of a conflict.
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they don't support the shia led groups. this is one of many groups fighting the government. tribal elders say as long as iraq sunnis don't have power, the islamic state will be powerful. >> arab sunnis sympathised with the islamic state group because the way the islamic state attempt with us. >> reporter: never before has there been an urge any senior reconciliation. the islamic state group and shia militia seem to be the authorities on the ground. a military parade has been held in kiev to celebrate huh ukranian independence day. in an act of defines pro-russian separatists have a
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counterparade. heads were bowed as they were heckled. we'll tell us more about the demonstration, parading the prisoners of war is rather provocative. >> i think you are right it will be seen by kiev as a deliberate provocation. coinciding with independence day celebrations, across the rest of the county. after months of heavy bombardment by the ukrainian army, after what are clear gains by the ukranian forces, the separatist in the strong hold of donetsk, along with the other large city of luhansk is loyal to moscow. >> for now, despite the pressure
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being applied to the separatist across the luhansk and donetsk regions. >> tell us more what is happening on the streets of kiev and the message there? >> we have seen large-scale parades through the streets of the capital, along the avenue, parade of military hardware and troops. according to president petro porashenko, much of this hardware is destined for eastern ukraine to help bolster ukranian army positions and take back control of the cities of luhansk, and donetsk. also petro porashenko used the days celebrations to announce that $3 billion can be ploughed into the nation's budget. clearly, also, a signal back to the - a signal back to moscow
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that ukraine stands by its claims of being an independent nation. >> it makes you wonder what had d take to put a stop of the growing hostility. >> all eyes are really gearing up to a major meeting that is likely to take place op tuesday. most people here in ukraine are hoping that president petro porashenko will have a chance to meet vladimir putin, the russian president on the sidelines of the eurasian economic summit that is taking place. this will be at the second meeting that they've had, the first back in jooup, on the side -- june, on the sidelines of wings for life world run. both know that they are under tremendous amount of pressure, particularly from the european union. on saturday, the german chancellor angela merkel was in kiev, and called for a long-lasting ceasefire and better border controls between the two countries as well.
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both russia and ukraine fail to see eye to eye on the future roadmap for ukraine. russia talked about the need to federalize the country, and that has set off alarm bells in kiev. kiev keen to show that ukraine is one country, a united country. laying it out, neve barker. thank you. in iceland there's concern that an erupting volcano could disrupt flights. a small lava eruption has been detected under a glassier. the ragon was evacuated -- region was evacuated as a precaution. let's speak to steph about this. remember the last time it erupted in 20 so, and the disruption it caused. would we see a similar situation. >> we have a volcano we can pronounce. we are a step closer. this time it is looking better.
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let me show you what happened in 2010. there is icelapped. in case you are not -- iceland, in case you are not sure where it is. almost directly north of the u.k. in 2010 there was a high pressure to the south of it. that caused the problems. high pressures generally are lazy things that don't like to move anywhere in a hurry, we had high pressure there. it stayed put in position tore weeks. it dragged all the ash down across the north-western parts of the europe. for the u.k. and across germany we saw the ash cloud. that caused us major problems, particularly as there were different restrictions in place for flights. it's slightly different now and you are allowed to fly through slight quantities of ash much things are different as far as the weather is set up. it's all looking very mobile,
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and generally autumn nal. you wouldn't look at this and imagine we are in the middle of august. we have low pressures pushing the winds towards lies land. if there are eruptions it will go north. >> i want to tell you about news coming in to us. iran is claiming that an israeli drone tried to penetrate nuclear off limits area of newtance. iran is saying an israeli drone was trying to penetrate a nuclear off limits area. an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 shook northern calf, near sacramento and san francisco. there's been no immediate reports of injuries or damage. thousands of protesters marched
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in ferguson. marking two weeks since police shot and killed an unarmed black teenager. a counterrally was held in support of the police officer. the police use of force divided america across racial lines. >> reporter: michael brown's death from police bullets and the anger unleashed has been a recurring scenario in america, even under the first african american president. and under attorney general eric holder, the highest ranking law officer in the land. earlier eric holder said... >> we have always been and continue to be in too many ways essentially a nation of cowards. >> this was a view he recently
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repeated. >> i think we are still a nation too afraid to confront racial issues. >> samples of a cross-section of men's indicates that holder reflects black opinion about the clashes in missouri, and whites see things differently. in pew research showed:. >> beyond race, part stan affiliation -- part san affiliation is a big factor. 6 and 10 show that the issue of race got too much attention. most democrats say no. this is - this is an issue. it does raise important racial questions about what is going on. >> blacks said the police in ferguson had gone too far in responding to the disturbances. only a third of whites said the reaction was excessive. 18% of black felt confident in
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investigations holder and local authorities promise pd. 45% said they had no confidence. half the rights expressed a fair degree of confidence in the investigation. >> huts indicate a shift in white attitudes when compared with those over a similar shooting of a young unarmed black teenager. george zimmerman, a white neighbourhood watch volunteer shot and killed trayvon martin. he was acquitted. >> more whites today say the brown shooting raised issues that need to be addressed, than after the trayvon martin case. >> pugh reported 70% of blacks said local police treated them less fair lay than whites. still to come - we are back in the capital of yemen, where houthi protesters continue a chant for change.
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plus... >> you are saying at the last moment, no media coverage whatsoever. >> that's what it is, he's the boss. >> reporter: who. >> mr ph. controversy and protests when fiji's prime minister campaigns for votes in australia. >> and in sport jane day makes a move at the furniture in new york. details coming up.
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hello, here are the headlines - libya's government lost control of the airport in tripoli. egypt's president denied his
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armed forces were denied with actions in libya. israel's prime minister warned people in gaza to leave a site where hamas members may operate. binyamin netanyahu's army will attack locations they believe hamas is using. in the eastern city of donetsk in ukraine, dozens of prisoners of war from forced to march with heads bowed in an act of defines to kiev. >> foreign ministers from several arab states are meeting in jeddah. there to discuss the crisis in syria and the spread of the islamic state group, which has made large gains in iraq. the united arab emirates, saudi arabia among those attending. we have an expert on middle eastern affairs joining us. thank you for joining us from beirut. i believe you think there's three main points. what are they?
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>> well, obviously the foreign ministers are going to talk about the i.s.i.s. crisis in iraq and syria, but they are going to talk very much about what is going on in palestine and gaza, and because they are - there are several gulf cooperation council members, they'll talk about the dispute that exists within the gcc with respect to qatar, and the decisions of the qatari government to implement the agreement reached weeks ago. the plate is full. there's a lot to discuss for the foreign ministers. one has to ask themselves whether or not these kinds of meetings, where the same issues are touched upon reach any kind of decisions, or get us anywhere. >> okay. you throw up the divides. that sa big problem here -- is a big problem here, you have qatar and the u.a.e. and egypt on opossessing side. how do you brink them together to come up with a united front
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against the is group? >> i think that there is a final realisation that i.s.i.s., especially the iraq and syria, requires the golf states to put the differences aside and speak with a single voice. i think the gcc cannot afford to have internal crisis, disputes that divide instead of communicating them to face this tremendous social threat against the security of the region. >> are they able to do that. >> this is not the first time. >> are they able to do that? >> well, this is 25,000 question. if they are not able to do that, what is the value of the gcc. there are people who are asking soars questions, whether this organization can survive beyond being a mechanism where very have annual meetings. they can do a great deal. there's potential for the alliance to work. they have to resolve this
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interior tensions that exist. they have to pay attention to larger issues that threatened them. >> if they don't pose a united front. it's hard for them to convince the u.s. to get involve. the u.s. wants syria and iraq's neighbours to be the one to take action. >> i think for many years the arab states in general have been very easy going, nonshallant about the crisis in iraq and syria. they don't afford to do this. we see both countries are on the verge of becoming failed states. the rise of issies threatens iraq and syria, but can have spill over effects in leb yop, jordan, and in the golf states as well. let's not forget in iran too. there is a great deal that can
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unit all the countries. the question on the table is the following. whether the golf leaders will be able to put their petty differences aside and focus on the fundamental threats that seem to grow day in and day out. no one expected i.s.i.s. to take the proportions that it has taken over a short period of time. this should be a warning to all concerned. >> we have growing tensions happening in libya and, of course, as you say, if they can't getcommunicated, how will -- get united, how will they deal with gaza. >> they have to rebuild gaza, israel, eget -- egypt, a lot of places. war is easy, destruction is quick. reconstruction takes time. political will is not there to combait the threats. the onus is to put on the gulf
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leaders the natural leaders of the arab world, to put some order at home to address the larger threats that loom over the horizon. the sooner they do this, the better to protect their own self interests over the long course. >> good to talk to you, joseph. thank you very much. >> thank you. muslims and christians in jordan marched through the capital amman condemning violence. demonstrators called for peace and unity as church prayers and the muslim call to prayer were heard in unison. the march took place, calling for people to rejected all forms of violence. >> talks between yemen's government stalled. it follows a government or to form a new administration, and review an unpopular decision. tens of thousands have been protesting for days in the capital, following the collapse
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of the talks on sunday. demonstrations are now expected. hutus have been fighting for years for power for the region in north yemen. we are joined from sanaa. tell us about the talks, and why they collapsed. what happened? >> well, the biggest problems are both parties failed to overcome was basically the concessions given to the hutus. they said that they want three main things, the government to reverse a decision to increase fuel crisis. and both parties said they are willing to give a come promise, and they want the government to go. in a way that they will compromise. the third is to implement a national compliment. giving the hutus a bigger say in running the country. on this the mainstream political establishment was skeptical, saying the hewitties were
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threatening to use violence, and are manoeuvring to implement a radical ideology. this is why they said if we give in to the demands, we show ourselves as week in yemen. >> what happens now? >> well, what happens now is we start to see signs of a divided yemen and sanar. as we speak, one by the hutus, and one by the anti-hutus, that will cross, and you see the scene behind me. they say that the hutus is a stabilizing chapter. the problem that we face in yemen, in the coming hours, if both parties fail to come together and agree on a way to diffuse the tension, yemen could potentially face its worst crisis in decades. >> thank you for that.
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al jazeera is demanding the release of its three journalists gaoled in egypt. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have been yiched for 239 days. -- imprisoned for 239 days. they are falsely accused of helping the muslim brotherhood. in june peter greste and mohamed fadel fahmy from given 7 years, mohammed badr had an extra 3 years because he had a spent bullet had his possession, picked up at a protest. lawyers for the three many filed appeals against their convictions. eight people convicted much terrorism charges in china thanes exgud in zinc significanting province. including three men. shin jang is the traditional home of muslim uyghurs. the government blames attacks on groups that wishes to establish a different state. >> in japan, hope of finding
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survivors from the lapped slides in hiroshima is fading. western workers are searching for 40 missing people. heavy rains made it difficult. dozens of homes were destroyed. >> over a million people in sri lanka have been left without clean drinking water. the government is renovating irrigation tanks. as we report, it's having an effect on people's livelihoods. >> reporter: this woman is digging the dry creek bend to look for lotus roots. she has little choice after her crops were destroyed by drought. >> educating the anyone and paying for everything with the money earnt here is difficult. what else can i do. >> it's back-breaking work. they can earn $6 a day.
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drought has wiped out crops in this agriculture-based economy. 16 out of 25 districts are affected. success ufl crop fall use have caused hardship. >> both planting seasons have been affected. people are badly affected. previously if one failed, we could recover with the n. >> in the worst-affected district, including here, the amount of land cultivated has fallen by half. authority predict that the harvest will fall by 17% from 4 million tonnes recorded in 2013. >> this tiny waterhole is all that is left of this giant irrigation tank. despite work on rain, farmers say more is needed in order to reverse the effects of the prolonged dry spell that damned their crops.
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sri lanka's agriculture irrigation system relies on large-scale reservoirs to store water during dry spells. it has suffered through poor maintenance. >> some of these have not been desilted for 50 or 60 years, and that is why they are not full capacity. we can use the time for our benefit to clean and renovate the reservoirs. >> the government said the impact on livelihood is a primary concern. it's spending millions to cloop up and repair the irrigation northern territory work. in the interim people rely on waterbowsers from supplies. >> translation: it's not for drinking. even cooking we need to use water carefully. >> the lack of rain affected tens of thousands and livestock and wildlife, hoping for a speedy end to the dry spell.
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the italian navy rescued 3,500 would-be refugees in the past 48 hours. we have this report from the coast of the gallipoli in southern italy. >> reporter: italians enjoy their coast on the south coast. migrants at die trying to get here. on saturday 18 miling rants were found -- migrant were found dead, and 170 more went missing after their craft capsized. they are the victims of a record-breaking influx of migrants that increased since italy launched a large-scale search and rescue following the death of 350 migrants in one shipwreck last october. in the last 48 hours the italian navy found and res sues 3,500
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migrants. bricking the total that managed to reach italy to more than 100,000 since the start of the year. hundreds have died trying. in the meantime, more migrants are expected to take advantage of the calm seas and good weather in the hope they will survive the crossing. next month fiji holds an election, the first in the pacific island country. in 2006, sell-appointed prime minister. frank bainimarama is hoping to win the democratic vote. [ chanting ] >> reporter: fiji's prime minister promised an open forum. he would take questions, not, it seemed, from opponents. frank bainimarama made the trip to sydney to campaign for the votes of a few thousands
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fijians. he took power in a coup. he's looking for a limb massy in an election in september. would it be a fair one, fijians living in exile in australia doubt it. >> oath it would be fear. it remains to be seen, because of intimidation. >> reporter: outside the venue for the rally, confusion. >> we are coming in. >> reporter: the meeting organizers told the media why it was held and when. free media coverage is a test of a free election. with protesters, journalists were barred. you are saying at the last moment no media coverage. >> that's what he says, he's the boss. >> reporter: who. >> mr pm. >> reporter: two newspaper journalists were allowed in, and
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an-australian tv crew, when their journalist arrived an awkward question they were asked to leave. >> this was advertised as a meeting... >> i'm asked to move you on. if you continue you'll be arrested, you have been given five warn in, thanks you sir. >> reporter: inside this footage was from someone who smuggled it in. >> it was very positive. and to the thinks he'll do if expected would be positive. >> if it's an election it will be good for him. people love him. >> in fiji, roads and services improved since frank bainimarama took power. many welcomed the stability and posterity that he bout. the prime minister left the sydney rally, his refusal to take questions except for supporters did not bad well for
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the election. still to come - we meet the medical workers bringing bangladesh up to speed in its response to serious accidents. in sport, how this goal made history in the german league.
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in bangladesh, the lack of first aid responders in emergency is resulting in fatalities that could be avoided. the country has qualified perm.
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one group is doing its bit to save lives. we have this report from the capital. >> this is the emergency room at a public hospital. patients end up here from all over bangladesh. many are turned away by emergency rooms in other hospitals. >> a lot of emergency rooms are not completely equipped to deal with drama patients. they are not comfortable. you hear from the two major trauma centers that a huge number of patients have been turned away from other hospitals before they arrive. >> reporter: this man went to two hospitals before being committed here. >> translation: it took us a long time to get here, a few hours. once he arrived it took an hour or an hour and a half before a doctor came to see me. >> reporter: but he and the others here are fortunate. they are alive and getting
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treatment. this is where a lot of the misery happens. emergency room doctors in bangladesh complain that every day patients arrive too late and die from complications that could have been treated for avoided. bangladesh doesn't have an emergency response system. no easy number to dial like 911 or 999. when there's an accident paramedics don't rush to the seem. a group called critical link is trying to change that, training a group to become first responders. they have a number reporting accesses, and they notify volunteers to an app. a nearby volunteer heads that the site to treat victims. one felt helpless a year ago as a rescue worker at the site of a rama plaza factory collapse.
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>> i was there to help people. it was not easy for me to help them. i had no training. bangladesh has ben innovative solutions to problems they face. if critical links catches on, it may be a success story. >> time for sport. what do you have for us. >> one place to start, the belgium grim. it was an all mercedes front row. it didn't take long for nico rosberg and lewis hamilton to lock hands. lewis hamilton took a lat. nico rosberg appeared to clip him. lewis hamilton had to retire. red bull's australian drive, danny riccardo held off nico rosberg for his second grand prix win in a row. football - algeria disash disash sad news. cameroonian footballer albert has died after being hit by an object thrown from the stands.
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the 24-year-old was pronounced dead after being tape to hospital. the algerian intor ministry ordered an investigation. >> he was the leading scorer last season. to sunday's english premier league matches. the first couple of ways under way. harry red nap, former spurs boss, had an unhappy return to white hearts lane. his team was hammered by tottenham hot spur. manchester united goes to sunderland. one person that won't be involved - the argentinian defender yet to receive a work permit. they could join him. reports claim that manchester united is about to break the record and pay real madrid
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nearly $93 million. >> the club and myself agree on de-maria's situation. it's clear why she was asked to lead. we tried to find another player. that's it. this is the situation that has to be felt by the player himself. >> real madrid will begin the la liga campaign. barcelona plal on sunday. last season you may remember they failed to win a trophy. as a result they fired their coach. the new signings have been brought in. it saw the club banned from buying more players until 2016. it follows breaches. the coach says the club is hoping to get the decision reversed.
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>> the club will appeal. we have already reinforced ourselves well. and we'd like to find more players. when the final sanctions are divided we'll see what we can do. >> three games in la liga in a few hours time. bayer levinson - in their opening game they scored the fastest gold in league history. get this, nine seconds from the kick-off. the previous record was 11 seconds. going on to win 2-0. the final grand slam of the tennis season. the u.s. open begins on monday. the men's ept will be without
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the defending champion. many are tipping novak djokovic to win a second title. >> this is the last grand slam of the year, and where you want to play your best, and all the attention of the tennis world comes to. it will be a long 2 weeks journey. i was getting ready for it and looking forward to it. >> the absence of rafael nadal could see roger federer win a grand slam. he hasn't won since 2012. >> i have played a lot of good matches, not just toronto and cincinnati. since the first week, i have played nice tennis, and then you come into distance yourself. knowing how it feels to win tournaments. and you get used to that. you almost forget how to lose. >> the connect open - the second
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time won. the wimbledon champion has been in unstoppable form, not dropping a set. they stormed home 6-2. the focus on success at flushing meadows. >> they were injured. from tomorrow i have to think about my first round on tuesday. surely can show the best player. i think i have to be ready for that. jim furyk and jason day shared the lead after the third round of the backley's tournament. it played a boeky free round of 69 finished 9-underpar. the 49-year-old going through
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his first victory. finishing 3-under 68. >> the unwon the match play championship. he and furyk lead the field by a shot. >> i know that i'm a good ball striker, i hit it very good. i have to believe in myself, that's the biggest thing. to be able to go out there and have belief in myself. knowing that i can compete against the best players. it's what i need to get through my mind. >> argentina missed out on the first ever win. argentina missing out. >> they had high hopes that they'd leave 2315. they battled back and claimed a last win over them. a decisive penalty.
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winless. major league baseball and the washington nationals beat the giants on saturday. things look to go well. 2-1 homer giving him an early lead aring washington responded with six runs. capping off the scoring final 6-2 the result keeping them on top. the new york yankees picked up a win. a huge hit until this one, 5-3. that's sport on our website. aljazeera.com. that's how to get in touch with the team, using twitter and facebook. that's all for sport. >> you can do that on the news bull fin as well. stefan cole is here with the next bulletin. that's it from me jane dutton,
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