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>> tech know, only on al jazeera america >> this is al jazeera. >> hello and welcome to the news hour. i'm jane dutton in doha. coming up in the influences hour. diplomats discuss taking on the islamic state of iraq and the levant. >> the u.n. takes over peace keeping in the central african republic as the country tries to reconcile divisions. prime minister david cameron urging scots not to break up the
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kingdom when they go to the polls on wednesday. and microsoft paying $2 billion for a computer game. we begin with the international effort to fight the islamic state of iraq and the levant. i.s.i.l. fighters have taken over large areas of iraq and syria. diplomats from around the world have been meeting in france to decide on a global strategy to deal with the cries i. nadine paba is in paris and sent this report. >> a chance to forget about the low poll ratings and focus on foreign policy, for his iraqi counterpart, a plan to help his nation. >> translator: we continue to ask for airborne operations to be carried out regularly against terrorist sites. we must not lowf i.s. to se allp
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sanctuaries. and must stop neighboring countries from joining i.s. >> this was about one thing, fighting the islamic state of iraq and the levant. or i.s.i.l. and just after the french planes began reconnaissance flights, the foreign minister set a concerted military response was crucial. >> translator: when you are facing a terrorist group as dangerous as this one certain number of measures have the to be taken of a military nature and these will vary according to the country. >> reporter: but while some european countries like france and britain have hinted they would take partly in strikes, mainly for loijt logistical sup. even without precise detail. >> the international community has stood together, more than 30 countries are on the side of iraq. and they're prepared to support
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iraq at all levels. they understand what's happening in the country. >> reporter: despite the talk much unity coming out of the -- of unity coming out of paris, one question becomes unanswers, how to stop i.s.i.l. going over the border ininto syria. there are other appetite of others countries to do the same. for now, exactly who will be doing what to fight i.s.i.l. in iraq and whether they can make a difference. nadine baba, al jazeera, paris. >> and more from iraq. >> abram joffrey says they are having a huge impact on the country. they will be looking to update the iraqi army, help in intelligence gathering and also humanitarian assistance.
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now, this conference didn't announce any concrete measures and that would be disappointing to many in iraq. they would be hoping that their leaders could come back from paris with a concrete plan they could present to their people. that hasn't happened indeed. the french foreign minister says there are broad overarching principles that the i.s. needs to be defeated. although that has been welcomed by the iraqis, the sunnies by internationalizing the fight against the islamic state group, the sunni rebels who are currently involved in fighting with i.s. fighters, bringing those back into the fold and reaching out to community leaders who so far have felt marginalized by the shia leadership here. one of the countries that was not mentioned at the press
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conference in paris was syria. what happens in syria has an impact here in iraq according toful analysts and a lot of iraqi politician he would have liked to hear a bit about a political solution in syria which they say will have a human impact this this country. a lot of the shia groups say iran should be part of this group, that has influence in iraq and also in syria by freezing them out effectively you have lost one of the main players in the region. >> iran's supreme leader has resisted long term coalition with i.s.i.l. >> translator: in the last few days we've had some excitement and with that excitement we have been hearing from american officials making comments and forming a coalition which are blank hollow and self serving and lacking in any direction >> the fight against i.s.i.l, is away one of the major subjects
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of recep tayyip erdogan. negotiated the release of 45 fijian peace keepers in syria. islamic state fighters control a third of both iraq and sir ya sr yah by some estimates. a new government is trying to figure out how n to unite. i've just seen the paris statement really doesn't give away much does it. what's proving to be so difficult here? >> well, most of the participants are giving their support. but that's more rhetoric than it
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is real. indeed there's very little commitment the on the part of those who support the new strategy in iraq. simply because it requires more than air strikes, something more than the united states can do on its own. what are required is efforts on the ground and also things that probably will be long term more than it is short term. but also, the strategy is not clear for them. what exactly are they supporting? is it just an endeavor that is going to take place in iraq oar is it going to take place in syria as well? what does it make for a future confrontation with iran? a lot of things are unclear hence the commitment is unclear because there are a lot at stake if those people are going to start getting involved on the ground in iraq and syria. >> do you think iran has been badly played here?
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>> well, to be honest with you i still haven't gotten a clear answer as to who asked what and who sid n said no to whom. we hear from the americans that they're sidelining iran for the time being and certainly sidelining their ally, bashar al-assad. so either all in all either you go against i.s.i.s. or i.s.i.l. and you know with military strikes and then envision some kind of a global regional strategy that must involve iran at the end of the day, because you see the so-called islamic group did emerge primarily supported in proxy by iran. and so any future solution for iraq is going to have to involve some sort of pinning down and containing the shiite militia
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supported by iran. there is going to have to be some sort of role for iran in this, hopefully a constructive role, because iraq needs to be independent not only from the american occupation but the new iranian influence in the country. >> so many of the world leaders there are so many have pledged support. they clearly are worried about i.s.i.l. reporters -- fighters returning home, taking their terrorism back with them. >> well, that's certainly a case, only 100 are expected to be there from the united states. more than 2,000 from europe. but certainly, there's no solution in terms of bombarding iraq and syria. certainly no solution for those who went to fight for iraq and syria. so for the time thrk has to be e
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an overarching campaign. in the first six months of this year alone more than 7,000 iraqis died. clearly, this has been building up with the participation of foreign fighters including western fighters. moving forward everyone is realizing this is getting more complicated not because i.s.i.l. is strong or credible or has an economic vision for iraq and syria. none of the above. i.s.i.l. is strong because everyone else has not been doing their job. everyone else has not taken up their responsibility. everyone else has turned their back on syria and iraq, that is why i.s.i.l. is strong. because getting support from those others who are supporting them because there have been no true global intervention in those two places. now we're playing the price for it. i'm afraid that more air strikes are not going to solve the problem. certainly won't solve the problem for those returnees to european capitalize. >> thank you for that marwin.
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the united nations has taken over peace keeping in central africa republic. in more than three decades, 13, 6500 african union troops have been in cr, since july of last year, but have failed to stop violence. 2,000 french soldiers will work alongside the new u.n. force. under the u.n. mission almost 12,000 peace keepers and military police will be deployed by the end of next year. nazaneen mashiri, what do they think they can do that's different from all the others that's unsuccessful? >> well, in a way this is just another very expensive peace keeping mission for united nations in africa.
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but the difference the u.n. says with this is that the number of troops that is around 10,000 in a country the size just of over france, in the population of 4 million, should be able to make a difference. and they will have strong powers and a mandate to arrest criminals and also to disarm people. so those are the main differences between this and previous missions. but they face a huge task in this country. you have armed groups roaming around the country side and villages, targeting different groups. you have the civilian population really afraid for their lines at this moment and you have rebel groups known as selica that carried out the coup last year, controlling the mineral wealth, the diamond and gold mines. so all of this is a lot for u.n. to take on at the moment. >> of course being a failed state there is no type of
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government. do the people there feel these peace keepers will be able to take care of them if nobody else can, because there is allegation of abuse by previous peace keepers. >> it really depends on who you speak to, here in bangui, people are hopeful for this new mission. muslim neighborhoods of this city you'll find people rather consistent cal, because they feel in some rather skeptical. because french forces attacking their mosques. they want the force to be impartial. you have this huge disarming problem. not just from the fall of gadhafi and libya but hand made grenades. here on the markets of bangui you can buy three grenades for price of a coca-cola.
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people won't feel safe. >> thank you naznee. captured more territory on the golan heights. plus stigma and prejudice. we have a report on the stigma faced by hiv and aids patients. the european cup prepared for return to competition. details coming up with raul. are british prime minister david cameron has stepped up his campaign to persuade scotland not to break away from the united kingdom. he's promised that scotland will be given even more power. >> this is a decision that could break up our family of nations
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and rip scotland from the rest of the united kingdom and we must be very clear: there is no going back from this. no rerun. this is a once and for all decision. if scotland votes yes, the u.k. will split. and we will go our separate ways, forever. >> lawrence lee is in aberdeen where the prime minister has been making his speech. >> reporter: please don't go, please don't tear the family apart, that was the central message from the prime minister in aberdeen often his last visit to scotland before this historic referendum. it was aimed directly at the voters who will come out on thursday by the millions. he didn't say it directly but to his own conservative party in the business center on the edge of aberdeen. but the message was the same to all scots that on an emotional level it would be disastrous to
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mr. cameron personally and for rest of the european union for the scots to break away. but on a more practical level, the messages he said over and over again throughout the weeks, to westerners and other politicians that scots will be fundamentally worse off if they were to split away from the rest of the u.k. he mentioned yet again things to do with banks, standard of living that the scots might need to get new passports, all these minderring new are issues. very difficult to say because many people who have made their minds up i think wouldn't be swayed either way by these things. but after all there are still a lot of undecided voters whose votes in the end might count. of course scottish nationalists, however, say we have heard this all before. they would regard this as being a lie and they would insist that
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an independent scotland of just 5 million people with all that oil, gas and renewable energy in the sea in particular would be the source of their future wealth. the gran it city they -- the granite city they call aberdeen. and on the east coast it is often bitterly cold and unremittingly gray. but basking in the economic sunshine for years that oil has provided. kenny runs a successful construction company yet he supports independence from the u.k. because he thinks so much of the profit has been wasted by london. >> oil was discovered in the 1960s when i was a teenager and ever since i was a teenager they have said the royal was running out. we could have a much, much stronger economy in the northeast of scotland had it been for investment and encouragement from the u.k. treasury been stronger. >> the two sides over the debate of the future of the united
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kingdom agree that scotland could survive as an independent country. but a source of endless furious debate. it's been absolutely central to the argument of the scottish national party, that the seas there are still full of oil and that the profits from scottish oil should go to scotland and not london. and yet the unionists say that the optimistic forecast are a lie and the oil is running out. really it is a metaphor for the question scotland faces, is the union really quite poor or at the nationalists insist really quite rich. it will run out, that is for certain, but its replacement is really quite lucrative, this will create the world's biggest tidal energy scheme. very similar large energy projects throughout. after all a windy country
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surrounded by crashing seas looks very profitable indeed. >> we could be seeing tens of thousands of more people employed in these fields and much more development of these resources. so i think it's a case of the level, let's seek the level dependent upon our ambitions. >> yet many scottish insist nationalist claims of huge wealth are an illusion. >> no nuclear weapons, an expanding energy expanding chiect yoexpandingchildcare you. we can have it all. >> the nationalist slogan is yes we can. for the unionists is no we can't. it's all about who the voters believe. lawrence lee al jazeera aberdeen. >> syrian activates say at lea least -- activists say at least
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nine have been killed in aleppo. dropping barrel bombs, a woman and children are dead. strike damaged the main water line. the united nations says it has temporarily pulled some of its peace keepers out of the syrian side of the occupied golan heights. 4fijian peace keepers. >> armed groups have made advances in the area of are positions posing a direct threat of the safety and security of the u.n. peace keepers. all urn peace keepers have been relocated to the other side,
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mandated nasks this tasks in the exceptionally challenging times. >> syrian side of the golan si side. osama ben javai reports. >> reporter: on the foothills this is the town of mohamedea. >> to break the siege imposed on the villages. >> the fighters say lifting the siege in these areas has been difficult because of snipers and sharp shooters who were sent by the syrian military. al hamadea is strategic for those who want to build a humanitarian corridor for the area already under control.
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complete control of the golan heights on the border with israel. and that's why both sides are battling for places like zabadani in dmask damascus. most of the country has been under siege for the most of two years. and divided fighters in usuallily divided groups in the islamic front and al n nusra front. >> we sent all the factions operating in the country side of conaitra. >> in recent days rebels who oppose i.s.i.l. and the syrian regime have lost ground in theout skirts of damascus and hama province. but they are hoping that this will give them access. osama al jabi al jazeera.
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the brigade will join the army in fighting. the radical armed group boko haram is making sweeping gains in the north. the nigeria government has struggled to stop the group which carries out bombings kidnappings and other attacks. >> a court sentenced mohamed badea along with others with charges of murder and insighting violence. two dozen cases against him, hundreds of members of the muslim brotherhood have been sentenced to death in mass trials that have drawn criticism from human rights groups. meanwhile a prominent egyptian activist has been released from jail. retried after previously being sentenced to 15 years in jail for violating egypt's law, that toppled former president hosne mubarak's government.
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al jazeera continues to demand the release of three journalists. peter greste, baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy have been detained for over 200 days. they have been falsely accused of aiding the muslim brotherhood. ing they are appealing their sentence. more than 1 third of newly infected people with hiv are homosexual men. social stigma have left more people exposed. forced to seek care in general hospitals. that's after the only specialized aids center was stripped of its status over allegations of abuse as harry fawcett reports. >> nursing home providing rural
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accommodation for the elderly and long term nursing care for the sick. 25 of its residents are suffering from aids. there used to be more. last december this place was stripped of its status of south korea's single long term center for aids care after allegations of physical and sexual abuse. some patients have been rehoused temporarily in general hospitals but the 25 remain in a facility officially deemed unfit to look after them, their care still paid for by a government subsidy. >> if they don't care for us anymore the only alternative is to going home. >> a former resident didn't want to be identified. >> when you get sick the only medicine they give you are painkillers. next they give you tra
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tranquilizers. after 9:00. they make you sleep. it is like a prison. >> reporter: the government recommendation designed to ease tensions. >> translator: all caregivers creating problems are fired and replaced. so when there were problems we tried our best to solve them through discussions with the cdc. but the rumors became too exaggerated. >> dr. young said the problem was a systemic one. they should be able to choose their medical care like a sufferer from any other disease. that at least is a point of common ground with caicht activs that have cataloged. their abuses. >> the situation requires south korea to revisit its aids policy.
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>> reporter: the centers for disease control telts u tells us doing just that and talking with a success to sudong. , without admitting to the nature of their illness. there's plenty of cause for concern both in the allegations against this institution and in some of the information it's given us in it's own defense. the lock term care for aids patients in this country and the prejudice at its heart. harry fawcett, al jazeera, south korea. >> coming up on al jazeera: more migrants rescued off the italian coast as the number of those seeking safety in europe almost doubles. plus slum life in mexico city. it may look humble but some build at a their dreams here. and, ten million reasons to celebrate. after there season finale. raul will be here with the
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stories. diplomats from around the world have been meeting in france to draft a global strategy against the islamic state of iraq and the levant. some 30 countries have agreed to give baghdad military aid to combat i.s.i.l. fighters. who have taken over large areas of iraq and syria. the united nations have officially taken over peace keeping duties in central african republic. the african union has been in charge since july. scotland is voting for independence, ahead of the referendum on thursday. militia loyal to the libyan
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general phillip hafta, to cut off supply of weapons to armed groups. fighting in libya was discussed at the u.n. security council meeting earlier. james bays is there for us. >> reporter: a grim picture of the situation in libya was presented by the new u.n. representative, been on the job for two weeks, leon, told the security council that libya was on the brink of civil strife. a short window in which it may be possible to get all sides talking but remember libya has two rival parliaments, two rival governments, the worst since the death of gadhafi two years ago and throughout the three years they have been trying to get dialogue going. >> a grieving man will not be
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taking his injured son to gaza for treatment. reports from the occupied territory. >> ahmed shaheen helps his eight-year-old out of bed. he suffered brain damage when he was a baby. when he was innoculated against tuberculosis. allowing him to take him to a hospital in tel aviv. before the war they would travel across the border every few months. but on july 30th, the israeli tank shell hit the family home, killing ahmed's 16-year-old brother. >> used to take him outside for fresh air. he used to carry him to the bathroom. when he got tired or sick, ali would take him to the hospital.
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he used to buy his medicine. whenever i look at him now i think of ali. >> so the tank shell came into this room where the family were huddled together. it killed ali immediately, his brother was lying next to him. now the attack has pushed the father to make one of the most important decision necessary his life. family and friends organized this protest. ahmed has decided he can no longer take his son to israel for treatment. >> translator: israel has offered to treat my son but in a month a year or with years time they will fire rockets to kill him. this is your invitation israel. it doesn't mean anything to me. for this reason i rip it up. [ group chanting.] >> should do more for the
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killing of so many children in gaza. more than 500 children were killed during the war but israel describes it as by hamas terrorists. >> while israeli hospitals receive some palestinian children for treatment, their military have killed palestinian kids. it's confusing that at the same time the israeli army are killing palestinian children israeli doctors are treating some of them. >> reporter: ahmed continues to fight for justice for his son. he wants them to be held accountable. but despite the difficulties he and his son face, he doesn't want the help from israel. more than 500 have been picked up on boats, off the
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coasts of sicily and calabria, more than one-third of those rescued were women and children. off the libyan coast, a boat carrying 250 migrants have sunk in the mediterranean sea near the city of tahora. many others are feared drowned. let's take a look at where the migrants come from and where they're going are to. many are from central african republic, south sudan and eritrea. many head to spain and portugal. libya is the starting point for mieg rantmigrants to italy and . cross through turkey and southern bulgaria. the italian interior ministry
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session more than double the number of 2013. last year around 466 migrants headed for -- 466,000 migrants leave for germany. judith sunderland joins me via skype. what is your assessment of what's going on at this moment? >> clearly there has been a significant increase particularly in boat migration to europe but also, migration over land. you mentioned spain, while it's true that there has been sort of reverse immigration from spain in the context of the economic crisis, in the past year and through 2014, we've seen an increase in attempts to get into the spanish enclaves of seota
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and malia, and also troubling behavior by the spanish security forces on those borders, in terms of push back and even use of force against individuals trying the get into the spanish territories. we also see a lot of increased land crossings into bulgaria, particularly by syrians who are attempting to reach a safe haven in europe. >> the thing is it's not going to get any better any time soon. i mean it makes you wonder where this is all going to end. are tensions increasing between european countries because of this? >> well, they absolutely are. i mean, there's a bit of a -- there's a serious problem within europe in term of burden-sharing if we want to use the phrase that is often deployed here in europe with respect to migrants and asylum seekers with countries like italy, spain
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increasingly bulgaria greece of course arguing that by a freak of geography they bare an unfair burden with respect to asylum-seekers and migrants. italy has really stepped up to the plate over the past year. in terms of search and rescue in the mediterranean with a massive naval operation called mari nostrum rc ha rc that has rescus of thousands of people from rickety boats but death in the mediterranean continue and we're very concerned that the italian government is now saying it will end this operation and the eu will take over through an operation conducted by its border agency called frontex. but it sounds like the frontex operation will be a poor
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substitute and we may see more deaths as a result. >> judith sunderland thank you. sunday's parliamentary election, the center level of stefan luden is refusing to do a deal with the sweden's far right. simon mcgregor wood reports. >> the partners the green party and the leftists, social democrat leaders stefan lofan will lead the largest party in parliament but he'll have a hard job creating a coalition. his block has no clear majority. his party's promised to spend more on swedish public services attracted many. >> people have been dissatisfied with the way the old coalition, the people in the society who need the support of the society the most, the unemployed, the sick people, also, school system
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and health care and the elderly, and those things. that's why they vote for a new government. >> reporter: so ends eight years of conservative economic policies. and the rule of prime minister fredarfrederick rhinefelt. >> we did not get far enough. the red green coalition now has more seats in the parliament than the center right alliance. we will keep our promise. i will therefore hand in mine and the government's resignation tomorrow. >> these commitments are concede their generous rising living standards for many but they have been deeply suspicious about the privatization of public services especially education and health care and this vote says they've had enough. it was a good night for right wing sweden democrats.
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they tried to go mainstream while campaigning for a 90% cut in sweden's immigration. none of the main parties say they will work with them. the swedes have gone back to what built their welfare state and the possibility of higher taxes opay for it. but at the same time a surprising number have voted for a radical party that wasn't to end swedens reputation for, simon macgregor wood, stockholm. >> typhoon inundated parts of the capital of philippines, manila. tens of thousands of tourists were forced into
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evacuation shelters as storm winds up to 185 kilometers per hour, many shops have been looted. opposition activists in venezuela are preparing what they describe as a new offensive against government. dozens of protesters including the opposition leader leopoldo lopez were arrested earlier this year. spoke to lopez's supporters in craks. caracas. >> how isolated he has been from his movement after seven months in jail. his lawyer has petitioned for case against him to be nullified. >> translator: the process is unconstitutional than court has denied it. we demanded that the supreme court put order into this. >> lopez is facing various charges including instigation of
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violence after street protests resulted in several deaths last february. he turned himself into the authorities saying he had nothing to hide. but what happens in the courtroom doesn't necessarily affect the students involved. they are just waiting for word to once again take to the streets. the plaza where the protests that led to lopez detention took place looks much different tod today. clera martinez who was jailed for two days says he was ready to do it again. >> translator: we haven't received word yet on the plans. our leaders have been very quiet. >> reporter: quiet but according to them busy making plans. gabby arellano is one of the students in the opposition. >> one we'll be much better planned because the area we face today. >> reporter: the government
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has said it would not tolerate the protests. harris whitbeck, al jazeera, cracaracas, venezuela. microsoft has bought mine craft. third best selling computer game of all time. mine craft allows playersing to play others and. >> popular against many different screens and all those screens align quite strongly with the microsoft device and eke system. it is done very well on consoles, sold well in mobile space and pc space. still to come we head to the southern philippines, to show
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the young fighter overwhelming to follow in the foot steps of a record breaking fighter.
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>> an estimated 8 million people live in slums around the world. in mexico many of the poor are largely settled in shanty towns on the edge of the capital city. but despite the danger some are using it as a chance to build a better life. adam rainey reports from mexico city. >> like many days in the rainy
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season. moises vasquez is struggling to keep his family dry. a typical storm is ready to strike. rain often finds its way in. three years ago he bought a small piece of land in the only place a man of poor means can in this megacity, here in the slums that ring the capital. he finds it as an opportunity to finally provide his family with a home of their own. >> in time, i hope to have sewer, electricity, basic services, i would be happy to achieve that. >> reporter: he has reason to believe it's possible. 12 years ago, his neighbor are lived in a shanty too, now he has a house for himself and his extended family and putting the touches on a family business, a taco shop. >> translator: in the future there will be better house he here.
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right now it's still run down. >> reporter: it's places like this where the rural and urban mexico meet and are transformed by the thousands of rural citizens expand what is already one of the world's largest cities. studies slums in mexico and says it's the typical wail for the poor to move up in the class system. >> it's a development model, not necessarily an efficient development model, a slow development model but raises people from having nothing into a house somewhere in the edge of the city maybe not best location but they after going through process they do have a property. >> reporter: once people achieve that goal there are still huge problems. they live in unsanitary neighborhoods that flood when the rains come and politicians often promise then services as the way to get votes. once in office they often delay
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projects to string voters along in the future. often it is the only place the mexican can come to try to build their dream. adam rainey, al jazeera, mexico city. football. uefa channel champions league. five time winners liverpool make their return after an absence of seasons. after finishing second in the premier league last season they are coming off of a home defeat to aston villa. >> when i came that was my main priority to get club back to this level, this is a club that really needs to be at this level. both for itself and for football in general. i think it is one of the
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footballing greats around the world. and this is elite competition in club football. so it feels brilliant to be back. >> for eight gains in total, last season's runners up. arsenal travels to germany to face barisa dortman's. >> unwelcome decision as that team looks for its second victory in the season. mohamed diami may start for the tigers, while new barcelona, their debuts. former france international, nikol anelka, his plans to join the team any time soon, the striker left west brom in march.
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guess west han last september, ask fifa, yet to clarify their position. to golf, american player billy horschel is $11.4 million richer after clenching the win. >> billy horschel was ranked 82nd in the standings when the fedex cup, before winning the third, the bmw championship. the american perfectly poised heading into the final round of the tour championship, tied for league with rory mcilroy. , followed that up with three
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conservative bogeys. eventually helping him to a three-stroke victory. >> it is surreal, it really is, it hits me a little bit and still doesn't hit me. >> it's the remarkable turning form for horschel. at 27 he's the youngest fedex champion, just the third pga victory. horschel has earned more in a single day than he had since turning professional. >> the four biggest events we have on the pga tour and that's when the light shines the brightest and you know i was able to rise to the occasion and get the job done. and just gives me so much confidence, so much thrill, to accomplish something like this. >> the pga tour season now over,
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but the best of europe and the united states will switch their focus to the ryder cup in scotland. >> i don't want to see my golf clubs until the week of the ryder club. i'll take my week off and recharge a little bit and get myself up for that event coming up in just over a week. >> horschel was not selected for ryder cup but for a baby girl due in the next week he may have other things on his mind. ellise holman, al jazeera. >> banned from bowling in international matches because of an illegal bowling action. the sports governing body found his th elbow extended more than 45°. rehabilitation program at
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pakistan's national cricket academy where he'll get used to a new way of bowling. >> with the grace of god, with the help of the coaches pedroiaed to me we will give the good news soon and i'll come back strongly. >> floyd mayweather says he will be prepared to fight manny paceao. his training cam is on the island of mindanao. where he is considered a local hero as rob mcbryde. >> just 15 and with hands that are fast and clever, there's already a streak of the paceao in him. vince parras in his makeshift gym. get on the wrong side of his purchase says -- purchase and
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you know it. >> i'd love to have someone put a bag under that guava tree. it's all i've wanted to do. >> he can be found hanging around at the upmarket paceao got 'im, with his idol in residence. most of his previous fights, training has taken place in other parts of the philippines or the other world. the local hero known as the pac man will be training in his own city. >> helped him get a start in boxing. one condition, he has to go to school. >> made a difference in their lives. hard work is something to do with an inspiration to everyone. >> vince keeps his pardon of the bawrg and after school it's a-- bargain and after school it's back to the punch bag, getting better in many ways.
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>> he used to have difficulty talking to people but that has changed. it is gratitude. he brings goifts his trainers. >> come fight night his opponent is the jaguar, a top-rated amateur but vince soon has the better of him.are after three punishing rounds he gets a technical knockout, another victory and another to savor. rob mcbride, general santos city, philippines. >> lots more to check out, aljazeera.com/sports. he prefers roive mcbride. >> -- rob mcbride.
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