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rebels. [ chanting ] >> andals world leaders lead to the g20 summits. protesters march in the streets of brisbane it's been a difficult often bitter relationship for years with each country accusing the other of harbouring rebel fighters and undermining stability, afghan president ashraf ghani has been holding talks with pakistan's prime minister nawaz sharif in islamabad. it's ashraf ghani's first official visit to pakistan since taking office. scott heidler joins us life. both leaders have been speaking with the media, and both are at pains to reassure each other that they were supportive. indeed. the afghan president summed it up by saying 13 years of
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mistrust was removed by a couple of days of talks. that shows the progress they have made. the pakistani prime minister reassuring his count part that it is important. he stressed settlement should be afghan led and owned. pakistan is ready to play any role it can to bring peace to afghanistan. however, the changes are great. everybody knows that the taliban is strong. this will be the big test for the unity government that took office earlier in september. >> it does seem as though the two countries are trying to move towards better relationships, but, of course, there has been many tensions in the past, including border tensions. to what extent is the pakistan government willing to support the new afghanistan government.
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it's important to know at this time that the african president met the army chief. he met the pakistani new intelligence chief as soon as after, and both the military leaders reassured. afghans that they'd cooperate. it was in the minds of the afghans to cooperate, managing a polish border. pakistan offered to train the military and offering to up the number of chestments for restriction in afghanistan. both are showing that there is a willingness to talk. and both know that there are challenges ahead. >> thank you for that, scott heidler updating us in islamabad. >> well, challenges, indeed, an n.a.t.o. soldier has been killed by fighters in northern afghanistan. the shooting happened on friday. 61 soldiers died in afghanistan
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this year, most of them americans. the attacks come as coalition forces prepare to withdraw from the country by the end of the year. let's talk about afghanistan's future with a political analyst joining us from kabul. good to have you with us. we have seen several insurgent attacks against african and n.a.t.o. security forces. do you think african forces will cope after the majority of foreign forces withdraw? >> yes, indeed. and the afghan security forces show that they are capable of holding ground because the taliban attacks started last year. last summer they lost operations in several fronts. in 16 provinces they launched attacks, and they intensified the attacks. the african security forces have been able to hold grouped, and
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did not allow the taliban to achieve goals, and we were afraid that some provinces might fall under the taliban. nothing has happened. security is in good situations. we have had a peaceful transition of political power. l power. but we signed a gsa, and that is an important document for us, because it will allow not only military support for the african security, but importantly the financial support. >> the trouble is that the taliban do not seem to be getting weaker. is the new president going to persuade them to engage in peace processes in a way that his predecessor couldn't. >> well, there is a consistency inside and outside of the country that war is not the
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ultimate solution for afghanistan. ultimately we have to reach out a compromise with the taliban. what kind of compromise - we have to escape to the institution in afghanistan. to the - what we have achieved in the past 15 years. to our constitution. and president ashraf ghani. from the first days in office, yes, started to reach out to important counties in the region. he travelled to saudi arabia, then to china, and in pakistan. he wants to convince our partners in the region, that establishing in afghanistan is important. and the chinese understand this, because they have suffered from terrorist attacks. it's a real opportunity that pakistan could play a positive role on to the negotiation
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table. >> an issue that western leaders are concerned about is poor governance, wasted money and high levels of corruption at senior levels. they threaten stability. can the government deal with that? >> well, the afghan government has started with important decisions. for example, the controversial case has been reopened, a shame for the country and us in general. and, yes, if you open up the file, they want to show in the international communicate, which will start in december, that you are as goodwilled in the afghan government to go and fight after corruption, and improve governors, that is key for us to convince the international community to continue with financial assistance for afghanistan. >> good to speak with you.
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thank you for that. >> the top u.s. military officer landed in iraq. it's general martin dempsey's first trip to baghdad since the u.s. started its campaign against i.s.i.l. whilst another 1500 troops were asked to join the fighting, doubling the u.s. presence. u.n. investigators say islamic state of iraq and levant is committing war crimes on a huge scale across syria. executions, lashings in public happen regularly. >> the chairman of the u.n. commission of inquiry on syria and an author, and says i.s.i.l. commanders should be tried by the international criminal court. >> the abuses, violations and crimes committed by the so-called i.s.i.s. have been deliberate and calculated. the commanders of i.s.i.s. acted
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wilfully, perpetrating the war crimes and crimes against humanity. they are individually criminally responsible for these crimes. among the papers recommendations is a call to engage international accountability, including the international criminal court, to hold individuals, including i.s.i.s., responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity. >> also fighting in syria is al nusra front, a rebel groupal lied with al qaeda. as zeina khodr reports, it has its own side to the story. >> reporter: al nusra front has been a powerful player in the syrian civil war, as al qaeda's affiliated syria, it is the dominant group in the north-western province of idlib. it ceased territory and weapons
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from forces in the area, raising concerns. the new strategy is to become the unrivalled leader among position forces. the group's leadership denied that the takeover was a power grab, and we were told that this was a war against leaders, using weapons against people. >> just look at what is happening in syria, kooutar, aleppo, and idlib. we fight alongside the other forces. we find groups that act. jamal marouf is a controversial figure accused of corruption. the group is not the only one forced out of the stronghold. al nusra front targeted the hassam movement. they are both backed by the united states government. >> at the moment in the north, ns ra is more worried about
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american-backed rebels and the american-led coalition. will it continue to confront rebel groups with whom it has been working. >> it's a critical time. the u.s. insists that the air strikes target the group and not al nusra front. on the ground, the feeling cannot be different. both groups share the same territory. the fighters feel threatened and their group has been designated as a terror org thighsation. their -- organization, their vision is not anticipated. >> we don't want to be the only rulers, we will share power with other factions. >> there are no indications that the u.s.-led coalition plans to widen its campaign at least for now. al nusra front feels it has been targeted. it's not clear whether the recent offensive is part of a
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new strategy, but what is clear is that the group managed to get rid of enemies from the ground. >> day one of the g20 summit in brisbane wraps up. economic growth heads the agenda. other issues loomed large. >> reporter: the focus of this speech was expected to be the united states strategic pivot towards asia with a not towards the talks to come. unexpectedly a main theme was the environment. >> as we focus on the economy, we cannot forget the need to lead on the global fight against climate change. >> reporter: more than 6 month of the president's speech was devoted to climate change, in what looked like a direct rebuke to australia prime minister who made it clear he did not want climate change discussed at the g20. if tony abbott was stunned, president vladimir putin was isolated. all but ignored by other world
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leaders over lunch. russia's actions in ukraine loom large. the obligatory handshake between host and guest was more firm than friendly. >> few people were protesting against vladimir putin, but there were marches calling for action on climate change, more right for aboriginal australians and higher taxes on banks. it is economic growth that will dominate the main g20 talks, and they could affect people like engineer jose. he left the native spain when the economy started growing backwards. he's been working on a brisbane road tunnel. >> after three or four years of hard work driving the family, and being able to say i incorporated them in some of this. it's very rewarding for us. >> the economic activity should
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we pay costs many times over. for the leaders meeting 5km from here, this is the scheme they want to see more of. the aim is to increase global economic growth by 2% more than objected. and pushing big infrastructure schemes is a way to achieve it. australia asked each g20 member it bring their own solid proposals for growth to brisbane. >> yes, our world can grow, and yes our world can deliver the jobs that our people want. this conference is about how we will deliver. >> official talks began late afternoon brisbane time. by the same time on sunday, the aim is to have a firm action plan to boost the world's economy. >> scott heidler joins us live from brisbane, and scott. tell us about the protests. some of them against vladimir putin. they have been going on in the
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streets of brisbane. >> yes, there are over 20 protests, separate protests in brisbane throughout the day. it's evening. there's a working dinner going on with the leaders. earlier in the day, there are more than 20. as one specifically was against russian president vladimir putin. i mean, there was a lot of frosty rhetoric coming up to the days before the summit coming from the prime minister in australia, tony abbott saying that he was going to shirt front him. that's why we are probably seeing protesters out there with messages for vladimir putin, and what he suspected and was accused of doing by governments of australia, that is funding the insurgency. there are other protest movements going on, aboriginal right, environment, a lot of different ones. there are hundreds of
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protesters, but 6,000 brisbane police on the streets. they are peaceful. in pockets, so there wasn't confrontation between the two, but earlier in the day we saw anti-vladimir putin protests. >> day one wrapped up. tell us about day one, and what are we expecting out of the summit? >> it was interesting. there were several topics discussed that were not on the agenda for the economic summit. one was brought up by president obama to students at a nearby university. the environment was brought up. something that australian prime minister tony abbott said he did not want on the g20 agenda. through the speech it will be discussed to what degree we don't know. vladimir putin, or what russia is doing, the shirt fronting, the frosty reception that vladimir putin has been getting, that is a topic.
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day that is it not part of the agenda. what we will see tomorrow, in the afternoon, we are going to get a personal type of communication coming out from the leaders that have attended the summit. it will map out a plan for the next year. 2 percentage points - they are looking at growth, what is projected. they are looking to increase that, to make movement towards closing loopholes for multinational corporations that go and bank in different part of the world that have less taxes. they are looking to do something with that. what tony abbott was saying earlier in the day in an open address, he wants accessible its to come out in the paper. it will be interesting to see what is in the paper, and what can be done. and if there's a topic, because earlier in the week in beijing,
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there was a loud announcement in china and the united states. >> scott heidler there at the end of day one of the g20 summit in brisbane. >> now, hong kong democracy activists have been blocked from travelling to beijing, to meet china's top officials. three students were turned away, angry that china is effectively crowing who runs for the election in 2017. plenty more to come. including the sacking of georgia's defence minister causes a major crisis in the country. >> a search for migrants trying to enter europe by sea has been scaled back. al jazeera joins a finnish crew on the look out. >> in sport, find out why novak djokovic is looking happy with his latest victory.
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now, ukraine is accusing russia of sending soldiers and weapons into eastern donetsk and luhansk. raising concern over whether the p pro-russian separatists are planning to deploy. let's get the latest from donetsk in the eastern ukraine. let's bring us up to date with the situation on the ground. the situation on the ground is relatively calm for the moment. we have not heard intense fighting. it has been intensifying in the last week. mostly in the region of the airports to the north of the city. where there has been an intense stand off between the pro-russian separatists and
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ukranian military. we have seen a lot of unmarked military convoys moving in the area. n.a.t.o. said that they have seen movement from russia across the border into ukraine of the military from russia. >> how has the ukranian government responded to reports of military vehicles crossing the border? >> well, the ukranian government seems to be worried. the defence ministry announced they would send more troops to the region of eastern ukraine to repel attacks by the pro-russian rebels. the prime minister yesterday said that they planned to make the army ready to protect against the russian aggression. it's difficult in the economic crisis for ukraine.
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>> thank you for bringing us up to date on that. live on the ground for us in donetsk. >> now, russian and serbian troops have been carrying out joint military exercises. it's the first time the two countries joined for drills in serbia. serbia says it's neutral on its stance, but refused to take part in international sanctions against moscow. >> i don't know. >> translation: we are military neutral and would like to maintain good relations with everyone, including russia, european union, united states and china. >> translation: during the short stay in serbia, we established the basis of our nation. a pro-western party member
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quit. we have a report on the sacking of a minister. >> reporter: georgians have had plenty of politics to gossip about - dismissals, resignation and splits. tib lisy's market may be packed with souvenirs from the past. but the talk now is which future lies ahead. closer ties with the wet or rebuilding bridges with moscow. >> last week the foreign minister and other top officials resigned in protests at the firing of georgia's defence minister. and the corruption probed at his ministry. >> as more staff waited outside to waive him goodbye, there was a sign of how seriously the west took his dismissal. it was the united states ambassador, not the outgoing minister who emerged first. this is a man washington enjoyed working with.
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pro-n.a.t.o., pro-european and popular. mr allah sannia says his work with n.a.t.o. had gone too far for the leadership. someone thought the fades would jeopardizing a plan i have with future relationship with russia. this is where the prosecutor is a political tool, to undermine goals and objectives we had. >> the prime minister insists he supports the same pro-western goals. >> i recognise that the changes may create some questions with friends and partners. and i want to reassure you our commitment is key. >> some find the political infighting frustrating. it's a distraction from what really matters, says europe, struggling on his pension. >> we have no jobs.
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we can't look up to the families, all we can do is sit her and sell. no goodwill come from the fighting. you have seen what happened in ukraine. we don't need it here. >> the crisis may prove to be less about a choice between russia and the west, and more about which politicians have georgia's best interests at heart hundreds of thousands of people crossed mediterranean every year in dangerous boats trying to enter europe illegally. italy's navy tried to rescue migrants. it's no longer the case. efforts replace by operation titan, an e.u. funded withdrawal. we have a report from lampedusa, they report they about patrol the coastline and not help those struggling at sea. >> reporter: in the air above the waters at lampedusa, a crew
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searched for boats. >> we try to stay out of visual range so they can't spot us and resort to activities that may be dangerous, such as throwing away life jackets. they may assume once spotted they will be rescued quickly. that is not always the case. >> operation triedent replaced the search and rescue mission. the remit is to patrol the border, and no further. >> 2014 was the deadliest year for migrants in the mediterranean, 3,000 died trying to reach europe. 150,000 were saved by the navy. at a cost of $11 million it
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month. it proved prohibitive. the coastline is 160km that way. the syrian, 2,000 that way. the navy patrolled the waters. the scaled down operation led to accusations that europe was turning back on the people, and as the weather started to worsen. >> that was a week ago, with waves as big as the house. the portuguese crease struggle. migrants are taking the risk. 40 were picked up off the italian mainland, and merchant vessels have been asked to rescue a number of other votes. if they are in search of protection, they should receive that protection. if they are economic migrants, there's no fear of persecution and home. it's possible tore europe to find ways to send them back. all this needs to be done once
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they are in a face back. they can't do if in the middle of the sea or let them drown. we are appealing to the e.u. to support with funds and continue the operations to rescue people in address at high seas. >> the law of the sea is that sailors must rescue any vessel in trouble, and get those on board to a place of safety. scaling down the rescue mission will not stop them trying to reach lampedusa, but more will die. >> let's get the weather. the big freeze shows no signs. it extends all the way south. it's in the south of florida. and where we are clipping on to warm conditions. as i one the sequence from saturday, sunday towards monday,
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you see the cold air. what does that mean. the blue colour, cross the sas sass cuen, temperatures are dropping. cloud pushing in from the west, yielding significant snowfall across the likes of portland and oregon and up into idaho. it's been terrible. there has been something like 20 meter snow affecting the region, and more of the right to come. you see it over the north and southern parts of wyoming. it will go down across the great lakes to earn parts of canada. we could see sleet developing in
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stories, world leaders are in australia trying to boost a way to -- find a way to boost the economy. the g20 meeting of the richest economies is focussing on expanding economic growth and creating jobs. afghan president ashraf ghani has been holding talks with pakistan's prime minister. it's the first official visit to pakistan since taking office. the head of the world trade organization is meeting world leaders to discuss the implementation of the bali accord. the biggest agreement of the history. india ended the opposition to a deal. the agreement allows india to continue to provide cheap food to millions of people. >> what is the proposed global trade vehicle known as, all about. >> it plans to lower trade
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barriers, simplify customs procedures. making exports easier. it will lower costs in developing countries. >> india buys grains from local farmers, which it partly sells. it threatens to violate limits on the subsidies placed by the c.e.o. >> reporter: for this woman, feeding her family is a daily struggle: the indian government says she lives below the poverty line and is entitled to discounted food. subsidised grain from the government is a big help from my family. if we didn't have this, life would be tougher. we have a lot of expenses. >> more than half of india's 1.2 billion by food through the national public distribution
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system, described as the biggest government-run food programme in the world. for families in the neighbourhood, food subsidies are a yesesive. many say without them they struggle to survive. to feed hundreds of millions, the indian government stockpiles food that farmers produce. this has been a sticking point during nations at the world trade organization. india reached an agreement with united states, a country it opposed at the w.t.o. some say the problem is india's domestic policies. >> we use procurement and stocking to kill two birds with one stone. manage food security and security for farmers. i believe there's ways to achieve both objectives at low cost. >> supporting farmers costs the indian government billions. it's a burden at a time of slow economic growth.
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activists say it's an essential expense. in a country like india, where the government identified 67% of the population don't get food. it is crucial that we ensure that production - because feeding 67% of india's population, we can depend on imported food. >> they don't know about global associations a prevented her bill from rises, but she can put the money she saved towards building a better future for her children a senior director and asia pacific economist at ihs global insight joins us. explain this for us - india has got what it wants, it can continue to stockpile food; is that correct? >> the deal that it has come to
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with the u.s. means that it would have an indefinite extension of the current food subsidy programme that it has, but eptly the ambition -- eventually the ambition is that the world trade organization will come to a new deal that needs to be negotiated on food subsidies. england has a peace clause that allows it to continue with the food subsidy programme, until the w.t.o. deal on food subsidies is reached at a future point in time, which has not been determined or set out in any fixed timetable. >> as far as the bali accord goes, this is it touted as the biggest global trade agreement, what does this mean for world trade? >> the bali accord is very significantly for world trade.
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for years the talks have been bogged down. there was a deal struck in bali in december 2013, and created a trade facilitation agreement. making them more efficient. that is very significant for lowering the cost of world trade. studies estimate that the total costs of trade for developing countries would be lowered by about 15%. overall impact that this would have on world g.d.p. is to have an estimated 400 billion to $1 trillion to world g.d.p. what is excite something that it would create an estimated
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21 million jobs once implemented. the benefits are substantial. it's a positive agreement. it will depend on whether other countries will be willing to stand by the deal that's been struck through the u.s. and india. >> that remains to be seen, thank you for that. >> raji from global insights there. >> china is showcasing military and civilian hardware at an air show, debuting the stealth fighter, the j31. the pentagon says it's a cheap copy of the f22 and f 45 war planes. joseph challenge is a prove senior at the university of hong kong and says defense is an apparent part of chinese
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government. >> the presentation of j31 is an act of demonstration of national pride, because the - actually it has not been completed. this shows the time is catching up in terms of a fifth generation stealth fighter craft. china is doing business in terms of rocket technology, and military aircraft and civilians aircraft. it's not far behind. in terms of rocket technology, and a launching of satellites including peter logical satellites. in terms of military past. it cannot compete with the united states. it aims at the lower end, cheaper in the third world
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countries. in 1975, it was vowed that no child will be hunger. speaking at the world food conference in rome. 40 million on the world. the world food program says hunger kills more than aids, malaria and tush usual u lousas so these are the problems. there are areas where hunger is regarded as zeers, including mali, africa, mongolia. in the next places the crisis is described as alarming. most are in africa, mozambique, india. >> in for farmers living near
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burkina faso, they are frustrated, because the rain fall is insufficient for harvesting. extreme whether and droughts means there's not enough water to grow food for feed animals. in the second part of the feeding the world series. we have this report from the border of burkina faso and niger. >> reporter: too dry to grow food, tired of waiting for rain. this year they come from the harvest. >> i used to grow millett, corn and vegetables. >> not much, but enough to get by. look at the soil. how do you expect to live on this. >> translation: nothing is growing. he has quit farming. he's not the only one. one after the other villages empty out. a thriving farming village. on the border with niger.
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most have left now. >> translation: we moved the location of the village twice. people find it too difficult to live here. some were hearders and others farmers, they left because they couldn't continue the activities. >> extreme conditions and droughts means there's not enough water to grow food and feed animals. >> the temperatures continue to rise. during the summer season. temperatures here rise 50 degrees celsius. this is one of the hottest places on earth. the united nations predicts temperatures will rise further. it's a matter are time before the desert takes over the lapped. >> the u.n. predicts a rise.
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100 million in africa could suffer food shortage. >> the local knowledge or techniques they have it not enough to overcome the challenge of what we do now. >> they are coming to the city without any real assets. >> the population of the capital is growing, because of new migrants fleeing from rising temperatures. rains have come. it's too late. >> boko haram has taken over the town of chibok. that's where a group kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls. chica chibok was attacked again on thursday.
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>> chibok is in the hand of boko haram fighters. it's inagile. many are unaccounted for. thousands who fled the attack tonne chibok made to to a garrison town 20-30km away. their materials have been taken to help those able to escape. officials says local vigilantes have been forcing a bid to take back chibok. the take over is an improvement for the officials and security forces. several months ago boko haram attacked the town, taking nearly 300 female students. 219 are unaccounted for. this represents a very serious situation and the military would like to take back months of attacks. the military will want to prove
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that. it is able to take back territory seized from it. meanwhile, the some many fires lit by boko haram, are under states of emergency. this is presenting a difficult situation for the security forces in an effort to find and crush boko haram china is sending help to west african nations fighting ebola. four more teams of medical workers left on friday, and will be sent to liberia. the workers will train local medical workers, community leaders and other volunteers. >> french officials say algerian president is expected to return after being admitted to a hospital in france. there has been no talk about why he was committed to hospital.
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he was reelected in april to a fourth turn al jazeera continues to demand the release of our thrive journalists who have been gaoled in egypt for 322 days. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed, are falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions. g mohamed fadel fahmy and peter greste were sentenced to seven years, and baher mohamed an additional three for having a spent bullet in his possession, picked up at a protest still to come, painting over poverty, how a poor country is trying to brighten up neighbourhoods. >> in sport, the sun was not shining in phoenix as they hit an n.b.a. season
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welcome back, and let's get the sport. >> thank you. we start with the euro 2016 qualifiers. serbia, forced to play behind closed doors lost 3-1, as their campaign goes downhill. serbia is punished following violence in the previous qualifier and albania, which had to be abandoned. denmark came back from a goal down, nicholas bent ner with two. the danes with seven points, serbia with one, applying pressure on the dutch. >> if you want to blame someone, blame me. i put the players on. in that way, your final question
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was about if i have to think about my resignation. i'll thing about it. >> one result that stands out, and that is the islands. probably the biggest win in this tiny island's history, romania beat northern ireland and replace them at the top of group f. germany had a comfortable 4-0 win. the coach says his side did not play like world champions. >> i'm not happy. it's not enough for us, there were not enough goals. i expected more from the team, especially in the second half. in the first we created opportunities to score, and score three goals. in the second, we didn't have chances to score or play with the same speed. into cup of nations qualifiers continue on saturday. tunisia books their place in an
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event that takes place in guinea, and they'll draw in botswana, with enough to guarantee their qualification. the 2004 winners join algeria and cape verdicty who -- verdicty, who qualified. and chances made to the fine with a 5-1 win over sierra leone round 2 on another big day of rugby. england looking to end the run of four successive defeats when they take on south africa at twickenham. golf's 4-time winner ernie els gave them a pep talk. springboks r 29-22 defeat to ireland will need to be put goodnight them. ireland have not beaten the springboks in 11 attempts. >> you look back at that year. and narrowly won the first two in south africa, drew the third.
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peat them by -- beat them by one in the last. it's not much between the two teams. and i think they are a different beast now. you know, in 2014. >> tennis and novak djokovic finishes the year as the world number one, following the latest win at the season-ending world tour finals in london. the win expands the unbeaten run to 30 matches and will reply nishikori in the semifinals on assert. roger federer plays in the second semi. the third time novak djokovic finished at number one in the ranking. >> it's been a long year. this is an ultimate challenge. i'm glad to stand here and know how many legends are here
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before. it's an honour to have me here. one of them in my team. >> in the n.b.a., the phoenix sun. 14.4 lead. things look good for phoenix in the first quarter. scored a game high 22 points, it went in front in the fourth. it was a top scorer for charlotte. leading them to 103-95 win the top rally drives are competing in the last race. riley wales gb. a former formula 1 star had restrictions on his body after a crash in 2011. he'll rely on one hand. we have more. >> reporter: hurtling through rough terrain at high speed makes rally a demanding port for body and rain.
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polish driver robert cobb its ka managed to defeat despite a gang. effectively he is driving one handed. he suffered serious injuries after driving in and crashing in a rally. >> i suffer multiple injuries, it's duff to talk about. all my right side of my body was damaged. it was more surviving and trying to survive, because the situation was not easy, and there was no guarantee i will have functionality in my arm. >> medical work repairing robert has not finished. he faces more surgery. such is the progress, that he was world champion. high points in the first year, including leading two stages.
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there has been plenty of crashes. >> i'm clacking experience. i think it has been a good season. from consistency point of view and mistakes, it has been difficult season. and not good. >> roberts and his british-based team are competing in the final race of the season. how does he drive with so much expected of his left hand? >> on the left-hand side of the steering wheel is a paddle. you pull the paddle close to go up, and away to go down. only robert is allowed this, he has special dispensation from the governing body. he has a handbreak, this lever. all other have a handbreak you pull towards you, to lock the real wheels. robert pushes this forward. >> on a daily paces you forget about it. without limitations you'll be on
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the front runner. there's no limitations. >> his achievement in rally gave the sport a surge. it's still in his heart. >> for now, it's quite far, and i would like to come into f1. i am sure i'm able to drive as i was able to drive before the accident. >> we wish you well, goodnight. >> whichever road he takes makes him okay for the sport moscow's lightweight could take a tough challenge taking on a bulgarian. at 33 he is five years younger than his opponent, entering undefeated in 20 fight. the ukranian is the favourite
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heading into the bout with 62 wins. >> this is my 18th year as a professional boxer. this is where i fought my first fight. now hill fight in front of an audienceful fans are enthusiastic and they'll support me. >> it's it from me. >> thank you very much for that. now, in urban areas across the world, it's referred to as beautification, a process of cleaning up and making neighbourhoods better places to live. andy gallagher reports on one place in port-au-prince. >> reporter: from a distance it looks like an artist's canvas, rich with pastel blues, reds and yellows. it's called beauty versus poverty, inspired by an artist, famed for cities in the city. we take a closer look at life.
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clipping it the side of the mountain. the community of 40,000 barely has electricity. ost are tapped in the grid. noik ol charles says it takes 30 minutes to get drinkable water. life is miserable. we have nothing. i have to walk a long way. people fight over it, just a litre. otherwise you need money to burn it. >> others are unhappy at the point work. this man says they should have fixed the inside of the houses and not just pointed the outside. -- pointed the outside. >> adding to the problems, many of the homes are built on the edge of ravines, meaning during the rainy season mudslides and rock falls are potentially deadly. compounding the problems, this
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community is built on a secondary fault. the haitian government says it's an ongoing project to improve life. >> despite the dangers, construction workers are under way. and some of the mashes oar help to build pride. when you look at the house, you can see how people look. critics say it's no coincidence that this looks over the 5-star hotels and restaurants. it's claimed that the colourful neighbourhood is about improving lives, and not simply making up for misery okay. there's more news throughout the day. for now, that's it for the newshour. from me and the team in doha. bye for now. thanks for watching.
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