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>> so we begin in columbia where the--colombia. general was abducted. the general and others had confronted a farc brigade. we have these reports. >> the war between the colombia government and the farc rebels had a chance at peace but two years later there is no agreement, and now the kidnapping of an army general has led the government
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suspending the talks all together. the general walked into farc-controlled territory wearing civilian clothing. >> unless they release the general, the peace process is going to be suspended. so we need to look now at the offense from farc. >> reporter: peace eluded colombia since 1974 when the r revolutionary group farc. it increased it's drug trafficking that fueled its operations. many yearoperations. through the years many have been abducted. they moved to cuba where talks have focused on landownerships,
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rights of victims and drug trafficking. but one of the main challenges has been the negotiations taking place while the conflict continues. the kidnapping of the general gives fresh ammunition to those who have been staunchly opposed from the beginning arguing you can't negotiate with terrorists, and it makes it more difficult to make any kind of concessions to the rebels if and when these peace talks are able to get back on track. it is much too soon to gauge how much of a setback this latest incident will mean in a country that has withstood war for too long. al jazeera, santiago. >> a doctor were sierra leone who was airlifted to the u.s. after contracts ebola has died at a hospital in nebraska. he had arrived to the u.n. on
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saturday. he had been extremely critical by the time he actually reached the united states. robert ray joining us from atlanta to tell us, robert, what more do you know about the circumstances that led to this death, and how did it happen? >> reporter: well, good afternoon from atlanta, just a side note before we get to the doctor. the cdc has a team of people headed to mali to look at a new outbreak of ebola that is occurring right now. this doctor, 44 years old, from sierra leone, who was flown to nebraska on saturday has passed away this morning according to officials in nebraska. he had advanced symptoms upon arrival here in the u.s. he was in extremely critical
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condition as of last night according to a bless release tha--a press release given down. he was given kidney dialysis and he was in respiratory failure. he was given medicines, but specifically his kidney and respiratory failed this morning. >> when you say he was given various medicines, we understand that he was given experimental drugs. >> yes, experimental drugs specifically zmapp created in san diego, california. the interesting thing about zmapp over the course of the past two months that experimental drug has not been available because minimal amount of doses were around. when we were heard of it when it was given to dr. kent brantley
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here in atlanta. they created an up tick of those doses, we do know that the doctor had been given zmapp but there are questions whether it actually works. there has never been experimental clinical trials given on this drug. clearly, the doctor was too late in the stages of only, and none of it work. officials said this morning they did all that they could do for the doctor, 44 years old, now dead. >> that's robert ray reporting for us from atlanta. the u.s. will screen passages traveling from mali. screenings will start for the 15 to 20 passengers that arrive every day. the "world health organization" has warned, and mali is trying
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to warn people who might have come in contact with ebola patients. china has arrived and is setting up a new clinic. they have contributed $200 million so far to fight ebola. palestinian youth took to a separation wall, angry. there were no suspicious circumstances. the bus driver's colleagues believe he was murdered. >> israeli police have said they do not believe there was criminal or nationalistic motive behind the man who was hanged in his bus on sunday night. the autopsy of his body is now taking place in tel aviv.
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that could take a couple of hours. a lot of rumors spreading around, causing tensions. there were clashes in response to the news of his death. we hear from his colleagues that they believe he was killed at the hands of israeli jews. this could ignite the streets, but again nothing is clear. other people, especially the police are trying to say that they don't believe that this was an intentional criminal act, and this could be suicide. nothing clear at the moment. but this does come off the back of months of extreme tension in this area. people taking matters in their own hands, revenge attacks since this summer. even though things have been relatively quiet over the last few days, this and other incidents is causing huge concern. we'll have to wait and see the official result of the occupation to find out exactly what happened.
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>> two separate car bombings have killed 13 people. a parked car blew up in a mostly shia neighborhood, and then another explosion happened in a mostly sunni areament, commanders of the islamic state in iraq and the levant reported by been killed. local kurds and iraqi peshmerga forces are defending it. they're supported by u.s.-led airstrikes against isil. the iraqi army has forced isil out of a town, but the intense fight to recapture the town has left it devastated. >> he has nowhere to go and nowhere to stay. when isil fighters took the town in june, they shelled
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indiscriminately, destroying her house. >> they stormed the house and executed my son. i got out with my grandchildren only to see that my house is burned down and isil had taken our car and electricity generator. >> she's too upset to talk, but her cousin tells us what happened next. >> we have lost 22 men from our family. we have been displaced for more than three months. our family has been scattered. some to the north of iraq. others to the south. the rest just outside of kirkuk. after the village was liberated some of us came back to see the devastation of what used to be a peaceful suburb. >> reporter: but she and her
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remaining grandchildren live in this bombed out shell. iraq army came in to fight isil and retake the town. but more shelling scared the town further. with so much focus placed on winning the war against isil very little thought has been given to what happens next. now the iraqi army tactic is to go in to a town. clear of it of isil fighters and hold that town. but what happens for the residents, they live in call lar. the ones come back and take a look of what is left and wonder what is next. >> graffiti covers the walls here an. children look at the wreckage while adults who return to assess the damage can only feel despair. they have no idea when they can rebuild, return home or what help the government will give
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them. >> gun battles between houthi and alqaida-backed tribesmen have been going on for weeks. we have more from the capitol of sanaa. >> violence shows no signs of abating in yemen. fighting continues in places like radal where the houthies have managed to make significant military gains, but the fight is far from over. in marib province, a vital province where you have most of the oil and gas installations, they have been gathering hundreds of fighters there. they say they're determined to keep al-qaid keep al-qaeda from destroying the oil and gas i installations.
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but many say this is a smokescreen by the houthies and their real agenda is to expand into sunni areas. they say this is something that could lead to more violence and more instability. >> still ahead on al jazeera, courting the india in in a rally in australia. >> we look at the future of squash in a historic merger.
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>> the headlines on al jazeera columbia' colombia, a general has been abducted. >> the doctor from sierra leone has died in nebraska. palestinians are angel over the death of a palestinian bus driver. he was found hanged in his bus on sunday night. israeli police is a that there were no suspicious circumstances, but his colleagues claim that he was murdered.
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>> in the burkina faso they have apoint the michel kafando as interim president. . >> i commit myself on behalf of the government and other transition members that will make all necessary efforts to meet the challenge. it is an about credibility and the future of our country. >> we have this update from burkina faso's capitol. >> some of the newspapers were late coming out because they wanted to make sure that they got the news in. people started buying them. this is about the man who makes interim president for the next year michel kafando. it tells a little bit about his
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background and that he was chosen by the army. many are critical of the army, and wonder what the army is doing, but they say give this man a chance and they wait to see how this man performance. people want expectations. they want jobs and education to improve. they want housing to improve. they're concerned about ebola outbreak in the country. they say they need a government in soon and they need officials to focus on preventing ebola come from coming into the country and containing it as soon as possible. >> there have been raids of several mosques linked with al-shabab fighters in somalia. they seized weapons and ammunition. a 20-year-old man was shot dead as he tried to throw a grenade
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at officers. a woman's group in the kenyan capitol is demonstrating over the public stripping of a woman last week. she was attacked by a group of men while waiting at a bus stop. the men accused her of dressing indecently. the assault was captured on video, which then went viral. >> reporter: people are outraged. that's why these women are protesting and they're saying that they have a right to wear what they want to wear. organizers told us that the march to the bus station where the woma women say that what happened was wrong and should not be tolerated. they want the woman to come forward and report. without a formal complaint
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nothing can happen. now since the assault and despite the public outcry there are reports of women who suffer the same humiliation. the debate of how a woman who is dressed but women on both sides of the argument agree there is no justification for undressing anybody no matter what they decided to wear. >> an egyptian student has died while in police custody in cairo. it is reported that he died as a result of torture. this "t" brings the death toll to 90 since the coup. below testers call for the end of military rule. al jazeera demands the release of its three journalists mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste are falsely accused of helping the outlawed
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muslim brotherhood. they were sentenced to seven years to prince. and badeh mohamed was given an extra three years for possession of a spent bullet, which he had picked up at a protest. saudi arabia, bahrain and the united arab emirates complained that qatar was interfering in their internal affairs and they're critical of the muslim brotherhood movement. prime minister modi was addressing a rally. he's on the second leg of a visit in australia which started with the g-20 summit in brisbane. we have more from sydney. >> reporter: for organizers of a much-hyped political rally sunday was a chance to celebrate what was to come.
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this pre-event was held in harris park, sydney's little india. more than half of the people who live in the suburb were born in india, and these are tickets to the hottest show in town. ththe new indian prime minister staged his appearance. >> people expect a non-corrupt and new india. >> reporter: but not everyone is united states is excited about modi. some think that his nationalist party excludes those who are not hindu. >> they need to treat everybody the same. >> on monday there was a protest against modi's visit.
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they say that india's prime minister has big questions to answer over a killings of sikhs. but the protesters were heavily outnumbered by the fans. more than 16,000 asked for seats inside to see the first prime minister to visit australia in 28 years. this stadium is normally the venue of sports and music events. the fact that narendra modi has managed to pack this place out shows the superstar he has become. >> people love him. people love him. i love him. >> inside the stadium modey received a welcome and gave a speech about a cleaner, fairer
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india. from australia, he said, he would take a lesson home. >> here in australia they talk to a doctor in the same way that they talk to a trader. >> modey will speak at australia's parliament on tuesday. he'll be welcomed there, too, but can't quite expect this. andrew thomas, al jazeera, sydney. >> a landmark stock trading scheme to allow chinese markets to be sold has been launched. >> reporter: counting down to the launch with simultaneous ceremonies in hong kong and shanghai. the scheme means billions of dollars of cross-border investments can be traded in both directions every day, moving south wards offshore
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investments from china's growing population of investors. >> as long as chinese citizens accumulate their wealth want to invest in off-shore investments to increase their prosperity, the volume will be there. i have no concern at all. >> in the opposite direction funds from international investors largely denied access to china before, and which china needs to help restructure its economy. >> i think china will have an opportunity to raise more funding in the asian market. >> the event is seen as a victory for hong kong's embattled leader fighting the political crisis. while the occupied movement in the city streets is demanding greater political freedom the authorities and business communities in hong kong and china seem to be forging every
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closer economic ties. >> the significant government bodies need to work together to make this happen. this is why i think for something like this to actually work, it does require a lot of collaboration, a lot of group think. >> some estimates say the amount of investors in mainland china is said to increase, and it's a reminder despite all the political problems and development of the chinese economy hong kong still play as key role in the china growth story. al jazeera, hong kong. >> and japan, the world's third largest economy, is now back in recession for the third time in four years. it's economy shrank by 2% in the fourth quarter. they expected it to expand. many of them are blaming a sales tax increase, a key element of
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the government's economic plan. another tax hike was scheduled, but that is planned-- >> what is most important is not let it to go back in inflation. >> the fact that japan is back in recession will pile added pressure on prime minister shinzo abe he is now expected to call for an early election. well squash has not given up hope of one day of becoming an olympic sport. last year they were turned down for a third successive games. richard parr went to find out what the future holds for the sport. >> reporter: world's squash championship is the spots sport's pinnacle, but they want it to be the olympics. last year squash missed out on being the program for the twenty20 games, but there could be a glimmer of hope.
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>> i think the new president of the ioc is going to put his mark on it. he's looking at a possible rerefresh of the program, and who knows what that might entail. >> last month the women's men's squash medicin federation has agreed to merge. that means it will be run under the same president. >> i personally support both. we don't want to lose prize money in the search of equal prize money. it's certainly equal if the women are going to go proportionately and meet the men where it is or further ideally rather than us coming down to meet them halfway.
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that's not the way we want it to go. >> they will help their bid for inclusion. people in britain watched the championship earlier this year in glasgow. >> we'll continue to invest in the tv product. we've put a lot of advancement in the tv product. it's getting better every month, really. >> the psa is concentrating on the u.s. where 1 million americans play the sports. >> in terms of numbers, the states have grown in terms of squash as well, and they're waiting for the breakthrough to help the game grow outside of the college and junior teams. they need to take it forward. >> even if the 2020 program does not change, squash will bid for the 200 2024 games as they
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rally for olympic inclusion. >> for all these sports news as well as all the day's top stories you can head over to our website. there it is on the screen. it's www.aljazeera.com. >> china pledges to join the flight against climate change. that's big and new, but carbon emissions won't go down unti until 2030. is that really progress? that's the inside story. >> hi, i'm lisa fletcher. for years and years while the world worries what to do about
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