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>> killed in a failed rescue attempt within an american and south african are confirmed dead in yemen. >> eastern web no one, the al-nusra front kills a captured policeman. >> making landfall in the philippines, 6,000 people have left their homes for safer
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ground. plus. >> the amazing success story of a homemaker producing a dilemma for the workforce. >> we begin this news hour in yes, ma'am anyone, where two al-qaeda hostages are killed in a failed rescue attempt. american photo journalist luke summers and another were killed. barack obama condemned the death of the american as barbaric. stephanie decker reports. >> it was the second time u.s. and yes, ma'am knee forces tried to rescue luke somers. ual with a african hostage held alongside him. this time they found him. neither made it out alive. >> the operation started early this morning and they wanted to rescue him, but the al-qaeda was
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very left and they as they as one of my sources tells me, they started to kill him and they tried to escape with him, but the operation was very strong and they were surrounded, so they killed him. >> u.s. penalty barack obama released a statement that strongly condemned the killings and explained the timing of the operation. it reads: >> luke somers was kidnapped last year, working as a freelance photographer. these are pictures he filed for on the ground. wednesday, a video was posted on line with luke appealing for
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help. >> please show mercy. >> his family released a statement pleading for his life to be spared. pierre was in captivity four months longer, kidnapped in may of last year. whereas the americans say luke somers life was in eminent danger, the n.g.o. released a statement saying his release was imminent. >> the words used in the conversation this morning was that the wait was almost over. three days ago, we were told that he will be home for christmas, and it's just really unfortunate that he was killed during an attack on an al-qaeda property in an attempt to release other hostages. >> now both men won't be coming home. >> patty joins us live from
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washington, d.c. what more do we know? >> we're hearing reports this was carried out by seal team six, the most elite unit from the special forces. you remember their name for the raid that killed osama bin laden. we believe they were dropped and hiked their way into the compound. exactly what happened in that firefight is unclear, but the president, president barack obama in his statement very clearly says that the al-qaeda operatives murdered somers and that the seals captured him. they got him back, tried to get him safe and brought him to a navy ship off the coast, we believe, but it was too late to save his life. >> given these failed missions, is the white house likely to reevaluate their strategy of attempting to save hostages? >> no, i don't think so. in the statement that the president released, he specifically says this should send a message that we will do what we have to to try to get back our own. the president, we do know has launched a review of what
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exactly goes in to try to find and rescue hostages, they are not looking at paying ransom, they've taken that off the table. there has been credit. >> and some reports that in the first rescue attempt, it took too long to approve the mission, days not hours. the white house and pentagon have refuted that. they do an after action review and try to learn lessons from that. they may try to improve the process, they may learn lessons from this actual mission, whether they're going to change it, no, i think you're likely to see more of these in the future. >> this isn't the first time the military has tried to rescue hostages, one of the military transport helicopters crashed in iran and the operation aboard.
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in 2010, there was a rescue attempt in afghanistan. an investigation found a grenade was thrown by one of the people trying to rescue here. in 2011, the guided missile was sent to rescue four americans held by somali pirates. earlier this year, a secret u.s. military mission tried but failed to free james foley in syria. he was later killed by fighters from islamic state of iraq and the levant. let's bring in our guest, a former lead international hostage negotiator for the f.b.i. thanks for speaking to us. we know why president barack obama authorized this mission, but was it a badly-timed operation? >> well, the timing is never perfect. it can often be dictated by the
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pace as it increases the threat to the hostages. they had specific reasons to believe that at least one of the hostages were going to be murdered by their kidnappers and it puts them in a position where if they can man a rescue attempt, they should go ahead and do it. the timing is always jim perfect. >> luke somers life was in imminent danger, but they were receiving information about the release of a south african teacher being held alongside him. from your knowledge of the inner workings and planning and logistics, how would they have balanced the death of one host only plus possible release of another? >> terrorists in the past have said that they were going to release a hostage and then when the moment came to release the hostage, amended it and said well, we've only agreed to release their head and use it as an excuse for execution.
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as long as hostages are in the hands of terrorists and murderers who have the opportunity to murder them at any time, you can't take the promise that they will be released at its face value, especially while there's another promise to murder someone else at the same time, so you have to go with the threat to kill, and if they are intending to kill someone on a specific time frame, there's always a possibility that the violence will escalate and other hostages be killed anyway. it's very difficult to hold off a rescue mission because someone might be let go when you're fairly certain that someone is going to be killed. >> a difficult question, perhaps four to answer, christopher, but drawing on your expertise when you conduct an operation like this, what are the chances of the hostages making it out alive? >> the chances are very good that the rescue will be successful. there have been a lot of successful rescues, but they call it deadly force for a reason. there's always the opportunity for things to go wrong.
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the terrorists have the opportunity to murder hostages instead of protecting themselves. unfortunately, there are great risks every time they go out. the chances of a successful rescue are generally in favor of the rescuers. >> this was the second time u.s. and yemen forces tried to conduct a rescue. to conduct an operation and fail a second time around, should they -- were there dispreppancies there? >> i'm not sure that the first rescue attempt actually was a failure, in that there were other hostages rescued and there were terrorists killed, so there are degrees of absolute success and partial success, so the first time that they went out, they gained additional information, freed hostages and in fact, some terrorists were killed, so that first mission was not an utter failure, there are always varying levels of this and they probably felt better going at it a second time
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after having gathered additional information from the first attempt. >> christopher, thank you for sharing your information on this. former lead negotiator for the f.b.i. >> a syrian based al-qaeda level group al-nusra front said it killed 11 policemen from yemen. al-nusra said one was killed for authorities arresting the wives of the group's leaders. >> the killing of the young lebanese police officer overnight is really an indication of the deteriorating situation in trying to secure the release of dozens of young soldiers and police officers. here's a look back at how this situation came about. >> several dozen lebanese soldiers and police officers were captured by isil and al-nusra front fighters in august, in a battle in the town of arsal.
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it is close to the syrian border. this was the first major incursion into lebanese territory since the war in neighboring syria began. five days of heavy fighting followed before a fragile truce took place. the area was never entirely cleared. negotiations had come to nothing for release of the soldiers and their families began sit in to protest for more action. tuesday, the lebanese government announced it had arrested two women and a number of children connected with al-nusra and isil. it was hoped they could be used as a bargaining chip to free the soldiers. one of those women was the wife of a senior al-nusra commander. he released this video on friday morning, demanding the release of his wife and children and rejected efforts by the qatari
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government to negotiate the release of the soldiers. later friday night, a picture of a young lebanese police officer was shot and posted on al-nusra's twitter page. the family of another young police officer being held captive have told the local immediately i can't that they recently received a phone call from isil saying that he would be the next to die. the lebanese government is holding emergency meetings today to try to discuss how to go on with these negotiations and how to save negotiations for the release of the rest of the young police officers and soldiers. >> meanwhile, inside syria, there's heavy fighting in the city where the rebealian against president bashar al assad began four years ago. rebels control much of the old city, but under siege from government forces. we have a report. >> this is the aftermath of an air strike. inside, the victim of the palming, the men hurry to get him out. easy already dead.
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this city is where the fighting against president bashar al assad began. the fighting is relentless. much of the old part of the city, here the rebels are trying to drive assets forces from a base. using a combination of ground fire and improvised artillery shells. >> the revolution has dominated except he this area. it is considered to be the last stronghold of the regime. it is important, because it overlooks the security square. >> that is the newer part of the city. it contains government buildings and security bases. they have been turned into barracks. the government has prevented food and other supplies from getting to rebel areas. before the war, nearly 100,000
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people lived there, but not anymore. now it's an urban battleground. >> it's very difficult to get videos out of syria. some pictures of shot by cameraman like the one kidnapped and killed while working there last year. on the ground is airing a special program on the last days of his life filming syria rebel groups. the last time i spoke to him was on facebook messaging. >> we talked about syria before and i made my feelings clear. i said look, if you go, i'll stop talking to you. >> when people are watching t.v.o. half watching t.v., it doesn't really occur to them how it is that those images got
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there, but you know and i know that it's people like yasr. >> that was a look at syria, the last assignment, which airs right here in about five hours from now. do stay with us here, still to come from switch board operator to first lady, the wife of zimbabwe's president takes another step on the political ladder to power. plus, the modern day slave trade, trafficking humans is big business for criminals in the u.k., but proving hard to stamp out. >> we will tell you about looking to make egyptian history in the cup final. typhoon has made lands fall hitting the east coast of the central philippines, 600,000
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people have left their homes in the military is on full alert. those that stayed behind risked being hit by strong winds and storm surges. andrew thomas is in manila. >> reporter: makeshift homes like these are all that stand between some people left, and a powerful typhoon. the city was badly hit by a powerful cyclone and storm surge only last year. now typhoon with sustained winds of 175-kilometers an hour is headed their way. hundreds of thousands of people have left the most vulnerable areas. many of them are cramed in to temporary shelters. >> translator: they told us that the waves will get bigger that's why aim worried it will be like what happened last year. >> reporter: others are trying to get the last of their valuables together before the typhoon makes lands fall where they are. >> translator: we are afraid of
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the typhoon but we have to pack our belongings and move them upstairs before we leave. >> reporter: the military is on full alert. the tie fan has weakened from a super storm but still incredibly strong and unpredictable. it has the potential to create waves like typhoon haiyan did last year when if killed 7,000 people. people in the low-lying coastal areas like these are, again, the most vulnerable. if this cyclone stays on its currents path and movers at its currents speed it will take three days to completely clear the philippines and will affect in some way about half of this country's population. it won't reach manila until monday. that's where there could be serious flooding even here in the capital. andrew thomas, al jazerra. manila. scott heidler joins us live now. what can you tell us about conditions there now that the typhoon has made landfall?
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>> reporter: yeah, absolutely. there is no question that the typhoon is headed this way. we have been here for about two hours now and these winds have steadily increased in those two hours and that is exactly when it made landfall when this typhoon made landfall. when you look at the projected path it will be coming up this direction, but what's very interesting is that, yes, it made landfall two hours ago, it has five more bodies of land it will make landfall on before it clears the philippines, there are thousands of islands in this country and five more pieces of land will go through what has just happened over the last couple of hours. here in naga city what have we seen since we have been here? people have been boarding up windows of some had already done so before we came in to town. businesses are putting tape on his their windows it. seems as they didn't necessarily think it was head this is way, but once the last-minute projections, if you will, showed that it will be coming up in this direct, they start today prepare for it. there are still some people here, not many people on the streets here, but as we heard in
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andrew thomas' piece, hundreds of thousands were evacuated ahead of this. so the government of the administration here obviously trying to learn those lessons, those hard lessons learned last year, 13 months ago. the devastating super typhoon that came through. >> and what are the risk tr-zs m this typhoon in comparison to haiyan that was just devastating? >> reporter: yeah, they are different threats if you will. kind of the same package, but they are in different order, the haiyan was very, very, very strong, in fact, it was the strongest winds, the strongest super typhoon to pitch ground. so it was a lot of -- there were was a lot of wind damage. tremendous storm surge because of the power that have typhoon and also a lot of flooding. here you can reverse that a little bit. there are strong winds as we are seeing here. not nearly as strong as haiyan, but what the concern here is, if you shift those in order, flooding is probably much
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higher than winds were for haiyan, tha that is because thea slow-moving typhoon, that means, as we heard in andrew's piece, it will take three days to clear the philippines. that means torrential rain for three days in low-lying areas and cities like manila that don't drain water that quickly. so there is a big possibility of flooding in major cities like ma nil, a but also in these lower-lying areas that might be prepared, they might have been evacuated or put to higher ground but still could trigger massive flooding and also mudslides. >> scott heidler in naga city, thank you. now, pakistan's military says it has killed one of the most senior al qaeda commanders who has been accused by the u.s. of plotting to bomb new york subway. he was killed in a raid in pakistan according to an army statement. seen here in both images, u.s. prosecutors say he recruited and trained many in 2008 for attacks in new york and london.
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both of which were foiled. he was considered the chief of al qaeda's global operations, a position once held by 9/11 mastermind shake mohamed. britain has sign aid deal to build a military base in bahrain, it will be the u.k.'s first permanent military base there in 40 years. it will host aircraft carriers and destroyers, britain is boosting its military presence in the gulf as it tried to account for the threat of the isil. an extra 1,000 u.s. troops will stay in afghanistan next year to cover a shortfall in nato forces. the u.s. defense secretary terry chuck hagel made the announcement on an unexpected visit to can. but bringing the total number of u.s. soldiers there to nearly 11,000. it's hagel's last visit to afghanistan as defense secretary after he announced hits resignation last month. charles stratford has more from kabul. >> reporter: outgoing u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel here in kabul announcing an
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additional 1,000 u.s. troops will remain in the country in to 2015. that's in addition to 9,800 that were part of the security agreement between washington and the afghan government. their mission here is to aid afghan security forces in their missions against the taliban, in addition to training, and going after what they describe as terrorist cells which we understand to mean al qaeda groups. now, this comes at a very important time in terms of transition here in after began stan. in terms of the government. the new government in london two days ago, telling international donors that it would go go ahead with the promised reforms. that it has said it will deliver to this country in terms of hitting corruption, in terms of institution building, and in terms of its economy. now, it's understood here that those reforms and those promises are wholely dependent on the security situation here, so a fascinating time both military and politically here in afghanistan.
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egypt's prosecutor general has launch addison investigation in to a leaked audio recording alleged big involving el-sisi's top military aids. senior officials are heard discussing the forging of evidence against deposed president mohamed morsi. morsi has spoken for the first time about the conditions under which he was detained. he has told a cairo court he would held in a republican guard compound before being trans ford to a navy camp in alexandria. else where in the country, seven members have been sentence to the death by an egyptian court for enlargedly killing 25 police officers in an attack near the border with i israel. it took place in august of last year after security services cleared two protest camps in cairo. one of the men had already been sentence today death for an tack on the nearly ianattack earlier. sim bomb way'zimbabwe's prew
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the head of her political party. grace's new position is the latest step in a swift rise to power. it began when she and robert started an affair in the 1980s. many zimbabweans disapproved because the popular wife was terminally ill at the time. she built a dairy business, owns several farms and founded on orphanage. but people criticized her lavish spending which continued even as the economy plummeted. on her 49th birthday in july she entered politics with in experience with aggressive tacks on the vice are president. now an explanation of why her appointment is so important. >> reporter: grace is the head of the women's league, that is a very powerful position here in zimbabwe. most members of the party are women. they are influential in the
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decision-making processes and policy-making processes. the ruling party which means the policies of party become the policy of the country. her husband, robert, has been named president and first secretary general it means effectively that they are firmly in control of zimbabwe as a husband and wife team. those that support them are very happy, ecstatic, but those who don't are very worried saying it could mean the same policies seen over and over again, policies blamed for the demise of the economy. the deputy will be in the party, it will likely be the justice administer. if all goes well he could be the next leader of zimbabwe should robert one day steppe step down. in haiti thousands are calling for the president to resign, they burned tires and threw rocks at police. they got past security and reached as far as the national palace which has been restrict today several years. it's the latest in a series of
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rallies against the president who protesters accuse of corruption. mexico city's chief of police has resigned after strong criticism of his handling of protests in the city. jesus rodriguez stemmed down on friday. the capital has been the site of regular demonstrations since the students disappeared more than two months ago. the mexican government says they were killed by gang members. still to come for you on the news hour, we meet the muslims trying to escape m myanmar, the country that doesn't want them. it's all about fresh water in the capital of the knowledge diveknowledgedives. could chelsea set a new record as they face newcastle in the english premier league.
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former fbi special agent ali soufan. >> if that specific information was shared with to the fbi agent 911 could have been stopped at its early stages. >> the ethics of torture, preventing terrorism and combatting isil. >> islamic state, their strategy differs from al qaeda because for the first time now they are controlling land. >> every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> only on al jazeera america. ♪ ♪ welcome back. you are watching the al jazerra news hour. let's take you through the top stories. u.s. press barack obama has killed the -- condemned the killing of two hostages in yemen as a barbaric murder.
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a journalist died in an attempt to rescue them. the syrian-based al qaeda link rebel group e al-nusra front sad they killed a captain because the government is holding the wives of their leaders. typhoon has made landfall hitting the east coast of the central philippines, at least 600,000 people have left their homes and the military is on full alert. in syria, activists saying fighters from isil have stormed a key air base. the government base has been at the center of heavy fighting now for days. activists report that an isil fighter blew himself up at the main gate of the base. meanwhile, in iraq, the humanitarian situation in the north is getting worse. people there are either fleeing the violence from what's happening in syria next door or escaping the advance of isil. al jazerra's sue is at a base where aid is being delivered to ethnic yazidis.
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>> reporter: this is the only lifeline for thousands of yazidi families who are now caught up on the sinjar mountains desperate for surprise and to get off. these three helicopters are taking three or four flights a day to try to take surprise up to the sinjar mountains anything from rice to cloth, blankets and even tents. and then bringing some of them back here to safety, relative safe any northern iraq. these are some of the families that just got off the three held kepts, thermageing to take surprise up there, but they are taking being inning fire. in fact, one of the helicopters has also been sent with them to sort of shepherd them there. that's an attack helicopter. but they are only manage to go bring just a identify back each time they go out there. and they are really calling out for larger transport aircraft, something that can land on the mountainous terrain there but that can many more than just the few dozens managing to come off every day. they are saying time safe the eppessence, mesh perking a are
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saying the weather could close and they could no longer get aid or anybody off the mountains. the british government says there are more than 10,000 victims of slavery in the united kingdom. religious figures and police chiefs from more than 30 countries are meeting in drop tn to try to stamp out the trafficking trailed barnaby phillips reports. >> reporter: this young woman was used as a slave. she was made to cook and clean for long hours, slept on the floor. and she was not paid. when she asked why things had to be like that, the older woman threatened to send her back to abusive relatives. >> translator: i don't have friends, i don't have anyone to speak to or, you know, i just felt this is maybe that's just life for me. and she just said to me, oh, would you rather be go back to your own home and beat you and kill you than to be here? so i had no voice.
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i had nobody to talk to. and i just felt, well, i just have to go along with the things she says. >> reporter: here in central london police officers and leaders of the cal lick church from around the world have come together to discuss the growing problem of 21st century slavery. according to the british government in this country alone, there are more than 10,000 victims of illegal trafficking. they include sex slaves and abused domestic workers and laborerrerlaborers. british police have had success he cesc is his. this is a rate on russian workers. but this is very difficult to stamp out. this former policewoman runs a shelter for fee mill victims of trafficking. she says the criminals are ruthless and those that control prostitutes make big profits. >> translator: if you are a commodity as a person, that person can go on for a long time making you money. for instance i have known
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females trafficked to this country that can make up to $50,000 in three months. and then they can carry on making you that amount of money it, may cost you 800 pounds or $1,200 to bring them for the country on a flight and make you $50,000 in the next three months. >> reporter: victims of human trafficking often feel isolated and frightened. the conference in london could be a first step towards changing that. >> we will punish them by going to prison it's about changing balance but victims are reluctant to come forward. they are sometimes not properly supported and actually then the criminals get away with it. >> reporter: these women have been trafficked to the u.k. and forced to work as prostitutes. the british police can't solve the problem alone because this is an international criminal trade. the ugly side of globalization. let's take closer look now at how extensive human trafficking is across the european union. according to a report from the
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european commission, there are more than 30,000 victims of trafficking in member states. most victims, 69% of them, are force in the to prostitution or sexual slavery. and 19% of people trafficked in to the e.u. are forced in to labor. that's more than 6,000 people. aidan mcquaid is director of anti-slavery international and joins us live from london. 10,000 victims of human trafficking in the youkilis aloneu.k. alone,thousands more . should we be surprised that wealthy nations haven't done a better job at cracking down on human trafficking? >> i don't think we should be too surprised of the for example the about the i can government is producing more heat at the moment. they are saying it's terrible there are thousands of people in slavery in the u.k., yet the u.k. maintain a system which is effectively like a system which is common across qatar, uae and the middle east which duh fax toe legalizessal trafficking for
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domestic servitude of migrant workers. whenever the government is refuse to go look directly at the policies which are facilitating forced labor and trafficking within the country, they shouldn't be surprised that there is such high numbers. and frankly, a lot of the government pronouncements in this seem like hypocrisy. >> for you one of the main, something that's gone very badly wrong is a lack of inspection of industries where you are likely to have forced lake or. >> yes. they inspect food and fisheries and does so very well. but it's remit is limited to other sectorses where are there are consider abuses like domestic work, construction, cleaning, catering, businesses and industries which use a lot of informal work. an easy measure which would be expand the remitting of the
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licensing authority. it would ache good mesh tower put in place legal provision to his protect survivors of trafficking, which, again, the government is being extremely relucreluctant to do. european policy is piecemeal a as the u.e. but certainly ireland has better inspection of domestic situations. bell yum and the netherlands have better labor inspection system generally, so when the u.k. says they want to lead in this they are not learning from other countries which are doing better in key areas. >> and aidan, can you tell us a little little bit more about perhaps the mental and emotional state of people that are the victims of modern day slavery. they are scared, don't want to speak out and don't know their rights. >> that's true. if you think of slavery and forced labor, it's a co consolan
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of abuses and crimes, violence is also involved or a threat of violence, restriction of freedom of movement. isolation from family and friends. so it can be quite a traumatizing experience having gone through this. and consequently people who come out of forced labor experience are in quite a vulnerable and injured position. the government in the u.k. gets 45 days support to people who are identified as victims of trafficking. but, of course, if you are from the european union there is greater than 80% chance you will be identified as such. but if you are from outside the european union there is less than 20% chance you can identified as such. this is again a core issue which the government is just not facing up to. >> aidan mcquaid, director of anti-slavery international. thanks for joining us. >> thank you for having us. the international criminal court's decision to drop charges against kenya's president has triggered mixed reactions. for him and his supporters it's
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vindication that he wasn't involved in the violence that tpofld 2007's election. but for the 1200 people that were killed and their families it's left them with more uncertainty, erica wood reports. >> reporter: we can't tell you who they are, because these people are afraid. they say they could be attacked if they are seen to be talking about what happened during the violence that followed the contested it elections. this mother tells us her husband was killed when men from the president's tribe slashed him with knives. then they threw him and several others in to the swamp full of sewage. she never saw him again. >> translator: it pains me to be here. i avoid this place as much as possible. because his body is still underneath and it hasn't been retrieved. >> reporter: she says governmental authorities have never made any effort to find out who was behind the violence she's not sure who is to blame. but this man whose voice we have altered says he has no question in his mind who chased him out of had us home.
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he left everything behind and never went back. >> without any doubt we have the tycoons, the business tycoons here who are involved. >> reporter: kenyatta was accused of organizing and financing some of the violence and racing tensions between he go anything tribes. he's always denied the accusations. the international criminal court's case against him was plaged by allegations of witness bribery and intimidation. many retracted testimony or went missing or are suspect today have been killed. the i.c.c. itself has been accused of not carrying out a proper investigation. >> it's impossible to prosecute a head of state. it's impossible. you would be a fool to give evidence against the heads of state of your own country. nobody would do this. more than 1,200 people lost their lives during the disputed elections in 2007.
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thousands more displaced raped or woundss. many people died the victims say there has been no political will to investigate the crimes internally now that the i.c.c.'s case has failed, they ma i not get justice externally either. >> translator: i don't have faith in the government because i have had no help. and i struggle alone. >> justice delayed is justice denied. tell me, if this now can happen again? if he wants to retain power, he will still do the same. >> reporter: the victims we spoke to say no matter who was behind the violence, someone must be held accountable. if they are not, they are afraid it may happen again. erica wood, al jazerra. india and sri lanka have flown emergency water surprise to the maldives. a fire at the water plant has led to shortages of water causing anger on the street of the capital. nicole johnson is there.
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>> reporter: on every street corner there are hundreds of people lining up to get either three liters of drinking water, which is what the government is providing for them. or here to try to get water for cooking and cleaning. now, most people that we have spoken to, they say that they are getting enough water earlier there was some problems, there were fights breaking out, as people tried to buy whatever was left from the shops. but help has arrived in the maldives, there has been 10 airplanes arrive from india with more than 400 tons of water as well as a ship from india with a desalination facilities on board, another one is coming from the united states and china is also providing water. >> translator: we are living in a 10 story building and we are not getting water even for cleaning ourselves, we have to collect water from distribution points. >> reporter: everybody though the lines that we have seen waiting for water have been very orderly and it seems quite organized, clearly some people feel that they are not getting enough to meet their basic
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needs. in this situation could continue for a few more days yet until the government is able to get the desalination plant up and running again. now, in the meantime, sunday and monday have been declared public holidays. all the schools and government offices across the maldives will be closed and that's because of the water crisis. we want to take to you myanmar now where thousands of rorohingya muslims are leaving searching on better life. thousands of families originated in bangladesh generations ago. unofficial estimates say there are 200,000 refugees there. from there they then head to india and nepal. others travel south in to thailand. more than 100,000 row linin 100i are said to be on the grounds border. many fall pray to smugglers and make their way to australia.
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many begin their journey out of me an par. >> reporter: bustling as the morning catch comes in. in additioning sustains many families around here. it's one of the few freeze in which the ro rohingya can still find jobs. about 140,000 are still displaced after violence broke out between the muslim rohingya and buddhists in 2012. the rohingya are now confined to camps and villages with no freedom of movement. the only way to provide for his family to leave the country, he says. >> translator: i do not want to stay here anymore. i can't feed my children. my children are always asking for food.
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i note journey is risky, but i leave it to a allow. >> reporter: he has bought an illegal passage out of myanmar and will join the thousands of rohingya who plan to sail to neighboring tie land or malaysia. it's this type of vessel that's now commonly used by people trying to escape from myanmar, this fishing boat which normally holds 10 fish american and crew will have between 50 and 60 people packed on board. the men will sleep on deck, while the women and children squeeze in to the cargo hold. there is no high-tech and navigational equipment. if the journey takes longer than expected, they could run out of food and water. despite the risks, more people are making these trips. they usually approach a boat owner and pay him a fee of around 100 u.s. dollars to take them. this way they bypass the big human trafficking rings.
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it's cheaper, but riskier because the vessels are less seaworthy. and passengers could still end up in trafficker's hands when they arrive at their destination. still it's spawned an industry of sorts. this man says he has arrange today a sister and a dozen others to leave. >> translator: i contacted some boat owners, i am not doing it for the money, i am just helping her. >> reporter: off camera, he admits he gets paid for acting as a go between. the boats depart from the quieter beaches, and only at night. the owners say they usually bribe the myanmar navy to allow them to slip away. with the monsoon season having ended, countless others will be looking to make the journey to escape from a country that doesn't want them. al jazerra, myanmar. sport is coming up next here on the news hour. it's been a rough season for red bulker they missed out on the f1 title. and now 60 other trophy have his gone missing.
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jo will be here with the details.
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♪ ♪ welcome back. a romanian company has become one of the europe's fastest growing car manufacturers, sales at the communist former state company have grown 36% in the first months of the year, the company's success is causing friction with labor unions ball brennan reports. >> reporter: they almost can't keep up with demands. economic crisis which gripped
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europe in recent years create a significant niche for no cost, no frills vehicles, it's entry level model costs just 9 1/2 thousands dollars and last year they generated turnover of five 1/2 billion dollars, it's a world way from the days when this company was stayed owned. >> i worked under the communist system now i works you were the international standards and the difference between the two is incredible. there is just no comparison. >> reporter: 65 cars an hour are coming off the production line. the company frankly flat out to meet demands. but with that extraordinary success, comes a dilemma of how to reward the workforce that makes that possible. in 2008, after a 15-day strike, ideal was agreed to raise wages and benefits in line with the company's fortunes. now the union wants a new deal.
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>> translator: multinationals in general are losing interest in good labor relations and we are in a small conflict with the management to insure they respect the previous deal. they seem to have forgotten the strike of 2008. some years have passed, so perhaps we need a more radical conflict now to reminds the management to maintain good relations with the workforce. >> reporter: it is part of the french renault group and with that comes globalized production. the top boss says wages will rise, but the union must be careful. >> we have to be wise and patient and not accelerate too much the wages increase. otherwise we would have to reconsider the volumes, allocation, the project allocations between romania and other the countries, that are capable of making the same cars. >> reporter: the town sits right next to the plant and nearly half of people here directly depend on it for their livelihoods. almost everyone you meet has a connection with the factory.
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>> translator: it is very important for my city. because most of the people in the city work at the plant. my relatives, nigh my friends, young people, old people, i worked there for court years and now my wife and my kids are working ther there. >> reporter: the dilemma al jazerra for the workers here negotiate a farah ward without driving away the success story that their labor has created. paul brenna, al jazerra. jo is here now with the sport. >> thank you. chelsea have missed out on a new club record in the english premier league after losing 2-1 away at newcastle. the blues were going a record 24 matches unbeaten in all competitions but came unstuck for the third straight time at st. james' park. after a goalless first half, newcastle was ahead after the break, he doubled the home side's advantage 20 minutes receiver make it tw 2-off. chelsea capitalized as new cast
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went down to 10 men when steven taylor was set off. drogba headed and, fabregas free kick to reduce the deficit. despite six minutes of extra time, chelsea were unable to breakdown their opponents again as newcastle went out 2-1 winners. five other games in england have reached halftime. stoke are 3-0 up against arsenal. the rest are goalless. a little later, manchester city will be looking to close in on leaders chelsea, they are six points behind in second place as they face everton. spanish league leader real madrid will look to extend their club record 17 consecutive wins in all competitions as they welcome vega. in the early game, atletico could narrow the gap at the top to one point if only temporarily as they travel to elche and atletico sliding 1-0. crowned j-league champions for a second time but it wasn't without drama. they were held nil-nil by
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relegated side. and facing nervous wait for several minutes to find out the results from nearest rivals. the the reds were leading the way 1-0 in the first half. but two goals after the break dashed their chances of winning a second title. that result was then relayed to the team and their fans sending them to a frenzy of celebration it's their first japanese league title in nine years. in a few minutes time fans at the egyptian football team will finally get to see their team play from inside their stadium for the first time since february. fan violence has kept supporters locked out for months. and the outcome of saturday's match could be an historic one for the club. they face ivorian side in the deciding match of the african con fed vagues company. they trail 2-1 from 1st leg. but if they can overturn the deficit they will be become the
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first egyptian team to win the second tier continental club competition. the draw for next year's fifa women's world cup will be held in ottawa on saturday. coming despite an ongoing lawsuit launched by many of the players competing. they are claiming gender discrimination due to the fact that the tournament will be played exclusively on artificial turf. meanwhile, the head of the world anti-doping agency has spoken of his concern that allegations of up to 99% of russian athletes are doping. of the claims were made in a tv documentary screened in germany earlier this week. it alleged that a whole host of athletes in a variety of sports were doping. and that positive tests were being covered up. the russians have strongly denied the reports. the head has been discussing the issue you during an ioc executive board meeting in monaco. >> there is complete concern. we are all sports officials, people have given their lives to
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sport. we have olympic champions around the table. we don't like this thing happening and we wish it hadn't and i think there is a real wish and hope that the relevant bodies will deal with it as quickly as possible. >> now, tiger woods is playing swing changes for his lackluster return to government. the former world number one remains last in the field at the pga tour event in florida. but as richard nicholson reports at least round two was an improvement on the previous day's play. >> reporter: tiger woods has returned to golf after a four-month lay off may have started badly, but the 14-time major winner has begun to show signs his game is returning. level for the day woods produce baited of magic with his second shot out of the rough to the par 5 13. he would make eagle to go 2 under for the day and birdies at the 14th and 16th. his momentum was only stopped by a 90-minute rain delay as he wait today tee off on the final
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hole. when he did his it. tee shot left him with mud on his ball and his approach went wayward. that left him with another chip shot which saw his short game let him down again eventually holding out for a double bogey in the round of 70. which leaves him bottom of the 18-man field and 14 shots behind leader jordan spieth. >> it really didn't feel that much different than it did yesterday. i had probably two less worse shots than yesterday. but i struck the ball solid yesterday. and i did it again today. but i think that i hit them closer today and made a couple of putts. >> reporter: 21 yearly spieth is the man to catch so far. stopping his round short of the final green on the 18th but youpto that point he was 5 under par. richard nicholson, al jazerra. well, it's been a rough year for red bull. they missed out on the formula one championships and now thief
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have his stolen over 60 trophies from their u.k.-based factory. six men drove a ca are through the front entrance of the factory on friday night. police say the car is believed to have had a foreign number plate. none of the night staff were harmed. red bull team principle christian horner said in a statement they were devastated by the raid. he went onto add, beyond the aggressive nature of this break in, we are perplexed by anyone would take these trophies. the value to the team is, of course, extraordinarily high. but their intrinsic value is low. many of the trophies on display were replicas. >> there you go. so, yeah, it's been disappointing for the red bull team. >> i am sure they will pop up somewhere. >> i hope so, yeah. thank you very much, joe jo. do stay with us here on al jazerra because we have a full bullet of news coming for you in just a identify minutes time. all the latest on our top stories including that u.s. mission in yemen. do stay with us.
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>> world war i four years of bitter conflict.