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consider this on al jazeera america a palestinian minister dies after a confrontation with israeli troops at a protest in the occupied west bank. ♪ this is al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. the afghan president condemns cia brutality and demands to know how many afghannys were tortured. under siege in iraq, we report from a town where isil is attacking from three sides.
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[ applause ] and partners in peace pakistan's malala yousafzai, and india's chi lash satyarthi received the nobel prize. ♪ there has been outrage and condemnation over the death of palestinian min stir in the occupied west bank, ziad abu ein died during a protest that was interrupted by israeli soldiers. the palestinian president has declared three days of mourning following the incident. >> reporter: this was supposed to be a peaceful event, but it quickly turned vie lernt after israeli soldiers con fronted a group of palestinians trying to plant olive trees on land illegally occupied by israel. ziad abu ein was caught in the violence. at one point he was hit by
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israeli soldiers. shortly after the altercation, and clearly still out of breath, he spoke to the media. >> translator: we're not going. this is the army of the occupation, and they are stopping palestinians from acting on their rights. we came to our palestinian land to plant olive trees. they attacked us immediately. this is a terrorist-occupying army that stops palestinians from enacting on their rights. >> reporter: but abu ein's health quickly deteriorated and died before he could reach the hospital. >> one of the soldiers by his helmet he beat the minister in his head and beat him in his bottom and -- we break into programming to cross over to ramallah, that is the pal -- palestinian president speaking.
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let's listen in. >> translator: -- or rather by his murder. we pray to god to accept him under his mercy as a fallen martyr, and to grant him with paradise. we offer condolences not only to ourselves, but also to his family and the extended palestinian family, and the whole arab and muslim nation. as we speak, investigations is underway. yet, i can give you the conclusion right away. there are certain scenarios you will be hearing from tomorrow. one of these scenarios is that one of the israeli soldiers is
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suffering a cycle or a mental disorder. and he is not to blame or to be hell responsible. or one of them has ran out of patience as he did not see the palestinians or activists throwing stones. or another israeli soldier could not imagine that those people who came to this part of the land are coming to plant an olive tree.
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this is one of the scenarios we will be hearing from tomorrow. the second scenario, he died of an heart attack. he was not assaulted by any. there is a third scenario. who said that ziad was in that particular spot? he has never been there and he was not sited by any of our soldiers, and the conclusion is that this felony will be shelved. this murder case will be shelved. this is what we are going to hear from them. we have photographs. this one is sufficient. this one is enough.
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they would say this is a fabricated image. they would claim it is forged, and they would claim they are not responsible. if he died, he died as an act of god. this is what the israeli aledge. and we are going to hear this from tomorrow. however, we are adamant to continue in our struggle, our popular resistance. we have adamant to stand up to the israeli settlement. we are adamant to continue our struggle until the israeli occupation comes to an end at the earliest possible. otherwise, we will not have
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tolerance. what hat-- happened today is nothing but a crime. it is a crime by all measures, to which we cannot remain silent. before we are convening at the moment in order to decide and all options are open. all options are open to discussion and to implementation. we have no other alternatives or solutions. thank you very much. all right. so what you were looking at was the palestinian president abbas, he was speaking from ramallah, meeting with palestinian ministers speaking out about the death of the palestinian minister, ziad abu ein who died
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a couple of hours ago, saying that investigation is underway. also saying that tomorrow the israelis will be coming out with what he called scenarios surrounding the death of ziad abu ein. we're joined now from west jerusalem to tell us more about what those scenarios were that abbas was outlining >> operator: that's right a number of scenarios, but really the key message here is that the president is saying whatever the israelis say tomorrow, we shouldn't believe; that the facts on the ground in his view are very clear that what he described as a crime look place, and that the death of one of his ministers ziad abu ein was a crime. he did not use much stronger language than that. however, he did go on to say
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that he and his government would be adamant to continue to struggle against the israeli occupation and against the illegal settlement construction in the occupied west bank. mr. abbas's statement was very brief and he ended it by saying that all options are open to discussion. he repeated that, all options are open to discussion. and i think what we can read into that final comment by him is that his government is reviewing what many of his ministers and senior advisors are saying, which is to scrap the security relationship with the israelis. now this would be a major development if that were to happen. i should stress it hasn't happened at this stage, but we can read into his final comment as his alluding to that based on the comments coming out from many senior figures within his
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government and his advisors, but, again, mr. abbas saying that the scenarios that the israeli government will put out are just that, and what happened to one of his ministers was, again, in his words a crime. >> yeah, i suppose a lot of people were really waiting to hear what he would say about security with israel after some palestinian officials indicated that security cooperation between the palestinian authority and the israelis might be scrapped after what happened to ziad abu ein. when do we expect -- when he says all options are open, when do we expect him to make more firm statements? and also have the israelis come out and said anything about the death of mr. abu ein, as well as this talk of the possible strapping of the security
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cooperation? >> reporter: well, let's start with the palestinian side of that question. at this stage, we understand that jordanian health officials are traveling to the occupied west bank -- are currently in the occupied west bank to carry out an autopsy on mr. abu ein's body. we understand an israeli pathologist will also be present. one would imagine once we get the results of that autopsy, we could hear again from the palestinian prime minister as to how he wants to proceed further. on the israeli side of the equation, the only statement we have had is from senior minister. he said that he effectively was concerned about unrest in the occupied territories, but, again, a very brief statement, didn't say much more beyond that. we can read into that very brief
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statement by the israeli minister as the fact the israeli government is no doubt deeply concerned by what happened at this event in the occupied west bank, an event which resulted in a violent confrontation. we have seen the images of mr. abu ein. at one point an israeli soldier had his hands around his throat. so -- and again of course, we have also seen tear gas and stun grenades used at that confrontation as well. so the israelis are no doubt deeply concerned about what is going on, and that's perhaps why mr. abbas alluded to them trying to diffuse the situation by trying to recreate the situation on the ground as he sees it. this is a very serious situation. the palestinians are taking it with a lot of seriousness, but
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so too are the israelis. >> all right. thank you. well there has been a blast in the northern nigerian city. it capped at the market. our correspondent has more. >> reporter: no claim of responsibility yet, but in general most of these attacks tend to be blamed on boko haram because of the target of the attack. suicide bombers were something completely new to nigeria and only introduced through the group boko haram, and we have seen systematically over the past few months a rise in female suicide bombers, in what is widely believed to be an attempt by the group to maximize impact and propaganda from the attacks. the u.s. senate report revealing cia torture, revealed that some cia agents violated
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all human rights. the afghan president demands to know how many afghans were tortured by the cia. the obama administration has ruled out prosecuting the people behind the program. jennifer glasse has more from kabul. >> reporter: the president said that the report that he went through, he says, word by word showed that afghans were among those who were tortured and is calling on the united states to say exactly how many were tortured and afghanistan plans to take this forward in a legal manner, so find justice for these afghans who he says, rights were violated. he will wait for the former president to return here, and then meet with senior officials here in afghanistan and try to decide how to take this forward. he did mention that the new
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bilateral security agreement will mean that americans can no longer detain afghans here in afghanistan. and it opens a new chapter. any decisions made will be made by the afghan government. >> patty culhane has more from the u.s. >> reporter: we're hearing from several people named in the senate report saying that they never lied to congress or the white house. they are defending the program. the general denies he lied and says the cia program should be a model for the rest of the world. when it comes to elected officials we're hearing a debate not necessarily on the tactics but on whether or not the report should have been released. the obama administration is making it clear that this does not really change anything in prosecuting people. i'm off the coast of peru on
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nigeria. seven others were injured. afghanistan's president says the u.s. senate report exposing secret cia tortures, says he demands to know how many afghans were tortured by the cia. we're joined by a former cia analyst. when ghani demands to know how many afghans were tortured, saying this violated all accepted forms of human rights, and then you have poland's ex-president said they let them run secret prisons but did approve of torture. >> well, this is all old news. everything we have talked about water boarding, sleep
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deprivation and using oversights for these so-called black sites have come out over the press in the past decade. there was a report in 2009 and it talked about all of these things -- >> but what about that torture did not lead to any unfoiling of any ter for plots. >> yeah, that's quite an interesting comment. director hayden, the former director of the cia said it did. diane feinstein said it didn't. it is actually unknowable. the cia used these techniques on people almost as soon as they caught them. the man who master minded 9/11, he gave us a variety of information, but we don't know if he would have given them up had he not been subjected to
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these rough methods. >> okay. and back to my question about international implications. >> it's certainly a difficult one for all of these individuals in many of these countries. they have to respond to their own citizens and constituents. so if poland's president says his country allowed some of these black sites to occur which has been in the press for several years now, he has to manage the political fallout. so it makes sense to distance himself and owe folks from this report and the united states. >> you started off by saying there is nothing really new in what has been revealed -- we haven't even seen the full report. so there might be some stuff that is new in the rul report. our reporter in the states where you are, says that the debate in the united states seems to be whether the summary should in fact have been made public or
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not, and not over torture. does that surprise you? >> i'm a little surprised -- and here in the united states it has become a very partisan issue. this report was crafted by the democratic staff members. the republicans refused to actually participate, because they felt it was going to become a partisan effort. so we have seen all of the really really awful things that have been happened over the last decade sort of redredged up, and brought forth, and now that's why it is in the press right now. however, like i said before, a lot of this is really old news. people litigated and relitigated these issues several years ago. >> okay. thank you very much. >> thank you. more than 20 peshmerga fighters have been killed and 20 more wounded in fighting in
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iraq. in one city a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle in a crowd. isil has been trying to take control of further areas in iraq. the latest town to come under sedge is balad north of bagdad. >> reporter: this is a strategic front in the fight against isil, it's a mainly shia city north of bagdad, and near one of iraq's biggest air bases. federal police fighting with shia militias built these sand barricades after isil rolled into northern iraq. u.s. air strikes have weaken isil's ability to launch huge attacks. but here they are using explosives to keep isil off
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balance. the reresidents have been told to stock up while the battle rages. >> translator: there is no work or jobs in balad now. all because of isil, may god put his wrath on them. >> reporter: she would normally rely on her two sons, but both of them are out of work. surrounded by fighting with only one way out of the city, most people have stayed in balad, but they are left with no jobs and no money. jafar has taken to fixing kerosine heaters to make a living. >> reporter: the city has been under siege for more than five months already. there are no jobs. there is hardly electricity. we are running short of gas and kerosine oil for the heaters as winter approaches. >> reporter: he is recovering
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from a shrapnel wound from welling by isil a few weeks ago. there are a lot of different fronts in this battle, but one of the things they have in common is iraqi forces fighting an unpredictable and adaptable enemy. they are asking for more air strikes and heavy weapons, but in many cases it's the forces on the ground that will make the difference. al jazeera continues to demand the release of our three journalists who have been held in prison in egypt for 347 days. port -- peter greste, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed were jailed being accused of helping the out lawed muslim brotherhood. malala yousafzai, and kailash satyarthi have received the nobel peace prize. the 17-year-old yousafzai is now
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the youngest winner ever. >> as far as i know, i'm just a committed and even stubborn person who wants to see every child getting quality education, who wants to see women having equal rights, and who wants peace in every corner of the world. >> my only aim in life is that every child is free to be a child. free to grow and to love. free to eat, sleep, and see the light. free to laugh and cry. free to play and learn. free to go to school. and over all, free to dream. >> the zimbabwe president has
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named two deputies. the u.n. is hosting a climate change conference in peru where 194 countries must reach a draft deal to limit the carbon dioxide they emit. global fisheries are just one of our food forces threatened by rising temperatures and ocean acidificatiom. >> reporter: off of the coast of peru lies one of the most fertile fisheries in the world. sheer bleak cliff face tower from the waves. but huge flocks of sea birds give a hint as to what lies beneath. and then the islands come into
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view, and the sight spectacular. this sea lion community, with neutral rich waters coming into play. but there's a problem. >> translator: one of the big issues is that the ecosystem here depends on the achoef i haves, and the an choefvies depend on the plankton. >> reporter: the bottom line is, more co2 in the atmosphere means more co2 in our oceans. and all of this just a couple of hour's boat ride from lima, a city with 10 million people.
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and 10 million people need to get fed. the main fish market provides a remarkable window on the activity of peru's waters. but shell fish production is down, and that lines up with the impact elsewhere in the world. >> translator: the numbers of mussels are reduced. there is a lot of pressure on the oceans right now. there isn't any availability in any quantity. before the mussels were very large, but now they are much smaller. >> reporter: it could be the ocean's chemistry is changing too fast for species to adapt. >> the oceans are acidifying at an alarming rate. >> reporter: fish stocks are already at breaking point in
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many parts of the world. now climate change is ratcheting up the pressure even further. nick clark, al jazeera, lima peru. >> she's known as baby veronica, and she was at the center of a high-profile custody battle. her adoptive parents are white; her father is native american and has been fighting for her alongside his tribe. the case was tried in the united states supreme court. at the heart of the case is the indian child welfare act, or icwa, which mandates that every effort be made to keep native children with their relatives or tribe. congress passed icwa in 1978 in response to an alarmingly high numbf
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