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>> only on al jazeera america. [ clapping ] up all night - delegates reach a climate change deal in peru, critics say it doesn't go far enough. hello from al jazeera's headquarters in doha. also ahead. haiti's prime minister resigns as anti-government protests spread across the country. police in turkey detain eight linked to an exiled cleric. building on the moon.
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it's -- sound like science fiction, but is closer than you think so delegates at the u.n. climate conference in lima, peru, finally agreed a last-minute deal two days later than scheduled. environmental groups slammed it as a week and ineffectual compromise. it lands the ground work for climate change talks in paris in 2016. the 4-page agreement asks countries to submit a plan to tackle emissions. talks went over the original deadline after developing nations said which countries should do more to help in the fight against climate change. our developing editor says more. >> reporter: at long last after endless through the hours wrangling, aest lugs. despite the celebration, many say the document is watered down
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and weak. >> this is an incredibly weak decision. we came in thinking we'd get an ambitious threat. we had commitments to the green climate fund, the u.s. and china announcement. instead we got a half-baked deal. >> there was nearly no agreement at all. the first draft detected out of hand. >> we feel the text needs a little surgery, and we would like us to put on the gowns,ar scalpels and insert a few vital organs that need to be incorporated into the agreement. >> outside the dismantling began. it seems the conference went on and on. loss and damage has been tan out of context. the u.s. wanted it to stay that way. >> we have no time for lengthy negotiations, and we know that. >> the endless back and forth
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took its toll. disoxing countries -- developing countries worked on the words. in the event it was a small victory for the developing nations, and a fourth version on the day. >> we do know that we must address climate change. we know that we can address climate change. and moving on to paris, we cement the fact that we will address climate change. >> this commften was hosted by countries worst effected by climate change. from melting glaciers to deforestation and all its implications. with that back drop it was about charting a roadmap for a global treaty in paris for a year's time. given the optimism before the conference, lima has been a disappointment. saved by last-minute hassling. there's a lot of work to do if
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paris 2015 is to be successful. the prime minister of haiti, la moth has resigned. his decision was announced after months of protests. there has been calls for the president martelly to step down. >> anger bowling over on the streets of haiti. anti-government protests first swept across the capital, and then the country, now a demonstrators demand has been met. the prime minister announced that he will step down. his resignation widely predicted after the president cold reporters that la month was ready to make a sacrifice. parties are angry over corruption, and that there hasn't been an election in haiti
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for years the the president delays the opposition for delaying the vote. >> translation: the government was supposed to organise the elections, for four years all they did was corruption, ruining the country. that's why they take to the streets, we'll be there every day. we are asking the u.s. government to stake the president with them. they are the ones that put them in power. without new elections come january, the parliament will be dissolved. the president will be ruled by decree. many believe it will not be enough to satisfy the crowds. >> reporter: no magic wands can say la month or martelly, there's no way they can be saved. the unrest is caused by a deadlock, that the resignation may not break. if the replacement is not nominated, haiti will be without a functioning government or a prime minister. >> in turkey, police have
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surgeoned the offices of a newspaper and tv station linked to cleric who has been exiled. eight have been detailed. 24 others wanted for collection. a new campaign against supporters has been announced. bernard smith has more. >> reporter: all the people wanted for questioning or detained for questioning are connected to a work or publications or media organizations that are sympathetic too or supportive of a muslim islamic scholar living in self-imposed exile in the united states. ghullan used to be close to president recep tayyip erdogan. but they had a spectacular falling out years ago. the detentions come exactly a year since the organizations, publications led the coverage, investigations into people right at the top of the ruling party,
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the party. so these people detained say there's no coincidence, it's a year since they started reporting the corruption allegations. they'll see it as revenge, and the reason for the detentions now, the excuse given when the warrants are executed is that these people being questioned are alleged to be trying to destabilize the government with their reporting of these corruption allegations. the iraqi army said it killed more than 100 i.s.i.l. fighters across anbar province in the last 24 hours. there's within intense fighting in the cities of ramadi, haditha and the border crossing. coalition air strikes and iraqi security forces are backed by tribesman on the crowned. anbar province has a sunni population against i.s.i.l. >> in the latest attack.
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i.s.i.l. detonated a humvee packed with explosives. on the road from the provincial capital ramadi. it's a form of attack by the group. they managed to seize hundreds of humvees. the u.s. made armoured vehicles sold or given to the army, seized by i.s.i.l., when it took over large parts of the country. >> iraqi officials and fighters say there's not much they can do. they do not have the weapons or the ammunition to fight attacks or armoured vehiclesment that's what they are calling for. in some towns taken over by i.s.i.l. officials said the police had to retreat because they do not have enough ammunition. they called for more arms, heavy weapons, ammunition and air strikes, more of everything,
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except for troops, they don't want to see large numbers of troops in the province, it's a majority stoouny. a lot of tribes turned against i.s.i.l. and are fighting against the group. that's where a lot of violence has come. i.s.i.l. engaged in massacres in retaliation for tribes turning against it. britain said that it will send several hundreds of trainers here to train iraqi forces in the fight against i.s.i.l. they are expected to remain in bases, including in the kurdish region of iraq and bases around baghdad, used by the u.s. and britain when there were large numbers much troops here. they are not expecting them to be out in combat, which officials in anbar say makes them all the more important for agreements to be reached with the iraqi government to arm the tribes, sag that the government is resisting kurdish forces in kobane say they are making gapins against
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i.s.i.l. fighters. kurdish forces say they have taken control of the town, and cut off a key i.s.i.l. supply route. it's been the focus of heavy fighting since september. meanwhile, new video emerged of syrian government forces battling i.s.i.l. fighters. these pictures are set to show fighters touring the area after exchanging fire with syrian troops on wednesday. fighting has also intensified near the airport. a suicide bomber blue up an area near the airbase. it is an oil producing region. >> libya's ceida oil port shut after an assault near the facility. they hit targets to hold off the advance by rival fighters. libya has been wracked by
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instability after armed forces battled for control. >> houthis are pushing for control in central and northern yemen. four were killed in the area, battling al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, and have blown up buildings used by opponents. houthis sacked a governor and appointed a representative. despite the violence there, there's still many parts of yemen where peace prevails. residents in tiaz want to make the city a symbol of peace in a country troubled by violence. houthi rebels took control of sanaa in september and have been fighting affiliates since the north and central yemen. they want to focus on the city. >> our decisions, goals and destiny are one. we want to keep the ties and maintain it, distance the city.
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the other political forces have been engaged in. >> reporter: houthis are repeated in ties by members of the political wing, they promised to help local leaders keep the piece. >> we are ready to help the local authorities and security forces maintain peace and security in the province, across yemen. there were protests in tiaz when the houthis began to take over the province. people refused to let the armed wing of the group in. those representing ties in the parliament say they'll support the houthis as long as they use a peaceful approach. >> we are with the houthis and every plan. we rejected a project this sets us back. we rejecting the approach. it's this cooperation between local authorities and the civilian leadership that is keeping the city of tiaz
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peaceful. there's more to come here on al jazeera. we report on the challenges facing children in south sudan trying to juggle an education while fending for themselves. >> this is ecuador where advanced medical care is reaching outlying communities and is doing so on the back of a truck. we report on the challenges
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welcome back. the top stories on al jazeera. after a long night of wrangling, delegates at the u.n. conference
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in peru reached a deal. the deal will lay the foundations for a deal to be signed at the conference in paris. the prime minister of haiti, has resigned. coming after month of anti-government protests spreading from port-au-prince to other parts of the country. they want the president martelly to quit demonstrators searched officers and a newspaperlinged to an exiled cleric. 18 have been detained. 24 others wanted for questioning. >> to japan, where exit polls suggest a win for prime minister shinzo abe's party in snap elections. we go live to harry fawcett who joins us from japan. there was no doubt shinzo abe would get the election visit, but how big is it? >> we don't note the final results, but there are exit polls that proved accurate. as everyone expected, they suggest a projected win for
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shinzo abe, and his lvp party. the estimate from the n.h.k. broadcaster suggests his party will get between 275 and 306 of the seats in the lower house of parliament. that combined getting between 31 and 36 seats. gives them a healthy majority, o two-thirds majority, which would allow the lower house to force through even if the upper house doesn't like it. he has the big win. the other interesting thing is the turn out it low. 7% at the last count, down on the previous year, the previous election. it was the lowest turn out since world war ii a low turn out. it was insisted that a referendum on the economic policy. will the victory strengthen his mandate to govern? >> it certainly strengthens his
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hand. whether it's a mandate from the electorate is another question. the opposition parties have been in disarray, especially the main opposition dpj which looks like it may have improved on its over 60 seats in the lower house. there was no question that he was going to win. what it does do is gives another two years in office. by going to the polls two years into the term, he has four years on top of that, allowing him to carry on with the abenomics reform programme, the first two which is monetary easing and fiscal stimulus, there has been benefit. the third is reforming the economy in terms of structure. that encountered more resistance. it's possible he'll have a stronger hand to do that now. he has other things on his agenda. his attitude towards the constitution and the pass fist nature.
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the vow to restart the nuclear power programme in this country next year. he framed it as a referendum on the economy. there are other things that shinzo abe will be able to do as well. >> thank you very much. that's harry fawcett live from tokyo indonesia's president has toured an area in central java devastated. they travelled to meet survivors, rescue teams are using equipment to clear the area. around 80 people are missing. sudan's president welcomed the international courts suspension of war crimes investigations. investigations are being halted so other urgent cases can be looked at. >> they are accused of trying to
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humiliate the country. >> the i.c.c. has halted not because they reject the allegations. the sudanese people rejected them. it is impossible for a sudanese official to be in court. >> monday will mark within year since the outbreak of a civil war in the world's newest nation south sudan. since the fighting in september. 10,000 people have been killed and more than 2 million forced from their homes. people who have been displaced are facing hardships, such as a lack of food, water and health care. it started after infighting between president basheer and his deputy. three-quarters of a million children are among those driven from their homes. some were recruited as soldiers on both sides of the conflict. others lost contact with loved
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ones. from south sudan, katherine sawyer respects. >> diana is 16 years old. she has been taking care of six siblings since february. their mother was killed here, their father still missing. >> my father walks with a limp. on that day, when the fighting was too much. he told us to run ahead because he'd slow us down. that's the last i saw of him. >> every so often they come to the u.n.i.c.e.f. tracing office and want to fine outside if their father has been located. it is not good news. >> insecurity is one thing that does not allow our staff to go to trace the parent of unaccompanied children. >> this is death. -- this is a 17-year-old boy, he knows where his parents are. they were told they were in ethiopia. he joined the army when they
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were the militia. in january he was deployed by the army to fight the rebels. i left the s.p.l.a. because colleagues from my tribe were killed. other tribes would kill us, even if we were fighting for the same side. i was afraid they'd kill me too. diana and others had hundreds of thousands of other children. many schools have been destroyed or closed because of the security reasons, and getting children back to school has been a struggle. many are afraid, they are traumatise the and it may not be a priority. >> the children have enrolled in an emergency programme to catch up with what we have lost. the village school of 600 students before the conflict. 3,000 registered. the village is hosting 80,000
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displaced people before december. 1,500 people live here. >> the children in south sudan, like many places are resilient. and the society is resilient. it's been through 24 years of war, and these people are still going. >> they are about to write the end of year examine. they hope to pass. with many teachers fleeing, the most children attending school, being in glass is good enough. egypt's criminal court decided not to rule in a case involving 76 student protesters. most are from alassay university and detained since december last year, demonstrating against a coup that toppled former leader mohamed mursi. the students will be released by the end of this month if no
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ruling was made. al jazeera continues to demand the release of three journalists who have been imprisoned in egypt tore 361 days, they were gaoled on false charges of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their predictions. access to surgery is a major problem in ecuador. it's hard for people in poorer and remote areas who find it hard to travel to larger cities. in the final start of the city, yes travelled to the area, where a surgeon found a way to bring the operating theatre to the patients. >> on the eve of his surgery. this person attends to his shop. selling candy every night. he tidies everything up to make sure that he leaves everything in order. he is nervous as he prepares to close for the night and get some sleep. >> i hope everything turns out
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okay so i can come back to my wife and children. >> reporter: the next morning they arrive early for the posterior. he puts his personal affects away and helped into a gown. nearby the surgical team prepares. scrubbing their hands, donning masks. ensuring supplies are prepared and close at hand. these scenes are routine. what makes them unique is they are taking place in the ecuadorian area. the surgical suite is inside the back of a truck. >> translation: surgery is one of the areas they have access to. >> reporter: this doctor worked with the mobile surgery unit for two decades since it was started by ecuadorian surgeon, who believed access to surgical
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surgeons where critical and needed in the rural areas. the truck's driver, maintenance chief and patients assistant since the beginning. >> translation: we go where people need us, in the remote areas. it's good to help people and be part of the project. >> reporter: the mobile facility is spartan, but effective. >> doctors performed 7,000 surgeries in the mobile operating room since it started in 1994. the results are as founding. zero fatalities, and one of the lowest infection rates in the country. >> luis is living proof. he and his family were able to find affordable access to medical care provided by a creative and driven medical team on wheels. now, sunday marks 42 years since humans last stepped food on the moon. since then there has been calls
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for a return mission, and the building of a manned space on the moon. teams of researchers cam up with a nov -- come up with a novel way of making it possible. [ ♪ music ] >> you are now moon base number one. >> reporter: the idea of a manned base on the moon has been around for decades, not just in realms of science fiction. n.a.s.a.'s apollo missions gave the science community huge amounts of information about the lunar surface. the vast cost of the programme saw it axed in the 1970s, scientists are looking to the moon and to mars. >> once you leave earth's orbit and committed yourself to an asteroid or mars, you cut the support or supply line from earth. you have to be resourceful.
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>> the honeycomb-like structure was built by a robotic 3d printer. scientists used a mixture of tuft and added water which was a type of salt. it could be done on the moon and could form the building blocks of a future moon base. the teams say using a vehicle, or a fleet of them to mix and skirt into place the moon concrete would be faster, cheaper and safer than using astronauts to do the job. >> if you would today build the moon base with normal technologies, you'd have to bring to the moon all the materials, tooling, astronauts and build the base there. with this technology, you send a machine to the moon and use the dust that you find on the moon to build the moon that is around the machine itself. >> the concrete shield protects the manages from small meteor
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impacts and block out dangerous radiation. >> on certain parts of the noon, and on planets like mars, water does exist. and that really makes resupply a lot easier for future astronauts if the resources are there. take along the technology to extract them. we will not be setting up manned bases on the moon. when we do, new and innovative ways of building will be essential, if we turn science fiction into fact here is a story about a long-lost painting from hungry, a children's film and an art historian with a shot eye. it went missing in hungary in the 1920s. it was rediscovered five years ago when art historians found it in the background of a
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children's film "stuart little." . it is back in hungary. the price - $285,000. and a reminder, there's more news and analysis on the website aljazeera.com. >> slavery in nepal has been abolished, by law. but behind the high walls of many city homes here, young girls continue to serve as slaves. known as kamlari, they are the daughters of indebted farmers, sold to landlords for little to