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>> can affect and surprise us. >> don't try this at home. >> "techknow" where technology meets humanity. monday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> welcome to the al jazeera news hour. this is what we'll be looking at in detail in the next 60 minutes. the question is how to end the chaos in libya. the u.n. recognized government asks the security council to lift the arms embargo. >> we are not at war with islam. we are at war with people who have perverted islam. >> u.s. president hosts a summit
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aimed at stopping violent extremive. >> covering up crime for a price. the massive scale of rogue reporting in cambodia. >> i'm in buenos aires where people are braving the rain to demand justice one month after the suspicious death of prosecutor alberto nusman. >> we start the news hour with me reemphasizing that there are actually two governments in libya. the u.n. recognized government has asked the u.n. security council to lift a weapons embargo so that it can fight isil and other armed groups. diplomats from egypt and libya spoke to the u.n. during the emergency session with proposals to stop the descent further into can i i don't say. it is arms embargo was imposed by the u.n. in 2011 to protect civilians, that was of the intention at least from libya's
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former leader, muammar gaddafi. linea asking for international help, egyptrting that request and wants a black code to stop shipment from reaching fighters. >> appearing cautious, given the chaos in libya about arm that go company, our diplomatic editor james bays explains. >> egyptian foreign minister came to the united nations spending two days trying to lobby diplomats on his country's initiative at first trying to persuade them on president sisi's idea that there should abmilitary intervention in libya, led by egypt backed by the united nations. he later watered down that plan, telling the security council he wanted an arms embargo on all but one of the governments in libya, the government in tobruk.
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he wants authorization or egypt's on going airstrikes. it doesn't look like the security council will support any of those ideas but the foreign minister denied his mission had not been a success. >> it is not our success that is on the table here, it is the success of the security council and the international community to address this threat. we believe that it is necessary. we are considering that we are the last line of defense against the more violent activity that has already started to reach european shores, so i think success is a matter to be determined by how effective the security council and the international community are to eradicate the terrorist threat. >> the security council also heard from the u.n. special representative from libya. he said he needed more time for negotiations between two rival
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governments. the security council looks likely to give him that time, one diplomat said this is not the moment to send more arms to libya. >> we go to our correspondent covering libya extensively live from the too nearby i can't libya border on the tunisia side. we'll get on to the actual facts are where you are and what's happening in a moment. for the benefit of those people who haven't followed the kayoutic developments since muammar gaddafi was deposed let me put it this way. you have two governments, one u.n. recognized, one recognized by the libyan courts. they are opposed but are they joined in their fight and the way of doing it against isil in libya? >> well, this is not clear at the moment. i think that's where the concern is for the international community, and especially when the west says more weapons could
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pour basically more oil on the fire. these two governments are opposed to each other. they are backed by a coalition of brigades that are loosely connected to each other mainly because of local interests some because of ideological or political interests but it's very shifting sands and allegiances shift all the time. there has not been a unified position on how to deal with the isil threat in libya at least not publicly. there is as huge concern whether those weapons if they do reach libya, will they be used for a unified fight against isil or will they be used in the political struggle against -- between the two governments. certainly until you see that unified position, i think it would be -- it will continue to be of great concern whether more weapons in a country that is highly militarized will solve the problem. >> this is the real difficulty, isn't it? even if the united nations says
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yes, we're going to lift the arms embargo how is it physically possible in a country as chaosic as libya to make sure the weapons get to the people you want and to the people who are asking for them? >> the short answer is it's nearly impossible. there are no institutions for those that exist exist only on paper. there is no national army, there is no neutral army. as we said, all these hundreds of brigades each have a different chain of command at the moment, so who are you going to give these weapons to, how are you going to make sure that these weapons are not traded or not smuggled or given to someone else and used for other purposes. certainly it is an incredible challenge, and unless you bring some sort of law and order if you're able to build a national army which has been an incredible challenge ever since the overthrow of muammar gaddafi, it will be very
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difficult to have any control on those weapons and any control on the fight against isil. >> ok, so two more questions which come out of this, we are not talking about specifics within the country at the moment. italy has said because of its proximity to libya it needs to put a lid on what isis is doing to prevent a march on rome. if they were to join in in any shape or form, would it be fighting one of the governments or on the side of both of them? >> well, that's another question that needs to be answered, because at the moment, the international community backs or the u.n. backs the government in tibruk. tripoli said we are the legal ones. backing one government against the other will lead at some point to the further fracture of
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the country. i spoke to some libyans over the phone in several towns both in the east and the west and they said we are heading here to the splitting of libya in two sides and we are waiting to see which you know, the international community is going to choose to back one against the other. that will lead actually as many people to choose civil war. some said the country's already in a civil war. >> and this is a long chat between you and me, but vital i think to get this as clear as we possibly can. let's talk about on the ground stuff now. the other side of that border, i don't know however away from where it is where you are standing right now we've got an awful lot of people, many of them egyptians trying to get out. >> yes we do. there's an estimated 1.3 million egyptians in libya. that number is just an estimate and under the current chaos it's difficult to pinpoint how many there are. there's a long history of egyptian workers going to libya
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for their livelihood. ever since that video that brutal video came out last week, egyptians do feel threatened. now i spoke to some businessmen who rely on these egyptian workers. they said at the moment they are providing them security and they're making sure that those who don't need to go to work, it's non-essential stay indoors. a lot of them are trying to come out. we did hear news this morning that some have been deported, some were illegal fishermen who were caught off the shores of libya. others are workers who were in misrata. they have reached the border on the libyan side not far from where i'm standing, but they are not able to cross into tunisia at the moment. we don't know exactly why. what we do know is that there is an effort to try to bring as many as possible egyptians out of libya and to airlift them directly to egypt. they are worried, they are concerned, they are also afraid that, you know, with the
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situation between egypt and libya, with the airstrikes, there might be public anger against them. from what i understand so far there hasn't been any sort of libyan to egyptian animosity on the street level but certainly there are the threats of all the armed groups, especially those who are against the egyptian government. >> thank you. >> we'll be back with you later but for now, thank you very much indeed. >> qatar recalled its ambassador. the gulf states are voicing their support for qatar. >> the united states claims to have identified 1200 syrian
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rebels the so-called moderate fighters that it believed it can train to take on isil. all on a u.s. led military program expected to begin next month. turkey, saudi arabia and qatar have offered to host the training for those individuals. >> barack obama says the u.s. is not at war with islam but with those who have perverted their religion. he is holding a three day summit on extremism in the white house. he appealed to young people not to fall for isil and al-qaeda propaganda. >> the bottle for the hearts and minds of young people who might be attracted to isil is across social media. we look at a program that is fighting that particular battle. >> this video is the work of a small state department team that's taking the social media fight directly to isil and other so-called militant groups. for years they have publish add
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flood of videos, speeches and songs, trying to recruit young people to their cause. the u.s. government decided in 2011 it had to challenge them with a message of its own. >> that means contesting the spails the terrorists occupy, including the internet and social media. >> the counter messaging operation is small. the center for strategic counter terrorism communications or c.s.c.c. has a small annual budget reported to be about $5 million. that's less than 1% of the state department's public diplomacy budget. only 45-50 people work on the digital outreach team, out of 24,000 employees in the entire state department worldwide. their goal, point out the hypocrisy of isil and al-qaeda's actions. this video's message extremist groups are killing mainly muslims. in many languages frequent
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tweets contest isil's propaganda but not everyone is buying the message. after the u.s. posted this video of a 2011 suicide attack in pakistan a you tube viewer called the u.s. the satan of the west. experts say the messaging has another target, the people who know and live with vulnerable young people. >> they're more tuned in to perhaps what this individual is considering doing and they have some tools at their disposal to try to conduct an intervention. u.s. officials say they have no choice. the narrative being sold can be seductive to the young and naive. >> i think we see in the daily onslaught of extremist propaganda real opportunity to use the tools of engagement to expose their deeds and disconnect between their words and their actions. >> some critics say the cscc actually legitimizes isil and other grooms.
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officials here at the state department say rather than scaling the program back, they're actually planning to expand it. >> experts say it's difficult to gauge how many people might be persuaded by the u.s.'s social media effort, but also argue that in light of the enemy's reach across all parts of the internet the u.s. has no choice but to engage. al jazeera the state department. >> this is some of what we have coming up on the news hour. >> denied corruption but now charged. the latest from thailand on the former prime minister. >> somebody hungry in germany can come and get it. >> we have the sport too find out if the united arab emirates could make they are first cricket cup appearance in almost 20 years a winning one.
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>> northeast of myanmar fighting appears to be spreading, rebel groups fight be the army in shan state. a state of emergency's been enforced in the region up there. government troops trying to drive out mdaa rebels there but other ethnic groups are fighting the government for autonomy throughout that area. the fights forced tens of thousands to take ref final over the border in china. let's hear from veronica pedroza reporting from neighboring thailand. >> they're supposed to be celebrating the chinese new year. instead, ethnic chinese in the border area of myanmar are either trapped by fighting between an ethnic minty rebel army and the myanmar military or fleeing for their lives.
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now that martial law's been declared people are worried it sets the stage for a new push by the myanmar military to end what they see as a threat to national sovereignty. >> we saw two helicopters and airplanes shooting. it was loud. we ran away. we were so afraid. >> the new battle between the ethnic myanmar national democratic alliance army and the myanmar military is just one incident in decades of wars between the central government and ethnic mines. the military-dominated government has agreed ceasefires with some groups, but the reality on the ground doesn't match the peace rhetoric. >> we have a ceasefire with the government on january 28, but this has been broken by the burmese army at least 400 times.
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in 11 months, there have been 102 clashes. >> questions are asked about what martial law in the part of the state could mean for other areas. >> it can happen in any ethnic area given the fact that they are expending their presence, their control in almost every ethnic area that they have ceased fire. >> there could be serious i am applications for neighboring countries, as the arms struggles continues. >> to promote fighting between the ethnic minty armies and government has meant that hundreds of thousands of people have left the country not just to china but also here in thailand. >> there are possible political consequences too. this is a crucial election year, a test of the true depth of reform in me an mar but the ballot can't be held in areas
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under martial law. al jazeera bangkok. >> al jazeera asked myanmar's government to comment on the recent events, but so far there has been no statement issued to us. >> thailand former prime is charged with negligence over a multi-billion dollars rice subsidy for poor farmers. she denies corruption, and of using the scheme. if found guilty, she could face 10 years in prison. >> as i said, the most important thing is the first court hearing. the defendant's presence is required for the court to consider whether the defendant will be allowed temporary bail or be detained. the decision will now depend on the judge's consideration. >> the former prime minister has reaffirmed that when she gets a copy in detail of the indictment and first hearing is set, they will be present in the court for the first process of justice.
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>> let's speak to the former prime minister's security advisor joining us from bangkok. all of her supporters would say this is politically motivated. if one levels the charge of political motivation, what's the evidence for that? >> so far it hasn't been proven in court. all the data are incomplete. so far in order for a political politician with the cab about her of the former prime minister the evidence needs to be a little bit clearer and i think there has been a substantial overblown charge when it comes to the losses, and i believe that the subtext of it, there have been an injection into thai economic system that please add lot of farmers and if allotted to put up in the
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ballot again yingluck will win this election. >> she and her brother were said to be supportive of the poor. he is out of office, she is out of office. why the need to bring these charges if they are out of the system in the moment. >> there is a finer reason behind the junta back from the first and second coup, this past year they have not been able to get rid of the party so now this time the goal was not only to purge the party away from politics completely, but to imprison her even put her out of the exile. that's really what their real goal is, to make sure that her party or herself are not eligible after they make this
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constitution to rig the game so their candidate will win. i'm talking about a junta and those elite who's candidates are running the country for now. >> thank you. i'm sure we'll talk more about this in the future, he used to work with yingluck. thank you for your time. >> soldiers killed after heavy fighting in the ukrainian town of debaltseve. this is hours after the leaders of russia, ukraine germany and france spoke on the phone about the ceasefire or rather lack of it in eastern ukraine. the deal was signed last week in minsk. the ukrainian president poroshenko said he told the others that the taking of the town was not in line with what was agreed to in minsk and the four leaders reiterated the need for withdrawal of heavy weapons
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within the agreed time limit. they said the osce should be allowed in all areas to monitor what was set up in minsk calling for a ceasefire force to maintain what remains of the ceasefire. >> today i want to offer you a proposal to discuss the question of have it to go ukraine a peaceful mission of the united nations which will work according to the mandate of the u.n. security council. >> he also wants a release of all cranes taken prisoner, including those captured by the pro-russian rebels in debaltseve. this is in donetsk where prisoners are being paraded from the pro government side. >> nato is strongly criticized for provoking russia through its
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military expansion in eastern europe. he was speaking after several western leaders warned that moscow may attack a baltic state to test nate's resolve. he was speaking from estonia on the russian border. >> if there is a new cold war this could be the place where the spy movie is set. it's europe's farthest outpost. on this side of the river is estonia, on the other side is russia. that river wouldn't stop an invading army for very long. he is stain i don't is nearly 400 times smaller than russia, has a navy of four ships and an air force of two transport planes. the border town of nava is entirely russian speaking. many innate toe believe a purrous defense of their rights could justify russian military action here. it has become a new fast response base for nato, with soldiers being trained and
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fighter jets at the air base. the government says there was no alternative. >> when it is weakness and indecision i think he will try to exploit it, when it is strength and unity, he will be deterred. >> nato's defense of he is tone. >> has high profile critics. this estonian was aid to gorbachev. his criticism of nato is highly significant. >> this is a kind of provocation for russia. i don't think that it is provocation for russia that attack he is estonia but hasn't increased security, because there is no way that russia is going to attack estonia or
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lithuania for that matter, because it is not in russia's interests. >> what about all those russians in eastern estonia do they see themselves suffering like the russians in crimea? no, they do not. >> they feel part of the european union and believe solutions to their problems will come from europe. they are looking to answers from brussels not moscow. >> the question is whether nato's actions might drive pro european estonian russians towards moscow. >> american and other nato soldiers will be parading in this square in a few days time literally on the russian border in celebration of estonia's national day of independence. american western leaders accuse vladimir putin of paranoia over nato's advance.
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>> politicians here talk about whether their country might be betrayed to the russians over the river by rogue elements in the east of the country. it is not paranoia, then it's certainly outright suspicion. it isn't at all clear if nato's presence will make things better or worse. al jazeera on the estonia-russia border. >> germany has said no to a greek request for more time to pay back its loan for the european union. the newly elected greek government asked for six months more. they will talk about what to do on friday. >> everton's here and hat world weather from where right now? >> boston is having their second snowiest winter on record. a bit more snow to come, as
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well. we have got the trail parts of the u.s., but this band of clouds that's making its way away from the eastern seaboard, so the worst of the snow is making its way to clearing through, i'm happy to say. it will drift eastwards over the next few days. we have the winds coming in from the northerly direction. take a look at these temperatures a high of minus 11 minus five in new york, minus eight in did go. atlanta, minus three and miami 13 degrees. miami should be about 24, atlanta should be plus 12 so very much on the cold side here. we are going to see slightly moderate pushing its way to southern parts as we go through the next couple of days. still pretty cold, though. the snow clears away, clearer skies, temperatures will fall away further along that northeastern corner. by the time we come to saturday, moderate air makes its way into the cold air. we will introduce rain which will quickly turn to central parts of the u.s. on the other side of the world
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storms we are concerned with, damaging winds and flooding rains and this one is also going to do likewise. some parts of central or southern queensland could see 500 millimeters of rain. with damaging winds very dangerous this storm. still on saturday, not looking good for the game. >> everton we thank you for that. coming up. >> from prison suit to dinner suit after prison egypt, peter greste speaks out for media freedom. you see him now you don't. 25 years since the magic of photo shop first hit the market. >> in sport after two weeks one of the word's cold effort endurance events comes to an end. stay with us if you can here, on
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>> libya's u.n.-recognized government asked the u.n. security council to lift the weapons embargo so they can take the fight to isil and other armed groups in the country. egypt wants a naval blockade on libya to stop shipments from reaching fighters. >> the u.s. has identified 1200 syrian rebels who could be moderate fighters trained to take on isil.
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saudi arabia and qatar say they could host the training of these people. >> reports coming in that 13 ukrainian soldiers have been killed after heavy fighting in the eastern town of debaltseve on wednesday. the leaders of ukraine russia, germany and france spoke on the phone about bringing in the ceasefire or maintaining what remains of it, petro poroshenko calling for an international peacekeeping force. >> in argentina there's been a mass march in the rain and in silence, protestors demanding answers they say about the mysterious death of a prosecutor who had caused the president of a coverup. we report from buenos aires. >> not even relentless rain kept tens of thousands from marking one month since the suspicious death of prosecutor alberto
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nisman. the sign says god may forgive them but not the nation. >> for once, argentina wants to know the truth. there is too much political interference in the justice system. on the other hand, it is very suspicious that a prosecutor who precisely was investigating the president ends up dead on no one knows what happened. >> the president has ridiculed suggestions that she may have played a part in the prosecutor's untimely death. >> this is where nisman's office used to be. the government's handling of his death has been clumsy at best. the chief of staff and spokesman accused the organizedders and media of plotting a judicial coup and trying to destabilize the government, further enflaming political passions and difficulties in this country. >> while organizers insist this march wasn't political the presence of every major
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opposition leader and presidential hopeful indicated the contrary. elections are just eight months away and while nisman's death may not be collar fight by then, it's ever a prosecutor has become a symbol and martyr for the ruling party opponents. al jazeera, buenos aires. >> protestors in mexico continue to demand answers of their own. students and police fought in the city in guerrero state where 43 students disappeared five months ago. riot police responding after protestors demanded the release of three students who have been arrested. >> five turkish politicians have been injured after a fight in parliament. the brawl was during a controversial bill that would boost police powers at protests, saying it would promote social
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order. at least 2m.p.'s had to be taken to hospital. >> al jazeera has discovered that many journalists in cambodia are resort to go blackmail. an investigation revealed that some rogue reporters on unearths evidence of crime, then demanding bribes to cover it up. we have that story. >> often in cam boat i can't what doesn't make the news has become more important than what does. many journalists search the country for stories only to demand cash to bury evidence of crime and corruption. this team often blackmail illegal loggers. he receives at least $500 a month from bribes, six times the average wage in cambodia. occasionally he files a story. >> to be honest, we're all the same in this country but there
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are different ways of giving and receiving bribes. sometimes, if they're discreet, they put the moneyen an envelope. everyone benefits from illegal business. >> do you think there's anything wrong at all with the way you operate? >> we don't bother people who are not involved in illegal business. it's simple, we only come in when people break the law. >> increasingly, his team faces violence retaliation from angry loggers. sometimes, journalists ask for a little money for food. i'll give them what i can. if they want more, i can't afford it. i can only fight them. >> last october a journalist was shot dead while investigating a logging company accused of extortion. just as they used to work together tonight, he is with another colleague who's car has been smashed by illegal loggers. >> we got angry because i
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caught them loading wood in the rain. i caught them in the act. >> cambodia's ministry said it is easy to get pass to say work as a journalist. >> journalism has become a business. anyone can be a journalist. if you want qualified journalists, they'll need training courses. if you apply that condition there will be very few of them left. >> the lack of professionalism creates a murky news industry where many cross the line between journalism and blackmail. al jazeera cambodia. >> you can see this program at 22:30g.m.t. on thursday. >> the royal television society in london honored three al jazeera journalists who have been in jail in egypt. peter greste was truly humbled
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to accept the award as mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed prepare to fight for their freedom too. barnaby phillips reports. >> from an egyptian prison to london for peter greste, it's ban whirl wind two and a half weeks. [ cheers and applause ] >> how different to the courtroom and prison, where he spent all of last year. peter's enjoyed his release tempered by the fact that his colleagues, mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed must still fight their case in an egyptian court it. >> weighses on me enormously. you've got to remember that i left them behind in prison. that was a very difficult moment for me. we always knew it was a possibility. we discussed it at the time, and we all annualed that this would be the right thing to do, but
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still, to leave them behind, leave them, you know, effectively my brothers, the people who i lived so closely with for the past 400 days, was very very difficult. >> journalists in britain as in so many other countries across the word have campaigned for the release of the al jazeera three. >> we believe that we must be allowed to do what we do, to ask questions, to hold people to account, to tell the stories about issues that matter. the hash tag that went around the world journalism is not a crime, we must not stop saying it. >> it could have been any one of us. it's the principle that journalists are not terrorists. we are there to tell a story and we do it as honestly as we can and when something like that happens, everybody whatever organization they're from, whether british or egyptian or south african come together to defend a principle.
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>> 2015 will know doubt be another challenging year for journalists in many countries. if anything positive has come out of this case, it's the sense of solidarity between those who report the news, who seek to explain our troubled world. >> the thanks always black and white or sometimes in color or not the facts. it is happy birthday to photo shop, 25 today. it can change the way you look at things. millions of us used to play around with i am manuals and have a bit of fun. governments use it, too or some similar program. you can rewrite history making figures disappear altogether. on the left, you can see kim jong-un's uncle on the right he's been rubbed out which he was in fact. we know fashion is a fan of photo shop. iran state media adding fabric to catherine ashton's top to make it more modest.
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michelle obama here, covered up more on the right, which was an iranian news agency shot. a funny one that surfaced during the 2004 presidential elections funny, i suppose if you were looking at making if you know of george bush reading a book upside down. >> the one on the right taken out there after he fell out of favor with the soviet leader. >> a london professor teaching photo journalism. do you think photo shop has changed the face of photo journalism. >> it represents what we used to do in the old black and white dark room. it represents change, you can do it more easily and quickly, as
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well. reuters and a.p. have strict guidelines about what staff are allowed to do in the field. they are not allowed to do any postproduction in the field at all. it challenges the truth of photography. >> used to do it in the dark room i used to see it when people were working on newspapers. the thing is now anybody can do it at any time at home. >> it obviously dependency on the context. if you're using it for a fun or to fake red eye out of your baby's photos, that's of course fine. when you make claims to authenticity or the truth or in journalism there's a real danger of manipulation. having said that, what's interesting about photo shop, because it's a digital image there are software programs you can run through the image that would detect at the pixel level whether the image has been manipulated or not. ironically in a way it's safer
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because we can tell when an image has been photo shopped. >> it's easy to pick up the fakes like they do on these t.v. crime dramas. >> yes in a way yes. the real danger in many ways is the way photo shop is used in other mediums advertising and film. there's a huge danger in terms of the way that women are represented. almost every model or celebrity use that has been retouched and the image that gives to people is quite dangerous in some ways. kate winslet very famously took a stand against this, because she didn't want her body distorted or changed. >> do you include this in it, or do you say listen, you've got to take the best pictures you can? >> no, no, we obviously talk a lot about what's acceptable and not in terms of nip reaction. it's a very hot topic of debate in the industry, press photo
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competition, for example are verb engaged in trying to set industry standards around what is acceptable and what is not in terms of news production. i think we have to have some clear idea of what we can do and can't do. things that were happily done in the old black and white dark room making images darker or lighter or adjusting them in those ways are not acceptable in the digital dark room. in organizations a minimal amount of postproduction is allowed. >> when everyone out there is a photo journalist, do we need top notch photographers to do something different? volunteer absolutely. everybody has a camera, but doesn't mean everybody can tell stories. doesn't mean everybody understands journalistic values and the authority of being a journalist. if you look at the sort of stories that they engage with, they work long term and shine a light into dark corners as it were and that's not happening in any great scale or degree with
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citizen jury roomism. there are certain news stories where the person is there and capture that unique image with the mobile phone camera, but by and large the compassion another photo journalist is still very much needed indeed. >> i agree with you. a picture tells a thousand words. thank you. we have this coming up. >> every time when we throw something here away, we are contributing to starvation in the world. >> sandwiches not going to waste in berlin. they are being used to feed the hungry. >> back on the sheet for royal madrid. we'll have the latest news from the champions league in about five minutes.
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>> 80 sandwiches were unsold, food gets wasted in many cases but in germany a foot sharing website, yeah, food sharing is helping to make sure that food reaches the right people. nick spicer explains. >> riding to the rescue. this berlin student is dropping off fresh bread a bakery couldn't sell before closing and some leftovers from his home fridge. >> i'm going away for the holidays and i still have a lot of food left. i can't take with it me, because it's too much. >> this tea shop is one of scores that drop off and pick up points in berlin for food that would otherwise go to waste. rafael is a founder of the food
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sharing website. he says the focus is not primarily on helping poor people, but on saving food with volunteers or food savers. >> you don't have to be poor, you don't have to be rich, the only thing you have to be is a little bit aware of the normal rules like being punctual and being clean with a place where you rescue the food, be nice to the shop owners, and to the employees, as well as to the other food savers. >> this bakery is one of 270 businesses in berlin using the website. since the site is in german, businesses in austria switzerland and the rest of germany can use it. at this point over 1,000 have decided to do so. >> unsold bread and sandwiches, he uploads a picture to the website which lets hungry users know when and where to come and get it. if you signed up to help rescue food it tells you where you have to make a pickup and where
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to leave it or how to get food yourself. >> he is back in the sea shop for another delivery. he says the actions are local but as germany imports lots of food the effects reach wide. >> every time when we throw something here away, we are contribute to go starvation in the world and by reducing the waste, we can really help on a global scale. >> a final food rescue takes place with leftovers from a school cafeteria. anyone can volunteer. the food is free. however, the real satisfaction is not in the eating, but the sharing. nick spicer, al jazeera berlin. >> we've got the sport. >> thank you so much, david. zimbabwe picked up their first win in this cricket cup against the united arab emirates, making their first appearance in almost 20 years. hitting a competitive 285 for seven in 50 overs this game played in nelson, new zealand.
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zimbabwe were beat be, chased down with a couple of over to say spare. shawne williams coming up with the match winner scored an unbeaten 76. he says the smaller teams can be a match for anyone at this world cup. >> every single team at this world cup deserves to be at this world cup. for example any one of the top teams could be beaten by us, by scotland anyone. any cricket team will take the top team right to the end. >> christian rinaldo ended his drought. opening the scoring in germany as real won he now that 58 goals in 58 champions league games. marcellas scored a second in this 2-0 win. >> rinaldo lives for scoring that's for sure. it wasn't a problem that he hadn't scored for one or two
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games, but was definitely good for him to get that goal. it wasn't just a goal for him statistically, but a goal that put us ahead in the game. i think we are back on track. >> portuguese drew in switzerland. this game saw nine players getting yellow cards. >> one of the nba's biggest stars has been ruled out for the rest of the season. carmelo anthony of the new york knicks is to undergo knee surgery, the knicks currently the bottom of the eastern conference. >> the minnesota vikings have publicly backed the return to action of adrian peterson. peterson was banned from the nfl in september after reports emerged he had beaten his 4-year-old son with a tree branch. peterson pleaded no contest to charges and missed 15 games last season. the running back remains suspended for now but can apply to be reinstated in april. >> he's a very unique football player. i'm sure adrian's doing
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everything he can do off the field. he made a mistake admitted a mistake, i'm sure he's doing everything he can to not only make himself better as a football player, but also a better person off the field. that's the type of person that adrian is. >> after nearly two weeks of competition, the longest and last leg of the yukon arctic ultra marathon has drown to a close in northern canada. competitors or foot, cross country skis and mountain bikes have been racing through the wilderness. nearly 100 athletes began the race but half dropped out with temperatures hovering at minus 40 degrees celsius. there is a standard marathon and longer courses up to 690 kilometers. al jazeera has been along the trail from start to finish. >> from this, less than two weeks ago a joyful start to nearly 700 kilometers of tough-going, to the first
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finishers in the historic town of dawson city. it's been quite an event. there were a record number ant industries but extreme cold, occasionally minus 50 celsius made for a powerful challenge. >> i laid down for an hour, and it was too cold. >> kyle of the u.s. won the 160 kilometers. to stop, he said was dangerous possibly fatal. >> around him racers were feeling the effects. early front runner of poland had to be rescued by helicopter with severe frostbite. >> from the czech republic, newly married early injuries forced her out early he kept going. at 500 kilometers, a sore ankle stopped him short. not only the cold diminished enthusiasm. >> going through the night just
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as a wide tunnel, one part of you just wants to go and finish the challenge and one part of you, the more realistic one just telling you, you know, it's your health. >> those healthy enough to finish will straggle in for a few more days, but the fastest man on wheels, italy's contender has won twice before, once on foot once on skis. at 61 years old he's the only old age pensioner in the race. >> another italian won the long distance as a runner, two days behind his fellow country man who was there to honor him at the finish. its competitive, of course, these are some of the word's most physically fit people, but as tough as the going can get there's a powerful spirit of sportsmanship.
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>> we call it a race. it is in a way. people do like to say i finished third, fourth and sometimes fight for their rankings, but in the end it's more about the camaraderie, you know, it's about finishing. it's about the journey. >> what a journey it's been through the vast and sometimes daunting yukon wilderness to here an historic gold russia town where the relics of a by gone area surround what is probably the toughest and coldest race in the world. al jazeera dawson city in the yukon. >> there's more on the rest of the sport on our website. you can check it out at aljazeera.com/sport. there are photos of an official announcement of a bid to become fifa president. that is your sport for now. >> thank you very much. the los angeles gearing up for saturday's academy awards, but away from the glitz and glamour
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the spotlight is on l.a. county's war veterans. we tell you why they are big news at a big event. >> we have a solemn responsibility to provide our veterans and wounded warriors with the care and benefits they've earned when they come home. >> that was the promise but the reality. >> if that's what they want, why the hell are you making things so damn hard. >> mike served in iraq. he survived bombings, saw friends die and they are still dying. it's post traumatic stress disorder ptsd which is taking them now. it very nearly took him too. >> now that it's hitting on a global scale more veterans are killing themselves now than they ever have before, at an alarming rate and it keeps getting higher. we feel remorse, you know what i mean? it kills us. >> ptsd is big news in hollywood this year. american sniper is in contention right now.
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the man on trial was it's claimed suffering from the disorder. there's a strong dose of reality and the best documentary shorts category this film, a stark look at the men and women who man telephone help lines talking suicidal war veterans out of killing themselves. >> there are around 22 million war veterans in the united states. in fact, they represent just under 10% of this countries homeless population. los angeles county has the highest concentration and it is a hugely political issue. the mayor has vowed to get them off the streets and into a home by the end of this year alone. statistically, they are 50% more likely to commit suicide than non-veterans especially within three years of returning home. >> as for mike, there have been dark times, lots of them, but it's getting easier. he says that is down to bain who never leaves his side and helped
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save his life. >> i already planned out i was going to exit this world, you know he got on the knife and he kind of shrugged down a little bit, so i'm streaming at him you know, get off the knife and he didn't do it. he looked at me, and i broke down started crying, and grabbed him real close and promised i'd never do it again. i told him i'd repay him and thank you. >> the oscars may help show ptsd to the wider word, many will still struggle in silence. mike at least is trying to close the door on his experience. al jazeera california. >> there will be many people thinking of that on the night of the oscars. we'll bring you all that news and the headlines. goodbye for now.
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