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>> yemen's president flees from the capitol as more people protest against houthi rebels. >> hello, from doha everyone. this is the world news from al jazeera. as thousands rally in moscow in opposition to last year's up rising in ukraine the united states is warning of more sanctions against russia. seeking safety tens of thousands of ethnic chinese cross the border from myanmar to escape fighting there. and putting pressure on piracy the u.s. law could soon
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catch up with film streaming. >> first there is news coming out of nigeria. the army said that it has recaptured a town from boko haram fighters. now if you go back to january the arm grouped overtook the town right up to the corner in what is reported to be one of the worst atrocities in the six-year insurgency. hundreds of people were reported killed there. and we'll bring you more on that that. we'll look at yemen where president hadi is meeting with security officials in aden.
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he left sanaa after being held for weeks. many protesters had been calling for hadi's release. >> there have been expectations that he will give a speech upon the by local tv in aden. that seems to be postponed for tomorrow i assume and that it also means that there is more preparation needed of what he wants to say to the yemeni people after being in house detention in sanaa and everybody is waiting to hear about what happened in the last two weeks and they're waiting
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to hear what action he will take next. now everything will hinge on the type of action he will take. he'll reconfirm his resignation or say something about the conditions in which he resigns and now he'll go back to his office as the president of yemen. however, he can't lead yemen from sanaa any more under present circumstances. that means he'll be rolling from aden: aden wants to be an independent capitol to southern yemen, and many southern yemenis yearn where it can be a capitol once again. >> what is it like in aiden? >> there is an availability-- >> that's what i was going to ask you. are people quite nervous? i know it's gone down. what type of security did you
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see there? >> we saw more security forces and particularly the police here in aden more than any time before and also while arriving in aden we saw considerable military movement towards the north. we heard that communities have decided to close the border between the north and the south and that indicates fear of possible action by the houthies. we know that the houthis have come close to the border, and they have been pondering the possibility of invading the south. they're talking about the fact that they have the state and have the right to to the port of aden. there are considerable fears here.
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there are new thoughts if hadi will continue to rule the countries, and those who are loyal to him, they are ready to fight against the houthies. >> so we wait, don't we. thank you mohammed, we'll wait to hear from president hadi, and we'll speak with you later on. back to that breaking news in nigeria. on the line from abuja, we have the latest with that. yvonne?
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>> yvonne, i'm going to interrupt you. there. i was hoping that the phone line would improve, but it hasn't. we'll talk with you soon. let's look at grease which faced a tough day in russells on friday. it was only the first of many tests. greece's prime minister addressed the nation on saturday saying a battle may have been won, but real difficulty lie ahead. >> yesterday we took a decisive step leaving austerity, the bailouts, a decisive step for a change in direction within the eurozone. the negotiation now enter into a new decisive phase within the final transitional agreement to the policies of growth, employment, and social cohesion. >> let's break down the agreements here that the greeks
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struck with the european union. greece signed up to its existing bailout for another four months which is what germany wanted. so in return to the extension athens now has three days to decide how to reform its economy. things like tax collection and pensions. they promised to work night and day to have the reform ready on time for the group's monday deadline. if its plan is not approved by the researchers at rutgers universityeuro group. taxes have risen sharply during the crisis, but so too are people not paying them. >> these are the children whose parents lost the ability to care for them. they are among 300 living in a charity, not only does it not
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seek state subsidies. it also pays $130,000 in taxes each year, almost five times what it paid before the crisis. with that money, it says, it could care for another 25 children. >> we have a lot of important charities and institutions in greece. they could increase their work. but they cannot. not because they're lacking of any governmental subsidyies. but of course the government by taxation is taking the money of the private donor for a company that gave to the charities for making and doing what the states should do. >> greeks now owe the treasury an unprecedenteded $86 billion and they seem increasingly unable to pay. creditors believe that greece is
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going to fall $4.5 billion short of its target this year. the vast majority of taxpayers owes less than $5,000, and it's most likely to come forward and settle. but 97% of greek tax arrears are owed by 11% of taxpayers. that includes a tough kernel of tax evaders that governments have failed to reign in. the government's plan is to collect a large up front sum. it's inviting people to come forward with a down payment against their tax arrears and it will match that payment with a discount of equal size. >> we will do our best. we didn't know before all the figures we know now. our policy from now on needs to focus on putting a stop to the increase of uncollected taxes which grew by an enormous
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1.1 eur billion. >> it has promised to abolish a hated property tax and to provide social spending while cutting taxes it has to bring growth and pair back an expensive state and greece's creditors simply don't seem to believe that it can. . >> the u.s. secretary of state john kerry said that russia will face further sanctions because of its actions in ukraine adding that the united states knows to a certainty that russia is giving support to the separatists. >> russia has engaged in absolutely brazen and cynical process over these last days. we know to a certainty how russia is evolved with the separatists and ways that russia
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has cynically been willing to go to even lead in an effort of the u.n. even simultaneously as it is continue to go do land grabbing in ukraine. >> we'll have an update on that and more were moscow. >> any increase in sanctions would be counter productive of tensions and that the kremlin would be forced to come up with an appropriate response. the west is in a dilemma here because at the moment it does not seem to be finding to use significant military force other than considering the supplying of the ukrainian army with weaponry. but the sanctions applied don't really seem to have changed the kremlin's behavior in any way. so we're in a position now where the west is talking about giving the sanctions another turn of the screw to see if it has any affect effect.
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that is not to say that the sanctions have had no effect. they've had significant effect on russian opinion and they've annoyed and that's been played on by maximum effect by the kremlin. today you have thousands and thousands of people out on the streets of moscow for what is being called an anti-maidan rally. that is to say that the people who are on the streets of moscow are saying saying that what happens in ukraine a year ago was a blood which disaster, and that nothing of the sort should be allowed to happen here in russia. >> still ahead on al jazeera, the war in winter. syrians displaced by the conflict face another battle, this one.
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on your kids, to skyrocketing child identity theft, we'll show you, your kid's digital footprint, that's leaving an easy trail for criminals >> the stream on al jazeera america >> to the top stories once again. the nigerian army has recaptured the town from boko haram fighters. the armed group took over the town in what was reported to be one of the worst atrocities of the six-year insurgency. the deposed yemeni president president hadi, has left sanaa after being held for weeks by houthi fighters. u.s. secretary of state john kerry said that russia will face further sanctions because of actions in eastern ukraine and said that the u.s. is certain
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that russia is giving support to separatists there. all right, to nigeria. where the military has recaptured a town from boko haram. the phone line is better with yvonne. so we go to you yvonne. >> reporter: that's right. this is from nigeria's military spokesperson confirming that this town has been captured by nigerian forces. this is a significant moment in the fight against boko haram. it's symbolic victory if you like back in the group because this has been a flash point of the worse violence we've seen in this insurgency. they have released video showing
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that many people in the area have been devastated in ongoing fighting. so symbolically it's important in its stage against the war against the group to show that it could recapture this place. it is one of several that has been captured in the last few days. and authorities say it is more evidence, beyond forces having victories against them and gaining grown against the groups powers diminishing. >> just as you mentioned that, we got hold the satellite imagery, and we're having a look at it before and after situations in baga. it's obviously significant if the army can say it's retaken this. but i get the feeling that one step forward two steps back because there are so many other fronts against boko haram across border attacks in other
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countries. >> well, that's right. and the group has been perpetrating acts of violence, not just nigeria but possible in other countries cameroon, and even chad. it's very difficult to know precisely how successful the military operations of the group are because every battle that is won, sometimes in just the next day there are further reports of attacks by the group. the way the military authorities see it here is that the group is relevant in certain areas. they have not seen of the group. they say it's an ongoing battle, a problem that won't be solved easily. but you might recall the elections in niger nigeria have
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been exposed having taken further hits by the group. what we're hearing about areas being recaptured, and boosting public confidence in what the majority authorities are saying about the overall impact of the assault against boko haram. >> thank you for that update. yvonne on the line in abuja in the latest against boko haram. a car bomb has killed four people in syria. activists say ten children were among the 48 people killed in a village north of aleppo earlier this week. they say forces executeed the families of alleged rebels on tuesday. this is aleppo itself. six people have died when a government helicopter dropped a barrel bomb on a district, and northeast damascus five people were killed in douma after
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government warplanes conducted several attacks, 20 others were injured. well, of course thousands of syrian refugees will be spending their fourth winter. over the last few weeks heavy snow storms have hit the qalanoun mountains are 500 families are trapped. we have morton. more on that. >> it is freezing in the qalanoun mountains and without fuel it's hard to stay worm. 500 families are living in flimsy tents and freezing conditions. the qalanoun mountains are close to the border of lebanon but there is not a single aid agency working here because the government classifies the area as a war zone and bans visitors were coming here. >> we're suffering terribly, especially the young children.
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the tents we're living in can't with stand the heavy snowfall or snow storms. we cannot afford to protect ourselves. we can't even afford blankets and covers. the heating fuel we had lasted just a week. >> this is just one of the 7 million people inside syria displaced, forced from their homes because of non-stop fighting. and as the snow continues to fall they're trying to survive the weather and the long brutal war in their country. >> 89 boys have been kidnapped from the town in south to you sudan. it's not clear who abducted the children, some as young as 13. there has been recent fighting between government and rebel forces there. 12,000 children across south sudan have been used as soldiers by armed groups just last yearenner. indonesia leaders say that two convicted drug smugglers
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will be executed this month. they were the ring leaders of a group of australians arrested ten years ago trying to smuggle heroin into bally. they were supposed to be transferred to a prison for execution earlier this week but that was delayed for technical reasons. north korea state television has released more pictures of kim jong-un during military drills. these images are released ahead of the u.s.-south korea military exercises which pyongyang says are a rehearsal for an invasion. there has been more shelling between myanmar and china. fighting between myanmar's army and gunmen who want more there. >> several times today we've
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heard the distant thud of artillery, the fighting on the other side of the border does tend to ebb and flow. but things on the chinese side things are relatively calm. what we don't know are civilians who have been called caught in the cross fire. one person i spoke to was able to get to 10 kilometers from here said he saw the 20 bodies of men and women lying on one street. we can't verify that, but we've heard stories of our own people who cannot escape. >> the symbol of economic hopes that china has for this remote region but today the center has been transformed into a refugee camp often escaping with just a handful of possessions. like those on this side of the border they are ethnic chinese and with the counts of brutality by
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myanmar's army. >> the soldiers caught me and hit me again and again like this. just like this on my own head. >> this farmer arrived nine days ago. >> they took most of our cattle. i only have a few left. there is a big mess there. it is too dangerous to go back. we're afraid that they'll kill us. >> elsewhere families squat in a row of partially built shops. they fend for themselves the best they can. the military is in charge of this humanitarian operation. a soldier shouts to refugees to go inside. he doesn't want us filming them. sometimes the soldiers. succeed. behind me is some of the 30,000 refugees who crossed over from myanmar into china during the last few days, and beside me are soldiers who were trying to prevent us from filming. it is a sensitive issue for china.
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they're providing food, shelter and water for these refugees, but this is a tricky situation for china. tricky because some of these refugees want china to support their campaign for autonomy, but beijing insists it does not interview with the internal affairs of other countries. the border between china and myanmar was eerily quiet saturday. normally it's one of the busiest crossing points between the two countries, but some of the fighting is going on in the town just visible in the distance. after some of those fled this is as close as they can get to home. >> you don't get to choose your neighbors. china has 14 of them. and the one causing the most angst at the moment is, of course myanmar. a country that it considers a friend and ally, but that friendship has been strained by what's happening just across this border. >> two men aused of trying to kill the bolivian president back
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in 2009 have now admitted their guilt. the unthe hungarian and croatian nationals have pled not guilty to the charges. the men were the surviving members of a team manning to target opposition leaders. other members of the team were killed during a government raid. venezuelan's opposition leader is calling on people to unite and resist government plans to crackdown on dissident voices. also calling for the release of the mayor of caracas who is a critic of president nicolás maduro. he is under arrest, and accused of plotting a coup with the help of the united states. >> these are allegations that we've seen from the maduro government. like all previous allegations they are ludicrous. the fact that they should stop trying to blame the united states and others members of the international communities for
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events inside venezuela, the venezuelan government needs to deal with this grave situation it faces. the united states is not trying to undermine ving aeconomy or it's government. stars of the silver screen are still making their way to hollywood for the biggest night of the moviecal movie calendar. we look at how the film industry is facing a new threat these days that of online streaming. [ telephone dial tone ] >> you could say that it was napster that started it all. the music industry hated it. but it seems ten years ago. there are loads of legal streaming sites out there. you pay a monthly fee watch as much as you want. job done. perfect. but there are other sites that stream pirated movies, and
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people can watch them at no cost. those sites are breaking the law. but as for people who watch these films are they acting illegally? that's a crickety subject. you speak to one lawyer, they tell you one thing. >> it's not illegal to view a movie that streams on your computer. as long as the copy that streams does not make a duplicate on the computer, it is not violating one of the exclusive rights of the copyright owner holds. >> you speak to another and they'll tell you something else. >> in fact, you are still copy to a server temporarily the materials. it is copyright infringement to stream material that you don't have a license for that you don't own or you're not paying for in some fashion. >> how about a third opinion? >> it's a list of things you're not allowed to do. up loading a movie is on that list. that's making a second copy. that's generally going to be illegal. but streaming a movie just to watch it, being a viewer, that's
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not really something that is on the list of things that the copyright law forbids. >> the problem is that many of these films are being streamed from countries that the u.s. has no legal jurisdiction. an example is this film. it's filmmaker is un' but optimistic. >> iti can see where it's being streamed and each one was those represent a loss of profits. but the other side this has improved the way that we make these movies and distribute them really. >> large companies won't go after individuals, they will be
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forced to adapt if they want to beat the pirates. >> don't have to worry about streaming on www.aljazeera.com. it's all perfectly legal. look at all the headlines whenever you want at www.aljazeera.com. which states are working for you and against you on this issue. and later, the price to pay for the 21st september tree classroom. how a student's click is being tracked by data collection agencies, 10 million data points a day per child.