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♪ this is al jazeera. ♪ welcome to another newshour from al jazeera at our headquarters in doha. in the next sixty minutes: >> we refrain from up loading them simply because there were some women and children. >> egypt's president defends his country's targets. >> an aggression and says there will be repercussions. >> thousands gather to remember the maidan protests in kiev.
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a blast kills two at a march in karkiv. plus. >> in the heart of columbian rain forests where conservationists are fighting to preserve jaguars for future generations. egypt's president has defended his position to attack isil target did in libya. he said it was planned top avoid civilian casualties. he said egyptian forces delayed attacking isil targets for several months due to this reason. >> we launched an offensive against 13 targets. these targets were subjected to strict and inaccurate surveillance. intelligence information was gathered in absolute secrecy and
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accuracy. >> let's bring in al jazeera's hoda following from djerba. what will be made of what president sisi had to say there? >> reporter: president sisi was talking both to the egyptians and the international community, to the egyptians, he clearly said that he needed to do that the blood of innocent egyptians had been spilled on libyan soil and he could not face the families and pay his condolences without doing that. >> will be well received certainly by the families and those who supported those airstrikes in egypt. not everyone in the country, as divided as it is at the moment. on the international level, it will respond to the concerns that we heard from washington. we heard at the united nations within the arab league.
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the international community basically was worried to what extent would these airstrikes happen or that signaled more let's say covert a more intense involvement of egypt on the libyan scene and that involvement was viewed as being a bit partisan in the sense that in libya, the u.n.-recognized government in tobrok had welcomed those attacks. there was also -- but the one in tripoli, the court appointed one had clearly condemned it and continues to condemn it nearly on a daily basis. so certainly, some of what he said was really to answer the international community to give them an indication of what he was thinking and how far he was willing to go with those airstrikes. >> said there are hundreds of thousands of egyptians in libya. nobody really knows how much. things have become a bit more
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dangerous for them over the past few months and sentially after the airstrikes. we know about three who were recently kidnapped in the southern city working for a telecom company. what will happen to them? will they appear in another gruesome video? and how will he react? so certainly, there are a lot of questions even though e repeated more than once that his army was not an offensive army that it does not invade countries and it will just only defend its borders, its people and its territory. >> he did, however, use the word "revenge" to describe the action that his armed forces took in libya. and he said that also that his army has been planning an operation like thissing before. what are we to make of that? it hadn't launched these attacks because of concern about civilian casualties.
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>> reporter: well, i think he is also responding in that on two levels, again. i think the use of the word "revenge" was for the egyptian domestic consumption. there was an upr or in egypt over that killing of these 21 coptic christians. then there has been a lot of talk even though it has never really been confirmed that egypt had been already sort of cooperating in libya with the libyan national army loyal to the u.n.-recognized government in tobrok. he said he made sure that there was no civilian casualties because there was an uproar over that. there were pictures that came out of the director of the hospital in derna who talked about civilian casualties. we know about seven of them. amongthem, three children are now in egypt and said that those
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children had not died but had died in another city of other reason. this was a campaign against the country. now, civilian casualties do happen. even if you have the most solid of intelligence on the ground even if you studied things carefully. things like that happened over and over again. that is something that maybe this time he maynaged to contain somehow, but in the future if there is more harm done to these egyptian workers living there and that he will have to again take in his words revenge, then he will have to make sure that that kind of incident does not happen and is not happening in a bigger fashion. >> hoda many thanks there in djerba. president sisi spoke about egypt's relations with gulf states. >> all of the arab brothers the
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monarch of saudi airarabia jordan the leadership, government and the people of saudi arabia and jordan offered their condolences and expressed solidarity with egypt. they even offered military assistance. this is highly appreciated and commended commended. i reiterate my thanks and appreciation to both the monarchs. >> gulf states a saudi air sab i can't and jordan joining us is al jazeera's scenario political analyst. what do you make of what the president had to say? >> he went on to talk about kuwait and the united emirates. >> qatar has withdrawn its ambassador from cairo? >> certainly they did not send congratuations. this comes against the backdrop if you remember, of certain leaks about sisi's bad-mouthing
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the gulf leaderships, saying lousy things about money and carelessness and so on and so forth. i think that's a way to asay we have support in the arab world and we appreciate the gulf states. >> what was the point of this speech? several months into his presidency as you said earlier on the production values highly produced, prerecorded speech to the nation why now? what's he doing here? >> two things. one, it comes after the bombings of certain sites in libya against isis and i think for a general who became president in a very controversial circumstances, of course most people say coup detet. this is to be talking about his achievements over the last several months. as they say in the arrestable world and elsewhere when there is battle no voice will ever be
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louder than the battlefield. this is the time for him to speak out. we are not just talking about libyan airstrikes. i went on after we finished our last conversation and listened to the rest of the speech. it's quite a amazing. he talks everything about kids in the streets barefooted to distribution of rice. right? what's common among these things is he can talk with detail in a very soft way about all sorts of things but not once can you detect a vision of anything. >> right. >> there is no strategy towards something. there is no objective. there is no mission. there is, of course no talk about the political turmoil in egypt, itself, about the tens of thousands of political prisoners and so on and so forth. but he is quite effective in talking about the very small details that affect this and that egyptian person including their safety and so on and so forth but neg neglecting as a statesman to be precise and
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elaborate about a vision for the country that is in turmoil. >> how do you think it will go down with the egyptian public? >> i think a good number of people will say he is a person that cares a good number of people will say he is a statesman likely and he cares about us. i think a whole bunch of other people especially those, of course, who voted for his -- for the other guy who was in prison today and a whole bunch of other people will say, look. we have heard this conversation before. we have heard talk about rice and we have heard talk about other things. but explain to us president sisi, why did you buy fighter jets that we don't need with money that we don't have to impress us when we don't want to be impressed with jet fights. this is the question. and to call that an achievement, paying $6,000,000,000 that egypt doesn't have? egypt that is hugely in debt instead of economic programs for the country? these are the kind of questions i think now will be on the egyptian mind.
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many thanks indeed. mouwan bishara, our senior political analyst. john kerry has arrived in geneva for nuclear talks with his iranian counterpart to focus oat technical aspects of developing an agreement on iran's nuclear program. negotiations between tehran and six worlds powers are at a crucial stage with a march deadline loom to go reach a frame working agreement. divisions remain overrun rainian enrichment and thepates of removing saringsz. syrian has described a turkish military operation inside syria as flagrant aggression. hundreds of turkish soldiers were sent to move an ottoman too many given to turkey in 192 win. damascus said it was informed but did not give its permission. it warns there will be consequences. bernard smith reports now from istanbul. >> reporter: under the cover of night, the turkish military
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crossed the border into syria moving through territory controlled by isil, they were heading more than 30 kilometers to a piece of turkish soil the sides of a football pitch that is an ottoman sideline. the it too many was left under turkish control when the french drew the borders of modern syria in 1921. suliman was the grandfather of the first ottoman emperor. now, citing increased fighting in the area between isil and the kurds, the turkish government decided to evaluate 40 or so troops stationed at the sidelinehrine. >> they entered with 57 armed order vehicles and 572 soldiers. our troops reached sulimanshah out post and a religious ceremony was held for removing the rooimz. >> simultaneously the turkish flag was planted at a new
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location where suliman's remains will be reburied. it's simymbolically in syria, om just. the spot is up against the border. so within sight of turkey's military. by dawn, the operation was over. the government in ankara said it was all done without coordination with the syrian kurds who control the border. nor was the syrian government in damascus involved. turkish government has no appetite to involve its military in the war in syria. so, it might have needed to pull its troops out from the shrine to avoid the risk that isil tacked them so forcing turkey's hand. it comes as turkey and the u.s. agree to train free syrian army fighters here, the first time turkey has agreed to take such an overt role in the battle against isil. bernard smith, al jazeera, istanbul. >> here is a look at recent relations between turkey and
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syria. turkey has been opposed to the assad regime since the civil war began almost four years ago. it's been condemning the crackdown on protesters since 2011. ankara trained fighters from the free syrian army on its soil. turkey is not part of the u.s.-led military coalition against isil but in september the turkish parliament authorized action against isil. earlier this week turkey announced it will help train moderate syrian fighters to fight both isil and the assad regime. it has been criticized for being lax on isil recruits crossing into syria. now from the former brigadier general in the turkish army. he says turkey was justified in acting. >> the two situations, kolbani and this one, it's completely different. the kolbani was an incident. beyond turkish national
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interests, beyond turkish national borders, but this operation was executed to, in a sense, to fasttrack turkish military from a very serious threat. i mean turkey had to conduct this operation and actually there is a sound international law basis which is 1921 ankara agreement in this respect. any intervention on the turkish side in kolbani case was illegal from international law perspective. but the recent operation to extract the turk irwin military from this tomb was completely legal. still to come here on the newshour: a lab in a suitcase that's powered by the sun. we look at a new tube being used in senegal to stop thespread of ebola plus: >> i am dez yam illna in an indian village that has prepub
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wi-fi. we will look at how this village set itself apart. >> later in the sport with robin, why a broken bat was the least of lancastersri lanka's worries. the rest. >> ukraine's military said it is starting to withdraw heavy weapons from the front line in keeping with a peace deal signed last week. the minsk agreement called for an immediate and if you will bilateral ceasefire. both sides have to pull back their large guns and rockets from 25 to 70 kimometers from the conflict line. >> will create a buffer zone up to 140 kilometers wide which is the main element of the minsk deal. there has been a prisoner swap in keeping with the deal. 130 ukrainian troops and 52 rebels were exchanged according to a separatist official. fighting has eased in many areas since the ceasefire came into
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effect. but there have been report of explosions in the rebel-held city of donetsk and of an attempt to storm positions near the port city of mairupol. mean while, in the capitol, thousands have taken part in a march to commemorate protests last year in which more than 100 people were killed. from the ukrainian capitol, jonah hull reports. >> in the eastern city of chark charkiv people gathered for a peace march, then... a bomb blast. more lives lost. the authorities are treating it as an act of terrortism, they say, instructed by russia. some will fear that the war in the east may spread further into the country. in kiev another march remembering the street protests a year ago and their victims, president poor povr was joined at the head of the march by some
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european leaders and other lower level guests. it wasn't the turnout he may have hoped for after promising the crowds on friday that presidents and prime ministers would attend, that the doors of the european remain wide open to ukraine and that there will be victory in the east. president poroshenko is under immense pressure. domestically the state of the economy and huge losses in the east demand a response. internationally, he is expected to hold the line in a shaky ceasefire despite repeated transgressions by other side. for now many believe the president is doing all he can. >> i think he does his best and, of course there are different ideas of what he do better, but i wish him good luck because it's very difficult situation, and if somebody knows what to do else let them go and do themselves. >> more could be done but he is doing his best in the circumstances in which our
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country is under different circumstances you can do this you can do that and history has no if. >> the u.s. ambassador agreed there is no real idea what will happen if the cease-fire fails. >> there is no reason why russia should feel threatened by a ukraine which is moving towards europe, which is developing higher standards of democracy, transparency and goverance. >> reporter: there is talk of possibly arming ukraine against russia. >> it's the russian government involved in this extraordinary campaign of aggression. >> the president showed the guests the captured artillery that the government says is material evidence of russian aggression on ukrainian soil. what he cannot show either the international community or his own people is a way out of ukraine's problems. jonah hull al jazeera, kiev. >> the number of ebola cases in west africa is steadily declining, but the outbreak is
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not over yet. detecting new cases early is crucial. last week, the world health organization approved a 15 minute test for the virus. as nicholas hart reports from senegal, signits are developing other diagnostic kits which could improve early detection. >> reporter: in the fight against ebola, time plays a crucial role. the longer it takes to detect the virus, the more likely it will spread and kill. kushing, it takes between 12 to 241 hours to find out if someone is infected with the virus. >> there is no vaccine or treatment against ebola. so detecting the virus and isolating the patient as early as possible is key to controlling the epidemic. >> long before this outbreak an egyptian doctor in germany joined forces with these senegalese signsists to detect
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quits to design. they developed a solar powered unit that works in 15 minutes a lab in a suitcase that can be deployed anywhere and it doesn't needy electricity. >> with the mobile kit, we can test directly in the community and minimize patients' expose you're to the virus in medical facilities because that continues to be where the virus propagates. >> the kits can detect 30 pathogens and was made to detect another deadly epidemic, the m. rs virus. it continues top spread. the kit was developed to test potential infeblingsz during the muslim hage pilgrimage. it's been used in guinea to tackle ebola where the virus has killed more than 2000 people. testing for ebola is dangerous and involves manipulating blood and saliva. senegal has a high level bio containment facility. dangerous viruss from across west africa are analyzed here.
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>> there are only a handful of labs liable this in africa. this is the closest one to the ebola outbreak. researchers here continue to study the virus to try to find better ways to diagnose and fight ebola. >> on friday the world health organization finally approved the utes of another 15-minute diag diagnostic cut. scientists here wants their kids to be approved -- kits to be approved too. they believe theirs is more accurate because it detect the genetic make-up of the virus. the ebola outbreak has slowed down but it's not under control. there has been a lot of focus on finding a vaccine but less on ways to detect the virus. sul and his team believe early detection will save time and save lives. nicholas hawk al jazeera, decartes. >> witnesses to a suicide attack in northeastern nigeria say the female bomber could have been as young as seven. five people died in sunday's attack in a market in the city
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of portiskum. nineteen were injured. no one has claimed responsibility but blame is likely to fall on the armed group, boko haram. 48 people are dead after a passenger neverry capsized in bangladesh. it's believed it hit a cargo boat on the padma river around 40 kilohm materials northwest of daka. nearly 50 people were plucked from the water. rescuers there are searching for survivors. it's thought around 140 people were on board. in the maldives fighting between police and protesters following the arrest of the former president. he is accused of violating the connellstitution during his time in office by illegally detaining political figures. his arrest was authorized under anti-terrorism laws. a small indian village that has understand gone a massive transformation over the eight year years in gujarat state has fully paved roads, water-pureeing plants and wi-fi
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largely down to a legal engineer who said the village is setting an example for the rest of the country. al jazeerats fez jamil has been there. >> at first glance, it looks like any other village in india. >> changes if you look and listen closely. johan is an engineer responsible for the high-tech am inties in punsari village including public security cameras and free wi-fi. he remembers wading through mud to get to school. today, it's very different. >> 100%. >> we have paved roads, assuming and water supply as well as high-tech amenities and apps so parents can watch their kids' activities in school. the changes here are focused on helping people. the free public wi-fi has been popular with villagers who surf the web and can now get work done with a few taps of the
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screen. >> wi-fi has made a real difference. i don't have to travel all the way to the city to fill out government forms. i can do that sitting here. >> the process has been strategic starting with building proper roads and then this water purification plant. it sells 20 liters of water for $0.06 and a public address system which informs people of local news and public announcements. aside from high-tech investments such as free public wi-fi, this mobile library helps people educate themselves. villagers say it's a utilization of existing government funding and the foresight to use it which separates this village from most others in the country. and that contrast is clear in the nearby village where the roads are crumbling and there is little sanitation let alone things such as wi-fi or public cameras. this sub district official says other villages in the area are
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slowly learning from punsari's example. credits the village's forward thinking to the leaders. >> the villages nearby are headed by older men who aren't as aware or motivated to learn about government programs. these guys they are young, active, willing to take advice. no wonder they have processed. >> the next step for punsari is to continue development with improvements to the look of the village and public parks demonstrating the journey of one village as it blends the traditional with the modern. faiz jamil, al jazeera, punsari village. >> we are approaching the midway point on this news hour. the red carpet is out. the dresses are -- well not on quite yet but they will be soon. live in los angeles with a look ahead to hollywood's biggest night of the year. a former f 1 world champion air lifted after a high speed crash in testing. robin has an undata later in the
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good to have you alone, adrienne sitting here in doha with the news hour. he script president abdel fattah al-sisi defended his position to attack isil targets in libya. he said it was planned meticulously to avoid civilian casualty. >> syria has described a turkish irwin military operation as a flagrant aggression. hundreds were sent to move an ottoman tomb given to turkey in 1921. kiev has marked the anniversary of last yearts oifting of victor yankee yankee. thousand took to the streets to remember the deaths of more than 100 people a year ago. >> government airstrikes inside misia have killed and wounded dozens in the cities of aleppo and dhouma. reynolds and government forces have been fighting for control of silver villages near aleppo as dominic kane reports.
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>> reporter: is a separate search in the rubble of douma. children wounded in a government airstrike airstrike. others have light injuries. others are far more badly hurt. more than bun:00 people lived in this city but four years of conflict have killed thousands and driven many away. scenes like these have become commonplace. this is the aftermath of a barrel bomb attack in aleppo. bur irked in this rubble is an elderly lady. she says she has lived here all her- attacks by rebels an the government have intensified north of aleppo. last week,renals regained control of hardinin village, taken and held by government soldiers for just one day.
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some villagers say is the soldiers wrangled up people in a local skill and killed 48 of them. at 6 :00 in the morning, we had heavy gunfire in the village. we took our children and ran away. the army was surrounding the village. they asked us to go in this direction so we did, but then we met other soldiers. we were about 250 men and 37 women. they took us to the school. >> the villages north of aleppo are important to both sides. but if the syrian army takes them it would allow them further to isolate the rebels in aleppo, itself. dominic kane al jazeera. >> fighters loyal to isil in libya have claimed responsibility for an attack on the iranian ambassador's residence. they targeted the building with hoe made bombs. it's been vacant since 2012. in iraq u.s.-led coalition airstrikes have reportedly killed 63 isil fighters east of
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mous. l. isil controlled the city since june of last year. it made large gains across northern iraq. kurdish forces backed by u.s. air strikes are planning an offensive retain mosul, iraq's second largest city. the defense minister says his forces are taking all measures to avoid civilian casualties as they prepare to fight isil in other areas. >> the fight in mosul will be a battle in cities. there are civilians, therefore, accuracy and patience in laying down plans and preparing prerequisites of the battle is very important. we are working with the utmost accuracy. in military operations you cannot set the zero hour until all preparations have been completed. >> yemen's president has and on television for the first time in weeks. after arriving in the southern port city of aden on saturday hadi supporters want him to clarify his position on the
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houthi takeover and his legitimacy as president. mohammed vall reports. >> reporter: this is the first time president abdel hadi has been seen since his escape from sanaa. he is shown holding a meeting with army commanders. his initial statement left many questions unanswered. most importantly on whether he still wants to resign from. but after this meeting, the governor of aden said: >> translator: president hadi insists he will continue to carry out his political duties because he has an obligation towards the citizens and the voters in order to implement the transitional phase and the outcome of the national dialogue. >> the new element here is the call for government ministers to move to aden which implies that aden will be a defactor capital of yes, ma'amep at the moment. but hadi's supporters are asking
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if he has withdrawn his nomination. it dealt a below with the houthis had agreed on a roadmap that suits goals. now talks are stalled. >> we are now talking about a president that's not legitimate. this is a president who counts on the outsiders, on the foreigners. this is a president who refused to deal with the southerners and the sescessionist movement when he was the sole president. so i don't really understand what et cetera trying to accomplish by fleeing to the south and asking them for help: he has pointed to a real issue. he has been seen as a southerner who failed to do much for the south while he head the highest office in sanaa. this means he may need to work hard to win back the hearts and minds of southerners before he can rule effectively from aden. >> it was received with enthusiam. supporters took to the streets
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in several areas. many political parties and powerful tribes gave allegiance to them. there is an element of frustration among those support of supporters. his messages are ambiguous. he needs to show more resolve. mohammed vall aden. an exhibition of military hard weigh is under way in the united arab em rants. it show cases some of the world's leading military technologies as stefanie dekker reports from abu dhabi. >> there is an incredible amount of military hardware on display here this exhibition in abu abu dhabi is seen as one of the key international exhibitions when it comes to defense. over 1 would be to 00 exhibitors are here showing military capacities range from air capacity, ranging from land and to sea. 55 countries also here you will see people walking around delegations ranging from the seniorities of minister of defense, chiefs of staff,
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generals all here looking at what is available. >> there are more basic things on display here like for example, an armored car, not only used by military but also journalists and ngo did, for example, cooperateing in countries that are considered more dang ruts. we have to also remember the changing situation in the region. for example, with the threat of groups like isil. this is also something countries here will be keeping in mind when looking at what next to buy. the deals that matter here will happen behind closed doors. >> a human rights group in sgon indian easyia wants the government to halt the execution of 10 foreign prisoners. there are 133 people on death row in indonesia. human rights groups say 84 of them are indianesians. 49 are foreigners from 20 different countries t crimes such as drug trafficking and murder are the main offense i see for which prirnzers are secured in indonesia who says it
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has executed 12 people in the last 10 years. one of the death row inmates is brazilian. his family says he has schizophrenic. our jakarta correspondent has been to meet his family which wants the case reviewed. >> at this called the indonesia alkatraz, the prison island loading in central java where the government executes prisoners. it's off-limits to journalists. last month, six convicts were executed by firing squad. another 10 are due to be shot soon. one of them is rodrigo from brazil arrested in 2004 with 19 kilograms of heroin hidden in his surfboard and was sentenced to death. although he is mental you ill-his family said his do you think condition was never part of his defendants because he lacked part proper representation in
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court. >> he had >> human rights groups say indonesia's legal system has too many loopholes to enforce a harsh punishment like the death penalty. they urged the government to cancel all executions and investigate gulata's case. >> most of the prisoners sentenced to death are foreigners. they are not given proper lawyers. they don't have access toss translators since they obviously don't speak indonesian and often don't even speak english, it is impossible for them to understand our legal system. >> reporter: the prosecutor general general said et cetera willing to look into gulata's case.
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>> translator: we have only received the notification of his illness and a request to postpone the execution, but we haven't replied yet because we want to see first if it is really medically proven that he is mentally ill-or making it up to avoid execution. >> international pressure is grown to cancel the execution. the prosecute general's office says preparations are ongoing. indonesia insists possible repercussions by australia or other countries won't stop them. >> two australian men due to be executed have been given more time to swept their families. the aust trayian government is trying to save their lives. the tactics used have upset the indonesian government. >> i would not speculate what the suli will do but what i know is this. threats are not part of the language. threats are not part of the diplomatic language and from what i know no one responds
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well to threats. >> reporter: the family of rodrigo has hope. they trust their last-minute appeal will convince the government to have him sent to hospital ininstead of being executed. al jazeera jakart. >> the red carpet is out. the votes are in. hollywood is really for the most star-studded night of the year. the auscaddress in a few hours. the movie industry's most coveted awards will be handed out. al jazeera's phil laughe is on the ground in los angeles to take united states through what we can expect. look at you. it's only half past 10:00 in the morning. any surprises, phil expected for best actor or best act tres today? >> reporter: i willnever dress this well this time of the morning. surprises, this is hollywood, the ausc-arizona. nobody knows what's inside those informs until they are open but there are a lot of names you hear over and over again.
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let's take a look first of all. best actor. this is probably going to be between two men. first of all, a phenom performance in "the theory of everything." a lot of attention recently. best actor just two weeks ago, getting so much attention for this role. however, et cetera up against michael keeton for "birdman" this film has been doing so well here during the awards season in los angeles. the feeling is will be between those two men. best actress, reese witherspoon for "wildly," pike for gone girl. you get the feeling here because there is one name on everybodyts lips julian moore for "still as iis." she plays a woman with early onset alzheimer's disease. it was shut on a low budget. she took her food during the filming because it was such a small budget but she is widely expected to win. she took best act trets two
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weeks ago and yesterday. if she doesn't take that award today, there is probably going to be a lot of questions asked here. >> what about best picture in a lot of films to choose from. >> yeah. you know technically, the ak5d me can put tep films. it's gone for eight. there are three films that people are talking about over and over. first of all, "american sniper," kind of the under dog, outsider doing very well at the u.s. box office a story of america's deadliest sniper played by bradley cooper. the man who killed the protagonist is on trial. a whole legal wrangling issue of whether he was suffering from ptsd ptsd. >> that's the outsider. the top two, here they are first of all "boyhood" it did well al couple of weeks ago. it was shot over the courts of 12 years. they filmed it for a few weeks at a time over 12 years, the actors said over the course of filming, people died people got
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married. peoplel had baenz. it was that interests intense. this film some up against a home-grown film "birdman" done incredibly well. all of the awards. yesterday, it won at the spirit awards. the feeling is it will be one of those two films. the "american snip he" but definitely birdman or "boyhood," quick tip, the average winner is the 140mill facility well a 45-year-old male. charlie, work it out. see what happens. >> we will talk to you throughout the day here on al jazeera. phil lavelle. >> ahead in sport, australia coach hosts the critic world cup. we find out how the support is helping a group of asylum seekers in country. details with robin in just a few moments.
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columbia 's government signed a group dedicated to wildcat conservation. the deal with panthera aims tom maintain the zag wire corridor used by the animals to move from central to south america t here from the columbian am zannazonzon . >> jung els and raj formations at chir chirobuette. few get to glimpse the cat in the wide. it's presence is revealed in
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countlets rock paintings by extinct tribes who worshipped the jaguar as a dem i god. >> there is no place else from arizona to argentina her you can see a landscape like this. there is no place else you can stand on earth and see this much jaguar habitat. >> we traveled were the columbian army and the conservation group panthera. it's leader alan has been actuallistructed,ging the routes for over 30 years. he wants to protect what is called jaguar corridors, the paths take as they move across the continent. >> if jaguars can roam freely he said their future may be ensured and columbia is key. >> we have been able to figure out where the corridor is and more importantly, we have been able to figure out whenre it is not, and what we have to save
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right now in order to protect that program i'll link linking the northern part of columbia to the central southern part of columbia. >> it will continue to be a sharoning wary for jaguars for years to come. in other parts of the country, massive farming, illegal mining and infrastructure are getting in the way threatening the cat's exist eps. sansera's investigators installed cameras to learn the cat's habits and decide if any intervention is needed. on this day, the camera caught birds, buffalos and farmers passing by. them at night, two jaguars. >> we have pilot projects in areas where jaguars might attack cattle or chickens and are then killed by ranchers. we help them build fence fences and other strategies an environmental education. it's more a psychological fear than a reality. unlike other great cats on the
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verge of extinction jaguars have a chance to try for years to come but only if crucial land pathways in protected areas are preserved. allesandro al jazeera, columbia. >> robin adams is here with the sport. he will read the first story through gritted teeth. no partisanship on show here. >> we get a start. at the ticket booth. champ pages india have won the battle of the big guns. they made it two wins from two with a victory over the india won it. down to 308 for 7 with a century. they move on to notch up 157. india's bowlers never allowed south africa to settle. the captain breivik combined a 68 partnership just before he was run out. eventually all out for 177 runs.
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india winning by 130. >> having back to back wins an especially the kind we have had in the last two games, it's tough to get so both of the games were important for us and the way we played in this game also, the last game i said it was a complete back-end performance but i felt we did well with the batting. >> i felt we had a chance through the game but form two run-outs absolutely unacceptable in the top six, and those kind of things. other than that just. >> sri lanka narrowly escaped an upset. 252 in the i hopings for, fiercelied a determined bowling attack which as you can see they broke one of his bats.
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incredible seen. sri lanka produced 51 for 4. afghanistan inside a victory, one steady innings with century. parera 47, they targeted as 10 balls to spare. >> i enjoyed that 100 as if it was one of the world cup final 100s, you know, just tough situation. had to really mentally had to be very strong. so very pleased with the effort. the sell brate was because i just want to make sure i finished the game. i also was disappointed at the end. >> another sri lankan team is making waves. ocean 12 made up of a group of asylum seekers formed a cricket team while government decided whether or not they could stay in australia. as pasak found out, they had a positive impact both on and off the pitch. >> it's a scene you will find at cricket grounds all around
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australia. it can vary from the sublime to the ever so slightly ridiculous. one of these teams at least, this game means more than taking the odd wickett. meet oceans 12, a team of sri lanka assume lum seekers changing attitudes. the name comes from the fact that they crossed the ocean to come to australia in the year 2012. once they landed here, they were moved from detention center to detention center all around the country and eventually they found themselves here in sidney -- sydney. sot game of cricket or playing cricket has performed a valueable outlet in more ways than 1. >> i was happy when i joined the cricket team. i feel much better than give giving peace of mind and communicating with people. >> i was in the center for one and a half years.
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>> what's it like meeting some of the lower players and local teams? >> it's very incredible. they are very friendly. >> it helps self worth, mental health tremendously. it gives them reason for getting up in the morning. they are part of a team. they are an integral part of the team. the team's part of the competition, and they are mikting with other players from all walks of life. this has been a crucial part in their development to integrate them in to the australian way of life. >> they are integrating and regularly beat their australian opposition. latest victims, the mud krapz. >> tu hit me head at a quick pace but they are good cricketers and they smash them. >> this match ended in another victory for ocean 12. the biggest challenge won't be on the cricket pitch but with
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celebration authorities who ultimately decide whether these young men can stay in australia. robert pathak sydney. >> liverpool in the race for qualification beat hampton to move two points off of the fourth and final, three minutes in and the second half sterling sealed the win. now 10 league games without defeat. spap and real madrid in action a little over an hour looking to extend the lead to four points, one of four games. the champions league ambitions, beaten 4, three. solsidad, via reeled real will attempt to capitalize. a win takes them to within a point of sevilla.
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fern an oalonzo has been taken to hospital. he hit a wall at more than 240 kilometers an hour at the circuit de cataluna. his team said he is conscious and speaking. it's been a rough start to 2015 for tennis world number 3 rafael that wouldal. he suffered disappointing loss at the australian open and sarah coates explains it just got worse. >> he is wideley known appears the king of play dominating red courts around the world for well over a decade. but rafael nadalts 12-year, semifinal winning stream has come to an interrupt end in rio. with the defending champion bundled out by world number 27, fabio faninini on saturday. the span yar started well but
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faded after the first set. serving to stay in the match at 56 and a third, he was pushed to the limit. fougnini scooped up a ball before send it cross court to win the match and set up a final well ferrerr. >> i feel it is close earn a month ago to the level i want to arrive again. i am playing with the right attitude. my feeling is i am not ready to try to do it that way again,. >> nadal is desperate to rebound from his loss starting in buenos aires next week but he could have a lot of work to do before he is back to the stupping form that has seen him win the past nine of 10 french open titles. >> tunnelament is just three
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months away. sarah coates al jazeera. >> i am sure we can agree we feel passionate what is aspotting injustice but this non-league football as we can see in london a restless tackel left khan on his back. he got up was body slammed by his opponent to the ground and surprisingly sent off. bizarre pictures. >> plenty of sport on our website. right now ashingsdz/sport, aljazeera.com slash support. >> after a tackle like that i can't blame him. >> some sort of wrestling match. >> can you blame him? the tackle. >> no. not at all. >> that's it from him and from me and from us here in doha. barbara is standing buy in london. we will see you again. bye for now.
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