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iran was not producing nuclear weapons. now, from italy people rebuilding lives. we begin in yemen where hadi abdul mansour has withdrawn his resignation as president and he has the back of arab gulf countries. calling on support for hadi's withdrawal of resignation. mohamed vall from aden. >> his intention to resume his post and duties as president. but now this letter to the parliament concerning that he has withdrawn his resignation is the final word on that, many
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here are not happy about the ambiguity, they began to replace the people in charge of the presidential palace because many of them were from the north and also those army soldiers and leaders who were here in aden, that's because many of these the ones to the north allegiance to former president. so trying to re reconsolidate. and today, there are reports of political party leaders coming
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also from the north that have rejected the houthis in the north and have expressed their loyalty to hadi. the gulf countries have expressed their support to him and day by day he seems to act like a real president and people seem the have more he faith in him. >> i was going to ask you about the meeting with the seven political parties. where does all of this leave the houthis and their group on power in sanaa? >> reporter: it's very clear that hadi selected to the parliament's withdrawing resignation is the second blow against the houthis. the second was his escape to aden. now, the houthis are being really undermined by his actions here in the south and they are pushing the initiative, talks are stalled in sanaa.
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remember that the houthis had the upper hand in those talks and they were about to impose the kind of legislative factor they wanted and they were about to impose anything that had to do with the future of yemen. so we have now two centers of power in a state of war between aden and sanaa and we see that the houthis are losing the momentum and more and more power is shifting to the south as those party leaders are coming here as foreign countries are getting in touch with hadi. foreign consulates that were here in aden might be arrived and more personnel might be sent here, more activity in aden and it is stated that hadi is getting the ump hand little by little. >> thank you for that mohamed vall. european leaders are to meet
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on tuesday to discuss the issues in peace and security. our diplomatic editor james bays reports . >> this was to be a meeting of peace and security, with the 70th anniversary of u.n. to be celebrated in a short time. but russian foreign minister sergey lavrov spoke and mentioned ukraine only momentarily. >> a blatant assault on the u.n. charter. one that has already cost some 5700 lives and forced the displacement of more than 1.7 million ukrainians. >> ukraine's foreign minister told the council russia was
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turning his country into a shooting range. in an interview with al jazeera he told me wants eu or u.n. monitors sent to his country. >> we have been contemplating the idea of putting additional element. it could be u.n. element it could be eu element on the ground, and we need to stabilize the touch line in order to eliminate the possible risk for further attacks. it is exactly what we have in mind. >> reporter: the ukrainian plan will be difficult to achieve. u.n. monitors would require security council approval. russia is likely to veto that. meanwhile, going the eu route it is unlikely some european european countries would be unlikely to send their troops into a battle ground.
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the mission of the os the from the osce. really important to keep a pressure. >> the security council has anonymity met to discuss ukraine about 30 times in the past year. they do all agree on the minsk peace deals but that clearly is not halting the bloodshed and on any other aspect of the conflict there is no agreement at all. james bays, al jazeera, united nations. >> russian president vladimir putin says he is hopeful for a peaceful agreement. >> minsk was not only agreed by ukraine, russia, france and germany, took the form of an international statute supported practically by the international community. i really hope this will be fulfilled and this is the right
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path towards normalization of the country. most of the 26,000 people have left there because of the fighting. pro-russian separatists took the strategic town which has a railway hub on thursday. the red cross says around 5,000 people remain in the town and need urgent assistance. the u.s. court has fined two palestinian groups $218 million for attacks more than a year ago. the palestinian organization and the palestinian authority were liable for the attacks which killed 33 people. some of the group were american rg citizens. the palestinian authority rejected the verdict.
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witnesses say on the roof of his home when he was shot. now, to an al jazeera exclusive based on hundreds of leaked cables from international spy agencies. a leaked mossad cable doesn't believe iran was working towards producing a nuclear weapon. watt convinced tehran was not close to completing a bomb. clayton fisher reports. >> this is a bomb. this is a fuse. >> it's now notorious. the moment israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu warned the united nations of an iranian nuclear bomb. the imagery was splis tick splis simplistic.
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>> they will have completed the median enrichment and will move on to the final stage. >> this is a secret mossad analysis dated december 2012. >> iran at this stage is not performing the activity necessary to produce weapons. >> its only warning is for the future. >> it's working to close gaps in areas that appear legitimate which will reduce the time required to produce weapons from the time instruction is actually given. >> the mossad chief maher degan hinted at a disagreement. he was clear, an attack on rawng was not the right way. uranium enriched to a level of
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20% further enriched to the level of nuclear weapons but iran got rid of it as part of the negotiations. begs the question, where did he get this information? clayton swisher, al jazeera. >> you can read the original spy cables related articles and analysis on our exclusive website at aljazeera.com slush spycables. tell us what you think on twitter as well with the hashtag spy cables. there's much more to come in the program. bangladesh vows to crack down after the latest ferry accident leaves 70 dead. plus will it priet people out ofprice people outof the market?
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take on the day's news. >> then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. >> this is a complicated situation. how significant is it? >> and at 9:00, get a global perspective on the news. >> they're sending their government a message. >> organizing themselves. >> people say they're finally fed up. >> weeknights, on al jazeera
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>> tomorrow on "the stream". >> selling cocaine was my purpose. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> renowned filmmaker marc levin discusses his new movie "freeway: crack in the system". "the stream". tomorrow, 12:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> hello again. you're watching al jazeera. hadi abdel man sour has withdrawn his resignation as president. on tuesday hadi is due to meet with political parties from the north that have rejected the houthi coup. ukraine is pushing for the united nations monitors to oversee a ceasefire between the military and separatists in the east. european foreign ministers are due to meet on tuesday to
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discuss the truce. israeli intelligence documents saying that it doesn't believe iran is working to produce nuclear weapons. came just one month after prime minister benjamin netanyahu warned the u.n. that iran would be able to build a bomb within one year. audiorecording where egypt interior minister is reportedly telling are a gathering what to do against protesters. rebecca singh reports. >> thousands demonstrated against the country carrying pictures of deposed president mohamed morsi and chanting slogans that forced him from
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power in december 2013. a leaked audio recording obtained from al jazeera provides new insights from events of that day. it comes from a meeting of senior security officials in the days leading up to the protest. the gathering was chaired by interior minister mohamed ibrahim, who gives clear instructions how protesters should be dealt with,. >> ibrahim was no less blunt on how the demonstrators should be dispersed.
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>> reporter: rights groups have criticized the use of force by egyptian security forces and the mass arrest of dissidents, journalists and activists since the coup. held indefinitely, without trials and prosecuted by antiprotest laws. abdel fattah al-sisi one of the leaders of the 2011 revolution for organizing an unauthorized demonstration. >> it shows there's no room for protest in egypt no room for
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protesters and no room for challenge. >> it appears that fridays in egypt will bring more protesters and more death. rebecca singh, al jazeera. amnesty international says there's mounting evidence that egypt committed war crimes in libya. claimed the responsibility for murder of 21 coptic christians. the strikes killed seven people in the residential neighborhood of derna. the egyptian military failed to take necessary precautions during its operations. bangladesh has called offer the search for survivors after a ferry capsized on the padima
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river. >> the ferry stands upright again but the search for survivors is over. the boat sank on saturday after colliding with a cargo ship. for some this was a daily trip. most people on deck made it to safety. but those in the cabin were trapped. a fortunate few escaped. >> translator: there was a small window in the lower deck where i could see the sun so i pulled myself through the opening but i kept slipping off. others who were trapped inside with me managed to push through the hole safely niche. they eventually rescued all of us from the spot. >> bodies recovered by divers, including at least nine children were collected at a make shift morgue. before being returned to their
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families. people can't say how many are on board or how many are still missing. passenger ferry boat accidents are a common happening in bangladesh. unless are better standards are enforced there will be more in the future. >> officials say more needs to be done. >> it's not an isolated here. we are conducting ordinary type activities according to imo. and when we do, we take extra precaution after any accident. >> there is no easy solution in a country with over 200 rivers and many thousands of boats. ferries are often overcrowded like this one that capsized last
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august. meant for 85 passengers there were at least 200 on board. more than half were killed. and earlier this month 500 people died in a accident in the south of the country. prime minister said most disasters are the fault of ferry owners who put profits before passenger safety. an admission that as long as there's money to be made in breaking the rules new rules will likely make little different. al jazeera bangladesh. >> after new cases of ebola emerged, the national ebola center said the national center of freetown will be in quash
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quarantine. politicians are trying to block the bill because of president barack obama's recent executive order on immigration. that order allows undocumented migrants to stay in the u.s. if funding is denied it will have a direct impact on both national security and the economy. >> these are folks who if they don't have a paycheck are not going to be able to spend that money in your states. it will have a direct impact on your economy and it will have a direct impact on america's national security. because their hard work helps to keep us safe. and as governors you know that we canned can't afford to play politics with our national security. >> greece has agreed to submit a plan on tuesday in order to receive a four month extension on greece always bailout program. without the money greece could
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go bankrupt. the reforms include a plan to crack down on tax evasion. greek deputy minister for administrative reform. he says the new deal is an improvement on previous terms. >> the basic difference is that now we are proposing our own reforms. because until now we have been applying reforms that actually were counterreforms of new liberal a aspiration. whether we want them to be are. >> the nigerian government has introduced a tax of up to 70% on new and used imported cars. it hopes the decision will help local car manufacturers.
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but ahmed idris reports. >> buying this used car imported from europe. he needs a new .1but like many nigerians he feels he can't afford it. >> from what the government is trying to do, i can't see me here with the little amount of money i'm getting to buy another car, when it is implemented. >> but the government is pushing ahead with its new auto policy, which raises a tariff on imported cars up to 70%. >> with this crisis of crude oil, if we continue will reduce the amount of money we used to import to make this. >> reporter: the local auto
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industry is racing to cash in. local production lines are cashing in. >> now, we believe that as the market opens up, supported by the new government policy we will also progressively expand and grow our operations to meet any potential increases in demand. >> reporter: and they are looking beyond the local market. nigerians spend $5 billion every year importing cars and spare parts, local factories like this want a share of the lucrative market. not only that they also want to expand into markets across the borders. but used car dealers say the new policy will hurt them because new car makers here cannot meet the demand.
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>> you don't want to lose your capital and going to have adverse effect. in fact, it will infuriate every sector of the economy. >> reporter: and with the new policy and the growing local demand they are either driving their last cars or may not have the opportunity to buy a new one any time soon. ahmed idris, al jazeera nigeria. >> arrest of mayor of caracas accused of plotting a coup. police in brazil says they've caught the country's biggest illegal deforester.
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accused of destroying tens of thousands of square kilometers of the amazon forest. he was arrested in the state of para following a six month operation. the damage to the forrest is estimated to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars. philippines capital manila is home to millions of people but many live in dangerous conditions. locating shanty town resident. as marga ortigues reports. >> it's the first time she's ever lived in a proper house with walls ceiling and a door. >> the house we used to live in was near the river. it wasn't made of stone. the top parts were all scraps of rain patched together.
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every time it rained we feared our house would get swept away. >> but they are not afraid anymore. they got $400 from the u.s. to move here and begin a new life. they were even helped to find ways how to earn a living. like taught how to run a store or work with their hands. some 19,000 people live in this government built community just on the outskirts of manila. all of them former squatters moved from sections of the city that were considered hazardous in shanty towns or near river banks that flood when it rains. but it hasn't been so easy. many areas are still waiting to get water and electricity which the private sector has to provide. some return to their old
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communities while others wary of chain choose to stay put. but the government says it will not allow things to remain as they are. >> at first we had a problem regarding the movement of these families. however, when we do the intensive social preparation rlg everything goeseverything goes well. >> getting something of their own and helping them stay ownership of their lives. after decades living as informal settlers manila hopes they have given them somewhere they can finally called home. marga ortiguez, al jazeera. >> we've got some great pictures to show you. all the drama the grueling round-the-world race will draw to a close at the end of the month in auckland, having
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