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malaysia's coastline. ♪ ♪ the u.n.'s special envoy to yemen has arrived in the city of aden to meet the country's president hadi. just hours after the security council said it was backing him as yemen's leader. in a statement released on wednesday the u.n. described hadi as the have legitimate president, he's now in aden after fleeing from sanaa where he feels held under house arrest by houthi rebels. the houthis took power after a coup earlier this month. meanwhile, there have been rallies across the country i in support of hadi. this was the scene early on thursday. hadi also met the secretary general of the gulf corpse council. the g.c.v. is back hadi. >> translator: i talked with his
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excellency the president on how to make sure yemen doesn't become a place for terrorist and extremist organizations. as to our support, it will continue as before. the g.c.c. leaders are very happy for his excellence is escape. >> let's speak to mohamed who joins us on the phone from. mohamed, president hadi has been quite active diplomatically. meeting with the u.n. special envoy, he's meeting with the head of the g.c.c. what's been the reaction to the backing given to him from these groups? >> yes, this is a very interesting milestone for hadi after that meeting with the g. a cc secretary general yesterday. the first from outside yemen to bring support clearly to mr. hadi on a regional level. today the u.n. has spoken out and everybody has been waiting for this a lot. because the u.n. is primary and most important guarantor of the negotiations and the road map of hadi established in yemen.
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and whereby mr. hadi game president on this transitional period, so he's been waiting for this reassurance and this really will come at the right moment for him after this ambiguous year south of the u.n., now the u.n. is here, the u.n. an voir is here talking to him and the u.n. has clearly spoken out saying that he's still the legitimate president everybody should come back again to the negotiation. now the problem is, how can they continue those negotiations when in sanaa most of the participants have boycotted the talks because of what they call the houthi intimidation and their refusal for the negotiation to be moved to a safer place like aden. >> mohamed, there has also been a lot of protests, supporting president hadi. we saw some noisy rallies where you are at earlier. what's the latest on those protests? >> we have seen those protests
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today, but remember they have become now a growing pattern of the show of of support for in hadi we saw how they were hashed in the beginning particularly in sanaa because of the presence of the houthis. most yemenis were in shock of what happened. and no opposition from the houthi was able to do anything. now they are happy he's coming here the national support for him has galvanized the support for them. also inside the biggest rally yesterday against the houthis in the very capital of sanaa they were not able to do much about it. the houthis he be though they used live munitionss to disperse the protesters. we have see now them regaining their military cap to competent the growing popular support for mr. hadi at the moment. >> mohamed, thanks for the update. mohamed reporting from yemen.
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now, egyptian media is reporting that at least one person was killed after several explosions inexplosions in egypt near the capital cairo. three of the four blasts targeted branches of telecom companies. three on people were injured. the police are search for this area for more explosive device devices. isil has reportedly leased some of the men it kidnapped four days ago. in total 30 people were leased it's thought they were originally tang because their relatives have been fighting against isil, the armed group holds around 80 men and 10 boys who all wrong to country largest sunni abide trikes in iraq. the army says the villages will be used as launch pads to recapture the city of tikrit from isil, they are preparing for a major operation there with the support of around 2,000 iraqi shia fighters. well, let's speak to jane
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arraf in baghdad. let's start with the release of those iraqi hostages to who had been held by isil, what are you hearing about that? >> reporter: we spoke to the paramount leader of the tribe one of the biggest tribes in iraq and he tells us that 30 more people have been released, 20 were released in additionally. so they have let a substantial number go. but they are still holding 90 tribes men including boys, 10 boys, nine or 10 boys, aged nine and 10 years old. he believes it's in retaliation for their relatives fighting against isil. but we have to remember that they are not the only tribes men or the only iraqis who have been kidnapped. that has been happening in various parts of anbar province and other provinces it's one of ties ill's tactics to try to persuade the tribes fighting against it to step down. >> now, what other news has come out, which is interesting amid
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all of this continuing violence, a law moon rights watch reporter accusing kurdish peshmerga forces of discriminating against arab communities. what are you hearing about that, jane? >> reporter: well, it's quite a detailed report and it documents thousands of arab residents of towns that have been retake beanie peshmerga the kurdish forces from isil not being allowed back. the problem is that according to human rights watch and people on the ground that kurdish residents are allowed back in the communities and in some cases the report says some arab homes seem to have been given to kurds to live in at least temporarily. the kurdish government has said it's not a systematic policy. and that everything it does is for security reasons. but according to this report there is clear discrimination going on. human rights watch points out that it has extensively documented atrocities by isil
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but also says that that is not a reason for collective punishment of arabs and arab communities and territories that were already claimed by both the iraqi government and the kurds. >> jane, thanks for that. jane arraf from baghdad there. the fbism has arrested three men in the united states and charged them with conspiring to support isil. two men were take then to custody in new york while planning to fly to syria to join the group. a third man is said to have helped organize the trip. they are also said to have wanted to launch tacks against u.s. president barack obama as well as police officials. >> it is alleged in the filing that the idea that it was made quite plain based on their own statements that if they were not able to go, that they would seek to acquire weapons here. handguns, machine guns, and seek to attack very specifically police officers.
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and so that the -- those aspirations were made quite clear by thayne ore statements. >> egypt's state news agency says members of libya's u.n. recognized parliament are on nba cairo for talks. the they are there with a high-level delegation, effect expecting to piece egypt's president.expectingto meet egyptian president. a taliban suicide car bomb attack has killed at least two people. another person injured. police say the bomber targeted a vehicle from the turkish embassy in kabul. it's the first known attack on a turkish target in the afghan capital. at least 124 people have died in a series of avalanches in northeastern afghanistan. homes, schools and mosques are all buried. rescuers expect the death toll to rise, the provincial governor
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describes the avalanches as the worst in 30 years. ray public dispute between the u.s. and israel over nuclear negotiations with iran has intensified. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is accusing the your u.s. and other countries of rolling over to allow teheran to build nuke weapons he's expected to make his case next cheek when the addresses the u.s. congress. the u.s. sen natural has vote today move forward on a bill to fund the home land security department. the stands off was over a migration policy that had been link today the bill. those provisions will now be voted on separately. south african agents are spying on russia for details on their own joint satellite project. that's according to a top secret cable obtained by the al jazerra investigative unit. as clayton swisher report, the
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plan is so secretive even the surprise aren't sure what's going on. >> reporter: high above south african government buildings a satellite watches. it's a joints south african and russian project code named condor, while it monitors all of africa, its creators are struggling to monitor it. few in government even know what project condor is or what they are paying for. opposition politician and shadow defense minister david has spent five years trying to find out. >> government are trying to hide a massive procurement irregularity. it's been very difficult. given the fact that this is a top secret or secret defense intelligence project to really get any information. >> reporter: the spy cable shows south african military tunnel jenks has also kent state intelligence in the dark. in fact, so little is known al jazerra can reveal the state
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security agency is spying on its military counterpart. relying on a spy in russia. agent africanist is said to have direct access to the russian government. this top secret cable records information he provideed in 2012. according to him. russia has 30 technicians work on this satellited and they hope it will allow them to spy on all of africa. poe step halling i up to israel. the secrecies and accounting of almost $100 million has sparked conspiracy theories. >> it wasn't long before i came across the thorough that a former secretary of defense was assassinates because of his involvement in this project. it was suggested to me by one individual that this is the kind of thing that i should perhaps not be looking in to and it was
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a warning. >> reporter: for years the status of this satellite program has been unclear. south africa's defense minister recently said it was ongoing and now would cost over $100 million. but with revelation that his south africa is spying on russia, to get information about its own initiative, it appears that not even the government here fully understands just what is going on with project condor. clayton swisher, al jazerra johannesburg. you are with al jazerra still to come on the program tensions are high in venezuela after a teenager was shot dead by police during an anti government protest and we are in malaysia where there are high hopes from a climate change conference later this year.
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sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. welcome back. the top stories here on al jazerra. the u.n.'s special envoy to yemen has arrived in the city of aden to meet the country's president. it comes just hours after the security council said it was backing hadi as yemen's leader. rallies supporting hatty hadi after the houthi took control of the sanaa. south african agents are spying on russia for details on their own joint satellite project are that's according to a top secret table are cable obtained bite al jazerra investigative ube i want the spy cable shows south south african military has kent state inning tell against in the arc. dark. isil has reportedly freed some of the men they kidnapped four days ago. they leased around third.
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but till shoulder around 90 men and 10 boys. protests have continued in venezuela over the death of a teenager who was killed by police demonstrators rallied outside the vatican's diplomatic mission in caracas demanding an intervention from pope francis. >> reporter: thousands of students took to the streets of san cristobal tuesday to protest the recent arrest of opposition figures and venture voila's mounting economic woes, this video, widely circulate odd social media shows the moment just after 14-year-old, wearing a high school uniform and a backpack was caught in the confrontation. and shot in the head by a policeman. >> translator: i saw the boy there with his brain spilled out. >> reporter: this is the voice of one eyewitness. who did not want to be seen on camera. >> translator: i told the police you cowards wanting to call the
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ambulance after shooting him. >> reporter: this sign says he was born and died in revolution. it is a reference to the 15 years that the revolution has been in place. it adds, he never lived in a democracy. president nicholas maduro has condemned the killing and the police officer who shot him is behind bars. >> translator: if any member of the security forces commits a crime, especially those in charge of maintaining the public order, let me tell you, i will be the first to have them arrested. venezuela armed repression is against the law and the constitution explicitly puts limits on the use of force. >> reporter: the tragedy of the untimely death has only been made worse by what say is the police's brutal. [ inaudible ] then he got shot. >> translator: what could he be doing? what could be he holding in his hand? his school books?
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it's not right. i have marks on my arm from the police who didn't want me to hold this child. it's not right. why? because after they shot him they wanted to take him away. why? i insisted and insisted. because they didn't want to leave the evidence. >> reporter: the repercussions of the death are not clear yet. but as tensions continue to rise it could be the spark that sets off another wave of frosts in the very city that was at the heart of last year's deadly clashes. >> argentina's congress is expected to pass a law to create create a new intelligence agency. the president suggests argentine's old spy service had the prosecutor killed to discredit her. but as al jazerra's latin american editor reports questions date back much further. >> reporter: it's an old photo. one of the very few of former intelligence chief, a man said to have moved in the shadows.
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from this building located next to the presidential pal he effectively controlled the nation's all-power spy exactly for decades. information is power. and for years president christina kirchner allegedly used and abused what he supplied. >> translator: the president liked to receive not just the transcripts of the illegal wire taps but also the tapes to hear the tone of their voice she colds her allies and minute officers and adversaries. >> reporter: he should knowinger he's a former secretary of the intelligence agency himself. describing the still unsolved 1992 bombing of the jewish cultural center as the agency's black box. claudia a former army investigator says five years ago his abduction was ordered and had the words carve odd his
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back. he was responsible for revealing that the spy agency had paid $400,000 for false testimony to derail the original investigation. >> today we don't know what line of investigation to follow because intelligence agency erased or contaminated the towed cover its own tracks. >> reporter: in december the president fired him and after the suspicious death of property cute irrelevant, she asked congress to create any new more accountable inning testimony gent service. friends and foes of the president agree the dismantling of the intel jenks service was long overdue, the question is why now. sources close to the presidential palace say it's because the president had discovered that the spy agency had turned against her and was leaking damaging information to the media. 14 months ago the president named this general a season intelligence officer accused of human rights abuses as head of
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the armed forces. creating what many regard as a parallel spy service. more loyal to her. now the president is asking her countrymen to believe that a new federal intelligence amounts is a will be more transparent. given the history of their espionage services, many argentines can't be blamed for having doubts. lucia newman, al jazerra. french president francois hollande has arrived in the philippines at the start of a 2-day visit. he is being joined by a delegation of official to his press for action on climate change. the trip is part of a campaign ahead of a global conference on climate change to be held in paris in december of the the meeting is called cop 21, its goal is to create a legally binding agreement to cut greenhouse emissions by 2020. at the previously cop talks in peru last december a game work was set. experts say striking ideal will not be easy, and there will be
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fierce debate likely. >> reporter: it's an historic visit by the french president. it's the first time ever a head of state from france will be -- is visiting the country, he will be meeting with government leader and leaders of industry and business men and also visiting one of the most damaged communities by tropical storm haiyan from nearly who years ago, that storm was the strongest on record to make landfall and greatly it is put down to climb lat change, storms have always come across the philippines but never one as strong as haiyan, it is expected that storms in the future will only get stronger if nothing is done to basically cut down on the carbon foot prints of the global community. so the emphasis here of president hollande's visit is that basically this is a collective responsibility not just for developed countries but also to work together with the most vulnerable nations such as the philippines.
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the philippines here pretty much a small carbon footprint but receiving the brunt of the clean at change crisis. storms of just going to be getting stronger. the country is struggling to cope with the affects of such typhoons and basically the presidents of both nations france and the philippines wanting to emphasize that climate change is real and that the global community has to go in to action now to basically try to avert a more pressing or a worse disaster in the future. well, one country with high hopes for the climate change conference is malaysia, coastal erosion has taken a toll on the country's wildlife and communities. it's a problem shared by many asia pacific nations a report now. >> reporter: miles and miles of beautiful sandy beaches do surround malaysia, it's the ma let los angeles it has water on all sides. the rising water levels over the fast few years have really set a precedence of concern amongst government officials, they are
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hoping that during 2015 they can make their voices heard at gatherings such as the cop 21 conference later in the year. it's concern that those that survive and live off of sea want to hear from their government. they want to make sure that in the future, the sea remains their friend and not their foe. and i have been to meet them. 70 years ago the coastline used to be there. now it's here. this is the effect of rising sea levels. it's caused coastal erosion. the sea has been battering malaysia's shores for decades. the fishermen -- for fish american times are tough. he earns a living in the water land waterways. sand and soil are falling in to the see and then more salt watter enters the waterways fresh water fish die. >> translator: i have been fishing for over 20 years. i used to be able to catch
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two-kilos of fish in two hours i barely catch one kilo in four hours. >> reporter: erosion is a major threat to coastal villages that depends on a balanced ecosystem for living. the rapid development along the water's edge is is a fax to remember. 30% of the country's coast is at rift. coastal erosion is a at a critical level. along the st-rpbls shoreline, yet with two unique monsoon that his affect malaysia from the north and south, areas where i am and further south are causing concern for those that have to deal with the problem right on their doorstep. over 20 million u.s. dollars has been phreplged by the government. for some. the solution is simply balancing urban development while being mindful of the environment. >> any development that is
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proposed must incorporate and ensure that the mangrove farms still exist so that you have both wetlands as well as the 15e6789 mangroves act. >> reporter: man groves act as a nursery protecting food and fish. a shore lane management plan has been in place since 2010. replanting mangroves mangroves in vulnerable areas where they once thrived has become an urgent matter for fish be communities. >> mangroves reinforce the soil and sands and strengthen it against the force of of coastal water. collectively we have planted nearly 300 plants that area. 20 years ago the water never came this far. he wants to get his message a to those that can make a difference especially i president hollande. >> world leaders have to remember that we are the poor.
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your decisions affect us directly and i don't want my home livelihood and memories to disappear in to the sea forever. >> reporter: while malaysia holds two very important positions in 2015 it, has a seat on the united nations security council. and it's also a chairman of the group, the association of southeast asian nations. economic block here in asia pacific that includes i want near i iiunderstand near i can't cambodia and the fill fines as a block they will make their fence known and position. to the community. especially in france in december when they gathered for the climate change conference, but ma lawyer a will hope that it can get its mess age cross at the u.n. security council and listen to concerns of other nation that his have similar problems. the army in congo says they have retaken areas that were under rebel comb. on tuesday they began an
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offensive against the fighters. they have been active in the region for more than two decades. it's accused of human rights violations include murder and rape. south korea's constitutional court has struck down an adult are you law that's criminalized extramarital affairs for the last 60 years the 1953 statute was aimed at protecting traditional family values. the court rules it's unconstitutional. under the law violators could serve up to two years in prison, but few people have served time in recent years. the bolivia vice president has visited a province where there has been severe flooding at least 800 families have had their homes destroyed. promising residents of the hardest hit areas they will be relocated. food and surprise have been flown in to the affected area. and in mexico, the volcano has spewed ash 700 meters in to the sky.
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hey ripping east of mexico city force aid series of flights to be canceled. experts say the volcano is experiencing frequent low intensity explosions following a series of tremors on sunday it's the second highest volcano in mexico. you thank you very much. >> thank you. >> hello and welcome. i'm phil torres here to talk about innovations that can change lives. we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity and doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. let's check out our team of hard core nerds. >> dr. crystal dilworth is a molecular neuroscientist. a young woman murdered, a trail that went cold after 19 years. tonight it's the real csi, solving crimes hike ne
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