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>> al jazeera america presents camp last resort on al jazeera america >> this is the true definition of tough love >> this is the news hour live from london. coming up, signs of a breakthrough between libya's rival government, killing eight people. united nations approves a new resolution condemning the use of chlorine gas in syria. thousands of indians storm a prison and lynch a man accused of rape. a car bomb explodes, in what
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the ukrainian government is calling an act of terror. and free and defiant kremlin cricket vows to fight on despite the killing of boris nemtsov. >> hello, a warm welcome to the program. after two days of fresh discussions discussions in morocco, there are signs in the break through of a peace offering. there is still fighting on the ground. >> libya rival factions are closeer to clinching a political deal. they have agreed in principle in implementing a cease-fire and forming a national unity government. but the two delegations need to
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travel to libya to consult with their governments. things go well, they will return to the moroccan capitol for a final deal ceremony. >> there are signs of a deal. we have new moved to a new phase. at the u.n. we're starting to talk about guarantees. once there is a deal we'll have a government that has a clear mandate. we'll have a comprehensive deal with all the guarantees and so form a government as soon as possible. a deal was only unthinkable a couple of days ago. the undivided governments of east and western libya don't trust each other. the government it is this man
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the united nations envoy who has been trying hard to convince libya's warring factions to give diplomacy a chance. >> it makes no sense to go back to fighting. i am optimistic about the security arrangements, which is a key element the new government needs a secure environment to work. >> at the start of the talks the government of tibruk announced it's halting airstrikes for three days. >> there is no other way but to pursue a productive national dialogue for the sake of establishing or constituting the government of national unity.
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>> libya has been beset by a power struggle. there are concerns of instability that threatens to destabilize the whole region. despite all the optimism about signs of practicing there remains the trust deficit that the warring factions don't seem to have overcome to the point that throughout our talks here in the capitol both parties never met with each other preferring insteaded to business with the united nations. al jazeera. >> but even as progress is being made diplomatically, fighting does continue on the ground. gunmen have attacked an oil field in surgeon libya killing eight guards. it happened at the field in the south of the country. witnesses report smoke rising from the facility.
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the attackers are from the city of sirte, which has been seized by the islamic state in iraq and the levant in the last month. a consultancy group that crosses north africa. john, welcome to the program. much optimism on your part in this scenario? >> i'm afraid not. i can understand why the people who are in morocco and are talking to one another want to deala deal and feel close to one, but i feel it hard to see how they may impose any deal they might reach on their more aggressive allies, who are back in libya trying to arm themselves even more, and look like they want to fight more and can get more out of fighting than talking. >> we're also not talking about two groups, are we.
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we're talking about lots and lots of desperate groups all with different endings. >> unfortunately, that's the case. each side is a from fragile coalition. if you have the moderate sensible people trying to make a deal in morocco you've got all sorts of others groups who are ready to splinter and keep on fighting if they think they've got an advantage. >> john, what do you think has happened behind the scenes? even a week ago these guys would not be seen in the same room together, and suddenly we have certainly on the surface this kind of positivity. what levers are happening behind the scenes? >> well, i think that there is the possibility of some international pressure, although i think when you look at--certainly as far as the government in tibruk, their main backers are in egypt.
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they have been very aggressive. but nonetheless they could be some international intervention. the other factors libya is close to some sort of certainly social and economic collapse. they must realize this or they won't make a deal. >> and they call libya the arms bizarre. the weapons are a very scary prospect. what do you think needs to happen? i know the pessimism that is here but are there talks going somewhere to get a resolution, if not now, maybe somewhere down the line? >> it may not be that they can achieve negotiations now because both sides need to fight more.
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a clear winner needs to emerge on the ground. that will be painful and unpleasant. when they get to that sort of point there will be a structure in place. some sort of avenues of negotiation open to allow them to reach a deal. eventually that has to be the case. >> john hamilton, thank you very much for joining us here on al jazeera. thank you. >> now, the u.n. has approved a u.s.-drafted resolution, which condemns the use of chlorine as a weapon in syria. 14 countries voted in favor of that resolution. it does not however place blame on any government or group for using chlorine in syria but it does pave the way for sanctions to be imposed if it's use is not stopped. james bays has more from the united nations headquarters in new york. >> the resolution says that it's going to add chlorine to the list of chemical weapons with regard to syria and it promises to take action in the future, if
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there are further attacks. but what it doesn't do is say which side was to blame and that's where the row started. you have western nations saying yes, we definitely know that this is the sad regime that is responsible because the opcw, the international body investigating this say many of the witnesses they spoke to say they heard the sound of helicopters, and the helicopters helicopters are only possessed by the assad regime. thethe regime said that there were selected witnesses that the opcw spoke to, and it turned into a stormy row with the ambassador asking for the reply. >> now six have been injured
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after a palestinian driver plowed his car into a police station in occupied east jerusalem. the driver got out of the car and tried to stab a bystander. the police shot and wounded the man, who is now in hospital and being treated for serious wounds. >> the man in his vehicle ran over six police officers. this is the same just where there was a terrorist attack. the suspect was apprehended. we have six police officers, six women now in light to moderate condition who have been taken to the hospitals in the jerusalem. the suspect themselves have been treated. >> a bus has hit a train in egypt, killing seven people including five children. a further 24 people were injured when the bus failed to stop at a
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railway stop. thousands of iraqi soldiers are working closer to to work against isil. tikrit is one of isil's strongholds. the united nations says ill demolition and destruction of an ancient city where isil forces destroys cultural heritage. it's calling for world leaders to take action to prevent anything else from being destroyed.
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the ancient syd of nimrud lies on the river tigress. it was founded in the 13th century bc and considered the jewel of. ancient statutes, gold jewelry and ornaments and precious stones have been found. many of the artifacts have been moved elsewhere in iraq, but a lot still remain in nimrud. iraqis condemn the news, some calling it a crime against humanity. >> antiquities are not only for iraqis but the people as of the world as a whole. >> they are hooligans who have nothing to do with civilization, development or humanity. they are enemies of humanity.
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they view this as a normal act. >> manchester united very much for joining us on the program. i don't know about you but when i watch that video i female what many people feel, which is disgusted, upset but i suppose putting out that sort of footage, it has the affect it's supposed to have, right? >> yes, i think we all feel deeply disturbed and sad. it's part of us. it's rooted at a time when we began to become the individuals we would become in our society. so they're deeply destoushing. whetheri think the intent is
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clear to deface all sense of history and memory from iraq. >> do we know the extent to the damage? what is happen together artifacts? have they been sold? >> it's hard to know what is going on in the caliphate there are very few journalists there and it's all very clandestine. but we do know all the areas under isis control have plenty of archeological sites to excavate plunder loot and who runs
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world football is in conflict with iran. find out with raul later in the program. >> released from prison after serving a 15-day sentence for handing out leaflets to promote a protest rally. the opposition leader vowed not to back down despite the killing of another putin critic, boris nemtsov. >> reporter: free after two weeks behind bars, he had a few brief words for supporters before heading home for a change of clothes and a shower. >> i appreciate everyone who
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supports me. you perhaps have many questions about the recent events. we will not decrease our efforts. we will not step back from anything. >> the murder of boris nemtsov a murder he says were ordered by russians' political leadership. this is boris nemtsov on much february 16th distributing leaflets. navalny was arrested the same day. he insists that they're not afraid of the killing. but at the funeral a woman was warned she might be next. >> if the movement is to make any head way, it's leaders have to stay safe and out of jail, but they also have to find some
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way of countering the prevailing mood in russia, one of conservative nationalism. >> one year after crimea when president putin's popularity has reached 86% russian opposition has to unveil some more even strong reference to crimea. this is again what i said what the opposition has to do. >> before he was killed, boris nemtsov was working on an investigation into russia's military involvement in ukraine. that will still be published. and the rally is being planned for mid april. despite its trials and tribulations, russia's opposition soldiers on. >> russia and ukraine have agreed to double the number of osce observers in eastern ukraine.
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a truce is said to be largely holding despite continued fighting in donetsk and other flash points. but on friday a car bomb in the city left two people injured. simon mcgregor wood explains. >> the car exploded as it passed through the suburb that belonged to the leader of a pro ukrainian militia. he was injured, so too his wife and his brother. all said to be in stable ndition. the local police say that they think the explosion was caused by a magnetic mine. just the latest act of what the ukrainian authorities are calling terrorism they have accused russian-backed groups of trying to open a new front to destabilize parts of ukraine they want to control. on the 22nd february a bomb exploded during a pro-ukrainian rally in the same city. four people were killed, including a police officer. but it was not only here. this police video shows a car
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packed with explosives in the city of mariupol. the authorities detect the hand of russia. >> we have confession tomorrow saying who recruited them, where they were strained trained and it was on the territory of the russian federation. we know the exact people they made contact with in russian. it was representatives of the russian security services. financial support came from the russian side, weapons and explosives were provided. this incontroversial incontroversyible evidence. >> over 700 pro-russian suspects have been arrested here in recent months. >> we adapt learn and the fate of israel and the united states await us. those countries live under continuous threats of terrorism. this threat remains while vladimir putin is the president
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of russia. >> the continual fighting of the ukrainian army and russian-backed separatists may have decreased as a result of the recent cease-fire. but a less conventional clandestine war may be beginning. >> in the latvia capitol riga the bloc remains united and continues on sanctions against russia for its role in the conflict. ukraine's ambassador to the u.n. said that kiev's forces have started to remove their heavy weaponry. >> on the other side, which is a verified and monitored by the o osce people, we have moved out all artillery of 150 millimeters. we started to remove yesterday
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the rocket system, and this morning the rocket system . to release all the detainees and prisoners, all for all and for those who are illegally held in moscow. >> the mine explosion in eastern ukraine on wednesday 33 works died in the blast in the separatist city of donetsk. the mine has a history of deadly
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accidents. a man was pulled from prison by a huge mob and killed. people overcame the prison guards and killed the man. he was accused of raping a woman last week. >> local media is suggesting what started as a peaceful protest against the alleged rape of a local woman late last month took an unexpected turn with the mob aprojectly 1,000 people effectively turning to the prison where the alleged rapist was being held. they stormed the prison, took the prisoner out beat him and paraded him throughout town. he died of his injuries at that point. they suggest there is no connection between the events unfolding in india as a result of the airing of a documentary that relates to a 2012 gang rape
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of a medical student on a bus in new delhi and what has happened on thursday. however, it is fair to say that the incidents have unfolded at a very interesting time at a time when there is a resurgent debate about rape and sexual violence in india and calls for greater action on the part of authorities, on the part of local and federal governments to do more and find solutions against these crimes and cases that just don't seem to be going away. >> in-fighting between south sue can't's government and rebels have broken up without agreement and no date set for a resumption of negotiations on power sharing. fighting began in december 2013 when the president sacked his deputy. since then 10,000 people have been killed as the world's newest country splits among ethnic lines. and 1.5 million ethnic people
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have been forced to leave their homes to escape the fighting. >> the talks have been as long winded and as difficult as they have been intense. they held several direct talks this week. the key issues on the security arrangement of a government and composition of parliament are still mild apart. the two sides blame each other for the failure to agree. in front much cameras they chose to be more diplomatic. >> whenever we come here, we come to negotiate and we depart from here so we're giving ourselves time, and we'll come back to the negotiating.
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>> we want to help our people, the south sudanese it is a difficult task, but we will make it. >> many people here in south sudan are loseing hope. this is another disappointment. now there is a genuine fear about what might happen next. those who are suffering the most most, they were hoping that they would be hope by now but they are having to wait much longer for a lasting solution to the rye citizen here. >> well, this place is not my home. i lost all my things. i have no property. i receive help from eight
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different organizations. if there is peace, i will go back home. >> now those like her continue to live in confinement. afraid to leave protected zones. they say this is not what they expected four years after they had won independence. >> the president of northeast my . >> nigeria's government says that work has begun to build a school where 200 school girls were kidnapped by boko haram last year. schools are now being rebuilt. >> secure schools. a nigerian government delegation
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challenging to chibok. they're still trying to come to terms with abduction of its school girls last year. this is how a project supported by international donors by britain, united states and others. the idea is simple. go into areas that have been free from boko haram control and build new schools. it's a new part of the strategy against a group with a name that basically remains that western education is sinful. students in places where boko haram are in control are being relocated so they can attend class, too. more than 20,400 so far. >> they will strengthen the school surrounding.
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the initiative was set. we're looking at software and hardware. >> bolstered by the successes of boko haram the nigerian country is confident that schools like this will be open soon. >> we're taking the liberty of new equipment. we've not only gone against boko haram. this is a defensive operation. >> the government says that the safe school or guarantee security for opportunities in areas affected by violence. almost 11 months after 276 students were taken by boko haram from this school, 219 still yet to come home. something that this community have not forgotten. >> the kidnapping still hangs over chibok. many believe that the government's priority should be the return of their children.
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the area is still held by boko haram. the and their pain is still evident today. >> i really don't know what to say. i don't know what's happening to her. she was taken when she was recuperating from a surgical operation. i just want her safe. the idea of rebuilding the school is okay, i just want my baby back. >> al jazeera, chibok, northeast nigeria. >> a former french interior minister is arrested over possible illegal funding of causes for the presidential campaign. plus-- >> i'm in a town just outside of madrid where the local laborers have been giving the mainstream politicians a run for their money. >> and in sport the second quarterfinalists decided at the cricket world cup.
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within libya's rival government. but that needs to be ratified by leaders in libya. talks are due to resume next week in morocco. the u.n. has approved a resolution condemning the use of chlorine in the as a weapon in syria. in eastern ukraine, the truce is holding and fighting over all has dropped. it comes as russia and ukraine have doubled the number of osce observers in the region. rescue necessary argentina are racing against time to deliver vital supplies after the worst flooding to hit you had north of the country in 50 years. weeks of heavy rain have left large areas under of water with homes and businesses swept away and more rain is coming. thousands have been forced to evacuate but many towns and villages are still cut off with
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the rising water. >> this is just one of the examples of the many roads bridges in this region that have been ripped out by the raging rivers, a product of the very heavy rainfall we've been having across the whole of argentina in the last few days. many houses, 700 houses in this particular town have been destroyed or badly damaged. thousands of people evaluatinged, taken to safer ground. in the meantime that big rescue salvage operation is underway. mattresses, fridges, food, water being delivered to the people here. while they are involved in a massive clean up operation trying to salvage what they can. huge amounts of rainfall in a very short time causing massive devastation across the north of
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argentina. as i say many of these bridges down electricity cut schools suspended, manreds are impassablemany schools are impassable. it's been called the worst weather in 15 years. there is more rape fall forecast in the next few days, really it's a case of watching the skies and salvaging what can be salvaged for now. >> many are gathered in caracas for the meeting of the union of south american nations hoping to encourage talks between president maduro and opposition leaders. they want to insure venezuela's parliamentary elections go ahead on schedule this december. it's a week since the arrest
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of mexico's most wanted man. he is now sitting in a maximum security prison awaiting trial. but what about the community that the man known as la tuta left behind. many hope that they can return to a sense of normality. >> lines of big business southwest mexico not just for producers, but also the knights templar cartel who spent years offering them and other local business as simple choice. pay up or face death. but no more. >> the extortion is systemic. you have to pay the cartel as if it's a tax. but now that's gone. >> the knights templar leader, mexico's most wanted man was a combination of a year-long operation in which federal
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forces flooded the state. >> today we find michoayacan. >> tell that to this man his brother was found stabbed to death. >> on the street the ministry is lying. crime has not gone down. we have assaults, robberies. the police are not controlling the situation. they just ride around. >> federal sources and vigilanty groups weaken the cartel. but it has left behind an army of unemployed young criminals. people we talked to say they're no longer being extorted but they still freely roam the streets. 3400400 people were killed this
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year. jobs are needed for those in crime as a way out. says a priest. >> there are people that the knights templar trained and are waiting to rise up again. the government has to invest in the economy so young people have other opportunities. >> as the government celebrates the end of the rule, there is mourning for another lost life. it's clear for them and other families in micioacan true peace has yet to arrive. >> france's foreign minister has been taken into police custody. he has been questioned into whether bolivia had helped in an
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election campaign. >> well, the questioning that has been going on since the early hours of friday morning surrounds a sum of approximately $700,000. which appeared in claude guillen's bank at back in 2008. the police want to know what is this money? where did this come from? it's a payment from overseas. the explanation is that this was payment for two paintings which he said he told to a malaysian art collector but there are questions, some doubts over this version of the story partly because the paintings themselves which is by some little known artist if in the 17th century to be believed to be worth a fraction of what they were allegedly sold for. also, if you're selling valuable paintings and shipping them overseas you normally have to
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have a special export license from the ministry of culture. mr. are big question marks which is why the police are digging a bit further to see if this mystery money is money that came from the regime of the former leader of libya muammar qaddafi to finance as alleged the campaign of sarkozy. >> now trust in spain's local politicians is at an all-time low after a serious of corruption scandals close to 2,000 officials are under investigation. now one neighborhood group outside of the capitol are trying to change how towns are run. >> it may an sleepily commuter town outside of madrid, but in its own small way they have
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quietly revolutionizing politics in spain. 23,000 people live in this middle class community and it has taken grassroots politics to another level. four years ago they would get rid of their debt all this while most of them held onto their own day jobs. >> we have an ideology. we don't have a political motive. just like our only ideas is management. we just think that we have to manage the cities as if it was our home. first you repair the pipes
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before you buy a new tv set. >> at a time when spain is deeply divided between left-wing and right wing politics, they're determineed to build on a pragmatic solution. they have managed to ruffle the feathers of parties. the latest national poll says that 96% of spaniard have no faith in politicians. unemployment and corruption are at the top of the list of worries. no less than 800 cases of political corruption has been uncovered. 676 local councils have been found to be misusing public funds. and it goes across political parties.
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more and more vote he is are ringing in the changes. whey they have shown is that it can be possible even without the support of mainstream political parties. al jazeera. >> one person has been killed in a landslide in bosnia. bosnia has been hit by a wave of snow storms which has closed roads, flooded villages. hundreds of skiers have been lower after their cable cars were stranded. winds of 130 kilometers hit the area. there was the use of helicopters, and no injuries were reported. >> italy's prime minister former
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prime minister berlusconi finished miss community service. he said he would continue helping at the center because he found it, quote, a touching experience. nine people have been injured in a knife attack in china. the knife attack was at the same train station at an attack a year ago. a man kim jongjong made his
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first court appearance. malaysian airline plane disappeared and they have just announceed they will increase the frequency of which aircraft are now tracked. their families are still refusing to accept what they've been told about the jets' disappearance. our china correspondence adrian brown reports. >> one year on they still demand answers. families of the missing trying to march on malaysia's beijing
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embassy. as always their way is blocked. the police regard them as troublemakers and keep them under surveillance. what you're doing is illegal he shouts. in many cases parents lost the only child the law a laos them to have. >> we have been looking for help from the government. but the government has not done anything. our demands have not been answered. >> such displays of emotion are frowned upon by the authorities which is why the families are scornful of the government as they are of malaysian airlines. 12 months ago surrounded by the media, they came to beijing hoping to find news of his brother. he wanted the truth then. he wants it now. >> the government is not working on seeking the truth but instead is pressuring us to take
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compensation. >> the older brother devoted his his family. his home is adorned with happy members. her son was 21 months old when the plane vanished. >> he had been working as a construction workers in singapore. with the money he saved he hoped to one day train as a dentist and serve his community. his family still believe he will fulfill that dream because in their words he's coming back. >> yes, from the bottom of my heart i always feel like nothing ever happened to him. and one day he would come back. every time i talk about this with my son he always says, daddy will come back. >> the lack of any credible information has led the family to entertain any number of theories about what happened to the plane. for now they think it was hijack hijacked.
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some have taken their protest to the door step of malaysian airlines headquarters in kuala lumpur. they are refusing the compensation offer. to do so, they say would be to acknowledge their loved ones are never coming back. one year on, that is still something that li ling still can't believe. >> 101 east investigates the latest leads in the disappearance could have been avoided. that will be first aired on saturday here on al jazeera. still ahead on the program. a closing encounter nasa travels to one of the most masterrous objects in the solar system. and in sports, football club parma is give a financial lifeline.
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>> this is another significant development... >> we have an exclusive story tonight, and we go live... >> welcome back. an unmanned u.s. aircraft is beaming back the first pictures from the orbit of a miniature planet located between mars and jupiter. this is the surface of the dwarf planet saif. at the end of a seven and a half year journey. nasa wants more information on the white spots which could be ice spots. sport now.
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>> thank you very much. fifa president has asked iran to end its ban on women watching football matches. he has described the situation as intolerable. he spoke to the iranian president in 2013, but nothing has happened so far. thousands of female iranian fans were able to watch their national team play in the asian cup earlier this season. the game is massively popular amongst women in iran. they first started playing the game back in 1970 in the national team regularly play in international tournaments. but for the iranian revolution of 1979 came a ban on women attending matches although as the years past women were able
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to play games under strict supervision. there was a game where women fans stripped the barrier and attended a game. and >> in the bishop football association has called on fans to report sexist abuse at games. it comes after two recent incidents. so far this season 25 isn'ts of sexist abuse has been reported to anti-discrimination groups. last season, just two were reported. i think more people are having more confidence to report. that's what happened. there are these incidents that people have been frightened to
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report. i think we have a reporting explanation that gives people the power and sort of anonymity to be able to report. more reporting and there will be more incident highlight. >> now this italy syria serie-a teams have voted to give parma money to help the club finish out the season. they have said yes with the fund to come from crowd funding within the league. players have not been paid in months, and they're past two games were postponed because the clubs could not give basic services. they're scheduled to play on sunday. football's government body will set up football in crimea.
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the new league could start as early as august. now india has become the second team to advance to the quarterfinals of the cricket world cup. >> reporter: india had won their previous three games at this world cup. but when you face the west indie star, anything is possible. after attacking they went for 21. andbut captain jason holder produced 57 at number nine to salvage the total of 182. a-month old target for india to chase. the top.
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on base in 45, steered them to a full-wicket victory with four overs remaining. >> the guys, they have stepped up. so they will complete the performance so far. >> india are now guaranteed, while the wendy state is out of their hands. >> nowak djokovic, beats number 158. it's the opening in the best of five first rounds. it would give the curbs a 2-0 lead after day one.
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>> going andy murray against donald young as great britain took on american . >> the sport missed out inclusion in the 2020 toke yoke games. they would need to expand its reach. that's your sport for now. we'll give you back to judy in london. >> thank you. you can find out much more on the website. www.aljazeera.com.
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