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only on al jazeera america >> welcome to this news hour here in doha. our stop stories this hour, a rare moment, a resolution condemning chlorine attacks in syria. a top commander in a syrian rebel group has been killed in an airstrike. rival factions are working to try to stop the fighting in libya. in turkey, a teenager goes on trial charged with insulting
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the president. >> we begin this news hour at the united nations in something we don't see every day the security council has agreed in a draft resolution condemning chlorine attacks in syria but there were heated exchanges before the agreement was reached. our diplomatic editor james bays reports from u.n. headquarters. >> a rare moment, a new security council resolution on syria is passed condemning chlorine attacks and promising to take action if they continue. china and russia supported it. only venezuela abstained. the resolution does not say which side was responsible for the chlorine attacks, but for some there was no doubt. >> let's ask ourselves who has helicopters in syria? certainly not the opposition. only the regime does. we've seen them use helicopters in countless other attacks on
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innocent assyrians in assyrian with barrel bombs. >> that led to a stormy row. russia said that the opce report said that perhaps the bombs went off at the time that the helicopters went off in the area. then he provided this. >> we provide the technical details, and for our colleagues it's easy for them to spoil and say we know the government is responsible. don't protect the terrorists. >> the u.s. demanded a right to reply. >> it is a little strange to take away one party's entire stock mile pile of chemical weapons in the wake of the monstrous attack, and then do to claim that the party in which the chemicals weapons were taken away were not party of that attack. >> then russia asked to speak
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again. >> it's very strange that the united states said that the use of chemical weapons by the government of syria is a red line and could cause the united states to use force. yet after the events of the of august. they did not do that. so the government of assad did not cross this red line. the president of the united states said this was a red line and then didn't do anything. >> could the security council take action if there is further chlorine attacks. they said there could be a possibility but you just have to look at that row inside the council member chamber. >> the iraqi defense minister has proof that 150 members of the islamic state in iraq and the levant have been killed. these pictures released by the ministry shows that three isil
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hideouts have been destroyed. isil fighters have ambushed iraqi armed forces near the city of fallujah. 13 soldiers and five isil fighters were killed in that attack. the two sides have also been battling nery the isil controlled city of tikrit. al jazeera has exclusive footage of fighting in in anbar provinces. senior commander of an al-qaeda-linked al nusra front has been killed. he died on thursday. avenues veteran al-qaeda leader who held the title of general military commander of the al nusra front. >> he was al nusra front's second in command. his death comes at a critical time of the organization. there have been reports that syria's al-qaeda branch has been asked to cut links with the
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organization and become a purely syrian force so it can receive funds and weapons. this video was reportedly filmed in aleppo in december. it emerged after al nusra announced his death. did he not just operate in syria. he was fighting for al-qaeda in afghanistan and iraq, and analysts say he was among the so-called hard liners. >> they were the hard liners, extremeists al-qaeda segment of the local manifestation of al-qaeda supposedly, that have been aged and to take a different course with many channels of forces in regional
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and international of the al nusra side. >> they're being described as a painful and powerful hit. the state news agency said that a number of al nusra leaders have been killed in an army operation targeting the meeting held in the rural area of idlib. >> it has been one of its most powerful rivals if not the most powerful rival on the ground. it's president has been one of the reasons why the west has not provided weapons to the syrian opposition. if those weapons start to flow in it could an game changer. but al nusra has changed the opposition. it has been responsible for weakening the so-called moderate camp. al nusra declared war on the movement which forced it to demand. for many that was the message to
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the west at a time the u.s. is planning to train and arm a rebel force in syria. >> we have to remember something important. this war is against the islamic state of iraq and the levant. >> the u.s. list al nusra as a terrorist organization and is under u.n. sanctions. it has more than 10,000 fighters within its ranks. there mate be a change of mindset among them but they also have an ideology that will be hard to defeat. >> after two days of discussions in morocco there are signs of a break through and peace talks between a rival government. an unity deal appears to be closer, but there is still fighting on the ground. we still have more from the moroccan capitol. >> reporter: libyan rival factions are closer to clinching
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a political deal. they agree on principle in implementing a peace fire, put out militias throughout the city, and forming a national unity government. but the two delegations need to travel to libya to consult with their government. things go well, they will return to the moroccan capitol for a final deal ceremony. >> once there is a deal we'll have a government that has a clear mandate. we will have a comprehensive deal with all the guarantees and government as soon as possible. >> a deal was almost unthinkable a few days ago. the divided areas don't trust each other. the tibruk government is
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recognized by the international community actual the tripoli-based government is considered the legitimate one by the country's constitutional court. it is this man 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 and confrontation. this will lead nowhere so they are aware of this. now we're going to start discussing concrete proposal this is morning. i am optimistic about the security arrangements which is a key element. they need a secure environment to work. >> the government of tibruk has announced it's halting airstrikes for three days, a gesture of good will. their representatives hearsay. there is no ear way but to pursue the very productive
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national dialogue that could reach the stage of total agreement for both parties for the sake of establishing and constituting the government of national unity. >> reporter: libya has been beset by a power struggle. the infighting and rise of groups with the islamic state in iraq and the levant raise concerns of its stability and threatens to destabilize the whole region. despite all the optimism about signs of progress there remains the trust deficit that the warring factions don't seem to have overcome that throughout the points of tax here in the capitol the rabat both parties never met with each other preferring to do business with the united nations' envoy. >> now the associate vice president of the middle east and african center at the institute
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of peace joins us from washington, d.c. welcome to al jazeera, ma'am. so if we could first look more closely at the various parties taking part in these talks in morocco. are all the factions represented at these talks? >> i think that you have the major political parties being represented, in particular both political parties that are claiming legitimacy, the hor which is in tibruk as well as the former remnants being represented in tripoli. how much authority do these groups have on the streets on the ground. not so much the bigger militias but the 13,458er shaller militias that have splintered off. >> exactly. even if these parties at the talks in morocco can reach a deal, will they be able to implement it in libya and make it stick? >> i think that's always the challenge no matter what you do
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in peace negotiations particularly in terms of dialogue. it's first finding the political climate, which i think is very important in conversations in morocco. but as you point out will it stick? will it be implementable. as long as they're giving the right rhetoric, hopefully they'll be able to move it along side if they're able to see tangible concrete action that the government is age to perform perform. >> are you optimistic that the two sides can reach a deal in the talks. >> i'm optimistic that they can reach out and talk with each other. at one point it seemed that both sides were refusing for any time of dialogue or political solution, and only turning towards military which would have left libya in more destruction than it is today. the most important thing with the talk is to manage our expectations knowing that any real solution is going to be long term with very small steps
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in between before we're able to see change. the most important thing is to continue talks continue dialogue and understand that it will be a long process. there is no short sugars for the type of power grab we've seen in libya. >> what could happen if they don't reach some kind of deal in these talks in morocco? >> i would say that in most cases it would probably be a false start. that you would see a return to violence or increase in more fighting on the streets across libya. what we've seen from these type of fighting in many contexts is that it's not sustainable. there is no way that each side will kill the other off. so what will have to happen is some type of new agreement or dialogue will take place. rather than saying the failure we're see in morocco is a false start before we pull everybody back together. we know that fighting and military solution is simply not an alps. there needs to be a political
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solution to a long-term stability. >> manal omar from the middle eastern-after center institute for peace. fighters have attacked the oil field eight guards were killed, and the facility were set on fire. the attacks have been blamed "isil affiliated militia. they have been battling forces loyalty to the tripoli-based in sirte. signing agreements worth $12 million to develop a major gas field in egypt. the project in the west nile delta aims to develop 9 trillion cubic feet of gas in 2017. the conference next week is
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aimed at boosting foreign investment. hundreds of anti-coup demonstrators have held rallies across egypt calling for the release of all political prisoners. the theme of this five-day protest:egypt is not for sale. one person has been killed in a roadside bomb explosion. the police have been called in to investigate reports of a suspicious package. it's not known if the explosion happened before or after they arrived. at least 11 other people were injured. israeli police say a palestinian man has been shot and injured after rally running his car into pedestrians in jerusalem. it happened outside of a police station on the border that divides east and west jerusalem. four israeli policewomen are those among injured. this is linked to tensions over thal aqsa mosque.
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a. 16-year-old in turkey has gone on trial for allegedly insulting president erdogan. the case was adjourned until next month. >> reporter: the show of support for a 16-year-old boy facing a serious charge in turkey, insulting president erdogan. if found guilty he could face up to four years in prison. >> we want a free turkey, a free life. i want to be acquitted. i hope the public also hopes for this. [applause] >> the boy's identify bid his michael m.e.a. because as a minor turkish law protects his identity, but it does not protect him from prosecution for calling erdogan a thief for using $500 million to build a presidential palace. >> when we look at the cases that are being launched for unbelievable reasons right now normal ordinary criticisms. investigations are launched into
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criticisms that are not even harsh or are humorous in nature. >> this woman knows something about that. she could face up to two years in prison for a post. >> what happens to me is not normal because i think they have to be open to criticism. turkey is moving far from democracy. >> turkey's primaries has defended the prosecution of the 16-year-old. >> the criticism is an insult. >> while the 16-year-old is the latest to draw attention to the issue,'s not the youngest. last month a 13-year-old student was pulled out of class and
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summoned to a court in turkey about criticizing erdogan in a facebook post. the government is intent on eaching youth a lesson on the perils of dissent. >> a russian dissident is released from prison after the murder of an opposition leader. plus rains close roads in the balkans. and criticisms of iran, find out later this hour. >> a heated debate over the crisis in ukraine continues at the u.n. security council. ukraine's u.n. ambassador said that pro-russian rebels continued to violate a cease-fire. >> illegal pro-russian armed groups continue their attacks
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against positions and check points of the ukrainian army as well as civilian residences. since the cease-fire on the 15th of february militants have undertaken over 750 attacks. >> while russia has denied allegations that it is sending troops and weapons into eastern ukraine, russia's u.n. ambassador has criticized the united states for a possible plan of training ukrainian troops. >> according to data we have these days, some 300 military personnel from the united states have arrived and they will ukrainian soldiers in the use of northern equipment. everyone knows wherever american military appear expect bad things to happen. >> while the conflict in eastern ukraine is having a dramatic affect on people with serious illnesses. fighting has cut off people's access to health centers supplies and medication is also running low and patients say
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they can't afford the rising prices for treatment. we have reports now from the city of donetsk. >> as a war in eastern ukraine began, so did olga's cancer. she was diagnosed for a second time. this time along with hepatitis-c. but here in separatist territory she no longer gets her ukrainian welfare payment or prescription coverage for the drugs she needs even if she could find it here. >> i don't have money to buy them. in 2009 and 2010 the medicine was provided by the hospital which cured me. in 2014 this 2014 they no longer have the dug. >> what happens if you don't get medicine? >> well, i don't know. if you don't treat serious diseases people die. >> she's hardly alone. drugs are hard to find and expensive with high inflation unemployment, and no functioning banking system. this man relies on donations for
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his heart medicine. >> there is no place i can get it. the pharmacy is closed. i have to buy less and the prices are high. >> the international aid group doctors without borders tries to fill in the gaps, making regular stops in rural towns. their waiting rooms crowd with the under served, but it's not nearly enough. >> medicine is not available because pharmacies are not here, people cannot buy. also, it's expensive. they have to go far away. and another reason there is no doctor. >> near the front line many people no longer have any place near them to go for medical care. this hospital has been shelled repeatedly when it finally shut down it's staff was moved to another medical center, and then that hospital, too was shelled. many are left to survive on shear optimism. >> well, i think so, we will
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find. you have to knock on every doctor. >> with ukraine's kiev government no longer delivering certainly benefits, and the separatists too poor to offer them there are few doors to knock on. al jazeera, donetsk eastern ukraine. >> some of the 33 minors killed in an explosion at a coal mean in do mechanic took place on friday. the accident on wednesday was probably caused by methane gas kiev is accusing pro-russian separatists of delaying rescue efforts. a russian dissident has been freed. he was arrested for distributeing leaf leaflets for a rally. navalny said that nemtsov's murder will not frighten him.
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>> i know you'll have lots of questions regarding recent tragic events. i've expressed my opinion on this and i won't add more for now. but i will say that our activity will not change in any way. we will not change anything. in this sense the act of terror that took place will not achieve its aims. it has not frightened me, and it has not frightened my comrades. >> rory challands has more. >> reporter: alexi navalny said that boris nemtsov was murdered either by a government intelligence agency or by a pro government group specifically on the orders of the political leadership of the country, and he deliberately names vladimir putin as being a possible. origin of that order.
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so when what is next for opposition? many may say that their safety is in danger. navalny has always been a prominent member of the opposition than nemtsov so therefore he may be the more obvious target for assassination. another opposition figure was warned at boris nemtsov's funeral that she might be next. but their work goes on. the report that nemtsov was working on calls putin and war and investigation into the russian military's involvement in the ukraine that will still be published, and the opposition march, which was going to take place last weekend which became the memorial march that march is being rescheduled for april. but to make any kind of significant head way the opposition is going to have to overcome the prevailing mood in russia at the moment, which is
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one of fairly strident conservative nationalism. that is going to be very difficult, indeed. >> one person has been killed in a landslide in bosnia. a blizzard triggered the landslide closing down roads and knocking down power lines. more than 1,000 people are without power or running water. former interior minister of nicolas sarkozy is in prison charged with illegal financing in 2007. the police say that the money could have come from libya. we have reports from paris. >> the questioning that is been going on since the early hours of friday morning surrounds a sum of approximately $700,000. which appeared in claude guillen's bank account back in
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markin 2007. gueant said that 24 was for the sale of two paintings, but there is dispersion and doubt over the story partly because the two paintings themselves are considered to be worth a fraction of what they were allegedly sold for. also if you're selling valuable paintings and shipping them overseas, you need an export license from the ministry of culture. there are questions marks over of isevery the election campaign
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of 2007 of nicolas sarkozy. >> still ahead, another stalemate. we'll have the latest on the peace talks from south sudan's government and rebels. flooding in argentina leave thousand homeless and an entire town abandoned. and italian football club parma is given a financial lifeline. >> i was goin' through a million dollars worth of drugs every day. i liked it. it's hard to believe that a friend would set you up. people don't get federal life sentences and beat them. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system".
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android mobile device. download it now >> hello once again these are the top stories for al jazeera. the u.n. security council has the draft resolution condemning chlorine attacks in syria and threatened measures if chemicals are used in attacks in the future. progress is reported and talks between libya's student rival government in tibruk and the rifle leadership in tripoli are meeting in the moroccan capitol. a 16-year-old has gone on trial for allegedly insulting
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presidenter president erdogan. he could spend up to four years in prison if convict: one of iraq's most archeological sites attacks have been called a crime, this is what it looked like before bulldozers were reportedly useed to destroy the antiquityies. isil showed artifacts being smashed. >> we know that deliberate destruction of our heritage we see the pillaging of the museum, and the archeological site. >> the violence in iraq is also having a growing human cast.
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the u.n. mission to iraq say 1100 people were killed in february including more than 600 civilians. the rest were members of the security forces. last year was the deadliest in iraq since 2006. more than 12,000 people were killed and 22,000 injured. deb much director of the middle east joins us via skype. thank you for joining us on al jazeera. these numbers are just so hard to comprehend. a thousand have been killed last month and the month before as well. these numbers i believe do not include the third of the country being held by isil, do they? >> no, i don't think they do. the u.n. has not been able to get good figures from them until now. and it does not include, after all, the numbers you just cited are people who were killed. usually in conflict situations,
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the ratio of injured and wounded to killed is quite--it's going to be a much larger number. a tremendous burden on already overstretched health facilities medical facilitated and we're talking about a country with well over 2 million people displaced from their homes. >> what sort of conditions are the people who have had to flee the violence. what sort of conditions are they having to live in. >> those who have been displaced for a while are probably living in make-shift arrangements, buildings under contrition construction, living in schools school buildings, public facilities, living in churches, mosques, court yards, in parks in august when i was there, of course, it was fairly warm so
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living outside was not a big problem temperature-wise. now we're talking about very severe cold up in the northern part of the country. and of course, because people are habitatting the schools living in these schools in these classrooms, it means that regular education is not happening for the people who live in that area, never mind the people who have been displaced there. >> joe what sort of effects is this violence having on iraqis mentally and physically? >> again this, is hard to gauge other than we know because we know what happens to people when they're living in these extreme extremely there'sful and dangerous and risky situations. there are those who don't hold up very well. i don't have any figures to give you, but i'm sure given the extent of the strike, give the fact that it's happening across
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answer matters of the country, many different provinces now. just today yesterday there were more killings, more explosions in baghdad, for instance. we're talking about the people who live in risky zones. it's quite a large portion of the population. >> joe, thank you for helping us understand a little better of what is happening to people there in iraq. deputy director of the middle east north africa human rights watch. >> thank you. >> mobs in india has beat an suspected rapist to death after dragging him out of prison. the guards say they were overpowered by thousands of people. the 35-year-old man was accused of raping a 24-year-old woman last month. the prison is in the northeastern state of nagaland, which borders myanmar. the taliban in afghanistan
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women there have made great strides in trying to end rampant discrimination. there are some 3 million women in school now. they're allowed to own businesses and in are female representatives in parliament, but women are still fighting for their rights. >> she has been attacked twice because of her prominent role in local politics, but she says she won't quit. she's ahead of the province council in a conservative province. >> i'm a woman. i'm a representative of the people. people voted for me. i'm trying my best to solve people's province by education and health. >> she accuses a member of parliament of stealing land from her. she said that mistreatment like this is common.
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she said that theshe takes a bodyguard with her since an attack. she said afghanistan needs more women politicians. like sariah. in last year's election, women cast more than a third of the votes. she said that sent a mission. >> the message for us, we are responsible, and we're citizens who believe in democracy. >> the new president ashraf ghani promised four women ministers in his cabinet, but so far there are none. the three he nominated have been rejected. >> there is a call for many afghan women despite the gains they've made. they want to make sure that progress is not reversed. >> they're petitioning the government that women have a
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place on district councils. they want 25% of council seats to be reserved for women in elections. >> we believe bringing woman from the very grassroots level and giving them an opportunity to engage in politics as a professional, and making sure that they are being a woman's voice is very important. >> a law that guaranteed 25% of parliament seats was revoked. it was reinstated but afghan women argue that they represent 50% of the population, and they deserve a place in politics. jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. >> the cia is planning a major restructuring with focus on digital espionage and cyber cyberspace. the overhaul is meant to allow for for more collaboration
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within the department. the man accused of attacking the u.s. ambassador to south korea has been charged with attempted murder. the 35-year-old man denied any ties to pyongyang. peace talks between the two warring parties in south sudan have been suspended indefinitely. leaders have failed to preach an agreement while meeting in ethiopia. we have reports from south sudan's capitol juba where people had hoped for an end to the violence. >> 13 months of negotiations have ended in a stalemate. they held several direct talks this week.
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their position on key issues, their security arrangement between the government and parliament are still miles apart. the two sides blame each other for failure to agree in front of cameras, though, they chose to be more diplomatic. >> negotiation is a process, it is not an event. we come here to negotiate. we depart from here. it does not mean that we have failed, but it means that we have given up such times that we think over some of the issues so that when we come back, we'll come and negotiate. >> we come in, it is a difficult task, but we will make it. the peace talks have not collapsed. >> but many people here in south sudan are losing hope. this is another disappointment. now there is a genuine fear of
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what might happen next. those who are suffering the most, hundreds of thousands are in displacement camps like this one. they were hoping to be home by now but clearly they have to wait much longer for a lasting solution to the crisis here. >> this woman has been struggling, among hundreds of thousands stuck in camps in south sudan and it's neighbors. >> this place is not my home. i lost all my things. i have no property. i just get help from aid organizations. >> for now those like her continue to live in confinement too afraid to leave u.n. protected zones. they say this is not what they expected four years after hard-won independence. >> in tanzania four people have
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been sentenced to death over the murder of an albino woman in 2008. the sentencing comes after crackdown on witch doctors who believe the body parts of albinos have special powers. they've called the killing of albinos a disgusting and big embearment to the nation. >> still ahead we have all the sports. we'll have all the latest.
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>> hello again. it's now a week after the arrest of mexican drug lords gomez the man known a la tuta won the knights templar. his railroad has revived hopes that life there will turn to normal. >> lines of big business in micoacan state in mexico. not only for producers but knights tem lar cartel offered them a simple choice: pay up or face death. but no more. >> the extortion was systemic. you had to pay the cartel as if it was a tax. but now that's gone. >> the capture of the knights
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temlar leaders. >> today we find michoacan is reactivating its economy and taking back its streets and finding a place of investment once again. >> tell that to this man. his brother was stabbed to death on the sidewalk three days ago. >> the ministry is lying because crime has not gone down. every day we have assaults, robberies. the police are not controlling the situation. they just ride around. that's all they do. >> federal forces and vigilanty groups have seriously weakened the knights temlar cartel, but it has left many unemployed. >> the400 people were killed.
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legitimate jobs are needed it's a way out for those who earn their living through crime say the priest. >> they contaminated our society. there are people who the knights temlar trained who are now waiting to rise up again. the government has to invest in the economy so these young people who are criminals have other opportunities. >> as the there is ceremony for the end of gomez's rule, true peace has yet to arrive. al jazeera. >> severe flooding has killed at least ten people in northern argentina. the usually heavy rain destroyed homes and forced thousands who evacuate as authorities work to
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restore tower. we're in one of the worst-hit areas of cordoba. >> there is no one left in the town. every home flooded every family devastated. more rain fell in a few days that normally falls in a year. residents fled as well as they could, grabbing whatever possessions they could. >> almost the whole town was flooded. we nearly lost everything. we're scared that it will happen again unless they do some work here. >> natalia the mother of three is at a center for evacuated flood victories. food and clothing is donated. they can't go home until the waters recede. that could take two months. >> i had some pigs, but they all drowned. we saved the cowboys, which we took to a hill. but we only have enough food for five days.
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>> he lost 70% of his crop, and he can't get insurance for flood damage since they've become so common. this region suffered floods a year ago. the whole north of argentina is currently recovering from some of the worth flooding they've seen for generations. the waters here are receding for now, but the residents live with a constant threat of them rising again. shoring up their defenses, doing what they can against the ravages of nature. the local authorities reach where they can providing vital supplies that will keep flood victims going for the next few days and weeks. >> this has been very sad. whatever precautions we took would never have been enough since we never imagines we would see rains of this magnitude. >> but it will rain again. and it will flood again. everyone here knows that. for now the residents are assessing the damage and must
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rebuild their homes and their shattered lives. al jazeera argentina. >> time now for sport. here is raul. >> thank you. fifa president has asked iran to end its ban on women watching football matches. he has described the situation as intolerable. he said that he spoke to the iranian president in november 2013, but so far nothing has happened. thousands of female iranian fans were able to watch their national team play in the asian cup earlier this year in australia. now women and football either watching or playing it, it has had a mixed history in iran. the game did receive a huge boost in 2014 after fifa lifted it's ban on head covers, allowing muslim women to with wear the hijab at matches. the iran revolution of 1979 came
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a ban on women attending matches. although as the years passed women were allowed to play games under strict supervision. in 1997 there was the so-called iran football revolution where police breached a police barrier and entered a stadium full of male supporters for the 1998 world cup. and the struggle of the iranian football fans highlighted in an award-winning film called "off side" which depicted women trying to attend a world cup qualifyier in tehran. there have been two isn'ts two recent incidents of sex abuse reported. and an equality group of women in football, say this is a sharp rise this past season.
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>> most people have more confidence to report. that's what happened. there are these incidents that people have been frightened to report and we have an application that gives people the power of anonymity to report. so more people are reporting hence you have more incidents highlighted. >> serie-a teams have voted to game parma $5 million in emergency funding to help the club finish out the season. 16 of the 20 clubs said yes to the measure on friday. but the funding would come from fines within crowd trouble within the league. over $100 million having been sold twice this season, players have not been paid in months, and their past two games postponed because the club could not afford basic services. they're expected to play on sunday. now european football top governing body has plans to set up a league in crimea.
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in december they ruled that crimean clubs would not be allowed to compete in the russian league. and the new league could start as early as august. india is the second team to advance to the quarterfinals of the cricket world cup. their wicket win over the west indies with their eighth consecutive victory. elise holman reports. >> reporter: india had won their previous three games at this world cup. but when you're facing the west indy star chris gayle anything is possible. after typically attacking stop, gayle went for 21. 21, 85-7. the captain jason holder produced 57 at number nine to help the indies salvage a title of 182 and a modest target for india to chase but they
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certainly made life hard for themselves. the top ordered order dismantled, and they came to india's rescue. he was on base at 45, steered them to a full-wicket victory with ten overs remaining. >> they have different conditions. they have stepped up. they have completed the performance so far. >> india are now guaranteed while the indyies fate is now out of their hands. al jazeera. >> tennis world number one djokovic has given serbia a winning start in davis cup. beating number 158. 6-3, 6-3 6-4 the score.
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djokovic would win the davis cup back in 2010. well, serbia finished the day 2-0 up, coming from two sets down against an 18-year-old winning in five sets in a match lasting over three hours. meanwhile in glass go, andy murray won his opening against donald young from the u.s. murray play in his native scotland for the first time in four years. he beat the american 3-1. the chinese martial arts will once again try to become an olympic sport according to their international federation executive. the sports missed out inclusion for the 2020 tokyo games. they said that the sport needs
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to expand its reach and will feature in africa games. more sports on our website. for all the latest check out www.aljazeera.com for blogs and videos from our correspondents around the world. and you can vote on which team you think will win the cricket world cup. again, www.aljazeera.com/sport. that is all your sport for now. >> thank you very much. now 50 years ago a brutal attack on peaceful protesters in the southern u.s. city of selma gave way to america's civil rights movement. today in alabama an organization that monitors hate groups. >> in alabama school children learn about the people what died
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at the hands of the klu klux klan keeping the clan in check has been the life work of the center poverty you law center. >> . >> one of the things i'm most proud of, and i think the center would share my feelings, is putting some of the country's major mitt hit groups out of service. >> the case that stands out the most is the case that bankrupted the united clans men of america in 1981 for lynching a man in mobile. that's the group that bombed a church in birmingham and killed those four girls. >> dee said that there are nearly 2,000 active hate groups in the u.s. >> today you've several hundred virtual hate groups on the internet. a young person can get in the
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bedroom in their own house and type in the security the information they want, and the next thing you know they have a recipe of blowing up a building like timothy mcveigh did when he blew up the oklahoma building. there is a whole movement of change and we're trying to keep up that change. >> while much has changed he dade maintaining vigilance between hate groups is a never ending task. >> we have to broaden racial discrimination. look at latino issue in this country. look at efforts to attack latinos, muslims, drive these people out of the country lgbt issues, all of these issues are in the forefront. i think dr. king, if he were here today would be marching with these groups. >> a struggle against hate that continues 50 years on. al jazeera montgomery, alabama. >> we're going to go for a quick break. we'll have more news here after
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this al jazeera america. live from new york city. tony harris will join the show in just a few mens from selma, alabama where thousands are soon gather to mark 50 years of the selma anniversary. and good economic news scoops wall street why investors were not happy to hear about an increase in hiring. and what known now about
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