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meets humanity. only on al jazeera america. >> this is al jazeera. >> hello and welcome to the al jazeera news hour live from doha. these are the main stories that we'll be covering over the next 60 minutes. international talks over iran's international program resume in switzerland with the clock ticking to reach a framework deal. residents of the island nation of vanuatu count of costs of the deadly cyclone.
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a key selection in israel. no nudity, no defamation, and no organized crime. the new rules for posting on facebook. hello, international negotiations are continuing in switzerland and belgium to reach a deal on iran's nuclear program. there are hopes that some progress can be made although, the deadline to reach a framework deal expires at the end of this month. our diplomatic editor james bays is there. i'll ask you whether any progress has been made and what has happened over the last couple of hours james. >> well, doreen, they have not been giving any details at all other than when the meetings started and when the meetings ended. that's really what is going none this long protracted
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negotiations. they don't want to keep details from the president media. and there are outstanding issues that must be resolved. as you said we're really at the crunch moment of all this because there are series of deadlines coming up. the most important one coming up very soon is at the end of this month, when they're supposed to get this framework deal, and the final deal is supposed to be the end of june. both the u.s. and iranians are saying it will be hard to extend this process. it's been extended a number of times, and the iran foreign minister said it's almost impossible that another extension will be much in place. >> what are the sticking points? >> we know the range of highly
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difficult points of this negotiations one of the keys, the u.s. new jersey secretary as well as the u.s. secretary of state the sanctions expert, that tells me that they're looking pickerly at the whole issue of verification, if there is a deal. how do you make sure that the iranians are keep to go that deal? keeping their word. what is the role of the international atomic energy agency in all of this. they would probably do the inspection work. how long would that inspection process last for and then of course sanctions the iranians want those sanctions lifted. the international community has the view that we have to have something in place in case the iranians don't stick with their deals. sanctions are something that have taken very many years to
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put in place this framework of sanctions that are in place. you have u.s. sanctions e.u. sanction and sanctions that are to be negotiated in the new york and security council. it has taken a long time to put sanctions in place. it's easy to lift them but hard to put them back in place. we're looking at ways to encourage the irans. and we'll release the sanctions and get rid of them eventually, but we want to have a process that allows to you had appreciate the deal in any way. there will be ripple affects that will be felt across--not only the middle east, but other countries as well. depending on what happens between the deal with iran and the usa and the p 5. >> well, i think that's one of the reasons why they're key to get this done and not extend this all again. the voices are growing louder
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and louder and louder against this deal in certain quarters. look at saudi arabia that is now signaling if iran is allowed to have nuclear weapons why can't we have nuclear weapons. and the saudis signing a deal with south korea. that is raising the prospect of nuclear weapons in the middle east area. and u.a.e. also has plans for an nuclear program and one area that not only has a nuclear program but has nuclear weapons and that is israel. those talks in the final days of the israeli campaign. james bays reporting from la vaughn lasaugn.
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>> the turkish foreign minister told state media that the current problems have been caused by the assad regime. the syrian president acknowledges the comments but is still waiting for concrete action from washington. >> we're still listening to the comments and we have to wait for the actions then we will decide. we have no choice but to defend our country. we've had no alternatives from day one to do so. any change that is genuine that comes out of of work is positive i have. >> three british teenagers have been arrested after being stopped to joining the war in syria. they've now been flown back to london where they were questioned on the suspicion of
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preparing terrorist acts. many palestinian refugees have been exiled once again. many have gone to lebanon there. >> this woman is top old to care for her disabled and mentally challenged daughters. but she has no choice. >> they say they're barely coping with the little help they get, but they were alone when the eldest daughter died from lung infection. >> no one was next to me to help her. she died in my arms. no one came in time to bring her a doctor. >> she and her daughters live in the largest palestinian refugee camp in lebanon. it is overcrowded and people are poor. now they're sharing this space with thousands of palestinians
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who escape the war in syria. >> we've been under pressure since the arrival of syrian palestinians. they are our brothers, but we are already finding it hard to survive. >> there is competition for jobs and aid provided by the united nations. this has caused tensions. >> syria's palestinians enjoyed the same rights and benefits of syrian nationals. they had access to schools universities healthcare. this is not the case here. according to the united nations relief and work agency 75% of the 45,000 refugees from syria cannot survive out handouts. and for men this camp is a prison. the lebanese government, which has a history of conflict with its own palestinian population, has imposed tight restrictions. >> one of the problems that they have is the fact that their visas have expired.
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that makes them much more vol they were of venerable about restrictions of moment because they can't come in and out of the camps as much as they want. they can be stopped. their documents with be confiscated. they can be detained. >> this is one of the reasons that many of them have found a way out and at times it has cost them their lives. this family was hosting their families from syria before they were lured by smugglers to take a bolt to europe. >> my cousin and my friends were on the boat when it sank. they were highly educated, but they had no future here. there was no other way but to go on the journey of death. >> it has been a difficult journey for palestinian refugees. for those left behind, it is a daily struggle just to survive. >> iraq says military operations to recapture the isil-held city
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of tikrit has been stopped to allow any remaining civilians to leave. the iraqi army has been trying to push imout of that city for two weeks. but they still control pockets at the city center. isil fighters took tikrit in june of last year. >> reporter: more than 90% of our objectives are going according to plan. what remains is a core part of tikrit. we lessened casualties among our troops, the second thing is to protect infrastructure and property. the enemy planted bombs in government offices and buildings. but helping operations we give an opportunity for civilians and families to get away from the battlefield. >> and the tomb of saddam hussein is badly damaged. it is just south of tikrit. it was reported that his body
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had been removeed from that site. desperately needed aid has started arriving in vanuatu but rescue workers say it could be days before it gets to the outer islands where it is needed most. >> reporter: now that the wind has died down this woman returns to what is left of her home. she, like many others will be forced to find a shelter. residents hearsay they're lucky to be alive. >> everything, the wind, and the will of the wind, it's just very frightening. >> reporter: the force of cyclone pam can be seen across the capitol. tin shacks barely stand while
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bamboo huts stood no chance. >> when we come out down here, we look down here like we sorry about everything. our homes. >> reporter: it's thought 90% of the buildings on the main island are damaged or destroyed. but it's the outlying islands where aid workers expect the worst damage. >> when we look at what we're finding on those islands we're going to be in for a huge job ahead of us. >> reporter: much-needed emergency supplies are being sent to vanuatu. and reconnaissance missions continue to paint a grim picture, but it could take days to get aid to the badly hit islands.
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>> it's a monster. if is a monster. >> reporter: the country's main hospital and resource to begin with has been damaged and patients evacuated. doctors warn. if the queues for treatment are likely to longer. >> an influx of help to the island that need it most. >> in yemen houthi rebels have released the prime minister and several cabinet members from house release. the prime minister said that he was reallied as a gesture of good good will. >> this was the prime minister and the foreign minister.
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they want the houthis to know that they have no authority of moving. today, we were supposed to be there with a high delegation. that's why the houthies felt it was enough. the longer they stayed under house arrest, the more anger of the people grows. yesterday, it was announced that the prime minister was under house arrest, and the houthies had no choice but to release them from house arrest. >> the country needs that. there have been a series of protests over what they see as a
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houthi takeover. >> right now, the prime minister is not in sanaa any more. a half hour after he was released he left the capitol. it shows how angered he was. right now the matthews are under pressure. they needed to show some good will. the houthies are see that's they needed to show this good will, and there is a chance for them to reach a deal, especially after yesterday the houthi leader announced that he's also undergoing negotiations with
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saudi arabia over the last couple of days. >> here's what's coming up on the news hour, hundreds of thousands of brazilians have called for the impeachment of dilma rousseff. and on the rowed to south sudan. the struggle to deliver thousands of tons of food before the rainy season starts. and in sports zlatan says sorry for saying that the country does not deserve it. >> first face book has published details about postings that are banned on the social network. it said it's 1.4 billion users should feel safe while online. it creates guidelines for people to understand what content is allowed and what will be removed. it will not allow terrorist or
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organized crime activity, and support and praise for banned leaders is prohibited. and it will degrading or shaming , blackmail or ma harass harassment. photos of artwork featuring nudity are allowed. but not digitally created content unless it's for education, humor or satirical purposes. >> first, is it clear to you how
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facebook will define what terrorist activity is or who these groups are that are banned? >> i don't think it's clear to me and i'm pretty sure it's not clear entirely within facebook. they're probably making it up as they go along. possibly a more important question are we all right with facebook, an american, public-traded company making these sorts of decisions deciding what a dangerous organization is, deciding what is art and what is not art. i think that's the more interesting question. >> it is saying that it wants to survey traffic when it comes to the issue of what it calls terror. practically and realistically how is this possible? >> technically it's possible. remember, this is facebook's business model. they're very good at analyzing large amount of business. their business essentially is to sale people to their customers their users to their customers.
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that's what they sell. they build profiles of us. they have the technical means to analysis large amounts of data. >> but it's not going to scan it's own pages but it will rely on users to flag issues. >> that might be one thing that they use. of course, they scan all user behavior if they see a group of users flag something up, they might take an interest there. but again remember that facebook is a private space. it's not a public space like a park. it's a private property. so just like you would have security at a private organization that's how facebook would approach this. >> how does it balance this sort of fine line. on one hand, they say that they want to try to ban violence as well as sensitive information appearing on facebook. but on the other hand, it wants
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to encourage if free sharing information and not suppress that. how do they balance that? how are they balancing that? >> i think like they do with many things. they create the illusion that that balance exists. remember, they also want you to think that they're creating a safe space for you when actually everything you do is surveilled, watched, and analyzed. they have to create that illusion that it's a safe space. that's what they're really trying to maintain here. if you look at their policies that come under this, people don't understand why facebook cares about you having your real name. but if you think about it, every business needs to identify its stock and make sure that it's real, not fake. so in the same way facebook will have to create an illusion that this is a safe space. that's what they're trying to do. that's again all they can do.
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because actually it's not a safe space. >> okay, thank you very much for speaking to us from leicester. >> thank you. >> well, dates have been set for long-delayed actions in haiti. their ballots in august and elections in november. elections have been delayed for three years because of a dispute between the president and his opponents over election law. in venezuela politicians will allow nicolás maduro to rule by decree. they willvirginia lopez reports. >> reporter: in the government-ruled assembly, it has given nicolás nicholas ma do
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nicolás maduro the power. what is missing what his news powers meant. >> the american government has committed the most embarrassing, repugnant and aggressive act that we can remember in our 200 year history. since venezuela was called venezuela, that is why i went to the national assembly. >> reporter: the move comes days after the u.s. branded venezuela a national threat and sanctioned seven government officials. as head of the country's parliament hand delivered the enabling law thousands outside of the palace roared in support of what they say will allow president maduro to protect the oil-rich nation from an u.s. invasion. the mood here was veestive. hardly the signs of a country under siege.
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>> i'm here because as venezuelans we need to unite under this threat we're confronting. what president obama said is no small matter. we need to support maduro wholeheartedly. >> rehearseing military maneuver s to fight military operations. >> our domestic problems are more real and serious than a foreign enemy. i've been the victim of violent crime three times. we're being robbed and killed everywhere. >> president madura has turned the issue of as soon as a matter of national sovereignty. it has brought. international support. but whether it extends to his own backyard will only be known in the upcoming polls. >> hundreds of thousands of
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protesters have marched in cities across brazil, many calling for the impeachment of dilma roussef. we'll bring in adam rainy. give us more about the demonstrations in brazil, adam? >> reporter: yes, doreen we're holdings here the main newspaper this morning, and you can see the main impact this march across the country has had everywhere. on one of them, it says the it is the biggest protest since 1984, that led to the end of the military regime. now that's not verifiable this time, but that's what they're saying. if you go to every paper
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they're showing the same thing. an overwhelming people power in the street and they're comparing it to 1984-5, and the strongest comparison was in a rejoe de janeiro paper, one of the biggest papers, and what they say is that march 15th has a new democracy. what that means is that march march 15th was previously known as the end the anniversary of democracy coming back to brazil, and now they're linking that to this new commitment to democracy with a single march impeachment of one president. many in the government would be offended by that saying that the end of military rule was much more important than the end of one president's term in office, and of course her term in office is not any wear near ending, but you see these papers lining up saying it's very bad news. and, indeed, it is.
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we'll be watching to see what her government does to respond so far to her top ministers. they're listening enact elections. they're trying to say that they're responding to this but they did not say that dilma roussef is going to step down. that's what the people on the streets want but it does not seem like that's what is going to happen in brazil. >> adam raney reporting from sao paolo, brazil. flooding in u.s. states of kentucky and ohio have submerged homes. the ohio river has reached it's highest levels in 20 years. how the weather? >> meteorologist: yes, the mild whether, spring is desperately
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trying to push in, but we might see a different forecast over the next couple of days. we see this westerly flow, and look at boston, with a staggering 276 centimeters of snow. those records go back to 1872, so that's an impressive amount of snowfall. and then in l.a. over the course of a weekend, and some very high temperatures come thug getting in the low 30s. they'll keep that heat for the next day or so. here is the warm air across the southern parts and include the central plains pushing across the east coast, and the cold air beyond the blue lines. we have got very cool weather in place. we're not as cold as it has been, but look at the heat.
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getting into the high 20s in denver down towards the southeastern corner. we've got decent spells of warmth. even in d.c. we go into tuesday with highs of 20 degrees celsius. but cooler air is starting to tuck its way back in. back down around 11 in new york. and falling back 24 degrees in new york as we go on in the latter part of the week. here is that snow around the border heavy rain around the northern plains. that sweeps its way through tuesday into wednesday. >> thank you for that update. still ahead on the news hour. [ sirens ] >> a military drill in south korea in preparation of a possible attack from the north. >> i'm in santiago chile where a teenager suffering from an
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>> the prime minister who had been held for two months in s a naa said he was set free as a gesture of good will. this is the last day of campaigning before israelis head to polls in the country's general elections. for the first time an alliance comprised of israeli-palestinian political parties are competing. some analysts say that it could play a key role in the next government. [music] >> a better israel for its palestinian citizens. that's the message in this
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election advertisement an alliance of israeli-palestinian political parties. it's the first time that the parties divided along islam mist socialist and nationalistic lines have run in the general election. the ticket is expected to win 113 seats in the parliament potentially making history by becoming the third largest faction after the march march 17th vote. one of the joint list best-known politicians and most hated by many israeli. she is an outspoken critic of the government and is campaigning against widespread and systemic
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systemic power. >> palestinians make up 20% of israel's population of $8 million. many of those voters believe that the political alliance has predicted success in the poll will be the first step towards greater equality. >> the joint list has the potential to dramatically change israel's political map and improve the lives of israeli palestinians. but the parties have little in common, and those divisions are already starting to show. >> but the internal disputes, which include weather to share votes with leftist-israeli parties, in the first place. when the right-wing foreign minister helped to pass the governor ability law which sets the vote threshold for parties to enter parliament, it was seen as an attempt to disenfranchise
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palestinian parties. since then his rhetoric has become more heated including advocateing the beheading of those who are less loyal. >> we should thank lieberman whose racist views made this happen. thanks to his racism we have reached unity. a dream our people have been wait forgive for a long time. we hope that it continues. >> a hope shared by many palestinians voters as they prepare to make history at the polls. al jazeera, northern israel. >> farmers from gaza have been allowed to export their produce to israel for the first time in eight years. israel imposed the blockade on the palestinian territory in 2006. last year israel announced it would allow gaza to resume exports. the farmers have understandably
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welcomed that move. >> we wanted more crossings and services to the farmers. for example tomatoes are sold at 2 shekels, which is the right price. selling them for five shekels will be helpful. >> we hope to increase in kwan glit officials investigated for bribery has decide died. he was china's second-highest ranger ranking officer. he was expelled last year after the sweeping campaign against corruptions. south koreans are taking part in a nationwide exercise to have prepare in possible attacks from the north. not many people showed interests. [ sirens ] >> when the sirens blair, everyone knows the drill.
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and that seems to be the problem. they know it so well relatively few people respond. around seoul city hall civil defense teams go through their emergency responses turning the subway into a shelter. in the nearby district people start to listen to the civil defense marshals, and then leave the shelter for the shops. >> but they're not stopping. they keep coming. >> two years ago when north-south tensions reached near fever pitch the atmosphere was different. even some south koreans who have come to live with the ongoing threat of war responded. >> all has been quiet ahead of today's drill. this tourism village is well within north korea's artillery range, but people here had to be
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reminded that a drill was taking place. >> when they here the siren people think that must an drill but i never give much thought to it. >> it doesn't matter if the siren is going there are still many tourists, it's not an issue for us. >> back in seoul this drill finished with many not knowing there had been one at all. >> generally, i mean, they know what to do. they're supposed to have that kind of an education. knowingknowing what to do and doing that is the typical thing. >> and many here are hoping that it is never put to the test. rob mcbride, seoul. >> in kenya one person has been killed by gunmen believed to be al-shabab fighters. three others were killed in an attack. the region which borders somalia where al-shabab is based has
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experienced a string of attacks in the last few months. thousands of families are returning home. they're returning after fighting between the pakistani army and armed groups, including the taliban, forced more than a million to leave their tribal areas. can mall haider has more. >> although they say if is determined to help with the re repatriateation . last year the military launched an offensive and tribal area as well as north wizist
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--waziristan. however, they're going to be challenges, and the country will certainly need foreign assistance to help overcome this challenge. >> the russian president vladimir putin has been seen in public for the first time in ten days. he met kurdistan's president outside st. petersburg. it's the first sighting of him since march 5th. well, this week two french police officers will stand trial over the death of two teenagers who died a decade ago. they were remembered in demonstrations this weekend in paris. the two teens were elect try cuted in 2005 while hiding from police in a power substation. the police admitted they were chasing the teens before their deaths. jacky rowland joining us now to tell us more about what we expect to see during that trial
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jacky. >> well, the hearing has begun and the police officers have been brought to court. they have been charged of endangering and failing to come to the aid of a person in danger. when the police came to the neighborhoods after receiving a phone call from a local person who claimed that she had seen some youths on a building site and thought maybe they were trying to steal something. very tragic events. what is certain is that for young people, a police car is a bad sign because kids are used to being stopped questioned their i.d.s to be checked
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again and again. they would prefer to run rather than to wait for i.d. check and what happened led to the death of two of them, and the bad burning of a third friend. and it's really the trial now in the city . >> why has it taken ten years. >> the wheels of justice turn very slowly. and initially after lots of inquiries into the incident, inquiries into the policing of the incident. initially it was decided that there have not been any wrongdoing or failure by any of the police officers involved in carrying out their duties. however, that decision, that initial judicial of decision was kicked out by the court of
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appeal back in 2012. the court of appeal decided that there was a case drawn and two police officers did have to face these charges. the two police officers in question, their full names are not being given. one of them was one of the police officers who actually is in the patrol car who is on the streets on the night in question. the second policewoman was back at the center monitoring radio traffic, and essentially the case is based on a snippet of radio traffic between the officer on the ground and the officer back at hq in which one officer says i think one of them is going into the electricity substation. if he goes in there i don't fancy his chances. really it's the basis--this comment on which.
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case will be argued. the question of whether they knew theres were imminent danger or if the families are desperate to get some sort of justice desperate for closure are putting more significance on these words than there were. that is the question at stake and that's the question that the judge will have to reach a decision after hearing all of the evidence that were presented this week. >> jacky thank you. reporting from rennes. >> aid agencies are racing to get tens of thousands of tons of food and supplies to people before the rainy season begins next month but the task is hampered by bad roads and volatile security situation. katherine has this report. >> a rush to beat south sudan's rainy season, it starts in april. most of these supplies must be delivered in areas that are hard to reach because of bad rules and security. rebels and militia who have
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allied themselves to both sides still control large areas. these rations are packaged for air drops in areas that cannot be accessed by wrote. >> it's a situation where 2.5 million are at risk. we can only see that number growing. >> in many parts of the oil-riched, but troubled state food is brought in by boats using the river nile. it is faster and less dangerous. it's difficult to reach areas by road, but the needs are many. this food was supposed to be in by february, but because of logistics and government bureaucracy it is only getting
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here now. there are 15 days of rations to last them a month. >> when the crisis happened, we could not harvest. and the people who came were more than us, so we had to feed them. >> they walk in to kodak last february when they were overrun by rebels. >> sometimes we get food. but we have to wait because we don't work. >> they have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to assist people here. but the money to quickly move the aid to where it's supposed to be is needed now. al jazeera. kodok, south sudan. >> still ahead soccer makes it's latest pitch to get a foot hold inside of baseball's yankee stadium.
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>> her plea for assisted suicide has gone from chile and beyond. her brother michael also died from the same disease when he was six years old. and she says that she doesn't want to die suffering as did he. >> my son struggled for six years, and i saw him fading away until he suffocated in my arms. a few weeks ago balintina saw her best friend in the hospital die from the same disease and that hit her hard. >> thanks to her highly publicized message she has been transferred to a public hospital to this private facility where her father says she's getting better care. the president herself came to visit but refused her request arguing that euthanasia is against chilean law.
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>> it is a controversial issue and in socially conservative chile, her request has triggered a heated debate. >> it is an atrocity, especially in children because they would be treated as objects. >> the only thing certain in life is death. to speak of her dignity as a right as a human being. >> one of the few calling for legalizing euthanasia, but even he is reluctant to allow it for children. despite doctor's efforts her is deteriorating. something she tries to conceal by taking her off the oxygen
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mask. just long enough to smile with a photo with me. she's been fighting to live all her life, but she knows it's a losing battle. the only question is whether it will end at a time of her own choosing. santiago. >> time for the sports news with andy. >> thanks so much, door rein. france's highest paid footballers has apologized for comments he made about his adopted country. the striker unable to contain his frustration after sunday's defeat against bordeaux. the swede confronting officials in the tunnel suggesting that they wake up. the 33-year-old also reminding them this was not an amateur league. he earns around $40 million a year.
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>> well, he later issued a statement saying his remarks were not to the french or french people but that he was only talking about football. the french football league will have a disciplinary hearing about the incident. meanwhile one high-profile applications had politician has suggested he should exit the country. >> those who don't like the country are allowed to leave it. it's as simple as that. >> soccer has returned to the yankee stadium for the first time since 1976. they played their first game of the season. it was pele and the new york cosmos played here. now more than 40,000 fans saw the 2-0 win over the the new
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england revolution. >> i followed to the last of last season. what is more important is that we have a great coach and teammates. >> barcelona lead the spanish league by single points after the latest round of games there. they saw gareth bale es score twice. now with the group stage over the cricket world cup south africa has the chance to break an unwanted record. despite their. cricket pedigree, the country has never won a knockout game at the world cup. taking on sri lanka in the quarterfinal. south africa has lost all five of the knockout games they've taken part in. >> it's been part that will always be questioned. we have spoken about it.
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we faced it in the past, we let an opportunity slip by, and hopefully we've learned from the lessons. >> the afghanistan team have just arrived in kabul after their first-ever appearance of the 50 over world cup. while the country did not reach the last game, they claimed a victory over scotland in the group face. jennifer glasse saw the team returning home. [music] >> well, they return from their very first ever world cup in australia and new zealand. even though the team won only one of its six matches, you can see that they're being hailed as heroes here. this team has come a very long way and a very short period of time. cricket is a relatively new sport here and a great one in a country with so many challenges. they hosted the world cup showing that this afghanistan team will have an opportunity to play against its international
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counterparts even if in practice matches. >> roger federer has made a winning start to his campaign in indian wells the california tournament one of the biggest events outside of the grand slam. round three, the world number two will face a man who knocked him out of the australian open. rafael in nadal also through. last year nadal lost his opening match at indian wells, but the world number three is aiming for his 28th masters title. last year's open champion has been knocked out. this is the fourth time that haase has beat an top ten. serena williams ending her
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14-year boycott of the season. she has not played since the 2001 final when she said she was racially abused on sunday she beat kazakhstan in straight sets. lebron james will be receiving treatment on his knee after falling to the orlando magic finance of james managed to get 21 points against orlando. he scored 57 against san antonio on friday. one of golf's brightest young players has won a championship in florida. >> this is a huge momentum for me. it will jump me closer to the
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world ranking the number one goal long term, but what a great start to the year all the things are coming quickly. >> we'll have plenty later. >> we'll see you later on. thank you very much. the international computer and tell con has the connected economy as central them. china playing a major role in part of the emergence of chinese commerce sites of alibaba. dominick has more. >> they have been running for nearly 30 years and every year attracts around 200,000 people. waldron to technology at shows. this year's partner country is china because chinese trade with germany represents around
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$177 billion annually. there are around 300 different chinese exhibiters in this one fall alone. part of around 600 in the entire trade fair. to give a sense of perspective of how important the german government sees the relationship to be, politicians are say this is the opportunity to show a window of technology for all who come through these doors this week and they say that the chinese communications markets is one that they want to ex-floor and expand, and that is something that the large chinese firms who come here this week want to do equally. >> thanks for watching the news hour on al jazeera. back in a moment with more news.
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>> we don't know what happened to our family. >> vanuatu's president makes an emotional plea for the world to help his people. >> you're watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. also coming up, john kerry gets on his bike after nuclear talks with iran break newspaper switzerland. two french police officers stand trial over the deaths of two teenageers that sparked riots across
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