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>> techknow only on al jazeera america >> announcer: this is al jazeera. welcome from doha. this is the newshour on al jazeera. net wins israel's selection. can they build a coalition. also ahead human rights militias destroying the homes of the people they are meant to protect. anti-capitalists demonstrate outside the banks headquarters. and a tidal wave of dementia is
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coming. a stern warning from the world health organisation. all that to come plus... >> today we take you to a beautiful place, and find out why some. locals are not happy. starting off this newshour in israel. it looks like binyamin netanyahu will remain prime minister of the country. the opposition leader isaac herzog called binyamin netanyahu to confratulate him on the win. the next step is to invite binyamin netanyahu to form the coalition. 99% of the votes are in. it shows that binyamin netanyahu has 29 seats compared to the zionist hearty led by mr yerz looks like they'll get 24. universal sports network
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promised not to -- binyamin netanyahu promised not to allow the palestinian state if he win, and isaac herzog talked about backing a two-state. and the small arab parties, coming under one umbrella, taking 14 seats. let's bring to together with imtiaz tyab our correspondent in west jerusalem for us. nice to see you. the process - talk us through this first of all. i mentioned before that the president will have to invite binyamin netanyahu. what happens then? >> well as soon as binyamin netanyahu is tasked to form the government, that's when the horse trading begins. mr binyamin netanyahu is entering the coalition building exercise if you will in a stronger place than he ever has. he has, as you mentioned a projected 29 or so maybe more seats in parliament.
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his likud party does. when you consider the fact that he has 18 going into the previous coalition, he's in a better standing. in saying that some of his far right coalition partners lost a lot of voters to likud. they'll not, from the number of seats they have in the past. many eyes are on the name or paying attention to one man. this man is moshi. a former member of the likud party. he broke away and the party scored we believe, around 10 seats in parliament. if binyamin netanyahu can convince him to join his side. he'll all but certain form a coalition government and become the next prime minister becoming the country's longest-serving prime minister. >> foreign eyes, putting it that
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way on what binyamin netanyahu does he talks about there being no palestinian state. you wonder if it was talk. any leader would have to deal with the issue. when you look at the campaign it was extremely bitter. if anything binyamin netanyahu lurched as far rite as he could. as in the past which is that he would work towards the palestinian - categorically that, and election day, going on to facebook page putting out a comment which has been described as racist. where he said arabs are going to the polls in drones. preferring to go out to ensure that palestinian voters do not manage to secure a huge number
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of votes. mr binyamin netanyahu - although he struck a conciliatory tone last night when speaking at the likud party headquarters when it looked like he was in a dead heat he has a lot of work ahead of him. when he has to basically heel israel's internal problems. there's the external issues. his relationship with the white house, frankly is at an all-time low after giving a speech to a joint meeting of congress. binyamin netanyahu, although he scored a decisive victory, according to an israeli calculus, he has a lot of work to do. >> thank you for that. i want to go back to the point about the joint list of israeli parties. it will be the third-largest force in the knesset. we have more on this
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unprecedented development. >> for the joint lists, arab members is the third-largest political party in the israeli parliament. it said it will do what it can to prevent a right wing government from being formed in israel following the election. with binyamin netanyahu winning a significant number of seats, his opponents in the sent rift party, it puts him in a better position to form the next government. there's little the joint list can do. palestinians here say that the joint list received the trust and the support of the palestinian people but lost the battle against the right wing in israel. the advancement is not going to be good for palestinians in israel or the occupied west bank, and expect the continuation that they consider
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racist. they said they would never allow a palestinian state to be established and vowed to continue to build illegal settlements in the occupied west bank. that said palestinian israelis are proud of the achievement, and say if it's not able to change policies and block a right wing government. at least it is able to oppose policies it does not agree with in the knesset a car bomb exploded in southern afghanistan killing seven people. in the capital of hull manned province 20 were injured. the military says the blast was targeted. the update from jennifer glass. no one claimed responsibility. the interior ministry blames the taliban, saying it's in retaliation for the security
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forces. those operations have gone not only in helmand province but fighting where they have been fierce but the afghan government completed a 5-day operation in the eastern part of the country. and there they say they killed 13 taliban fighters. it comes, of course as the new year is about to dawn. ahead of a spring fighting season. could be a difficult fighting season. this is the first time the security forces could be on its own. n.a.t.o. hit the combat mission in 2014. parliament today calling the government on the carpet to demand what is happening with taliban peace talks. why have peace talks and fighting go on. this could be opt tick trying to claim the ground work.
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no signs as to what progress has been made. the foreign minister the gains to the past 13 years will not be lost. >> to iraq where government forces volunteer fighters and militias are accused of serious abuses. coming from human rights watch which's iraqi forces destroyed properties homes and it includes video evidence of iraqi forces looting the properties it's the documentation of 11 men taken by security forces in september and october. then the satellite images in the report demonstrating the destruction of towns surrounding amerli. look here. the image showing before the iraqi forces took control and
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the red showing arson attacks after, and yellow were the buildings have been demolished. i spoke to a senior researcher explaining why certain vehicles were targeted. >> they went out in a campaign to clear the area of i.s.i.s. and what that has done campaigned the revenge attacks, targeted sunni villages in the area and gone through the village and looted them. burnt them. purposeful. purposeful demolition and these are militias who essentially are in conjunction with government security forces and operating like marauding gangs. they are using the government. fighting i.s.i.l. to go after - i guess, attack people for their own purposes their own belief. >> what we have documented is
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punishment. villages where i.s.i.s. used some of them as a base to lay siege on the base of amerli. the citizens, and the civilians have been caught through the horrors of i.s.i.s. driven out of their homes in the thousands. what we documented in a 100 square kilometre area is bo or 35 villages have been destroyed. our satellite imagery showed 75%% of the village has been destroyed through arson and purposeful demolition including seeing heavy earthmoving equipment used to destroy the houses iraqi security sources say three died after an explosion
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near the border. a truck blew up now the entrance in basra province in iraq the syrian government says it shot down a u.s. drone. it was brought down north of the coastal city of latakia and shows imedges of wreckage -- images of wreckage - a wheel and electronic parts. the u.s. says it did crash, but not clear whether it had been shot down. >> activists kill 14, 15 injured outline up. this video showing cars and homes on fire. a government helicopter dropped a barrel bomb in a distribute of aleppo city. >> three have been killed in a gun and grenade attack in north-east kenya. gunmen locked people in a shop and set it on fire. it's the somali based rebel group saying it carried out the
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attack. >> still ahead - claims of human rights abuses. we talk to a tatar who says his son disappeared after it was annexed by russia and calls off for a search that crashed in indonesia and arsenal's heroic performance, yet monaco makes the champion's league. details coming up. police fired tear gas at thousands protesting in germany. this is frankfurt rallying against capitalism. trying to destruct the service. one officer was injured, 300
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detained. the european central bank is what it was about. because it was part of the troika which the bail out. along with the european commission and monetary fund. it monitored the terms of the loop, things like austerity, spending. it was blamed for my unemployment. the president called for more spending for countries like germany. it has been ignored. let's go to near the european central bank. it's the thing in front of them. a billion dollar building. >> it's now surrounded by a loud protest as you can hear. you have to raise my voice,
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thousands are here to put off the ceremony. that the president is holding in the vehicle behind me. there has been a few arrests. they have held. around 5-00 protesters to prevent people disrupting the ceremony or committing ciment. the eurozone has been talked about being killed. the ceremony taking place in the building behind he is come what may. the president will talk about the inauguration of the building costing 1.3 billion, and there no suggestion that the ceremony will be put off. the people around me would want that to be apping.
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>> protesters the block-upy movement. a play on occupy starting in new york. how big is the organization. does it have legs? >> to give you a sense of representation, to my right there's support from one of the biggest trade unions with the block-uppy movement of the and from the syriza party here expressing concerns about the situation. it's words making a point that the activists are in the majority of the protesters and there's not a suggestion that i have seen that local people are supportive. oath in this particular area with helicopters buzzing around with the police appearance there's a sense of dissatisfaction with it.
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of course, the main event is coming later. they called for a mass demonstration at 5 o'clock in the afternoon local time. quite how vociferous the campaign is we'll have to see. so far they've been burning cars damaging police cars. not much more than that. >> thank you. dominic kane - these are the live picture from the area of the protesters. they seem to be more milling about. there was a lot more action earlier along - earlier when we saw riot police out. tear gas, and as dominik said fires. all this in protest at the billion dollar building that has been open there as the hours of the european central bank in the german financial capital of frankfurt now, ukraine's parliament approved a graft law granting
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special status to rebel held regions in the east. it was a key part of the deal. law makers approved an appeal acting peacekeepers to be sent to the ukraine. it's been called a difficult. it's hard to believe it's been a year since russia annexed the territory. it was condemned as an act of aggression. there were celebrations marking that. rory challands is there for us. >> tell us what it will be like. >> it's a big day of rejoicing. it's an administrative center of crimea. a hub in the celebration is
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here but also in the important port city. it's called the crimean spring. that this was our chose and our victory and a sense here that crimea had to return home. polls that have been done in the last few days suggest that some 80 to 85% of crimeans are behind this decision and the move to bring crimea back into the russian folds. not everyone agrees. there are minority groups like the tatars and ukranian activists who found life over this last i can't remember has been getting quite tough. this man has not slept in his bed since september. his bag hanging where he left it and the clothes where they were hung on the day men in black uniforms abducted the 18 yield and his cousin. his father is left half hoping
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half grieving and wondering if he's in any way to blame. >> translation: during one of the interrogations after the abduction, the committee said they studied all versions and were considering one connected with me and my activity. i asked what he meant he answered "you need to be careful your behaviour" i asked, "does that mean my children are alive?" he smiled and shrugged his shoulders. >> he was deputy chairman of the informal department. before it was shut down by crimea's administration. tatar media outlets have been raided or denied licences. last march the body of a tatar man was found with signs of torture. >> the issue is an escapely complex one coming in large part from a deportation to
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central asia and the later return. it pulls in a long-standing argument. but crimea's tart tars are -- tatars are not the only ones complaining of human rights. abductions are used against those critical of crimea's return to russia. >> i don't remember group is ukranian activist who at any point in their lives expressed involvement. it's surprising. these people consider themselves ukrainians, because it would be territory of ukraine. >> such accusations get short visit from the new leaders. >> unfortunately, the so-called human rights defenders have been ringing alarms. they are working for money paid by certain organizations. they have certain targets. the main one is to discredit
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crimea, and the russian federation in general. >> crimea's prime minister has assured him that his son's disappearance is being properly investigated. >> translation: i'm not convinced 100%. i think he's alive. >> reporter: until proven right or wrong, all he can do is campaign and hope. >> the kremlin insists that essentially this is case closed. that crimea is russian now and will be forever more. crimea is likely to be a geopolitical sore for many years to come because the russian takeover of crimea is not recognise the by western governments, and it has formed the basis of most of the sanctions that they have levied against russia. if we are going to use history was an example the fortunes of other disputed territories in the world is not particularly
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good. but the russian counter to that is that of course crimea is no different from any russian reader. rory challands live - a year since the annexation a plane that disappeared in the java sea has been called off. stormy weather was blamed for the accident. 162 were killed. we have more details from jakarta. >> more than 2.5 months after the air asia crash, the rescue agency in consultancy with the family of the victims called off the safe for the air asia victims, 106 were found, and 56
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unaccounted for. the rescue effort was called up earlier this month. the family insisted to continue for another week and the agency managed to find three bodies a woman, a child and another whose gender has not been identified. it's been a fateful position for the families to accept it's over and down. in 2.5 months, they have to come to terms with the fact that the government and theest cue agency have done all they could and give them a closure. the coming weekend, the relatives and the government officials will go to the crash site and remember it a state of emergency has been called in an amazonian state of amazonas. 20,000 have been affected.
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the water supply shut down leaving the locals without drinking water. 26 tonnes of emergency supplies have been distributed. the red cross launched 4 million to help vanuatu. the island nation left devastated by cyclone pam. the u.n. says 11 were killed and 3,000 lost their homes. andrew thomas is one of the first supporters much he sent us this report. >> tourism is a mainstay of vanuatu's economy. this was a top luxury resort. this guidebook describes it - miriam's bungalows hide in the lush gardens, the honeymoon bungalow is to romantic. >> it was. miriam is the owner. how do you feel.
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>> i'm comfortable that a monster has down this to us. it's unbelievable. we are active in this place and expect to be the best result on the island to influence more people in the state. more than 50 people. it's just destroyed - everything is gone and, you know tourism is just gown here. >> those -- gone here. >> reporter: those 50 have families supported by the income. it's unclear whether it will be rebuilt or whether tourists will return to what was this top report. >> a check on other issues. looks like plenty of cloud in australia. raining in the cricket as well. >> that is about the only area in australia currently under darkened skies, if you like. looking at the satellite for the last 18 hours. it's down new south wales, victoria a.c.t. the brightest top south-west of
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brisbane. once that has gone through, there's virtually nothing else offer the whole of the land mass. 41mm in the storm was critical. you may have noticed of what was up here in the north-east corner. now, that is the only tropical circulation in the city. in the last 24-46 hours has been wondering around as a cyclone, spiralling around itself. now it's taking form off the coast from cairns and has a bright disc. not yet an eye. it's taking some form. the current state of the winds gusting. it's moving at 4km per hour. i can walk faster than that. the consequences is it's hard to predict where it would go. >> it would go west across the cape york peninsula, and carry
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on where land was, that is speculation. the first bit is the land call in cape york peninsula. >> now, columbia is returning 150 wild animals back to their natural habitats after going through months of rehabilitation. the creatures seized from traffickers a year ago. before being released. they went through medical examinations to make sure they wouldn't spread diseases. we thought he was sweet and cuddly. he's very much a wild animal still ahead - myanmar's police accused of a campaign against journalists covering an anti-government rally. >> and a game park says it's messing out on tourism's big bumps. and this man we retiring at the
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age of 24 - why american football is do dangerous.
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you're an the news hour on al jazeera. and these are the top stories. israel's opposition leader isaac herzog called binyamin netanyahu and congratulated him on his election win. with nearly all the votes counted. the votes show prime minister binyamin netanyahu 29 seats and the isaac herzog group 24 seats
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iraqi soldiers accrued of deliberately destroying homes of people in amerli. human rights watch has evidence that the troops were behind the operation. police in frankfurt fired tear gas at anti-capitalism protesters. 10,000 are expected on the streets on the day the rallies. trying to disrupt the european central banks headquarters. >> let's go back to the elections where binyamin netanyahu looks like he'll remain a prime minister. we'll go live to tel aviv. we thank you for your time. binyamin netanyahu - you probably wouldn't admit it you are feeling lucky. there was fear that he was losing his lead. he has done well in the end. >> the block, the right wing
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orthodox block has not done well enough in order to be able to form a stable coalition that put problems ahead of us. he has managed to grab votes from the radical right. from bennett, from lieberman. but the conflict with the palestinian. the comments with binyamin netanyahu, and this time probably not have - if there is a government which is not likely to happen. he'll have to deal with it alone, without a zone of tzipi livni or isaac herzog or any other fig leaf that will allow him to have it both ways.
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to build settlements and at the same time to play peace as well. who holds the key to bring the group together. >> it's a new party headed by a young politician. he is was a member of the cabinet in sharon's government. he is a big surprise of the election every election we guy a new iphone. iphone 5 and the iphone 6 and he is the kingmaker. number 2 and 3 in the party are
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very moderate mainstream. one is an ambassador to washington. the other one is former major general gallant. both of them as well as the platform of the party believe in a 2-state solution. binyamin netanyahu divorced the 2-state solution. they offer something new. it depends if they'll recommend binyamin netanyahu. binyamin netanyahu still in trouble. >> comparing iphones to politicians. great stuff iran's president is expressing object mix that his government can reach a deal over the nuclear programme. the comments made in busch air, where one of the facilities is
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based. the two seeds tried to reach a deal on how to limit the programme before the deadline at the end of this month. to switzerland, and james base is there. is it there a tangible sign of progress. >> we are getting different noises of different groups the u.s. showing quite a bit of work to be done. they have tempered the opt mitch. the foreign minister doesn't thing a deal can be down this week in this round of talks. they'll paws for the iranian celebration. the deadline considering as we speak, talks going in in losan.
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the main talks between the atomic agency. there's one big technical detail to be resolved. after that secretary of state john kerry and foreign minister zarif will be sitting down on the key issue of sanctions. >> there's something to be said from the fact that iran and the western powers are talking. while binyamin netanyahu is talking about the fear of what iran can do. everyone else is fighting. these two sides are talking. >> absolutely it is clear from everyone that progress has been made. everywhere says that they are making progress. it's a question of how much how far will they go and what they'll achieve. one thing to watch is whether we
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get the call out for the other foreign ministers to come. the u.s. and iran - the international community in terms of p5+1. if suddenly we see those other foreign ministers coming here that to me shows you as being imminent. we are hearing from source the russian foreign minister not wanting to come unless there's something to sign. international press institute is calling on myanmar, that journalists are being attacked by police and paramilitary groups. reporters say they are targeted as part of intimidation. >> reporter: this man is afraid to go home.
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he was following up on a lead to a story when attacked. he invited the han to talk about his role. the man, and two friends met him, persuading them to follow him to a house. >> they hit me rummaged through my bag and took my mobile phone and voice recorder. >> the three men admitted to being part of a paramilitary force used by the government to break up a protest in march. the law allows officials to recruit civilians, it's a tactic used by the former military government. >> there has been other incidents that led journalists to believe they were targeted. earlier this month two were detained and had cameras taken, covering a workers strike outside yank gong. >> reporter: this man was covering a protest, and saw and
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experienced how police turned media. it >> translation: i heard a police officer give instruction while pointing at two reporters beaten up. he said rest them two. two were arrested due to the background. the police chief said it's not true journalists were targetted. >> the recent event raised concerns o we don't have censorship but they face lawsuits and legal issues. sometimes they intimidate the media. >> when myanmar transformed. they promised press freedom. they are wondering if some of that is being eroded. >> florence. >> kenya's national park.
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visited by thousands of tourist. locals say they are not benefitting and started to protest. as reported some of those protests turned violent. >> afghan savannah. re laxed in the game reserve. park fo fecials say thousands visit to see the animals and the beautiful landscape. kenya earns millions from foreign tourists. many died fighting for a share of the money, shot by security officers much the family are in shock. they are part of a community who feel a few in the government are benefitting. >> it was a peaceful
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demonstration. bullets were fired. >> theeders tried to manage the n mosty locals have with politicians. >> people are complaining about corruption. suspected when someone steals funds. officials deny allegations of core ubility. they are getting a fair share of the rev few. >> if you take that. this go forward. each over 20 million. >> 20 million - that's 200,000. those that say that money is not reaching them try to endays tourists to the villages.
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>> women are selling souvenirs. take a look at this. a beaded necklace. >> what they earn is nowhere near what some politicians get. until a solution is found, a frustrated community hope they too, will benefit from the annals they left side by side with in the news ahead on al jazeera america... >> i'm in the southern indian state. coming up i'll take a look at why india's plan has become a global success. in sport, roger federer out for revenge against a man that knocked him out of the australian open. details shortly.
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you welcome back. the world health organisation says in a plan to tackle dementia is not put in place, the world's health systems will go bust. the numbers rise and unlike other illness, little has been done to prevent it: in a motel we speak with the doctor. first kim vinnell with more. >> reporter: the world health organisation is warning a tidal waive of dementia is coming and global health care systems will go bankrupt. 47.5 million people around the world are living with dementia. a case is diagnosed every four seconds. in the next 14 years, the total
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numbers is expected to reach 75 million. it's particularly bleak in africa, and latin america, where the numbers of people is forecast to quadruple in the next few decades. here is the world health organisation's dr margaret chan. >> i can think of no disease placing a burden on families communities and societies. i can think of nothing, with innovation including breakthrough discoveries to develop a cure is so badly needed. >> dementia is caused by a number of brain illnesses. it can make performing every day activities difficult or impossible. g8 countries set a goal of finding a cure or treatment or alzhiemer's by 2025 so live to geneva and a doctor from the world health organisation. thank you for your time.
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my first question is why - why is it increasing this quickly. kim told us a new person with dementia is diagnosed every four seconds. it will be up in the millions. why is this happening? >> well themming you for taking app from in the air. by and large it's because of an ageing society. ageing quickly, and it's common amongst people in old ages. that gives rise to the domestic numbers that we are seeing which are doubling every 20 years. >> has it been taken seriously by the pharmaceutical companies about finding a cure. i read and interviewed before. people said in the past there's not enough reach, almost going into the too hard basket. >> that's correct. we need more effort on finding the cure for demen show and the pharmaceutical industry and
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public funds are not enough to guaranteed a cure in the foreseeable future. we need more zetment. government is waking up to this problem. it was announced there was $120 fund initiated by the government of u.k. it will feel a gap. it's important for public health. >> is it more ex-apprehensive than other illness the ones we see and hear about is it more expensive or difficult to research. >> no, it's just that the rewards are uncertain.
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it is not in favour. that's where we need to take action. we need a flow-in were there can be a return we thank you very much for your type. >> and now talking sport. what do you have? >> champion's league. arsenal produced an heroic performance against monaco but to no avail as the gunners crashed out for the fifth season running at the 15th game. there were two more winners, from giroud. monaco's 3-1 victory at the emirates when arsenal was eliminated on away goals. >> the fact that in the first game we didn't produce the performance we wanted, and
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tonight it goes to the final. >> it's a good thing. i love it. i hope the fans love it. >> last year's losing finalists atletico madrid are through. trailling 1-0. diego levelled a tie in the first halfful neither could score. to penalties, torres amongst the scorers for atletico. albeck saw lever cuesan lose three. the spanish champions winning the shoot out 3-2. >> it was a stuff match in difficult conditions i'm proud
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of player that never stopped wanting more. >> a hat prick from jp domi helped sri lanka to victory. >> 4/26. the sri lankans bundled out for 133. south africa hitting 18 overs to reach a tart. recording their first ever win in the world cup knock outs. it marked the end of careers of jaya ward ner and kumar sangakkara. he will play test matches. staying with the quaurter final. roger federer into the last eight of the indiana wells tennis. beating seppi. revenge after seppi beaten at the australian open earlier this year. roger federer on course for a fifth title at indian wells. >> roger federer's sparring partner is into the last eight.
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the 3-time champion beating american donald young. 6-4, 6-2 the final score. >> serena williams beat three more that's a slightly top seed. stevens took the opening set. remembering the next two to steal her place in the quarterfinals. >> lance armstrong could make a return to the tour de france. the disgraced champion is causing controversy with a plan to ride part of the route for charity, a day before the race. he was stripped of seven tour titles and banned from competitive cycling. his announcement has been criticized by the head of cycling. >> it's an iladvised plan. it's disrespectful to current riders and the tour de france. there are other ways for lance
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to do something closer to his heart. i have no problem in doing it. doing it in close association with the tour de france. united states - a world of professional football has been stunned by the decision of a young player to leave the sport afteriun one year. linebacker chris borland is worried about getting concussion. >> reporter: chris borland said he was quitting the san francisco 49ers and walking away from a potentially lucrative career because, as he told e.s.p.n.'s "outside the lines" it's not worth the risk. >> who knows how many risks are too many. my end goal is long term. i'm not willing to sacrifices 15-20 years of my life. for years they have known that hits to the head causes irreparable brain damage.
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three other players announced they are giving up football. in 2012 former san diego player junior seal committed suicide. an autopsy concluded he suffered chronic brain damage. other players, were tormented by physical and psychological pain years after the career ended. webster died at age 50. players realise and are listening to players. making an appearance in which he talks about a daily battle against aggression. and suicidal thought. the n.f.l. has been slow. they have adapted rules to make it less dangerous. prominent people to president obama have expressed reservations about letting
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children play. >> they hold the key. if parents tell the children "i don't want you to play the game", where will it be in 10 years. >> responding to the announcement, an n.f.l. footballer said: the official also said that football has never been safer that is all your sport for now. more later thank you, india, home to one of the world's largest motorcycle markets. in fact, the indian company royal enfield surpassed harley davidson as a top bike maker and has sights set on european and american markets. >> reporter: this indian-made motorbike has global ambitions. ask any enthusiast about royal
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enfield and they'll tell you the buyings are on a roll. to get this far the brand had to make tough decisions. >> it's 114 years, and the longest running water company in the world. bringing that in the modern context. so that's the fine balance that you have to play with. >> translation: to attract more buyers they re-engineered the bikes making them easier to ride. since 2011 sales have increased fourfold to 300,000 bikes. royal enfield out sold harley davidson. >> it is unfair to compare royal enfield. most say there's no comparisons between the new and old version of the premier brand. >> over the years everyone were
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milkman to army verse kept the bike going. he considered himself part of the old guard, saying the company's new bikes compromised value for profits. >> translation: i have owned and worked on hundreds. they were maintained kept alive by individuals. purely for the love of the bike. >> that's what keeps stephen gibson on the road. this bike is the same model his grandfather rode more than 100 years ago. stephen gibson is riding his 45-year-old bike from sydney to london. >> no one told me that this bike rode 25,000 kilometres, and me and my bike look like we have un every one of those. that's the testament. >> reporter: the challenge is
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keeping the passion and numbers going in the same direction. as the indian government tries to grow the manufacturing sector. many say a bike built locally and hand painted is a reminder of the uniqueness of what india has to offer finally people around the world have been taking in the views of the spectacular aurora borealis. knowns the northern lights, it's been strong due to a solar storm that hit the earth. phenomenon caused by eruges on the sun. we have posted picture. go to aljazeera.com. there is a special online gallery of this aurora borealis. if you didn't get to see it for yourself. lovely to see. that is your newshour. we have another full bulletin of
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the news. more on the elections coming up. >> sacred lands threatened. >> were the apache consulted on this? >> no. >> a controversial deal. >> we would love to have a mine in the community. at the end of the day, it is an issue of fairness. >> america tonight gets an exclusive interview with a foreign mining company accused of taking native american land. >> people have been very critical of your company, saying that it'll leave a permanent scar on the landscape. will it? >> an america tonight special report: "mining sacred lands". tomorrow, 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america.
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>> benjamin netanyahu's likud party wins the election. the question is can they build a coalition. >> hello once again from doha. this is the world news from al jazeera. human rights watch accusing the militia which destroying the homes of the very people they're needn't protect. >> protests outside the european control banks new headquarters. >> i'm in kenya. today, we take you t