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on "the stream". >> "the stream". today, at 1:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> hello from al jazeera headquarters in doha. this is the news hour. coming up in the next 60 minutes: >> chaos in southern yemen gun battles erupt between rival groups near aden's airports. >> an attack on tripoli's working airport delaying officials due for peace talks. >> solar eclipse setback.
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a thrill for am for a astrong merse could pose energy problems across europe. >> it's the stuff of science fiction, robots doing everything for us. it could leave millions unemployed. >> we begin this news hour in yemen. at least four people have been killed in heavy fighting between rival groups in the southern city of aden. the fighting happened near the international airport. there are reports that two shells hit the ground. we have the latest from i aden. >> this is a battle not between groups, but between two men. forces loyal to president hadi take the airport from the former president. it was a short but tougher battle lasting four hours.
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with passenger planes within range of the bullets this special forces unit fighters refused to give up their arms and fort notifiedselves within their barracks. the airport was shut done and passengers taken off planes and back into the terminal. forces loyal to hadi defeated the loyalists and surrounded them. hadi fled sanna after houthi fighters took control of the capitol. he insists he remains yemen's leader and is trying to build a power base in aden. if the forces took control of the airport it would have weakened hadi. >> we are just now hearing from the reuters news agency that smoke has been seen rising from the presidential compound in aden after the sound of two explosions were heard by
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residents there. let's see if we can get more on the situation in southern yemen and speak to our political analyst and editor of chief of the yemen post. it is the first time we're seeing the fighting move from from sanna to aden. tell us what's happening there right now. >> there are more and more houthi militants who are entering by the day. you had dozens yesterday over 150 who entered aden to reinforce the special forces, and this is the result of it. the houthis were very angered at no political deal being reached in sanna after months of negotiations. as soon as they took over sanna in january. so now they are escalating and take the fight to aden. we expect the fighting to take days. this is something that will escalate day by day. we expect fierce err clashes in
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the next days and today we see that even tonight because these forces who were fighting against hadi are not killed. they evacuated escaped but are still against president hadi. they are still in aden and still ready to fight. it's going to be a long couple of days for president hadi to take control. >> president hadi is based in aden and now according to the reuters news agency, there is smoke rising from the presidential compound in aden after sounds of two explosions were heard by residents there. who's protecting the president right now? how are his forces handling the situation? >> president hadi has thousands of forces under his control currently. thousands of official army troops and thousands of his own resistance militants who are from his hometown of anbar
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province. he has fighters, security but right now the defense minister is in charge of the confrontation in support of hadi and he is taking lead of this. we expect that hadi is safe. there could be clashes throughout aden, but hadi does ever support and power and has the arms to control them. that is why the security forces, the special forces evacuated the compound two hours ago because hadi was very powerful in that area. these forces are still located in aden, they are still armed and still could cause chaos for hadi in many fronts in the capitol aden right now and this is expected later tonight, we would expect more clashes especially around the presidential palace, since these fighters have not given up or put their arms down yet. >> what do these fighters want? obviously they are in control in sanna and there is suggestion
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that they are backed by the former president sali. are they interested in negotiations with the government based in sanna? >> they are interested in negotiations but under their terms. they have not recognized hadi as president. they are still dealing with him as the former president and they feel that he is a pressing power, or taking power by force. the houthis are allying with the former president and the commander of the special forces in aden fighting against hadi has strong links to the former president and the houthis so it's an alliance between the most powerful security official in aden, who is the commander who was ousted just hours ago in coordination with the houthis and the former president. that is why also we expect the
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fights to continue for days, because the houthis are fed up with hadi and now it's basically a fight between hadi, the houthis and the former president alliance. >> we are hearing that the president compound in aden could be under attack. smoke has been seen rising from the presidential compound, according to royalties news agency and explosions heard by residents there. we'll bring you more news when we have it. to libya the tripoli based government says an air strike has targeted the airport. the explosion delayed a delegation from flying to morocco where u.n. mediated negotiations are supposed to be taking place. they are now due to leave in the next hour. >> we have more now from morocco. we are joined from where the talks are supposed to be taking place in libya. first of all the suggestion is that the explosion at the
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airport in tripoli is meant to prevent the delegation that's trying to get to morocco from reaching morocco. who doesn't want them to go? >> basically over the last few days, we were covering the libyan talks here in the moroccoen capitol. you see an uprising in different parts of the country as an attempt to undermine the political process. the international community is looking forward to seeing a political settlement to pave the way for more stability in the country. we've been in touch with a spokesperson of the general national congress in tripoli and they accuse forces loyal to the general hafta of carrying out the attack. at the same time, yesterday the
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united nations ever i should a statement criticizing the tripoli government for what it says were attacks targeting the zintan, the faction loyal to the internationally recognized government. there's also fear that the attacks are seen as attempt to undermine the political settlement, but having said that the u.n. said it is confident the two delegations are going to arrive later in the day here in the moroccan capitol and they expect the talks to resume in the evening. >> just a few days ago the u.n. envoy said this was a decisive phase for these talks conveying a sense of urgency. once everyone makes it, what will be the topic of the agenda, what will they be discussing? >> basically for the international community and the u.n., if they can manage to overcome the issue of the trust deficit, they would like both
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parties to start talking or forming a national unity government. the general sentiment here, if there's no national unity government, there's no way out and there's no way to narrow the political divide. if the former--they form a national unity government, they'd like to ban the militias and form a unity government, but also the international community want this army to start fighting against groups affiliated with isil. this is what they want to achieve here. they want a political settlement and a prime minister that can bring all the different factions together into one political entity. >> thank you reporting live from morocco. >> some breaking news out of tunisia, where four people have been arrested over the deadly attack on one of the capitol's most popular tourist sites.
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21 were killed in tunis in wednesday's attack on the museum, most were tourists. 47 others oh were injured. let's get the latest from jacky rowland from tunis. four more arrests made. what else do you know? >> well, the police have apparently arrested four people they say have a direct link to the attack against the museum on wednesday. we've also heard that apparently a further five individuals have been arrested, believed to have some kind of connection with the group who carried out the attack. we understand that those people were arrested somewhere in the interior of the country. clearly, there is an ongoing investigation here both by intelligence services and security forces. they've tried to track down the possible other assailants who were at the museum and also people who could have been in their broader support network.
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>> what is the fallout security-wise? what's the security like today in tunis and the rest of the country? >> >> well, there's certainly heightened security in tunis particularly around the site of the museum. obviously the parliament just next door, we've seen heavily armed army troops deployed in that area. we're also hearing now there has been a meeting in the past few hours of the presidential security council. for the first time, actually brought together at the same time, the high command of the army, and the high command of the police force to actually discuss the next steps forward increasing funds available for the security forces, and there are plans to deploy the army now to major cities around tunis. there are places like the big industrial center in the south and a town in the north in order
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to protect people in those cities, as well. clearly the government is tackling this as a national problem rather than a threat specifically facing tunis. >> thank you very much for that. jacky rowland live for us in tunis. >> there's much more ahead on the al jazeera news hour. a victory against boko haram soldiers from chad and niger retake a town in northeastern nigeria. >> it took a few hours to cut down century old trees. find what villagers here in senegal are doing to fight back against illegal timber smuggling. >> the world cup quarter final against bangladesh. full highlights coming up in sport. >> the united nations human rights office say islamic state
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of iraq and the levant may have committed genocide. the case is referred to the international criminal court for prosecution. it is alongside isil committed crimes against humanity and war crimes. it says isil fighters forced people to convert to islam and forced children to fight for them. the genocide charges stem from isil attempts to wipe out minority yazidis in iraq. the chief investigator on that isil report joins us now via skype fromage in switzerland. thank you for your time. many crimes have been committed by isil in syria and iraq. your investigation focuses on the yazidis in iraq. tell us more about your findings and how you came to the conclusion that genocide had been committed against the yazidis. >> thank you our report is actually based on an investigation that we carried
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out inside iraq, and with he basically say that crimes, such as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes may have been committed in iraq against many ethnic and religious groups not just the yazidi, but with the yazidi in particular, we are finding that the information we gathered points strongly to genocide, because the yazidi were specifically targeted. they were -- the intention to destroy the group was very, very clear from the onset. we were able to document a consistent pattern where yazidis, isil fighters came into yazidi villages and areas and separated men and boys over the age of 14, took to locations such as ditches and nearby villages and then basically shot them, shot them dead. we were able to interview
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survivors. >> i understand that you didn't just investigate isil, that there were also militias that may have played a part in this purported war crimes. >> yes we received information on possible war crimes being committed by militia and even iraq state forces, who are alleged to have perpetrated killings torture and abductions, which could amount to war crimes in their counter offensive against isil. >> of course, there have been accusations against iraq forces themselves accusations are reprisal attacks against the populations as they retake towns from isil. have you brought this information to the attention of the iraq government? what have they said? >> this report documents some of these violations, and it will be presented at the human rights council next week.
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this being an opportunity to engage the iraq government on some of these issues. in the past, we have raised the issue, any counter operations need to ensure you that they're in line with human rights standards and international human law. >> in the case against isil, the case is being referred, i understand to the international criminal court for prosecution but how exactly do you expect the perpetrators, isil, to face justice? >> well, actually one of our recommendations is for the iraq government to become party to the -- there is no referral as such. we are calling on the government to ensure that the crimes that are in the statute are adequately defined and they accept the jurisdiction of the international criminal court over some of these crimes that
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have taken place. there's no referral, as yet. >> ok. >> that would be for the member states of the u.n. to determine and of course if iraq was -- >> ok. we appreciate your time, thank you so much for speaking to us. >> a court in myanmar sentenced two journalists to two months in prison charged in february of last year. their newspaper published remarks made by an unnamed politician that military representatives in myanmar's parliament had a low level of education. journalists say they are targeted as part of a campaign of intimidation. >> an international coalition fighting boko haram has driven the armed group out of a town in northeastern nigeria.
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niger's army said it was retaken over the weekend. 220 boko haram fighters were reportedly killed during the operation. we have more. >> if these reports about major towns being recaptured from boko haram by the military are accurate, it could mean the beginning of the end of the boko haram insurgency. according to the military, over the last four weeks various towns have been recaptured. one town was the scene of a massacre in which 200 people were killed. two days ago a military spokesperson tweeted that two towns are free and born know soon to be free. referring to the three states in the northeast worst affected by the boko haram crisis. how often there has been misinformation and inaccuracy around the insurgency before. the military have previously announced the capture and
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killing of the boko haram leader, only for him to then appear on you you tube videos days later. nobody is holding their breath, nobody is saying it's all over, but if the report is to be believed the end of boko haram according to the military is on the horizon. the impact on the election has to be positive. the poll is to be held the 25 are march. security has been a major concern. if the security situation has improved, the brief is that the election will go off fairly peacefully and safely. >> a solar eclipse on friday will thrill am for a astrong merse, but likely to pose a challenge for countries relying on solar power. the two hour eclipse is set to put back up energy sources to the test.
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>> europe generates 100 times more electricity from the sun than it did during the last solar eclint in 1999. germany has over a million solar panel installations many of them small and feeding into the power grid from individual homes. this is a university building. the possible effects of this year's eclipse were studied and for once, cloudy weather is not the problem. >> worst case scenario, sunny day over germany then during the morning, we have when the solar cell starts to produce electric city and then we have an electric drop of
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11 gigawatts. wind energy is a backup plan and even producing mined coal from the mines like here in the eastern part of the country. >> solar power dropping 35 megawatts in the space of two hours is the equivalent of 80 medium sized power production plants suddenly going offer line at the beginning of an otherwise ordinary working day. >> the total solar eclipse where the moon passes between the earth and sun will only be visible north of denmark and the arctic. the light will dim across europe. this will be the first time an eclipse has had a significant effect on a power system. it will also be a test for germany's so-called energy you turn when chance angela merkel ordered an exit from nuclear power and ordered a switch to renewables in 15 years. think tanks advising the
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government say the eclipse will be closely watched wherever solar power installations are being built. >> we see in dubai that this is being built, in the u.s. in california, we see it everywhere coming, so we all around the world need to have a close look on how do we manage a lot of solar and this is maybe a stress test for that system. >> the network managers confident the system will be able to handle the challenge of the eclipse. it may provide lessons on how to deal with cloudy weather and massive production drops in years ahead as solar energy wins for converts. nick spicer, al jazeera berlin. >> let's check on the weather now with richard and where are we going to see it tomorrow? >> i think for many parts here, it's going to be a case of rather dull and gloomy. i've seen plenty of partial eclipses and they're nothing
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spectacular. much further towards the west, the faroe islands under unfortunately all cloud but that is where the eclipse is going to go. there will be fingers crossed that it does remain clear. we've got pictures coming in, you can see it's rather cloudy at the moment. it's been a big boost to tourism. if they get an eclipse, there is little to compare with it. spectacular scene across the region if the skies do clear and that is really what they're hoping for. i have to say at the moment, it doesn't look as though it's going to turn out that way. i'm hoping to show you a still of what it will be like. really across much of northern europe, you're looking at about ate 5-95% chance of it remaining quite cloudy. this is what you should be seeing. that is what an eclipse really is like, quite spectacular conditions. i think at this stage the odds
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are somewhat against that happening. visibility problems across northeastern parts of asia from this weather system which ran across the area tuesday and into wednesday. here with he saw a lot of cloud misty conditions, that has cleared away as that frontal wave has gone, weather conditions beginning to improve here. across much of europe, it's a case of fingers crossed but will still be a cloudy picture for the eclipse. >> thank you very much indeed. survivors of the psych loan that hit venuatu last week are increasingly desperate for food and water. there are logistical challenges getting aid in. >> he was in japan with his president at a conference on preparing for disasters when disaster hit his own country. the climate change minister is now back, taking to the sky to
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inspect damage. first off is the island. the australian government has flown in a team to check on australians in the air. the minister has hitched a ride. >> a similar one to strike the philippines, we haven't got a report from the islands. i think we will not be expecting much casualties, since people are prepared. >> unlike the philippines venuatu's cyclone didn't cause huge storm surgeries from the sea, so water was less damaging than wind. even so, the low number of deaths and confirmed injury so far has been remarkable. he is two hours on the ground to find out which preparations helped and what could be done better in the future. this island in the north of venuatu escaped the worst of the storm. people know next time could be different and next time could be
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soon. >> cyclones are becoming more common and more fierce. he is sure climate change i go at least in part to blame. >> the weather pattern is change. we have sea level rise and cyclone, too we used to have psych loans but this is the worst we ever had. >> it's a common story. this isn't the first bad cyclone australia's helped clean up. >> recently, we were part of the food agencies, escorting into the area -- >> in venuatu's capitol worry is everywhere. chef john roma is desperate to get home to a remote part of the island of tanna. he knows it was badly hit but hasn't had any news about his family. >> i just want more information about my family.
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i just want to go back home. >> cyclones like these are making such journeys more common. al jazeera venuatu. >> there's much more ahead on the al jazeera news hour. tiger skins rhino horns and bear cup meat. we'll look at laos's illegal wildlife trade. we're back after the break.
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>> welcome back. you're watching the al jazeera news hour. a reminder of our top stories. tunisia arrested people over an attack at a museum that killed 21 people. four are expected to have links to the attacks, five others belong to the cell that carried it out. the military is deployed to protect major cities across the country. >> at least four people have been killed after heavy fighting between rival groups in southern yemen. forces loyal to president adou rabbo mansour hadi have regained control of aden's airport. they were battling fighters allied to his rival the former president. >> libya air strike, an explosion at the airport delayed peace talks. >> a clock is ticking on an
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agreement over the future of iran's nuclear program. a fourth day of attacks is underway in switzerland. let's get the latest with our diplomatic editor james bays joining us from lausanne. james. is gone for now. is he back? ok. james, what's the latest there from lausanne? any progress at all? >> intense negotiations continue. remember, there are seven delegations involved in this. the main part of the talks, of course iran and the united states. let me tell you the late -- they are saying the iranian foreign minister, after a meeting of 1:10 with john kerry the u.s. secretary of state said we're moving forward. other iranian officials have said they are prepared to stay here and work through the weekend. remember, the weekend is iranian new year. now john kerry for his part said
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we are making progress, but there are tough issues. i have to say that suggests progress from the iranians and the u.s. don't forget the others involved. we're also hearing from the european side that maybe there are some problems, and i think the problems are coming from a perhaps familiar quarter. remember back in november, 2013, when we got the interim deal, since extended a number of times, that was stopped for a couple of weeks because the french and particularly the foreign minister of france had problems with the proposed deal. eventually, they ironed out those problems, but the french again seem to have problems, they have problems with the plan on research and development that's bog to be allowed for iran to continue its nuclear research. they're also worried about the time line. the u.s. and the iranians are proposing a time line of 10 years. the french want the iranians under scrutiny for 15 years. >> still a lot being negotiated
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then there. the hope of course is that they have a deal by the end of this month, next week. what happens if there's no deal by then? >> no deal, i suppose the only alternative is an extension to the deadline for this framework deal. the framework deem by the end of the month the technical deal by the end of june. i think they know that there's a problem if they don't -- if they do have to extend again. they've extended a number of times. they know the pressure coming from congress, they know that congress is going to try and stop this deal, certainly the republicans in congress. that is just one of the problems and of course the other problem is another one of the major stories at the moment, the changing government in israel, the fact that after that election netanyahu will still be the prime minister. he's one of the biggest opponents to this deal and he's going to shout very loudly trying to stop it. >> ok, james, thank you very
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much. james bays live for us in lausanne switzerland. >> the retrial egypt of two al jazeera journalists is adjourned until next wednesday. mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed's postponement came after a brief session where for the first time witnesses took the stand. >> three men who wrote a report and provided video for the prosecution took the stand in cairo. one of a the other the men said they either didn't see the videos, write the reported or remember what they wrote. an appeals court ruled there wasn't enough evidence to convict al jazeera journalists mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed last year, accused of aiding the banned muslim brotherhood. the two along with peter greste spent more than 400 days in jail. legal experts called the charges against them baseless. last month greste was deported
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to his native australia and a judge released mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed on bail. fahmy is a canadian citizen and hoped to be deported. they both now must check in with the police every day. mohamed said he feels fortunate. >> i wait and see but i'm happy i am return back, not stay in prison. i'm happy that i'm going back to my family. >> the stay in court may have been encouraging for both men but giving the unpredictable path they've been on, they can only remain hopeful they'll eventually be able to clear their names. al jazeera. >> tiger skins and rhino horns are being openly traded in laos, despite a ban to protect the endangered species. an investigation revealed the goods are being sold as a resort popular with chinese tourists. al jazeera's anything clark has the story. >> welcome to the so-called
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golden triangle special economic zone. it has a casino, hotel shops. it also has restaurants with live animals on the menu. this bear cub was apparently available to eat. >> undercover investigators filmed what was said to be rhino horns for sale. rhinos are an endangered species. so too are tigers. here you can choose from skins skins watched over by stuffed tigers, also veil available for sale. >> outside captive tigers are kept in cramped cages. the tiger farm here has plan to say breed between 500 and 1,000. >> now captive bread tigers legal if licensed. it is the export of their products that's illegal. either way the head keeper here says that licenses or permissions often ignored.
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>> this, investigator said was frozen tiger meat, veil to eat. here assembled in a vat a pieced together skull and skeleton of a big cat almost certainly a tiger. here's a till photograph from a promotional brochure, tiger bone wine cancel for $300 a bottle. >> the senior keeper tells the investigator, it's very easy this business, it's a road to wealth. the resort is in laos but runs on beijing time, signs are in mandarin and the chinese currency is used. >> both the governments of lao
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and china have a responsibility to fulfill their commitments and end the wildlife trade. >> the governments of china and laos are called on to investigate the connections between trade here and wildlife criminals operating in the region. as ever, the question is will it lead to any meaningful action. nick clark, al jazeera. >> joining us now good to have you on al jazeera. thanks for being with us. before we go on to what the laos government is doing now how widespread is illegal wildlife trade in the region? >> in the region, it's very widespread. laos in particular is bound to be exposed to wildlife crime. it's essentially a landlocked
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country, surrounded by bigger countries, starting from china vietnam, thailand, there are also considered to be destination markets of illegal wildlife. there are other countries, like cambodia and myanmar, which are considered to be origin of wildlife. laos from the sheer geographic position is bound to be prone to wildlife crime. >> why is the ban not being enforced by the government? >> well, first of all, keep in mind that a region of level the value of wildlife crime is estimated to be higher than the
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g.d.p. just to put in context the size of the problem. in lao pdr only recently the ministries of public security and other agency of the criminal justice system have started to take in some commitment and bolder actions towards the curbing of wildlife crime. until not long ago this issue was very much treated within the realm of environmental policies, not so much in the air of security instead. i must say that recently, we have seen some positive changes in the attitude of the government towards this problem. >> is it just about the tuesday in your view? what else needs to happen in for a country like laos to have things change in laos? >> absolutely. we need to see how these words and commitment will translate
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into real actions. we are at the moment working with the specialized unit of the police in lao pdr to train them, to investigate more effectively these crimes. it's a unit very new didn't exist until two years ago and still in its infant state but we're training them and we're duke the same also with the prosecutors, to be able to actually make real investigations on this crime which translate eventually into arrests, convictions and real criminals going to jail. of course we need to also convince the government to work more actively with its neighbors, namely china vietnam, to conduct jointly investigations with these countries. they certainly have more power in terms of conducting investigation, and laos has to
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work with them closely. >> of course we wish you the best of luck in your work. >> thank you. >> live there from bangkok. >> in senegal villages and former rebels have come together to protect their forest from illegal logging. the black market for the timber trade is booming. we report on the projects that save the trees. >> a 200-year-old tree cut down in less than an hour. this was a sacred forest to the people here. one that their ancestors protected. in senegal it's a symbol of time ancestry and identity. that tree is about omen. >> it breaks my heart. man cannot live without nature. >> it's illegal to cut them down unless you have a government permit. no one's here to enforce the
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law. the region has been fought over for 30 years. a peace deal between separatists and the government was brokered two years ago but tensions remain high. it's difficult to know who's in charge here deep in the forest. former environment minister believes he was removed from his post because he exposed a black market timber operation that involved senegal citizens and others. >> it is for bitten to cut wood even for household use. the country exports timber. all of this comes from senegal. i denounce the european ships that carry timber to asia. they know this is illegal and yet continue to do it. it's a huge international network in which the traders profit. >> the u.n. estimates the global trade in illegal timber to be worth between $30 billion and $100 billion.
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the damage is too obvious to ignore. an alliance of villagers and separatists are joining forces to protect this land. they patrol, watch and replant the forest. farming is their way to tackle the illegal timber trade. >> when farming, there is always someone on the ground keeping watch. it's a non-violent way to tell the smugglers to back off the land is ours and it's in use. >> it may take years for the tree to say grow, but they believe they've planted the seeds to save their forest. al jazeera senegal. >> up next, the latest sport. find out whether it's sink or swim for serena williams.
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>> welcome back. artists from qatar amman and the u.k. are using an exhibition in doha to raise awareness on issues faced by disabled people in the gulf. many living in this region face discrimination. [ singing ] >> this is a 13-year-old aspiring singer. she suffers from a growth disorder. her parents brought her to an exhibition in the conference in
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doha on people with disabilities. she's always thought of herself as a regular child and wonders why she is considered to be disabled. >> i do not know how to describe how i felt. i cannot say whether i like them or different from them. i kept asking myself if i'm one of them or not. >> artists have created works of art to raise awareness. thousands of children in gulf countries face some sort of disability. many are discriminated against in employment. others face pity. >> exhibitions like this are just one aspect of the wider issue. gulf countries are often criticized for being too slow in reform to make society more inclusive for the disabled. >> reforms are needed at the social level. marriages within the same gene pool are contributing in many parts of the world.
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u.n. experts say some countries especially in the arab world are not doing enough to help the disabled. despite many signing it truies, large gaps remain. >> it's good for your reputation to have ratified those agreements. for us at the human level that's why we have to monitor the compliance with these kind of ratified conventions. >> this doctor works at the ministry of social affairs in the united emirates. he addresses the issues facing the disabled. >> it is a very slow process because of also the only party which is acting, playing a role is government. we don't have strong civil societies in our region that would push for accessibility. >> many want gulf countries to set an example. if it were up to rebecca. >> i don't want society to look
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at us as disabled persons. many people are great from within, but not perfect from the outside. it's most important to change the world's perception and perspective towards disabled. i wish to change the whole world. that's all. >> a small child's big dreams for a better future. al jazeera, dough he has. >> time for sports now. >> we're going to start at the cricket world cup. india secured a applies in the semifinals. the defending champions were taking on bangladesh in the quarter final in melbourne. >> flags were flying at the m.c.g. india lined up against bangladesh for a place in the semifinals. india won the toss and chose to bat but lost for three. also went happy tally bangladesh restricting india to
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120 for three after 21 overs. then he got going. he he had fielders falling over themselves as he brought up his maiden world cup ton. india whistled away their wickets, amounting to 193 to win by 109 runs. >> we kept falling on the side and he he kept himself calm. he knew if it was there and he plays maximum number, he can definitely score and score at a good pace. >> india through to the semifinals and meeting either australia or pakistan. al jazeera.
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>> bangladesh are out the captain says his team had a brilliant tournament. the highlight beating england and reaching the quarter finals. what did their fans back home think? we report. >> the high spirits faded fast as defeat to the defending world champions seemed to be more and more inevitable. there is some bitterness at questionable umpiring decisions that many here feel the batsman was too steep a hill to climb. the sentiment is one of pride this is the first time bangladesh made it through to the quarter finals of the world cup. as one fan put it, they were playing with house money now anything else from this point would have been seen as a bonus. this is a team still quite new to the world of international cricket, and if the young team
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has shown promise some feel by the time the next world cup rolls around, they will have become even stronger. >> the australia-pakistan quarter final is the third. it takes place on friday. new zealand take on the west indies saturday. australia head on. >> it doesn't matter how much, how well you've played beforehand or your plans afterwards. it's about tomorrow being 100% focused, and as well prepared as you can be. then batting as well as you can bowling as well as you can and hopefully everything continues to be as good as it has been throughout the tournament. now at this stage, i don't have too many concerns.
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>> the team performed better, the team who got better chances better luck can really defeat anything, so we are hopeful and very positive. i think we got a bowling lineup which can really go through anything. fielders getting back into form. this is only a matter of just putting a good show on. >> friday's draw will clues barcelona, starting their second leg. barcelona oversame manchester city putting them in front in the 31st minute. city were awarded a 77th 77th-minute penalty. the spot kick was saved. 3-1 to barcelona the aggregate
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score. >> palmer in deep financial truly. the owner and president john peeette trough a.m. menti has been arrested, accused of money laundering. a bankruptcy hearing takes place later this month. >> djokovic is into the world quarter finals, the defending champion. the winner 6-4 7-6 the score. next up, the australian. >> >> in the women's event veer in a williams progressed to the final four completing a straightforward victory. the win brings williams current winning streak to 15 matches. she'll play the romanian in the semifinals. >> that is all your sport for now. >> thank you very much. >> it's an appealing vision. instead of having to do your own
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household chores, every home could have a robot to do them. the development of robotic technology could leave people without a job. >> this is not a story about how one day robots may kill us all. it is a story about how robots may soon take our jobs. this is herb, the home exploring robot butler and he's here to help us. >> we're looking at putting herb into the home with the elderly disabled community and try to extend independent living. >> it's a comforting vision of automation enhancing the product of life, the productivity gains spread across the population that would now have more leisure time or open technological advances. >> innovation creates job categories, but automation is accelerating the pace at which we have chronic under
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employment. >> a study at oxford university in 2013 found that robots and artificial intelligence could soon replace nearly half of all jobs in the u.s., from transportation and logistics to administrative and service industry jobs. carney melon university has led the world in testing several you ayouayouaautonomous robots. >> all the jobs are navigation jobs. show me the mena lisa or take me to the ratology department in the hospital or where can i buy this thing in the supermarket. they are good executors help you a lot. >> it dependency on the person who owns the machine. >> and who programs it and when i get out of the way says thank you. >> the eventual control of these machines is the key issue for
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those studying social implications of robotics and the clear profit motive corporations have in investing in this technology in order to replace us. academics are looking at models like teaching communities to master the technology themselves. >> we achieve this throughout the world and understand the problems and teach them to design technology that helps them change relationships to the quality of life so they're not any longer victims but inventors of their future. corporate america is not bog to counsel that. >> for now these need our help for example to use an elevator, but that won't always be the case. perhaps this is a good moment to work out guidelines for how we will all share the world in the future. al jazeera pittsburgh. >> i need one of those at hole. thank you for watching this news our. much more news ahead. we're back after a short break. stay with us.
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