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al jazeera america presents "motherhood on ice". sunday, 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america scaws can is a is >> hello, this is the news hour live from london, coming up in the next 60 minutes. suicide-bombers target crowded mosques in yemen killing 137 people. 30 people are dead in northern india as a passenger train derails. up in flames ethiopia destroys $20 million worth of poached ivory. plus... [ cheering ]
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a show for sky gazers. plunged into darkness by a solar eclipse. >> reporter: and real madrid will meet atletico madrid in repeated of last season's final. [music] >> attackers targeting houthi rebels have killed 137 people and injured another 345 in yemen yemen. suicide bombers detonated explosives at two shoo quiet mosques during friday night prayers. three houthi leaders are among the dead. there is a blast at a government compound in a houthi stronghold in northern yemen. the islamic state in iraq and the levant has claimed
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responsibility for the attacks. military jets open fired on the compound nearby. >> reporter: the attackers knew that the mosques would be attacked for fry prayers. in the heart of yemen's capitol of sanaa two mosques were targeted. both belong to shia islam the fighters who control the capitol. an explosion went off in the mosque. another went off at the gate when people fled. [ sirens ] they would struggle with the high number of casualties, one after another dozens of bodies were taken out. the hospitals appealed for blood donations. the attacks happened a day after intense fighting at the airport in the city of aden. that's where they've been trying
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to build a power base ever since president hadi has been forced out of the capital by the houthi advance. houthi leaders. >> what's happened today will be condemned by everyone in yemen. everyone knows in yemen that there is coalition that is supported by international countries. >> there has been unrest elsewhere as well. those loyal to hadi are carrying outmaneuvers to prepare for any houthi advances. >> we need to defend ourselves. we hope that nothing serious happens.
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but if the enemies want to attack us, we'll attack them. >> we have no confidence in any agreement signed by them. >> the battle to control yemen is sunni tribes and al qaeda fighters. as the fighting continues more yemenis are dying. al jazeera. >> yemeni political analyst and conflict specialist, she said that the instability could attract more armed groups like isil into yemen. >> if no political solution is found, yemen will continue to slip into more chaos and maybe isis will emerge or spread in yemen. i think it is key that the international community and regional players put pressure on all political actors to come to political agreement. i think more crucial is that
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former president saleh continues to be a spoiler. he has createed enough instability since 2011. with the houthies he has played the coup. he continues to use his power and his reach in areas to create more instability. as long as he is in the country. as long as he has control over security and military, we will--he will do whatever it takes to prevent political settlement from taking place. his presence in yemen is toxic. taking him out of yemen is crucial. >> meanwhile u.n.-brokered talks have continued in morocco. taking part are representatives of the two competing parliament parliaments.
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it's hoped by sunday that a formation will be agreed with a new government with a new prime minister. security officials say that the gunmen were trained in lib y and libya's defense minister haftar have warned that if they are not stopped in europe isil could go libya, isil could go on to europe. >> the u.n. says the only way out to break the political en pass is for both parties to brave concessions. >> but this should an decisive moment because we are as i said before in previous meetings, running out of time. you know that in the last days we have seen more fighting. we have seen airstrikes. we have seen more actions by
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daesh. not only in libya but also in the region. >> but libya's feuding factions remain more divided than ever. the united nations recognize house of representatives in tibruk insist it is the only legitimate authority in libya. >> we have basic differences especially about legitimacy of both. they fear that the elections and they believe that the they're coming in with no real basis. >> these are the numbers for the national congress. they say they control mortar tore. >> right now we need to reach out to the tibruk delegation face-to-face to rebut because
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libya is in crisis. >> this is the man whose fate hangs in the balance. general haftar is the army chief backed by tibruk. but the tripoli delegation have one condition haftar should go. but the army general has always maintained he's the only guarantee against the rise of isil-affiliated groups. >> they come from mali, niger and even boko haram. they come through the desert to bengahzi. also by planes into tripoli. what we need are weapons and ammunition only. >> but the international community does not seem willing to deliver weapons to haftar, feeling that might alienate armed factions loyal to tripoli. the international community remain for the time being determined to give diplomacy a
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chance, and to have the divided factions agree on a government, disband militias and form an army that can lead the fight in libya. >> the deteriorateing security situation in libya have dominated the final day of e.u. talks in brussels. leaders discussed ways to unify the governments and stop violence in the country. but the e. usaid it won't act without an official request from the u.n. simon mcgregor wood has been monitoring actions in brussels. >> everyone was let much sing from the same hymn sheet. this institution is willing to stand by the libyans but only
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once a national unity government has been put into place. the european union are partly funding the talks going on in morocco, and they feel that they have an investment in the outcome of those talks. we're not talking about a huge military commitment, but we are talking about observers status missions to build up the libyan national army. we may see libyan troops guarding oil installations and airports, that kind of thing which for the european union would be a departure from its normal activities. why is all of a sudden this is surgeon a bill priority, i guess the situation is deteriorating so rapidly and the real station in capitols across europe that libya is very much on the door step of its borders to the south. it's clearly the jumping off point for this terrible i don't know going immigration and with the rise and spread of isis in
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libya, i think that's really focusing people's minds. and really for the first time they realize this is a problem in their background, their neighborhood, and they need to do something about it. >> least 30 people have died, and dozens more injured after a train derailed. a locomotive and two rails crushed and turned over. >> hundreds gathered to help after the cars went off the track and tipped over. emergency crews quickly arrived cutting through twisted metal to free the passengers. witnesses say that the train failed to stop at a rail crossing. >> the train was supposed to stop at the crossing. it was going at a very high speed, and then it looked like the brakes failed, which turned it upside down. >> the injured were taken to nearby hospitals.
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officials said at least two dozen were in serious condition. the central government was quick to announce compensation for the victims and their families. >> the families of the dead will get $3,200. and the injured will get $800. i'll be going to the accidents myself along with railway owe english because the derailment is still being investigated, india's aging rail network carries millions of passengers daily. critics say that today's derailment is proof that improve improvement needs to come soon. >> police in kabul have arrested seven men suspected of burning a woman who burned a copy of the qur'an. she is said to have been beaten to death before they set her on
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fire and threw her in the kabul river. thousands of families displaced by military offensives are finally returning home. they're going back to the waziristan tribal regions. a total of 1.1 million people are estimated to be internally displaced. kamal hyder has more now. >> reporter: the return of the tribal populations has begun. now most of the people from this particular area were forced to flee because of a major operation by the military dubbed as tribal one. the military had no other choice
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but to clear these areas. that forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes and villages. we could see abandoned villages, fields and destruction by military operations. but the military said it is confident that it has restored the government and wants the people to come back. >> we are quite hopeful and confident that the militants will not bounce back in this area. >> according to the federally administer' tribal areas these people will now be returning back to their homes. they will be given help, six months of rations as well as a cash incentive. >> we're very happy to return to our village after years of conflict. now its peace here.
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>> but the important thing is to insure that all those people who have been displaced by years of conflict are allowed to come back to their homes and villages. >> still ahead for you this news hour. at least 100 bodies are found in a mass grave in a nigerian town taken from boko haram. and how this innovation could provide clean water for millions of people around the world. i'm robin adams in doha, one of the post venues for the qatar 2022 world cup. one of the most contentious in world football is now drawn to a close. we have details coming up. >> the ten people have been killed in a gunfight. security forces say they suspect gang members five officers were among those who died as well as
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two bystanders. it's the deadliest incident of the mexican police force created to target drug crime. iranian negotiators have returned home from switzerland saying more consultation and coordination is need: our diplomatic editor james bays reports from lausanne. >> reporter: after six days of almost non-stop negotiation world trade center iranians, secretary of state john kerry was still being positive. >> senator kerry how is it going? >> we're making some progress. >> reporter: secretary kerry headed into a lake-side restaurant where he was joined by the energy secretary and nuclear physicists for the u.s. after launch news that the talks were being adjourned for now. >> we're recessing the talks.
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>> when will you rejoin? >> next week. >> here in lausanne? >> we've made progress, yes. >> reporter: after what has become a daily morning walk by lake geneva said that he was ready to work through the weekend even though it was the start of an important iranian holiday. we were told there were plans for other foreign ministers to join zarif and kerry in the final leg. why the sudden postponement? there are clearly gaps between the two sides and secretary kerry had to leave to go to a meeting in washington, d.c. with the afghan president. the mother of iran's president died and his brother is one of the main negotiators. the break will also give the international negotiators the so-called p5+1 time to make sure their position is unified before
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they return. france is taking a much more hawkish line than the others. james bays, al jazeera lausanne. >> we learned more about the obstacles about reaching a deal. >> it's hard what to say is the biggest level of disagreement. our side is very concerned about iran's pathway to nuclear weapons whether that is uranium enrichment plutonium and iran is focused on the sanctions relief, and how and when that might come about. we're up against the end of the months in the deadline here, and hopefully we can make more progress. >> turkey has offered ukraine a $50 million loan to help the troubled country to pay its bills. turkey's president erdogan presented the check to president poroshenko in kiev and offered
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another $10 million in humanitarian assistance and called for the rights of the tatar to be protected. >> many hope that peace is finally in reach between kurdish pkk forces and the government. bernard smith reports. [music] the kurds have good reason to celebrate. the festival that marks the start of spring gun this year along the border with kobane in syria. that's where syrian kurdish forces, the pyd fought off a four-month assault against isil. >> the see the threat of pyd but what we've been seeing we
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could see more possibility for cooperational talk with pyd and the turkish government. >> reporter: which could be good for turkey's kurds. thieves activists have been travel thug turkey on a peace train. they want to cement a cease-fire to bring to an end a 30-long conflict. 40,000 people were killed. the return to a conflict is extremely unlikely, but there is a perception amongst some kurds that the government is dragging its feet on issues of granting more cultural rights and giving some sort of autonomy to kurdish regions. 60-year-old ibrahim lost members
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of his family in the fighting. >> we don't even know where they're buried. but despite the pain we've suffered, we say peace peace and peace again. >> reporter: on saturday, the train reaches its destination and a million people will hear a statement from the jailed leader of the pkk. he's expected to reinforce his call for the pkk to lay down it's arms to put the peace process back on track. >> now russia's president wants a common currency with belarus and kazakhstan. vladimir putin made the proposal. the russian economy is facing a deep recession hit hard by falling global prices and western sanctions. putin suggested that economic challenges would be easier to deal with through collaboration. russia's neighbors are filing
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the pinch as we have reports from kazakhstan's biggest city. >> reporter: 100 liters of milk at this plant on an average day. 17% share of the market. it isn't a bad place to be. but the company which also exports fruit juices to russia sees trouble ahead. russia's economy is hurting business. >> product margins are going down. consumers are rushing to buy cheaper products. >> exporters are losing money. imagine waking up and discovering that your money lost 20% of its value overnight. well that happened here in
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kazakhstan twice. first in 2009 and again last year. on both occasions it was down in part to russia performing badly. the fear is that it could happen again because kazakhstan's economy is closely tied to russia's. kazakhstan and russia already have a free trade agreement. last year leaders signed the economic union promising even closer integration. >> you for me disagreement is balanced and competently made and takes into account the interest of all countries. >> but some economists believe the kazakhstan president was too caught up in the moment. >> he wants to be seen as a leader in the eyes of the post soviet countries as a person who created a great new regional union.
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but the economical aspects were not throughout through so we see a negative experience for kazakhstan in the future. >> reporter: what goes down must come back up. the ruble will strengthen, but light at the end of the tunnel seems a long way off. al jazeera. >> sky gazers on remote arctic islands have been given a rare see celestial show. the best view was from the faroe islands. >> they say it's all about timing. when it all comes together in the skies it does so-so spectacularly. as the moon cast a shadow over the earth the celestial mechanics were in full swing.
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at first contact it looked as if the moon had taken a bite out of the morning sun. and there was only one place to look in the pharaoh island, and that was up. >> then darkness developed. only one of two places in the world to experience this total eclipse. we're now in totality the moon has cast its shadow over where we are. a few minutes ago it was light. now look at it. we're in darkness, and it feels really quite eerie. clouds obscured the distinct celestial features often seen
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during the eclipse but now the moon can clearly be seen in front of the sun. and then out of the shadows we're back into the light. it was incredible. >> this eclipse brought more than 9,000 sky gazers across the world to the faroe islands. all hoping to witness something special in spite of the clouds. >> it makes you aware of the universe. >> i didn't expect it to get that dark that quickly, or for the light to filter in. it's really cool. >> we saw the thin crescent, so we did see the almost full circle of the moon that they're coming for. >> the faroe islands won't experience another total eclipse for several hundred years. but many are willing to chase the moon's shadow wherever it
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false. al jazeera, in the pharaoh eye glands still ahead in the news hour, a new capital for egypt. replacing cairo as the main city. and are uber cars taking over new york's yellow cabs?
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>> sunday. >> you have to look at the suffering of these children. >> director of unicef, anthony lake. >> every one of those numbers is an individual child. >> helping the innocent victims of war. >> what can unicef do? >> there's a very short answer... our best.
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>> every sunday night. >> i lived that character. >> go one on one with america's movers and shakers. >> we will be able to see change. >> gripping. inspiring. entertaining. talk to al jazeera. sunday, 6:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> welcome back. here with the al jazeera news hour. let's take you to the top stories. three explosions targeting houthis in yemen have killed 137 people and injured more than 340 others. bombs went off during friday prayers in two shiite mosques in sanaa. peace talks between two libyan factions have started in morocco. and parts of the northern hemisphere has been treated to a rare solar eclipse. we go to the faroe islands that
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has the best views. now in other news thousands have marched on the streets of tunisiaen capital for independence day. they had another reason to come out in force to condemn the attack in a museum that killed 21 people. the president called on people to stamp out terrorism. [music] >> it's independence day in tunisia. that means flags and pro significances. celebrations have been overshadowed by the shooting attacks. >> the first challenge is the security challenge and the challenge of winning a war against terrorism. tunisia is in a war against terrorism. we won't win if we don't stand together. >> there is a visible security on the streets. not just police but also army.
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>> wethe countries have been using special forces, special courts. and that is how we should be fighting terrorism. >> tunisia relies heavily on foreign visitors be it business travelers or tourists. an attack against a you tourist tourists. >> the eye vicinity events of wednesday have set up that progress by several years. this shop lies slightly off the main tourist routes. the owner has been running it for more than 30 years. he is too upset by the attack
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itself to consider what effects it might have on his business. >> believe me, i was deeply moved. i measure myself in their place if i was visiting their country. i was deeply moved because they were independent. they came to visit our country. they came to visit us. >> another pro session this time by people who have come in by bus from a seaside resort. they say that what happened had nothing to do with their country and their religion. now it's up to the foreign visitors to decide if they'll come. >> chad forces have found a mass grave of 47 people. many of them were beheaded. held for four months by boko haram, and a military source says that the bodies in the grave appear to be victims of the armed group.
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boko haram was forced from damasak on saturday. meanwhile in another recently liberated town, boko haram killed 11 residents who returned home. we'll speak with the director of emergency director. thank you for speaking to us. you recently made a trip to the region. what can you tell us about the light of civilians who are struggling to survive after losing everything that they own? >> thank you yes yes the visit really revealled tragedy. this crisis has disproportionately effected women and children. there are more than a million people who have fled their homes
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and are internally displaced. and among these more than half are children. 66% of the children that are displaced some are in camps. some are in homes of the host population, some with their families. some unaccompanied. so what we're really seeing here is a crisis that cut to the heart on the impact of women and children what i saw was tragic. a mother who had to negotiate the release of her child from boko haram by giving him her clothes, cell phone and money. a second woman who hung her head in shame, and was hunched over. who basically had her 11-year-old daughter taken by boko haram and married to one of the insurgent leaders so the
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challenge to women and families is really something that is heartbreaking. we forget that what lies behind every statistic lie as very human story. >> how do you prioritize what is happening in the region. it's beginning to improve a little bit the government gaining control of some towns in the northeast where boko haram had dominated, and now they're being pushed back. but as you say you have long-term problems here. you have a million people who have been displaced by this fighting, and the most vulnerable, you described as being women and children with these multiple challenges how do you prioritize what you need to do and what you can realistic realistically do? >> we really clearly prioritized some life-saving interventions. nutrition, water and sanitation,
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provision of key medical equipment such as measle vaccination to prevent the spread of disease. the second thing we've done is really focus on education because more than 10 million children are out of school, and why education in a humanitarian crisis, you may be asking. because we feel that education is key to really breaking the cycle of the violence, allowing children safe space and providing an opportunity for education so these children can help rebuild their country once the crisis is over. >> thank you very much, indeed. from unicef painting a picture of the situation in northeastern nigeria now and the challenges facing people there as they try to get on with their lives. now move to go liberia which has
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reported it's first ebola case, 27 days without any new infections. the government hoped to declare the country ebola-free next month but questions have been raised the about the way the "world health organization" handled the initial outbreak more than a year ago. they decade the declaration of an emergency for two months. the agency was worried about how that declaration would impact the countries involved. ethiopia has burned six tons of ivory is taken from poachers and traders. the u.n. and interpol say that
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hundreds of animals are killed for ivory. egyptians are being urged to rally behind an ambitious plan to build a brand new cap capital city. the critics are questioning the expensive proposal. >> reporter: cairo was not always a city struggling with an ever expanding population. an estimated 22 million people live in the metropolitan area. kay row dates back to 969 a.d. if the current egyptian government has its way, it won't be the country's capital in the future. >> a project like this deserves to have egypt behind it. >> this could be the new capitol
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rising from the desert. it would become the seat of government. an united emirates developer will develop it at a coast of $45 billion. >> it will lead to improvement people will be walking in safety and peace. >> no one would disagree that the city is too congested. but similar plans have failed to lure people out of cairo. they have yet to see how cairo would be linked to the new capitol, and the government should be focused on the country's dilapidated infrastructure. >> the new capital is a late decision. here in egypt those in charge only started thinking about the problem after it's happened. >> the concept to moving the capital is not confined to egypt
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times. egypt can look to brazil as modern-day examples. >> it's one of the most basic human needs but in latin america 34 million people lack access to clean drinking water. lucia newman is looking at a machine that will create clean drinking water. >> one in ten people cannot access a single glass at home. millions live too far away from rivers or lakes or have seen their water source contaminated or simply disappear during pro longed drought. but what if they could access clean water any time anywhere out of thin air? that's the promise of fresh water. a machine that does just that by extracting moisture from the air just like a cloud. >> what this machine does is form a small cloud inside that
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generates water. the air passes through here and we cool it. if you touch it, it's cold. the water is produced through condensation. i'll show you. put your hand here. >> it's raining on my hand. >> fresh water is the brainchild of this chile chilean naval engineer and industrial designer forest try engineer put together this prototype in the social lab where each start up aims to fill a social need. >> we want everyone to have a well in their home, not depend on water currents or if it rains. people can have unlimited infinite water supplies. water is for everyone. >> if there is no electricity you plug the machine into a solar panel. it's self sustainable and takes very little energy.
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>> it's massive technology simplified. the prototype produces nine to 30 30 liters of water a day depending on climate conditions. it's almost 40 dress out here. severing dry, as you can see and there is practically no moisture in the air. but even in these extreme conditions and even in the desert the fresh water is able to extract moisture and produce drinking water. the only draw back right now seems to be the price. roughly $1,000. but it's creators want to eventually make it more affordable. their contribution, they say towards quenching the global thirst for life's most basic resource. lucia newman, al jazeera,ing. >> we'll have more coming in the following days. we'll take you to lesthos where people have to travel great
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distances to access water. since being found in francisco in 2009, uber taxis have gone global picking up people in cities across the planet. and this week it emerged that uber cars now outnumber new york's famous yellow cabs. the company frequently clash with governments and the taxi industry as you might expect. >> the new york city taxi cab an icon of the city whose popularity might be fading. more often new yorkers are calling for an uber car often black sedans that can be summoned by a smart phone app many say it's more efficient. uber drivers are part of the reason. he gave up being a limo driver to work himself as an uber driver to meet the increased demand. >> everybody is talking about
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uber in new york. passengers, they say to me they love uber. uber changed the city. >> but don't write the obituary for the yellow taxi yet. lines can be long to flag a cab and there are over 400,000 taxi rides a day in new york city, 20 times more than uber rides. that's good news for bill, a yellow cab driver who admitted uber is more popular with the tech-savvy crowd but said he's not worried about the competition. >> you know, there is a lot of business out here and there is enough to go around. >> if uber is not in a city where you live now chances are that it might be very soon. >> uber has become so successful it has been flooded with venture capital money from investors. it's thought to be worth more than $40 billion, that's money that will come in handy. >> this map from forbes shows
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uber carser is now available in 270 cities and 55 countries everywhere a purple dot appears. but such rapid growth has not come without controversy. they have been hit by court injunctions in five european countries for allegedly violating taxi licensing rules. in the city that never sleeps, uber has taken root faster and deeper than anybody could have imagined. perhaps threatening the famous yellow icon of a city. al jazeera, new york. >> still ahead for you on the program, from mexico with love. why the producers of a new james bond film is under the spotlight over the setting of their new movie. and in sport the end of the road. german grand prixs are dropped. we'll have the details for you shortly. >> on al jazeera america ali velshi looks at the issues affecting us all...
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>> we're taking a hard look at the most important issues out there that get you the answers that you deserve. >> real money with ali velshi
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>> this year's german grand prix has been withdrawn from the 2015 calendar after they failed to reach an agreement. they had been due to stage the event again in july after the deal fell through. this means that the calendar for the f 1 season has been reduced to 19 races. male madrid will meet its rifles
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atletico madrid in the final. the draw was made at headquarters on friday. real beat atletico in extra time in the final to claim the tenth european cup. they're looking for restrength after their defeat. >> i think we're growing. we're stronger as a team. it's include that we had a scoreless goal. but we had increased intenseity and strength. we frustrate in them, and we know they'll be there in the most important moments. >> the first leg of that game will be played on the 14th of april along with juventus and monaco. psg will play barcelona with one each each. and porto will face barren
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munich. >> football's world governing body fifa will pay compensation so players will be released for the next two world cups. it follows the decision that the the 2022 world cup final in qatar will be played in december. >> fee from a's announcement on thursday that the final of the 2022 world cup will be on december 18th, in one of the longest running dramas in world football. >> they have a right to do it, if you're looking on the conditions, which have been laid down for the organization
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please secretary general correct me, in principle the world cup will be played in june-july. it is also said in the same document signed by everybody that if something happened, the fifa committee can change the venue, and can take away the rights. everything we can do so we can also say we play in winter. >> the world governing body's powerful executive committee rubber stamped its recommendation to move the event in qatar away from the traditional june-july period when temperatures in the country exceed 50 degrees celsius. >> it has taken them four years to decide, and the sticking incident out of the way they now can focus on delivering the
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middle east first ever world cup. >> the organize he is say they welcome the organization in the timing in qatar where satisfied the process has reached its conclusion. we'll continue to develop the cooling technology promised, insuring our commitment to deliver a true legacy. in a move that is sure to please the european clubs fifa will pay $9 million for the use of players through the first world cups. that's three times the money they spent in last year's competition in brazil. it's likely to be in november, which means that they're in for a shorter tournament, just 28 days. no denying it's been an obstacle obstacle, but now they have more than enough time to make good on
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their promise to deliver a world cup everyone will remember. >> a major boost for the fifa president who has taken on several rivals during the process. pele still thinks he is the right man for the job. >> of course i want to be clear i am support because he has more experience but of course, you have to have some experience but i will support blatter. he has of the opportunity to do a lot in the organization. >> taking charge of sunderland for the first time with the club
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battling relegation. >> i think everything that you do is a challenge this is a big challenge because this is a big club. we are still one point ahead of the others. we have the same games to play, difficult games like the others, so we have to do it. we won't look too much to the other side. just look for our own team. that's important. >> well, six nations that take center stage as the tournament concludes on saturday with four of the countries still in with a chance of taking the title. england faces france, they only have a plus four points advantage over ireland. and they could take the championships with a big win. >> when we're in the game, not
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losing our composure, i think we don't know what's going to happen with the games but if we do need to chase a few points, it's about not getting frustrated too early especially in the first half, staying quite composed and should they score we need too relax a bit and keep stick together plan in our processes and eventually things will hopefully come. >> that's it for me. >> the prothe producers of the new james bond movie denyies handing over to the mexican government parts of the script. >> james bond will hunt down an international assassin. according to reports from the hacked e-mails it was a price for producers to get millions of
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dollars in tax cuts they so desperately needed to control costs. make mexico look good with beautiful aerial city shots cast a mexican bond girl and make sure the villain and his target are not mexican. according to the e-mails done deal. the producer denied such changes were made, but said they relied on government help. >> they helped us with permissions, helping us getting cooperation for the various places we have to shoot controlling the streets with police and things like that. >> and that claim that mexican officials got their bond girl, well an up and coming mexican start did get cast as one of the many women in the film. >> i believe that not only bond girls evolve but so do the movies. the directors actors do evolve.
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this is why the film is so successful. >> they would do anything to look good on the world stage. it's been battered in the press for corruption scandals and ongoing drug violence, but mexico and producers say there was no pay to play incentives. >> in no minute did we get involved or interfere with the script of film. mexico likes to play it's part and it's potential is seen and recognized around the world. >> as millions of viewers of james bond films know that first sequence is so important when they grab people's attention with color and mystery. that's why the producer said he's comeing to mexico city to shoot that sequence with day of the dead in the backdrop, one of mexico's most colorful and mysterious holidays. >> the main mystery of the film, the one behind the scenes, may never fully come to light. >> that's it for now. i'll be impact in a few moment's
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