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join us for that one i'm ray suarez. suicide bombers target crowded mosques in yemen killing over 130 people. hello there welcome to al jazeera also ahead in the next 30 minutes as negotiators take a break from talks in switzerland iran's president says his country will not respond to threats over nuclear program. scales walling to help their children cheat in exams. and a little bit of cloud
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but not enough to ruin it. a total solar eclipse wows people in europe. >> a series of suicide bomb attacks in yemen has killed at least 137 people and injured another 345. the bombers detonated explosives at two shia modification at yemeni capital sanaa. two houthi leaders are among the dead blast at government compound in sad rvetion city. sadr city. rivals clashed at international airport and rebels.bombarded president abd rabbu mansour
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hadi'sabd rabbu mansourhadi's compound. >> reporter: bodies piled high on the floor. this was the second suicide bombing this this space of few minutes. the first attacker detonated outside having been stopped by security. the second took advantage of the confusion to cause maximum damage. that explosion was caught by those filming the fallout. >> translator: we were in the mosque during the sermon. we first heard an explosion outside near the security perimeter and then it became apparent that when the first explosion and they used the chaos in the middle of prayer to blow us up. >> reporter: it was one of four bombs targeting two sanaa mosques, both of which were attended by shia houthis.
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analysts had dismissed assertions that the islamic state of iraq and the levant was involved. >> i really don't buy the i.s.i.l. propaganda. i think it's highly unlikely. yemen doesn't have the ground for i.s.i.l. at least not yet. i think these attacks are politically motivated and whoever orchestrated them wants people to believe it's i.s.i.l. the achieve political goals. >> in the southern port city of aden president hadi who is backed by the u.n. is using loyal tribes to rebuild his power base. while in the capital shia houthi fighters allied with former president ali abdula salah. power vacuum blame each other for the violence. >> ali abdalla salah is
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obviously, holding the world at ransom and push the country down a very steep slide toward anarchy and a trip towards disaster. >> reporter: the death toll from friday's attack continues to grow. kim vanel, al jazeera. >> deadlocked talks on iran's nuclear program has been suspended until wednesday. the iranian delegation has returned home to attend funeral of hasan rouhani's mother. >> correct approach is to show understanding, agreement and respect towards the iranian nation. we have stabilized the nuclear rights of this nation. we've broken apart the organization of sanctions and this nation will be successful in achieving its lofty goals.
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>> u.s. secretary of state john kerry will use the weekend to update his european counterparts on progress. our diplomatic editor james bays has this report. >> after six days of almost nonstop negotiations with the iranians, secretary of state john kerry was still being positive. >> secretary kerry how is it going? >> we're make some progress. >> secretary kerry headed into a lake side restaurant where he was joined by energy secretary ernest monez and another official. news the talks were being adjourned for now. >> we are recessing the talks. >> when are you going to be back? interwe'll be back next week. >> here in lausanne? >> yes. >> daily morning walk by lake geneva has said he was willing
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to work through the weekend even though the start of the important iranian holiday naruz. plans to join kerry in lausanne, during the final crunch leg. there clearly are still gaps between the two sides and secretary kerry had to leave anyway on sunday to go to washington, d.c. for a meeting with the afghan president. but there's another reason, rouhani's mother died and his brother was one of the negotiators. p-5 plus one will make sure their position is unified before they return. it's been known that french president is taking a more hawkish position than before. james bays, lausanne.
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>> a federal judge said the obama administration had failed to prove that prisoners had been mistreated in countries like iraq and afghanistan. >> talks have resumed in morocco, created a security vacuum that's been exploited by i.s.i.l, the islamic state of iraq and the levant. the u.n. envoy coordinating the talks, the pressure is on to find a solution. >> this should be a decisive moavment because wemoment because we are as i said before in previous meetings running out of time. you know in the last days we have seen more fighting, we have seen air strikes we have seen more actions by daesh not only
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in libya but also this the region. >> hashem ahelbara has more. >> reporter: as far as this is concerned, we're getting more from the policies from the international recognized government of tobruk and the g flmpletc that they will be willing to move forward with a functioning government with full executive authority. then the security arrangements particularly when it comes to disbanding the military factions and pulling them out from the main cities and forming a national army tasked with two main prerequisites leading the fight against i.s.i.l. affiliated groups. the problem we have here is because of the growing truss deficits between the two
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countries, they say okay, if we have a national unity government who is the say? is it going to be the tobruk government or the tripoli government? you have to have a deal and you have to forget about the past and your divisions. if you don't have a deal, it will be i.s.i.l. taking control of libya something the international community says is a red line. >> officials have found a number of people outside damasac, boko haram appear to be responsible. library reported its first ebola case in over two weeks on friday. authorities suspect a woman may have contracted the virus from a survivor. liberia was hoping to be found
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free of ebola. battle ofiwo ji rvetion jima. despite the death toll, the two countries marked the battle together, for decades. point of pride for u.s. history but a tragic event in japan. meanwhile foreign plints mints are peteingmeeting. sankaku ieltses are among the trair tris controlled by both china and japan. three countries heads of states.
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affiliated with the government in beijing. he said china will insist on several apologize from japan before any progress can be made. >> what is even more serious between china and japan is what should be the attitude on the position you adopt regarding the final verdict of the second world war? this year in particular will mark the 70th anniversary of the vj, victory over japan legacy, and i would say nations in the are world would get united again to fight against naziism and fashism. fascism in japan. if prime minister shinjo abe continues to deny the enslavement of females during the second word war as sex
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slaves, this will be tantamount to trying to white wash the crimes committed by the japanese farfascists yurchl of universalled condemned by the communities throwd throughout the world. this will create the overall environment of the leaders of the three companies to meet. >> still ahead here on al jazeera. putting on a brave face. tunisians celebrate independence and still railing from wednesday's attack. cliff seekers who mate their way to a remote archipelago to
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wns the sight. witness the sight.
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parliaments deadlock talks on iran's nuclear program have been suspended until wednesday. iran's negotiators have returned home saying they need more consultation. u.s. secretary of state john kerry will use the weekend to are brief his european counterparts on progress. not only to celebrate their country but also to condemn wednesday's museum attack. jacky rowland reports from the capital, tunis. >> reporter: it's independence day in tunisia and that means flags and processions. it's a national holiday but celebrations have been overshadowed by the shooting two days earlier. >> security challenge and the challenge of winning the war against terrorism. tunisia is in a war against terrorism.
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we won't win unless we stand together. >> there is a visible presence, not just police but army. guarding the french embassy. the second largest party in the governing coalition say the security measures need to go further. >> translator: the countries that fought terrorism in europe, special forces, special prosecutors, special courts and that is how we should be fighting terrorism. >> reporter: tunisia relies heavily on tourists, and this strikes a body blow to this vital sectors of the economy. the vast majority of tourists want to go on holiday to a place that is save and stable. in tunisia the tourist industry has only started to recover over the violence of a few years ago.
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this shop lies slightly off the main tourist route. the owner has been running it for over 30 years. he is still too up set too upset by the terrorism. >> i was deeply moved because they are innocent, they came to visit our country. they came to visit us. >> reporter: another procession this time by people who have come in by bus from a seaside resort. their message that what happened at the bardo museum has nothing to do with their country or their religion. now it is the foreign visitors to decide whether they will come. jacky rowland. al jazeera tunis. >> two al jazeera journalists have to wait until next wednesday for their retrial in egypt to begin again. baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy are accused of aiding the now
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band muslim brotherhood charges they and al jazeera deny. thousands of families forced to flee a military offensive in northern pakistan are going back home. the military says it's forced outs taliban fighters in some areas of kyber kamil hydroil hyder reports. >> most of the people in this particular area were forced to flee because of a major operation by the military dubbed as kyber 1. the objective was to drive out monmon-gol. the threat to peshawar, as we
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came into bara we could see abandoned villages, many and some destruction by the military operation. however the military says it is confident it has restored the rate of the government. >> this area is free for return of the normal life of the people to return to the area after spending seven years out of their villages. we are quite hopeful and confident that the militants will not bounce back into this area. >> according to the federally administered 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 are very happy to return to our village after years of conflict. now it is peace here. >> reporter: but the important thing will be to ensure that all those people displaced by years
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of conflict will be allowed to come back to their homes and villages. >> a train has derailed in india, killing 30 and injuring dozens nor. some witness he report its brakes failed. fez jamil reports. >> are train went off the track according to witnesses. emergency crews quickly arrived cutting through twisted metal. witnesses say the train failed to stop at a rail crossing. >> translator: the train was supposed to stop at the crossing. it was going at a very high speed. it looks like the brakes failed which turned it upside down. >> officials said at least two dozen were in serious condition. the central government was quick to announce compensation for the victims and their families. >> translator: the families of the dead will get $3200 and the
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injured will get $800. i'll be going to the accident site myself along with railway officials. >> reporter: the cause of the derailment is still being investigated. india's rail network carries about 23 million passengers lately. it has a poor safety record which officials promise to fix but improvement need to come soon. fez jamil, al jazeera india. >> parents partly to blame caught climbing the walls of schools to pass answers. wide problem within india's education system. rob matheson explains. >> parents climb four stories
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and throwing paper airplanes with answers to their children. state education minister denies responsibility saying it's impossible to prevent cheating without the cooperation of parents. >> translator: there are more than a million and a half students taking exams and more than 11 and a half thousand examination senders in the state. to manage such a huge number of people. >> there are a great deal of pressure on 15 and 16-year-old students. these exams are determined make or break for many. compulsory to continue being their education. with far more students seeking to attend university than there are places competition is fears.
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education could transform millions living in poverty. they could be banned from taking exams for three years. forced to pay a fine or even jailed. rob matheson, al jazeera. >> the slide in the russian economy is now affecting its neighbors, kazakhstan is one of the countries feeling the pinch. robin forrester walker reports. >> 17% of the kazakh market isn't a bad place to be. but the company which also exports fruit juices to russia sees trouble ahead. russia's economy not kazakh's is hurting business. >> our prices are going down because our priced are fixed in rubles. kazakh consumers rushed to buy cheaper products.
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>> russia exports have got cheaper. kazakhs are losing money. kazakh's currency is on a high relative to the weakened ruble. imagine waking up and discovering your money lost 27% of your value in one night. thrappedthat happened twice once in 2009 and with us now kazakhstan's competent is closely tied to russia's. kazakhstan and russia already have a free trade agreement along with belarus. >> translator: for me this agreement is well balanced and
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competent tently made. competently made. >> academic aspects weren't properly thought through so we see a negative situation for kazakhstan which is uj likely to improve in the near future. interwhat goes down must eventually come back up, the rubble will eventually strengthen, oil prices will rise but life at the end of the tunnel seems olong way off. robin forrester, al jazeera many kazakhstan. >> eu wants money to be spent on projects to boost greece's economy and cut youth
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unemployment. greece struck a deal last month to extend its bail-out funding until june. stargazers across europe have witnessed a spectacular natural event, a total solar eclipse. watching from a monument, the parthenon and the acropolis. gathered at the city's planetarium. and these passengers boarded a plane to they could glimpse the eclipse over the clouds. this is what at a eclipse looked like from space. capturing the minute the shadow of the ploon moved over the sun. >> they say it's all about timing and whether it all comes together this the skies it does
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so so spectacularly. and as the moon cast a shadow over the earth the celestial mechanics were in full swing. at first contact it looked as if the moon had taken a bite out of the morning sun. there was only one place to look in the faroe islands and that was up. excitement what was happening. >> the sun is shining on the water then it gets completely dark out there. that's the -- you cannot see the eclipse but you can see the shadow of the eclipse. >> one of only two places in the world to experience this total eclipse. one hour into totality, the moon has cast its shadow over where we were. a few minutes ago it was light
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now we're in darkness and it feels really eerie. celestial features onseen during an eclipse. now the moon could be seen in front of the sun. >> i had tears in my eyes almost, it wasth credible. >> this eclipse had brought more than 9,000 sky gazers in across the world to the faroes, all hoping to witness something special. >> it lets you know the immensity of the university, that's what you don't except. >> you could see it just fade out really cool. >> we saw the thin crest ents and we saw almost a fult circle of the moop's disk which was worth coming for.
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>> the faroes won't experience a total eclipse for over 100 years, but others are willing to search for the sun's shadow. >> do go to aljazeera.com for all the latest. >> on "america tonight": >> it's been 21 days since nurse practitioner returned home to loomis california from an ebola treatment center in leone. >> go ahead and take your temperature, 97.5. >> the biggest challenge of the quarantine is contact with other people. >> for alice, the quarantine was a minor inconvenience compared