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into war. >> they are armed. they al-qaeda. they will protest against the houthis but they will not fight the houthis. it's a big difference. >> 107 on friday. they appeared. he said the bombings were an attempt to push the country into a separate war. needs to ensure yemeni. this eluding those who house the houthis. they will have a lot of the targets and goals of our people.
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>> but they are notsaudi arabia has offered to host them. >> talks will lead to more problems. we feed to ask: what is the result of the talks in ryad the results in yrad? >> reporter: with talks on hold and the houthis, natasha gname, al jazeera. >> iona craig based in the country's capital for four years, it looks as though the security situation has deteriorated further. we had those attacks on friday. now, the u.s. withdrawing their military people. what will do you make of what's going on at the moment? >> it now seems to be spreading closer and closer to aden. but the houthis and supporters
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seem to be mobilizing further towards the old border that was there before 1990. so you have seen fighting that appears to be a presence of houthis and on the border with the old north/south board boarder. so in the meantime in the speech today, did anything it? >> surprising by what you
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referred to that spread to it? >> yes. i think it's very different because we have been trying for the malitias to support him. you are looking at the issue of the success and last night and today, they were fighting and so more elements in this conflict. >> how significant is the presence of isil? because they claimed responsibility for those attacks on friday but it's not clear what was behind them? what do you make of their presence there? >> certainly, the fact that they did carry that out is certainly al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula saying they were not responsible. but i think there is a large
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amount of men or those embed he had in five men that were involved as suicide bombers. so there isn't really any -- any information that indicates that they have taken a foothold in yemen at all at this stage. it's timingwise, very convenient as there are many opponents of the houthis and political faxes who would benefit from such an attack. >> hoping it would not get worse? >> as you mentioned in your package, jamal benimar has been trying to negotiate a deal 2010 the twosized. deals have been reached before but they haven't been kept. he left
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sanaa. >> now in tibrok in and around
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tripoli. >> after weeks of fighting libya remained divided in the east. in the community, in the last government t the country's supreme court, talks are undermining chances of political negotiations
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the political divide further deepening. >> remind us what is at stake here? >> well basically, the international community is hoping to have both with a
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government with a prime minister with full authority to run the country for a year or two years and draft a new constitution and call for new elections. these are wanting them out of the major cities and form a national army tasked with securitying the country and at the same time, this is an international prerequisite leading the fight against groups affiliated with isil. the general concern by the enter international community is libya in the hands of isil which is now trying to further expand particularly in the eastern part of the country. >> thank you very much indeed. moving through the building with guns drawn, 20 foreign tourists
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and policemen were killed. tunisian authorities have made more than 20 connecticuts. in tuniisia the u.s. secretary of state is making a quick stop over in london john kerry meeting the foreign ministers of germany, france and britain at heathrow airport, on his way back from a long series of talks in switzerland where he says progress was made. with with here is more. >> reporter: this was an effort to reestablish a unified mission. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry meeting european counterparts. he wants to take a much harsher
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line with iran. it's ben reported with negotiations of switzerland, he called his team urging them not to allow further concessions. kerry was stressing there was no division. >> this is and remains a p5 plus 1 negotiation with iran. i emphasize, we are united in both our approach our resolve, and our determination to ensure that iran's program is entirely peaceful. the european union has continued to play a pistol role in facilitating the talks. >> in iran, it's the biggest holiday of the year. now, on national matters president houhani said a deal was within reach. >> at the ends of the negotiations, we will reach a deal and understanding that
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would benefit all nations: iran, the region and the world. >> in the city of masha the country's supreme leader spoke to a large crowd raising one of the main sticking points in the negotiations. >> negotiations with the united states and nations, everybody should be aware of this. we do not negotiate with the united states on regional issues. the u.s. is opposite to our objectives. >> kerry
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counterpart >> unity is the key word here it seems that france are digging in their heels on a couple of critical points in these negotiations. they say there should be no quick relief in lifting those u.n. sanctions, and they want the timetable for restrictions on nuclear activity ins iran to go on for a much longer time. as james mentioned in his report one senior french official saying it was dangerous and possibly futile to have this deadline by the end of the month. so, i think john kerry in that meeting you had with his european counterparts would have been having a very difficult time with the french even convincing them. but it is critical to get those people on board. he keeps talking about unity but if that unity isn't there, it's going to be difficult to move ahead. of course, that deadline is fast
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approaching, john kerry is his way back. he is going to brief the obama administration before heading back out for those negotiations. as james said the clock is tick. >> how much progress with ran has been made with these talks? >> well, if you listen to president rouhani as you did in that address, the deal is close to being done. you know but there is potential for the french here to dig in hard enough for this negotiation to fall apart. we don't know what's happening blind closed doors. but they are to go on towards the end of june. all is on the table. they are clearly looking to the end of the month. the deadline is a short ways
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away. there are difficult decisions to be made on both sides. >> okay. andy, thank you very much indeed. still to come on al jazeera: caught in the crossfire, child victims. south korea, china come together for the first time in years. and news on the world cup. ♪ read out during kurdish new year celebrations barnard smith
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reports. ♪ >> reporter: in the heart of kurdish the leader of the kurdistan workers party, the pkk used the event to reinforce a call to end the armed conflict >> currently, citizenship is based upon turk ethnicity. >> we will indeed most conflict
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and the politics has led to conflicts. based upon politics rather than weapons. >> 2000 people have been killed in the armed conflict between the turkish state and the pkk. the pkk will restart negotiations but it seems unlikely that the pkk will disarm giving up its weapons or even burying them. so the turkish government which wants kurdish support to change the constitution to persuade that this peace process will end. al jazeera southeastern turkey. >> the kurdish red crescent says 49 people have been killed in a double bombing.
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177 people were injured in the attack on the northeastern city. twin blasts targeted people celebrating the kurdish new year. the islamic state in iraq is thought to be hindn the attack. parts of aleppo say people have been killed once the capital, in syria's, the continuing. >> randomly in the streets while
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they are protesting peacefully. they returned from the demonstration and the protects into the revolution because we can't face the tank or the missiles with our peaceful demonstrations. . >> in the city where the sentiment has sim merred for decades, proceedtesters were out on the streets. it is fighting off attacks from the islamic state of the iraq in the levant. >> in almost every opposition despite the dangers, protesters come out in numbers including the elderly and depending upon which opposition force controls the area fighters join the gathering to drum up support. the message here started from the mosques under the slogan of
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allah is great. allah is great. >> and this is what thousands of syrians face on a daily basis. in this anti-assad district in aleppo activists say the missiles killed multiple people. most of the dead were women and children children. many were injured in a similar attack in the houta area. the girl tells the boy that her mother was not upstairs and everything was destroyed. the young boy asks if she is okay. she isn't, but she will survive at least for now. al jazeera. >> the foreign ministers of china, japan and south korea have metaphor their first talks in three years. they aim to a couple of on historical issues. the tear teartorial disputes are on these islands that sit on vast natural resources.
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south korea also have been failing in 2013, the japanese leaders were across the country. a report from seuol.
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and support of comfort women forced into sexual slavery. a crime japan aldly has not taken responsibility for. >> japan has not shown any remorse, and we cannot just leave things as they are. only when japan apologizes can relations improve. hiding from it won't solve anything. >> at the prison now turned into a museum korea's colonization by japan during the first part of the last century is remembered. in japan, they were imprisoned here, some tortured and executed. on this day, there is a visiting group of japanese business people. the perception that japan has been trying to revise its account for the koreans and chinese suffered. >> from japan's perspective, they do not want to see their past history in the same way,
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different interpretation. >> south korea and china have their own disputes with japan over the dorseys that separate them. >> the chinese economy and the guerrinis to each other's economic futures.
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such may prove stronger than sentiments, strong enough to bring their leaders to a summit for a break threw. rob mcbride, al jazeera. seoul. >> an unusual history of the serbian village which has a special greek connection. sport is coming up including action from the ski slopes of france. sanaa will be here in a minute. ♪
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the pope last year spoke out against the mafia. how significant is that? >> well it is very clear, force forceful and popular terms.
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words that anyone can understand it gets through to every level of society. in the past, it seemed to be apparent. they were natural allies. they have tend to be anti-communist and guaranteed a
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anti-communist vote. the catholic church suffered under communism. there was a natural alliance there despite obviously the distaftful character. >> what difference? in some of these areas the various incarnations of the mafia are pretty much engrained in society. how much difference does it make, him going there and saying this kind of thing? >> reporter: >> i think it encourages the people who are working against the mafia on the ground. there always have been contactatholic priests who have taken a strong stand against the mafia. some of them have been
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killed. >> some are in the chaotic suburb of inform aples. it's a message that will resonate with them and recognizes the difficulties that they face. >> you talked about organized crime. the pope has in the past. ♪ >> well, it's a huge task of course but he has brought in new people. he's formed the committee of nine cardinals to advise him on how to tackle the financial side
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of things, the management of the economy, the way that is
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ask. the aiming formal >> tomorrow. >> you have to look at the suffering of these children.
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>> 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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palo pintop. the top 3, all won four out of five but plus 63 points difference was enough for ireland to sem brate. the batting records keep
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tumbling at the critic world cup. an unbeaten tournament record of 237 for new zealand as they swept aside the west indies to reach the semi finals the second highest 1-day inning in history. it included 11 sixes and 24 fours. for new zealand, the backing headlines have been made by brandon mccollum but it was all about dovetails after mccolom had won the toss. and the indies attacked. he played powerful shots, 237 off 163 balls and with the performance as good as that it seemed certain he would be on the winning side and it powered the black hats. any hopes of the west indies getting close enough was a brilliant performance by the kiwis in the field: the catch to dismiss marlin highlights
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west indies were bold out for 250, new zealand winning by 143 runs. >> i am still not really sure to be honest. it hasn't sunk in yet. i was proud of what happened today. and hopefully we can win another game and another one after that. so, you know, just pretty proud to get to score that many runs and to get the one as well. >> well, we have just been obviously inconsistent from south africa into this world cup. we have had good games and bad games but never been really consistent going forward. going forward, we need to be more consistent. >> ball now harry kain celebrated with a hat trick and sunderland kept up the pursuit of a top-4 place by beating lester 4-3. now 19 pre-myer league goals. >> moves him one ahead of
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chelsea. his club were given a tough afternoon by the premier league's bottom club, other goals in the win with an on-goal. >> i think it's fantastic. the game is a performance, very peaceful team. on the premier league. so, it will be better. >> new sunderland coach lost his first game in charge. his side were beaten 1-nil at west ham. arsenal won at newcastle with two goals. manchester city closed the gap on chelsea at the top to three points. but the leaders still have two games in hand. >> i think that we have to play now and we can win the eight games that chelsea doesn't drop points. we cannot win the title. so the important thing is not to think about other teams.
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it's to think about our team to improve and to win the next game at crystal palace. >> spain's striker fernando torres called the first goal in almost eight years in athletico madrid. they added another one just before halftime to give athletico a 2-nil win and close the gap on thursday's to 1 point. in other matches leaders barce barcelona hostreal madrid on sunday for the season's second clasico. >> novak djokovic got the better of andy murray. djokovic stormed into a 5-1 lead and the serb took 27 winners as all as he security the six straight wins over murray. now, he will play roger federer or bronowich on sunday.
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>> selleena withdrew with a sprained right knee. fourteen years after her sister venus did the same thing and treated an angry reaction from fans. serena said it is for this reason that caused her to boycott the tournament but she came out on court to explain her problem and the crowd seemed to forgive her. >> a couple of days ago, in my practice, i just really injured my knee. i for the through it. i kept playing. today, i just was struggling just to even walk and it was really sad because, you know, i really just felt four months ago, i decided to start this journey and come back here in a place that i have had so much success, and it's been a wonderful journey. >> the former world number 1 got the better of serena at the first set but turned around and the number 18 seed won the
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deciding set six games to 1. several courses on match point. christopher took the final men's giant. season at maribel with marcel but securing the overall world cup title, a region led germany's fritz bio.08 seconds. after the first run and dominated the second to finish not .79 seconds ahead. a 20-year-old second win of the game. hersh was fourth trying to add to the giant title she already has. to thailand jonathan ria has been pulled for the race at the international circuit. the british rider was able to lap the track in less than one minute, 34 seconds. >> that's it for me lauren. >> thanks very much. >> that's it for this newshour.
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