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>> coming up on the program. i.s.i.l. fighters were pushed back from the yarmouk refugee camp in damascus. combating the rodada virus.
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let's get to some breaking news now happening in kenyan kenya. let's get the latest from joyce jaguna in nairobi. >> there is reports that the university is under attack by gunmen. we don't know how many. how many students are in the university the word is that they are closing school today and the gunmen arrived time is unconfirmed but about an hour ago. the other reports they are
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receiving, all of this is unconfirmed is that the kgs the kenyan tors is force is from the begunmen. >> can you put into perspective for us other violence in this country? >> there are several attacks that have happened in the northeast part of kenya. and including some parts of mandera which is in the same area. and several al shabaab attacks have happened. if you remember the 36 people who were killed at the quarry at mandera the border attacks because it borders somalia on
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the other side of kenya. >> joyce stick close as we'll be calling on you for more reports on the shooting in kenya. despite being hit by saudi air strikes into aden's central districts, bringing aden's death toll to 122 in the past five days. further west, an attack on a dairy, the houthis say saudis are responsible but saudis say the houthi military are responsible. hashem ahelbarra ahelbarra has the latest. >> areas controlled by the houthis. the saudis say houthi rebels
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have acquired a huge number of weapons over the past few months. they worry that these weapons may be used in revenge attacks against saudi arabia. all the targets are destroyed. the dairy factory became an inferno in the western port city of hedada, dozens were killed. on monday a strike hit a refugee cam many called it a violation of international law. accusations dismissby the houthi coalition. >> the saudis are the ones that attacked the dairy factory. the the houthis used hughts houthis
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used propaganda. >> sources loyal to former president ali abdullah saleh and intense ground fighting has moved to the port city of aden. a secessionist group has said it has helped take over the southern city's international airport and surrounding area. the secessionist is only one group of that is now helping the houthis on the ground. each has its own agenda. the groups include those loyal to ali abdullah saleh. gaining control of yemen won't come easily but the region's stability depends on it. pulling support for their
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intervention parties are desperate to leave. about 350 citizens left for djibouti last night. there are growing concerns about humanitarian hashem ahelbarra al jazeera. >> from the syrian government, that's according to the syrian observatory for human rights. al qaeda group second official checkpoint that the governments lost in the southern province of hidara. in the syrian province of hala has killed dozens. women and children were beheaded burnt and shot. six syrian soldiers also apparently died.
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islamic state fighters reportedly advanced on to tens of thousands of people. ali mustafa reports. >> those that are nearby listened anxiously to the sounds of gun fire. activists say i.s.i.l. stormed the western part of the camp on tuesday acknowledge it was the last thing that desperate people of yarmouk needed. >> since early afternoon there were fierce clashes in the vicinity of the 18,000 civilians who were there. now remember amongst those are 3500 children. and their lives are in danger. >> the palestinian refugee camp has been under siege since 2013. with tiny amounts of aid getting through. human rights groups say women
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are dying of childbirth and children of starvation. i.s.i.l. has fought the free syrian army around the camp before but was pushed out to nearby districts. activist claim no i.s.i.l. have left the camp this time around, it's bound to return into the bid for milt of damascus. >> senior fighters and the other syrian opposition fighters like the free syrian army, but the areas like east of yarmouk and the south of yarmouk. >> reporter: across the country the syrian government is continuing its aerial bombardment. in the newly rebel held city of idlib.
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activists say the regime is still using chlorine dpas, gas a claim the regime denies. ali mustafa, al jazeera. >> veronica ped pedestrianrosa has more. >> came into place after the coup in may of 2014. the leader of this coup, general ocha has had article 44 replaced martial law which is a rather specific seven page document in the thai context.
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allows the leader of the government sweeping hours in any judgment he judges it necessary. there are criticisms already coming in from human rights groups that this marks as the human rights watch group puts it a dissent into dictatorship for thailand. chinese president xi jinping came to power in 2012, now there's growing concern about the fate of five female activists detained more than five weeks ago ahead of the women's month. >> this is wai tinge tinge. ai ting ting.
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she and other campaigners have helped raise awareness to domestic violence and more public toilets forwomen. they were arrested almost a month ago. wai ting ting's lawyer says he was astonished by such oong response. >> i'm puzzled they send it a message. >> it is understood that wai and two other activists are being held northeast of beijing. it can accommodate 4,000 nments. the othermments -- inmates. >> the women are affiliated to a nongovernmental organization whose offices were raided by chinese security agents last
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week. they took away files and computers before changing the door lock. police wouldn't respond to our request to comment. the women are accused of disturbing social order. or in the words of the police, picking quarrels and provoking troubles. it's a crime with no clear definition but it allows police unlimited discretion to detain and arrest suspects for almost any action. >> detained on the charge of picking quarrels and provoking trouble when the event they were planning was two days away, even by chinese legal standards there's absolutely nothing to detain them on because the event they were planning hadn't even taken place yet. >> reporter: as international pressure mounts on china to free the activists no one has the right to ask china to release relevant persons they say. if they are tried and convicted they face up to three years in
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jail. the mother of one of the activists agreed to talk to us but when we arrived the police told us to leave. adrian brown, al jazeera beijing. coming up, we report on a widening police scandal that's already sacked five. plus. >> the electricity crisis is putting people's health at risk. risk.
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>> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet
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>> welcome back. the top stories now on al
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jazeera. police say heavy gun fire has been reported at a university in the northeast. garisa university, there are some reports the gunmen may have taken hostages. we'll continue to follow at a for you. dairy factory in the western yemeni city of hudada, and the houthis have pushed into aden, 19 people have been killed there. negotiations over iran's nuclear program have made progress but the final negotiations are most difficult. tuesday's self imposed deadline has expired. professor, thank you so much for your time. so what are china's interests china's motivations right now at these talks? >> well, china wants a political
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settlement. an agreement chinese leaders understand that it is already a diplomatic plus for china to be able to take part in a conference of major powers on a major regional issue over which it has limited power projection capabilities. it has essential economic interests in the region and it therefore wants to avoid having to take part in the conflicts between iran and saudi arabia, between the shiites and the sunnis and so on. it has to maintain ofine balance a political agreement through negotiations is in -- a fine balance a political agreement through negotiation is, an image of peace maker and the friend of the third world. >> you're saying it's not about china picking sides it's the
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mere fact that china has a presence there that's significant for the country? >> yes. and china doesn't want to take sides. and at the same time, it seems that the major -- that the united states is also interested in a political agreement. president obama understands that it is having difficulties with a republican dominated congress. it has a lot of problems with the spreading inference of the islamic state of iran and syria and interested in an agreement rather than expanding the conflict. >> professor you've also said that you think that the longer these talks go on, the more beneficial they are to the united states. how so? >> well the fact that the talks can go on, certainly reflect the
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interest of almost all parties concerned to reach agreement. the -- they agree to extend the talks and this is a good sign. they want to avoid the rapid determination, the abrupt termination of the negotiations. but of course the united states and the other countries are interested in some agreement basically the united states want to make sure that iran cannot have a nuclear bomb, in less than nine months or a year, even if it chooses to break the agreement. which technically means it needs to have about 25 kilograms of
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enriched uranium. >> the talks continue past that due date of tuesday. professor joseph chang, thank you. >> thank you. >> a new vaccine is being unveiled in india as a cheaper way of preventing death from the rodo virus. fez jamil reports. >> it's children who live in poor areas like this one in new delhi. rena's daughter died five months ago from severe die radio rea. diarrhea. >> of course i'm angry. if the water was clean, if the
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outside was clean why would my daughter die? we don't have money to treat her in a fancy hospital. for poor people like us, this is what happens. >> unsanitary conditions is what lead to child deaths, more than 3,000 a year. the roza virus causes severe diarrhea in very young children. this lab has developed the first vaccine for the roda virus made outside the u.s. vaccines made on the market are too expensive for families whose children are likely to be infected by the roda virus. these make it more available for those infected in india and the developed world.
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58% effective similar to other roda virus vaccines but it is not totally effective. >> this type of the sanitation program, combined with this and the sanitation, 58% you might even get 100% efficacy. >> those who work with the poor agree simple steps can make a world of difference. boiling water hand washing and breast feeding can help the number of children who die from these kind of infections. >> hoping along with the potential of a cheap vaccine children in these areas won't become another statistic. fez jamil, al jazeera new delhi.
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>> u.s. representative robert menendez has been indicted on several charges including could be --conspiracy bribery and fraud. he says he is innocent. driver who tried to ram through the gates was a trans transgender. >> a malasian man they call was one of the most wanted terrorist is dead. killed in the philippines in january. believed to be a member of an al qaeda splinter group and is linked to the 2002 bali
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bombings. mcdonald's says it will boost salaries by 10% beginning july 1st. only plietion applying to staff at 1500 company restaurants. lifting the restrictions on the amount of dairy products, the lifting of quotas will transform ireland into a major supplier of markets in asia and north africa. it is the humble cow at this farm in the south of the country the lifting of the quotas is like the lifting of shackles on the amount of milk they can produce. seeing the sons and daughters moving abroad for work, now no
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longer. >> do wand ireland to expand but extra milk and extra money into each parish across the country. >> there is no doubt in the potential in this country. the milk flows like water. the collapse of the banks all the austerity the attempt to rebuild and the idea that agriculture could be one of the foundation stones of a more sustainable business model. the lifting of the milk ban has come at an ideal time. ireland can't produce enough in volume to affect milk prices but the hugely luke ra tifer lucrative market. >> we don't bring them to our new factories first of all the
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first place we bring them is down to the farms. so they can see the generations of farming expertise that we have on these farms and that's probably the most impressive thing that international customers take away, the experience we have on our farms. >> so they're beyond excited. they insist their plans will be environmentally sustainable and will not drive farmers elsewhere out of business. they even see a role for ireland encouraging milk supply in north africa. >> markets like algeria hugely exciting markets. the countries that have to import their dairy this commercial is a very exciting one and we are going to make sure we take advantage of that in a way that's responsible and sustainable. >> so the ending of quotas is a
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huge which is here. emerald isle is green and wet and full of kales. only fool would consider there wasn't a pot of gold at the end of that rainbow. killing at least five people heavy winds sent trees crashing down and also damaged buildings. australia reaustria and poled has also been affected. erica wood has more. >> this wind farm is south africa's showpiece for wind energy. the government says it wants 40% of its power to come from solar
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and wind energy in the next three years. in the meantime electricity come from stationed powered by coal. >> the environmental charity greenpeace say katrina's symptoms are common in this area. in the district where katrina lives is home to 11 coal powered stations and another is under construction. this region is built an coal mining and coal burning. and as soon as you arrive in the area there's a real noticeable difference in the air quality. in fact some researchers say this area has some of the dirtiest air in the world. greenpeace says allowing the state owned oil company an extra five years to meet carbon emissions, can mean the death to
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more people. >> the department of environmental fears has clearly gone against south africa's constitutional right to a healthy environment. by improving almost all of the postponements, they put the people living in those areas at risk. >> the department admits it didn't carry out a health assessment before it made its decision. it says it wasn't in its mandate to do so. >> when the applications of postponement arrive in front of us we shouldn't be told that no leave those now go and do this air study. which isn't even in our purview. we are doing what law and our regulations are saying we should do. >> the government has a difficult task, balancing environmental health and environmental issues, she says her decision was based on sustainable development of the country. before i was not sick. when i moved to this area that's
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when i started to get sick. >> for those living near its power stations, the health is being sacrificed for the security. >> if you would like to stay updated on some of the stories you see here, two to our website, aljazeera.com. azeera.com. >> tonight, wealth and power in america, the late steve jobs epitomized the ability to change the world from your garage but forget what you think of silicon valley. i'll talk to the authors of a startling new account that separates the man from the myth like never before. the titans of wall street, i'll talk to a politician, who says the