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tomorrow. celebrations in rain after world powers reach a break through deal on tehran's nuclear programme. israel warns that the agreement threatens its existence hello, this is al jazeera, live from doha i'm adrian finegan. also on the programme... >> the u.n. calls for swift justice for those behind the attack on a university in kenya that killed 147 people.
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china's former security police are charged with corruption. plus... >> i'm in what has been described as the most desperate town in poland where the best prospect for moan is the road out of -- for many is the road out of town u.s. president obama says an agreement to restrict iran's nuclear programme will make the world safer. he says it's a win/win for all side. israel's prime minister says it threatens his country's survival. he sent senior ministers to discuss the bale. diplomatic editor james bays reports. >> reporter: around the clock make or break negotiations. world leaders celebrated what they hoped was an historic moment.
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the e.u. representative made the announcement. details on how the programme will be restricted in phases over a 25-year period. it's centrifuges, 18,000 to 6,000, and limited to one's facility. >> iran's original capacity enrichment level and stockpile will be limited for specific durations and there'll be no other enrichment facility. this the fate of the secret bunker built inside a mountain. >> fordo will be converted from an enrichment site to a nuclear, physics and technology center. >> reporter: does it count as the framework agreement the white house promised by the missed deadline at the end of march. >> the foreign minister insists none is binding. >> we do not have any obligation yet. >> he added this...
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..we didn't put all this time and energy and sleepless night to draft up a paper hopefully by june 30th, that we'll look for an excuse to violate and abandon the u.s. secretary of state spent more time on this than any other issue. john kerry says the negotiation process can already be judged. >> it's important in iran that to date they have honoured all the commitments that it made under the joint plan of action that we agreed to in 2013. i ask you to look at that against the backdrop of those that predicted that it would fail and not get the job down. >> nuclear talks will continue with tough bargaining between now and the final deadline at the end of june. this is an important milestone and not just nuclear issues.
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iran and western leaders may be beginning to build a new relationship after 36 years of mistrust and hostility president obama has to convince a hostile congress about the potential benefits of the deal. our white house correspondent patty culhane reports. >> u.s. president obama was supposed to talk about the economy in kentucky but delayed his trip for hours, wanting to make sure that the american people heard the deal first. >> i'm convinced if the framework leads to a deal it will make our country, our allies, and our world safer. >> he believes he can make the deal on his own. many in congress disagree. the republican senator said he'd bring up a bill to force the president to get their approval writing:
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right now it's not clear that the president has the support. what he's doing is that he's making the case to the american public arguing that if congress kills the deal the only option is war. if congress kills the deal without based on expert analysis and without offering an alternative. the international unity will collapse in the past the conflict will widen. those point out that the president has public opinion on his side. >> americans support the talks, they are not confident that a deal would be affective. the president expressed the same cynicism. arguing that he needs to give
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diplomacy a chance. it's not clear if they will let him. >> reporter: kenya's president uhuru kenyatta vowed to crack down on terrorism after an attack claimed the lives of 140 people. gunmen attacked the university college over 13 hours. the situation was brought to an end after the army managed to kill the attackers. the u.n. secretary-general called for swift justice for those behind the attack. malcolm webb reports. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a place of learning. it became a battle ground. troops flushed out the fighters holed up inside the college. they stormed the building some were praying, others asleep. the army was brought in.
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they were close to the border with somali. the army has been in somali since 2011. al-shabab was linked to al qaeda. many students were taken hostage, others managed to escape. the university is 100 metres from there. the gun fire has been going on for hours, and heavy explosions hike that one. we have been told that the attackers were on the rooftop. it's making it difficult to fight them. >> reporter: meanwhile they tried to keep bystanders away. >> my name is malcolm webb. he's a journalist. hidden in a room with five of them. it was hard to hear what she was saying but easy to hear the
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terror. then she said she had to be quiet and hung up. at the hospital where the injured were treated - pain and horror. the government was warned that they were a vulnerable target. people requested more security. the attacks led many to question why nothing was done. measures are taken now. >> i, the inspector general of the national police hereby issue curfew orders to the counties of garissa and others. >> reporter: for the families of the dead students it's too late. kenyans have to come to terms with the loss of so many at least five have been killed in an explosion in in north-eastern nigeria.
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it happened outside a bus station in the city of combet. a representative of the driver's unit said it was caused by an explosive device. 15 others were injured in the attack al jazeera declared the detention of two staff as illegal and unconstitutional. ibrahim hassan tali al asiri and ali mustafa were embedded with the military when arrested for reporting on boko haram without clearance. they've been held in a hotel in maiduguri since last tuesday. china's former security chief has been charged with bribery and the intents to reveal state secrets. this sets the way for him to become one of the highest ranking officials to be prosecuted since the 1980s. joe is seen as a programme target. china correspondent reports from beijing. >> well this keanely
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anticipated announcement was confirmed by the newsagency on friday morning. it said that they had been charged with bribery, abuse of power and leaking state secrets. the case has been referred to a court. and we expect the trial, an open trial, to happen within the next few weeks. why does this matter? joe was in charge until three years ago, of the country's vast security apparatus. he had files on everyone including, presumably president xi jinping. he was the most feared and powerful man in the country. his humiliation and disgrace was confirmed with trial in the city. >> china has not seen anything like this since the gang of four were put on trail in 1980. >> plenty more world news to come on al jazeera - including
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going home at last. after years of being forced to work as fishermen without pay, a report from indonesia. and afghanistan seeks just for the death of a woman beaten and burnt by a mob while police looked on. on.
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it's been called a win/win for all sides and israel's prime minister says it threatens his country's survival. the u.n. calls for swift justice for an attack in kenya in which 147 died. president uhuru kenyatta vowed to crack down on terrorism of the the security chief was charged with bribery for the intend to reveal state secrets. he's one of the highest ranking officials to be prosecuted. >> houthi fighters and their allies with drew from aden after overnight air raids by the saudi arabia-led coalition. the u.s. military has been given the authority to provide support for saudi war planes. we have a report on the fighting that led up to the withdrawal. >> reporter: a symbolic victory.
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houthi forces and their allies pushed into the city. pushing into the strong hold. before he left the country last week. the rebels stormed into the port city using tanks and armoured vehicles despite the air strikes. they reached as far as the crater. they were working to is light the fighters. >> they worked and are in contact with the resistance fighters. we'll rid the city of infiltrators. >> reporter: the coalition targeted the allies forces loyal to ali abdullah saleh. but over the past few days the air strikes focussed from aden. bombing rebels and loyalists from the east and the north. the advance was a blow to the
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coalition, which has waged an 8-day aerial campaign. >> it's part of the political process. it's the g.c.c. initiative that opened the door for the houthis to participate in the process. there cannot be a militia, they cannot have weapons outside the scope of the state. that is a situation that is not tolerable. >> the fighting left 500 dead, according to the u.n. aden accounted for 100 deaths. saudi arabia has experienced its first casualty since the campaign began. the ministry says the soldiers were killed. the soldiers were injured. as fighting continued, al qaeda and the arabian peninsula laid siege. they freed 300 inmates. looted the building and killed
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two business guards and the battle was turning into a struggle china said it has helped 10 countries get citizens out of yemen. beijing says it evacuated 225 people, the first time it assisted getting foreign nationals out of a crisis. the ship picked up evacuees. >> the u.n. security council is calling for an investigation into the use of weapons in syria. activists and syrian helicopters dropped bombs containing chlorine gas in idlib. most members express concern, occurring after the adoption of resolution 21.09, which condemns in the strongest terms the use of toxic chemicals such as clor in as a weapon in syria.
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members condemned the use of clor in and called for an investigation of such reports. i.s.i.l. fighters are battling a palestinian militia in the syrian capital. shelling targeted the area and a hospital in the camp. it's not clear if the syrian government or i.s.i.l. is responsible for the bombing indonesia's government announced hundreds of men forced to catch seafood with little or know pay were allowed to go home. it was revealed many were kept on an island many kept in came. >> reporter: huge excitement here in the far east of indonesia. a team by the indonesian government announced to all the people from myanmar, thailand and layo, that they can go home.
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the team said after they were speaking to all these people they are not safe here. they are talking about abuse. they are walking on the ship for many, many hours, many days without any rest hardly any food and hardly any pay. there was no salary they have hands out. they were really really excited. you can see here this is what they were gathering. when they heard they were going home they went to the boat and this is what they took. this is what they've been living off for the last few years. some have been here for 10 years. wanting to go home all the time. one day they have no idea they were going to work here. they were applying for jobs. they contact an ate. before they knew it they were sent here to the company in son
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eeshia and the government says it was clear that they were used as slaves forced labour. and they are going to go home. people from myanmar, thailand laos and teams from the organization - they estimate 4,000 of them in this region in the east of indonesia, and this particular part and company, there's a few hundred and the government is going to take as many as they can to another closer and they'll hand it over to the government. and all the countries that they are coming from. snow leaders take part in the only televised debate. immigration and the economy not surprisingly dominated the event. >> reporter: so a phenomenon in
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british politics three parties dominated for so long and saw the reputations diminish. a cynical electorate. now they were up against insurgent parties from the left and the right. the national party accused labor of selling out the poor and demanded the rich pay. >> a vote may be a vote to make our voice heard. we'll also be a voice. >> on the right the u.k. independence party accused conservatives of selling out brat an. >> wages have been suppressed buying houses difficult, made it tough to get a g.p. appointment and not being good for this country. >> on issues like the budget deficit, you can see how far apart parties like the greens are from traditional economics. >> it's worth saying over the
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past 100 years, britain ran a higher debt to g.d.p. ratio, and no one worried about it. >> david cameron accused everyone else of economic naivety. >> what i'm hearing is more texts and more taxes, some more debts than taxes, and definitely more. >> that's it the one and only chance during the election campaign that the senn party leaders in the landscape will have been seen together. not much love lost between many the polls are closer 2-3 parties in the next government, looks more and more likely. whether they get along with each other to make it work that's another question afghanistan's president ordered an investigation into the death of a woman beaten and burnt by a mob. the shocking footage of the woman in her last moments prompted rallies in her honour.
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you may find some images in jennifer glass's report are disturbing. >> the last half hour of her life must have been terrifying. surrounded by an angry crowd calling for her blood. that's what they got. "long live islam they shout, as they bet her with sticks and stones. hundreds film. many on their phones. in death they couldn't let her rest. burning her remains in the nearby riverbank. she was accused of burning the koran. she was incident and the backlash immediate. at her funeral, women activists carried her coffin breaking with afghan tradition, and thousands demonstrated not just in kabul, but general assembly london and new york all demanding justice. >> that is what her family wants too. her mother said she made sure
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allate of her daughters were educated so they could contribute to society. >> the government should be held accountable for every drop of her blood. she's not just my daughter she's the daughter of the nation. >> her brother says the police on the scene should have saved her. the police chief told the media she had mental problems and encouraged her parents to lie. >> translation: he told us to say the same thing, if we didn't angry people would burn the city. we had to calm people down. >> reporter: she was killed in this busy part of kabul in daylight. there's a sign martyr avenue. the killing is not a reflection of the nation but the fault of a few bad people. >> reporter: a few hundred meters away the spot where the body was burnt is a shrine and
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those paying will be punished. it was a shameful act for the nation and people. >> it was sameful. >> the commission would investigate. the police failed to do their duty. the security system - when you talk to the police officers some of them will think mentally that it was her right to be killed. that's why they didn't act quickly. 27 people are in custody, including 16 afghan police men. charges are expected to be filed soon the u.s. state of california is entering its fourth consecutive year of drought. now the government is imposing water restrictions but there are questions whether big business is playing its part.
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rob reynolds reports from santa monica. >> reporter: california's lush green parks, playgrounds and golf courses soon could be brown as the state enters a fourth year of drought. years of residents faces unprecedented water use. the governor has called for a 25% increase in water consumption all across the popular state. >> people should realise we are in a new era, the idea of green grass. it's a thing of the past. >> reporter: reservoirs drying up, and the snow packs are at the lowest levels ever. these lops should be about a meter deep in snow. one scientist called the sierra nevada the sierra nada.
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>> it's possibly approaching the worst drought of 500 to 1,000 years. >> some critics say it should have introduced water rationing. others say the impact will fall onindividuals, and largely exempt. the lucrative and agribusinesses. which consume 80% of the water. >> now, to poland where the populations of some cities are reducing at an alarming rate. the reducing birth rate and lack of jobs are having an impact. the southern polish town of bayton. >> it's an emotional scene played out at the bus takes. another young worker is leaving the town one of thousands. the town has shrunk by 50,000 people over the last 20 years.
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in tears, 23-year-old samantha is on her way to london, and a job in a hotel. >> sad to leave your friends and say bye-bye? >> yes. terrible for me. >> it's hard. >> i will cry, maybe. >> quite tough. >> yes. >> some of samantha's friends plan to follow her soon. >> samantha sets off for london. she is among thousands of poland people flooding out of the country. the politicians don't seem to be able to do anything to stop the flow. >> as a result the birth rate is plummeting. children's playgrounds are empty, and a short distance away is another reason it is slowly dying. there used to be six coal mines, now one is left to compete against the cheaper far eastern
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competition. locals scavenge for scraps of coal and the old miner's settlements are in disrepair. churches like the towns, are ageing. more are dying hear than are being born. who will care for the elderly? this family is typical. the daughter lives in germany with her husband. they are back for a short visit. >> translation: it's becoming the town of pensioners. the young keep leaving. there'll be nothing the european union has announced a massive aid package for the region. of more than $100 million. the hope is to attract high tech industry. if that fails they could lose 60,000 in the coming decades. >> the situation is difficult. all we can do is slow down the
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negative trends. we cannot stop them. >> in the meantime there'll be more good bice at the bus station, and polls contributing to other economies, but not their own plenty more al jazeera news analysis and comment at our revamped website. take a look at aljazeera.com. job. plus, energy source that his could save our fragile planet if only we could afford them. i am ali velshi and this is "real money." ♪ ♪ ♪ the high cost the cheap is my quick way of saying that