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capitulate and give up its nuclear facilities. what we're hear something that they don't trust that iran will live up to the deal. they don't think that the inspections are tough enough. they don't like that they will be able to maintain some of their centerfuges in storage and they don't like some of the facilities will be remain open in some form or fashion. they found a lot not to like about this deal. >> all right thanks so much. patty culhane there. >> we'll look at whether nigeria's new president is the right man to tackle the threat posed by boko haram. going home at last after years of being forced to work as fishermen without pay. we'll have all the details still ahead in sport. the final line up for the the miami line up has been confirmed. we'll have those details later.
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>> now, two kenyans and two foreigners have been arrested after a al-shabab attack killing 147 people. targeting an university, many students were wounded and the government has imposed a curfew in the region. we have reports from the northeast. >> um-- the city woke up to sounds of gunfire. the area had been taken over by gunmen from al-shabab. many students managed to escape. but many more were held hostage inside. many fought with the gunmen for hours. many ran for their lives. >> i heard the sound of gunfire at 5:30 in the morning. but i didn't know what was happening. later i heard that the terrorists had invaded the university. >> the army had been there since
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since 2011. they had been calling for kenya to withdraw from somalia. 67 people were killed when fighters attacked people. and the attack here at the university killed more than twice as many. people in the town of garissa are in shock and concern for their safety. >> we are afraid if this continues you cannot work at a place like this with no security at all. >> some in garissa say they have warned the university about the vulnerability about the university and asked for more security that was never provided. >> any position that they get--
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>> the government said that kenyans must stand together. 10,000 more police officers will be trained. people here hope it will prevent the next attack. even though it's come to late for the people of garissa. malcolm webb, al jazeera. >> senior researcher at the institute for security studies in nairobi told us that many security forces are defending the country. >> we have not seen quite a lot of changes that has happen in the security in terms of fight against terrorism. and this is the kind of concern that we have, especially the kenyons. they're still asking many questions. it is when when the this has happened. there has never been any closure
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on the issues so kenyans can have complete confidence so security improved in the country. we haven't seen that. instead, we have seen statements and statements being made by senior government officials, including the president himself who has spoken now not less than--not only condemning the incident of terror attack. but also indicating to kenyons in a foreign way that everything will be done. but this is not happening. of we see a sense until al-shabab day by day making statements not to the government of kenya but the people of kenya. this is something that we saw especially what we saw yesterday.
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it's very chilling, it is very horrifying. it's a terrifying incident that should not happen. you want to take the opportunity to console those who lost their lives and those who were injured, and their families as well. we want to appeal to the government moving forward there is a real threat here that needs to be dealt with in a more pragmatic and realistic way. >> nigeria's newly elected president said that boko haram is the country's biggest problem. many hope that muhammadadu buhari's background makes him the right man for the job. >> when the president-elect buhari gave his acceptance speech he reiterated one of his stop election campaign pledges to eliminate boko haram and tackle insecurity.
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>> on the same day chad's army said that it's forces had killed hundreds of boko haram fighters. it was a remind tort incoming president that the group may still be a problem. elijah should know. he is a former soldier who was on the front line fighting for boko haram in december of last year. he says that the military does not provide soldiers with weapons. the military say he disobeyed orders and failed to perform his military dutyies. >> i think those are the instruments. those are the weapons that they're using. what it brings for them,. >> there are other problems that buhari will have to tackle.
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hundreds of soldiers have been sacked. more than 50 are facing charges of butte any when fighting boko haram. and a dozen senior soldiers are facing corruption charges. >> many think that the background as an army general may help, but some worry he may not be the right man for the job. >> he was in office over 30 years ago. it was a repressive regime, and we're concerned that in dealing with the boko haram insurgency, the threat that he represents, the tendency to want to use the same iron handedness that he used at that time, we believe will be counterproductive. >> buhari said that ale look at all insecurity and understand why they're not working before he reveals his plans. many wait for greater safety.
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al jazeera nigeria. >> al jazeera has taken legal action to declare the detention of two of its staff by nigerian military as illegal as unconstitutional. they were embedded with the military when they were arrested for allegedly reporting on boko haram without clearance. they have been held in a hotel in the northeastern city of maidiguri since last tuesday. for more on this we're joined in abuja the managing editor for nigeria's online newspaper. good to have you with us. how could journalists who are considered to have the necessary authorizations to be embedded with the military, and then be accused of reporting without authorizations? >> well, this is really, really unbelievable.
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it's not unbelievable that it would happen in this country. it's unbelievable that journalists--at a time when this country is trying to make history, when it's trying to prove to the world of democracy and it's a culture of impunity that characterize this government. you know, the whole world rallies around al jazeera and rallies around journalists around the world. >> tell us little bit about how often journalists face restrictions when it comes particularly to reporting on what's happening in some of the areas or some of the operations against boko haram? >> well, you know, the military
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rallies around the coverage of boko haram. that's why the coverage of boko haram has been really difficult. reporters are restricted from venturing into some areas around the country. of course, the there is their own safety, but it's not surprising that the military accompany them whale they're reporting, and then turn around to--you know, to arrest them. it is just unbelievable. of course, they have been tremendous during the election. during the campaign you know the ruling party goes in, and allows the media--it allows a degree in this country. of course, this is a tradition of that claim. and the nigerian government
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really needs to release these journalists now without delay. >> thank you so much for your comments on that. indonesia has announced hundreds of foreign fishermen forced to catch seafood with little or no pay will be allowed to go home. they found that the men were held against their will. some were kept in cages. we have this update. >> huge excitement here in the far east of indonesia. a team by indonesia government has just announced to all these people here myanmar cambodia, laos that they can go home. they'll bring them to safety. because after they have been speaking to these people they know they're not safe here any more. the stories they're telling are horrific. they're talking about abuse very bad labor conditions. they've been working on these ships for many, many hours. many many days without hardly any rest. hardly any food.
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and worse hardly any pay. there was no salary. they just got some handouts. they are excited to go home. you can see here this is all where they've been gathering. when they heard they were going home immediately they went to the boat. this is what they've been living off of for the last few years. some of them have been here for ten years five years. they have been wanting to go home all that time. when they were sent to indonesia, they had no idea that they would work here. they were applying for jobs in myanmar. they thought they were going to be going to thailand. they contacted an agency, and before they knew it they were sent to this fishery company in indonesia. and the government said after speaking to them it was clear that they were used as slaves. forced labor. this group is here from cambodia and they also are going to home. people were myanmar thailand,
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laos. people from the international organization of migration estimate 4,000 of them are in this region in the east of indonesia. if this particular part, in it particular company there are a few hundreds. the government will take as many as they can to north port closer. then they will hand them over to myanmar, cambodia, and all the countries that they're coming from. >> still ahead on the show. blame it on the weatherman and prime minister. why india's farmers are having a tough time. and we look at a company in ghana that is giving recycled fashion a new meaning. and later in sport how this teenage golfer plays down another achievement. details coming up.
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airport. meanwhile, airstrikes forced out out houthis to retreat. iran's president has hailed the nuclear deal as an historic moment in his country's pursuit of peaceful nuclear energy. six world powers and iran has agreed on the framework to lift sanctions and in return iran unable to develop nuclear developments. two kenyans have been arrested after an attack on an university. 147 people have died in garissa in the north. kenya's president is vow to go crackdown on aggression in the country. the deal has not been without its critics inside iran. but how do you think most people are viewing this? are they seeing this as a win, a victory for iran?
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>> well, as we speak people have taken to the streets to celebrate, sing, dance and enjoy a special moment in history. the occasion, the importance of the moment is huge. the first thing the first attack that i have heard now is that they want the government to precisely work word by word translate everything about the agreement, and the details of the nuclear deal. they claim that what the government says is not what written on that important document. so we can say that they have--they are not sitting idle.
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they have started the attack. they say that the devil is in the details. >> hard liners in iran not happy. hard liners in congress also not happy. how much concern is there in the potential of congress to block or delay some of the implementation of this deal, especially when it comes to lifting or easing of sanctions? >> well, people are very sad. they won't take it if they feel that congress is going to derail the deal. but the hard liners, they will be over the monday. we told you a couple of years ago. we told you a couple of months ago that americans cannot be trusted, and look where we are now. we lost so many centerfuges. we changed the location of our nuclear sites. so they will have the upper
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hand and they will win the next round of elections. but for the time being it is just a speculation. the government says that we will implement the details and the terms and continues of the deal as long as the americans also stick to their own end of the bargain. so we have to wait and see. for the time being people are celebrating. i think that this is more than just a nuclear agreement. it is also some kind of engagement reengagement with the united states. we should not be surprised if we her that america and iran have already started normalizing this is about nuclear program we mighten concerned about not implementing it. but we should only be concerned if there is no normalization of ties between these two hostile nations. >> that leads me to my next question. do you see a wideer grand
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bargain between the u.s. and iran? >> excellent point. celebrity point. the reason why we have the deal now is because iran and the united states directly or indirectly are working together, fighting against terrorist groups of isil, iraq and syria so we can say 100% confidence that this deal was not done many months ago before we heard it last night in actual terms because americans are now i mean strange bedfellows in iraq and they have to because they have a common enemy and they have no other option but to cooperation with each other to fight the common enemy. if we have the deal here it's not because the government is so good in negotiations or to have managed to win the trust of the international community or the american government, it's because they are operating closely in the war against terror. that's why it forced them to
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accept this deal for the time being. that's why we have the hard liners in america who are not happy about the deal. even israel say we have to scrap the deal because we don't want to see even 1% of iran's nuclear under a new deal. that is the truth. that is the reality on the ground. we'll see more in the future. we'll see more surprises. this is just the tip of the iceberg. we'll see cooperation between iran and america. when it comes to the fight against terrorism. i cannot say it for sure, but i am confident that this deal was not just signed last night it has been circulating around the world powers for a good period of time, and we just saw the result last night. >> we'll leave you there for now. thank you for your comments. well the army has made significant games against the islamic state in iraq and the levant group this week.
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they're poised for a bigger battle to the north if. >> reporter: it took numerous attempts and months for the iraqi army to finally take tikrit without isil. the city is 140 kilometers north of the capital of baghdad and is the burst place of the former leader saddam hussein. helping iraqi soldiers get access to the center of the city. tikrit is on the main rode from baghdad to mosul. if the iraqi army besides to push forward they'll have to have the help of the peshmerga kurdish forces. they may
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increase the area of tikrit. >> in damascus they try to drive isil fighters out of the area. government forces are said to have advanced into the camp and taken control according to activists. al jazeera cannot independently verify this video. the humanitarian situation in eastern ukraine is worsening. many villages are without water and power. clinics in the donetsk and luhansk region lack supplies, more than 5,000 people have been killed since the conflict started a year ago. now the second black box confirms that the germanwings crash was deliberate.
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deliberate. andreas lubitz flew the plane into the french alps. to poland as population in some cities shrink at a fast rate. tim friend reports from one of those place the southern polish town of bitam. >> it's an emotional scene that's played out daily at the bus station. another young worker is leaving town. one of thousand who is have said goodbye. the town has shrunk by 5,000 people over the last 20 years. in tears 23-year-old samantha is on her way to london and a job in a hotel. >> sad to leave your friends. >> yes i hate to leave my
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friends. terrible for me. >> it's very hard. >> i may cry maybe. >> some of samantha's friends say they plan to follow her soon. >> well, as samantha sets off for london, she's among thousands of young polish people who are flooding out of the country. and the politicians don't seem to be able to do anything to stop the flow. >> as a result the birth rate is plummeting. the children's play playgrounds are often empty there used to be six coal mines here. now just one is left to compete against cheaper far eastern competition. locals scavenge for scraps of coal and the old miners settlements are in disrepair. church congregations like the town are aging.
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more people are dying here than are being born. so who will care for the elderly? this family is typical. the daughter now lives in germany with her husband. they're only back for a short visit. >> it's becoming the town of pensioners and coal miners. >> the european union has just announced the massive aid package for the reason of more than $100 million. the home is to attract more high tech industry. if that fails bytom could lose another 600,000 people in the coming decades. >> the situation is very difficult. all we can do is slow down the negative trends but we cannot stop them. >> in the meantime there will be more goodbyes at the bus station and more poles contributing to
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other countries' economies but not their own. al jazeera bytom poland. >> china has charged a high ranking politician of corruption. >> a keenly anticipated announcement. confirmation that the once feared and powerful politician will stand trial. he controlled the country's fast domestic security agency and had files on anyone that mattered. before his retirement he also had been a member of the politburo, a position that in theory made him untouchable. but analyses say that his respect was to try to undermine xi jinping just before he came president two and a half years ago. >> obviously it is a political
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power struggle. the government is using criminal charges to get rid of him. >> when he does make an appear lance it will be in a court in the nearby city possibly in a few weeks time. it would have been a scene unthinkable just a few years ago since never before as such a high-ranking government official been treated this way. his public disgrace follows the done ball of boxi lai. >> i think many people want him to die. this is all depends on the political need, or if what will happen during the trail. >> it's unclear if this will mark the climax of president xi's anti-corruption campaign or whether more powerful figures
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will be next. so far that campaign has ensnared more than 100,000 communist party officials. the president has warned he'll continue to go after tigers and flies, referring to low- and high-ranking officials and they don't get much higher. al jazeera beijing. >> well, willie lamb is a professor of history in chinese politics. he said this will be seen as a victory. >> this is a major water shed in xi jinping's efforts to promote clean governance, because nobody so senior since the end of the cultural revolution has been prosecuted with economic crimes. looking ahead the anti-corruption campaign may pick up further speed and substance, and we suspect at
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least two or three more members to be prosecuted. i think this is a great victory and after this his power and authority will reach his climate and he will be considered as the second most powerful leader. >> the indian government has reissued an order that makes it easier for big developments to acquire land. critics say prime minister narendra modi's policy hurts farmers, and it only has been compounded by unseasonable rain that has damaged crops. >> this harvest season is full of discontent. last month's storms destroyed 70% of his wheat crop. he said what is left of his two hectare plot on the outside skirts of new delhi will be just enough to feed his family. >> our situation has gotten
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worse. but what can we do? we farmers don't have anyone to turn to. we have to survive on our own. the best way we can. >> according to india's weather bureau it was the wettest month in years. many crops have been damaged. across northern and central india farmers are counting their losses and for many this unsoftball weather is one more challenge in increasingly difficult times. they think they have lost nearly $100,000 worth of crops. they say the damage caused by unpredictable weather is harder to bear in light of what groups describe as prime minister narendra modi's anti-farmer policies.
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>> today in villages across india everyone is criticizing the new government. if the government tries to take our land it will lose our support. >> prime minister modi is facing criticism changing land laws, making it easier to acquire land like this for land development. but some say the upa coalition that governed india over the last ten years did little to improve the lives of farmers. >> it's been a concern that goes back not only just to the up angers government. but the upa government paid lip service to these issues. but this government seems to not evening interested in that. >> but he does not want just the indian government to come to his
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rescue. he wants to better appreciate what his land means to the economy because ultimately, he says, it's farmers like him who will feed a growing and prosperous india. al jazeera. new delhi. >> ghana comes plastic garbage is thrown away every day. one company turns waste into fashion accessories. we have reports from the capital city. >> this is how most people buy drinking water in begunga north america. they are cheap and convenient and often end up littering the streets. workers clean the saches and then they get creative. they produce bags and other access rays that they sell all
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over the world. the social enterprise is trying to raise awareness of the waste in the environment. >> the bags made of sa ashays. if people used that bag going to the grocery store, they would reduce the thin plastic bags that they use all the time. here you buy a bottle of water they put a thin plastic bag around it. >> they're now using the plastic from discarded billboards to make more comfortable products. but what they're able to collect is just a fraction of the waste in ghana. the plastic waste ends up in stomping grounds and then is washed bag ashore. beaches that would otherwise be tourist attractions are being spoiled. it could take up to 1,000 years for this type of plastic to
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degrade. if attitudes do not change fast it could affect the joint for men generations. >> emergency crews are at the scene of a massive fire at a faster in louisville, kentucky, in the u.s. all works have been evacuated and so far there have been no reported injuries. well still to come in the news hour all the sport the st. louis blues are celebrating another nhl achievement. we have that and plenty more coming up later. 7 7
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just too strong for his japanese opponent. and confirmed that feature number one serena williams. the defending champion in miami to have win. serena's opponent will be suarez who certainly enjoyed miami. the spaniard swept the side now win or lose suarez navarro will break into the women's top ten for the first time on monday. >> it's a difficult match.
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she return good. she serves good. you know, i played with her i tried to do my best, i enjoyed final. >> super rugby leaders the wellington hurricanes just blew away the cape town guests. the stormers in this passage of play one of the stand up moments giving the ball to brad shields. in golf, currently number one scored under par 75, in the first major of the season in california, including the lpga record of rounds.
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catching up to morgan pressel who leads the event by one shot. >> today i was so busy trying to make up and down, or trying to make a good two or make some birdies. i really wasn't hitting my driver well, and you know, here the rough can get pretty thick. when you're in that condition the record watts the last thing i was thinking about. yes, i maids two birdies and got back under par. >> american scott pearson granning the headlines in the warm up event. here is the first round of he leads the round by one shot. mickelson is in tie for fourth. the masters take place at augusta national next week.
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construction works could cause damage or delays to the olympics. carrying out the works and thousands expected to lose their jobs as well. they say it's due to cash flow problems and lack of funding against of the rio 2016 games. not so says rio's mayor who promised that the work will be completed on time. >> we have not missed any payments. that's not true. an union leaked to the press which was in may opinion a very stupid strategy taken by the company. >> a lead up to the nba postseason the move by dallas mavericks to move in western conference.
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while the golden state warriors continue to lead the way in the west. st. louis blues are headed to the nhl playoffs. they managed to snap a three-game losing streak at home with a win against the calgary flames with a victory. they gave their fans plenty of cheer about, and for calgary it's their sixth defeat, and they're still in the playoffs. that's good news. the detroit red wings scoring three in the third period and winning 3-2. the red wings on course to meet the tab lightening for the first time in the playoffs. and the mind games have already begun.
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fans who buy tickets in specific areas of the arena will not be allowed. tickets go on sale later on friday. home advantage there go. >> thanks so much, robin. well for the second time of the century, the christian remembrance of good friday and jewish pass over are on the same day. christians remember what would be the crucifixion of jesus on friday evening jews have sitting down for passover. that brings us to the end of this news hour. stay with us on al jazeera.
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