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. >> very good to have your company for this al jazeera news hour. i'm david foster. this is a taste of what we have coming up in the next 06 minutes. houthi rebels under siege. the saudi-led coalition threatens a ground invasion if necessary. united in grief. kenya said it will not be intimidated in the wake of the al-shabab attack that has left 150 dead. iran and israel at odds over
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what it means for the region and farewell to power. china's former security chief charged with corruption. >> it's been another day of intensified warfare in yemen. coalition forces led by saudi arabia now laying secretary josh earnest to the southern city of aden, corning the houthi rebels they say inside. the coalition spokesman gave them more details in one of the daily briefings. >> when the houthis reach the presidential palace yesterday our fighters from the popular re resistence committees stood up to them. we brought assistance the result is that the houthi militias and
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their fighters retreated. now they're cornered in some areas inside aden. we'll continue to operate until under our control. >> the airport there where we understand 12 houthi fighters lost their lives. >> the battle is raging. fighters loyal to abd rabbuh mansur hadi are struggling to cope. >> we are southern youth resistence. we afternoon coalitions to pair shut troops on the ground. there must be forces on the ground. the people here are under bombardments. there are deaths and families remain under siege. we can't get to them.
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>> but despite the ninth day of the saudi-led aerial campaign the forces loyal to former president ali abdullah saleh are remain strong and are fighting back. meanwhile, the so-called popular committees loyal to president hadi are engaged in street battles in the city. coalition jets in and around the airport. a number of airstrikes forced the forces to forced them to leave the p.m. palace. >> now they're effectively besiege: they're blocked within, the civilians.
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the u.n. said it is concerned. >> i call on all parties involved to make the obligations under international law and do their up most to protect women children and men. reports from humanitarian partners in different parts of the country some 519 people have been killed and nearly 1700 have been injured. >> millions of yemenis remain stranded. >> well, al-qaeda has been taking advantage of the turmoil to expand its foothold in yemen. fighters of al-qaeda have reportedly seized an army base in mukalla.
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on thursday the group's fighters stormed a prison freeing 300 inmates. okay, let's get more from our worse upon dent correspondent who happens to be in doha. from what you've heard from your people who you've talked to on the ground, what would you say would be the main things in the 24 hours would be? >> it looks like what happened is more strikes and more attacks by the youthys. the situation has been like that even more from the presser that we understood from the spokesperson of the military alliance. they seem to be willing to give more strikes and weaken the houthis. he said that declarations of houthi of victories have now
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been flushed out of aden and he seems to be betting on the factor of time and more strikes to defeat them. he also confirmed that there has been an air drop of weapons this morning to the local militias, described those militias as efficient. we understand that the this is strategic talk more than facts on the ground. yes, some facts. but the militias are not strong. they need more help. they need more weapons to reach them before they can defeat the houthis. >> as expected in this situation, both sides talking up what they call their successes. but the reality is that the coalition they're and siege and those we spoke to say that the houthis control the high ground and the citizens in aden itself
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are trapped within the city itself. >> yes the houthis say some of the civilians, i think both are true to some extent. some of the houthis will reach greater deep inside the aden, and that's part of the city's peninsula. so it could be that they're trapped but the civilians are caught in the cross fire. we've seen houthis. we've seen a lot of suffering. they lost their power and water in their homes. we've seen civilians dying every day. it's a miserable situation for the houthis could you say. >> thank you.
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the iranian pratt has addressed iranian tea saying he will stick with the nuclear deal, which is described by many as historic. barack obama said that he believes it will make the world a safer place but it has been strongly criticized, as expected by the israelis. >> arriving back to a hero's welcome, he was greeted by supporters at tehran's airport. for many here this is the beginning of the end of the sanction isolation. and president rouhani promised an era of cooperation.
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>> in cooperations in other areas with the world will start a new phase. >> but there are powerful confidentiality critics. >> andrea than any reassured them that iran reserved it's rights. >> iran will if they didn't, then our nation will have alternatives to take. >> some supporters of the deal compared iran's confidentiality opposition to the israeli government. both see it as a dangerous step in the right direction. >> the deal will legitimatize iran's illegal nuclear program. they have a fast enough
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infrastructure. and a vast informal in this remains in place. >> the elisive agreement over iran's nuclear program, a spectacular success. maybe the most hawkish france stressed its importance. >> that would mean that iran could get a bomb. this agreement is not perceived as solid. that means the countries of the region saudi arabia, egypt turkey etc. could also start thinking of making a bomb. that could be dangerous for all. >> the russian foreign minister said that the result was hopeful, the chinese called it good news for the world. it's not over yet. on the lake sure in lausanne they agreed on the fame work of a final deal to be signed by june 30th. there are details yet to be worked out and positive
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pitfalls remain, but the end of a dangerous enough stand off is in sight. >> we'll take a closer look at what has been called the understanding that iran and the six world powers have reached. iran has agreed to reduce its uranium rich stock pile by 90%. in return the e.u. and the u.s. will reduce sanctions. the deal to be should include security council endorsement. are there things in your opinion that both said should be worried about, or should they be
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self-congratulateory as they have been. >> i think its premature because there is a great deal of work left to be done before a comprehensive agreement. this is a historic moment, it should be savored but it should be worked on. >> what are the difficulties that both sides will have in per saiding their people that this is going to work. >> i think the majority of key elements within both camps want this to work. you're going to have the same people who have disagreed continue disagreeing continue making trouble. but i don't think that will make that much difference. >> in terms of the when the sanctions are lifted, it seems to be that the message taken back is that they would be lifted immediately whereas we heard from the state department and others that there would an gradual lifting the sanction.
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are both sides spinning it? >> yes they both have to speak in terms that appeases their own public. the way president obama talk, he emphasized that iran would be prevented from having an nuclear bomb. he was clearly addressing his own constituency, and zarif has to address this in a manner that brings the public and hostile to the ruling government on board. >> we're talking about hezbollah, factions within syria and factions perhaps within yemen now, is there a concern not speaking an as iranian but other people of the region that this gives iran the money and the license perhaps to expand? >> first of all, you have to look at it from this point of
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view in the first instance. the disagreement relates only to this nuclear issue. it doesn't relate to any other contending issue if the iranian diplomatic agree to use this agreement as a catalyst, now i think mr. zarif and others have to understand, they have the support of the supreme leader to work in this direction. although it's going to be a very hard and difficult thing. because there are serious people who clearly have an agenda. >> let's take the politics out of this. let's talk about those who have been suffering.
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from those who you talked to, do you think that these sanctions have worked. and what perhaps could be the most immediate effect of lifting these sanctions? >> i think contrary to individual wisdom contrary to the arab spring or human rights. these are very important issues, don't get me wrong. but job improving the economy healthcare education education, pension these are things that effect everybody's lives, and the sanctions have under mind the whole specter of economic life and iran. that is why there is such rejoining when zarif returned to iran, and people felt their lives would begin to improve and serious change can take place. >> thank you, thank thanks for coming in. >> now coming up on this news hour, the new man in charge in
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nigeria, some are asking if he's up to the job of taking on brock. and slavery in indonesia hundreds of fishermen freed from the met of the traffickers. we also have the playoff taking some form and shape in the nba. we'll have more on that a little bit later in sport. >> you al-shabab attacked an university in kenya and works have been removing bodies from the season. 152 people are known to have been killed in the violence. we spoke with one of the adviser advisers. >> families in mourning. unexpectedly and brutally taken away. this truck has been used all day
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to take bodies from the university at this military camp we find survivors. christine is packed and ready to be evacuated. she had everything. >> they're telling the ladies to move out they moved out. >> the men are treated more harshly. >> they're saying no, don't do this. >> she hopes that this is the last time she sees garissa. police and the military continue to gather crucial evidence from
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the university compound. >> the evening ended as dramatically as it started. those requested rescued are taken back to their homes. >> security leaders have arrived in the town and are promising security will be improved. >> we want to make sure that the plan does not fall into place. >> in order to do that we have to recognize that it is no more business as usual. >> but those who leave here have had all this before. >> it is the same. >> the security some come for a few hours and then they go back. >> al-shabab fighters have been promising a more spectacular attack.
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in garissa on thursday, they lived up to that promise. >> from that city malcolm webb joining us live. the man we heard from there below said, listen, you may hear promises from some security, but then they go away and something terrible happens. he's absolutely right. no security can be guaranteed. and if people leave as we see where are they going to find any kind of safety? >> well, that's true. it's something that a lot of people have complained about. they are busy with journalists aid workers who have come in. many we have spoken to say that this will be over in the next several days, but they're not expecting to see any changes in the security situation.
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they say often the kenyan military abuse people for staying out after the curfew. the the streets are completely dead after 6:00. there are other reasons for being suspected for being involved in terrorism and so on. this part of kenya is populated by ethniccally as the people from somalia. so there is some tension there. and a lot of locals complain they get blamed just because of their ethnicity when when al-shabab attacks. that makes people feel a lot less secure. they say they're going to train 10,000 new police officers to bring security to this area of northeastern kenya that has suffer sod badly in the last few years. >> thank you malcolm.
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>> well, the battle of the power in china is taking on a dramatic turn. the man who once ran the country's most powerful internal security spy chief for china has been accused of leaking state secrets. zhou yongkang has been the highest level of security since the party came to power. >> confirmation that an once feared and powerful politician will stand trial. zhou yongkang controls the country's domestic security agency and has files on anybody that mattered. before his retirement he had also been a member of the poll politburo, a position that in theory made him untouchable.
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but his mistake was he tried to undermine xi jinping just before he came president two and a half years ago. >> it's a political power the government is using political charges to get rid of him. >> when zhou does make an appearance it will be in a court in a nearby city possibly in a few week's time. it's a scene unthinkable just a few years ago since never before has such a high-ranking government official been treated this way. zhou's public disgrace follows the fall of boxi li. >> i think many people want him to die. this all depends on the political game, or if zhou will cooperate with the government, a trial. >> it's still unclear whether
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zhou's abrupt demise will mark the climax of xi's corruption campaign or if continue else will be next. it has centered 100,000 senior 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 than zhou yangkang. >> the city was retaken from forces early on this week. militia fighters have spray painted their names on buildings and looted shops and admitted to setting fires to property occupied by isil. reports of human rights violations reported by iraqi
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when they retook the town. now fighters back into the yarmouk camp, and are now in control of it. according to the human observatory for human rights say that it theresay-- >> and the syrian air force has attacked aerial positions of the crossing. the only functioning crossing between jordan and syria considered by damascus as a major trade route. rebels seen on thursday. some 15,000 antiquityies
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stored in idlib and now are being sold on the black market. they fear that statues and pottery dating back thousands of fierce might be discovered by the fighters in the city. al nusra and other armed groups seized idlib in february. and there has been a ban of all antiquities out of syria. several men appeared in an indian court accused of breaking into a church and raping an elderly nun. a controversial bill to split indian public opinion. pushing through land reform legislation at the heart of economic modernization but critics say that it attacks
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farmers and makes it too easy for big businesses to buy land. farmers seeing hardship after unseasonable storms destroyed their crops. >> this harvest season is full of discontent. last month storms destroyed 70% of his wheat crop, and he says what's left of his two hectare plot on the outskirts of new delhi will be just enough to feed his family. >> our situation has gotten worse. but what can we do? we farmers don't have anyone to turn to, and we don't have anyone faith in the government. we have to survive on our own the best way we can. >> according to india's weather bureau last month was the wettest march in 100 years. estimates suggest millions of hectares of crops in states like delhi and rajistan has been
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damaged. across india farmers are counting their losses, and for many this unseasonable weather is one more challenge in increasingly difficult times. they think they have lost nearly $100,000 worth of crops. they say that the damage caused by unpredictable weather is harder to bear in light of what union groups describe as prime minister narendra modi's anti-farmer policies. >> today in villages across india everyone is criticizeing the new government and if the government tries to take our land it will lose our support. >> prime minister modi is facing criticism for trying to change land laws, making it easier to acquire land like this for development. but some observers say that previous governments like the united progressive alliance, or
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the upa, which governed india for ten years until may last year did little for the life of farmers. >> it has been a concern not just for the modi government. it goes back to the upa government. the small difference is that the upa government at least paid lip issues to service to those issues. the land ordinance is a very serious example. >> but he does not want the indian government to come to his rescue. he wants it 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 prosper prosperous india. al jazeera, new delhi. >> stay with us. we have this coming up on the news hour. >> i'm tim friend in what's been described as the most desperate town in poland. where the best prospect for many is the road out of town.
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meets humanity. only on al jazeera america. >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet >> good to have you with us. this is the al jazeera al jazeera news hour. the saudi coalition say that they're now lading siege. these rebels were reportedly killed fighting at the airport of aden. and al qaeda suspected of seizing an army base in the southeastern city of mukallah. and al-shabab attack on a kenyan university killing 152. many of the bodies have been sent to nairobi foration. and the president promises
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to abide by the terms of the knicks world powers as long as they do the same. the town of gombeh has experienced frequent attacks by boko haram. it bears the hall maximum of the violent campaign of the group for the last six years. it saw the former general m muhammadu most buhari has come to power. there are still questions of whether he's the right man for the job. >> when president-elect buhari gave his acceptance speech, he reiterated one of his campaign
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pledges, to topple boko haram and tackle insecurity. is. >> on the same day chad said it had killed boko haram fighters. this man was on the front line fighting for boko haram in dose of last year. he said that the military does not provide soldiers with weapons. the military say he disobeyed orders and failed to perform his military duties. >> first and foremost i think that those are the instruments those are the weapons that the military are using. if your humanitarian source--
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>> hundreds of soldiers have been sacked, more than 50 are facing charges of mutt any when fighting for boko haram and a dozen senior soldiers are facing corruption soldiers. >> many believe that buhari's background as a soldier may help. >> he was in office over 30 years ago, it was a repressive regime and we're concerned dealing with the boko haram and the threat that it represents, the tendency to want to use the same iron handedness that existed at that time to deal with this insurgency, we feel will be counterproductive. >> he said that he'll start by taking stock of all the efforts to fight insecurity, and understand why they're not working before revealing his plan. meanwhile, many in affected
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areas wait for safety. >> hundreds of fisherman from myanmar who were force to the catch seafood for little or no pay in indonesia are now going to be allowed to go home. investigation reveal that the men were being held against their will and forced to work as slaves. some had been kept in cages. campaigners say that there may be other people held in similar conditions. this is the report. >> reporter: new excitement here in the far east of indonesia. a team by the indonesian government has just announced to all these people here from myanmar, cambodia, thailand and laos that they can go home. they'll bring them to safety because the teams said after speaking to all these people they know they're not safe here any more. the stories they've been telling are horrific. they're talking about abuse about very bad labor conditions. they've been working on these ships for many, many hours
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many many days without hardly any rest. hardly any food, and even worse hardly any pay. so now they're really excited to go home. you can see here this is all what they've been gathering when they heard they were going to home immediately they went to the boat, and this is what they took from the boat. this is what they've been living off for the last few years. some of them have been here for ten years five years they've been wanting to go home all that time. when they were sent to indonesia they had no idea they were going to work here. they were applying for jobs in myanmar. they thought they were going to be sent to thailand. they contacted a an agent and before they knew it they were sent here to work in indonesia. the government said after speaking to them it was clear that they were used as slaves. forced labor. this group here is from cambodia they also are going to home.
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people from myanmar cam body ylaos, teams of the international migration estimate 4,000 of them are in this whole region in the east of indonesia. this particular part, in this particular company there are a few money. the government will take as many as they can to another port closer and then they will hand them over to the governments of me air man can cambodia, and all the countries that they're coming from. >> the second black box from the germanwings plane has confirmed that the crash was deliberately caused by the co-pilot. fran's air investigation agency chose that andreas lubitz repeat repeatled accelerated the aircraft as it went down. he used the automatic pilot to steer the plane into the alps killing 149 people as well as himself last week. france's lower house of
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parliament passed a law banning fashion models that are too thin. modeling agents said that underweight models could be jailed. and the level of which models are too thin has not been set. it's been set as part of a program to tackle anorexia. what happens when a city dies? that seems to be taking place in some polish cities. people leaving at an alarming rate. world bank said dwindling birth rates, immigration and lack of jobs is having a devastating impact in eastern europe. let's go to the polish town of bytom and find tim friend. >> it's an emotional scene that is played out daily at bitom's bus station. another young worker is leaving town. one of thousand who is has said goodbye. the town has shrunk by 50,000
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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 to leave my friends. terrible for me. >> it's very hard. >> i will cry. >> quite tough. >> yes. >> 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 playgrounds are often empty. and a short distance away is another reason why bytom is slowly dying. there used to be six coal mines here. now just one is left to compete against cheaper far eastern
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competition. locals scavenge for scraps of coal and the old miners' settlements are in disrepair. [ organ music ] >> church congregations like the town, are aging. more people are die hearing than who are being born. who will care for the elderly? this family is typical. the daughter lives now in german with her husband. she's back for a short visit. >> it is a town of pensioners and closeed mines. >> the european union has just announced a massive aid package for the region of more than $100 million. the hope is to attract more high tech industry, but if that fails the town could lose another 60,000 people in the coming decades. >> the situation is very difficult. all we can do is to slow down
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the negative trends, but we cannot stop them. >> in the meantime, there will be more goodbyes at the bus station, and more poles contribute to go other countries' economies but not their own. tim friend, al jazeera, bytom poland. >> more than a hundred firefighters in the u.s. state of kentucky has been battling a massive factory fire. production halted in louisville as flames engulfed offices and storage facility there. it's a factory that makes household goods such as washingtoning machines and fridges and employs thousands of people. circuses in mexico will no longer be allowed to use wild animals under a law that comes into force in july. thousands of tigers, elephants giraffes and zebras are going to be homeless. many circuses have shut down, and hundreds of workers have been laid off.
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so we have more now from mexico city. >> the undisputed stars of the show, and they're about to drop off the billing completely. abandoned wild animals in circus acts is due to start in three moss' time. it's a hammer blow for junior, who has been training big cats all of his life. >> i'm going to be out of work along with many other trainers. our families have done this for generations. we are in shock. what are we going to do? >> this is where his tigers live. small cages are common in mexican circuses and part of the reason for the ban which was pushed through congress by the green party. >> they released a slew of videos depicting animal cruelty. >> i think the circus has to evolve. for a long time they center their show on dressed up animals animals. >> they say it will mean job losses but i think they'll need more people for new and better
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acts. >> the bad publicity has already caused 70 circuses to close their doors for good. their animals are in limbo. pets for now are at ranches like this one where more and more are arriving. >> these animals have been in storage with circuses paying for their up keep, but that cannot keep up forever. what will happen when the ban comes into full affect? >> they're going to die. who will maintain them. the circus people don't have the money to maintain them. >> the government said it will look to zoos and sanctuaries to take on the animals. but many don't have the space or resources for new arrivals. >> the relocation of the animals worries me. many are mutilated clawless or toothless. they're not going to be able to find homes in zoos and sang
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awares that don't have the infrastructure to care for them. >> the future remains unclear for both these animals and circuses that will shortly be without their chief attractions. al jazeera, mexico city. >> in ghana like many other countries, people throw away tons of plastic every single day. but there is a country that has found a way to transform all of that unwanted packaging. we look at creative recycling. reports on the company that has found a creative way to make something new from something old. >> this is how most people buy drinking water in ghana. these plastic sashays are cheap and often end up littering the streets. they are processed in this factory. workers clean the sashaays. dry them, then they get
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creative. they produce bags and other accessories, which they sell to customers all over the world. they're trying to raise awareness about the damaging affect of waste on the environment. >> if people use those while at the grocery store or for the market or stores and they use that every time, they're reducing the amount of disposable thin billion bags that you see all the time. you go in and buy a bottle of water in the store they put a thin plastic bag around it. >> and they're also using the plastic from discarded billboards for more colorful products. >> the plastic waste ends up in grounds like this one. it ends up being washed back ashore. beaches that would otherwise be tourist attractions are being
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soiled. it can take up to a thousand years for this kind of plastic to degrade. campaigners say unless attitudes change fast the damage being done now will effect the country for many generations. al jazeera ghana. >> and in part two of the series we head off to columbia to look at a project for the turning old bottle noose bright lights. coming up, it isn't science fiction. it could be the car you're nhl the future. a drive to driveless cars moves up a gear. and in a week when he was described as a money-grabbing 20-year-old, could he crete headlines on the pitch? we'll build up to that game with arsenal coming up with raul.
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>> now a sailor who is missing from more than two months at sea has been found alive. louy jordan was discovered adressed 320 kilometers off the u.s. coast line. he says he survived his 66 days by drinking rainwater and by eating raw fish. the 37-year-old set off on a fishing trip when the mast broke, his radio was damaged in a storm. >> well, i just--i feel blessed. i feel full of love, grateful to be with my family and people again. i feel grateful to have the opportunity to live, to do what i want to do, which is to produce some sort of fruit in my life, something valuable, something to make the world a
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better place. that's all that matters. >> and another amazing reunion between him and his parents. i heard them earlier on the phone today. >> andy murray is bidding for a final for the miami masters. he's taking on the world's number nine. murray taking the first set 6-4 and currently 4-3 in the second. now djokovic is in the other semifinal later on. the world's number one is 4-2 down in his quarterfinal john i. the women's final is all set up ready for saturday. serena williams will face alep.
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she could not beat her. the two-time defending champion has now one ten out of ten semifinals in miami: suarez navarro is in the final. and she has made it into the top ten for the first time she topped petovic 6-3 6-3. >> a match like this is so difficult to play. they are really important matches and important tournaments. i was really nervous you need to play like this sometimes. but i'm happy with the way i finished the match. >> the english premier league returns on saturday. no doubt about the stand out game this weekend where arsenal
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will host liverpool. they could go up to second in the tables. and certainly they are the ones to do it. they have nine wins from ten league matches. that's from liver pool after losing to manchester united in the last league outing, a loss on saturday would an huge blow for the hopes of qualifying for next season's champions league. >> well, these league are exciting games. and a transfor us to do that. we made it difficult for ourselves because of our last forms and result, but it certainly is achievable. i think that in the last eight games you get the opportunity to finish the season very well. and for over the course of the last three months apart from the last game we performed very, very well. >> to be given an opportunity
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for us, to continue along. that's what you want to do. you want to just focus to win our games. win the next run and liverpool is a good opponent. we want to do it. >> these are all of saturday's matches. leaders chelsea against stoke. the title race is far from over. >> you see the points difference. with eight matches to go it is a difficult gap.
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they make me think and feel that they are there. >> the women's world number one will kick off in california. the first major of the season, the 17-year-old is coming off the back of this record-breaking round on thursday. the score of one under par equaling the lpga record. houston rockets have done themselves a big favor in the lead up to the nba postseason. they've beaten the dallas maverick to move into the number two player spot in the western conference. james harden nailing a 23 points with the 108-101 win. while the golden state warriors continue to lead the way in the west. the blues manage to snap their three-game losing streak at home against the calgary
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flames. for calgary, it's the a loss in a row. >> you can take the car read a book work on work, fantasy or not, because the computer-controlled car has managed to get from one side of america to the other and kristen saloomey saw it arrive in one piece. >> the idea of a self-driving car is not new. but the technology that seemed so futuristic in the television show "knight rider" is closer to reality than ever before. a driver with the ability to override the system was always at the wheel but 99% of the driving was done by computer.
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>> the human element in the driving equation is the weakest link. 90% of accidents are caused by human error. >> they may be celebrating but many car enthusiasts are not quite ready to give up control of the wheel. >> you don't like the idea of the car-- >> no. >> why? >> i trust just myself with my life. >> the enjoyment of the car is really driving it. >> only five states have laws on the books dealing with driverless cars. and insurance and liability issues have to be worked out. >> they can't drive in heavy rain or snow. they have trouble--if i hold my hand up and try to give direction, stop, this find of thing, they can't do it. >> the days of self-driving cars may be close but they're not quite here yet. you won't find any models that are ready for rush hour here,
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but what we're seeing are lots of drivers assistance features like this volume low to alert drivers when pedestrians get too close. >> from vehicles that get to veer when they are close to drivers who veer too far in their rain, technology is slowly making it into the main treatment. >> our approach by doing a step introduction to these technologies is getting people comfortable with them will allow us to move to that final shed moment to the fully autonomous car. >> just don't count on clever conversation with your car just yet. >> surely he does not plan to ram us. >> al jazeera, new york. >> and it is quite possible to catch up on all the news, www.aljazeera.com any time. that's it for me.
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