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>> welcome. waiting for aid people in yemen in desperate need of supplies as fighting continues around the country. >> the united nations said the situation in yarmouk refugee camp in syria is beyond humane. >> mourning in ken in a after a deadly university attack. >> i'm reporting from ukraine where more than 100 children
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have been caught up in a tug of war between the two sides in this conflict. >> lets begin in yemen the war is taking its toll on people there. saudi arabia has given the red cross permission to provide aid but logistical problems have caused issues. people in the southern sit of aden are experiencing power and water shortages. des of fighters have been killed in the latest violence between houthi rebels and pro government fighters in aden. meanwhile, yemen's president adou rabbo mansour hadi sacked three top military officers. the chief of staff of the armed forces the deputy chief of staff of yemen's armed forces and the head of special forces.
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saudi arabia is asking pakistan for military help. the parliament in islamabad is discussing that request which could include ground troops. we have a report. after days of heavy fighting and running battles many parts of aden have been destroyed. homes and shops lie in ruins. civilians are also being killed. houthi rebels, along with fighters loyal to ali abdullah saleh, the former president are in fill rating districts near the city's border. these are fighters loyal to president hadi putting up a fierce battle. the locals are caught up in the middle. >> it is getting really difficult for citizens to get the water and food supplies. power is intermittent. we get the power maybe two or
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three hours a day electric power, but otherwise everything is going downhill. the hospitals. >> people in aden say they've been without clean water for five days and stores are being cleared out of food. president adou rabbo mansour hadi who fled to saudi arabia, could be try to go restructure his military, socking the army's chief of staff deputy chief of staff and the commander of the special forces. they are accused of trees son. his decision may have little impact. that's because the military is largely loyal to the deposed presidential ali abdullah saleh and fighting alongside the houthi rebels. the saudi-led air campaign against the houthis is now in its 12th day. the humanitarian situation is worsening in this impoverished nation. in sanna, there is a fuel shortage and people are scared.
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>> i've been here since last night. our kids and the elderly are at home, they are terrified of the bombing and vibrations. we don't have wheat and flour. it is a tough situation. >> the airstrikes are hitting houthi targetses but civilians are also paying a high price. many are searching for the bodies of their family members. >> this is the home of my brother, muhammed. they hit his home at 2:00 a.m. it was a random bombing of civilians. we woke to find the house recognitioned to rubble. >> the international red cross is preparing two planes loaded with urgent aid. that may provide little comfort to the millions of yemenis caught in the crossfire. >> we just heard from the deputy editor in chief of the
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newspaper. let's go back to him for more updates from aden. good to have you with us again. i understand a lot of fighting focused on the port in aden. where has that left the port area? >> well, the port is divided in aden from the beginning of the aden port where all the fighting is now happening the houthis are bombarding the city with tank cannon. this is making life a living hell for people there. a lot of children are getting killed inside these tall buildings. people are existing as best they could in aden. the houthis have advanced to the beginning of the port. now, the danger is that they're at the other end the prince of
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wales peer, there are a lot of people waiting for ships to evacuate them, including foreign errs and some yemenese, as well. we don't know what the situation is going to be in the next hours. >> a lot of people waiting for evacuation as you said, no doubt the humanitarian situation is deteriorating. tell us what life is like for civilians there. >> people are running out of food. there's no water no power supply. all the pharmacies have been cleared out and there are no medicines. it's a daily battle now to survive, water and food especially for children. now you will see a lot of people digging the old wells in aden which are providing black issue water, but it is something they can go on to.
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the hospitals are in a much worse shape. we see a lot of injured people who are not -- with no means of saving them, no basic first aid kids, for example to bandage even wounds in these hospitals. they are calling for aid desperately. >> let's hope that that aid gets in soon. thank you so much for bringing us the latest there. >> joining us live from geneva is spokeswoman for the international committee of the red cross. good to have you with us. can you tell us now have you been able to sort off your logistical problems and will you now ship aid to yemen? >> >> for the time being the situation remains critical, the conflict has intensified and especially where there is intense fighting taking place so far, we are still trying to
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find a logistics a core go plane that can carry supplies to sanna. so far, we have not been able to find a logistical solution to this problem because of the situation in yemen less and less airlines are still flying to sanna and the country has suspended flights until further notice. it is extremely difficult for us but we hope in the coming hours, as soon as possible, we can find a solution and bring at least the first shipment of medical supplies to yemen. >> can you clarify for us when you say a plane what exactly and how much aid, how many planes or shipments are you plan to go send to yemen? >> for the time being the most urgent needs in yemen are in the hospitals where there are dozens of wounded people arriving every hour and the hospitals do not have the capacity to provide treatment. that's why our priority is to bring medical supplies to the
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country. i know there are many other needs in yemen, as well, because people have been cut off for days now and don't have food and water in many locations but for us the priority is to supply the hospitals with urgent medical supplies and that also includes surgical kits. at the moment, we think that at least 48 tons of medical supplies are urgently needed in yemen. we have supplies ready in jordan and geneva here and we have some in djibouti, as well. at the same time, we have a four member surgical team that is now in djibouti and we plan to bring them by boat to where this team will work in the local hospital and provide the urgent treatment people need. so far the security situation and on going fighting has been so intense and we do not have the permission from the parties in yemen and coalition to say bring in this boat. that is another priority for the red cross. >> can you tell us do you have a plan to get around the problem of a lack of water a lock of
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electricity, and even if you're able to get teams in to aden, how will they function in hospitals with little water or electricity? >> the red cross international committee of the red cross has already called for a 24 hour humanitarian pause. this is very important because will unable our teams which are already present in four locations in yemen to go around and assess the needs and see what we can provide immediately. if the conflict continues as it is at the moment, our teams will not be able to go around and assess a situation and provide the most urgent response, be it the water or fuel for the hospitals or any other immediate needs. we know that there are some displacements especially in the north, we hear reports but at the moment, because of the security situation, we are not able to assess the situation in all parts of the country particularly in aden. >> all right, thank you so much
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for coming on the show. >> pakistan's parliament is resuming a meeting in islamabad to discuss whether to join troops to join the saudi-led coalition in yemen. how popular in parliament is the idea of sending or getting the country militarily involved in the fighting in yemen? >> >> well, the ruling party that the majority in parliament, but you also have to deal with a considerable number of parties such as the a.n.p., the pakistan people's party of assassinated bhutto. then you've also got the pakistan party in the south opposing any deployment into yemen at this particular time, saying pakistan should act as a mediator rather than involving its in the quack meyer.
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however, the government has the support, the defense minister speaking on the floor of parliament said that saudi arabia had asked for naval air as well as ground support and pakistan said that in case there was any infringement of sovereignty of saudi arabia that pakistan would respond so strong language coming out. there is an expectation that thement war will go through parliament however the debate is likely to continue for another day or two. >> assuming that this gets through parliament, then, how soon might we see pakistani troops involved? >> well, pakistani troops could be deployed at short notice. pakistani troops are sent for on going military maneuvers that the two sides conduct on an almost yearly base. pakistan that presence there
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but sending more troops would be a matter of weeks if not months and depending on the emergency etch lance of the air force if the pakistanis were to commit could be flown in much quicker. naval forces would also be deployed along the 2000-kilometer long yemeni coastline, so a lot will depend on what that is in parliament, but there is tremendous support for the saudi sovereignty and pakistan is saying that it will evoke a strong reaction in case saudi sovereignty was view late. >> live for us there from islamabad. >> you can join al jazeera social community on the stream tonight. beyond humane is how the united nations describes the situation in yarmouk the palestinian refugee camp in syria. up to 2,000 people have fled yarmouk, on the outskirts of
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damascus. isil has almost taken control of the camp. 16,000 refugees are still trapped there. >> they speak of incredible fear. these are some of the people that managed to get out of yarmouk. the syrian national news agency aired these pictures showing how the army and some palestinian factions have helped them get to safety. >> the matter. thirty minutes, they could have executed all people you see in the school. isil called from the mosques if you catch you work with the palestinian group or with the government, they will cult our heads off. they have no mercy. >> video of isil had been posted on line showing the inside of the palestinian refugee camp. they've been fighting palestinian groups and others for the past six days. this camp has been besieged for more than two years by the
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syrian government because rebel groups are also based here. it's people starving with no running water and no electricity. isil's presence and syrian regime bombardment is making a terrible situation even worse. even though some people have made it out most of the 18,000 people who tried to survive here are trapped. >> we cannot pay for anything. we are not on anyone's side. we want the whole camp to be safe. >> the palestinian liberation organization is sending a delegation to syria to try and help sox the crisis. no aid is making it into the camp. the lack of medical supplies is making it impossible to treat the wounded. isil storming the camp has custom as a shock here. their mere presence terrifying people. the u.n. is warning of a humanitarian catastrophe if the fighting doesn't stop. al jazeera beirut. >> coming up in this news hour,
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the united nations and democratic republic of congo join force to say drive out a rebel group. >> i'm in mumbai, a city that produces 11,000 tons of garbage and is running out of space. we'll look at how government and locals are tackling the problem. >> in sport that sweet taste of success, the world's best tennis player adds another trophy to his collection. . the kenyan air force launched airstrikes on two somalian towns, they are both in the ghetto region of the country and believed to be base for al shabab operations. strikes come days after the armed group attacked the university in the kenyan town of garissa, killing 148 people. the kenyan leader said he wants
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to see more forces on the ground. >> we want their presence until they receive the objectives. we recommend that the kenya government engages international community and the amazon in deploying k.d.f. in all the sectorsual the kenya-somalia border. >> sat run is live for us in garissa. from airstrikes to plans on how to tackle al shabab, are the moves by security forces restoring public confidence in the sense of security? >> people are very concerned saying that these airstrikes do not really help what they are saying is that this has happened before, every time there is an
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attack kenya forces carry out airstrikes in somalia but to what end. they are saying that the government needs to deal with security within the country what is imagined to be homegrown. the government has said many times that there are al shabab elements in the country that they are in the country that young kenyans are increasingly and very easily recruited into groups like al shabab. the trend from previous attacks is that most of the perpetrators are those attacks are young kenyans. people say that the government needs to deal with that. the government also needs to deal with a very corrupt police force. i was in mandara last year when it was attacked. the locals there really told me with as little as 100 shillings people can buy their way into the country.
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that's about a color. people say the government needs to deal with the security within the country needs to deal with the homegrown threat and needs to strengthen its security forces. >> now that almost all the bodies have been identified, i guess the sense of tragedy there is still sinking in. >> absolutely. people are quite afraid here in garissa. when you talk about kenyans or somalians, the predominant people here say that they are also under threat. there are al shabab elements here and they are also being attacked, there have been kill ins, assassination, as well. christians here are also very concerned. we today managed to access the university compound where the attack happened. we couldn't get into the main building but you could just get
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the sense of the horrors that were there. we are very close to the building that was locked and you could smell the blood the smell was very strong, so it's very difficult to imagine the horrors and how terrified those students were and people are saying that they're tired of these attacks. this i also not the first time garissa has been attacked. there have been many attacks before and they're saying that the government and the security forces lax. they are talking about rampant corruption with members of the security force here around that's what they want dealt with as a matter of priority. >> thank you so much. >> u.n. mission in the democratic republic of congo is carrying out a military campaign against an armed group that's joined the congolese army to capture the group's leaders. the uganda rebels used the d.r.c.'s border region to launch an attack in uganda.
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we gained access to the forces. we have this exclusive report. >> a bird i see eye view of beni. hid that in the forest is a group accused of human rights violations over the last 20 years. the u.n. is on a mission to track them down. it's launch add new offensive alongside the congolese military. >> we've reinforced resources with the supplementary intervention of troops. they're going to engage in this region in a way that contributes to the greater security for the people. >> the u.n. peacekeepers head to a mountain based camp, facing a formidable enemy highly odors secretive and well armed.
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they want to overthrow their government and people in this border region have become familiar with their tactics including kidnapping, torture and the recruitment of child soldiers. >> we are never at peace. we are afraid of going to the farms. when we do, we are cautious of attacks. if we run out of food, we will die of hunger. we need security. >> we run from our farms because of fear. all we hope for is security. >> so far that's proven difficult. the army has closed in on the a.d.f. several times before, only to have the leaders escape and regroup elsewhere. in hopes that the u.n. reinforcements will help change that. >> the u.n. itself has faced criticism for what is seen as a
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lack having will to pursue the a.d.f. in the past. this could be a turning point in the fight against the rebels. >> lets catch up with the weather now. there is heavy rain in china. >> yeah, that's right. we've had really heavy rain over the last four or five days, the best part of the week for central parts of china. you can see the main focus of all that, big downpours around the eastern side of china toward shanghai. this pocket of clouds is filtering in across central part 74 millimeters of rain in 702004 hours. you can see how the cloud has been if you imagine a rope tugged over a similar area, throwing down lots of heavy rainfall over a similar part of the country for the last few days. we've seen significant flooding, 240,000 people affected by these
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heavy rains and the floods, which have caused major problems across the heart of china. more rain to come through tuesday. more really big downpours across central areas toward shanghai. it's going to be wednesday before we see things slowly but surely starting to ease at long last. we've seen that same area cloud of rain making its way across bangladesh where we've seen violent storms of late. there have been some fatal actives, but wetter weather will ease off. >> the ukrainian government, there is growing concern about the war's impact on the youngest members of society. 7.9 million children live in
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ukraine. more than 1200 were killed in the past months. hundreds of thousands have been forced to flee their homes including minors who live in orphanages. those in state care are the center of the crisis. >> in ukraine, a country in conflict, there's even a fight over children who don't have a home. their age from five to teens and all under the care of the state. that from the self declared republic of donetsk now looking to russia for its future. they've been living under the control of the ukrainian government. the children were moved in secret as the fighting was at its height. after they say separatist fighters told them they were going to be moved to russia for their own safety. >> they told us whether you want
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to go or not, you have to go. we told them we wouldn't. we started to cry. they used obscene words. when we said we were not going they said just try staying and we will shoot you and your teacher. >> whatever happened, these children became pawns in the political playoff, the ukrainian government making the first move. >> threatening children is not acceptable in any situation by any side. it shouldn't have happened, but these kids were threatened. >> in the donetsk republic accusing ukraine of trying to steal its children. >> they're obliged to return the children back here. this is a real crime, and there will be a time when someone will face justice.
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>> the majority of these children have been living in institutions like this most of their lives. now they find themselves in a tug of war between the two sides in this conflict. many of them say they're confused. some feel cut off from it all. >> that's the sad reality. these children are officially classified as orphans. all of them have family contact in donetsk. >> at the moment, i can't go home because of the rebels. we need border passes. it's as if it's another country. my relatives can't visit me and it's bad, very bad. it's been a year since i've seen them. i miss them. >> it's questionable as to whether the new ukraine or the separatist donetsk people's republic is really looking after the best interests of these children. they're having to cope with the traumatic experience of war
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>> pakistan's parliament discussing joining saudi troops in yemen. >> more than 130 pakistani families arrived in islamabad after flown out of yemen. >> the palestinian liberation organization says a rescue operation is underway in syria's yarmouk refugee camp. two exits have been opened to allow civilians to escape. isil stormed the camp on wednesday. >> syrian government forces have launched airstrikes on the city of idlib.
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rebel forces pushed soldiers out of the city a week ago. airstrikes intensified across other provinces in recent days as we report. >> an air strike by the syrian air force on one of its own cities a scene that's become familiar to anyone who's watched video of the fighting over the last four years. that doesn't make each hit any less destructive for any person affected. this is the city of idlib. survivors try to rescue neighbors, but many are inconsolable after what's happened. >> we are innocent people. it's wrong the regime should direct their rockets to those with the same rocket, not unarmed people. >> who is no heavy machinery to rescue people, just people's hands and a will to get people out of the rubble. there's a shortage of water. people do what they can to put out the fires before the red
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crescent turns up with a water truck. the picture is the same north of the capitol. rebels are in charge in the east region, but access to it is blocked by government forces, for two years. food and medical products are in short supply. airstrikes have become more streak went in the last few days here. civilians are often hit in these attacks. this video from activists show us the victims are often children. >> rebels have been fighting for more control of the idlib countryside, as well. the camp is the command center, the head of the snake. we will cult this head. >> they are using weapons taken from the army, tanks and rocket propelled grenades. that doesn't help the civilians under attack in their own homes. caroline malone, al jazeera. >> we're returning to one of our
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to be stairs, the pakistani parliament trying to decide if it will take part in the saudi-led campaign in yemen. good to have you with us, sir pakistan has close ties with saudi arabia, the saudis give aid to pakistan, the prime minister was hosted by saudi arabia the current prime minister of pakistan, after the coup in the 1990's. when you add those elements up, does that leave really little option for pakistan to say no to a request for military involvement? >> in addition, this is a point to be considered, purely economic, 2.5 million pakistanis work in saudi arabia and send about $8 billion to $9 billion a year to this country. they are feeding about 30 million people, that is one
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sixth of the population. there is very little option and actually the strategic partnership goes back all the way to 1974 when the first islamic conference was held. through today, they have been standing together in thick and thin and this his the moment when the soldiers asked for help the government of pakistan and the armed forces in my judgment must, i would emphasize, must take the step and make sure that they are even standing next to the saudis in this hour of trial. >> that would be the domestic costs in terms of stability and tension between different sects what cost would there be to pakistan getting involved in yemen? >> in my judgment, there is not
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likely to be political backlash in a major way because the current government in power run by cherif is 2/3 support beard on representation they have been the parliament. as for the political backlash or any kind of backlash is concerned, i don't see. there are four smaller parties that do not represent even one third of the parliament seem to be saying we don't want to send the forces, but the issue is it is so hard to differentiate what is the exact purpose for which you are sending the forces, if you send them within saudi arabia again they'll be on the border defending the borders. if there's an attack, they'll be defending the saudi frontiers and defending saudi arabia. if they go to yemen they'll be doing still just that. in my judgment, no matter what language i guess used by the parliament, in the end for
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supporting the saudi arabia, the end result will be the same if pakistani forces will be going there. again, these are not 200,000 or 500,000 pakistani forces. it will be maybe one or two division of pakistan army, one or two squadron of the air force and maybe we have no more than 10 frigates that will be helping. in my judgment, no major backlash is expected and support that saudi arabia is asking will have to be granted. >> would military involvement weaken the pakistani offensive against al-qaeda and the taliban? how onboard will the military be? >> the pakistani military is
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more onboard than the faction within the society of pakistan. leaving aside the politicians it is always the armed forces maintaining close ties with the saudis. even now, they are engaged in military maneuvers with the sawed armed forces in a different location within saudi arabia. in my judgment, the armed forces was to be onboard. they cannot afford to lose a big strategic partner like saudi arabia. remember there are only three country witness whom pakistan has strategic understanding or strategic partnership, it is china, saudi arabia, and it is turkey. how much a country can afford in terms of saying no if it has to say no, and that will be a big loss if they ever decide to do so. >> all right thanks so much for your analysis there. the iraq prime minister promised to work with the country kurds to push out isil fighters from
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the northern province. president kurdish president didn't set a time table to liberate mosul and drove isil fighters out of tikrit. >> a last ditch appeal by two australian convicts on death row in indonesia. there were repeated calls for their release. >> the philippine government is trying to save a citizen who faces execution in indonesia for drug trafficking. her family in the province is hoping for an appeal. jam this is not the kind of future they had wanted for their
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daughter. she is facing execution in indonesia. she was sentenced to death in 2010 for trying to smuggle more than two kilograms of heroin from malaysia. >> i raised my children to be god fearing people. i taught them to live their life in simple ways. i told them that i brought them up will and lived my life only for them and to live like i do. >> this is where she was born, a small farming village in the northern philippines. she is a single mother with two children. her family said all she ever wanted was a way out of poverty. her recruiter a close family friend paid for her trip to malaysia bought her closed and promised there was a job waiting for her in indonesia. she says she was given the luggage and insists she had no idea she had just become a drug
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mule. >> the accuracy of her trial is questioned saying she should have been provided with a professional translator and not just a student i were corporator. last month the indonesian government agreed to review her case but for the second time refused to lift her death sentence. >> still her family says that mary jane has been treated well in prison. indonesia paid for the first visit to see her in 2013 and indonesia has done more for them than their own government. >> since her arrest, our government has extended all consular and legal assistance to her. >> phone calls with her daughter are often difficult. worry that had each conversation with her may be their last. >> it's hard for parents to accept their children's fate if you know your children haven't done anything bad no, i don't feel bad.
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i know in my heart she didn't do it. >> her letter in february was an outpouring of love for her family an apology for not providing a better life for them and then acceptance of what's to come. al jazeera northern philippines. >> india's prime minister says he will not allow other countries to pressure him on climate change. he said he's satisfied with india's clean energy targets. the government has launch add website to monitor air pollution. india is the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases and 13 of the 20 most polluted cities was world are in india. viral campaigners welcomed the new measures on air pollution but point to other problems, such as waste disposal. we have a report from mumbai. >> this mountain of trash is mumbai's garbage dump, one of the oldest and largest in asia.
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it can't take anymore but garbage still arrives daily. one of several women hired by a non-profit group tries to do something about the problem. >> we're helping the city garbage service by separating the wet and the dry garbage. we can sell partly of the dry trash to make money for ourselves. >> along with low tech solutions, such as sorting garbage, the city is trying a new high tech method at another dump site. >> this is one of the three mainland fills. together they take in the 11,000 tons of garbage this city produces every day. here they're using technology to break down the garbage and put it to use. >> clay liner first. >> a private firm has been hired to build a bio reactor here. the garbage almost sealed from the bottom and covered by soil to break it down. >> recirculate the liquid back into the garbage which enables it to degrade at a much faster
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rate some say 75% faster. the gas that comes off of that process, we at a capture and turn into electricity. >> that solution is expect to take years and only being done so far at one site. local officials say the city will needle more dumping space in the meantime. >> we are looking at almost 6265 hectares of land for a new dumping ground for our future needs. we have some problems. that is why we are looking for space outside mumbai in an area which is not surrounded by real estate development. >> some say reducing the amount of garbage is essential in solving the problem. one this neighborhood not far from the dump is doing by com posting organic waste for the past 14 years. >> we should not sit helplessly. we should take initiative and do it. if they are not doing it at the dump nothing will happen.
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>> even as new solutions are tried out this mountain of trash continues to grow as a sprawling metropolis produces more garbage. al jazeera mumbai. >> greece will pay back a half million dollars loan to the international monetary fund this week after talks with i.m.f. chief in washington. there had been fears athens might default on the loan repayment, but it will be able to meet obligation to say creditors. greece is fast running out of cash and promised reforms in return for much needed bailout funds. >> brazil is fighting an out break of dengue fever in sao paulo. cases have shot up 162% this year. the disease is transmitted by infected mosquitoes and can be lethal. we have more. >> this is a city of more than half a million people in
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southeastern brazil, just an hour's drive from the state capitol, it is known for its strong economy. the city's residents have found themselves on the front line of a health crisis. >> i have a fever headache, dizziness, and low blood pressure. i went to work, but didn't feel well. they asked me to come here. >> brazil's a hot spot for dengue fever a moss mosquito borne tropical virus. there are nearly a quarter million new cases. 10% have been registered here, stretching the health system to the limit. >> i came here last night but it was really bad. there were so many people. i finally gave up waiting. >> the local government set up a field hospital to help diagnose the most severe cases. with at least 17 people killed
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by dengue fever in sao paulo state, treating the virus in the early stages is essential. >> the main treatment we give is hydration. we need to help the body get stronger so it can tackle the disease. >> government agencies are working to stop the spread of the decease spraying in areas where misskeet toes reproduce but their work is cut out for them. record drought and high temperatures followed by seasonal rains means areas where people throw trash are now breeding grounds for dengue fever. it's not all bad news for before brazil. the country is a pioneer for a vaccine to combat the virus. >> our research shows 30 days after a person's been vaccinated, we have an immunological response. we still don't know how long the vaccine can protect people. >> with final tests expected before the end of 2015, it's
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hoped the institution will soon be producing 60 million doses of the vaccine per year, offering hope for people in brazil and around the world. david merses, al jazeera. >> still to custom: shedding light on dark matter, the collider back in action after a two year break. >> injured on duty, how cyclists in the tour of flanders experience add painful end be to the race. we are standing by with all the detail in sport.
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>>. the atom smashing collider is restarted after a two year upgrade costing $250 million. >> back in action and more powerful than ever. over the last two years they've jump graded the world's biggest particle accelerator deep under the swiss-french border. scientists fired two particle beams around the 27-kilometer long circuit known as the large collider. these are baby steps for researchers here. it would take us about two months, six weeks to two months to establish the first stable collisions for the experiments. we have to commission all the instruments, all the systems one by one. >> in 2012, a breakthrough was
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announced. scientists finally discovered an elementary particle that gives mass to other particles earning it the nickname the god particle. the following year, two scientists behind the theory got the nobel prize in physics. >> there would be no atoms, no nuclei, the fundamental building blocks of matter and there would be no stars, there would be no galaxy, man nary system and eventually no life. >> magnets with accelerating structures boost particles. soon they'll travel at almost the speed of light and analyzing their collisions could reveal new scientific secrets.
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eventually, they'll look at dark matter, the invisible matter which makes up 84% of the known universe but can only be detected by visible matter. there could be many more discoveries over the lifetime of this underground science city. >> time to catch up with the sports news. >> we start with the turkish footballer suspended after an attack on the team bus. the attack occurred while the league leaders were traveling to the airport. they'd earlier beat that the nearby team. you'll see 5-1. no players injured in the attack. the bus driver was taken to hospital for treatment. club officials scribbled it as an act of terrorism and say they won't play another game in my the attackers are found. >> in tennis news, djokovic's
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reign, odds on favorite. he was full of praise for his opponent moving up to third place in the rankings. >> it was another phenomenal year here in miami another great tournament, and i want to congratulate andy for a great tournament. bad luck today but a great battle. it's always a pleasure playing against you and i wish you luck for the rest of the season. >> the 4 point lead, it ended in rather farcical circumstances. a chunk of glass in the face
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from a rather angry player. sent off by the referee ending that game with 10 men. it came at a cost approximately real madrid keeping the pressure on. rinaldo scoring five in the 9-1 drought. the champions league qualification campaign still on track. >> american j.b. holmes wrapped up preparations for the masters. he started the final round in 18th place. he is on his way to augusta. he'll meet some of of the
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biggest games in golf, the masters the only title that has eluded mcilroy. >> winning the masters it's a weird feeling because i look at all the guys on the senior tour, because those are the guys i played against and i know, but now it's slipped. i'm one of the veterans, and i'm coming up on my 20th year on tour. >> it's been a pretty cool journey to go from master fan to competitor in some way, you know. i'm being able to do things, we don't live far from each other so we catch up from time to time. we see each other on tour quite a lot so to think that not so
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long ago, i was that little boy watching him on t.v. to where i am now it's been a pretty cool journey. >> major league baseball is underway in the united states, the famous wrigley field in chicago hosting opening day between the cubs and st. louis cardinals. a lot of pressure on the home side as you can well expect, but she were upstaged by the cardinals with a 3-0 win. >> major league baseball showed declining crowds and sharp drop in younger series. the los angeles dodgers top the list of big spenders. the associated press say $270 million for the new season, the average league salary is $4.2 million an increase of 15% over two years. how does that compare to the other major u.s. leagues? well it's more than double the nfl average salary of
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2.016 million, though their squads are very large. the nfl figures 2.8 but the highest salary in the united states is the nba where they earn around $5 million a season. those figures obviously skewed by the small size of an active nba squad. plenty of big earning stars the warriors winning streak sitting at 12 games. they were undone by kyrie leonard. the spurs 107-92 winners here. it's their seventh straight victory. >> the first leg sufficient ocean race has been won by abu dhabi.
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traveling across the pacific rounding cape horn before reaching the brazilian port. the team crossing the finish line just short of 19 days. >> road cycling full of dangers even for professionals. as two found out at the tour of flanders. support cars normally there to assess the drivers they clearly managed the opposite. new zealand's rider first to suffer side swiped by one vehicle as he tried to pass the breakaway group. it happened again knocked off his bike by his own car. alexander cirstoff the eventual winner. >> we're back with another full bulletin of news coming up. don't go too far.
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