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>> we will be able to >> this is is the al jazeera news hour live from london. warm welcome from me, david foster, to the program and this is what we have coming up in the next 60 minutes. kenya gives the united nations three months to move one of the world's biggest refugee camps across the border into somalia. and yemen local armed groups battling the houthi rebels south of the country bolstered by the saudi-led airstrikes.
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cuba's president praises barack obama saying he is not responsible for the u.s. blockade against his country. bangladesh executes another prominent political figure for crimes committed in the 1971 struggle for independence. >> and we have a packed saturday of sport including the masters where america's new golfing star tees up shortly aim to go continue his record-breaking scoring. [music] >> well, the kenyan government told the united nations told t not asked it, to move a massive refugee camp across the border into somalia. it says it has to be done within three months. the camp is one of the world's biggest shelters, it's thought
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that 600,000 mostly somali refugee who is fled civil war in their country. the kenyan government has accused the al-shabab group of height hiding in the camp. this comes after the attack on garissa university killing 148 people. they have ask the u.n.: let's go live to the garissa. this came as a complete shock i understand.
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>> yes indeed. specifically the period that, the deadline that is only just three months that the deputy president gave the u.n. refugee agency. it said it will be impossible to close the camp within that period mentioned by the deputy president. the refugee camp is made up of different refugee camp. now the kenyon government says that the it has been a hide out for al-shabab militants. that's where they're planning their attacks against kenya and they want them moved out. now a host of issues and a lot
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of international protocols that kenya is supposed to respect but they say their citizens come before respecting these protocols. >> but 600,000 people, you should move them, says kenya is kenya then say if you don't, we will forcebly move them out of the country? and if so, how? >> well, yes that is what the deputy president is saying. he says if the u.n. had not moved the refugees within that time then kenya will take matters within its own hands and move refugees out of the country and into somalia. the legality of that issue what is in doubt right now. there is absolutely no way that
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refugees who fled from a neighboring country could be returned back to that country when there is very little semblance of peace, law and order in somalia as of today. so that is a situation as it is right now and kenya seems to be say going to you don't move the refugees we'll do it ourselves. >> i'm wondering mohammed, and apologies to our viewers to the delays. it's quite a long one but i wonder how much of this is for public consumption. not only can kenya coming out saying we will make sure that our citizens are safe, but it is also building a brick wall long 700 kilometers of border. even if the wall goes up, unless it's manned every inch of the way, it's not going to prevent people coming through. >> well, for sure this is in a
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way for public consumption because the kenyan government is under intense pressure. so many questions are being asked about the security to the tack of garissa university just a fuel kilometers where i am right now where 148 students were killed. now kenya is now asking many questions, and the government is pushed to a corner. it wants to be seen that it is doing something one of the first things it did was to close the accounts and and reject licenses, something that has been having an investigate on the refugees. secondly we've seen a number of knee-jerk reactions that the
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kenyan government has done, but again it is up to today the boldest statement that the kenyan government has taken towards the refugees, and taking they will out and moving them somalia. >> thank you. now news out of yemen and the saudi-led airstrikes there in ground fighting between factions still fighting in the country. the number of houthi gathering in the provinces of ebb his or her. the guards loyal to former
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president ali abdullah saleh have been fighting those loyal to heidi. saudis have captureed two iranians who were aiding the houthies. well, those are some of the battles the skirmishes, what about those caught in the middle. well the second red cross plane has landed in sanaa. calling for a daley tame humane humanitarian call to allow the planes to land. >> the pressure is increasing day by day. at the beginning there were only 35 airstrikes every day and then
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in the second phase there were 50 a day. then we move to 80 when we started targeting the coalition forces and blocking those supplies. we're on the ground and continue to chase all the enemy convoy who is are supplying all of the equipment. >> well, spokesman for the houthies said that despite the continued strikes the rebels are still defiant. >> the army and security forces are advancing in different fronts. the yemeni people are bravely confronting this line migration. wethe negotiation going into sanaa at the time being there is no active president to negotiate with. we believe they should work among political force and not individuals. we didn't leave our strongholds to al-qaeda, however al-qaeda is trying to take
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control of certain areas and with the head of foreign powers. the houthi coalition is targeting our infrastructure for our army and economy infrastructure. if they are ready for a resolution to some crisis in yemen, they must some stop. >> first, this suggestion, i mentioned a short while ago. two iranian military officers have been capture: what do you know about that claim. >> yes our sources inside aden have confirmed just a while ago that those iran officers actually are in the hands of the
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resistence inside of aden. they don't want right now either to show their pictures or to any of those people who captured them to talk to the media at the home because they want to make sure that the saleh loyalists and houthi fighters cannot locate where they are and try to rescue those iranians. they confirmed they're members of the iranian revolutionary guard, and they've been there it help saleh and the they can see this is a major break through in the effort of the loyalists of president hadi and of the to expose and expose that-- >> it might have been
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embarrassing for iran. would it really change anything? >> yes, but this is not the first time. even before the start of this conflict both carrying arms from iran to yemen was captured. that was about a year ago. when the houthis came to sanaa we saw and without the agreement of the legitimate government iran was sending aircraft on a daily basis and also building an airport in sanaa and sending fuel tankers to the yemeni ports of aden. saudi arabia is striking against targets in yemen and as they do
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in iraq and in syria, i don't think this is a major embarrassment for iran at the moment. >> perhaps embarrassing but not a game changer. what about where you are. think about 100 kilometers away from the border are you seeing any evidence of what's happening mostly in the night dime as we understand it from those bases in saudi arabia? >> i didn't hear the question well but i think you're asking where i am and on the board. we have seen the spokesman of the coalition talking about clashes today near the city of southern border of saudi arabia and yemen. they have been talking about keeping control of those borders and they've been able to keep
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the houthis from coming near the border. they're talking about increasing movements in the and also people who were near that area of the border, the crossing points said that there looks to be normal traffic movement between yemen and saudi arabia. however, this place is very tense. people are expected any time to see development because of the develop movement of the saudi army is increasing by the day and there is talk of --speculation whether the saudis are going to move to the next step and accepted ground troops. in terms of fierce and in terms of apprehension of what might happen this place is text, the closest at the war feeling the
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heat of the war at the moment. >> thank you. we'll go our guest on skype. how do you notice the difference for a daily lives in yemen's capital. >> a huge difference. there is no gas, no electricity we're constantly under the bombardment. the number one question is what has the coalition sponsored so far? they managed it deter and push back the hosts. they have expanded to more areas in yemen now we're hearing that the they're pushing it beyond
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the border. we haven't seen what the coalition has been doing or succeeded in doing anything at all. >> i wonder if you have no electricity, how do you manage? how do you use your computer to communicate with us as ean for instance. >> we have to use generator but i can't use it during the day. tive conserve it, and i will turn it off once i'm done talking with you guys. >> have you seen anything other than these strikes that could see president hadi returned to his seat of power in san in a? >> well, you have to remember that the houthi road into sanaa on a wave of discontent. the government was doing
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miserably bad. now hadi from there to real. and then leading a war from real against men it's the-- >> do you feel there is anybody involved in this conflict who is looking after your interests in the interests of the people who support you in your youth party? >> unfortunately not even the houthies not the different parties, hadi, it's a power struggle between the groups. and many people are suffering because of this. >> i'm sorry to hear that. thank you for talking with us. talking from the yemeni capital of sanaa. >> thank you. >> coming up on this news hour. reports of violence,
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irregularities as nigerian vote again this time for influential state government. many families in fear that they may never return to their homes because of a new policies. >> cuban president raul castro has delivered a stunning offense of u.s. president barack obama saying that the u.s. blockade against cuba was not obama's fault, and that he is an honest man. the two leaders are expected to have a private meeting later on the sidelines of the commits in the america's panama. their they're trying to restore
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relationship between the two countries, and. >> in my opinion president obama is an honest man. he is a hum edge man humble man and i think his way of being is keeping with these humble origins. i've become impassioned, of course. i want help it. i apologize to president obama who has no responsibility of these events taking place. there were ten presidents before him when he was president you know where you are.before him. >> i was struck by the extraordinary fact that he ended
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one sentence with revolution and then began the next one with "i apologize." it's almost beyond belief saying sorry for the opposition and everything that has gone on? >> these are really amazing words that your' hearing from raul castro. remember he was there right beside his brother fidel. the process of the u.s. trying to about relationships it only has gone back the has pho months. and any time i don't think you could have expected those words about an u.s. president words of personal warmth about president obama. remember, these that were the speeches we. ahead of a meeting that we expect now that will be the
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meeting between the presidents. >> tell me a little bit about the way he spoke. does it sound like cuba needs united states much more than united states needs cuba? >> well, there are issues here. there are still going to be issues. there is one big problem on the horizon. when you look at this you can look at a very different subject. another item that president obama hopes to be his legacy. that's the nuclear talks with iran. both of these great initiatives
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potentially come up against one very big roadblock. if you look at the normalization of the cubans one of the things they want is the lifting of the embargo on cuba. just like the iran talks can only happen by congress. congress comes in in the end and congress is where all of this will get difficult. >> we go to havana, and we're live in the cuban capital. i wonder when cuban people heard to what their president had to say, it was almost like an eulogy to president barack obama obama. but will they just be delighted that things are changing? will they be i am he been em embarrassed. >> i don't think he'll be in
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embarrassed, but he mentioned the fact that this had been ten u.s. presidents who passed through the white house before his brother. they were fighting against the united states in the bay of pigs invasion back of the 1960s. they were heavily involved in some of these incidents in the last few years. i think the tone of that spa will not change. they're hoping for change. they realize that 50 years of resentment and animosity has built up, and they won't solve those problems overnight about there is a sense of change and expectations. thei think people here are very much waiting hoping that cuba will open to u.s. investments
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sooner than later and their lives will. >> thank you. reports are saying that the syrian city of aleppo suffered further shelling. showing the aftermath of shelling an anti-assad observatory. syrian government forces are reportedly talked into areas. syrian forces have been fighting to regain control of the area. the commission of u.n. refugees is due to meet in damascus to talk about concerns over the safety of palestinian refugees there. now, isil has taken parts of
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ramadi, the call tall of iraq. iraqi has said that it has not happened and aid being held there. 25 members of the police have been killed in you had footing. isil killed 15 people after it took control of the suburb two days after "adrenaline tv. >> bangladesh has excused ex-cutedexecuted below happened kamaruzzaman. he is the second person executed by the war crimes tribunal since it was set up four years ago. we're live for us now in
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bangladesh capital of dakka. this tribunal was set up 40 years since the war of independence. >> many say that there are politics behind it. but that won't go away, will it. >> no, dozens of people were killed riots every other month and the any opposition said they have no issue with the wartime trial, but they're not happy with the process. they said it was highly motivated. so there is a lot of
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controversy, however most want it trial to get over it, and those many people feel that those guilty of car crimes should be punished, but there has been a skype scandal. political scandal. they also have to take this into account, you can't review the war crime trials, so by and large it is controversial, and this is undoubtedly going to cost some problem down the road again. they may not be as effective on the street because they've been quite marginalized, and the laws have been quite heavy against
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>> i have to do my 100% best so i don't end up in a place like this again.. >> al jazeera america presents... kids behind bars: a soledad o'brien special report only on al jazeera america >> you're watching al jazeera live from london. i'm david foster. good to have you company. these are the headlines. kenyan government has told the united nations it must move a massive refugee camp within three months. the camp is one of the world's biggest shelters and it is thought there are 600,000 somali refugees.
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>> cuba's president raul castro met with president barack obama and called obama an honest man and said that the u.s. blockade was not obama's fault. the capital build where the house of congress is housed in washington, d.c. is in lockdown after shots were fired outside. police have, quote neutralized the gunmen. it's understood that the gunman was trying to kill himself and the police are investigating a suspicious package left near the lower west portion of the building. a lockdown means that no one is allowed inside or outside. we'll keep you updated. venezuela's president nicolás maduro has used the platform to criticize what he calls the u.s. war machine and
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president obama's reluctance to hold talks. >> with a punked fist venezuela's president nicolás maduro arrived in panama. to demand president obama to resign an executive order that sanctions certain individuals accused of human rights abuses. >> i will say it at the summit and wherever i stand to speak. wherever i go i will take the truth about venezuela and no one ever will silence the voice of venezuela. >> but this is no ordinary request. for close to a month. ruling socialist party set out to collect 10 million signatures requesting the u.s. backtrack. this year the goal was reached and in different ways.
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3million additional significants and answer on the eve of the commitment the indict of the invasion. yet, it's not clear who the long-term winner will be. >> the first grabs last attention and makes head lane loose. but did in the weak you'll have the u.s.--- >> president maduro insists that he resign the executive order. but it may not be worth it in
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the wrong run that heavily relies on the u.s. as a trading parter. >> an egyptian sentences the leader of the muslim brotherhood to death for inciting chaos and violence. a further 36 people were given life in prison. among them an u.s. citizen. staying in egypt where the isil-affiliateed group is supposed to video of its leader kamal allam. it was thought that he was dead. they are suspected of carrying out attacks across the sinai region. this video shows him dealing
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present when two egyptian soldiers appear. in nigeria the elections are closely watched to see if president-elect buhari can build on his party. they say the crowd is angry because voting materials have not gotten there. well governors are very influential people in that country. some states that have historically voted pdp could visit towards the other party but two key battle lines is emergeing.
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the others if we move south and east is the rivers oil hub. that's in the night of delta the richest oil producing part of the country. we send yvonne ndege down. she sent us this. >> reporter: well, following the earlier i want of police shooting we now understand that there is violence and some election irregularities taking place in quite a number of polling areas and polling stations. what we're being told is in some areas electal materials have not arrived. we're told in some areas armed men have shown up and snatched ballot boxes ballot papers and other sensitive electoral materials. it's creating a lot of fear and a lot of tension in this close
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context. there is the heavy preference of security personnel however in some areas things are going very well. here where i'm at, they are just waiting for the materials to arrive for them to cast their ballot. if there is fear there has been a curfew put in place and there is a restriction on vehicle movements. >> moving across the continent to sudan and on monday voters there will be going to the polls. the suns then he has rauled with no sign of giving up of power. >> it's a breezy afternoon in khartoum. it's the last weekend before the sudan east head to the polls to vote in presidential and
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parliamentary elections. but politics does not seem to be on anyone's mind. we spoke to more than 30 people. and it was hard to find someone planning to vote. >> i want the elections to be fair and we want our ruler to be somebody new because frankly we're head up with bashir. >> bashir's seized power in a military coup in 1989. he is the only sitting president wanted by the international criminal court for war crimes. they say they have squashed. he is a charismatic man backed by many, especially women. they are his biggest supporters. >> we're here to heaven the weak and the par.
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>> i don't see anything on tv. i just see one person. it's omar bashir. i would like to see more options so we know what to vote as. >> the economy is the most pressing issue facing sudan. the official unemployment rate is 18%. and inflation is 37%. >> if the government is series about dealing with the miserable economic reality there are two things the government should do. one, cut government spending. number two cut rampant funding. >> inin the south of yemen tens of thousands have lost their
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home. it is still within georgia. it has recognized independent by russia. and people in south ossetia feeling they may never be able to go back. >> she's been washing her family's clothes the same way for the past 24 years. sharing a stand pipe with the neighbors on a settlement for people displaced by conflict. between georgia and nearby south ossetia. she remembers it like it was yesterday. >> the 27th of march 1991. i thought at some period i would return but it is false hope. so much tame has passed and we're still there. >> her son says that they are have had enough to.
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>> three governments have been changed but nothing has been done here. there are 300,000 of internally displaced people, idps. some two-thirds are still without decent housing. the georgian government is trying to provide new homes. this accommodation built for the european youth blimps this summer will later become deapartments for idps. >> georgia's dpd have seven homes, folks like this. in jobs already criminalled you. by.
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>> becausefrom a cemetery overlooking south ossetia. he shows his son david where he should have been born. his hometown is in sight but out of reach in russian-controlled territory. >> i do not think returning there is possible, at least while i am alive. >> no going back to the way things we are, only the hope that his son might have a different future. al jazeera tbilisi. >> nearly a thousand migrants have been rescued by the italian navy near the coast of libya. they've been picked up from three overcrowded skiffs in in a
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dis distress call. in greece the new government deciding how it will pay back millions of dollars to the people they have borrowed the money. from athens, barnaby phillips reports. >> it's the most important religious holiday in greece. a country where church and national identity are still inbetweened like perhaps nowhere else in europe. this represents the body of christ before easter. but it is a time of feasting and for greece that means roast lamb and yet this butcher say habits have changed in recent
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years. >> nowadays people buy more than they need. they used to buy so much meat they could not eat all of it. i think its healthier now there is not weight. i think it's good for our planet. >> and at the port it's a scramble to get on the last ferry to sale before everything shuts down. easter means an exodus to from athens as people rush to their villages or islands to be with their families. for those who have stayed in the capital there are free lessons in ceramics. this week they make easter eggs and reflect how the crisis has changed society. >> there is certainly people who can't forward everything they need.
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the lamb and the other food. it's a difficult situation for everyone. but it creates unity. we help each other and we hope just like christ that our economy will resurrect. >> it's also the time of year where people head to the cemeteries to be close to dead relatives. faith and family both still strong in this family. both a source of comfort in hard times. barnaby phillips. al jazeera athens. >> in london you can take a look at cctv pictures that is thought to be a robbery. they went back and forward in the city's diamond district over a four. die periodthe police did not respond to the call when the alarm went off off. now to sport hamilton
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history. thespieth is about to go out in the final pairing. so hoffman fires shots behind him. they're toluol in contention and just getting their rounds under way. we have two very interesting rounds under way. malaysian star lee chong wei has been facing a panel testing positive for a banned substance at last year's world championships while he was world number one.
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malaysia has never won a gold medal, and their hopes of changing that next year will be severely affected. >> it's not that this is a difficult case. but that is a lot of witnesses and a lot of fact evidence to put in, and the panel gave us a fair opportunity and tame to present our case. >> hamilton will start the grand prix in china. vettels starts from third place on the grid. >> he's not very far to turn one. i guess that's fairly straight afford. but it's a long race. the tears are very important here. obviously we try to do well and
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get a lot of points. >> china is continuing to be a very good circuit for me. >> italian football club parma one of the most surprising wins in any europe european league. parma remained bottom of the table, still 54 points behind. real madrid closed the gap with a single point. and the european champions will be pleaseed that cristiano ronaldo is free to play. having a ban rescinded. atletico madrid are third.
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city. >> it is good because then you have certainly qualified for the champions league, and then we do it better than the goal was in the pre-season. you set the goals. >> one more football story for you. taking the football federation of australia to court. they were dropped after finding them guilty of exceeding the league's salary cap. they're accused of providing secret payments and benefits to six players. and pert perth glory has responded taking legal action. on board many clouds of odds of 25-1, the national is
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grueling. anything controversial, 40 horses face two lapse of the course, pleasant of fences to get over. and it was a potential win for mccory who said it would be time to retire. and another british sporting institution watched worldwide the boat race on the river thames in london. the women's contest was first held in 1927, almost a century after the men. and the tides of the thames provided a different challenge than the usual 200-meter course.
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oxford the heavy favorite, and they never looked endanger of losing 19.42 and the men's race started shortly afterwards, and oxford were the winners in this one too. it was their third successive victory they won in 17.35 and now just two victories behind came cambridge. it's been a day of endurance racing all around because there was an extra stage at morocco this time for charity. after six days in the desert competitors ignored the pain to go out a september 11th day. it didn't count towards the results. morocco's who won the main race also crossed the line
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first in this one. 11 meters this charity brilliant performance. the biggest rivalry of baseball against the new york yankees and the boston red sox. they went in to the the lights went out and caused a delay of the inning. and they'll play again today. >> lee, thank you. nasa will launch a cargo ship on monday. the international space station the astronauts have done a
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series of spacewalks. >> breathtaking views of earth from 400 kilometers above. astronauts on board the $100 billion international space station captured the footage with $200 cameras. these spacewalks took place in february and march. the astronauts are preparing the ex-tearers of the station so commercial spacecraft can talk with the iss. and it will create robotic arms to capture space vessels which is due to launch from cape canaveral on monday. space x and bowing are building spacecraft that will be able to latch onto the iss. new docking ports will arrive in june.
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