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far rights groups fight against immigration. >> in sport sweeping through the gulf. louis hamilton takes his pole position to the grand prix. >> hello, for the first time a group linked with isil detonated a bomb in afghanistan leaving 35 people dead. a struck at a bank where government employees cued up to collect their pay. >> the suicide-bomber detonated his visit amongst people lined
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up at the jalal balance bank. >> president ashraf ghani said that groups affiliateed with isil are to blame. >> today the taliban did not take responsibility. daesh took responsibility. international terrorists are responsible. they are not our people. if you're of a gran and muslim, come and stand with us. if you're foreigners call this a warning. >> he asked afghans to unite against what he calls international terrorists. >> jennifer glasse sends us this update from kabul.
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>> it was a devastating attack at the height of the rush hour in jalal jalalabad. people were lined up to collect their monthly salaries. they say that this attack could have been worse. they found two other bombs and managed to destroy them before they set off in jalalabad. groups claiming a affiliation with isil claimed responsibility for the attack. president ashraf begun any said that this is not a problem just for afghanistan. it's a problem for the whole
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world. >> just a day after the united nations launched an appeal for the people of yemen, a package of emergency aid money has been offered by saudi arabia. $274million is pledged to help those displaced in the war in yemen. saudi arabia is the leading airstrikes and on saturday some died in gun fights with forces loyal to abd rabbuh mansur hadi. this footage led airstrikes on the presidential palace on strikes on friday.
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saudi arabia said that it was used by a storage depo on munition depots. >> we'll use sea and air space. this will reinforce our aid work. we'll be able to move aid from djibouti to the to the port. >> mohammed, we hearing is interesting during the course of that briefing, the saudis are very conscious of houthi movements north of sanaa. is it possible that we could see an escalation of fighting than
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border? >> yes heavy weapons have been noticed moving from sanaa to saada. this is unusual because the bulk of the fighting has been moving from taiz and other areas far away from saada. this is rather a movement of troops and we've seen saudi troops killed there. they also spoke about the death of one saudi soldier on the border. there are fears now by the saudis that fresh attacks will happen on the houthi as the saudi border. one of the main objective in this war is that the war in yemen does not spill over into the saudi arabian territory.
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the houthis are still set for saudi arabia. >> you said there is a great deal of activity now we know that houthi fighters on the ground and what do we know of those in support of president hadi. >> the houthis have been concentrating their army and soldiers of course, the forces loyal to former ali abdullah saleh have been there in big numbers. many of them have within killed and many around the city were
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also destroyed completely. he talked about fragmentation among the groups. that situation now is probably getting better in the prospects of the coalition and the legislative government. but this war has always been moving from place to place. you know, you see concentration of fighting somewhere and you see it moving somewhere else else. you also see it returning there. that has been the case not only in taiz but also in aden in the south and other areas in the country. it is still actually a very confusing situation in yemen there not clear who controls what in most cases. >> thank you very much. mohammed vall joining us on the howdy side of that border. iran has criticized saudi arabia for leading the air defense
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against the houthi rebels. and said that it will harvest the hatred it is sowing in yemen. rouhani was speaking at the national army day parade. >> they should learn from the iranian army. they should not attack children. they should not attack old people and women in yemen. the attack of the innocent are a disgrace of the aggressors. >> let's bring in a consultant at the royal united service institute. we have ongoing airstrikes in aden in the capital of sanaa. there is an expectation that we could see an escalation of fighting along the yody border and still a great concentration in the center city of taiz. what is your overall assessment?
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how would you describe what is going none yemen right now? >> i believe the fighting is going to transform more or less from conventional fighting forces on the ground to much more of any insurgency type of warfare. as the airstrikes are successful the houthis and others will learn the airstrikes in by foreign troops. it will make it very difficult for the saudis just as it was for the american-led coalition when they had boots on the ground they do get bogged down. that's one of the reasons why we have these border skirmishes. that's why one of the reasons we want to provoke the saudis to come in on the ground where they can deal with this without the disadvantages of airstrikes. >> what might be the trigger or catalyst of a ground offensive
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or is that a scenario that they'll want to avoid. >> they're trying to avoid it. but of course until they can get a situation where they can install the hady regime, which it doesn't look like they're close of doing they'll have to escalate. unless the they say we'll come date a peace settlement then they're not going to be able to achieve their primary objectiver, their political objective of the regime. >> the saudis continue to target the central city of taiz. they talk about fuel storage depos around the presidential palace targeting vehicles belonging to the houthis. does it look like the houthis will be able to maintain their control on certain parts of the city? >> they won't be able to if most
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of their conventional forces and their logistical back up is destroyed when they see it. this is why i believe they will transform to groups where they can survive in areas. >> thank you for your analysis. high in the hills, a fight to protect iraq's christian treasures. principle organs, scientists building human body parts in just a matter of hours. and also with just a month to go until serena williams begins her claycourt campaign. we'll tell you how her campaign
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continues. >> italy said it rescued 11,000 people from overcrowded boats in the last eight days. 450 people were brought into the sicilian city on saturday. 1800 others arrived in the ports of palermo. the italian coast guard said that the number of people trying to cross the medicine mediterranean is unprecedented. >> on saturday a boat pulled into palermo on the northwestern tip of the island and the sentiment of the people of sicily is one of compassion towards the migrants. it's certainly being expressed
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here. the fishermen hearsay it's a horrible experience for them when they occasionally pull off the corpse of a dead migrant not a pleasant experience at all. it's been described not only as a security concern but also a matter of justice and human dignity. that said there, is a glimmer of hope. in the past 24 hours the coast guard are telling us that they have not had any distress calls or may days, and they're not bringing any migrants in boats, not that they know of, any way. that would be appear to be a brief welcomed respite. will it continue? probably not. there undoesn'tedly will be more people setting for sea in north africa in the coming days, but it is a briefs space for the overstretched shorts authorities here in sicily.
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>> libya is often a launching point to make it to europe. many try but not all make the trip. >> i've been here. now i go to prison. >> i leave my country to go to europe. on the way they catch us on the sea. >> well, many of those new arrivals will be taken to reception centers in northern italy under the government's orders. one town that has earmarked more than $4 million to help look after them. but many locals are furious about it. >> there is a storm on the way and not just in the literal sense. the migrants keep coming here to italy's affluent north. public money is earmarked to house them. people are not happy. this historic town has barely
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changed over the years but it's population has especially recently like much of italy it is struggling to cope against that huge number of migrants who keep arriving. the thing about the north, it's the more prosperous end of the country. there is a lot of money here. but for the people who live in these parts they say you know what, we have our own problems. we need that money spent on us, not the migrants. on saturday this protest was organized by the northern league an anti-immigrant party. it wants italians to stop the local government using its cash to look after those new arrivals. >> italy's economy can't bare this situation. we're in an economic crisis. we should come first. the others second. it is not racism. italy does not have the resources to take the hit. >> supporters cannot sign a petition quickly enough.
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>> the disaster continues. we've been invaded. our wives and children can't walk around in the evening any more. this is a big problem. >> too mean are arriving here. there is not enough space for everybody and not enough jobs. >> on the edge, migrants have their own space. this is a community segregated from a community. a tale of two towns. >> i don't feel happy here. we have encountered so many difficulties. even in libya the war, and we escape that and come here, and some people are saying we don't want you in our country. it's hard. >> they have withstood countless battles over the centuries but not of this kind. it is surrounded by a moat cutting it off from the outside
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world. you can see the the irony here. it can't keep people out any more. the face of this place is changing. >> well, italy's northern league is not the only far right party that has seen resurgence over the past years. there have been unprecedented number of seats won by right wing parties. the national front run by marie la pens won first. in denmark the far right people's party came out. and then germany's national democratic party and the golden dawn party of greece. here in the u.k. right wing ukip could be on its way of gaining a number of seats in next month's general election.
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>> so whereabouts in europe have far right parties made the strongest gains? >> well, i would say france remains the leader in the european far right. it's been a sustained presence in france for many years. it has gone through met for hiss. it's not the same party that it was, but i would say in other countries the far right has fluctuated much more than in france. >> why is that? >> well, i think there is a kind of--well in france there is a long-term crisis. there has been a long-term crisis of the french right which conventional parties have been very divided which has left space for the far right. but also the left has been very divided, too.
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large parts have become or perceived to have become much larger on the right leaving voters both on left and right with really often no--with what they see as no alternatives. >> a how would you describe the nature of these parties? would you say that it's very much driven by social economic circumstances in the region, but it's a transitional thing or is it a sotheby's of support? >> potentially the question really is whether the prejudice becomes politically important. racism can be found across europe sometimes fading into discrimination against people in particular religious groups. the question is whether it becomes political and that
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depends on the particular circumstances i think in particular places and the cleverness of different parties for exploiting that. and the northern league that was just mentioned actually, is a good good example of the flexibility, and the flexibility of the targets of these kinds of groups actually. >> you said that the question of whether or not they have political clout. if anything, we've seen in france denmark italy germany and right here in the u.k. these parties do seem to be gaining more traction. even if they don't have this sort of physical representation in parliament bodies, is there influence in the over all political agenda of mainstream parties growing? >> well, clearly what they have been able to do is set the
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agenda. they keep immigration at the forefront of the agenda, in the media. and other parties therefore have to react to it. it's not that people are indoctrinated by this agenda, but it's a question that keeps coming up. had has to be said, actually, some quite discrime nation legislation was introduced in britain in the absence of the presence of the far right so it's not the only reason, i don't think. >> thanks very much. it was good to pick your brain on this issue dr. kevin pasmor pasmore. >> now the russian opposition is in negotiations to widen its
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coalition. two parties have agreed to work together so far but there are hopes that they'll be able to pick up more established powers. we have more from moscow. >> it's seven weeks since people have died. thundershowers have been cleared away several times only to reappear in the following days. clearly he's deeply missed. many attending opposition conference on saturday knew him personally. but they didn't come to mourn. they came to plan for the future. >> if you have one leader you can be easily defeated. you must become a wide scale movement for democratic reforms. we must learn how to do something that the opposition never could do. go to people, talk to them, hear a huge number of activists to help. only in this way can they have a
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chance of victory. >> there are regional elections and then parliamentary elections in 2016, and a strategic union has been formed to fight them. the party of progress led by anti-corruption campaigner will field candidates together. analysts say that the opposition is wise to propose a different model to russia's a authoritarianism. >> i think opposition leaders opposition key persons understand that it would just throne bring it to another
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level. >> a system of government that emphasizes top-down authority and leaders have been convicted in trial that are politically motivated. losing boris nensov was a huge blow to russia's opposition but it's one they have no choice but to put behind them. they will unify the disparate factions and forsakeing big personality politics in favor of fighting smaller, local campaign issues. al jazeera moscow. >> well, let's get some analysis of the political maneuverings in russia and bring in samuel green director of the russia institute at kings college in london sitting in studio now. how important is it that these opposition groups in russia have decided to work together. does it signify a fundamental change in strategy? >> well, if they're going to have any success at all, of
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course it's important. basically because the problem one of the problems they face for years is that they face a relatively small electorate to begin with. so if they do compete amongst themselves they will not have a chance. but they tried this kind of alliance. for one way or another it's always fallen apart. >> why? >> because the government often succeeds in driving a wedge between them, but also because there are egos involved. everyone wants to see themselves at the top of the list of the top of the party and there are real ideological differences. >> there are no ideological differences-- >> no, there are very real ideological differences. >> what is the incentive to unite? >> because then no one makes it to the parliament. you have 15 to 20% of the country who would vote for them any way. it's a significant constituency, and you have toconstituency of
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the country but you have to start somewhere. if you divide that two two, three, four, five different parties then nobody will get in. if they want any voice at all any representation, they have to come together. >> yet they're unable to overcome infighting and ego. >> they've tried it before again and again. they have not been in the parliament since 1999, and it's often because--it's often been because of these disagreements. they start early. they have some time. maybe they can come up with a primary system that allows them to iron out these differences and get legitimate decision who is at the top of the party list. >> and who do you any figures who would be effective in leading that process? >> it's hard to say. clearly the opposition leader now with the most clout, with the most visibility is alex, who is popular among some, but he
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has aspects in his background that make some feel nervous. he is constantly under pressure from the kremlin. there have been criminal investigations into him that seem to be fabricated but could withdraw him from the race at any time. some people think they need a figure that is a bit easier to rally around, and there will be competition over that in the next couple of years. >> interesting parliament try election in 2016. interesting to get your thoughts on this, samuel greene, thank you very much. >> very few tourists come here any more because of the threat on their door step. >> the fight to save iraq's early christian history from isil. and rich pickings, why there is still no sign of tunisia's billions four years after the revolution. coming up in sport offering a guiding hand, jo will tell you
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>> welcome back to the alexandria news hour. let's take to you the top stories. a group linked with isil has claimed responsibility for the killing in afghanistan. 35 were killed at a bank in jalalabad. saudi arabia has announced a package of emergency aid money to yemen. $274million will be provided. and italy says it has rescued 11,000 people from overcrowded boats in the last eight days. most of them are escaping war and persecution in the africa and the middle east. let's get more now on the bombings in afghanistan for which isil has claimed responsibility. joining me live from washington, thanks for speaking with us. what can we read into this attack in jalalabad. does it bear the hall maximum of
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something that can be staged by isil or would you be a bit more cautious in attributing responsibility of to one group or another. >> um, there is the pension there for isil. this and there was an earlier attack on an afghan military installation that suggests that some of the foreigners would previously have been based in where they work with groups like al-qaeda may now be rallying to the banner of isil, the islamic state which has been set up for operations in afghanistan and pakistan. >> right so there have already been reports that there is some sort of isil presence in afghanistan and pakistan. how would it work? how might they be gaining or strengthening their good hold in
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the country? is it about getting new recruits or persuading people who are already part of the taliban to change their allegiance? >> well, that's the difficult part for them. isil and the taliban with are not natural allies even though they share a common enemy in the government of afghanistan. they both draw on different political-religious differences. whereas isil fights very hard against shia muslims. taliban, while also a sunni group, has been fighting primarily against other sunni muslims that's divided from for ethnic linguistic, and other reasons. it would be very hard for them, really, to gain a foothold in afghanistan. >> you say that, but then the taliban leaders has not been
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very visible in the last few years, has he. and we know the taliban leadership is somewhat fragmented. so would it be difficult--would there be some members of the taliban that would be persuaded to take on the i.s. label? >> there might be. certainly what is much more likely are tactical accommodations as we saw in the attack with the taliban leaders at a tactical level willing to work with isil groups, and willing to also take advantage. isil may have better access to funding. better access to things like prop began at a videos. strategic communications. so there may be cooperation at a local level. >> well thank you very much. author of "afghanistan:
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graveyard of empires" joining us frommed. >> thank you. the u.s. coalition has launched 20 airstrikes on isil across iraq and syria since friday shelling by isil fighters has killed eight iraqi soldiers in anbar province. they have almost captured the whole of the region of ramadi. thousands of families have been forced to flea because of the fighting and families have been forced to grab whatever they can as they head to baghdad. tents, food and other aid are said to be on the way. local officials say fighting on on the valvers of the re refinery are still ongoing. well christians in iraq are raceing to save some of their
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oldest of artifacts.. kim vinnell with this report from northern iraq. >> reporter: winding through the hills in northern iraq. one of christianity's most sacred sites comes into view. this is the monastery once home to a line of christian patriarchs who governed mesopotamia. >> a lot of christian monks are buried here who followed father hermis. it is so important to christians and iraq's history. >> just 12 kilometers away is the front line with isil. the kurds who in the 18th century, ransacked this place, are now protecting it. >> this monastery is made up of a series of caves. it's been carefully preserved
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because this is a very important pilgrimage site but very few tourists come here any more because of the threat on the door step. isil has set out to destroy christianity in iraq and wants the world to know about it. in mosul churches linked to the very first apostles have been ransacked and precious artifacts destroyed. what little was saved has been moved between churches and has been closely guided in secret locations across iraq. >> they came and said you have five minutes and i take my passport this five books and this-- >> in erbil we track down nicodemus sharif who agreed to show us some of what he saved. this bible is handwritten in aramaic. >> this says in the name of the
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father the lone and the holy spirit. >> losing this history he says, would mean a loss of dignity. >> there is 160,000 people they sit in the streets. isis take everything. >> and another monastery friar gabriel goes further. >> if we accept this or the people of iraq and all of the history and culture will be murdered if we let this happen it will be our destiny. so notice your hands to help or lead these people. >> and if that call continues to go unanswered, he said, the legacy of the first people of the country will be wiped out. kim vinnell al jazeera, northern iraq. >> israel has greed to pay $500 million in tax revenues to the palestinian authority. the money was put on hold as
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punishment for palestine's decision to join the icc a pathway for israel to be charged with war crimes. israel collects the tax on behalf of the palestinians and transfers the sum to the pa. millions of dollars are still missing after the revolution of tunisia. with tunisia's economy in crisis, many believe not enough is done to track down the much-needed assets. >> reporter: the private school is on primary property. relatives of the former president wanted to build a shopping center here. the school's principal kept it open despite financial pressure and threats of impress imprisonment. he said that benali himself asked for for a chunk of the
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profits. >> i told him there is a big demand for pharmacy studies university. but the my repeated requests were rejected about. then he said okay, it has to be split 50/50. >> nobody really knows how much the former ruling family got away with. estimates range between 2 and $11 billion. tunisia says that some of the cash is in hundreds of bank accounts in switzerland. tunisiaens were given this insight into the family's luxurious lifestyle when some of their things were auctioned off. their boats are still docked. many of the family members escaped by boat taking with them money, diamonds and gold. tunisians have mixed feelings about what should happen to the former ruling family, but most agree that something needs to be done to get those assets back.
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>> after four years of investigations only around $24 million has been recovered. >> not so many countries are willing to use the united nations convention against corruption in order to help recover the money. as you know, they use different means of hiding their action. you have so many screen companies, one behind the other. >> for many tunisians. benali did not just steal from the country but they stole the people's sense of dignity. and these school children will probably be adults before
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everything has been found. al jazeera. tunis. >> recreating a journey made by a famous french general who played a key role in the american revolutionary war. june in a hull is on board of the rebuilt jewel of the french navy. >> the day of departure has finally arrived. the crew of 88, 55 of them volunteers they're making final preparations for the maiden voyage across the atlantic remembering the crossing of 200 years ago when theage french naval frigate bearing a message for the george washington that the french would come on side to help defeat the british, which is exactly what they did in a series of battles of naval blockades. >> lafayette is really well-known. he is a household name even if
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people are not sure what he did. that gives us an in in that we have this attachment to lafayette as a brand i guess and that allows us to have a lot of fresh ground to make a big splash. >> you can bring that history back to life for a lot of people who have forgotten yes. >> in a certain respect history is what you make of it. we can make a great deal in the fact that france helped to free our nation as an independent country. >> i'm very happy. happy because i'm sure i'm on the best ship of the world today. i'm with a good crew, and an exceptional mission. >> the voyage will take her from the french coast to the can narrowlies to the scenecanaries
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canaries. to york town. there will be a fabulous fireworks display to see her off. this departure has been more than two decades in the making. 17 years to put it together using 18th century ship-building methods. and that time has finally come. >> now it sounds like something from a science fiction novel researchers in the united states saying that now they're able to grow human organs within hours. we'll go to north carolina to see how the pioneering technology works. >> it's technology that just a few years ago few would have thought possible. here at the wake forest institute they're entering new territory. the advances of 3d bio pinters to rebuild human organs. they have been able to
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manufacture the human ear. >> this is pcl, it's used as a scaffold in which to infuse living human sells. they're using it to build bladders heart values and muscle. much of the work being done is funded by the u.s. department of defense, but benefits for patients everywhere is never far from the researcher's minds. >> everything we do had a will eventually move towards human trials and hopefully enhance their life through the work that we're doing. >> luke is one of those who benefited from early research. he was given a new bladder a decade ago and now lives a healthy life. the applications for this kind of technology is literally limitless and doctors say it will be only a few years before 3d bio precipitators are in
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hospitals across the world. but the scientists continue to push and break new barriers. it is hopeful that work here will pioneer new procedures that will reconstruct new organs like the heart, liver orchid or kidneys. but despite the progress, they have a long which to go. >> you're never really satisfied with what is being done because there is so much ahead that needs to be done, so many more patients can benefit from these technologies. >> but the strides being made here by a staff of more than 50 countries are already changing lives and bring hope to many more. al jazeera, north carolina. >> theguatemala's legal system has a reputation of being one of the worst in latin america.
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some indigenous mayans feel their justice system is best. >> delia is desperate. her co-worker pressed her to sign on an $8,000 loan. her co-worker defaulted and it's more than she can forward. she decided to bring her case here to the indigenous mayor's office. >> i spoke to a lot of people, and they told me that the people who make decisions here aren't influenced by money and bribes. they say that they treat every the same. they're very straight. >> after hearing both sides of the story and reviewing documents, officials rule in delia's favor and order her name remove from the creditor's list. hers is just one of a dozen cases that will be looked at today. for centuries after the arrival of the spanish guatemala's
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native communities continue to practice their own form of law. but in 1960 civil war broke out and the government clamped down on mayan traditions. it was only when the peace accords were signed 36 years later that their justice system made a comeback. the peace agreement brought with it guarantee to recognize the right of indigenous communities to manage their own affairs. since then mayan law has-slowly spreading throughout communities like this. outsiders associate mayan justice with the rise of lynchings in communities towards the end of the civil war. but analysts say that it's filling a power vacuum and it is curbing delinquency and avoiding mob violence. mayan justice relyies on traditional values and consensus among community leaders to
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resolve crimes, reparations commune service and family participation are some of the ingredients used in the punishment of the offenders as well as their integration into society. while the leaders who work here don't receive a salary, they say serving their people keeps them motivated. >> our job is to look beyond the present and towards the future. hour work teaches us how to give back to the community. this is how we hope to strengthen mayan law. >> with more than thousand 200 cases resolved last year, the mayor's office is inspiring other mayan leaders and offering hope for more peaceful communities. david mercer, al jazeera, guatemala. >> still ahead on the program we'll have all the sport for you, including the king of clay versus the world number one. jo will have the latest for you from the monte carlo masters.
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>> welcome back. >> we start with formula one and louis hamilton will begin the grand grand prix at the front of the grid. the mercedes driver who leads the championship after two of three races so far. hamilton won last year' bahrain grand prix after starting second on the grid. >> i feel very happy to come in to the weekend.
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that was the target to try to master this track and get it into a car that i'm very comfortable with. that's generally how the weekend has gone. the lapse were pretty good. i'm really grateful, obviously to have this which i can really attack the corners. last year he wasn't comfortable with the car so this is a great fitting. >> chelsea could wrap up the english premier league title. just one goal separated the two giants of english football, and that was scored in the first half. chelsea needs to the beat arsenal next week, and they could then win the title against leicester in 11 days time. the final between arsenal and reading is heading to a thrilling finish.
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with just nine minutes from the restart, mccleary equalized for reading pushing for extra time. where it's 2-1. no. spain barcelona has lifted themselves five points clear of real madrid. they were playing ma valencia who is sitting fourth in the league. real madrid are looking to capture, real madrid has scored against malaga. djokovic will go for a second title at the monte carlo masters after booking a place in the final against tomas berdych. nadal has an excellent record on clay especially here and loved the first set 6-3.
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djokovic took the second by the same score. tomas berdych 6-1 6-4 he makes the final for the first time. cup holds czech public needs one more rubber on sunday to move through to the final. they lead france, 2-0 in prague. it didn't start well for them. in the first set to caroline garcia. they would put the home team up by winning 4-6 7-6 6-1. >> helping russia to a 2-0 lead over germany in the semi final. the 29-year-old became the country's leading fed cup player
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with a pro victory. and then just too strong. usa did not make it to the semifinals but are in the playoffs for next year's tournament. they are led by serena williams who opened her claycourt season against italy. her teammate lost her match which means that it's all square going into sunday's matches. usain bolt said when he's at his best he's almost impossible to beat. the jamaican is in brazil as he leads up up to the olympics in rio in 2016. he runs small sprint tournaments with three-time paraolympic
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middlist who is completely blind. in india the s that is meant to support paraathletes has been suspended indefinitely the international para paralympic committee made the decision after the eat. they were made to stay in a building with no toilets or drinking water. many had to drink on the floor with many abandoning their wheelchairs to drag themselves upstairs. there is a call for a change of leadership at the paralympic committee in india. >> thank you very much. get the latest of everything we're covering on our website. the address for that is on www.aljazeera.com. there you'll find the latest comment and analysis. check it out. we'll have a full bulletin of
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. >> an isil-linked group is blamed for a bomb attack that in afghanistan that has killed 35 people. ♪ >> hello i'm lauren taylor. this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up, saudi arabia carries out more airstrikes as it announces an aid package for yemen. the country marks 35 years of independence, we'll speak to zimbabweens who say there is little to celebrate. plus printing body parts a lab that print
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