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pakistan with $46 billion of investment. and primed, shined, and ready. cars go on sale in shanghai, but will the roll out of new modelings be enough to stop sales from slowing down. first the italian coast guard is on its way to answer yet another distress call in the mediterranean. it follows the sinking of aship that could have had as many as 950 people on board when it went down. two vessels carrying hundreds of people are in danger of sinking right now off the libya coast. meanwhile, a boat carrying asylum seekers are smashed into rocks. all this as e.u. leaders meet in luxembourg. they're calling for decisive action on the growing problem. first let's go to barnaby phillips who joins us live from
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catania. barnaby. another day and another incident in the mediterranean. tell us about these two vessels that are in danger. >> what we've heard is from the prime minister renzi. there were two boats. the first with 100 to 150 people on board. the second boat is throughout to have perhaps as many as 300 people on board. the italian coast guard have not reached these vessels yet. and so we're awaiting further details. but it's a very fluid situation and throughout this tragedy i suppose, which has been unfolding in recent days. we've learned that we do have to treat numbers with skepticism, and details coming gradually you have. >> barnaby, are we learning more about the tragedy of two days ago and that boat carrying as many as 700 people, ears saying
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950 people, do we know what happened? >> we don't know any more than the few details we've had so far, which depend essentially on the account of one survivor, a man, who we believe is from bangladesh. his account was absolutely horrific talking about hundreds of people having been locked in the lower decks, and so when this portuguese ship came across or, in fact, was sent by the italian coast guard to this ship that was already in some distress what we understand happened is that the migrants on board all ran to one side and because it was not seaworthy and it was overcrowded and there was so much weight down below, it tipped over, and that, we believe resulted in hundreds
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of deaths. so a horrible situation. we may find out a little bit more later this evening here in catania because we believe that the italian coast guards will be bringing back survivors we're talking about only 28 survivors from that boat. we understand that they're on their way here, and they'll be here after nightfall. so perhaps in the hours after their arrival a more complete picture of that tragedy will emerge. >> barnaby. thank you very much. that is barnaby phillips live for us in catania. now we cross over to luxembourg where foreign ministers are holding talks about the strategies in the mediterranean. dominic kane is in luxembourg for us. are we going to change see any changes to policies after these tragedies?
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>> the e.u. foreign policy chief was supposed to be giving a news conference in the next few minutes about the meetings held today but that's being put back because we understand that the meeting involving the foreign ministers and the interior ministers are still under way. the interior ministers were invited at short notice to this day of e.u. cancel summit meeting. it gives a sense of the importance invested in it day but that it's still going on, and we don't have any development from that. any from the summit meeting we do under that there is likely to be an e.u. leader summit on thursday. it would be logical that the venue for that would be in brussels. the british cameron e.u. minister has said that the meeting would be on thursday. a few hours ago foreign ministers attending the summit hearsaying that there was a need indeed, for the welfare of
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the migrants, to be picked up, and there needed to be things to be resolved in the countries that they're fleeing from. that was in reference to libya. libya was on the agenda originally and they've tried to solve the situation in libya where rival gangs have tried to take over certain cities and have fueled this wave of migrants. we expect to hear more in the not too distant future and likely they'll confirm the leader summit to be held on thursday. >> we'll bring you more live for you here on al jazeera. dominic kane in luxembourg. thank you very much. we have this update from the greek capital of athens. >> the greek coast guard said
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that they have rescued a hundred people and they've plucked them out of the water from the shores of island of rhodes in the southeast aegean. these migrants were lucky it seems. they have told local reporters that the engine cut out when they were about 100 yards from shore. that encouraged them to jump in and try to swim to shore even though it appears none of them knew how to swim. the coast guard arrived in boats and took them out of the water before they were able to reach shore. emergency services were there to deliver first aid and cpr and it appears that there could have been many more than the three so far confirmed fatalities that we know about, a man, a woman and a small child. a local reporter i spoke to earlier said that she saw the body of a small child roughly six years old being fished out
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of the water. 9 child was unconscious and the emergency workers were unable to revive that child. there could be a fourth fatality there could be more. at the moment, however it seems that roughly 100 people are safe having been rescued from this wreck, and we believe that they are of syrian origin. >> in other world news there has been a massive explosion in yemen's capital of sanaa. it happened at an area used by houthi rebels. 27 people are reported killed. let's go straight to our correspondent who is monitoring the advance there are conflicting reports of who exactly was responsible for the strikes. >> we've had reports that it
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might have been an explosion inside the weapons depo. this is a huge huge weapons depo in the mountains overlooking the area where the presidential palace in sanaa are located and troops who are loyal to ali abdullah saleh have been located. they want to destroy the military infrastructure, the capability of the houthis and their allies of inflicting harm on the camp and on the saudis as well. ed saudis said that they had observed the movement of military towards the border, and there are fears in saudi arabia that if the houthies are close to the border and are in
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possession of those weapons they may inflict harm on saudis. scud missiles are dangerous because they can be modified to go very long ranges, and in some instances they can strike up to hundreds of kilometers of distance. like what we saw in iraq. in 1919 when saddam hussein was able to hit cities with missiles. there have been reports of civilian casualties in the blast today. >> and we also heard from the foreign minister who said that thousands of outies and their supporters those loyal to the ali abdullah saleh what impact has that had on them because they seem defiant still. >> yes, they talked about the killing of thousands of houthis
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and i can think that this is an estimate by the foreign minister, and it might rely on some facts, a lot of sites where the houthis were locate have had been hit with those airstrikes, and understandably many of them could have been killed. they are not to be defeat: they're still in aden, vanaa and across yemen fighting. they talked about the mod of defiance and they said that they're ready to fight on until the end. >> thank you very much, indeed. mohammed vall with the latest on the situation in yemen. >> well, let's take a closer look at the situation on the ground in the port city of aden in southern yemen. it's been the scene of some of
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the most heavy fighting and humanitarian situation there is deteriorating there quickly. >> aden is has been the bat ground forbattle ground. they say they have made advances against houthi fighters and forces loyal to ali abdullah saleh. with the help of airstrikes they've managed to expand their control. >> they came in and invadeed our territory. they humiliate the us and took our money. they women with their weapons. so many women have become widows and so many children are now orphans. >> the humanitarian situation is only wearsening. thereworsening.
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the leader of the houthis have shown no sign of backing down. >> the saudi regime has no right interfering in our issue this is our problem, our country this is our regime. we should determine our fate, and we should choose our government and we as yemenis should decide our regime. >> there is lots more ahead on the situation in yemen and on the al jazeera news hour including on the wrong side of the law. the security clamp down in garissa after al-shabab fighters killed 148 people. plus shopping for opportunities. visitors head to cuba, but they are not on the tourist trail. and in sport indian cricket hit
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by tragedy after the death of a young player. >> first in egypt 22 members of the muslim brotherhood has been sentenced to death for an attack on a police station. another defendant who is a juvenile was sentenced to ten years in prison. the police station was targeted in the town during violence after the removal of the former president morsi in. in2013. two soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb near the border of giza. energies guinea there have been more protests against the timing in elections.
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protesters, and are reported to have dispersed the crowds. this comes a few days a week after two people were killed. remind us what the protesters are demanding what they want and what the response has been. we understand that the president is not in the country right now. >> well,. >> they haveif they don't have any local election now, there will be no presidential election. so this is the main problem in conakry. everybody wants the election now. everybody in the city wants the election.
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>> yosef. thank you very much. we'll continue to monitor the situation in guinea. >> we want to take you now to the united nations in new york where the u.n. are spoking. >> today this morning we're also discussing very important issue. the humanitarian issue. the first humanitarian summit meeting in istanbul next year, i'm looking forward to that. today's headlines brings
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italy greece has felt the burden record numbers of people are fleeing war and persecution. as migrants face discrimination, violence and they need our protection during their greatest hour of need. excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, today we have seen the great peril that humanitarian and development in so many places around the world i could be democrat condemn the attack today in somalia in which staff including from unicef,
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were killed. those who died in today's attack were not only from somalia but from other countries that have been in crisis showing the solidarity that is action. targeting atarget indicated individuals with violence is an attack on us all. we must bring the perpetuateors to justice. >> u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon condemning the killing in somalia today. he said that the death of thousands of migrants should shock the world into action. and said that italy has borne
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the biggest brunt of the crisis and called for the e.u. for more solidarity saying that greece and italy cannot handle this alone. >> in south africa the zulu king has condemned a wave. anti-immigrant attacks describing them as vial. there has been blame after saying that they are responsible for south africa's high crime rate. he denies the allegations that he told migrants to leave and said that it was taken out of context. we have more from that rally in durban. >> very much a speech of peace and reconciliation here by the zulu king. he called for what he described as a new war, a war to protect
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all foreign nationals in south africa after the huge wave of zenophobic attacks against migrant workers here. he spoke about the culpability of the media as he describes misinterpreting hits statements last month which have been blamed for sparking this violence. he said that the perpetrators of this violence should be caught and punished and brought to justice. he said it was a disgrace for south africa to have this happen to it now. he made the comparisons of zenophobic violence in 2008 was a case in point, and that south africa had not learned from those mistakes yet. he drew comparisons to the genocide in rwanda, and he managed that, saying how south africa and africa, as a continent are so deeply damaged by such violence. very much a message of peace and
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reconciliation here. and it's hoped that the king's speech will do something to quell these attacks against foreign migrants in south africa africa. >> the armed group released a video showing the killing of ethiopian christians. in kenya residents of garissa are recovering from an attack two weeks ago. the assault which killed 148 people was the biggest carried out by the group in kenya and it has started a security clamp down. >> on the wrong side of the law. this is how police deal with
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those dozen of youth are suspected involvement in the attack. the footage shows them being led away by the anti-terrorism unit. one man was in his pawnshop when security came for him. his brother said that he does not know where his brother is. >> we have been to police stations and prisons but cannot find him. we don't know if he's alive or dead. our brother is innocent. >> 148 people were killed. this is a town still in shock. there has been an exodus of christians from the town, and many businesses have closed. the town's main supermarket was the first business to close.
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>> we've lost people. we've lost our children. >> lack of trust between the security forces and the local population has been blamed for the worst situation in garissa. local leaders have been urging for security agencies. >> it is they who can help, the critical role they have in addressing that challenge and the fact that it time has now come to face the reality not to deny not to live in denial but to look at it in the face and address it. >> the leaders have held talks with the population and urged them not to leave. there are fears that the massive flight of teachers, doctors, and other professionals will severely effect basic services in the town. al jazeera. garissa, kenya. >> and the u.n. has condemned an al-shabab attack that
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european ministers are meeting in luxembourg to discuss the growing migrant crisis. at least 46 people have been killed in a massive explosion in yemen's capital of sanaa. there are conflicting reports whether the blast was caused by a saudi airstrike or by ammunition explosion inside the facility and the south african zulu king has condemned attacks on immigrants. he has been blamed for sparking unrest after saying that foreigners were responsible for the high crime rate. returning now to our top story in the war in yemen a spokesman earlier in yemen. i spoke to him and asked what the last 26 days of the saudi airstrikes had achieve. >> the coalition forces succeeds relatively to this draw in the
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military infrastructure including weaponry, which are totally destroyed also the heavy artillery. the significance here is that the front lines were in aden now cut off there is no communication or lines of supply, they were cut off to these fighting groups in aden. so the militias of aden are cut off from those. >> it's looking unlikely there will be a decisive military solution in this crisis. is a political solution still in the cards for you? are you still prepared to talk to the outies. >> we as a government, who
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openly and an deadly stated that we're against the expansion of the military war and on the ground offensive. we're aiming at putting an end to bloodshed and minimizing the casualties. now the ball is in the houthi's court. what brought us to this grave point is the houthis. and what has caused this grave humanitarian catastrophe was the houthies backed by the deposeed president saleh. it is up to them to put an end to lay down arms and lay down the artillery. we're prepared to negotiate with them. >> how can you claim to be the legitimate government. you're the spokesman and you're here in qatar. what do you say to those who say that you're not in the voice of
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the yemeni people because you're not in the country right now. >> i reiterate that the government are working hard to return to yemen. she has recognized the legitimacy of president hadi. it is only saleh and houthis who are against. >> when will you go back to yemen? >> i believe the condition security conditions permits them to return they'll run the country's aglairs as the
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government of yemen what do you say about the humanitarian impact of the saudi-led airstrikes according to the united nations. over 700 people have died, and just today one of its warehouses was bombed. milk factories are being bombed. refugee camps are also being bombed. isn't your government responsible for protecting its people. >> true, the humanitarian continue is grave and we cannot deny that. the humanitarian condition is nothing but a catastrophe. we regreet to see regret. it's a war of necessity. we in yemen are a poor country and blood is the most precious commodity that we have. we feel deep regret and sorrow for the fall of a single yemeni
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citizen. we are adamant and certain that it will be decided very shortly. >> returning now to the migrant crisis in the mediterranean. the maltese prime minister said that while it was hot up to 700 people died when a boat capsized off the coast of libya on sunday the death toll could be much higher. >> i'm afraid we might have the figures wrong in the latest eyewitnesses are saying that there have been more than 700 people on board. there might have been as many as 950 people on board. there are reports from eyewitnesses that some of these migrants were locked in a part of the boat, and when it capsized they sank with it. really and truly this is a humanitarian tragedy of proportions we have rarely seen. and what we're seeing today that after we learned about these things the human traffickers are send morgue boats. we're ask more people right now.
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i believe that that history will be judged in the way we react in the next few hours. this cannot be business as usual because it's not business as usual. this will happen this week, next week and the week after. and it seems that these criminals don't have anything to lose. we must make sure that they get the message that europe and international communities are ready to take all the necessary steps to make sure that this racket is destroyed. >> well, for the asylum seekers who do get across to europe life can be tough there. we met one man in rome who narrowly escapeed death from libya who is now struggling. >> for the migrants it is a journey that represents a new life, a new start. and joseph got that new life five years ago. >> they say we will enter
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italian waters. >> he had to get out of ghana and made his way to libya where smugglers put him on a boat for a price. destindestination lampedusa. >> i was lucky. they said, you're moving today. i went there and they didn't take me. they said that i'm--the boat is over. so it's full. so i have to go. in one or two days time i heard that the boat sink in the sea. all of the people died. >> so you had a narrow escape. >> yes. all of them died. all of them sink including the
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boat. >> but the boat he did board also got into trouble and had to be rescued. joseph still remembers vividly the moment he arrived in europe. >> they were very kind to us. they were happy to receive pups we were happy about them. they took us in a plane, and we came to rome. >> but life has not been as kind as he had hoped. joseph takes odd jobs where he can. he barely gets by. >> i struggle to get money to feed myself. >> you struggle eat. >> yes, i struggle to eat.
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there are little jobs. you're lucky to get some job. if you're not lucky you just pray that somebody will call you to come work. and he has a message for those driven to risk their lives to get to europe. >> it is better for them to stop coming. stay where they are. >> the words of a man who has been there, is there now but words that many willing will ignore. so desperate for a new start. >> chinese president xi jinping is in islamabad for his eight-day visit. the move is part of jinpings drive to move imports across
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asia. >> high in the mountains close to the border of china and pakistan, china is expanding the highest internationally paved road. and expanding it's influence. this is part of a project called the china-pakistan corridor. it will span from kashgar to the port city of gwadar. >> when the corridor becomes operational, china will be directly connected to the gulf states and to africa. this would be a big dividend accruing directly from the corridor. >> construction has started on a deep-sea port in gwadar. it will cut the time that
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imports reach china from 12 days to 36 hours. coal solar and wind power oil and gas pipelines highways and railways. thisthis is one of the most impressive buildings in islamabad. a convention center paid for by china. the two countries have a long-tested relationship one that is based on cultural, economic and strong military ties. china is pakistan's biggest supplier of weapons. it develop its latest jet fighter. the jf 17 thunder. >> pakistan is a country plagued by problems, unless we cannot defend on others. china has been a reliable friend of pakistan, and i think that is known universally. >> the china-pakistan economic
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corridor revives the old silk road traders used centuries ago. and a nod to the past while developing new industries for the future. nicole johnston, al jazeera, islamabad. >> well, joining us now is andrew small the author of the book the china pakistan access. he's live from washington, d.c. thank you for being on al jazeera. china clearly trying to expand its influence in the region. first of all how does this deal benefit it? and how does it benefit the pakistanis? >> well, from china's perspective it has economic and security needs for this. it's economic model to externalize and it wants to stabilize its periphery. and it's worried about the implications not only from the withdraw of afghanistan but
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pakistan itself. it wants to do what it can in its western periphery and stabilize its neighborhood. and of course there are large economic benefits too. it wants the growth drivers in west that will connect it's interior to energy supplies and energy markets. >> but the indians are very wary about the growing chinese influence in the region, but you believe that this could also benefit india? >> india is worried about the security military relationship between china and pakistan. in some respects this expansion of the china economic involvement in the country which has always been modest in the past, could have benefits for india particularly since it needs to be at peace with its neighbors, particularly afghanistan and india and the security situation inside pakistan which has worried
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india as well ising is something that needs it make--thethe pakistani ports will stand to benefit from some of these economic ties. and >> drawing comparisons with china's investment in africa, of course many people are saying that the resources and benefits are not fairly distributed to locals in africa. do you see this being the same case in pakistan? >> i think it's quite different in this case firstly china's involvement in africa has been concentrated on natural resources. in pakistan china is not looking to extract resources from mines or oil projects or anything like this. these are largely infrastructure connectivity projects, and they're driven by the pakistani
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government in terms of the selection of the projects that is there with a view of the long-term economic and infrastructure needs. and there is a much longer level of political and economic involvement in pakistan. it is quite focused on trying to insure some of the benefits accrue to pakistani workers and to some of the provinces in pakistan quite widely. and so i think china's got a better track record of being able to insure that the benefits accrue in pakistan to a wide section of society. this is demonstrated, i think by the level of popularity that china has in pakistan almost uniquely in the world. >> thank you so much for your insight. andrew small joining us live from washington, d.c. lebanon has received its first shipment of french-made
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weapons. we explain why the lebanese government is saying the deliver delivery so-so is so important. >> at beirut international airport french and saudi officials were visibly happy and lebanese niece officials were clearly reliefved. >> they waited a year and a half for this. the first shipment of the arms deal with france and to bolster the capabilities of a weakened overstretched lebanese army. at a critical time isil, al nusra front and other armed groups have all been trying to infiltrate lebanon. >> there is threat, i think there is serious threat. those terrorist who is are now in the syria and lebanon. >> monday's delivery was mostly
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light weapons. and while these green cases may not have looked all that imposing the lebanese government insists this is a game changer. >> some military analysts are not as sure. >> as soon as possible you cannot wait two years for this. >> as more lebanese soldiers are deployed to a share border with syria, they say they don't have the weapons they need most, and they won't have them for a while. details are searchy, but many analystizes expect it could be two to three years before any helicopters or warships are delivered. >> saudi arabia has made the deal a priority. but with no fend sight to syria's spill-over in violence, some say that it time may not be
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still a dream for most chinese people. today the country's the world's fastest growing auto market, and this is arguebly the industry's most important trade event. >> i think there are a lot of opportunities. >> but it's not all good news. car sales are declining here. falling were 13% to 7% last year. one of the reasons china's slowing economy and there is another reason. the government's anti-corruption campaign means that many local officials don't want to be seen driving around in vehicles that could even be vaguely described as a luxury model. that is denting the market for premium cars. sales of electric cars also remain in the slow lane. as part of efforts to curb pollution and promote a domestic car industry the government
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wants 5 million energy-saving vehicles on the roads by 2020. so far the figure is fewer than 100,000, but manufacturers say that they're optimistic. >> when you walk around at this show and not only look at the manufacturers who are committed but you see the from we're getting the think the future in china is brighter than the rest of the world. >> last month tesla confirmed that it was cutting jobs and has 2,000 unsold vehicles in china. with the government promoting austerity and discouraging excess organizers have been polishing a new image as well. models in less clothes are normally a feature of such shows 37 but they've been panned this year making the focus of officials more auto than show. >> now for something even more high tech, japan with its first
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robot receptionist. on monday greeting customers as it walked in. the department store said that it hopes the robot will be an effective tool if giving directions to customers. the man who will never be replaced by a robot. >> thank you very much. a 0-year-old indian cricketers has decide following a collision the 20-year-old was a right-handed batsman. he was injured after colliding with a teammate after both went for a high catch on friday. he died early on monday morning. it comes four months after philip hughes died after being hit by a bouncer. >> he had a severe traumatic brain injury which gives rise to swelling of the brain for that
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reason he was kept in the icu to see any immediate change and take appropriate measures. unfortunately, his cardiac arrest we took all appropriate measures but he unfortunately succumbed to severe brain injury injury. >> well in cricket we gained reaction. tweeting: >> valentino rosi after starting from eighth on the grid, the italian's success came at the cost of marquez, who crashed.
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>> i'm very sorry i hope he's okay. but it was a great race. i'm very happy. >> australia's anti-doping agency decided not to appeal a decision to acquit 34 footballers to illegal drug use but instead handed the case over to the world anti-doping agency. they say they will look at the evidence and decide whether or not they will appeal the not guilty verdicts. to the nba playoffs. four games on sunday, the cleveland cavaliers the grizzlies and the clippers all won. they beat the brooklyn nets. sunday's match. scoring a game high 21 points and atlanta winning 99-92. >> to the nhl playoffs.
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new york islanders are up 2-1 and they did it in overtime. scoring in just 15 seconds of the additional period to give them the 2-1 victory. they become the first to score an over time goal in the playoffs since 1993, would you believe. meanwhile, the chicago blackhawks have lead their series 2-1 chicago winning 4-2 for the best of search seven series take placing on tuesday. jim furyk with a victory in south carolina, he beat american kevin kistner. winning it with a birdie on the second extra hole. cricketer in england smashed one of the highest scores ever seen.
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that was a club game. the highers score in the first-class match was the 268 of 199 balls hit by alastair brown back in 2002. the high score in an one-day international was just last year. hitting 264 off 173 balls in india. mr. livingstone in very good company. now another man used to breaking records, he is a warming up for the world athletic championships that take place in beijing. the six-time olympic champion was rather unhappy at his performance. the jamaican was running in an exhibition race in brazil. and he posted a time of 10.12 seconds. >> well, i wanted to run it
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faster but it didn't happen. i thought my execution in the race was very poor. it's all about getting races in. the more i run the better i'll get, and it's all about running more and more and more, and i look forward to continuing running and staying injury-free. i have to move on and look over the race. and look at what i need to work on. i should be okay. >> i think you'll all right. for more go to www.aljazeera.com/sport. we have blogs from around the world. that's your sport for. >> you raul, thank you very much. that's it for this news hour on al jazeera from doha. thank you for watching. my colleague david forest is
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>> also mainly finally finally give the idea of a new sense of urgency, a new sense of political will from the european union side to tackle the issue of migration and to the trafficking and smuggling of people across the mediterranean. i would say that today we have a new european level of awareness that this is an european issue not of single-member states, and we need to act to act fast, and to act united. this is not just a call from some but a
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