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go back on doors to stop disease from spreading angry and scared, they pick through the rubble, after an air strike hits the rest a area ♪ ♪
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♪ ♪ american singer ben e. king has died at the age of 76 ♪ ♪ ♪ charges, to get the officers range from assault to second-degree murder, he suffered spinal injuries, and he died a week later sparking days of protest some of which were violent. the thorough and independent investigation coupled with the medical examiners determination that his death was a.
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no audio. a lot of people had very little faith in the justice system and mistrust of the police and this decision, by the chief prosecutor here, actually was elect owed a get tough on crime agenda, and is close to the police. and, and this lens a lot of credibility to the charges, and the specific accusation that the police were guilty, in the case of one officer of second degree murder by allowing him to be chocogled and bound in the vehicle and bounced around, causing a fatal head injury, which resulted in his death that charge is the most serious every lefted against a baltimore
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police officer. and so, this is a significant move and, people in the baltimore area will welcome this particularly those areas where the police, and police have been in conflict. tom, i understand that president barak obama has been talking about this, and tell us about what he had to say. he what seem to have lost our line and let's hear from president barak obama who has been talking about this issue. it is absolutely vital, that the truth comes out on what happened to mr. freddie gray. and, it is my practice not to comment on the legal process
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involved, that would not be appropriate, but i can tell you that justice needs to be served. all the evidence, needs to be presented. those individuals who are charged, are also entitled to due process and rule of law and so, i want to make sure that our legal system, runs the way it should. well now, the death toll, from the earthquake has reached 6,260, and 14,000 people injured and, those figures keep rising as they search through the rubble of homes almost a week ago and, the government says, every family, which has lost someone, will be given about 1,000 in compensation and those who can are beginning to return to their homes. and those with disease severe
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shortage of clean water and toilets and one mental team went to a remote village. around the vim language, locals line up to get treated by a team of doctors and, this is the first medical team in in the village, since the earthquake. her daughters have been suffering from stomach cramps. the water is thick and smellly, but we have to drink it. many patient vest diarrhea and, vomiting, and some, seem to be dazed. besides diarrhea, the 2-year-old has skin infections, and, behind him, he stairs on. he had bad diarrhea, our house is too dangerous to gay back. the army doctors have come to help out.
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we have come to help out. long time to bring up, and other family disease and the collapse of the existing health system is what concerns the medical health officers, and the army has been coordinating all the international teams. quite a few of them, and now, the foreign medical team, i think, they will start moving out in a week or two. but our plan is that, other medical teams which can come here and stay here, and so prongly, we'll be sending this, to these teams and whether they can be described. those who are not physically sick, are in shock and they're afraid to sleep and they hope to get some medication from some
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doctors, who will be here, for one more day and once they leave, they'll friend for themselves. each at at the best of times health coverage has been poor. it's a half-an-hour away and, the only thing that they have is tablets. q.not everyone has toilets and people defecate in the streets and. in katmandu, and, in one remote village and how many villages that, need that kind of assistance? well there are dozens, maybe hundreds of villages, who still need assistance, and although people were found in a bad shape she they were found alive and there was another village 150 kilometers here and 67 people
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were found alive, they were cut off, since the earthquake struck on saturday and they are in need of a lot of help, especially, medical help. an appeal has been made for medicine and, water born disease, and diarrheas and typhoid, and the government is making special appeals for these medicines. we've been talking to you right from the beginning of this story, is it your impression, that the co organization, and the government is actually improving at all? well it's been a big improvement from what it was a week ago, this is one of the biggest things, that the government has been criticized on, and the they admitted they dropped the ball, but, there is now more, and there's now international teams as well as local army teams making their way into the remote areas and
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there's still only scratching the surface and, it will it will take days, until they can reach the areas affected and know the extent of the deaf vast tasting. you mentioned some of the priorities for preventing the disseases and what are they looking to get in place? well, one thing is, they're still in need of 10ths and blankets and people, in the capital are still sleeping outside, and the finance minister made that appeal today and those are basic necessities which is something still needed here, and some private groups that are looking for donations are asking people not to donate money and but to donate goods and there's nothing to by here and, they don't have access to imports and airport, has been a battle neck, and so, their appeal is for the basics, which
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are still needs in the capital of nay bal. and, thank you. the south pa fick island of new again knee has been hit by a second earthquake, it struck southwest, and no immediate reports of casualties and damages. and a 6.7 quake hit the area on wednesday. they townd 32 drapes in an add ban donned trafficking camp, and, police suspect they belong to muslims who were forced toes expaip ethic persecution and then big ransoms to take them across to malaysia. still to come ♪ ♪ the president warns of severe sanctions on protestors,
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over 400 have been arrested. plus,. fish they are shen like these are taking on the burden for search and rescue missions for migrants.
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>> weeknights on al jazeera america. >> join me as we bring you an in-depth look at the most important issues of the day. breaking it down. getting you the facts. it's the only place you'll find... the inside story. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". weeknights, 11:30 eastern. on al jazeera america. and his april 12th arrest was will lim, the death toll has
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reached, 6,260 and survivors are facing a threat of disease is, due to a is veer shortage of water, toilet, and aid. and new again knee has been hit by a second earthquake, and it should be southwest and no immediate reports that casuallies have been listed. , and on thursday ♪ ♪ ♪ the u.n. is ruling that fuel shortages could stop aid for the yemen, and, the supplies, already inside the country,. saudi awry we a launched a attach and, dozens of rebels
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were dead, and some neighborhoods they were only targeted in an air strike- send people living there say more than a dozen people were killed, and fighters, and in the area around the airport. they discussed at a closed meeting, at the u.n. well the russian ambassador to the united nations called this meeting the situation is bad and getting worse for life for civil yums, and the secretary, has called for a cease-fire or pauses to help civilians, with 1200 of them having been killed so far in this fighting and, this is what he had to say going into the
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meeting. we are very concerned and civilian casualties, and they are being hit and there are very serious basic shorttance for food, and water and medicine and fuel and everything is worse in yemen. and there is no embargo on bringing anything but weapons. so why they are po posing problems for bringing in diesel fuel is something that i don't understand. now, we know that the russian ambassador went into this meeting hoping to come out with a statement to the press about the situation there, and the russians proposed a statement calling for a cease-fire and humanitarian pauses, and the same thing that the secretary general has been calling for and the russian ambassador was very angry accusing his colleagues of
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procras tin nate and indecision and, simple statement express their concern was not a lot to the ask for and the united states spoke after the meeting and representative, said that, the russian characterization of the situation wasn't the case, that members of the council were very concerned and they wanted to consult more about the language of the statement before making it. we know that the council supports the excide president however, there have been a divisions the saudi campaign and, that's something that the russians are against. and russia has been critical of the gulf cooperation efforts to hold peace talks and a location that is not neutral and, not so place that they would feel comfortable attend to get talks. so we're seeing these divisions
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develop in the country hearing about them, behind closed doors and, one thing that did come out of this meeting is that the under secretary, told the council, that secretary general plans to do soon to address the situation and we don't know what that is. but there is a brand new special enjoy for yemen and, the shake and he has just taken over this position, and is heading to the region very soon. but this is a priority for the united nations and members of the security council how they will proceed, is still being worked out. thanks. the syrian army has launched an offensive to control its forces and they attacked them, after a week, which saw the president's forces lose of the parts of it, and the capital is,
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one of the most important government held areas in the country. officials in baghdad say isis are using revenue tease to carry out attacks and on thursday night six explosions claimed 21 lives and hundreds have fled to baghdad. the world's largest komp hah being restructured. it will be separated from the oil ministry and, it will be more transparent and keep it away from political sway. and, now run by a ten member economic council and promoted deputy crown prince. and the major reshuffle. they face severe sanctions if they continue to demonstrate against his decision to seek a
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third term. demonstrations have resulted in violence. and there is people that have been detained. court reporter particulars of the president say his decision violates the constitution, and endanger a peace deal. now, the update. the total number of people arrested by police is over 400 and, confirm to the police and the last number they gave us was on tuesday and they arrest he had 250 and give another press conference but didn't give any numbers, and they don't allow any questions, and, they couldn't and remains but the protestors haven't been destroying much property, just one car burned here, and there's a whole garage full of cars, and only burned this one destined
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for scrap and, cooperation with the owner of garage, to make sure they make it, the property, that doesn't have much value to anyone. and military helicopter, and, the helicopter was carrying police officers, and taking part of a anti cartel, and arrested in the second biggest city and set on fire and, used to block roads and sen people have been killed, and mexico city give us a bit more information about this helicopter being fired on. well it does seem dramatic and, it's important to not confirm this, but, this is all coordinated, these burning vehicles and this helicopter attack and it sht shot down the helicopter and, at least three
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soldiers were killed in that land, as well as about a dozen other security forces and there have been more than 20 vehicles, set, and that's the second largest city, in mexico and, the same state where this helicopter was attacked, and all signs are pointing to it, it could be an attack by the new generation. the cartel that operates in that state and, less than a month ago, they took responsibility for killing 15 police officers and, the fact that this helicopter was on a operation, and you have all these dramatic vehicle burns shows that this, is coordinated and, that's what the governor of the state is coordinated against, and,. the government, what are they saying it's going to do?
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well, they say they're going to fight back and win this war and, this war has been going on for more than 8 years in mexico mexico. and, if hasn't always been a frontline, and this powerful area and new generation has shown that it doesn't mind having public attacks and carrying them out with dramatic flare, and it seems to be standing up to the government and, do your best and we're here to stay for our viewers it might be important to recognize this this is a cartel, that made inductions into the area, and for years they have been struggled, and this gee gen of although it is not known as the border area, has become a frontline, in this battle against drug organizations. thank you very.
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italy's fisherman are at the sharp end, and they rescue migrants and, see them die in the water. now, the report, where the fisher shen are feeling the strain. returning to port, after ten days fishing in the mediterranean, these men have tales to tell and they only caught fir in their net and others are haunted by what they have seen and they see send it and, he pulled for than 1,000 from the seen, and a number of dead. when you see it, you get a lump in your throat because you know what you're going to see and, we want to save everybody and rough sees make it impossible and you can't save them. fishing boats like these are
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regularly called onto rescue my grants at sea. and those gaps are many, and in an emergency meeting they promised to send mr boats and that was more than a weaking a. this is how many fish are caught it's a me ger cash, because they are gwen link, and it is under strain, and they are in you taking the toll. emotionally, our fishermen are exhausted and every time they're involved in an operation, they're losing money and more than 3,000 uros a day it is not fair. some of these folks often are within the coast and far from the boats and, he has been detained we a, accused of fishing in that waters and he
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tells me, at the time his boat was hit by minute gunfire. it was the libyan coast guard for stop, and i was already kidnapped and had my boat shing, and i spent 6 months in prison and, i thought i'm not going for surrender even if they sink me. around 5,000 my dprans and europe must have more pimp pa thing for that price. i'm really worried because i don't feel they fully understand the issue and they're only dealing with the immediate emergency. and they're not dealing with the root of the problem. and they play the hero and, perhaps, your rop relies on them turkish police have used water cattle, and fear gas ins
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tal bull. 10,000 police were deport he and, demonstrators threw stones and bottles and, if the protest they passed a bill, to increase more powers to crack down on demon strat tors. 13,000 people have been taking part in a may day march in athens. and they were pauseful, and the ministers even joined the marches, and they the same message, agrees, is locked in negotiations with creditors to reduce the you a taraty measure. and electric car maker and sets sight's the electricity mc. he unveiled battery for
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homes, and, to be used for backup power and, a amount barb us power and solar panels, and, in garages. and, the battery might be too expensive for me, $3,000 u.s. dollars. i think about buying a battery, it gives you peace of mind if there's a cut in the utility, you'll always have power and, a cold, and you don't have to worry about being out of power, if there's an ice storm. and you can go, if you want, completely off grid, and you can take your sole will he panels, and, that's all you use. the american singer ben e. king has died at age 76. ♪ ♪ when the night has come ♪ soul singer, standby me,
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