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countries approve same-sex marriage. and one of the most celebrated cars ever built. >> iraqi forces and the u.s.-led coalition have moved to stop isil's advance from are a ramadi. the capital of of iraq's biggest province. 40,000 people have left ramadi when it was captured earlier this week. they took out the ancient city syrian city of palmyra. isil is now said to control large parts of iraqi's sunni

heartland. we have reports from baghdad. >> reporter: the staging ground for the government's counter offensive against isil. in a show of support for the troops officials discuss the military plans that are put in place there. but even before that military operations begin and the base is already under threat. >> we are now the front line. they have positioned and are heavily fortified. we're determined to recap tour anbar soon. >> but before doing that, the government needs to maintain its defense line a few kilometers from the base. shia paramilitary forces and government soldiers have moved into this area to stop isil's advance to the east of ramadi. isil seems to have a strategy.

losing the basis would be a major military setback for the government which doesn't have many areas to stage attacks from, from the province. they would be able to link ramadi to fallujah, which has been under its control since january 2014. all that would bring the armed group close for the iraqi capital baghdad. >> these men will be leading the fight because regular forces are weak and not ready and the government has failed to bring sunnies into the official forces. calls are growing louder for a rethink of strategy to to fight isil. >> the only way to stop them is to bring in sunni tribes. they need to trust the government's promises. mistrust is deep. reconciliation is needed to fight isil's gains.

>> sunni leaders have don't want to join the fight against isil only to give territory to iranian-backed shia militias. the communities need to come together because so isil has been able to gain ground by exploiting those differences. >> army chiefs from arab nations are in cairo to finalize details of a joint military force. leaders decided in march to set up the force to combat groups like the islamic state in iraq and the levant. an iranian ship load loaded with aid is docked in djibouti. have have been border

skirmishes. saudi forces say they responded withal till with artillery shelling. for many conditions are desperate. we went to a refugee camp in obock. >> reporter: in an all been deserted area they are gathered. hundreds of refugees who have runaway from the war in yemen crossing the sea in search of safety. this woman has two children. she has been camped out here for weeks in conditions she says are unbearable. >> for children they're finding it impossible to stay here. some of us are diabetic. some have heart problems. we can't cope in this heat. there is no electricity or hot water. >> there are more than 1,000 refugees here. the u.n. appears to be struggling to cope. many of the refugees still have not been allocateed tents and there is not a great deal in the way of food or clothing.

holes have been dug up to serve as toilets. out of which repulsive smells emanate making one want to throw up. the u.n. has set up a vaccination program and is providing clean water but refugees say it is not enough. >> international communities have not fulfilled its obligations. they should come here and see how we're living. the heat is unbearable and children are getting sick. >> in djibouti the conditions at this refugee camp are dire. the u.n. said they're doing their best, unless the international community acts fast things could get even worse. an international donors conference is expected to take place in the coming weeks. the organizer said it can't come fast enough. >> we hope that international communities would move forward and provide support.

>> all of the refugees we spoke to told us how they're terrified by the can't shelling constant shelling. finding a safe place for their children was all they could think about. now those children are safe from the fighting but they are by no means out of harm's way. diseases to easily spread here and many have already fallen sick. the hope still clings that the world will hear their calls for help. >> libya's tripoli based government said that the migrant crisis is too big for it to handle on its own. thousands of people from africa and the middle east use libya as part of their journey to try to reach europe. the insecurity and turmoil in the country may be easy for people traffickers to operate freely.

>> tired and losing hope. many in this camp are from egypt. some of them were just looking for work. >> i came from egypt to libya. i thought it was safe here. i was shocked at the situation. human traffickers brought me through the mountains. >> others came to libya threw the airport. they said they had assurances from influential armed groups. their passports were stamped but they were not given legal status. >> we arrived at the airport and we were told there were no domestic flights available to take us to the airport. they took us by bus and each ticket cost more than $100 u.s. >> from the airport they took us as one group whether you had a passport or not. they put us in a small place that cannot accommodate big numbers.

>> it is easy for these groups to take advantage of those looking for a better life. for many people smuggling and trafficking earns them a lot of money. they use the empty lorri es to bring back people. each will carry 45 people, who will be charged $1,000 each. there have been calls for international help to deal with the crisis. members of the congress says that the problem is too big for any government in libya to resolve on its own.

>> they believe that the government in tobruk will back them. dozens have been killed in the groups. the chance of cooperation seems unlikely. >> an egyptian kills 17 people for taking part of an authorized protest in january. the demonstration became famous after one of the protesters was shot dead. an unarmed activist who died on the anniversary of the revolution against former president hosni mubarak. a police officer has been charged with manslaughter for her death. to ireland now where the

referendum for same-sex marriage has been hailed a revolution. >> the yes vote campaigners are jubilant. the size of their victory appears to be even bigger than they have anticipated. it's the world's first national vote on the issue. and not long ago the result would have been unthinkable in this staunchly catholic country. >> never felt happier as i have this day because we did it. we did it. i'm so proud of this country. >> i can't believe it. i'm so proud to be irish. you don't get many times where you're proud to be irish but this is one of them. >> even before the official declaration it quickly became clear who had one. all remained political parties with big business and celebrities. >> i'm so proud to be irish today. it has been an emotional day.

and many personal stories have been told around the country and on the airwaves. >> in the time between their wedding and they reception parties newlyweds found time to vote. >> this is just about equality. nobody told us whether we could or couldn't get married. we think everyone should have the same choice. if you want to, you should be able to get married to the person you love. just as we have today. it's really a simple matter and it's about equal. >> i not everyone feels the same way. many cling to conservative attitudes, but the catholic church has been robbed by abuse and scandals, it's influence waning and attitudes changing. at an airport irish people flogged homeflock flocked home to vote. >> ireland was the last country to decriminalize homosexuality

two decades ago. >> more still to come here on the al jazeera news hour. it's one of the fastest economies growing in the world. so why is unemployment such a big problem in ethiopia. and nepal faces another obstacle. we'll tell but the efforts to protect them from human traffickers. and it's qualifying for the grand prix. we have sports coming up with jo jo. >> three-hour gun battle between mexican police and suspected gang members has left over 40 people dead. all but one of those who died was suspected of being part of a drug cartel.

we have reports from mexico city. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: that sound is gunfire and these people were killed in what authorities say was a shootout between police and suspected gang members in michoacan state in southwest mexico. by the time the ambulances arrived 40 people were dead. one of them was a police officer. it's still unclear exactly what happened, but federal officials say that the police were attacked by gunmen and return fire in a running battle that ended in a ranch. >> the shoot out was prolonged in three hours on three different parts of the property. >> this all in a region controlled by the powerful new generation cartel. they recently shot down an army helicopter including 15 police in an amburg. ambush.

state authorities say that those killed in the shoot out could be from the cartel. >> as they moved into new generation cartel territory it's inevitable that this would take place. but that's not the picture that the mexican government wants nationally or internationally for mexico. they want to shift the image of which violence and organized crime are deeply ingrained. >> smaller outfits like the new generation cartel have emerged to take their place. >> it should ultimately change--there will be a need to change the nature of response. >> the police response in this incident was overwhelming. it's not clear what exactly happened or why the death toll was so high. al jazeera mexico city. >> well, for more on that let's

go to mexico city and speak to laura carlson the director of the latin american rights security program at the center of international policy. good to have you with us. i do have a question about the over all drug war. but before we get into that explain to us why this ranch was so important for the drug cartel to take it over and for the police to try to stop them? >> well, the drug cartel by all evidence has actually been here for a while. it's territory that is the new generation cartel took over when the knights templar in micoacan were virtually decimated by government forces. i think this is a stronghold of the new generation cartel, and what really happened what we can get from the evidence and read between the lines of the official statements is that the government planned this ambush. and they probably planned it for

two main reasons. aside from the fact that this cartel is a major criminal organization and the crime fighting responsibility of the government is to take out the cartel we're also looking at the fact that we're very close to elections and being able to capture the head of the cartel would have been a major plus for the government. and they're also looking to weak then organization at this time in particular. >> what does it say about the war on drugs though. if we got what was considered smaller cartels now moving up, fillling vacuums, using rocket launchers and shooting down helicopters. >> what it says about the war on drugs is that it's a disastrous policies. going after the leaders of these major cartels has led to this fragmentation with the smaller cartels that is considered to be up to 80 throughout mexico now.

and the smaller cartels are not necessarily weaker. they begin to accumulate forces as well. the problem with them is that they're less controlled. they have more of a rolling agenda--a rogue agenda, so they tend to wreak vie lessons and extortion on the population. this will come out in a split when a major kingpin whose leader was in a lower cartel. it comes out that have and develops into its own cartel, and it takes over territory from the cartel that was previously targeted by the government. now the government is forced to target this one. but what we also see here, and this is kind of a major difference since the mayday attack is the kind of firepower that they're using. it's very likely they had to use a rocket launcher to take down the army helicopter on may

1st, and they're very well armed, and they're ruthless. >> you mentioned the upcoming elections. how much of a threat is this sort of violence in key places like guadalajara or close to it. how much of a threat is that to the economy? >> well, it's a huge threat to the economy because, for example, here we're talking about a number of economic interests. there is methamphetamine production, marijuana trafficking, and they're all going to the u.s. market. there is also rock quarries, one of the main economic activities, and the cartels were exacting a quota as is common in the mining industry from these economic activities here. so it scares off foreign investment to a certain degree, and it's a problem. then we have destabilization.

people feel this kind of a context is not an environment in which fair elections can take place. >> very worrying, indeed. thank you so much for your analysis on that. the united nations children's charity is worried about the emotional toll nepal's devastating earthquake is having on the young. the child welfare system is not able to provide much support. >> at the center of kathmandu 46 children gist have been driven from a district allegedly by relatives. these children from the villages have all lost their homes. many have lost family members. but this this is designed to prevent child trafficking in the wake of disaster.

unicef's child protection officers say that children are far better off staying with their parents even when families are in crisis. >> as for any other emergency we have to be honored that the families are not pushing to send children away to trust people with promises. >> we met the children at the private school where they were being kept for the time being. >> nobody pulled my brother and my mother out of the debris for three days. says 12-year-old esther. i found them, her sister is in shock. we had no help, said 11-year-old sara. for three days we eight nothing. then we dug out the debris and eight rice and salt. we were afraid to go back because the mountains might fall on us. it's been three days since these

children came to this school in the outskirts of kathmandu. but now they've been told they have to go back. after a few calls we found out that the centers were not ready yet. the children would have to wait. >> children have lost their entire families will go to transit centers. as for children who are staying in dangerous places with their families we're developing programs to help entire families. >> a week later the government finally prepared a transit center. although the parent preferred to keep their children at the school in kathmandu pressure from the government meant that children would have to go back to the district. >> i don't know why we're being sent back. we pray that we can stay and go to school here. >> these children who have already survived a disaster are

now being shuffled back and forth between well wishers relatives, government and international organizations who up hold what they think is best, and no one has asked them what they prefer. >> emergency teams in china have rescued more than a thousand people stranded by floods. around 500 houses were submerged in the eastern province. torrential rains swept but the region on monday. myanmar has sound off a new law to control its population. critics fear it will be used to discriminate against minorities, particularly rohingya muslims. some say that it could fan the flames of intolerance. >> with five children to look after, this mother's day can be long and busy, but she would not

change a thing. >> in the muslim state children are a blessing. if the government tells me i can't have children, i can't have that. >> forcing mothers to wait three years before having their next child has been signed off by myanmar's president. it targets myanmar's minorities because they're having children. it. >> controlling the population growth of the bengallys is to protect our country's security. we have a right to protect our country. it does not mean that we're not observing human rights. >> the rohingya are an ethnic minority with a history of living in myanmar but most of them are still considered illegal migrants from bangladesh. groups from 2012 forced 140,000

rohingya to flee their homes. many have been living in capers ever since. critics say that the new law is another form of persecution in a country where many muslims cherish big families. >> it can also happen to other minorities in the country. not only the rohingya, but also it can be implemented to other minorities as well. >> regional authorities will be responsible for implementing the law in having babies. why there is no official punishment for those who break the rules women here are worried. al jazeera. >> an oil pipeline spill in the united states is raising questions about industry safety. more than 300 workers are trying to clean up the spill on the coast of california. u.s. government records show on average there is a pipeline incident every 30 hours. rob reynolds reports from santa

barbara. >> a clean up continues. workers in protective clothing hall away bags of sand and rocks. shifts lay down boons to keep holy from spreading further out at sea. 79,000 liters of crude oil spilled into the pacific on tuesday when a pipeline on sure burst. the cleanup is likely to take some time. >> the harder part will be the shoreline, the beaches the cliffs and the soil. i don't like to put a timeline on that because we want to make sure that we do it right and it could take weeks it could take months. >> the pipeline is owned by plains all american, and they say that the company owes the public some answers. >> in this case the pipeline should have been shut down immediately. but it didn't. so a lot of oil got out. >> company executives offered apologies but little hard information. >> none of us, nobody in our

industry wants to have an incident and resident don't. >> now questions are being asked about all the other policy oil pipe lives crisscrossing the country, and whether regulations are strong enough to keep spills like this one from happening again. >> in 2010 was the biggest inland smell in u.s. history. >> there is a constant this little spill that little spill which we don't see. >> the department of transportation report said that regulation has not kept pace with the changing oil and gas transportation environment. without timely action to address safety risks posed by increased transport of oil and gas by pipeline and rail, additional

accidents that could have been prevented or mitigated may endanger the public. a giant oil spill here in 1969 angered people around the u.s. and galvanized the fledging movement. activist david davis was a santa barbara college student at the time. >> i'm shocked. 45-46 years later here we are again, déjà vu we haven't learned anything. we're still repeating that mistake. >> the federal government has ordered plains all american to he is can excavate the damaged pipe that will then undergo test s to see why it failed. >> the young faces of a old religion buddhism in south korea try some colorful techniques to attract new records. and one night in major league baseball.

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>> you're watching the al jazeera news hour. let's recap our headlines. shia militia in iraqi have been deployed from a base near ramadi to stop the advance of isil. the capture has been a major setback for the government. people of ireland have voted overwhelmingly for the legalization of same-sex marriage. it's the first country in the world to adapt gang marriage by popular vote. myanmar has signed off a new law to control its population. critics fear it will be used to discriminate against minorities, particularly rohingya muslims. some say it could fan the flames of intolerance. campaigning has ended ahead of parliamentary elections. one of the key issues will be the economy. ethiopia has one of the fastest growing rates in africa, but not everyone is benefiting.

>> workers are busy day and night building bridges. they are constructing a new light-rail system to stitch together the ends. this is the first light-rail in sub is a rare are sub-sahara. >> for countries like in china grants are coming in. >> 600,000 kilometers of road have been corrected. part of policy to open up rural ethiopia where most agriculture production takes place. everywhere you look in the ethiopian capital the skyline has drastically changed in the past five years. development property broom and growth government says it will

give them landslide victories in elections. >> the success has not helped everyone. we met this woman on the outskirts. she has four children and sells timber from a timber factory. >> this is not work. i can't call it work. i have to work all day to buy enough food. there is nothing else to do. >> it's that kind of desperation that creates the exodus of young people from ethiopia. they will take dangerous journeys across the desert and across the sea. many don't make it. the government says its trying it's best. >> we've created 8 million jobs. 8million as you might have

guessed is a popular of fair-sized cities. we have to create opportunities. >> ethiopia has no minimum wage and it has one of the lowest wages in africa. many find themselves infuriated with the lack of opportunities but many cannot help but be impressed by the country's transformation. >> managing partner of the earnst and young in ethiopia. you know, you hear about the success in terms of the growth rate in ethiopia. but when you look at the united nations human development index ethiopia ranks 173 out of 180 countries in 2013. has enough been done to invest

that growth back into people and share that growth with people? >> sure, i think its important to put things in perspective. where it came from where it is and where it's going. i usually use markers numbers to tell the story. if you look back at the total gdp back in 2000 and to where it is today it has tripled. today it's the fourth-fastest growing economy and it has started to reduce poverty. it went from 50% to 29% today. the best way to look at it is an emergeing economy is a work in progress. i would expect either the human development index or

unemployment to show even more encouraging results going forward. >> a lot of, of course, the investment has been handled or prompted by government projects especially infrastructure projects. at some point the projects sector needs to come in and take over these projects and keep the investment level high. is the economic and political environment right to encourage private investors? >> right again context is important. going back a few years ago or maybe even as recently as ten years ago the level of infrastructure investment in the country was extremely low. the role of the state building up infrastructure was critical. going forward, at least my expectation and others who do analyze for a live something that a lot of infrastructure, for example if you look at power where they're building the largest hydroelectric dam in

africa that would start benefiting the private sector, especially manufacturing, which is what ethiopia is looking to focus on. as you expect the strategy is for ethiopia to become an industrial hub in africa and without electricity which the state had not invested in that, it would not be available for the investors. i think it's a way of creating the hand over of the public investment to start paying off dividends to the private sector and more and more direct investment that we see coming. >> if the picture is so rosy why do we see numbers of ethiopian risking their lives trying to join migration and human traffickers to head to other places? >> sure, sure, here's the point. if you analyze the issues from a numbers perspective the--it's

an early stage emerging economy which has started to create jobs but it has not reached that level where there is an equilibrium between the labor force entry and the economy's ability to produce equality. so eventually, though, as it goes forward the three key sectors, which will create large numbers of jobs going forward at least from my perspective is agriculture basic farmering to large scale farming. second is labor-intensive manufacturing. the likes of china. and the third component is the investment and infrastructure. so when these things start creating large enough jobs you'll see less of that migration. but i want to put something in context about labor migration. in the united states we have hundreds of thousands if not millions of people crossing the borders coming in as migrant labors. where you are in the gulf in the middle east there are millions

of indians migrating there looking for opportunity. these are bigger economies than ethiopia and still people are looking for opportunities. migration is--this is key--to create a structured way to put ethiopia in position to provide large volumes of skilled and unscaled labor to the gulf and other countries is to create an infrastructure relationship, so they have a structured way for these people to benefit. the migration will come down as we move forward but migration is a global phenomena and it needs to be put in that context when we talk about these events as well. >> when you see many risking their lives it's a different type of migration party. pattern. thank you for your thoughts. >> thank you for having yes. >> spaniards also head to the polls for regional elections.

government cutbacks and high unemployment are the key issues. now there have been some signs of growth. but as there are reports many spaniards are skeptical that recovery is underway. >> until recently he worked as a driver going from one short-term contract to another. now he's taking his resumé to anywhere he can think of from state agents to neighborhood bars. he says he's luckier than most because his wife has a permanent job. while he gets $400 in un unemployment benefit each month. something that many are not entitled to. >> the worse case is the mine. long-term unemployed people with no state health at all its better to earn $250 to $300 u.s.

than nothing at all. but no one can live on that now. >> state government insists it is doing everything it can to help david find work. they predict 600,000 new jobs will be created this year, and he can point to encouraging data data. during the first quarter of this year spain's economy agree by 9.9%. the government predict it is will expand 3% this year and that's helping to attackel unemployment. the forecast of unemployment in spain to be as high as 5% five years from now. that numbers rings true. >> i have sent resumés to companies offering myself for any kind of job.

security guard whatever. working at a supermarket whatever. >> there are clearly vacancies out there. but in march one in ten contracts signed were permanent positions. >> salaries are very low and it's not a very goods situation in the labor market. the problem is based on the army of employers there is a lot of offer for very few jobs. >> as luck would have it he got an interview. he has no idea what it's for but it gives him hope. al jazeera. >> a group of female activists

from around the world are marching from north to south korea to promote peace. they've been given rare permission to cross the border between the countries, which is technically still at war. carol malone reports. >> reporter: north korean women are lining up for something that you don't see very often. a group of 30 female peace activists marching through pyongyang to promote reunification. they're going through the demilitarized zone but in fact one of the most heavily militarized borders in the world. the countries divided 70 years ago. they're technically still at war even though the fighting ended in the 1950s with a cease-fire. >> what a wonderful thing to be able to walk with north korean women on the road. >> the there were women of 15 nationalities in the group. one of them is a nobel peace

price winner there is also gloria steinman. they say there are severe human rights apewses in north korea. the u.s. and e.u. had already imposed sanctions on north korea after it began testing nuclear weapons. steinam says its time for new tactics. >> i think we need to go ahead with the first do no harm. we've done no harm. it might turn out to be a good thing. >> but some people believe this kind of march does nothing to improve that human rights record or relations. >> i don't think it will hurt much. i'm not opposed to inter korean reconciliation.

my biggest concern about this and i think the concern of many is that these otherwise well-meaning activists will be manipulated by north korea for its own purposes. >> but that's not going to stop these women. this will be only the third time an international group has processed the border in 17 years. they were not sure they would get approval, but both north and south korea have agreed, something that does not help very often. >> when jo comes she'll tell you who claims poll position at the monaco grand prix. it's crash and burn. details coming up in sport.

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>> the citreon ds is 60 years old and it is considered the most beautiful car ever built. jacky rowland reports at a motor racing track south of paris. >> it's not exactly formula one but for fans this car is as good as it gets. it's doing laps of honor on this racetrack just south of paris. it might be difficult for us to imagine now but when these cars first appeared on the streets back in 1955 it was as if a flying saucer had landed.

they looked very futuristic, very space angle and in many ways they embodied that feeling of confidence and optimism about the future in the periods directly after the second world war. they were associated with the french president. he had this fleet of cars they also had various technological innovations, a fancy suspension system that was something very knew new at the time. as for their enduring popularity 06 years later it may have something to do with that whole feeling of confidence in that post-war period. and these days in france where people are less certain more anxious about the future, this car could give a more feel-good factor. >> let's get to more cars. >> we'll start with gorm la

formula one. it's hamilton's first pole possession in a circuit that is difficult to overtake on. low he did win in monaco in 2008. >> you know, it wasn't easy. i had a lot of things that kind of were easy to throw you off the rhythm, which i did. i didn't have the rhythm until the last two laps. i was really, really happy with it. coming across the line and just hoping for once you got it. this is an incredible tame for me and my guys, who worked so marched for me. i was happy. >> after the second full day of racing there was action packed. there was a ten-minute delay for

new york ovell. they are building a convincing lead at day three. the black caps are it wassing it now 502-8. they said it was hard for the team to control their emotions as they played their first home match against a test-playing team in six years. friday's twenty20 game against zimbabwe marked the return of cricket to pakistan since the attack on a bus in 2009.

>> there was enthusiasm that pakistan has not even in six years. zimbabwe had been described as great after traveling to pakistan. zimbabwe hoped to be courageous and open up with an early boundary. they would beat the second man out and pakistan getting back with one of three wickets for the night it ex-sill rated the crowd. they had not seen this level of picture before since 2006.

they would reflect on what an achievement was to even bring the game in the first place. >> it was a big step for us because it helps us zimbabwe would struggle to contain them. zimbabwe would put a strangle hood on the match pakistan was inside of their target with one wicket down and although they conceded to a second shortly after, 144-2 there was only likely to be one winner. pakistan won by five wickets. pakistan back to winning ways at home and the next twenty20 is on

sunday as they get used to international cricket once again again. >> the cleveland cavaliers would make it 2-2 in their series against the atlanta hawks. the final score 94-92 they will play their next game on sunday. two of the records set in the 1920s and 30s fell on friday. the new york yankees alex rodriguez with run number 1,992 of his career against the texas rangers. then miami marlin's outfilledder pasted ruth in the all time hits list with 2,874th hit of his career. the marlins win 8-5 and it all

comes within major league games. >> and a sur rein of lat turns one of the more chaotic games of games you'll ever see. trying to reach out and attract new numbers. ahead of south korea's biggest buddhist order said that a new approach is needed. >> we didn't really try to do anything with the growing numbers of cultural visit tours our temples. we were so passive.

this may have something to do with the principles of our teaching but now we're trying to adapt aggressive strategyies to propagate our religion. >> the number of people who describe themselves as buddhist have fallen by 8% in ten years. 59% of buddhist say their religion is compared to them important to them compared to 90% of protestants. it is facing twin threats from a society that seems ever more materialistic. and from the competition of other religion, in particular the protestantism. now reaching out with a message taylored to south korean about using buddhism in daily live

rather than using it to enlightenment. for some that represents a departure from buddhisms teaching. >> emptying ones of worldly goods and offering compassion to others. but popular buddhism is headed in the other direction. >> to people like this former banker when is now running his family's successful food business that is the appeal. to invite a senior monk and find the right business through prayer. >> they will often deal with employee problems so i pray that nice people will come to work for me and help me grow. >> they try to become more business like and more focused on its own recruitment. >> that brings us to the end of this al jazeera news hour. stay tune to the top of the hour

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>> iraqi forces and their shia militia allies settle on a mission to stop isil advance. hello there. i'm felicity barr. this is al jazeera live from london. ireland has voted in favor of legalizing gay marriage. no. homes no families, a welfare crisis. we lack at how children are coping after nepal