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>> this is al jazeera. >> welcome to the news hour from doha. here's what's coming up over the next 60 minutes. >> a tunisia soldier opens fire and kills a colonel and six others before being shot dead. >> we have discovered 139 which we believe to be graves. >> malaysian police discover human remains in jungle camps used by human traffickers. isil sets fire to parts of iraq's biggest oil refinery as
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iraqi forces prepare for a fight. >> we'll have extensive reporting on the challenges of rebuilding nepal, one month after the earthquake. >> hello. we begin this news hour with news out of tunisia. a soldier has turned his gun on his colleagues in tunis killing a certainly e. colonel and seven others. the soldier was shot and killed. the government is describing it as an internal attack. >> this soldier had family problems. he suffered from behavior disorders. he had been recently transferred to a less sensitive unit where he was not allowed to carry weapons. now this is an individual case and the motives are under investigation. >> let's get more now from
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tunis. what more do we know about this? >> the motives are really crucial in this case, as the spokesperson for the military mentioned, they will be doing a full investigation. many people are wondering if this man had psychological problems then why was he allowed even close to any weaponry. now, we are getting more and more information about exactly what happened. we understand that this man actually stabbed to death one of his colleagues and then took his weapons, that's the weapon that he used to fire on his other colleagues killing several injuring 10. one is actually in critical condition at the moment. mr. this was not a security incident whether this was
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related to anything, i think this has damaged the reputation of the military in tunisia which is respected and held up as an important institution in tunisia especially when the army is tasked with protecting tunisia's borders and there is instability on the border with libya and algeria. the army is supposed to be upheld as an institution that is not supposed to allow these kind of things to happen. >> for the moment, updating us live from tunis on that fatal shooting. >> police in malaysia found 139 graves filled with the remains of people they think were victims of human trafficking. the bodies were discovered on the border with thailand. we have this report. >> police suspect people were held captive here by traffickers
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trying to extort ransom money from their families. children's toys, cages to hold prisoners and bullet casings have been discovered. the camps abandoned now but police have found mass graves nearby. >> we have discovered 139 which we believe to be graves. we don't know what is underneath. we also discovered one highly decomposed body. we will also bring that down. we will conduct post mother tell on remains we found to get to the cause of death. >> around 28 abandoned camps were found along a 50-kilometer stretch of the border. many of the camp occupants are thought to have come from myanmar and bangladesh. more than 3,600 migrants from those countries traveled by boat to indonesia thailand and
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malaysia. thousands more are thought to be trapped at sea. most are thought to be reming goo trying to escape persecution in myanmar. they pay people strugglers to get them to other countries. if they don't go by sea many try escaping over land borders. the jungle is known to be used by smugglers and traffickers. similar camps were found on the thai side of the border. >> the only thing surprising is what the malaysian government didn't find them earlier. we've known there have been camps on both sides of the border. now malaysia has to investigate what was happening there whether there was official complicity involved in the running of these camps by local officials or others and investigate and prosecute everybody who was involved. >> human rights watch said there needs to be international pressure put on the myanmar
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government to stop the persecution of the rohingya people. until they feel safe enough to stay in myanmar it's feared many more will perish in camps or at sea. al jazeera malaysia. >> the united states and iraq are blaming each other for letting the city of ramadi fall into isil hands. u.s. secretary ashton carter said iraqi soldiers in his words lack the will to fight in ramadi. iraq said the u.s. failed to provide weapons and air support. iraq's biggest oil remainry has been set on fire. the refinery is on the road between mosul isil's seat of power in iraq and baghdad. the iraqi security forces are now advancing towards baiji to retake it. we have this report: >> iraq's largest oil refinery burns. in the distance, fighters from
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islamic state of iraq and the levant who are inside the refinery have set fire to parts of it in a bid to stop advances by iraqi security forces. isil set off at least nine car bombs, killing dozens of iraqi security forces. this is shown to burn machinery inside areas they control. iraqi security forces say it is hindering efforts to recapture the refinery. >> we are two kilometers radius from the refinery. it is open terrain in which isil rigged with booby tracks, sandbar racks and roadside bombs. we hope our forces will overcome these abtackles. the enemy has lost manpower and fire power and trying different methods to halt our advance. >> the facility has been hard fought over for six months with both isil and iraqi security forces at different climbs times
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claiming control. we have seen isil use these type of tactics before. they used the car bombs in ramadi when they took the city 10 days ago. this might might be a push to keep iraqi security forces out for good. al jazeera baghdad. >> syria activists say 15 have been killed in government airstrikes in palmyra which is controlled by isil. this video shows the aftermath of the raids. the syrian government has conducted 17 airstrikes. isil fighters have killed more than 200 people in and around the ancient city after its capture last week. >> four people are dead and 70 injured after a suicide attack in afghanistan outside a pro-vin she will council building. the explosives were hidden in a
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truck. the taliban planned the attack. >> in yemen, 13 people have been killed after a shootout caused an oil tanker to explode. the tanker had been stolen and stopped in a tropical storm neighborhood. houthi gunman and fighters loyal to the countries exiled penalty reportedly exchanged fire over the oil. >> nigeria's leading cell phone provider ntn urgently needs diesel to prevent shutting down services nationwide. it is the latest business hit by a months long fuel crisis in africa's biggest oil producer. some planes have been grounded and foreign airlines have diverted to other african countries to refuel. oil is mostly found in the delta in southern nigeria. there are only three refineries, so most crude oil has to be exported so that it can be refined. it's then imported back into
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niger are a from distribution companies. the government pace $7 billion annually in subsidies allowing oh companies to sell fuel as cheap as 40 cents a liter. a billion dollars in subsidies hasn't been paid since january. the company's protested by going on strike, leading to the massive fuel shortages. we have more now from northern nigeria. >> this is one of the fuel pet troll stations in the city. the queues here are more than a kilometer long. people believe they can sometime get a little fuel inside their carries. what is happening here as well as other pet troll stations across the country is right field in other life in nigeria. electricity generation, which was 3,000 megawatts is down to an all time low for a population of 170 million nigerians.
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the government blames the oil sector and strike by oil workers union for the current predicament, but there is outstanding issues of payment to marketers importing the product as well as the corruption in the oil and gas industry. airlines banks hospitals and telecommunications companies are considering shutting down operations or scaling back simply because of the energy crisis in nigeria transportation costs have been up. fuel power cuts are no news in nigeria, because people have gotten used to them, but the current situation threatens to ground all activities within the country just a few days before the government comes into office. >> more to come here. celebration in the streets of madrid after spain's ruling party suffers a major defeat in local elections. and: >> i'm reporting from new
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zealand, where the country's rugged landscape has helped develop technology that could save lives. >> find out if lebron james has done enough to get the cavaliers within striking range in the nba finals. first, it has been a month since a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit nepal, killing 8,600 people. we are in cat man did you. a very somber occasion for millions of people there. indeed. we're here in dover square in the middle of cat man did you very much the heart and owl of a unesco site. it is a somber day but for many you do have to say
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including those living in tents close to where we are it's just been another day of coping with lives in the middle of a still unfold be disaster. two more aftershocks there was a youth group around a tower nearby another landmark which came down on the day of the earthquake, 180 people, their bodies found in the rubble of that drugs. they came to mark a moment of silence at the precise moment when the earthquake struck, but also to join hands and say a public vow of commitment to rebuilding this country on an individual basis. that is something we've seen repeated that people are doing what they can for themselves and each other even in the light of aid and help from elsewhere. rebuilding this country will be a vast effort, because the economy of one of the poorest
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countries in the world has been hit hard. the government says here that it could take 7 billion u.s. you dollars to rebuild nepal. it says that 1 million public homes -- sorry private homes and public buildings have been damaged or destroyed. the tourism sector is a major source of income, $460 million earned from the tourism sector in 2013. now, the climbing routes have been closed, many hotels have been damaged and the u.s. said half of historical sites have been reduced to rubble. the service sector, agriculture health education, have been hit. all is compounded by what critics held to be poor governance high levels of corruption meaning that already there was a bad situation here from which nepal had to respond to this and there was criticism of the pace of the response and the coordination from the government and other agencies that were trying to get aid to
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the people that needed it. these were points that i put to the information minister, and he said that they did recognize that there had been such failings and they would have to step up to respond to them. he did promise those who needed shelter, proper temporary shelter as the monsoon season approaches in nepal, they would get it in a matter of days and weeks including what was most needed core gated iron sheets so people could build proper shelters for themselves in time for the monsoon season. >> in just about a month, we should be able to provide money for people to buy assets and then help them rebuild temporary shelters. what i'm basically sanction is this is handing out cash is going to start in just about a day or two. >> with some of, the need is
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most where villages have been raised to the ground. my colleague met a young girl who was waiting for news about her mother and brother trapped in the ruins of the family home. that news was not good, they had both been killed. andrew went back to see how she and the family were coping. >> what this area is still going through test every facet of human endurance. this is what passes as an aid handout, some shelter. the path they're following is the one taken a month ago by a mother and her baby, who were buried in this rubble. for three days, the family watched as the search continued clinging to the hope that her mother and baby brother were alive. a grandmother feared the worst
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and when the bodies were found there was no dignity just a crowd watching the bodies taken past the family. a father who couldn't face up to what happened and his daughter destroyed. they went through the traditional 13 days of mourning, but they struggle to find comfort. this is a homeless family finding it hard to rebuild its spirits. >> i'd love to get my life back, but the repeated tremors have affected the mental state of everyone in the village. it's not just me with my loss. it's difficult to think of a plan to rebuild. we fear another earthquake. >> she looks to her grandmother instead of her mother now but what was left of her childhood they have also gone with her loss. she makes sure grandma takes her medication. >> we don't have a home, and we're compelled to live like this. the rains are coming and i don't
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know who will help us. >> she also makes sure the livestock next door are fed on time. there's little difference between the animal shelter and what serves as the family home. neighbors are determined to change that, but some are demolishing what used to be their homes. self help is the only commodity in good supply. the new believe materials provided are being put to good use, but it's only temporary shelter. her father knows hard work is ahead of him but he has to rebuild his life before dealing with the fabric that will support it. >> this his the house that was rebuilt after the 1934 earthquake and will have to be rebuilt again. this is his uncle's home. that also needs a rebuild. this is his house the entire
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second floor has collapsed and it's going to have to be demolished and rebuilt. >> a close family, their homes in ruins. yet they do have the in eerie solve to rebuild. there are bound to be moments where she can't see a future. she has the support and warmth of a large extended family and every one of them is determined to overcome the destruction and loss. al jazeera nepal. >> the challenge facing people across the country includes education. the government wants schools dew reopen next sunday but acknowledges many schools won't be ready and many children won't be ready to go back to class either. >> this area has a
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picture-perfect landscape or did before the earthquake. nothing has been spared, homes hotels and schools. this one housed more than 100 primary students from the area. before the may 12 after shock damaged these buildings this school was already in need of money for a new boundary wall, equipment and furniture. the head teacher isn't sure of when or if the government will come through with the money to rebuild the place from scratch. >> the monsoon rains are coming next month. then no one can do anything. the international community will have to keep pushing the government to make sure they use the money to rebuild schools. >> given the lack of government funding before the quake he's not counting on it, but the education ministry says they are already working on a plan. >> some schools will need to be redesigned while others will have to be moved to safer spots. it's hard to say but it will cost tens of millions of dollars
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to rebuild all the damaged schools. >> getting the schools ready even temporary ones is one thing, but preparing students to come back is something different. most have been too busy dealing with the aftermath of the earthquake to focus on school. >> up the road from where his home used to stand the 18-year-old left his school in kathmandu after the quake. may's aftershock destroyed his home and the books he brought to study for exams. >> since the after shock, i haven't been able to concentrate on my studies. the tremors keep happening. there is no time to study even if i wanted to. >> some schools are ready to reopen, but the books and uniforms of some students are buried under the rubble of their homes. without them, they can't attend classes, and they don't believe that's fair. >> i have dreams like anyone else, to study and take care of my family, but once my school opens, i won't be able to go. it's not a good feeling, but there's nothing i can do. >> life has never been easy
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here. today is another day to day struggle for most people, and now, the worry of their children's future, their education, will be marked by the earthquake, too. >> al jazeera, nepal. >> chimp are among the most vulnerable in the aftermath of these sorts of disasters in the chaos of life that continues on as people are living in tents out in the open, especially among that group are those who lost their parents. michael went to see how those children are being looked after. >> displaced and distressed, the survivors, all of them lost their hopes in the earthquake and avalanches that followed. this is what's left of their village, seen from the air. wounds are still raw here, both
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physical and mental. this girl is 10. she has not been able to cry. >> my heart hurts she says, my mother my grabbed mother and my uncle got buried. youngsters take comfort in each other. her mother is gone. >> my uncle went to look for my mother. they only found her shoe. >> my father is dead. my father was buried. my mother and brother survived. but my dad's brother and his wife are dead. my dad's sister and her husband are dead. my cousins were at school and are alive. >> most of the children in the valley study in kathmandu or the district headquarters. when earthquakes and landslides
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swept the valley, many lost their parents. many don't know what happened to them. >> people don't know how to break the news to the children. >> chirp who were at school here have been told that their parents are in the village. they'll go into a shock. anything can happen to them. smaller avalanchion and landslides haven't stopped making recovery operations difficult. not all survivors have been evacuated. villagers are still counting the dead. these people have nowhere to return to. the children who lost their parents are yet to realize that they also lost a place in the world. al jazeera kathmandu. >> their stories are marked by the kind of self reliance widely celebrated but also much needed
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in this continuing disaster. >> reporting to us live there from kathmandu, one month on from that devastating earthquake in nepal. big challenges remain for people there. let's get the latest weather now. we have a heatwave. >> yes this year's death toll over 400. we wait for the rain to come premonths in heat. the rain, 130 millimeters in the last two days. you look at the general circulation of crowd coming down south here, around the top of high head, so the direction of the flow of the heat is from west to the east. now you've got temperatures of 45. you run down the east coast up to 42. you think that's not that high. it's not so much the heat, it's the humidity.
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even quite low figures and these are 25% to 41% enough to give you heat stress, the main cause of death. unfortunately, i can't see any relief from it. over the next few days, i know you can do this, if you can and you're in new delhi and it's 46 degrees unless it calls down it will be middle to high 40's. >> a company in new zealand is joining forces with the coast guard to help save lives. there idea is to use unmanned aerial drones to find people lost in remote areas. >> using cameras an so called unmanned drones is nothing new but honing them for search and rescue is.
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in christchurch, a two man company is leading the way. >> the whole mandate has basically been on a humanitarian side for saving lives and once you get involved in an organization like that, you can't exactly step away from it. >> it's a joint venture with the coast guard, a volunteer organization. testing has shown how the planes fitted with cameras and technology provide a valuable eye in the sky, all controlled using a phone or tablet. >> get to the area, stop it and go back. i can send it off in a direction they feel needs to be investigated or 50 meters up behind the boat. >> the price for the small models will be around $5,000. larger drones are being definitely and that will be able to stay in the air for up to 10 hours and carry rescue equipment. >> with more than 15,000 kilometers of coastline and isolated mountain ranges new zealand's rugged beauty is a magnet for those who love the outdoors. every day, there is a chance that something could go wrong. when it does, search and rescue workers face huge challenges. >> the coast guard's already used a drone to search for
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someone lost in the mountains last year. ultimately, they may vastly reduce the use of conventional aircraft, saving money and improving safety. >> at the moment, we send crews into harm's way regularly. if we can eliminate the risk of four crew members up in the sky doing a search by sending a u.a.v. up, that's gold in my book. >> the developers are working with the red cross. one use is so search for 60s in disaster zones. the technology is being developed in christchurch, still struggling to rebuild after a large earthquake four years ago. there's a commercial aspect and it has to pay for itself eventually. in the meantime, it's humanitarian groups that stand to benefit from the technology. al jazeera christchurch. >> we'll sell you why lebanon is concerned about farm animals
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brought from syria by refugees.
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>> in tunisia a soldier killed several of his colleagues including a colonel in tunis. the soldier was shot and killed. >> police in malaysia found 139 graves that they say contain victims of human trafficking. they also discovered 28 abandoned camps near the border with thailand capable of housing
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hundreds of people. isil fighters have set fire to iraq's largest oil refinery as iraqi security forces advance toward baiji, there is blame about letting the city fall into isil hands a week ago. >> more on the shooting in tunis, what more do we know about this? >> this is the first incident of its kind here. it sent shock waves. the army is supposed to be one of the most disciplined institutions in the country and what has happened there has really -- a lot of people are asking questions about it. what happened was a corporal managed to stab to death one of his colleagues, grab his weapon and open fire on a protected barracks in the heart of tunis.
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the tunisian military said this man did it for personal reasons had psychological problems, family issues. he'd been moved to this particular base because it was more administrative. there are questions lose to weaponry if he indeed had all these problems. i think the authorities now are secting his motives. they'll want to speak to his family and friends as soon as possible to find out what are the reasons he carried out this attack. >> all of a sudden we, people very much on edge there coming not long after that attack a few weeks ago. >> people are really on edge. this is an entire city on edge. when this incident had it went into panic mode with the anti terrorism police arriving, because this happened very close to parliament and also the
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museum. if you remember in march there was an attack on the museum, which killed 22 people, mainly tourists. that was carried out by two tunisians, who had seemingly normal lives who actually ended up training in libya and coming back and carrying out this attack. now, whatever the motives or the reasons behind what happened at this particular barracks today i think a lot of people will be asking whether this will do anything to reassure the country, reassure people that this actually is a safe and secure country if the army is able to not prevent something of this kind. >> reporting to us live from tunis. >> the war in syria has forced many people to look for safety in lebanon. now there are concerns about the farm animals that those refugees have brought with them. i have a report on the worrying
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rise in animal diseases. >> when he and his family left syria three years ago he took his livestock with him. some guide on the way to lebanon, others were sold. seven cheeps and goats from his herd made it. >> how can i leave it behind? it's part of my grandfather's tradition. we own our living to them. how can i leave it behind? >> there's been a 60% of the rise of livestock which is causing concern. there are more than 1.2 million syrian refugees registered i understand lebanon and some brat their livestock with them. because there is a disruption of animal vaccinations, the risk of diseases crossing into lebanon has increased. >> the agriculture ministry said animals arrive without proper
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health checks. new diseases have been reported. the most common is foot and mouth, which causes ulcers. the alarm has been raised over a new viral disease known as lineupy skin. the united nations foot and agriculture said it has killed some cattle. >> some new diseases have started in lebanon as well as iraq. the countries bordering syria. we worry about lebanon because large number of cattle growers dairy cattles are very small growers. they own two three, four cows, and if one dice, that's, you know, one third of your livelihood gone. >> these cows are now immune but still need to be closely watched. cattle trading and cross boarder
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grazing existed before the war started. it's almost impossible to prevent the herd from following its instincts. going back home to syria is a dream and if it hams, he's taking his five daughters with him, as well as his goats and sheep. al jazeera along the syrian border. >> a chinese newspaper says war between nine in ant united states is inevitable unless the u.s. drops its demand for beijing to stop building islands in the china sea. a u.s. fly plane flew near the straitly islands last week. they are building a runway on the territory. >> closure veils by u.s. military aircraft is prone to miscalculation and meades to maritime accidents. it is dangerous and irresponsible. we object.
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china's will to maintain territorial integrity is as solid as a rock. we urge the u.s. to make corrections and keep their rationality and stop provocation reactions. >> we will still fly the route that is we fly based on the international law. we will defend our rights to the best of your abilities. >> protestors in burundi say they are willing to do anything to get more people to take part in demonstrations. they've opposed the president's decision to ignore the constitution and run for a third term. we have more from the capitol. it's another day of protest and people seem animate and more defiant. they have another strategy. there they are gathering over there. the plan is to eventually get
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into the city center. the police know this, so the police are on the ground, pretty much in every volatile neighborhood trying to block them from meeting the city center. people have another plan, trying to get as many people as possible to participate in these protests and not use fear as an excuse. they have enough stopped people from going into town, they are telling women in the markets to shut down, they can't sell. they want them all to come out to the streets get as many people as possible, even if you have to force them. when you gather a lot of people, you march into the city center. that's when they say the big protest will take place. it seems people are defiant despite the police on the streets. they say they have one image to the president. they don't want him to run for a third term. >> preliminary results in ethiopia's national elections are expect to be reds in the coming hours. final vote counting won't be completed in my the end of june.
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millions voted in a regional and parliamentary poll. the opposition accused the rolling party of using repressive measures to remain in power. an ethiopian legal scholar said the election was a sham and mockery of democracy. >> the entire process was as i characterized it recently, a war by other means because the incumbent, the department front is a former liberation front coalition of many liberation fighting liberation fronts, four of them. the way it runs the campaign, the way it always does politics i guess more military and then use the language of fight combat and struggle. for me, this election was only a war by other means and the
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ethiopia rdf took the offensive for many years especially since 2005 and the offensive has paid off, if they have 100% of the city so no surprises. for many years now, they have been using the bureaucratic methods of controlling regular glading media through the media freedom and information law. people characterize it as an authoritarian regime. it is anti democratic, primarily because it has the heritage of a state that is fundamentally imperial irrespective of the fact that it has a federal form
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now. it is anti democratic because of legacy because internal lier the party itself is not democratic. >> a monument is called the protector. the country has a history of leaders building a personality cult. one former leader built a gold statue of himself that rotated with the sun's movements. >> now spain's ruling party has suffered its worst local election result in more than 20 years. anti austerity parties make significant gains. the popular party's loss. >> spanish prime minister is
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under extreme pressure, from barcelona to madrid, candidates scored big successes. the ruling conservative people's party has lost its over all-majority in many other regions. after years of austerity and political corruption, voters are increasingly disillusioned with the two main parties and looking for answers elsewhere. >> there are lots of corruption cases and people realize that the usual parties are always doing the same thing and apart from that, they are removing a lot of options people should have employment, education. >> it's a shame my three grandsons who are abroad captain vote. one's in dublin, the other in france. they have to leave because there's no work here. another one's about to leave university and is getting ready to get out of here. >> let's see if we can fix this. the current leaders have to go and the others have to come in.
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>> this man the leader was watching sunday's results carefully, because a general election is due in november. >> now we're obliged to work very hard to gain strength to continue our path of the political change in the country. protests have spilled on to the streets. the new leftwing and centrist movements are fighting to end the two party system of the past four decades and drive out the people's party. voters were being asked to choose leaders in 8,000 city halls and 13 of the 17 regional governments in spain which control health and education. the result heralds a new era of politics in spain unused to
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coalition government. >> coming up, all the sport including a painful day for two crew members at an indy 500 full of crashes. richard will be here with all the details. >> it's lunch hour in new york. why not catch a show? coming up, we'll show you a new and very intimate form of theater.
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>> a few years ago the unemployment rate of young u.s. soldiers returning from combat
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was 30%. many are struggling to adapt to regular jobs. we have a report on how one jesuit priest is trying to change that. >> scott baker joined the military at 19 years old. he fought in iraq and afghanistan. when he came back to the united states he couldn't find a job. >> when everyone thinks of a veteran, they think of ptsd. they don't think of a regular guy that can bring something to the workforce. >> despite a college degree and solid resume, he was unable to work in the corporate world. he wound up at the dog tag bakery. the name comes from the dog tags u.s. soldiers wear on the battlefield. replicas honor those who served. the father helped create the bakery after he realized many wounded u.s. veterans needed help. >> i ran a small mail order
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bakery business in maine and so you how the disabled persons loved to see product at the end of the day. >> he made it happen. he knows how to overcome sigma having been born with just one arm. the soldiers say the father is their inspiration. >> he is enlightening, inciteful and such a mentor. he is helping them transition battlefield experience. >> i was a paratrooper a dom bat engineer paratrooper. i jumped out of airplanes with explosives. >> into skills they can market book home. veterans say there's a shared work ethic and camaraderie that is hard to find in the civilian world. >> you go to the bakery to be happy. i wanted a place where the veterans spouses and caregivers could have an atmosphere to be happy. i want thinger change between
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the veterans and able bodied world to engage them in something positive, meaningful and happy. >> it's working and even sweeter, sales are increasing every month. al jazeera washington. >> time to get all the sport now. here's richard. >> the cleveland cavaliers are one win away from reaching the nba finals. they needed overtime to take game three against the atlanta hawks. it did take its toll on lebron james, sustaining a food injury. >> he's arguably one of the most gifted athletes to have played in the nba but it was an atrocious first quarter. the superstar looking awful missing his first 10 shots. lebron's lackluster performance saw the hawks fly ahead.
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before a well executed three-pointer at the bottom of the second quarter and the cavs were back in. then at the top of the fourth, another three from james jones took them into the lead. the gaming was forced into overtime and superstar lebron james finally went into over drive, hitting a three-pointer to put the cavs ahead by one. makion another two as cleveland claimed victory. >> unbelievable. just unbelievable. i've never seen a stat line like that in a playoff game or any other games to be honest with
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you. >> i played to exhaustion, and i played hard and knowing i give my teammates and myself as much as i can give, and sometimes the body just kind of shuts down at times, and that's what happened tonight at one point but in overtime i came out but i had a second thought, you know, and there was no way -- i wouldn't have felt right about the situation, you know, win lose or draw if i had went to the bench and not been out there for my teammates. >> 3-0 the cavs now need one more win to reach the nba finals. al jazeera. >> in the nhl the tampa bay lightning are on the verbal of reaching the stanley cup finals with a 3-2 lead in the best of seven eastern conference finals against the new york rangers. in game five, the lightning found it hard to get past
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lundqvist. playing a crucial roam at madison square gardens he set up for the first goal and then netted one himself. his seventh of the playoffs, as tampa bay won 2-0. >> it's day two of the french open andy murray will face the argentinean. the four seed sealing it. maria sharapova will face the estonian. >> it's about taking it a match at a time and i've formed so many nice memories in the past three years here and hopefully to continue that and continue that form with that experience
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would be special to be able to do it again. >> the palestinian football association will continue their bid to have israel suspended by football's world governing body fifa. they say the movement of palestinian players are limited. fifa president visited the region last week trying to resolve the tensions. the proposal will be discussed at a fifa meeting on friday. >> last week, he was here and tried to find a solution, however and despite the good intentions the football association has chosen to continue being a tool for the apartheid rather than one for peace. unfortunately, i have to say the israeli association is following the political agenda of their extremist government. >> the mercedes team apologized to world champion lewis hamilton
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off the the brit missed out having started on pole. they admitted to making a strategic error by calling hamilton to pit toward the end of the race. he ended up finishing third. instead his teammate won for a third straight year. the german's now 10 points behind hamilton in the championship standings. >> a former f1 driver has won the indianapolis 500 for a second time. it was a race with a large number of crashes. there was a broken ankle for one crew member as james davidson drove into two of his own team in the pits. the rules have been amended but crashes still happened on sunday. montoya was unscathed last won the race in 2000 as a rookie and held off driver will power to win the race. he stays indy car series leader.
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>> there's a tight contest on the final day of the first test. early on, taking that four wickets. early wickets in new zealand's innings put them in trouble now 80-5 that's 265 runs behind. >> in golf, a putt on the 18th 18th to win the invitational in fort worth texas. jordan speith gave himself a chance to win with a final round of 65. that left him on 11 under. kirk managed to avoid a playoff by guessing this power on the final hole to win by a stroke. it's his fourth victory on the
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p.g.a. tour. >> that's all the sport for now. back to you. >> thanks so much, just before we end this news hour, for theater lovers in new york, watching a play means sitting with hundreds of others inside a big auditorium. a new production company is trying to turn the theater into a more personal and intimate experience. we explain. >> amid a bustling commercial center in new york, a chance to experience theater up close and personal just follow the red carpet to see one of five free shows, each lasting around five minutes, written by a well known playwright and performed by a seasoned actor just for you. >> i was very badly injured shocked four times. >> it's called theater for one. >> the space is designed to feel like a traditional theater albeit a very small one. there's lights and music. the idea is to make you more
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comfortable in what can be an uncomfortable intimate environment. >> intimidating, because they don't know how often to react not to distract them. >> it's very nice. not what i expected at all but in thought the actor was amazing drawing me in. >> it was fun really interesting. he is very good. very good, indeed. >> backstage the stage manager runs the show, funded through grants from the property owner. christine jones came up with the idea. >> when you go into a booth with someone, it's like holding a microscope or magnifying glass up to that person as an individual. we thought it would be very interesting to be in this kind of busy, transient place and bring an audience member into this sort of portal where everything slows down, becomes much more intimate and focused
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and suddenly you zoom in to this stranger in front of you. >> roughly wrestling my slacks from around my left leg. >> the actors perform anywhere from 12 to 20 times a day and never know what to expect from the audience. >> sitting there and there's no other chairs, it's not that communal feeling you get as a theater. it's just you. number one do i participate number two do i pull back because i don't want to get in the way we've had reward experiences, where people want to speak with us. >> i can see you weren't expecting me. >> each play's inspired by the phrase i'm not the stranger you think i am, and by the end of the show, you can't help but know each character intimately. al jazeera, new york. >> stay with a us here on al jazeera. another full bulletin of news is straight ahead with all the top
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