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allegations... >> they'd be surprised if the fbi didn't wanna talk to this guy.... >> watch the investigation al qaeda informant only at aljazeera.com this is al jazeera. this is the news hour, live from london, coming up. another boost for isil. tribes pledge allegiance to the group. sparks and explosion at a gas stations in ghana the president says 150 people are dead. former vice president jack warner promised to reveal an avalanche of secrets about corruption at fifa.
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columbia's government and fark agree to a truce discussion about decades. all the days sport including the latest from the french open where serena williams is once again the come back queen, but who will she be playing in saturday's big match? ♪ ♪ hello there and a warm welcome to the program. iraq's government has suffered another significant set back. several sunni muslim tribes and their influential leaders have pledged allegiance so isil in anbar province, a number of tribal sheikhs that earlier criticized the operation to drive sis sill out of am bar. well fighters are in control of the major area, sunni dominated province which is iraq's largest they
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celebrated their most significant victory last month, capturing the capitol of ramadi. more now from baghdad. >> we have been expecting such a move for about two years now because the sunnies have complained to the government constantly, that they have been ignored and sidelined. now, they say they were promised job in the army and also development for anbar province, and none of that has come. what is the catalyst? well, it is the shia led militia within the province, a lot of the sunnies they see that as being sectarian, the language used is also very sectarian, it refers to the empire by that they mean the iranians now let's take a listen to what the tribal shackledder had to say. >> we announce our allegiance and support to the state and the commander of the fateful
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and muslim sheikh. we tell him that we h adhere and follow his path, and stand by him to fight the enemies of religion. >> as you heard some pretty damming words there for the government, now the government faces a challenge it can win back the support of these sunni tribes if it reaches out to them, however many people here are dubious that will happen, they say they have had two years to reach out and they simply haven't done it. >> well, the u.s. government has played down the significance of the extra support gained biosis sill. white house press secretary says the government is still backed by other leaders in anbar. >> there is strong support among the anbar council made up almost entirely of sunnies i would assume, for the military strategy that prime minister has put in place to try to drive isil out. we are aware and he is aware, of the effort that isil is undertaking to try to
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recruit iraqi sunnies to their side. but it is also why prime minister is rather conspicuously, tried to demonstrate a commitment a multisectarian government, and a multisectarian security force. let's go live now to washington d.c. a senior fellow from near east state. very much for joining us, now, despite what we have just heard there from the government how much of a blow is this, do you think? >> i think it is a pretty big blow. the iraqi government is trying to stabilize as much of the territory as possible, but they are having to do so with the use of shia militias, it is being replicated elsewhere like syria as well. and it runs up against realities. anywhere authorities very difficult to take the areas.
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>> now the sunni tribes have been asking for support and weaponry for quite some time now. our earliest guest said this was pragmatic. nobody is listening to them, is that your view. >> i think that the problem that we have is that despite changing prime ministers in iraq from one which is quite close to iran, who really is supposed to be more open, the change in the figure doesn't change the sectarian tensions and there seems to be a big problem in trying to get the sunnies who are part of the government and their allies to work together. and i think this shows that the -- we think the decisions by these tribesman show that they are putting -- placing their bets with what they think will be the winning side many their area. and unfortunately for the united states and the rest of the world it is isis. >> we have heard several times particularly the u.s., that they view these sunni
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tribes as being part of the solution, and now we have the scenario where perhaps they have become almost part of the problem is it that these administrations aren't meeting the strategy in iraq properly? do we just have the wrong strategy? >> i think the problem we have now is conflicts previously in iraq, and syria, and we describe them have now become so sectarian and elite or organized around this sort of sectarian lines and with the involvement of the relative powers in the region now we have something that is much more difficult to control. and roll back, and especially if the goal as president obama has outlined is to defeat and destroy isis. >> now we first heard from one of our correspondents quite a while ago now, he was talking about weaponry, really being key here, but there was a worry in baghdad about arming the sunnies to fight isil, because of what
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might happen all sides if we ever get to that stage so you can in a sense see why it has got ton the stage that it has. >> yeah, i think the problem is who do you support in the meantime to displace isis. and then who do you trust afterwards to be part of the solution there. it's a big problem, it is one that is only getting worse u.s. policy is running up against hard realities on betting on these forces to completely do the job and stabilizing iraq and syria. >> joining me from washington d.c., thank you. hundreds of people from isil controlled towns are trying to get into turkey.
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the official border crossing remains closed. >> meanwhile renewed violence between rebel groups in the northern aleppo country side. ing at least five people. now ghana's president has called for three days of mourning after an explosion at a petro station row state killed at least 150 people. many of the victims have been sheltering from the wind when the gas stations caught fire. reports now. an explosion and fire late on wednesday night killed
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scores of people. more and more bodies were discovered during the clean up operation. >> now survived the inferno. the fire came with sum fury. >> the people in these vehicles thought they found a safe place to sheik shelter. eyewitnesses say there was a loud explosion, and within a matter of minutes this entire place was engulfed in flames. it is not clear exactly where the fire started. but the flames were fueled from the petro station. the president saw the damage for himself. >> a lot of people have lost their lifed. i am at a loss of words to express how i feel. many of them through the floods. and then many of them through the fire incident. i want to commend the security services for their
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diligence, throughout yesterday night many of them have not had any sleep. >> alena is salvaging what she can her house is next to the burned up petro station. >> i thank god for my life, as for these material things, we can always work to replace them. heavy rain causes flooding every year. here in an area, cars were swept away by floods. the first major disaster that we are seeing through this mag tuesday level. magna tuesday level and i think the reports together to be able to find a solution to this disaster. >> and people now homeless want to see government action, to improve the way this annual problem is dealt with.
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al jazeera. >> a bomb blast at the entrance to a market is reported to have killed at least two people. in nigeria state now a suicide bomber has also blown up a car outside a military barracks in the north eastern city killing eight soldiers. inside korea a doctor infected with mers, is. co into contact with more than 1.5000 people. and they have been asked to undergo value tear quarantine. and in the last hour, the health ministry has confirmed the death of a fourth person in the outbreak there, south korea had confirmed 46 cases so far and a further 1600 people are now in quarantine. swiss company nestles instant noodle brand maggie is facing a nationwide crack down in india after allegations that samples contain high levels of led.
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but several states have now banned the products and others are carrying out tests on noodle samples. big retail chains have proven from their stores. the report from all states to come and then we will take a complete picture of the whole issue. and accordingly action will be taken. and appropriate action will be taken. now fifa former vice president has himself being put under investigation for alleged corruption. has vowed to reveal all promising an avalanche of secrets and every day that passes the crisis of the world governing body is deepening.
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if he is telling the truth it takes it into new territory. says officials include sepp blatter himself, were linked to political events in the trinidad and to baying go, he says he will hand over documents proving this and other allegations. these documents have involvement in the full matters the link between fifa, and me. the link between fifa. south africa has already started the investigation. >> informant.
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told the court how he and other seniors colleagues took bribes to 2010 and also the 1998 in france. >> the secret of the hearing later pleaded guilty, they said the charges were involving an extraordinary payments for one purpose or another. they identified fifa and it's constituent organization, is what we call a rico enterprise. don't overreact to this, i am sure most people do, racketing influenced corrupt organization. but the former world body that so many are calling for and sepp blatter may have promised to step down, but he is still running the show. at least until the end of this year. >> thank you so much that you are here. >> still, swiss and american authorities are investigating the bids for the 2018 and 2022 world cups to be hosted by russia and qatar respectively.
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the latest to suggest qatar 2022 mite be under threat. >> it proves evidence that the bid process was corrupt and i think the case for rerunning is very strong. >> qatar it cysts it has never acted improperly. but with every day bringing new surprises and new allegations the fifa story is sure to be long in the telling. nadine barber, al jazeera. coming up later this news hour as this handball incident 5.5 years ago has suddenly been dragged into the scandal that's in sports. a fighter turn informant turned dowel dealing with al quaida, and the u.s. ukraine's president says the military must prepare for a full scale invasion from russia.
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yemen's reasonables have agreed to join peace talks. come as day after the informants said they would ascend saudi led air strikes have been targeted strong heeds in the coastal city. several rebel fighters and forces loyal to former president are reported to have been killed. and former president is being accused of double dealing with al quaida and the united states, the former al quaida operative became a gothic formant has spoken exclusively to al jazeera. he said even directed al quaida in the arabian peninsula, despite the u.s. being one of the long term supporters. payton swisher has more. >> this car bomb attack in the province can killed eight spanish four rests. al quaida fighters claimed responsibility, but this man says there's much more to the story, and it may involve the
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former yemen president. he was a member of al quaida until his arrest in 2004. return today yemen and jailed until 2006, he was released and began his work as a paid informant for the yemen government. he claims he warned security agencies and provided details on the day itself. just over a year later left 19 dead. he again says he warned the security services. three months before. a week before, and three days before.
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hi handler as an informant was the colonels nephew. he says he did not just ignore the attacks he went so far as to hand over money for the explosives used against the embassy the colonel then arranged for the materials to be given to the military commander of al quaida in the arabian peninsula.
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we have established that he was a bomb maker he lost his right thumb handling explosives. my interpretation is that, again, this is a guy who in substantial measure is who he says he is. he knows these people. he has insights into how they operate. >> if you look back at the history of al quaida, there's few people that come out with detail of what is really going on at the top so somebody being able to report what was going on over a period of months even perhaps years even if it is a few years back, is an extraordinary valuable. >> if i had to give him a ballpark grade i would say probably like 70/30.
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70 being genuine. spain and the u.s. has investigated the attacks. colonel a mar could not be reached for comments. he says he is willing to testify in front of any international panel in order to gain justice. al jazeera. >> and he wants him to stand trial one fact is he would lose his dip lo t maic immunity. joining me now a former counter term supporters robotickism analyst. thank you for joining us, pretty explosive claims in our documentary what co you make of them. >> it is quite interesting you have a person who has a long time relationship with a al quaida, saying he turns into an infour pant and
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then pass along information that suggests the yemen government sat on information that killed obviously all these spanish tourists and an attack on the u.s. embassy these are explosive story but with an extraordinary story you need extraordinary evidence and so if there is corroborating evidence floating around, then obviously the united states and other governments would be like to look at it this is a certainle source reporting so it is always -- fogs are always skeptical of single source reporting out there in the press. >> once of the allegations made in our program i think one of the lines was that he placed al quaida like he is, and then goes on to suggest double dealing between the u.s. and al quaida itself, how likely is it that something like that would have gone on. >> president assay la was in
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power for many years and he didn't stay in power just by talking to western governments. and some of them i am sure he worked with a lot of nefarious organizations. did he work all kade da? according to the documentary he may have had some relationship. obviously this person was put into al quaida in yemen and was generating intelligence. so therefore just because of these people are working incited al quaida does not mean that the president was actually directing them to do some things and suppressing information. it is still very much unclear, i think. the colonel has now been sacked -- losing his diplomatic immunity, and i suppose that can mean that the u.s. went after him if he chose, do you think he will be listening to the
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accusations. >> absolutely, one thing about the count ever terrorism, is they rely very heavily upon local liaisons so give us information if we find out that a high level person connected to the government a person who is directly related to the president, was sitting on intelligence that could have stopped impact on our embassy, that is obviously going to infour rate people here but i think you need to have more corroborating evidence that may be in the classified realms of before the united states turning on the big guns. >> joining me live from washington d.c., thank you for joining was your thoughts, thank you. >> and the full documentary al quaida informant will next air on al jazeera on friday you can also find extended interviews articles and a lot more in a special section of our website that's
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aljazeera.com/al quaida informant. mo the fbi is reported to be investigating a mas.sive data breech. the office of personnel management are said to have been hacked 4 million people may have had their personal information compromised as a result. columbia's government and rebels have agreed to a truth commission as their latest round of talks heads to their conclusion in havana, it followed a rough couple of weeks, the recent suspension of a peace fire. >> hi there, al command row. >> former peace talks and the
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escalation of violence that we have seen in the last ten days since the fighting and now. >> so the announcement that is welcomed and necessary to show that despite the situation on the ground, then the negotiations continue and that consensus is possible, and it came in the form of this announcement of a truce commission something that the sides have been working on for months now. this truth commission will have to clarify and investigate the cases of war crimes. there are two disclaimers that first of all that the commission will start working. >> and a sign and an important element is the fact
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that the truth commission will not place other mechanisms to initially bring to justice those responsible for these crimes. small success but what are the main stumbling blocks that remain, and i understand there are many of them. >> well, this announcement is important because it's part of the issue that of transitional justice. the truth commission is a farce, and an important part of that, but the two main points that remain are those of the rep prime ministerruation to the victims and in particular that of how to punish those who are responsible for the the alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. the sites have been working oen this point for over a year now and from what i hear they are still far from reaching an agreement that's because that agreement will
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have to be complicated balancing act it has to be something that the fark and the rebels can accept, but also that the columbian public will accept. it can't be a blank amnesty and also, consider that columbia has signed the wrong statutes here, so it will also have to comply with the international criminal court that could otherwise also investigate the war crimes here in the country. >> joining me there live thank you. >> still to come this hour. >> a human faces of the migration crisis. these people tell us why they have risked their lives to come to europe. growing anger as china prepared to raise the cruise ship that sank in the river. and in sport why the women's world cup is kicking off under a cloud in canada.
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>> for 6 months, the road outside the us embassy in yemen was closed... >> two car bombs exploded this morning... >> three days before the attack it was re-opened without warning. >> they would not have been able to get the car bombs to the front of the embassy. >> did yemeni officials knowingly allow these attacks? >> did you prepare the bomb? >> former al qaeda operative reveals groundbreaking allegations...
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>> they'd be surprised if the fbi didn't wanna talk to this guy.... >> watch the investigation al qaeda informant only at aljazeera.com
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>> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on not just in this country but around the world. getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target weeknights 10:30p et
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a number of sunni sheikhs have pledged allegiance to isil. all about legal activities within the organization. the u.n. is appealing for almost half a billion dollars in aid to help the humanitarian crisis in iraq. 3 million people displaced by the war are in desperate need of help. this report now from a camp near baghdad. perhaps they didn't know it exists in the first place. it is one across baghdad
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which houses iraqis. there's no help from the international community here. this camp is running tirely from local donations. for what little they have they are thankful, for the younger ones war has left it's mark. my children are quiet they don't have the life in them they used to, i say to them go outside but they never stay out for long. it is too hot and there's nothing for them to do. >> there are serious issues that need to be addressed many of these children are suffering from stress related psychological trauma, in other camps health professionals encouraging them to draw pictures and talk about their experiences to help them cope. here, they are left to their own devices. it can only cope with a limited number of children, and even here the lack of
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funding means there's little that can be done. >> these children show signs of stress. we see children break down and cry regularly. they have nightmares and are withdrawn. it's taken office few weeks to get them to play like this. the world health organization warns it is facing a severe funding short fall, funding has been tight for a long time and there wasn't any available to allocate to this camp. >> a funding short fall might sound like a very boring term but it has a severe impact on the people that live here. if the community does run out of money then places like these will remain forgot and the desperate situation they are in will only get more desperate. al jazeera baghdad. wednesday saw the worst fighting between ukrainian
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troops since the cease fire agreement in february. reports now from moscow. >> it's been months since hospitals like this one had to treat so many soldiers. these men were wounded in the sudden escalation of fighting between the military, and separatist fighters on wednesday. five soldiers have been brought to the hospital, one officer that was released was also brought here. serious wounds. >> both sides accuse each other of starting the fighting around the town. the ukrainian president has again blamed russia for supporting the separatist fighters and warned of what he described as a threat of full scale war. numbering 9,000 soldiers on the territory of ukraine.
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the military is 1.5 times bigger than it was a year ago. the military must be as ready for a renewal of an enemy offensive as they are for a full scale invasion along the whole leapt of the border. we must be truly ready for this. russia has denied there are any russian soldiers or military equipment in eastern ukraine, the kremlin says it is monitoring the situation and is concerned by what it describes as provocations by the ukrainian army. a representative for the self-proclaimed people as republic said the d pr respected the cease fire, and wanted to work harder towards a lasting peace. the organize for security and cooperation, which is monitoring the cease fire reports almost daily violations by both sides. it's spokesman call for restraint. >> special monitoring mission to ukraine has noted escalation in many areas.
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as well as on the movement, and the use of heavy weaponry. both sides moved heavy weaponry to the line, the the ukrainian parliament has pass add law allowing foreign troops on ukrainian soil to so as it says support peace and security it is a law that could anger russia. it has acouped kiev of provocations with the aim of putting pressure on the union. now whoever is to blame for this upsurge in violence it represents the greatest threat to that cease fire so far, a cease fire aimed at securitying a settlement, and ending a conflict that according to the u. n. has claimed the lives of more than 6,400 people. carl stratford moscow.
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under a decision adopted in late 1970, members can't ask to bundle payments that it's creditors are demanding and european officials say they are still big gaps to be bridged before bail out loans are released. tens of thousands have been making the journey since the start of the year, an investigation had uncovered a system allowing a cartel of companies to win contracts.
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every day thousands of migrants are being picked up by rescue boats in the mediterranean. many are still trying to recover from the ordeals that they went through before their journeys began. they went through before their journeys began. their ordeals the symbol of these times. risking their lives was their only option. they were found adrift, in the water by the italian border police. the rush to get onboard the ship the testimony of how frightened they were stranded in the water with most coast in sight. he says the libyan skipper abandons them, they had no water or food, no one knew how to steer the boat, people were panicking. their suffering is etched on their faces. some stair into oblivion, perhaps trying to come to terms with what they have been through. she left behind her two children with her mother in somalia. her husband is in yemen she
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lost contact with him when war broke out there two months ago. we could not talk or ask anything in libya each time we opened our mouth they would beat was a stick, they raped us until we paid money it was horrible. i really thank italy nobody has been so nice with news a long time. >> the women huddled together even though the ship is slowly taking them away from the african coast forgetting the rape and humiliation, won't be possible some are pregnant. they are also many teenagers she had first fled but war caught up with him so he had to move again. i was captured and lost in a house for 18 days. i escaped and went to libya
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i left yemen with nothing on me, i was hoping to find compassion but nothing. >> today is my birthday, when i touch land i will drink ten pepsis to celebrate, it is a new beginning. the deck was silent, the ship continued to sail back to europe. as night falls in the coast of italy appears life returns on deck. now there are smiles perhaps the first ones in a long time. for them it means they are finally in europe, a whole new life is starting even though they don't know what it means. >> there's a rush to get off the ship, this time there's excitement maybe even amazement, that after suffering so much, that they are some of the lucky ones that made it to europe. al jazeera.
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>> 77 bodies have now been recovered from the capsized ship in china. three days after the disaster hundreds of passengers are still missing and recovery teams are preparing to raise the huge vet sell with cranes. adrian bran has the story. >> they are still calling eight rescue operation. but it is the dead, and not the living they are finding now. it really halted the work. they eventually got inside, but found no one alive. >> officials expect to soon begin the delicate task of living the vessel from the water, an indication they feel there are no more survivors. on a day when the confirmed death toll continued to rise, more bodies arrived where the painful process of identify
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case lies ahead. that's what pan am is waiting for, his grandfather is one of the missing. i should have spent more time with him we let him travel alone, we didn't expect this. desperately offering their phone numbers. at a meeting with the government official, they are told that the priority now is to save lives not identify bodies please be patient he tells them. many of the families continue to cent their anger against the authorities. they complain of a lack of
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information, a lack of sympathy and question why so many were members of the crew. june the 4th is a sensitive day in china student protests were put down violently 26 years ago and today the government is becoming increasingly intolerant of all forms of decent, even grieving from families demanding answers. >> somber crowds paid silent tribute today the hundreds of people that died during the protests in 1989.
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the president is talking to elect enough members to push through sweeping nations to the country's constitution, and reports from istanbul this is the most challenging election yet for his ruling justice and development party. the prime minister has been on the campaign trail for weeks. the question is by how much. the target is for a big enough majority that will allow them to change the institution. but many officials will be happy if they simply maintain their current share of the vote.
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>> the main man in this vote is the country's former minister and the current p.m., they are hoping a win in this election. based on the policies and not based on personalities. >> we caught one him on his campaign to find out what the main changes his party faces. >> there are many expectations from the people, because of the successfully, and expectations today in turkey's much higher than 2002. and we are including these standards to another level when we came to power our perka that was around $2,700 now 10,400. >> there are people that say
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that the parties based on personalities and not on policies. what do you say to those people. >> ideas and targets. in that sense we have many skillful candidates, skillful leaders of the party. >> 73 of the a.k.p. most experienced politician will also not be running. that has allowed for many new faces to emerge. some 95 candidates are below the age of 40, and there are a record 99 women running for parliament. among them a 30-year-old who has risen through the ranks. >> there are many more young female candidates in these elections, compared to the previous years. that has really energized our campaign. >> turkish society has created icons from the
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country's founding father to current president. in a country that is more democratic now lit be interesting to see whether these will further the legacy of one man create the legacy for another or strengthen it's democracy. al jazeera it stainable. where the government agency that collects personal information from employees compromised the data of four minute people. hi there patty what other details do we have right now. >> well, we are talking about the office of personnel and management, it is one of those long sounding government names but basically here is what it is, it is the human resources department for the federal government. it is not only the person that hires you but the organization that runs background checks for security clearances what we have been told is that it was
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hacked in april of this year and it is going to impact 4 million current and former federal employees. that their personal information was somehow compromised inside the system. o.p.m. is says that this was done before the upgraded their systems they are going to provide some credit monitoring counseling for their employees but this raises bigger questions about how prepared the federal government is if the human resources department can be hacked and all of that personal information. think about when you sign up for a job especially if you have security clearance, they have all of your information but where you live, and exactly how far this breech was, they aren't saying but this announcing tonight that the o. p.m. has been hacked and possibly the interior department as well. >> patty what potential ramifications is something like this? we are talking about 4 million people's data, that's a huge amount of worry
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to people out there. >> and this would be if -- this would be the largest hack of federal information in the history of the country. it's strange though, coincidence, but it is coming the same day that the new york times is saying under the obama administration, the nsa agency was targeting american before net traffic that was going abroad, and they said the reason was they were trying to find hackers so the questions i think will be raised is the u.s. is sending all of this time and money, trying to find hackers overseas but how much have they done to protect their own computers at home? we have heard military officials say that the united states is lagging behind in cyber security, this new incident is going to give critic as chance to say that that is exactly right, and the u.s. needs to step up the game. >> joining me live, with those new details from washington d.c., thank you still ahead.
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why the grass isn't always greener at the women's world cup.
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>> after they both won their semifinals. but as reports serena has been doing it the hard way.
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>> the women's draw has lacked the star power with both last year's finalist and simone knocks out early and it seems careen that williams has been screen that williams herself. this time twoer yeahs ago had given up tennis to train a a hotel manager the number 23 seed is no doubt pleased she gave tennis a second chance, this is by her the best performance she was making. a break of service up in the second set. but as she did in second, third, and fourth rounds she dug deep to level the match. the reach the role on the third time, williams wasn't feeling very well and she
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left her opponent to face the media. >> she was better today. she pulled out of a great match, because i think it was pretty incredible, and well, she deserved to win today. >> she will be facing a player who into her first ever grand slam final. she has been another surprise package, the 13th seed hasn't drop add set and choked defending champion in the last 16 now she is seen -- she overcame back from 5-2 down to win her semifinal 7-5, 7-5. al jazeera. the news hour, fifa former vice president is promising to reveal all about corruption at football's world governing body. and is alleging the involvement of outgoing president. in a television address the 72-year-old says he has given
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incriminating documents to various third parties and now fears for his life. warner is one of the officials himself under investigation. he then repeated his claims. i have been here for 20 years. i told him in 2011 it's time to step down. >> and there's more controversy, they are now saying fifa paid them $5.5 million to stop them suing and ireland qualifying for the weapon world cup. the 7th women's world cup is about to get underway, with
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24 nations battling for the trophy. but the build up for the tournament that has been totally overshadowed. andy richardson is here where the tournament kicks off on saturday. >> so the count down is on between the host nation. china taking a course on the career of the fifa president and he has a lot of controversial relationships with the women's game. perhaps the players could wear tighter shorts and own more than one occasion, for player of the year, he has been in the same room as the female nominees but failed to recognize them or called them by their wrong names. the womens game has expanded out of it's traditional strong holds and this tournament is evolved from
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having 12 countries to 24 countries this time around. and also, in 2013, three women were voted on to fifa's executive committee that is the organizations top decision making body. those three may see it as something of a mixed blessing. he has described himself as the godfather of the women's game but many involved in that will be pleased that that particular released tiff won't be coming to too many of their future get togethers. although they are still scheduled to appear in vancouver on july the 50. >> the women's football world cup will be the first major international tournament to play on artificial sur fashions rather than grass. and pitches installed in all six venues.
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that was dropped after negotiations. >> tough for me to say what the players experience will be we do know that this is a communitiment of ours to deliver the best possible surfaces across the country. we feel it's been part of the trending regimen for these teams around the world in preparation for canada we are exciting to get underway with the first senior competition and the first cup on the football turf. >> much anticipated rematch with louis swarez in saturday's champion league final is off after the event is defended he suffered an injury in training the last time they met just under one year ago swarez took a bite of the italian shoulder, and an action which led to a four month ban. that's it for me, thank you we will have much more in a couple of minutes.
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>> a mas.sive data breach, handling all security clearances up to 4 million people are effected. >> hello there, this is al jazeera live from london, also coming up. >> another boost for isil sunni tribes in anbar pledge allegiance to the group. flooding sparks an explosion in a gas stations in ghana the president says 150 people are dead. and a giant leap for