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offers cash for help in finding escaped prisoners who left them a note saying "have a nice day." first for turkey which is seeing a political change after elections. the ruling a.k.p. party has lost its parliamentary majority in preliminary results from sunday's vote. and for the first time ever, a pro-kurdish party h.d.p. is set to enter parliament. it is a blow for president erdogan who wants to increase powers for his office. his a.k.p. party has suffer erred the worst results in a deck eight it. lost control of the parliament. with almost all of the votes counted it is still the biggest party with over 40% of the vote. the main opposition c.h.p. has nearly 25%. the nationalist m.h.p. got just over 16% of the pro-kurdish h.d.p. are on course for parliamentary seats for the first time with 13% of the vote.
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a report from the a.k.p. party headquarters. >> reporter: thousands gathered outside the party headquarters to celebrate yet another victory. this time despite the jubilation of the crowd there was a sense of disappointment. they were hoping to come here and celebrate a victory that would have at least insured that their party remain in government. but sunday's elections appear to have delivered a major upset. for the first time since coming to power 13 years ago the a.k.p. party failed to get enough volts to rula their own if they want to remain in government they have to form a coalition. >> translator: the a.k.p. party is the winner and finished first in this election. there is no doubt about that. nobody should make a victory out of an election loss. earn should reassessor their reassess themselves. >> reporter: it was allegedly
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eroding freedoms in democracy. this result was proof they say that such accusations were base little. meanwhile also scenes of disappointment at the main opposition c.h.p. falling well short of the 30% target they had hoped for. but party leaders were taking solace in the a.k.p. party's misfortunes. >> translator: we ended aid heavy-handed era through democratic means. democracy has won. turkey has won. >> reporter: and that is what earn will be waiting to find out. whether some sort of coalition government will be formed and if show with who. will the a.k.p. opt to partner up with the kurdish h.d.p. or try to form a government with the ultra nationalist m.h.p. a move that could signal the peace process with the p.k.k. if a coalition government is not formed turks could find themselves having to vote once again in parliamentary elects possibly before the end of the year. it seems that at current polarization in turkish politics
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could very well result in a hung parliament and an uncertain future. even though these results have dealt a blow to the a.k.p. party's dominance of the political scene from turkey, the supporters continue to say that they are optimistic and that they fully back the party's leadership. however, that leadership may have to rethink some of its policies and its approach if it's to regain control of the parliament and be able to govern once again on its own. al jazerra turkey. >> bernard smith is live for us. bernard, any suggestions who is likely to join up with the a.k.p. party? >> reporter: no, there isn't jane. we are in uncharted political waters really particularly for the a.k.p. party this is the first time since about 13 years ago that they had to consider the prospect of ruling in a coalition government.
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but don't seem to be any natural partners this has been a better and times angry election campaign. many bridges have been burned between the political party. the a.k.p. party wants to work in coalition, it has to do some on thereaching out to particular parties, some of the parties that might have thought of them ruling themselves out. the conservative nationalist m.h.p. says they will not work in coalition the a fresh elections they could be called within 45 days. and the then after that period, a date has to be set for the elections. but these are now uncertain times, there is a cabinet meeting led by prime minister later this morning. and by the end of that we should have better idea of what the governing party is planning to do in the days, weeks and months ahead jane. >> and the kurds i suspect are
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still celebrating. >> reporter: they are because this was a rouge gamble for the h.d.p. under the leadership. they have to get over 10% of the vote to get any representation at all in parliament. anything less are not one m.p. in fact they got just over 13% of the vote and some 80m.p.s, that many if the first time in turkishmodern turkish history a pro-kurdish party has representation in the national parliament. and the leader saw this result as a effectively a referendum to president erdogan's ambitions to have a more powerful presidency. >> translator: discussions about dictatorship, discussions about the presidential system have come to an end in turkey as of now. turkey has been able to step away from the brink of a disaster from a cliff. >> reporter: so the h.d.p. will
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probably use this increase, this new political muscle in parliament to push forward particular kurdish issues, there is the peace process that has been in pretty stagnant for the last couple of years and other issues the h.d.p. wants to push foreward it wants for example more power dissolved to turkish regions but other regions of turkey as well, jane. >> thank you bernard. to mexico now and preliminary results show the president's ruling party has won congressional elections. it means that enrique peña neito's p.r.i. retains its simple majority but. it's been a campaign mired in violence with candidates killed and political offices attacked. adam raney is in the state of guerrero. >> reporter: ballots were burned and thousands think polling stations remained closed for part of the day. but it wasn't enough to derail the vote in mexico's midterm elections.
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anger over corruption raging drug violence and an education reform they say threatens their jobs spark the teacher protests calling for boycott of the vote. the boycott was first launched by families of the 43 students who were enlargedly massacred by a drug gang after being abducted by corrupt police, the parents take how can an election be held in the state where criminals run ram canned and disappearances happen on nearly a dily basis. >> 1414 men are missing here, you i think you should understand the pain of your neighbors neighbors and broker thises here, we request you give usual bat under the circumstances. responsibilities would not be yours but ours as i movement. >> reporter: in the city where they were attacked the hundreds of security forces patrolled to keep the peace. despite problems in other voting districtses across the state of guerrero. what we have seen in the city of iguala where the 43 went missing is a steady line of voters many
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people say it's because of the corruption that they they feel they need to come and vote. right now she feels voting not boycotts is the only way to make mexico safer. >> it's true work he know about all the problems here that we live with but we hope vie voting things will change. >> reporter: a storm in the south of mexico in a political earthquake in the north. early results show independent high ray rodriguez known as the bronco for his straight talk and gruff manner, has been elected to run industrial northern state. he will be the first independent to win a governor's race in mexico. he quit the rule p.r.ism he says because of its corrupt ways. >> translator: this will be the start of all new mexican revolution that will change many people's points of view. there is no doubt that change was made at the ballot box. >> reporter: meanwhile, the ruling p.r.ism has maintain aid simple majority in congress, not a big win since they have lost seats overall. by the end of the day mexican
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officials said more than 90 a% of polling places were able to open. a success in their eyes, but with several candidates murdered in the run up to the vote. and ongoing protests it's clear the threat of violence still hangs over mexican democracy. adam raney, al jazerra guerrero mexico. six people have now died from middle east respiratory syndrome and 23 new cases have been identified in south korea. nearly 2,000 school have his closed as fears grow about the spread of the disease meanwhile, south korean health officials have named the hospital where the bulk of the cases occurred. harry fawcett sent this report from seoul. >> reporter: it's not a typical monday. home with mum following instructions from her school to stay indoors. no school means for after school cramming lessons either so a chance to relax even against a background of national anxiety. >> translator: it's a big nationwide problem i follow the decision but i don't feel it's
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that serious a few days ago my daughter got a fever and the school asked her to go home early and get tested but she was fine. >> reporter: kindergartens and elementary schools were ordered shut in two southern seoul districts for monday despite the fact there has been no transmission of mers confirmed outside a hospital or clinic. measures were being taken on the day the first student victim of the disease a 16-year-old who caught the virus in hospital was confirmed. the government says so far ph*ez infections have been confined to hospital environments. nonetheless more than 1800 schools are closed public events are canceled and people are staying away from crowded places it also reflects growing concern as the number of cases grows each day. the government ordered new measures after some people ignored instructions to isolate themselves. >> we used mobile phone tracking in a couple of indications.
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for those we need to find we'll request tracking location and get data. >> reporter: authorities have also decided on more transparency. revealing the names and locations of hospitals and clinics where suspected or confirms mers patients may have sought treatment. including two hotspot st. mary's hospital where the first patient was admitted and samsung medical center in seoul where he was later transferred. the next few days will be critical if the numbers of new cases starts to come down, south korea's mers outbreak has like likely to be a limited hospital-based event. if not it may mean it got out in early days when the response was slow making it a much more serious threat to public health. hairy facet, al jazerra al jazerra seoul. authorities are refuse to go accommodate anymore migrants in italy. the number of pima driving in the country this year has passed 50,000 after almost 6,000 were rescued over the weekend.
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governors from three big northern regions say they'll defy the center left government and won't shelter any of the new arrivals. still to come on al jazerra 21st century schools why people in hong kong think computer coding should be compulsory for kids. plus. >> reporter: i am nick clark in cuba. home to some of the worlds' most intact in reason environments including some spectacular coral reefs.
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made history in parliamentary elections early results so that for the first time kurds will be represented in parliament with the ruling a.k.p. party appears to have lost its majority control. preliminary results in mexico show the president's ruling party has won congressional elections, meaning enrique-y peña neito's p.r.i. retains its simple majority but has been a campaign married in violence. six people have now died from middle east respiratory syndrome and 23 new cases have been identified in south korea. nearly 2,000 school have his been closed as fears grow about the spread of the disease. leaders from the world's seven biggest economies are meeting for a second day of talks in southern germany. they have presented a united front on upholding sanctions against russia over the conflict in ukraine moscow has been excluded from talks since it
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annexed crimea. greece has been high on the agenda. dominick kane is live. what is high on the agenda today, dominick? >> reporter: well, jane, today one of the main things is dealing with the islamic state of iraq and the levant and the progress the advanced the group has made in iraq and syria. and you will recall it's roughly a year since the group started making those huge advances across iraq taking huge swaths of territory and where the iraqi army seemed to melt away before their advances it's worth making the point that the u.s. president, barack obama will be holding a bilateral meet with this iraqi mime minister to thrash out perhaps a new strategy and spined some sort of resolution to come to to some sort of agreement on how to best deal with the group and special some that the rest of g7 of keen to emphasize. they will also talk about how to deal with foreign fighters which gives you you want seriousness
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of isil and foreign fighters are perceived by the countries and the need it is to deal with the group. >> this time yesterday i believe they were having an enormous breakfast. is that what is happening now? or what else are they discussing discussing? >> reporter: that's right, this time yesterday barack obama was enjoying what they call. [ inaudible ] which is white sausages and beer with angela merkel in the village not far away from here. but instead today it's formal businesslike you might -- far more business like you might say. they are holding talks about climate change something that the french government and german government particularly are keen to give some sort of agreement upon, because you'll recall that the u.n. conference on climate change will be held in paris at the end of year. now, the french government officials are saying they do expect some form of agreement some form of words to be found to be inserted in to the communique which will emerge at the tends of the summit. perhaps point to go new goals or targets. that the group the g7 will be
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hoping to achieve. and we can expect to hear more about that from perhaps angela merkel at a news conference later on today and perhaps also from francois hollande. certainly we will be looking out for that. >> yep come make kane, thank you. iraq's prime minister is meeting g7 leaders on the sidelines of the might go. at dominic was saying. the talks seem like a crucial opportunity for ask for extra help. britain has announced it's sending more troops to iraq to help train security forces fighting isil. imran kahn reports from baghdad. >> reporter: iraq is not only at war, it's a country in economic crisis. a slump in oil prices has left iraq with a massive budget deficit which according to economists could be around $22 billion. aid agencies are warning they are running out of money to help 3 million iraqis affected by war. add the cost of the war itself and iraq find itself in real trouble. prime minister abadi has said the lack of the international
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support for iraq is a failure and wants world leaders to step up. >> translator: what iraq is looking for is strengthening military aid and stepping up coalition air strikes and helping iraq reconstruct its war-torn infrastructure and for humanitarian aid. >> reporter: the u.s. has approximately 3,000 u.s. troops in iraq training and equipping government forces also has sent 2,000 anti-tank missiles to help curtail isil's use of armored vehicles for car bombing and the administration has pledge today speed up other weapons shipments. relations between the u.s. and iraq have been strained of late. earlier this month u.s. defense secretary accused the iraqi army of not having will to fight some. iraqis say it's not fair. >> translator: ice sill well equipped and well funded iraq is in debt. iraq needs more support to kill isil financing and also needs the g7 to support iraq family and to bridge the debt gap. >> reporter: the meeting between the prime minister and u.s.
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president obama in germany is posed to be a review of what's happening in iraq. here in the capital this sideline meeting means very little. what people are really concerned about here is rising food prices electricity blackouts and security. isil mounts regular car bomb attacks in markets like this. iraq's deficit in its budget influences every single decision it makes from fighting isil to paying government salaries, all of which have a big impact. the real question, however is how much can the g7 helpful imran kahn, al jazerra baghdad. in syria, two separate offensives are taking place against isil positions in the province of aleppo. the army which includes the al qaeda affiliated nusra front says it's left scores of isil fighters injured after attacking a number of villagers in the north of the province, kurdish forces work with this u.s. led coalition are fight to go stop isil advancing in the north.
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awedsaudi-led forces are continuing to bomb houthi forces in yemen. these pictures are said to show coalition planes carrying out aerial attacks in aden and sanaa. and this video shows the aftermath of fighting in the town after pro-hadi government forces took control of houthi rebel bases. more saudi soldiers have taken up positions on the yemen boarder. police in the united states are looking for two convicts who broke out i've maximum security prison in new york. richard matt and david sweat used power tools to cut through the wall of their cell. david surester has the details. >> reporter: the manhunt now includes hundreds of local state, and federal law enforcement officers, they have been setting up roadblocks, walking door to door and flying helicopters over a small new york community on the edge. >> these are dangerous people.
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and they are nothing to be trifled with. >> reporter: 48-year-old richard matt was convicted on three count of murder, including the kidnapping and dismembering of his boss. 34-year-old david sweat was serving life behind bars for the murder of a sheriff's deputy. prison officials at the clinton correctional facility discovered the men remember gone early saturday more than the duo fooled the guard overnight by stuffing hoodies beneath their bed covers. >> the search revealed there was a hole cut out of the back of the cell. through which these inmates escaped. >> reporter: authorities say the inmates used power tools to cut their way out. >> we don't yet know how they acquired the tools. >> reporter: once the men made it out of their cells they had to slice through steel grates and pipes and scale down six floors to get in to the sewer system. then they broke through a manhole cover outside the prison walls. police in the southern u.s. city of dallas in the state of
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texas are investigating an officer that pulled a gun on a group of black teenagers at a swimming pool. amateur video showed the policeman throwing a 14-year-old girl to the ground and pinning her down. police say the teenagers didn't have permission to be at the pool. the off officer is now on administrative leave. entrepreneurs in hong kong are leading a campaign for computer coding to be made compulsory in schools. sarah clark reports now on what's being called literacy for the 21st century. >> reporter: it's a saturday morning and school may be finished for the week. but this class is still in session. and the lesson today is computer coding. >> coding is like building stuff, different games and designing electronics. >> reporter: joshua is one of 700 students who are part of this coding academy. learning to create apps and
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computer games from scratch. some are as young as four but all have the same goal to become digital entrepreneurs. >> i make lots of games and i always wanted to make games. >> coding is no longer in the domain exclusive domain of computer science it's actually a very important general subject that all young people should learn, so i think the earlier the better. >> reporter: john wayne is the founder of the academy and a man on a coding mission. he studied engineering at the university of hong kong and won a scholarship to oxford university. after a career in computer game, he turn today computer education. and believes that digital literacy is a core life skill. >> i think that is a very meaning. mission to me to teach our young people to learn programming which i think is the 21st century literacy. >> reporter: with apps, smart phones and digital technology so much a part of their daily lives now it's no surprise that here
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in hong kong there is a campaign to make coding a mandatory part of the school curriculum. some countries like the united kingdom and estonia have it on the agenda here there is no compulsory computer program in school. but the enthusiasm that much is clearly there. this year a group of 1,000 students from hong kong broke the world record for the most people coding at the same time. and now coders want the government to commit. >> i am a believer of coding being something that every kid should learn at the early stages. so hong kong schools are far from having something lake that in the curriculum. >> right now i am telling the computer what to do. >> reporter: for those parents who aren't waiting around, there are now more options than ever for teaching code literacy. sarah clark, al jazerra, hong kong. china's greenhouse gas emissions are expected to peak in 2025. that's five years earlier than
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its stated target according to a new study. emissions are sets to decline after that. the worlds' biggest carbon emitting is on course to discharge billions of tons of carbon dioxide. monday's world oceans a folk to us scientist of how hugh can activities are continuing to affect marine life. one concern are coral reefs rapidly disappearing because of over development and over fishing n cuba tough conservation measurements are having a positive result. we have more from the bay of pigs. you probably have heard whenever you go in this extraordinary island nation you'll see things that resonates from a long time gone. travel two and a half hours south of havana and you come for an historic stretch of coast. the bay of pigs rooted in cuban identity is the scene of victory over u.s.-backed mercenaries in 1961. but here, too another legacy of
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cuba's history and years of eight layings pristine coral reefs. around the world, more than 50% of coral reefs have disappeared. it is a different story here in cuban waters where marine ecosystems have had the opportunity to thrive. >> cuba has engaged in an enormous program of environment protection world leading. so here in cuba, they are protecting 25% of their waters in marine protected areas. and that compares to maybe about 9% currently in the united states and only 2% worldwide. >> reporter: the lack of chemical fertilizers in agriculture has meant there is very little toxic runoff in to the ocean. it's almost like a time machine going back in time to see what these coral reef ecosystems used to look like and that really gives me hope for the future. >> reporter: further out to sea
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you go, so the abundance of marine life grows. >> i see this as a great opportunity at a very opportune moment in history to help cuba leap frog overall of those mistakes the rest of us have made. >> reporter: right here is another pristine ecosystem intact and clean and totally unpolluted. there isthese wetlands of one of the most extensive areas that remain, los lagoons and vast areas of mangrove swamp acting as a nursery of marine life. >> it's huge, it's huge. and here we are in just a small area, you go there you have kilometers and kilometers of the same environment. which is very shallow waters so it means that the seaweed receive plenty of solar energy. this is a very good area it's well protected in general. >> reporter: the well and this beauty of cuba's natural
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environment is staggering. it is a huge source of potential revenue especially from eco tourism the trick will be tapping its wealth without destroying its integrity. nick clark, al jazerra the bay of pigs, cuba. if you want to find out more get onto our website blab website. >> every summer in america a force of nature becomes a man-made disaster. some call it a war millions of acres, billions of dollars. no end in sight. >> in this episode of fault lines we follow the 2013
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