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the big winner is pro-kurdish democratic party and cleared the threshold to enter parliament and it too will have 80 seats and the ak party has 45 days to build opposition but says will not join forces with them and let's cross now to bernard and we are talking about predominant kurdish regions and what is the ak party going to do? >> well it says the deputy prime minister says the first option is to try and form a coalition government and if they can't do that then it looks like early elections are on the horizon. but the problem for the ak party is this was a very bitter in some ways campaign and lots of bridges that might have existed between the parties have been burned so the ak party is going to have to a lot if it wants the
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prospect of going into coalition with them but it's uncharter territory and three main parties said they are not interested in coalition with the ak party and also just learned that prime minister he is going to have a meeting with erdiwan later this afternoon and after he was so energetically involved in the campaign there are plenty of people who would like to be a fly on the wall and the president issued a message compared with the speech that he used through the campaign and said that the people have decided not to have a single party in government and it goes on to say that all political parties should act responsibly and sensitively in this new area, in this new era in order to protect stability, jane. >> any idea how the kurdish party is going to react to this you are in a predominately
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kurdish region and i should imagine that everyone is still celebrating. >> they are still celebrating and htp has managed to get over 13% of the vote that will give it 80 seats and that is way beyond where the wildest hopes and hoping they needed to get just over 10% of the vote to get any representation in parliament. it was a huge gamble because less than 10% they would not have one mp and previous elections they have 6-7% of the vote and have done it and said they are not going to -- willing to go in coalition with the ak party and, in fact, the leader of the htp said he saw this election as a referendum on president erdiwan's elections to expand his presidential powers. >> let's leave it there bernard smith, thank you very much and let's bring in assist and professor of international relations at the university and joins me now from istanbul and
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good to have you on the show and let's pick up on the kurdish there and have done extremely well and a sublime vibingctory for them and what do you think they will be able to do with this? >> first of all nobody was expecting 13%, everybody was thinking it would be 9.8, 9.5 or if they pass maybe 10.5 or 11 at most so 13% was something nobody really expected. this renders the hdp with a lot of responsibility which they also declared that day are aware of. so the responsibility lies in between trying to formulate the progressive liberal party while trying to e lay fears this political party has cutoff all ties with the out lawed krurdish workers, the pkk so right now a
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lot of people are enthusiastic and celebrating but for hdp the real struggle begins right now. >> i was going to ask you about that how many people will be spooked about this victory for the kurds? i know there is fear among certainly the ruling party and talk about the pkk, what do you think the bigger ramifications will be here for the kurds? >> all political parties have at least some members within themselves that are really spooked by hdp passing the threshold but nonetheless when you actually you know realize the fact that hdp is the first ever political party that is rooted in the kurdish nationalist movement to pass the ten% threshold after introduced in 1982 the turkish political system is trying to improve in a way that it's going to get the
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kurds into the political system. so even though there is some resistance the over all political system right now seems to be receptive to the idea of kurds engaging in politics in turkey but of course this is also going to be a responsibility for the hdp so we are going to see. >> how will this effect turkey's foreign policy do you think? >> i mean there are different aspects of turkey's policy which is systemic so i would say the majority of turkey's foreign policy items will not change after the election but i think the most visible change will take place against i.s.i.s. in doing so the kurds have been campaigning tirelessly for turkey aid to kolbani and help in trying to defend the kurdish
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areas in northern syria so i think in the most immediate term we should expect some you know shift there is turkey. it was already shifting but we can expect a speed up in that shift against i.s.i.s. where turkey may actually engage in more decisive role in combatting the group. >> interesting sorts and thank you. syria's main opposition group in exile hopes a new government this turkey would open vital border crossings and in march they closed entry and exit points and refugees believed to be stranded and we report. >> reporter: these syrians just found out they cannot enter turkey. since march all entry and exit points from syria to turkey have been shot. out of nine crossings they were the only ones under the control of syrian rebels. they are considered vital for supplies for northern syria under the control of opposition
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fighters and for thousands of displaced syrians and refugees this is their only way out of the conflict. >> translator: our border crossing has been closed by turkish authorities who told us one day before the closer. the relief materials cannot go through. also the passengers cannot travel or go anywhere. >> reporter: and every one is not able to keep coming back and some tried to enter turkey illegally but because of strict border patrols they were either caught or shot at and those leaving syria turkey closed to border without explaining why or how long it will remain closed and this was closed ahead of elections in syria and says there hosts no hoo humanitarian situation and hopeful the crossings will open soon. >> translator: there are promises from the turkish government to open border crossings after the parliamentary elections.
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and this is what many people are running from, fighters of islamic state of iraq and levante are going to opposition held areas north of aleppo and simultaneously the syrian government increased bombing in opposition controlled areas in nearby villages and newly elected government in turkey about to take charge many syrians on that border are hoping the only gateway to refuge will take place. and last year they released a lengthy report card and in it it says the country is on the right path to human rights and reached many development targets and legal reforms gained momentum citing citizen rights to an impartial trial and disposal income has increased, up 8% in 2014 over the previous year but many are not seeing the
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reforms as adrian reports. >> reporter: on the outskirts of the city the road here is blocked. the occupants of this house are refusing to move so this motor way is now being built around them and want more composition. beneath the chinese flag banners warn local officials to act within the law. but following months of threats and intimidation the owner is taking no chances. >> translator: to be onst i'm scared. the thugs came to my home many times, at least 30 of them mostly at night, last time they came in and smashed our windows. >> reporter: her story is not unusual and neither is this documents say local government corruption and abuse of power. and he is 84, a former soldier in the people's liberation army beaten up he says when he too
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resisted eviction. >> translator: the local government are the worst people and i fought the americans in the korean war and they are worst than americans and they treat me like this. they demolish my home. >> reporter: these protesters say they have faith in china's president but all attempts to get a hearing from officials below him have so far failed. we asked how many had tried to present their petitions in the capitol. almost everyone raised an arm. not that it matters much now. a new law says petitioners should resolve their disputes locally. officials here wouldn't talk to us. it was the same mood of hopelessness in the city here. and she pleads with us to take her petition and she too says she was forced from her home. we were covering a care home
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where 38 people had died a day earlier but that wasn't what many in the crowd wanted to talk about. thrust into our hands more petitions on issues again ranging from corruption to land seizures. they knew foreign journalists would be here and so seized the chance. country people angry people. >> translator: all officials are corrupt, big ones small ones. officials from the county from the village are so corrupt. >> reporter: it's extraordinary we have only been here a short time but we have been surrounded by people who have given us their petitions and dozens of people with dozens of grievances and do not trust the local government do not trust their screw dish ar-- judiciary and don't think it will make a difference. >> translator: the local government doesn't listen to the people and all my requests are
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ignored, i want justice. officials are corrupt. judges are bribed. we ordinary people are treated so unfairly. >> reporter: they feel powerless and ignored and china president wants to end official corruption and these people want the same thing but say their voice is simply not being heard. adrian brown, al jazeera, in central china. new cases of middle east respiratory syndrome detected in south korea, the biggest spike in cases in a single day and six people have died from the virus and in a bid to contain the spread they have closed schools in the capitol and harry faucet has more from seoul. >> not a typical monday home with mom following instructions from her school to stay indoors and no school means no after school cramping lessons either so a chance to relax even against a background of national anxiety. >> translator: it's a nationwide problem and i follow the decision but i don't feel
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it's that serious. a few days ago my daughter got a fever and the school asked her to go home early and get tested be but she was find. >> reporter: they were ordered shut in two seoul districts for monday and no confirmed transmission of mers outside of a clinic and most high schools and middle are open and measures being taken when the first person a 16-year-old who caught the virus in school was confirmed. so far infections have been confined to hospital environments and 1800 schools closed and public events closed and staying away from crowded spaces and reflects growing concern as the number of cases grows each day. so the government announced new measures to toughen quarantine after people ignored instructions to isolate themselves. >> translator: we used mobile phone tracing in a couple of
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cases, for those we need to find we will request location tracking and get the data. >> reporter: authorities have also decided on more transparency, revealing names and locations of hospitals and clinics where suspected or confirmed mers patients may have sought treatment including two hot spots and this h is where the first one admitted and seoul where he was later transmitted and the next few days are critical and if cases come down the out break is likely to have been a limited hospital-based event. if not it may mean the virus got out in the early days when the response was slow making it a much more serious threat to public health harry faucet seoul. much more coming on the al jazeera news hour and we ask for support for egypt presidency abdel-fattah el-sissi is still
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strong. protesters try to stop voting in mid term elections plus. >> looking for us to play sexy cute basketball that is not us. >> season starts there and lebron james defends the team performance despite the win in nba finals and more in sports. ♪ leaders from the world's seven biggest economies are meeting for talks in southern germany and invited nigeria and iraq to take part in discussions on global security and groups from i.s.i.l. and boko haram are high on the agenda and greece debt crisis is also discussed to meet the international monetary fund chief and we are at the summit and i believe a lot of time has been spent on i.s.i.l. in particular.
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>> that's right, jane it has dominated day two of the g 7 summit so far and the threat that islamic state of iraq and levante poses and g 7 looking keen to find some sort of resolution and we know that barack obama the united states and perhaps abd rabbuh mansur hadi will have a tragedy and almost a year since i.s.i.l. made spectacular progress capturing territory in iraq and driving the iraq army and melting away it seemed and also on the agenda related to the spread of i.s.i.l. is how to deal with foreign fighters and it's what foreign leaders are very keen to try to get some progress on dealing with foreign fighters and linking that in some way to i.s.i.l. and the way that they try to deal with the threat of i.s.i.l. dominick i believe shortly after speaking to us you are going to be going to a presser held by angela merkel and she
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has put together some quite important issues hasn't she? >> that is right. she has been looking for progress on several issues and one is the threat of climate change and earlier on this morning there was a roundtable meeting by g 7 leaders talking about climate change and this is important because french government is keen for some progress because we know the u.n. conference on climate change will be held paris at the end of the year and the form of words will be inserted in the communication to ensue from the summit and maybe some commitments or fresh targets or goals inserted into the communication to give a sense of how important they find this matter and i hope to be putting questions to the chancellor angela merkel later when she gives a news conference and we will be following what she says. dominick thanks. politicians from italy north are refusing to accommodate any more
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migrants and number of people in the country this year has past 50,000 and 6,000 were rescued over the weekend alone and tleeders from three big regions say they will not shelter any new arrivals and south soo sudan are fighting and many are women and children who had to endure weeks of walking to get to the safety of a u.n. protected camp and from bentu state catherine reports. >> reporter: it has been a long exhausting journey from the people south of bentu and avoided the main roads and walked at night when they were safe and ate water lillies and will spend the night here with no shelter and not enough food. they are heading to this camp for displaced people. it's already crowded and the living conditions are tough. this woman, her children and
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grandchildren are trying to cope here. she says before her house was banned she was looked by military men and both grandchildren missing under ten years old and asked not to identify her. >> translator: compare my grandchildrens life to my own and not knowing where they are is not a life but i need to go back to see if they are dead or alive and hiding somewhere. >> reporter: children here come any way they can but it's not easy. most of those who are coming are women and very young children. some of them have been here at this u.n. registration area for days waiting to get registered so they can get humanitarian aid, there are no shelters and sometimes it's too hot and the sanitation is also very bad. there are more than 60,000 people in this camp and about 60% of them are children but aid
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workers say they are worried that there are very few teenage boys and girls among the thousands who are arriving. >> deeply concerned about adolescents and see young children but not as many add adolescents and do not know why and maybe they are hiding in the bush but based on the stories we hear many have been killed. >> reporter: accused government troops of murder as well as looting and burning their homes but others have denied any human rights violations by soldiers belonging to the sudan people's liberation army. >> translator: i think if their house is burned it would be the cross fire actually you see because it opposes the national army you see and even they are not protecting the civilian. >> reporter: almost all children here have been through so much and for now this camp is the safest place they have managed to find catherine in
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bentu, south sudan. teachers in afghanistan threatening strike action if government doesn't increase pay and half of government schools in kabul closed only a few weeks before mid term exams and nicole johnston has more on that. >> i'm outside of a school with 18,000 that go here and for 8 days all teachers are on strike and not the only one because this is spreading, in at least four provinces are on strike saying they don't earn enough money to live on and government failed to deliver on its promises. >> translator: the president promised increased salaries and land and to change the timetable. if nothing changes the strike will get bigger and more schools will support us. >> translator: teacher salaries are low and we cannot afford rent medicine for our children
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and proper food for the family and despite all the worry we are still motivated to teach. >> reporter: these teachers say they are the poorest paid government employees in all of afghanistan. they earn $120 a month. now the government is urging them to return to work and says that it will look into their demands. >> we are telling them they should be patient and the government is new and there are no no, in our funding from outside now. >> no agreement between the government and teachers union so the classrooms are empty and up to 200,000 students are sitting at home. in mexico preliminary results show the president's ruling party has won congressional elections, that means that the pri retains simple majority but it has been a campaign marred in violence and adam is in the state of
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guero. >> reporter: ballots burned and polling stations closed for part of the day but enough to derail the vote in mexico's mid term election and raging drug violence and education reform they say threatens their jobs sparked teacher protests calling for a boycott of the vote. the boycott was first launched by families of the 43 students who were allegedly massacred by a drug gang after being corrupt by police and the parents take and how can an election be held in this state where criminals run and disappearances happen on a near daily basis. >> translator: 14 young men are missing here and i think you should understand the pain of your neighbors and brothers here, this is why we come to request that you give us ballots, the responsibility would not be yours but ours as a movement. in the city where they were attacked hundreds of security forces patrol to keep the peace. despite problems in other voting
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districts across what we have seen where the 43 students went missing is a steady stream of voters lined up and many have said because of the corruption and violence they feel they need to come out and cast their ballots. he believes voting, not boycotts is the only way to make mexico safer. >> translator: it's true we know about all the problems here that we live with but we hope by voting things will change. >> reporter: a storm of decent in the south of mexico in a political earthquake in the north, early results say the bronco for his straight talk and gruf manner has been elected to run industrial northern state and the first independent to win a governor's race in mexico. he quit the ruling pri he says because of its corrupt ways. >> translator: will be the start of a new mexican revolution that will change many people's point of view. there is no doubt that change
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was made at the ballot box. >> reporter: meanwhile the ruling pri has maintained a simple majority in congress not a big win since they lost seats over all. by the end of the day mexican officials said more than 98% of polling places were able to open a success in their eyes but with several candidates honored up to the vote and on going protests it's clear that violence still reigns over mexico. let's look at the weather and remind me rob you are looking at a cyclone in the arab sea. >> yes and it's in place and monsoon has burst and things getting active in this part of the world. this is satellite picture from the last 24 hours or so ahead of me and if you watch this it produces a beautiful bright disk and this is a top of storms that arrange themselves around an eye which has not quite formed itself but it's still a named
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storm and not a very big one by-standers of the world but this is a small body of water and 9 0090 miles per hour and gusting to 120 and moving northwest and you will be pleased to know it's on its way to aman and take 4-5 days before it circulates somewhere in the gulf and by the time it gets there it will be a much weaker affair but that is where it's tending to head and active monsoon season at the moment and ahead of this big showers falling and 100 millimeters fell and 83 millimeters of rain and raining a long time. now, ahead of that of course the monsoon heat is with us premonsoon and it will stay pretty hot in that part of aman because the winds are drawing from the north, the hot north,
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hello again you are watching the al jazeera news hour and reminder of the top stories and turkey president erdiwan to meet the prime minister in the next few hours to discuss sunday's election and the ruling party has been stripped of majority in parliament and the first time ever the pro-kurdish party is set to enter parliament. china's government says it made significant progress in human rights and last year they site citizen rights to impartial trial and international rights groups reject it and point to people detained for consent. people with a syndrome have been known and officials have closed schools in the capitol. one year ago abdel-fattah el-sissi became egypt president and led military coup against
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former president mohamed morsi ansi si promised to return it to economic growth and has he achieved that? we take a look. >> reporter: former field marshal abdel-fattah el-sissi rose to power in two-stages, first in a coup against egypt, first democratically elected president mohamed morsi in 2013. the country immediately descended into violence. deposed president mohamed morsi was jailed along with the entire muslim brotherhood leadership labeled as a terrorist organization and the following year abdel-fattah el-sissi ran for office and said to receive 96% of vote and no real campaigning and no money for the candidates and by the end of his first year in power an estimated 44,000 political opponents and activists are jailed. >> the human rights it is probably egypt's worst fear with death sentences in the hundreds and the most resent was 107
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death sentences including the former president mohamed morsi. >> and abdel-fattah el-sissi promised nationwide security but attacks on security forces became a daily occurrence and elsewhere in the country threat of attacks, and at the for front of people's mindss including the capitol cairo and one of the hubs and that is a reason they are backing a government plan to build a new capitol city and since mohamed morsi over throw saudi arabia including kuwait and united emirites promised abdel-fattah el-sissi $20 million and more to assist in reconstruction of the country but it's in dire straits to what people believe are wrong policies of the president. >> what he is trying to employee fits with the military interest
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which skew the market in favor by having no decorations, having land confiscation rights and customs and exchange rights and all of this makes the environment less fee competition in it and more privilege for the military economic complexes. improving living conditions in two years but cuts to food and energy failed to benefit the wider economy has promised. 40% of egyptians are below the abovety line and the projects have been presented as a pathway to economic stability but yet for many people their standard of living has failed to improve and others it has deteriorated faster, al jazeera. joining me here in the studios is egyptian journalist and fellow at the city university in new york and always good to have you with us so one year in what do you make of what abdel-fattah el-sissi has been up to? >> well first of all i have to
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say that i'm not out here to judge the president, we are here to evaluate. >> sure. >> the president so evaluating one year in office i guess initially i have to say that it's very difficult to evaluate the performance of the president based on the first year in office. >> do you evaluate against his promises? >> yes, of course but let me put it that way, i mean the first year should work as an indicator for what is coming up ahead. so in terms of achievements the president and his inaugural speech he made three promises main promises the first one is to restore stability in terms of security. the second was to achieve independence from the west which i don't know i do not
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understand that promise. the third was to improve the living condition of the poor and the fourth actually four promises was to launch a political map, roadmap, which the parliamentary elections should come on top of it. reviewing the four promises in case and in terms of achieving more independence from the west all i could see is that the budget allocated for the pr campaign is for the regime in the united states for instance which is the biggest ally for egypt have increased dramatically which doesn't indicate any real and genuine attempt to achieve such independence from the west.
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the other promise as far as which talks about improving the living conditions of the poor, in terms of numbers and facts and figures, the living conditions have formed drastically. in terms of restoring the economic stability, the most resent report from the world bank about the middle east and north africa top ten competitive economies the only countries that went into the list from middle east and north africa are ten countries, on top is qatar and saudi arabia and israel and many other countries, egypt was not included in that report which includes actually 144 countries from all over the world.
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so actually on the promises they made in the inaugural speech i cannot see any achievement. >> what impact does this have on his popularity because there were many people who did support him and thought he would bring some sort of stability to the country and in some areas he is a popular man. >> yes, definitely. we cannot deny this thing but i believe that one of the most serious reasons for such drop in popularity is the fact that the president made in my estimation and i might be wrong, i might be right, he made the wrong start trying to grab absolute powers in his hand and in this case and in case you want to keep absolute powers in your hands you have to be prepared to be or have the absolute responsibility as well. >> we are going to have to leave
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it there, thank you very much. >> thank you. monday is world ocean's day, a focus for scientists is how human activities continue to effect marine life and one concern are coral reefs and rapidly disappearing because of over development and over fishing and in cuba tough conservation is having results and we have more. >> reporter: you probably have heard wherever you go in this extraordinary island nation you will see things that resonate for a long time gone and 2 1/2 hours south of havana you come to a historic bay bigs rooted in cuban identity is backed mercenaries in 1961 and history and years of isolation are pristine coral reef. around the world 50% of coral reefs have disappeared and it's a different story here in cuban
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waters where marine eco systems had the opportunity to thrive. >> cuba has engaged in an enormous program of world protection and world leading and here in cuba they protect 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 meant there was very little toxic runoff into the ocean. >> it's almost like a time machine going back in time to see what the coral reef eco systems used to look like and that really gives me hope for the future. >> reporter: further out to sea you go the marine life grows. >> i see this as a great opportunity at a very opportunity moment in history to help cuba leapfrogging over all
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those mistakes the rest of us have made. >> reporter: right here is another pristine eco system intact and clean and totally unpolluted. the wetlands are the most diversity that remain. there are lagoons and vast areas of man grove swamp and shallow waters act as a nursery for marine life. >> it's huge and this is a very small area and you have kilometers and kilometers of the same environment which is very shallow waters and means that the sea weed receive solar energy and it's a way of protecting in general. >> reporter: wealth and beauty here is staggering and a huge source of potential revenue from eco tour rhythm but they will be having a trick to not destroy
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the wealth and integrity, bay of pigs cuba. director of the global marine program and world life fund and is from england and good to have you with us what do you think we can learn from cuba other than putting our country in isolation? >> good morning. i'm not an expert in the situation in cuba but as we just saw from the report if you can protect the key parts of the eco system, not just the coral reef but man grove and sea grass is also part of it if you can take the pressure off then these incredibly important eco systems can come back and with that provide the goods and services that so many people around the world depend on so i guess it's a good example of what can happen as the scientists were saying. >> how do you take the pressure off these reefs? how do you protect them? >> well that is the thing, in a
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place like cuba where it looks like the human pressures are relatively less than say somewhere such as the philippines or indonesia where i have worked, it's perhaps a little bit easier but in those places it's much more complex and there we need two things stronger political will from governments both internationally and nationally and we need additional resources to help transition those places away from a strong dependence on the reef day in and day out to a situation where we can put in place in marine protected areas that look after the nursery and deal with it and take the pressure of fishing away. it's not a matter of not having a scientific or the technical solutions. we have those. it's a matter as i say of political will, of governance and let's be clear from investment from outside. >> you touched briefly on why
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they are so important, tell us more about the importance of coral reefs and what would happen if they keep disappearing. >> well as that brief report mentioned over 50% of the coral reefs are either gone or in dire straits so the implications of this from a planet point of view and hundreds of millions of people who need the coral reefs everyday it's a looming catastrophe and i imagine if we talk about removal of forests in europe or implications of, that it's a catastrophe for those people and that is coming up in a rapid rate in terms of their food and protein, in terms of their jobs and livelihood and aspirations for development >> thank you for sharing expertise with us john thank you. >> thank you. do stay with us on the news
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hour still ahead in sport. >> i'm andy in the world cup in canada and find out why rival fans and opposing teams have to content with during their careers. ♪
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everal human workers were kidnapped... >> this is what's left of the hospital >> is a crime that's under reported... >> what do you think... >> we're making history right now... >> al jazeera america robin with sport. >> and it's square between cleveland and the golden state warriors after two games and lebron james in game two 59 points and 16 rebounds and this
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was one of 11 assists and missed a game win at regulation time and cavs had fighting spirit giving him and the rest of the teammates to win 95-93, game three takes place in cleveland on tuesday. >> it's a great squad that we have. i mean it's not cute at all, if you are looking for us to play sexy, cute basketball then that is not us it's not us right now. everything is tough. you know we come in with aggressive mindset defensively and offensively. >> tough game very defensive teams, both teams defended like crazy out there. it was a grind out kind of old school game and you know that is the style of what it's going to be and when you get this deep in the playoffs it's rarely a track
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meet. >> and moved to fourth in the world ranking of the french open victory and eight seed djokovic and ending for now and the hopes of a career grand slam and now we reports. >> this was not the way it was supposed to happen and wawrinka got it and not djokovic lifting the famous old trophy and djokovic was world one and beating nedal with a fourth set of grand slam and 7 men in tennis history have done this and seemed to go to script as he took the first set six games to four. and for wawrinka he has been opponent before and gone to sets and eight seed wants it all. and swiss star beat the
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countryman federer in the quarter finals and dreaming of a more famous victory in two sets to one lead. now for wawrinka is not a popular man with the crowds after ill-judged comments after last year davis cup and not to mention beating two french men on the way to the final and he was booed in the matches and now he was forcing the paris public to change their minds. there was no stopping him as he stormed to victory in four sets 4- and wawrinka can take his place among giants of a modern game. >> it's amazing for sure and i still have problem to really realize that i won the french open because it's always the same and winning big title it is lost in your mind and at the same time you need the time to realize what i did and i'm proud
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of winning tonight or today against novak. >> is a trophy winner despite his defeat. >> obviously it was not easy to stand there as a runner up again but i lost to a better player who played some courageous tennis and deserved to win. >> for world number one there is always next year stewart with al jazeera. hamilton is leading 17 points in the driver on the grand prix and led start to finish to claim the fourth win of the year and hamilton's win in montreal. the city of barcelona celebrated for a second success after the team the local team were crowned european champions. now the team went through the
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streets of the capitol after a gathering of 98,000 fans at the new camp for 3-1 victory and the win added the final silverware that needed and they already won domestic league and cup and the coach was the first season in charge. germany posted the second biggest victory on record at the fifa women's cup and the ivory coast were 10-0 and hat trick in 31 minutes, the fastest in world cup history and germany the world's top ranked women team and 1995 champion norway beat thailand and japan begins the title defense against swiss land and beat ecuador and sweden and nigeria and usa opened their campaign against australia. the usa are famed to win the tournament and ranked second in
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the world behind germany with both winning the tournament twice briefly but the americans face a tough challenge and first up australia and two time quarter finalists and this tournament is giving women futbol a profile but it's a sport where they have a fiercest opponent that face and we have a report from ed monton and this world cup is never an easy one but female ballers opposing teams is be among the smallest problem. discrimination is still an issue at all levels of the game. globally just 7% of coaches are women. that figure is higher in host country canada but women are still under represented. the first words this coach heard from a male trainer at a resent course may help explain why. >> we have to think goal keepers
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as women and the penalty area is the kitchen. and women and goal keepers know exactly where they belong. and that was the start of my course. >> turf war that preceded this tournament is also revealing, a group of top players threatened to sue govern body fifa citing discrimination and men were never asked to play on artificial turf which risks injury and women on a level playing field with men seeking is nothing new and england the futbol association took the decision in 1921 to ban women from using any of their facilities saying the game was quite unsuitable for females and ought not to be encouraged. that ban was only lifted 50 years later in 1971. the country now has a highly rated domestic league and
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national team but paul who has coached the women's game at the highest level in england said sexism is still pushing female players away. >> i still know peoplelayers who want to quit the game because they are being abused at school and are better players than the boys and that is what people say and that frightened some girls. >> reporter: a step forward for futbol was 2014 when they lifted the ban for playing in head scarves and had opportunities for more players. >> the more likely younger girl take it up as a career and not just playing but coaches and referees and those within the administration of the game as well. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of fans at this world cup are now getting the chance to watch the players who couldn't be stopped and were setting the example for the next
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generation to follow. andy richardson edmonton. al jazeera/sport and colorful shorts which can be a talking point and lebron and nb achl finals and big stories as well and that is it for now thank you for watching. >> thank you very much robin and entrepreneurs in hong kong leading a campaign for computer coding to be in schools and sarah clark reports on what has been called literacy for the 21st century. >> it's a saturday morning and school may be finished for the week week. this class is still in session and the lesson today is computer coding. >> building stuff and different games i'm designing on elbow
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elbow-oelectronics. >> reporter: learning to create apps and computer games from scratch and some as young as four but all have the goal of being digital entrepreneurs. >> i make lots of games and i always wanted to make games. >> coding is no longer an exclusive domain of computer science and it's a very important general subject that all young people should learn so i think the earlier the better. >> reporter: founder of the academy and a man on a coding mission and studied engineering at the university of hong kong and won a scholarship to oxford university, after a career in computer gaming he turned to computer education and believes that digital literacy is now a core life skill. >> i think this is a meaningful mission for me to teach the young people to learn the program which is 21st century literacy. >> is with apps and smartphones and digital technology so much a part of our daily lives now it's not a surprise in hong kong they
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are trying to make it a part of the school curriculum and some countries like uk and astonia have it on agenda but here the computer program is in school but the enthusiasm 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'm believer of coding being something that every kid should learn at the early stages so hong kong schools are far from having something like that in the curriculum luchl. >> i'm telling the computer what to do. >> reporter: parents not waiting around there are options more than ever of teaching code literacy. >> sarah in hong kong. the end of the bulletin but more to talk about in the next bulletin and see you in the next couple of minutes.
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turkey's ruling party suffer as set back in the ballot box and suffers the grueling task of billing a coalition. ♪ hello from al jazeera headquarters in doha i'm jane and also ahead stopping the spread schools are closed in seoul as south korea records more cases of the deadly mers virus. forgotten war and we report from the world's youngest country where there are fears of the fate of thousands of children plus. nick clark in cuba