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the number of migrants reaching europe by sea this year has now passed 100,000, and that number will continue to climb. that's according to the latest figures from the international organization for migration or the i.o.n. the i.o.m. report points to an increase in the number of people, moat of them syria traveling to greece. 2015 that in the whole of last year. it also warns that these numbers are a prelude to what is expected to be a surge in arrivals of the calm summer months.
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from three rubber ding gis off the coast. they were taken to the cecilian port, all of them were from africa. most people rescue redirect examination taken to italy where they are set. to find out what happens to them once they have landed. >> the first steps on european soil. they arrive in the dark, not knowing what they were. this is the center they were brought to, so we came back a few days late tore check on them see how they are settling in and to see if some have already moved on many of the women who were
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rescue add few days ago have already been relocated to sicily to another center. they hope to join them soon. >> it's over she says. thanking god. it was really tired the water was coming in and the boat was rocking. i kept my eyes closed the whole time, i had a headache and i was dizzy. they had been stranded on the rubber ding gi for 20 hours. they were terrified anddy oriented when the rosaceaes found them. in the men's quarter. >> he has been smiling ever since he saw the italians come to his rescue. at the time he said he would celebrate drinking ten pepsis.
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>> he didn't, but is happy anyway. >> no pepsi. >> they were very scared in libya, they were forced to drink fuel and sometimes had food once every three days. >> he shows us the mas on his back, he was repeatedly beaten with an electrical rod by the smugglers. his friends have marked on his stomach. cigarette burns be i the guards at the libyan detention center is. aid workers say they have seen oseveral similar cases. >> they say he did not have a shower for 40 days. soon they will move again but he wants to stay in italy, in rome. >> i have to discover it.
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i need to learn the language, the laws of the country and it it's traditions and how to treat people. >> he left his wife and two children behind, he hopes to bring them over soon. by plane not across the sea. >> they created a bond they said can never be broken one that gives them strength to face the uncertainties of the future. >> in the mediterranean in the greek -- they are struggling to deal with the surge in migrants being smuggled from the coast. these pictures show the dire state of an abandoned hotel that authorities are using to shelter about 300 people. it is littered with rub dish
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that toilets lack running water. every day they crowd outside the local police station waiting for emergency papers that will allow them to travel to the mainland. >> fighters say they have seize add major power plant west of the city. the plant supplies central and western libya with electricity. isil now fully controlled the hometown of the former libyan leader mom mar gaddafi, and the group is continues continues to make gain exploiting a power vacuum. isil's reach also extends east to the city, and it claims to have a presence in benghazi and tripoli. the growing concern is that isil may use it's foot hold on the mediterranean coast as a launch pad to europe. meanwhile, libya's u.n. backed parliament has reject add proposal to form a unity
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government. it has been trying to reach a deal with it's rival the self-declared government, reapives from the elected parliament have also withdrawn from the u.n. brokers talked aimed at ending the power struggle. syrian rebels say they have cap can churr add major base. it is thought the free syrian army launched an assault on the base. the u. k. can base says around 20 troops and 14 rebels have died so far in fighting at that base. which is the largest in the province. the military says it has recaptured key parts of the town. a military commander told state t.v. that the iraqi can side flag had been raised over a low scal building and
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that groups are in control. the success should make it easier to regain control of the largest oil refinery in beijing. well, it is a year since isil attacks the northern iraqi city prompting the army to retreat. a closer look at why the group is proving so hard to defeat. >> the speed with which isil took huge parts surprised and shocked many. in mosul the army ran isil fighters face little real resistence. in less than 24 hours the city was under the flag, and the impact was felt across. >> it was a huge shock to the government, and it's people when isil took mosul. it exposed a lack of trust on security issues and the government at the time. thats han't chained even with a new government. >> in the immediate aftermath, people -- that the sectarian policies were
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sidelining some muslims. policies that the next prime minister has found difficult to remove despite promising to do so. >> maliki can tries to con can sol date power in iorack, and that ail len nateed many people. he lacks power because he has been with with many problems include uhing a massive deficit, and power lobbies. it will be tough for him to run things around. >> the militias are also having a tough time, and face great challenges. when the capitol of anbar province fell to the radical group in may it exposed how tough and far from over this fight is. >> there is a lack of iraqi command and control, we with don't have discipline within the ranks. the lack of reinforcement and strategy to win the fight we need better coordination of air strikes and better
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equipment. >> 12 months is a significant timeframe for isil, they are using it to reiterate their motto which is remaining and expanding their territory. however, there are others that say they are just taking advantage of a very disjointed international strategy, on isil. here in baghdad people are very worried that the current way of dealing with isis just isn't working. >> the groups territory is a concern, because it can use it as a base, and send reinforcements. it is increasingly obvious that without solutions in syria, isil will remain a problem in iraq. al jazeera, baghdad. nearly 50,000 job cuts as plans to combat sluggish growth. the largest bank aimed to save $5 billion by getting rid of a fifth of it's work force and closing it's businesses in turkey and brazil. the bank is also reviewing whether to remove
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headquarters to hong kong. speaking of hong kong, they have issued red alerts for south korea advising against nonessential travel because of middle east respiratory syndrome. seven people have now died from mers in south korea and there have been 95 cases making tut biggest outbreak outside saudi arabia. the acting prime minister has promised ran all out respond with the aim of tending the outbreak this week. south korea is particularly worried with the effect that mers is having on it's economy. from one of south korea's wealthier areas. usually we one joined by plenty of foreign tourists, but well don't exactly have the place to ourselves this is as close as you get in the
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congested city like seoul. local tour guides say 30 to 40% fewer visitors are coming here. and that's been the case across the major sector. 35% fewer customers, baseball games are seeing about the same drop in attendances. even for more essential things like the weekly shop we are seeing a falling off in numbers. reporting a week on week drop at 12% at their stores but at the same time, though, the online grocery shopping that they provide has gone up. as people stay home and troy to avoided unnecessary travel. all of this is having a significant impact, the president says that the first priority of the government is to address this as a public health concern and eradicate the virus and eradicated the mers crisis as a whole would only have happened when the economic impact has been addressed as well. >> harry faucet reporting there, still to come, the journalist defying death
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>> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the sound bites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". only on al jazeera america. ♪ ♪. >> hello there. a reminder now of the top stories on al jazeera. a number of migrants making the perilous journey across the mediterranean this year has passed 100,000. that's according to the international organization for migration. the data shows more than hoff
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of them reached italy after departing almost exclusively from libya. meanwhile, libya's u.n. backed parliament has reject add proposal to form a unity government. it was hoped an agreement that could go some way in helping end the chaos. and the u.s. says progression is being made against isil fighter ins the iraqi town, which is hope to a huge oil refinery. the government troops are said to be in control of at least part of the city. >> three firefighters are missing after a powerful explosion at a fuel depo in ukraine. emergency services have been battled overnight to control the deadly blaze, which injured 11 people. one perp later died in hospital. they are worried that the fire can can spread to a neighboring facility. >> spain's top prosecutor has asked for an investigation into suggestions that yemen
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knew about a suicide attack before it happened in 20007. eight spanish tourists and two yemen died when the car exploded. an al quaida informant told al jazeera he warned security agencies before the attack. but he says he was ignored. spain closed the case in 2011 when yemen didn't provide the information that's been asked for. and the party of the former president has welcomed the u. n. brokered peace talks due to start in switzer land in a few days. but the general people's congress party says it hasn't been formalin sited to the negotiations. it supports houthis rebels fight thing government of president hadi, he was president for more than 20 years. >> the u.n. secretary general has been criticized for leaving israel and hamas off
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a blacklist of state which is violate children's rights. the u.n.'s special envoy for children have included them on the draft list, but ban ki-moon ignored her recommendation can and remove uhed them. they have described the decision as unusual. she spends most of her day caring for her son. ali was injured nearly a year ago during the 50 day bombardment of the gaza strip after a rockets struck the building next to the family's home. >> it was a big explosion and that's when ali fell and fractured his skull. at first he was in a comb can ma and now he can't move his body, he is receiving some physical therapy and we are supposed to also give him medicine, but it is too expensive, so four months ago we had to stop buying it for him.
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mostly civilians were with killed during last year's war, fight hundred 60 were children in an annual report on the impact of conflict on children, the united nations secretary general ban ki-moon sharply credit sighed israel for the deaths describing them as unprecedented and unacceptable. but then kept israel and hamas, which controlled the gaza strip off the official list because of apparent pressure by israeli and american officials. instead of going into a diplomatic fight in the united nations and in the international arena it's better that it's a balanced position, and nobody takes the blame for the war which was unnecessary and everybody agrees that it was an unnecessary war. >> but that small comfort to her who says no only will her son never be well again it's where he will also likely never see justice either.
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the u.n. report is bias and in favor of israel, because israel is a state that is above the law. no one with can punish it, and that's why it continues it's crimes. israel killed children, and puts them in it's jails and no one can can stop them. >> human rights groups have near unanimously condemned the u. n. secretary general decision remove both israel, and hamas from it's list of countries and armed groups which violated the rights of children. saying ban ki-moon put politics above the needs of the must vulnerable. iran's vice president has signaled a ban on women with watching men's sporting events will be relaxed. a limited number of women will be able to watch the men's volleyball world league games in teheran later this month. a british iranian woman was arrested last year after she tried to attend a men's
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volleyball game. fighting in south sudan is striking the crucial planting season. the international committee of the red cross says nearly 100,000 people have fled the town of surrounding areas just in the past couple of weeks. it followed reports that wars forces were advance hogen the area. staff also have to leave resorting in the destruction of food deliveries to 120,000 people. the opposition has rejected the commission proposal to delay a presidential vote until next month they say they will continue protesting until the president gives up his bid for a third term. the government accused the media of inciting unrest. some of those journalists have been accused by the government of sympathizing.
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they say the radio and tv station was destroyed by police officers. it means also being at the risk every day to be killed at any time. the station was close to the shooting between rival arms during the attempted coup in may, some officials accuse local independent journalists of inciting opposition members to protests against the third term bid. it is now relatively calm but you can can still see the battle scars. >> that's the radio station that was destroyed the police aren't allowing anybody inside, some have left the country, others are in hiding. >> government says things are different now and that
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journalists shouldn't be afraid. >> we really want with to let everybody know that the government is ready. to allow to do their job as they used to do we with continue to believe that this is a country can for all of it's citizens includes journalists. other independent media houses were with targeted before and after the failed coupe. most people especially in the president's strong hold can only access from the state's media. independent journalists say they won't be silenced hoping the few with access to the internet can get the other side of the story. the leaders of the countries battle against boko haram are meeting to discuss settings off closely monitored task force. troops from nigeria, have been fighting together since is the start of the year, but they have only been losely
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coordinated because of nigeria's concerns students in the country are increasingly relying on computers than books for information, what may be surprising is they are often doing so without the internet. in the late nest our series, reports on a digital library that's been described as the internet in a box. the internet connection at the university is down, but mohamed is not bothered. he a student and comes here to do research using something called the e. it is a digital library that doesn't require an internet connection. it stores documents and books on a subscriber's own computer so that everyone can can have access even whenno internet. it gives me information
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unlike the normal library whereby you go, you read textbooks sometimes which are fairly outdated, and secondly the eli prayer, gives me an opportunity not only to access libraries in nigeria, but also libraries outside the world. the idea began here in nigeria, an american nonprofit organization called wider net gathered and stores millions of books and other materials, that can can be accessed off line. and at little or no cost. resources are helping institutions with no access to the internet, it is providing up to date material, especially for developing countries. where education is falling behind, and students like these, can look at millions of books and other research terms off line access to resources is improving for students and teachers alike.
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>> to conduct research in rising. sometimes we read on the screen sometimes we save some of the pages and print them. for later use. >> still traditional libraries remain relevant, and this isn't changing any time soon. there are some scholars that really are not too comfortable or they are technology savvy and then they feel much more comfortable. >> the under tokers have poor developing nations in mind, where internet access can can be a challenge. now from desk tops the library want withs to expand the services to easy to carry memory sticks that can be plugged into a computer.
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a 24 hour strike is causing chaos in argentina bus train, and sub is way systems came to a standstill flights have been canceled with ports rubbish collection and fuel deliveries also paralyzed. the strike is the latest opposition to the government. and there are several ways of getting from a to b and one company wants it to be as easy as hitting the button print. customers can get behind the wheel as early as 2017, john reports. this could be the shape of things to come, but the point is it could be any shape at all, except for it's wheel engine and suspension, it is created entirely out of carbon infused plastic. on a printer like this, and
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that is why jay rogers believed he is in the midst of trance tomorrowing the auto industry. henry ford never had internet gordon lee diamond never had fed ex. nobody has the ability to actually be able to design with tools the way way with have today if you had those tools back at the time when they created the industry, they would have created it totally differently. >> the car is expected to sell for somewhere between 18,000 and $30,000. it's not yet approved for public roadways and faces big speed bumps including being taken seriously. >> it seem as bit more like a toy, i saw the caring with printed out, it is a car size and something you can drive around in, but i don't know how many people will be lining up to do so, at least out in an open environment. >> at local motor shops they say that miss it is mark, the whole point is that it is
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merely a way of speeding up design and manufacturing. this design oand one of an infinite array of possibilities. the advantage of having a 3-d printed car can is that it can can be anything, kit can be a four d printed car you can can change the power and the manufacturing process is faster, and when it is all over, it is recycleleble so you could build another one with. >> and a former u.s. marine officer foresees an expanding array of styles. >> we are pretty quick in auto industry in making a single unit. with we can roll them off the line every 17 seconds it takes about 24 hours to make it through the whole line, we with are adding that tool into the kit can bag to make so it that instead of seven years we can change the model line time to change over down to about four months. if that happens car owners
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could implement the options inside but design of the carrist. >> al jazeera knoxville tennessee. >> that does sound amazing a lot more on that and everything else we have been covering on our web with site the al jazeera aljazeera.com. today we are not taking actions against police officers we are taking actions for the people. activists ask a judge to bypass prosecutors and charge can the officers responsible for shooting t amir rice. former house speaker heads to court facing federal charges of financial fraud authorities focus on a woman who worked at a new york prison are convicted k
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