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migrants reaching europe by sea has now passed 100,000. that's according to the latest figures. the data shows more than 54,000 migrants reached italy, almost all of them departed from libya. 466,000 reached greece, and the report points to an increase in the number of people traveling to greece. more have arrivalled in the last five minutes than in the whole of last year. and it was that these numb errs are just a prelude to what is expected to be a surge in arrivals over the calm months. >> already struggling to deal with the people being smuggled from turkey and hundreds more have reached the eastern islands in the past day. these pictures show the died state of an abandoned hotel they are using to shelter 300 people. migrants say it is littered
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with rubbish. every day they crowd outside the local police station waiting for emergency papers to allow them to travel to the mainland. the last 24 hours the italian coast guard has rescued hundreds more. 447 people were taken to the border all of them were from sub saharan africa. most people rescued by the italian coast guard are taken to italy where they are assessed. to find out what happens to them once they have landed. >> their first steps on the european soil, they arrived in the dark, not knowing exactly where they were, haggerred, tired hungry, and very relieved they left war behind them. >> this is the center they were brought to on that night when they got off the ship, so we with came back a few days later to check on them, and also to see whether some have already moved on.
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>> many of the women rescued a few days ago, have already been relocated to another center. >> they hope to join them soon. >> it is over she says, thanking god. >> it was really tired. two water was coming and the boat was rocking. i kept my eyed closed the whole time, i had a headache, and i was dizzy. >> they had been stranded for 20 hours. they were terrified and disorientated when the rescuers found them. in the quarter. we with meet the travel companions. >> they have been smiling ever since he saw the italians come to his rescue. at the time he said he would celebrate drinking ten
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pepsis. >> he didn't, but is happy anyway. >> pepsi. >> they were very scared in libya, they were forced to drink fuel, and sometimes had food once every few days. >> he shows us the marks on his back, he was repeatedly beaten with an electrical rod by the smugglers during his rance sit through libya. his friends have marks on his stomach, cigarette burns from the guards at the libyan detention center, aid workers say they have seen several similar cases. he did not have a shower for 40 days. soon they will move again. but he wants to stay in italy, in rome. >> i still don't know what freedom means exactly.
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i have to discover it. i need to learn the language, the laws of the country it's traditions and how to treat people how to respect them, and how to be respected. >> he left his wife and two children behind. he hopes to bring them over soon. by plane not across the sea. fate brought these young men together the dramatic ordeal create add bond they say can never be broken. one that gives them strength to face uncertainties of the future. >> the chaos in libya are mayor factors. now a proposal ending -- >> the news that libya's elected parliament has
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rejected a united nations draft proposal to form a unity government is a blow to hopes of peace. the united nationsen violator was hoping to bring together the country's rival factions to negotiate a deal. the frame work deal called for a national unity government based in tripoli. but also recognize it is house of representatives based as the legitimate legislative body. the deal creates a council state to serve as libya's highest body with a power to resolve disputes. it also create as national army called for the disarming of militias, implementation of a cease fire and the drafting of a constitution. >> today the people have to rise on this gathering for new, and the hope that you save your country and your
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people from procontracted conflict. >> but the country's fractions remains skeptical. parliament and army, the tripoli based government controls more territory the government that has the backing of the united nations. this is the man at and center of the political divide, general is the most powerful military commandner the east loose year he launched operation dignity a major offensive against a coalition of militias who went on to form libya dawn which is backed by the tripoli based general national congress. for tripoli a deal will only half if he is sacked by the government. but most of the army units based in the east, are loyal to him. they say any move against
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their lead her be met by force. groups affiliated with isil expand in the east. is rahing fears of more violence and instability in the oil rich country. al jazeera. >> let's guess more from our dip lo t maic editor. so james, presumably there's disappointment aability this break down. >> there certainly disappointment. no formal statement yet by the united nations, but i think they had been hoping that perhaps this time around, and there have been a number of different drafts of a deal to try to find something that both sides can agree to, they would get somewhere and they haven't it has been rejected by one of the sides of the security council, diplomates are watching this very closely, i can tell you there's beginning to be some die quiet about the man leading this process. certainly one diplomate
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telling me that whenever they speak to him he is so optimistic that will will be a deal any moment soon it is very hard to know where you are when you have a diplomatic that is so optimistic all the time. >> what about the current stumbling politics? well you heard some of them, clearly the general's position is very important he is a stumbling block certainly for one of the sides you have the whole issue of how the constitution will work, and that's the key issue of the basketball tor shared and how much power each side gets but there is another problem in all of this the intersects with another part of the story that we are doing at the top of the bulletin, and it is the issue of migration from libya because what has been going on at the same time, is the e.u. is being tried to get a resolution through the u. n. security council. that would authorize a new
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maritime operation by the e.u., the e.u. leaders have agreed this is their solution to that problem of migration in the mediterranean, this is ruffled the feathers of certainly the that brook government, which feels the e.u. has been reaching out to the government which controls much of the area along the coast, i am told by some diplomats that they believe the whole effort to get that resolution may well in part poison the negotiations on trying to get a resolution to the divisions in libya. so a lot of different diplomatic efforts going on, and they may have interferes with each other. >> thank you indeed. >> in the midst of all that, fighters linked to the levant say they have seize add major power plant.
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exploiting a power volume left after gaddafi's fall. and it says it has the present in benghazi and tripoli, the growing certain that it may use the foothold on the coasts as a launch pad to europe. iraqi military say it has recaptured key parts with the help of shia militias, the iraqi flag has been raised over a local government build and that troops are in control. it should help make it easier to regain the largest oil refinery which is also in beiji. prompting the army to retreat. a closer look at who why is prove is so what are to defeat. >> in mosul arracks army ran isil fighters faced little real resy tense, the city was under their black flag, and
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the impact was felt across iraq. it was a huge shock to the iraqi people, it exposed a lack of trust between the people of iraq and the government at the time, that hasn't changed even with a new government. >> in the immediate aftermath many people began to blame the former prime minister for pursuing policies and sidelining. policies that the next prime minister has found difficult to remove despite promising to do so. >> maliki tries to consolidate power and that eliminated many people including the sunni community, abadi is much nor neutral, but he lacks power because he has been left with many problems including a massive budget deficit, it is going to be tough for him to run thins around. >> the iraqi army and the militias fighting along
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smithied aring a velocities a tough type. it poked how tough and far from over this fight is. >> there is a lack of iraqi command request control we with don't have discipline, the lack of reinforcement to win the fight, we need better coordination, and better equipment. 12 months is a cig is can't timeframe, they are using to reiterate their motto which is remaining and expanding their territory. there are others that say they are just takings advantage of a very disjointed strategy on isil. people are very worried that the current way of dealing with isil isn't working. >> the groups territory is a concern because it can use it as a base, and send reinforcements into iraq. it is increasingly obvious that without solutions isil will remain a problem in iraq. al jazeera, baghdad.
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>> syrian rebels say they have capture add major army base in the southern province. launched an assault on the base just outside the relieved ladies and gentlemen at dawn, the u.k. based syrian observatory says around 20 troops and 14 rebels have die sod far in fighting at the base, which is the largest in the province. still ahead, 11 men are sentenced for death involve innocent in the 2010 football riots and why this 102 your old woman has waited 77 years to receive a hpd. phd.
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into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". only on al jazeera america. a number of migrants making the perilous journey this year has passed 100,000. lick yeah's u.n. barked parliament has reject add proposal and suspended participation in peace talks. fighters say they are seize add major power plant and the group is now in full control of the city. >> saudi led air strikes are continuing to bomb houthis targets, the latest attack hit the defense ministry building in the capitol which is under houthis control. air strikes have also targeting the homes of military commanders. elsewhere there have been reported of heavy fighting. spain's top prosecutors asked
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for an investigation into yes then knowing about a suicide attack. al quaida informant told the investigative unit he warned security agencies before the attack, and said he was ignored, spain closed the case, when yemen didn't provide the information it asked for. egypt has sentenced 11 men to death. more than 70 people were killed and many were injured in the riot in 2012, many relatives are angry at the police have not been held to account for failing to stop the attacks. >> they have been waiting for justice, and they are angry at the select. these are the relatives of the people he killed in a football riot in 2012, some accused the use edition area of trying to cover up state punishment that took part in the revolution.
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many still accused the police for failing to stop egypt's worst football violence. >> we were told that since his arrest the head of security has not spent an hour inside a cell. he has been staying at the academy hospital, he appears in his adidas shirt and nike shoes. >> today the police have only a few more months to go until they are released they are the ones who didn't make a bakier, when question went to get the bodies of our children, we saw that the army was with securing the area. they shower secured these kids. 70,000 were killed and over one with thousand were injured at the stadium. five riot began during a match. most of the death and injuries happened in a stampede when thousands of people tried to leave and now the verdicts are being
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criticized for sparing those that were meant to protect them. >> in recent weeks the judiciary has been criticized for handing down mass verdicts. on monday human rights watch called the presidency -- the government has described the report as inaccurate and laking in objectivity. for the families of those that say the trials haven't been fair, a call for objectively from the government almost certainly doesn't bring much. al jazeera. two people have been killed in clashes in the mainly cutterrish southeast. he was killed as he left his office two other people died in the violence that followed. >> fighting in south sudan is disrupting the crucialen planned closuring season, the international committee says almost 100,000 people have fled the town, and sur rounding areas in the past couple of weeks warring
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forces were advancing on the area the star also had to leave respecting in the disruption of food deliveries to 100 went thousand people. >> now we are going into rainy season, which means if they haven't planted their seeds they don't have any food stocks. so we are going toward as very very difficult period for the people here in south sudan, coupled with an economic instability which is certainly not going to help the country and the people. >> three firefighters are missing after an explosion at a fuel depo in ukraine. emergency services have been battling to control the deadly blaze, one person later died in hospital. officials on side are worries the fire can spread to a neighboring facility. the owner says it was the result of an arson attack. hong kong and taiwan have issued red alerts advising again nonessential travel, because of middle east
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syndrome. seven people have now died. and there have been 95 cases making it the biggest outbreak outside saudi arabia. south korea's acting prime minister has promised an all out respond this week. south korea is particularly worried about the effect on the economy. one of seoul's weltier areas. >> it was a lovely day, one of the fanciest districts. for a walk in the sunshine, usually we would be joined by plenty of well to do residents, plenty of foreign tourists as well. but while we don't exactly have the place to ourselves this is pretty much as close as you get in the congested city like seoul. local tour guides say about 30% fewer visitors are coming here than normally, and that's been the case across the sector in south korea. 35% fewer customers baseball games are seeing about the same drop in attendance, even
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more essential things like the weekly shopping we are seeing falling off. the two biggest super market chain as 12% at their stores but at the same time though, the online grocery shopping they provide has gone up. as people stay home and try to avoided unnecessary travel. all of this is having a significant economic impact, the government says says the president says that the first priority of the government is to address this as a public health concern and eradicate the virus that the mers crisis as a whole she says will only have happened when the economic impact has been addressed as well. >> 20 now hour strike is bringing parts of to a standstill nights have been canceled with port, rubbish collection, and fuel deliveries also paralyzed. >> the republican of ireland
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laws on abortion are some of the most restrictive in the world, and it is undergoing pressure to change. in a new report how the constitutional ban on abortion was risking women's lives. those who could afford to often traveled to the u.k. can and pay for a termination. whether you are experience would be like ours where you are left in the draw. there should be a consistent approach. >> 102-year-old german woman has become the world's oldest doctoral graduate. she was awarded her phd. dominic cane went to meet her. >> with music and applause, ham burg university honors it's latest graduate, but this 102-year-old has wait
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add very long time to receive her award. as a young woman, she was in viewed with the desire to help others by becoming a doctor. but in 1938, she was classified because of her mother's jewish fate. being labeled of mix race, denied her the chance to get her degree, until now. this is a hopeful sign of a new hundredistic spirit, i am happy that it happened in my old hometown. >> the nazi crack down on the uses prompted to leave germany and seek safety in the united states. there she was able to complete her studying and meet the man she would mary. but the couple had idealistic left wing views which with unpopular in the u.s. of the cold war era so they left for east germany where she
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would go on to establish a neomay that clinic of world renowned. but it was only in recent years that her alma mater realized she has never been allowed to graduate, so they offered her a chance to go through a hearing to win the award. >> what really impressed the academic whose interviewed her, about her doctoral that is sis was how lucid she remains and clearly enganged. despite her advanced age. everything i could ask she was telling me, so i quit her time for self-reflection and sought sometimes unbelievable, so i have education giant. so friendly. so focused. and in such precise am democratic tradition that it was really remarkable. >> for today's generation of young aspiring doctors the
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idea of what happened to her was unthinkable. in our time it is unconceivable you can't get a doctorate on the bases of such motives. >> by honoring her perhaps the university has shown there is no place for those motives in modern germany. al jazeera, ham burg. >> now a u.s. company wants people to start making room in their garages for a new auto invasion 3-d printed car, the body takes just 44 hours to construct. it is still being tested. customers may be able to get behind the wheel within two or three years. this could be the shape of things to come. the car is created entirely out of carbon infused plastic on a 3-d printer like this.
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that is why jay rogers believed he is in the midst of transforming the auto industry. heavenry ford never had an internet. mobile has the ability to design with the tools we have today, if you had those tools when they created the industry they would have created it totally differently. >> the car with a motor is expect sod sell for somewhere between 18,000, and $30,000. it is not jet approved for public roadways including being taken seriously by critics. >> it seem as bit more like a toy, i have seen the car being printed out it definitely 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 the open environment. >> at local motor shops like this one they say that misit is mark, the whole point is
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that it is merely a way of speeding up design and manufacturing. this design is is one of an infinite array of possibilities, the advantage of having a 3 d printed car is it can be anything. you can change the cup hold e the power train, and the manufacturing process is faster and when it is all over, it is recyclable so you can melt it down and build another one. rogers foreseeing an ex-nd paing array of styles. >> we are pretty quick today at making a single unit and the next unit. we can roll them off the line every 17 seconds. it takes us 24 hours to make it through the whole line, we are adding that tool to make so it that instead of seven years we can change the model line time to change over, down to about four monos. >> if that happens perhaps one day individual car owners could be able to customize not just the options inside,
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