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another day of talks renders no results. officials say this is their last attempt at striking a deal. >> this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up, china's former security chief can sentenced to life in prison for bribery and abuse of power. u.n. report finds peace keeping tools regularly trade goods for sex, with desperate women. and a chance to see inside the mind of a 20th century
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genius >> talks in greece's debt repayments have hit another stumbling block after the i. m.f. withdrew it's team from discussions in brussells. union officials described the talks and greek prime minister as a last attempt to reach a deal cypress remains optimistic to stave off default that that lope repayment due this month but they say there's been little progress. >> there are major differences. between us, in most key areas. >> has been no progress in narrowing these differences recently. >> and thus we are well away from an agreement. prime minister is trying to
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find a deal. austerity, the latest symbolic break with the policies of the previous government came with the reopening of greek state t.v. john reports from athens. >> unscripted they unfalterred as if unsure they were really on air or perhaps overwhelmed with with the emotion of the moment, palpable in the studio as 2.5000 people were allowed back to work. >> but it is a different count down that concerns the creditors the country will become insolvent after the end of june when it has to pay billions of dollars in debt prime minister was in brussells making a last ditch attempt to bridge the differences. >> especially with with differences in fiscal, and
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the finance district, and we are working in order to assure an agreement to that frees will recover. with social deficient and viable public debt. it is my. that the greek government has to be i think a little bit more realistic. there's no more space for gambling there's no more time for it, the day is coming i am afraid that someone says that the game is over. >> even if he strike as deem, he may have serious difficulties selling it at home. the worksers union saying he is about to become the third prime minister to sell greece down river. >> cash for austerity have become political poison,
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shortening the life expectsy of government during the crisis. socialists governments, and now that the poison sits before a left wing government almost four in ten greeks say they want him to turn away from it. >> that includes back benches that can bring the government down and splitting the parties. making good on promises can only take people so far. he has to fix the economy and so do so he has to convince creditors to finance it increasingly, they are choosing sovereignty. al jazeera athens. >> in iraq, at least 100 people are dead after air strikes and suspected positions. the war planes hit four targets witnesses say the planes attacked the crowded market where this is believed to have a security compound.
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isil says many of the dead and wounded were with women with and children, the military had planned for the anbar province could be replicated elsewhere the to be military officer confirmed the option is under consideration, may also require more troops to be deployed. dempsey says the possibility of more military is part of prudent planning, he says work is already underway to arecess roads air feeds and other infrastructure where the night is setting up the sights. well iraq's parliament speaker says the u.s. decision to send extra troops is part of a plan to boost new volunteers battling isil. reports now on the describes that feel they have been marginalized and want to help. >> these men once helped the government and u.s. troops fight al quaida they are
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the so called awakening council, but last year, when they arrived in their city, they didn't have is the armed to fight back. they were forced to leave and are now displaced and jobless. the blame the government for not integrating them and providing them with the arms needed to prevent the take over there were people waiting for the right time to emerge. so when isil came from syria five to 6,000 men joined the group. many of the people were once locked up in jails, it was the government. >> and while some did join isil, he was among those that chose to leave instead. he heats his identity because his daughters are still there. he is a man who couldn't expect the brutality but he is also against the government, which he says is no different from the new rulers. >> in the beginning people are happy to be liberated
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from the iraqi authorities the army used to treat us all like terrorists. it is a militia. >> the district has a long history in baghdad a year before this district became an isil strong hold, it was a battleground. many people were with killed and arrests like many predominately sunni towns there were months of protests accusing the government oin neglect, and pursuing an agenda. isil was able to exploit what they say were legitimate demands. >> it is not clear if the tribes who did pledge allegiance did so out of conviction or fear. but what is clear is that it was a strong hold and over groups who fought the government and forbess when they were in the country. >> for some time they were able to secure areas these men are now asking for arms
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so they can recapture their district but that may not be enough to bring peace part of the strength comes from the inability to bring the sunni commute community to it's side. the body. been located after being snatched from baghdad taken minutes before it was to be loaded on oto a royal jordanian flight. on friday following. the iraqi leader. >> the body has been somewhat located. >> what we with have is contradictly information today the family received the body, the wife took the body to the airport where a plane was ready to transfer it. two director of shipping refused to receive the body
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and said i can't take responsibility, unless you get documents from the government showing approval to transfer it outside of iraq. this took about two hours then a known cause came can and took the body, according to my information those who took the body are not a government entity. but the latest information that we with have is that the body is now in the possession of the government, the government has been able to get the body from the unidentified men who took it, but we don't know where the body is right now or what will happen next. >> saudi military sources tell al jazeera two ol' the soldiers have been killed in an attack. it happened near the board e there have been reports of a number of clashes across the boardner the past 24 hours.
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meanwhile, fighting has left 27 fighters dead, seven fighters loyal to the compiled president have also been killed. hundreds of refugees have crossed the boarder, it is the first time crossings have been open since the 9th of march. they say they have been closed for security reasons only allows emergency medical cases to enter the country. rah mother and five children are among eight killed in the opposition controlled town they died when government forces targeted the town with shells and air strikes. >> fear fighting is takes place at the airport in syria south, and coalition of rebel groups have been trying to capture the airport. they were able to enter for a few hours before being pushed back by forces.
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it is a set back which has been making progress, the free syria army tells al jazeera his forces are not -- china's former chief joe young has been sentenced to life in prison on corruption charges. joe is found guilty of abuse of power bribery, and leaking state secrets. he is the highest ranking politician to five corruption charges in china. until his retirement, joe was with considered one of china's most powerful figures. adrian brown reports. deep in the lush country side this is the village of a politician once arguably one of the most powerful men in china. a vast and now empty compound stands on the spot of his childhood home. according to state media it was built with with government funds.
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a charm to ward all evil spirits still hanging above the front door. >> many resent the scrutiny. that's made the village infamous. >> and it is about the only place where people are prepared to speak up for him. >> he made our village much better. he contribute add lot to our village. he was good, now people think he is bad. i don't understand. >> is he a good man. >> even if i say he is a good guy, it is useless. the government says he is bad, and that's the conclusion. the chinese character on the wall beside the entrance says be loyal to your master. and to joe this village remains just that. until three years ago, he was master of china's secrets he is of the mast security
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apparatus which commuter prospers aside the village ad mo earn by largely empty highway. it would have been impossible for a foreign journalist to stand outside the home of the man who was once one of the most feared politicians in the land, the fact that i am, is a measure of how far joe young has fallen. the only other visitors are sight seers. enjoying the thrill of doing what would once with have led to arrest. but unlike the villages they have little sympathy for joe. female veterans he had been executed he could have ended up here, the family grave site. instead he will spend his life in jail, his down fall as much as to do with politics as corruption. al jazeera in eastern china. still ahead find out how falling water levels in california are effecting one of america's last great
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wildernesses. plus. >> for the first european games but it is the height here being eclinted by controversial. >>
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>> the new al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrap-up of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get a global perspective on the news. weeknights on al jazeera america. says he is still working to reach an agreement with creditors with negotiators have walked out saying major
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differences remain. the prime minister says he is now in the position of the iraqi government. it was taken minutes before it was to be loaded on to a jordanian airline fight bound. china's former chief has been sentenced to life in prison on corruption charges. bribery and leaking state secrets. a draft u.n. report is revealed peace keeps regularly pay for sex with with cash can and other goods exploiting women with that is supposed to be helping. poverty and hunger were driving hundreds of women to sell their bodies.
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the area had escaped serious damage during the recent quakes which killed over 8,000 people. 21 bodies have been recovered but it is estimated three dozen people are still missing. villages in the riskiest areas have been evacuated. babbed some journalist entry to cover the first european games which are due to start on friday, the oil rich nation is hoping the event will put it on the world map there's a rising tide of criticism over the human rights record. robin walker reports. for a small country better known for it's oil reserves than hospitality, these are the first games are feeling
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euphoric. i believe the games will change preponderances about europe. and it will become recognized around the world because athletes are coming from 50 countries. 6,000 of them in fact competing in this new olympic spin off. >> the official price tag is around 1 billion u.s. dollars but that's just a fraction of the amount that's been spent trance tomorrowing the capitol in recent years. the government wants to create a big impression internationally, image is everything. last month the fire in this apartment block took the shine off the celebrations, 15 people died. it raised questions about negligence, the building was one of dozens given a facelift, using a highly flammable material, and nepotism a contractor is rumored to have close links to the president. who lost everything in the blaze and whose grandchildren
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are still recovering from the smoke inill hlation says he wanted to know what happened to $15,000 worth of promised compensation. >> the president has givenned the ore for us to receive this money somebody is not listening we find out we didn't get it, they will punish them hard, i know that for sure. >> hi concerns speak volumes about corruption, polar cartoons on social media have lampoons the authorities for ravish spending at the expend of safety. angers by criticism officials have banned some western journalists from the attending the games. they have just one purpose to cast a shadow over the success, it isn't just disrespectful towards us it is about dill respectful. we will show them that their p.r. campaign is meaningless
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and won't damage the image the president will be hoping to show that these games is more than just a star. was refused entry earlier this week, she told me she wanted to highlight alleged rights abuses. what motivated me is the people that i have got to know while i have been working there people like rejav, a courageous campaigner who founded the sport for rights campaign, which works to highlight april prisoners. three weeks after he founded that. capain, he found that he was one of the political prisoners and that's why he was put into jail, he has now been sentenced to 6-25th years in jail, there is a whole generation, am
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democratics, activist whose are all now in jail because of this regime. and that's what motivated me. i am joined now by a senior associate, for international peace, and an expert. good to have you with us. you know, it is interesting when you read the reports of human rights groups with it is amnesty international to quote one here it says mounting persecution journalists civil is society, and activists called tut fifth most sensors world country in the world why don't these abuses receive a lot of attention particularly in the west. >> well, i think they do receive attention in the media, but what we also have is a government which is very good as spending it's oil money. it spend as lot of money here in washington and in europe.
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and puts on very lavish events. they are now doing these inaugural european games. they want to hold formula 1 so they are good at putting out this message and of course some try to get in the way, and a different message but as we are seeing some to cover these games. >> we have also seen some western leaders including britain's prime minister going to the capitol to attend conferences on some of the resources is it because of the oil and gas resources which make it too valuable? to the west to be scrutinized. >> well, he has been quite clever in using it's oil and gas resources this oil pipeline ands a country can ha is is well known to oil
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and gambling gas companies but that is becomenning more and more difficult the economy is not doing so well and certainly here in the united states you are hearing more criticism of these political prisoners relations are certainly on a big downturn and relations with russia on the country warning president putin is going to back for the opening of the games on fridays. >> all right, thank you so much for your thoughts. >> the past four years the state of california has been in the grip of a severe drought, rangers at sam -- one of the most beautiful parks in the united states, but even yosemite can't escape the drought ravages california it's effects can be seen all around. scott has been a ranger for nearly 20 years he says water
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levels are usually twice as high this is the true upped kay tor farmer, looking out at this gauge and seeing that the river level here in the river is just over three feet and here we are it isn't even summer and we are looking at warmer temperatures a record low snow packet just tells me how much of a drought we are in california governor aunderstand nod statewide water restrictions to cut connions by 25%. the park appealing to visitors not to waste water. >> everyone is very conservative. if we have left over water bottles we are not throwing it away, we are using it for coffee in the morning so there's little things that you can do to conservative. and the drought isn't just effecting nature, tourism has also taken a hit these visitors are going on one of the last rafting trips of the
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season with outings ending a month earlier. >> when the wattser down to 1 1/2 feet that's when it is not enough flow, the algae starts to grow, and the rocks are starting to protrude out and you have to get out and full p raft, so we stop at a poof and a half. people are racing for another parched summer and as beautiful as this is, this drought is threatened one of the u.s.' great national wondering. nobel lore yet has resigned from his position, following comments that scientists should work in gender segregated laboratories. hunt was speaking at a conference of science journalists when he said three things happen when they are in the lab you fall in love with them, they fall in love with you and when you criticize them they cry. the 72-year-old won the nobel prize in medicine in 2001.
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tim hunter's comments have inspired something of a twitter storm female scientists from around the world have been posting picture under the # distractedly sexy, showing themselves at work in the laboratories. it is worth noting all of this happens on a day when the space agency set a new record for the longest time spent in space by a woman. they returned from a 199 day mission, on the international space station. a collection of special letters by albert einstein is being auctioned in l.a. his name is a sin mom for towering intellect. his theory of relativity changed forever our knowledge of space, time, the universes, and our place in
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it was also a prolific letter writer. 20 tight of his letters are up for auction. those letter froms the 20th century greatest genius are being stored here in a warehouse suffers with hollywood memorabilia. which will auction the letters. >> what makes them so extraordinary is they get into the mind of ion osign on an intimate level about personal things. here is on god and religion in my opinion the idea of a personal god is a child like one. the self-described agnostic writes. i prefer an attitude of humility, cor can responding to the weakness of our understanding of nature, and of our own being. writing to his ex-wife einstein laments his inability to reconcile
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relativity, and quantum mechanics saying theoretical physics is currently enormously thorny. as adolf hitler takes power in the 1930's and beginning the persecution of german uses the jewish born einstein wrote to family members explaining he would never return to his hope land. decades later he announces joseph mccarthy witch hunt in the u.s., calling eight move to destroy the political rights of the individual. these letters also shed lite on the human side of the great scientist he writes to his young son congratulating him for his interest in mathematics and reminding him to brush his teeth. and it is signed papa. einstein who was twice married and had many misstresses muses about sex telling one he believes men are not naturally monogamous.
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einstein was abearthbound human being, just like the rest of us, even as his mind wandered through the limitless cosmos. al jazeera california. >> you can get more on all those stories at aljazeera.com. you thank you very much. >> thank you. >> hello and welcome. i'm phil torres here to talk about innovations that can change lives. we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity and doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. let's check out our team of hard core nerds. >> dr. crystal dilworth is a molecular