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dell walt ertion in new york. stay tuned, the news conditions from doha. goodnight. the desperate plea for water and peace in yemen, as monday's u.n.-led talks are thrown into doubt. rel hello, a warm welcome. on this programme - seven new cases of m.e.r.s. in south korea, taking the totals infected to 145. >> prosperity and democracy are part of your basic bargain too. >> a voice for every day
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americans. hillary clinton makes her case for her presidential campaign. >> and this beach may see a second u.s. invasion. this time it will be a friendly one. talks to end the war in yemen are due to begin in geneva on monday. there are doubts whether houthi negotiators will attend. what is clear is a need for a resolution, with civilians living in the midst of a humanitarian crisis. al jazeera has been to tiaz where a houthi siege strangled the supplies of basic necessities. richard martin reports. >> reporter: a tanker of water arrives on the streets of tiaz in yemen. a rush of children and their mothers follow. most government services have
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been cut because of fighting around the city. schools are shut power down and supplies running low. >> there is a war. we have to stay at home where it's safe. it's chaos, no one can live in such conditions. >> the electricity was cut off. this man has a generator, people are charging him, they blame the former president. joining forces with president muqtada al-sadr, in exile. >> translation: president muqtada al-sadr muqtada al-sadr -- ali abdullah saleh destroyed life in the cities. >> reporter: queues for bread grose, rubbish is strewn on the street corners. tight security is a restriction on normal life. forces continue to besiege the
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city, they have been here since march. further north, residents clear up after an air strike by the saudi-led coalition, and appeals by aid groups for an end to the fighting and civilian suffering are growing. south korea has reported sex new cases of m.e.r.s. bringing the total number of infections to 145. the middle eastern respiratory syndrome has killed 14. a team from the world health organisation is in south korea to assess the situation. the experts say although the virus is not spreading outside hospitals, the outbreak is far from over warning the government to remain vigilant because they spent the number of cases to rise. david freeman is an expert n infectious diseases and says the south korean government is late to contain the outbreak. >> it's in the past week to
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10 days this they began to get a grasp. on this and the korean system because of emergency rooms and families preparing for patients without much care, it has led to a dramatic spread of this within the hospitals that may not have happened in some other countries. it's like the flu, it's like many other respiratory illnesses. unless you ask the question about travel history to the middle east or korea and for exposure to other patients that have the disease. you are not going to think to do the testing. the testing is relatively easy to do and takes a day or two to confirm a diagnosis. >> ukraine's military says six soldiers have been killed and 14 injured in battles with pro-russian rebels one of the highest single-day casualty nice
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in february. it was heavy near the airport in donetsk, the biggest city under control. these pictures show separatists firing on ukraine ors, and target positions in nearby tasks a senior u.s. defense official told al jazeera that the russian aggression prompted the u.s. defense secretary to respond. the pentagon planned to present n.a.t.o. with a proposal to present heavy weaponry. the u.s. is among the country taking part in exercises. this shows n.a.t.o.'s determination to defend the region. >> this is all about alliance security solidarity and security of the baltic region. the alliance came together with 14 alliance members and special
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relationship with the flotilla of forces at see to conduct a full spectrum of air defense anti-warfare operations and amphibious landings. it shows a strong message of resolve. >> hillary clinton has scheduleheld a first major rally. she called for a new era of prosperity as she outlined why she should be the newest president. [ chants ] >> reporter: they gathered by the thousands on an island named after franklin roosevelt, the former u.s. president who lifted millions out of poverty after the great depression, something hillary clinton is proposing. >> prosperity knant be just for c.e.o.s and hedge fund managers. democracy can't be just for billionaires and corporations.
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prosperity and democracy are part of your basic bargain too. >> clinton believes the recent economic recovery in the united states will eclipse too many working in middle class america, and will build on the causes championed by her husband. hillary clinton promised to reform the criminal justice system and immigration in the united states and will fight for yl photoing right and pay for men and women. first clinton needs to win the white house. the little competition for the democratic nomination but her republican challenger is to remind of the scandals. the four americans that decide in bolivia. use of a private email, and a potential conflict of the interest involving foreign donations to bill clinton's
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foundation. >> there's no question that hillary will have a lot of tough stuff to deal with and she'll have to persuade why these things are appropriate. >> those attending are unphased by issues of impartiality. >> i think these right. that's the important thing, in this nation and being ipp clues if and fight for everyone. client says sees a fighter. i may not be the youngest candidate in the race. it i will be the youngest woman president in the history of the united states. they are messages clinton will take on the road. she travels state to state to
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meet the group of fighters she'll fight for. u.s. president obama has a trade agenda. president obama wants to expand the agreement. >> right now something provide for for a college indication. who are hurt by the past trade deals. the kind they are not going to repeat against. republicans and democrats have voted to renew it expiring in a few months. there's 100,000. for the sake of families i urge
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members of congress who vote against it to stand up for american workers. >> a man that fired shots in texas has been shot dead by the police. the gunmen opened fire on officers before fleeing. two pipe bombs were found in the vehicle being used. melissa chan has more from dallas. >> reporter: the blaze of bullets in the night caused such chaos at first that police officers thought they had been attacked by multiple gunmen. it was one lone man who rammed his armoured vehicle into police cars. before leading officers on a car chase. and then a standoff.
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>> this was an on again-off again negotiation. he would get angry during negotiations, hang up, stop talking. he would rant for a while, not really having a conversation, and rant during the conversation negotiations in hutchins. at some point negotiations just ceased. at 5:07am our s.w.a.t. snipers shot at the suspect in wilma hutchins, the front windshield... >> reporter: that's the dallas police department headquarters. how often does a police department of a major city become a crime scene? we understand the gunman shot bullets through the ground floor lobby, second floor and police vehicles. no one was hurt, including an officer seated here blitzing through the seat and windshield >> some officers say they are lucky, i believe we are blessed that our officers survived the ordeal.
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there are bullet holes in s.w.a.t. cars where officers were sitting there are bullet holes in the front lobby where the staff was sitting. once that member walked away to get a coke. if they had of been there during the ordeal they would have been killed based on the trajectory of bullets. >> reporter: outside the police station, bomb squad looked at five suspicious packages. two from cleared one went off when moved by a police robot, the other detonated by the bomb squad: erica and jeremy live next door to police headquarters. . >> there was a lot of commotion going on. there was bullets, yelling "get inside the house", and the van shot inside the police station. >> it was something we... >> .. never witnessed. >>..first time we have been
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through that. >> that's the most exciting on the whole street. it was a lot of action. we had front row seats. >> like a movie deal. >> reporter: in the end a police sniper killed the gunman. it took several more hours to secure his vehicle. it had been booby-trapped with explosives. there's more coming up on al jazeera. supporting an entire family on $10 a day. but this rohingya migrant living in thailand is luckier than many others. and we'll tell you how engineers in costa rica are using technology to fight dengue fever.
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hello once again, welcome back. here is a reminder of the news headlines. al jazeera has been to the southern yemeni city of tiaz where a houthi siege has strangled basic necessities. talks on ending the war in yemen are due on monday. there are doubts whether houthi negotiators will attend. >> south korea reports several new cases of m.e.r.s. bringing cases of infection to 145. the middle eastern respiratory syndrome killed 145. a world health organisation is there to assess the situation. >> the pentagon plans to present n.a.t.o. with a proposal to send heavy weaponry to eastern european and baltic states, the
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move seen as a deterrent to russia as a ceasefire suffers setbacks. it was among countries taking part in drills on the baltic safety on saturday. >> for decades, rohingya muslims have been fleeing myanmar, a buddhist country, where they are denied basic rights of the boatloads of refugees tried to enter thailand. for those setting there, life can be a struggle. scott heidler struggled to here one story. >> reporter: a rohingya, mohammed fled myanmar 20 years ago, he runs a roety stand and makes $10 a day to feed his family of five. like many of his fellow muslims, he left because of persecution. and left before violence spiking
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against migrants. he left. the incident is raw. >> translation: i fled to bangladesh myanmar and ended up in thailand. >> reporter: we are not showing his face, his work permit is for construction, not selling roetys. >> the rohingya can work with a perform the the ones arriving over the last couple of years can't. they don't have any documents. myanmar's government doesn't recognise the rohingya. viewing them as ige immigrants. chang high is a multicultural community, thanks to its location along the trade routes.
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the rohingya that came fleeing violence and per cent sayings hide the identity. the mosque was founded over 100 years ago, the congregation has been growing. >> we can't identify if it is rohingya. they told us they are not rohingya, but bermees muslims. >> for safety, mohammed does not tell people his background. there are many buddhists living in chang high. the violence in his home drew along ethnic and religious lines. he can't go back. >> they should stay and fight. not with guns but with law, and prove that we belong to that country, according to that history. >> as mohammed watches the fight from afar it will be a difficult one. as mean mar's governments shows no sign of changing its stance
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on the rohingya. >> in sri lanka, the government has given back hundreds of tam ills their land, taken over by the military during the civil war. after 25 years of waiting, many are going back home. rebuild will not be easy. >> reporter: this person got ancestral land back 1.5 months ago. she and her family have to stay in a community hall until they can rebuild. >> we moved here with the children and put them in school to get the place ready to live in. it's not easy. we can't afford to hire labourers, we have to do it ourselves. >> reporter: she led us to her land through heavily overgrown vegetation. the family worked hard to clear the space. throughout this area i met people clearing their land
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getting ready to return. 25 years has taken its toll. this family showed me the area clogged up with roots and soil. it's something that those heading the council can help with. they say people are happy to be back after many years, but points out that much needs to be done to make resettlement possible. >> the road network is almost non-existent and overgrown. basic infrastructure like housing, sanitation and water must be provided. the minister told al jazeera that the minister is working to improve facilities. the previous government returned some private lanes, but fertile locations were retained by the military for commercial use.
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for the tamils, returning home is a relief. returning home is difficult. >> barbed wire fencing marks the new boundaries the new government says it's negotiating to release more land provided it is not affecting security owners of the area will be hoping they don't have to wait longer. >> in part 3 of our series looking at sri lanka's six years after the end of the civil war, we'll bring you a report on the resurgence of arts and culture and the former war zone i.s.i.l. fighters killed 11 iraqi soldiers and shia militia allies in northern iraq. four suicide bombers drove vehicles through checkpoints at
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the military headquarters. the world kurdish fighters seized the town from i.s.i.l. and surrounded i.s.i.l.-held town on the boarder, and it is important to i.s.i.l. as it's the only route to link turkey. the israeli army will investigate reports, after a group of soldiers bashed a palestinian man. a soldiers finished a rifle before more soldiers joined the scuffle. it happened on friday where dozens of palestinians took part. a delegation has met with the cuban vice president to discuss the process of diplomatic ties. last september they agreed to normalize relations. the u.s. removed cuba from a
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terror black lift and announced plans to reopen the embassy in havana. it is expected to be finalised next month. many places are anticipating a flood of travellers including the bay of pigs. a symbol of a failed bid to overthrow fidel castro. nick clark reports. >> reporter: there are beaches like this across the caribbean, here on the south coast of cuba, nothing looks unusual. this is an infamous stretch of coast. it is a bay of pigs, emblazoned on cuban identity. in april 1961, mercenaries backed by the cia made land fall here, aiming to reverse castro's ruling. castro's ruling -- - revolution. it was a total failure. the invasion smashed. invaders surrender. it bolstered fidel castro's position and set the scene for
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the cuban missile crisis. it's a moment of victory still very visibly marked across the island. signs of the intense animosity between the two countries litter cuba. this one says the first defeat of yankee imperialists. in latin america. you really do have to wonder how this new relationship will develop. at the museum, tourists looked back on one invasion while the island braces for another. they reckon 2 million u.s. tourists will descend on the island as soon as the door is fully open. for those in the business, an immense opportunity arrives. >> the u.s.a. will be the first trading partner of cuba in the next 10 years when things get better. >> imagine not only a flood of american tourists, but american investment in the tourist infrastructure, for example.
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we don't call them imperialists any more. it will be good not only for me, but the cuban economy. but it's a big challenge for cuban operators, tourist operators, we have to be ready. >> already, numbers of american tourists are picking up. coming in before things change. >> money rules, eventually i think it will be american. i don't think there's any way you can stop it, if the government joins. >> reporter: things moved slowly in the 54 years since the bay of pigs incident. now, suddenly, cuba has to work out how to defend its identity while embracing the benefits brought by a modern day american invasion. thank you for watching the thousands of demonstrators in eddie d'hondt demand the --
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honduras demand the resignation of the president. >> one orlando hernandez acknowledged the election campaign needed financing. the defences marched, burping the flag warning washington to stop supporting the honduran government thousands of nicaraguans took to the streets to protest the building of a shipping canal. many residents will be displaced and are worried that they will not be properly compensated. the government insists it will help to improve the impov riched economy. >> the world health organisation says dengue fever affects close 400 million people. latin america, it's one of the leading causes of death. as andy gallagher reports a mobile phone app is used to prevent the spread of the
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disease. >> in the neighbourhood of hose workers from the ministry of health are spraying to kill mosquitos, a regular activity for an area that does not have access to clean water. without good ventilation, they can flourish. the disease causing a high fever, flu-like symptoms and death, is on the rise in latin america. claudia tells us her 10-year-old son suffered from a bout of dengue. he had a high fever and began to bleed from the knows. soon residents may be able to tackle dengue fever by downloading an app. researchers say they key to present dengue fever. it's in the beaten staples. when released, it do make a difference in fighting the
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disease. the app encourages users to take pictures of areas where mosquitos might be breeding. when submitted, the g.p.s. location is sent, giving government workers a clearer idea on where to concentrate the spraying operations. the app's developer says it's a promising piece of technology. >> the application has great potential. what we did is simple. such in the sense anyone can cues it. it can be integrated with other health systems. developers are working with the ministry of health and the doctor says it's technology that could help the most vulnerable. it has a lot to do with environmental conditions and social factors. most transmitted diseases are proportional to poverty. with more poverty we have more
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province. the app could help to control a disease bliging the lives of millions. do remember, you can go to website for the latest news and more. aljazeera.com. >> this week on talk to al jazeera katrina adams, she sits atop u.s. tennis as chairman of the board, ceo, and president of the united states tennis association. >> it's been 133 years since we were founded, so it is an honor to be the first... i don't think i have to fight for it uh...i was just being me. >> adams' climb to the top took a decade,
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