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♪ ♪ this is al jazeera. hello. this is the news hour, live from london. coming up. mo after a mass jail brake in 2011. ending the war in yemen are on the way aborted ore agreement between germany and australia, leaving thousands of migrants stranded in italy. and research in the u.k. suggests eating a portion of chocolate a day helps you
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live longer. >> the sports news, i will be speaking live to sepp blatter's advicer that says he may try to stay on president. the famous cardinals accused of hacking a rival team's data base. cairo has upheld a death ten sense against morrissey. they were con can stricted of planning a mas. jailbreak during the 2011 revolution. more than 80 others were sentenced to death. the courts also impose add life sentence on morrissey, and 15 others for spying on behalf of foreign groups. >> death by hanging this
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judge uphelds his previous verdict against egypt's president mohamed morrissey. >> the court has ruled firstly, that first and with consensus of opinion to punish each of the following defendants, by execution by hanging. >> morrissey along with other top leaders of the muslim brotherhood were sentenced other a mas. prison break during egypt's revolution. the brotherhood says the case is politically motivated. this verdict a shocking one and it comes from a judiciary who is observant to the military.
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in a separate case, morrissey and the brotherhood were sentenced to life in prison on charges of spying for hamas. many egypt and abroad questioned the independence of egypt's judiciary. just before raiding his verdict, the judge accused accusing and demonizing the brotherhood. some say the case is the trial of the january revolution which toppled mom mumbarak. >> no one should be above the law. but what is happening now in my opinion, is a form of a political revenge and this will complicate the crisis even further in egypt avenue the overthrow egypt designated the muslim brotherhood a terrorist group. mass trites and den sentences were handing out to hundreds. rights groups, the u.s. and
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the e.u. have condemned the sentence and questions it's credibility. egypt's president says the judiciary is independent and he can't interfere. egypt is divided many support the brotherhood, but many others also back using the iron fist against a outlawed group, al jazeera. gerald looks backout when went wrong. >> a leading member of the muslim brier hood, he promised a government working for all egyptians. in a change from the days of mum bar reck. but the following months proved challenging some say there were more than 9,000 protests nationwide, while
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morrissey was in power. inflation soars and fuel shortages became a port of every day life, morrissey was placed for reigning in the military, but criticized for actions that consolidated his path, in november, in 2012, he announced the controversial decree is enabling him to push through a new constitution. >> the revolution has happened and won't stop, the judiciary is a respected institution. but those that wish to hide i will be watching them. >> judges went on strike.
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saying he was legitimate because he had been voted in, calling his time in office a failure. he then arrests the nation, conceding he made mistakes. and protecting legitimacy is not stolen from us. the price for legitimacy is my life, my life. people's lives. but for many, it was too late. the military agreed overthrowing morrissey in a coupe on july 3rd, he and many followingers has been in jail since. >> in the arabian peninsula
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has announced the death of it's leader who was killed by air strikes on friday. mohamed has the story. >> despite the drone attacks he seems to be saying we are not afraid. clearly mocking bette the u.s. and yemen governments who for years have vowed to advantage distinguish aqap. now, the high value target for well over a decade, has been eliminated. but is the threat still alive. >> al quaida central. the original al quaida has by and large been neutralized. the arabian peninsula however, has not. they still remain probably the most significant threat to the west in terms of both capability and intent to conduct terrorist attacks.
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aqab has been the most dangerous wing of the network, formed in 2009, after the merger of the saudi garages they carried out their first cross border attack that year. that's when a suicide bomber claiming to have performed bleu himself up in the presence of then deputy interior minister. a few months later on christmas day the group tried to down a u.s. passenger jet over detroit. then, in 2010, they attempted to send partial bombs on to u.s. cargo planes. these sophisticated and spectacular attack attempts were all planned from hide outs deep within yemen. the u.s. recognizing how dangerous the group has grown, and stepped drone attacks. buttageist says the group
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remains he sur gent, more dangerous of how they have ex-moted power vacuums to their advantage, taking over large parts of yemen targeting official and bombing installations in the years since. in 2013, an attack on a hospital at the defense ministry kills dozens and wounded hundreds. carnage that had fingerprints all over it. >> it reinforced to the west, how political instability may embolden the group further mow violence has consumed yemen once more, and a.q.a.p. is attempting to carve out more space. just over an hour after the group confirmed the death, it declares it's next leader. the message was clear, they may have take an hit but they are not diminished. al jazeera. >> . >> . >> the group has named the former military chief as the
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new leader. >> once the group's military commander, he has now risen to become the senior most leader of yemen's al quaida franchise. who recently provided al jazeera with testimony, says the true role is more complex. he says that he had regular contact with the then government under the president. he was allegedly the president's own nephew. >> he reported to him as informant within al quaida.
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he admitted that he visited his house. in 2008, ahead of an attack on the u.s. embassy. question have shown the testimony to former officers. >> there's extremely senior in al quaida and the arabian peninsula. he was in touch with abdullah. does that make them more powerful and al quaida
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more powerful, or does it suggest that it is just a construct, a local construct. >> colonel amar could not be reached for comments he was fired from his government position following the broadcast this month. he has reportedly survive add number of drone strikes in with his opponent to the top job, the search for him and details on his life will only intensify. talks says that ending the war are on the way. our questions are what can can be achieved, al jazeera is in geneva joining us life from there now so are there any closer to reaching an agreement on a cease fire. >> no because of the huge differences between the hougthis and forces loyal to the president to the former president. they say that they are
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willing to agree on a cease fire. the ones that should put an end to the fighting. for us to be able to say that we have a cease fire. now the second problem is that we have is that the government says there will only be a cease fire once the houthis put us from lamar from saleh. they say that the biggest concern is that if they pull out under the current situations al quaida is going to take over. so that doesn't bode very well for the hopes of reaching a broodier settlement, they can't even agree on a cease fire? a political settlement will take some type. and they have geneva to deliver two, three four,
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five, six, until they come up to with an agreement. the international community is of the hope if these are cease fires. the international monitors on the job they control and then they get into neck of things. the institution and building a federation in yemen is this something that might take years. >> all right, thank you so much. still ahead russia's president says h ewill modernize the nuclear arsenal. they say it must change if it is to live up to today's challenges. more coming up.
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giving the curds control of 400-kilometers of territory on the border. something that's helping the government. bernard smith reports. they will join the 20,000 that already escaped for control of the strategic border town. only last week, they are here in the same place trying to stop people from leaving. but a three week assault forced isil out. air strikes from the u.s. led
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coalition were an essential part of the battle plan. that is the turkish government, nervous. >> which is conducting aerial bombings against arabs is unfortunately positioning terrorist members be p, cank in their place. turkey sees the ypg as an offshoot of the turkish p.k.k., it is a separatist group of the bat with the turkish state. >> the curds have now added their list of self-declared independently administers regions in northern syria. but uniquely, that town is majority arab. however, the curds say it was once kurdish before they were forced out firstly by the syrian government, and more recently, by isil.
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they fight with us on the front line, we treat recall syrian cities equally regardless of being a majority curd. they like to come back anyone can come here to verify what i am saying. >> the most significant defeat since they swept through two years ago. in syria. >> bernard smith, al jazeera on the turkey border.
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the transport minister is blaming the crash on a lack of a crossing barrier. the united nations can peace keeping forces take too long to deploy, and often have too few resources to make a difference. it says there are chronic problems such as too much bureaucracy, and a lack of leadership. findings were release add day after a separate report accused peace keepers of routinely carrying out the abuse and exploitation. our diplomatic ed tor joins us live from the united nations in new york, so james, i have mentioned what the review says is wrong what sort of recommendations does the review the u.n. should do? the first operation was back
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in 1948, now there is a record number of peace keepers. and it is pretty clear from reading this report that the system is creeking. it says there are chronic challenge cans and one of the main problems is getting these peace keeping missions up and running when an emergency occurred somewhere around the world a very poor security situation, the report suggests that the security council takes a bit of time to notice that and then the u.n. takes a very long time to set up a peace keeping mission once one with is authorized. normally between six and nine months. once that amount of time cut to eight to 12 weeks it wants to do that by having extra resources available that can move much farther much more rapid deployment of their resources well the way that works will make it more focused on what is going on in the field.
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one idea so to have an additional secretary general of the united nations who will be the deputy secretary general for peace and security. how long will this review, perhaps in short better marked and standards by peace keepers? i can tell you that sources that spoke to me, the panel that wrote this report was working on it all weekend and they are working on it particularly because of the latest allegations. the latest allegations of abuse. they are very strong report, they say immediately must not have impunity, and they have a much more transparency of which countries are involved in these certain allegations and how they are then dealt with, and the recommending that the u.n. set up a compensation fund for the victims.
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all right, thank you so much. jame bays there. which allowed people to move freely around europe. the suspension was meant to prevent disruptions during last week's g. 7 meeting. where they are now stranded at the italian border. >> a dodge for freedom on the train for northern europe. one of the northern most train stations in the italian alps. beyond the mounds is as via, the gate way for thousands of migrants who hope to build a new life there but for those without a permit, the next stop remain as dream ticket. those who manage to sneak are, escorted off the train.
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and very few are escorted back by police. >> these people are traumatized. they are forced to get out here, and they don't even know where they are they just can't understand why they can't move on to another european country. one of the six trains that stop at this train station every day, a few moments to get past police, the rest just wait for the next train. >> they had been camping out at the rocks. in the last few days they had staged protests and went on hunger strikes after french policeman refused to let them in, the tighten border controls have caused the dispute with italy, but france attended it's right to stop illegal immigration. >> the blockade means
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thousands are stranding across the country about 400 migrants have camped outside the station while they wait to decide which way to go. hundreds more are stuck in rome y train stations look like open air refugee camps. >> these migrants say they will stay here, despite the rain, cold, and border controls until they manage the catch the train for a better life. al jazeera. the families of many young men that attempt the journey never heard from them again. 500 migrants among them 200 died while trying to cross the mediterranean request sea in april. income las reports the major transit port. they asked the smugglers told us that the boat had a problem.
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the silence is haunting. almost a year without a drop of rain. there is a new assent that something is terribly wrong here. we ask him, with have all the farmers gone? at first he won't say. but once with behinded doors he showed us the picture of his brother. he is gone to europe, he says. like all the others. we spoke to him on the train from libya can to italy after that they said the smugglers had a problem it's been good but they still have a problem it was his first time at sea. more than a month later they had no word from him.
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no one else has heard from them either. not the government, not the aid agencies. smugglers are their only point of contact. it took weeks of negotiation to talk to them. on the other line they said they are responsible for the traffic of most, and neighbors countries to europe. he couldn't say whether his brother made it or not. i asked him if he felt responsible for the tens of thousands who die attempting to go to europe. >> those migrants who make it send money back they are the lifeline, but countless fail to make it. on just one night, an estimated 200 people have gone missing.
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no signs of life after boarding a boat that was meant to take them to europe. a sense of guilt has descended on this village. and the silence and his family still dare to hope. burr he may never really know whether his brother is alive or deep under the mediterranean sea. along with the other young men that farmed this land. >> still ahead we will tell you why one of the largest rebel groups in the philippines is handing in it's weapons. and the blame game escalated with talks in stalemate. and in sport, more misery for nadal as his warm up comes to an abrupt halt.
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welcome back, a court can in cairo has upheld the death sentence for planning a mass prison break during the 2011 revolution. the ruling will now be reviewed by the highest appeals court can. thousands of syrian refugees have crossed the border into turkey after a key rout was reopened on sunday. turkey said many of the almost 20,000 refugees have fled real cently, are being forced out. and the u.s. has confirmed it carries out the air strike which killed the leader of al quaida, a close association of osama bin laden, the white house says his death is a major blow to the group. for more now on the day's events i am joined by a senior lecturer in middle east politics at the university, good to have you with us, do you think these death sentences will be carries out? there are very senior names there. >> yes, there is. and we are in a new era we
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don't know if they will be carried out or dropped by the court, which is the hidest court in egypt we know that some were carried out, and others were not this is the highest profile of course, for the first civilian elections president so it is a different level but we still have to wait and see. >> death sentence for the first domically elected civilian president, and interestingly for breaking out of jail during the revolution, and what does that say about the claims by the current regime that they are not trying to overturn the revolution. >> no, the revolution or the transition period that happened between 2011 and 2015 is over. they had specific gains which was the political freedoms the free and fair elections and the overthrow of mumbarak. these were all overturned. in free elections and mumbarak is out, and most of the figures that fought for
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this and tried to putter the transition forward are either in jail, or in exile and what is happening to former president morsi and his colleagues is just a continuation of that. the trial did not exactly legal trials talk about an arrest without a warrant, can be credited as kidnapping. and he was called al jazeera and says he cannot go anywhere, and what he should do now he was calling on the prosecutor general to come investigate what happened. we have videos that show the police opening up the prisons there was an investigation done under the government of the -- under the staff under the first staff. >> the supreme council military council yeah, that investigated the case, and knew exactly what happened to the prisons that opened them, so it is a very well documented case.
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now, to sentence the former president to death because of that it's a bit of a mockery of justice well, the muslim brotherhood aural have their opponents and they are calling now for a uprising, how much reaction do you really expect in the coming days? >> it obviously can have effect on the ground will it be enough to enginedder something like the general uprising, i am not sure, the level today, is very very different level even compared to mumbarak times. you saw the water cannons and the gas the worst case was august 15th. and however you never know, the message sent is is that this is not a time for reckon can silluation this is a continuation of a policy, of the winners in the period between 2011 and 15 the winners of the election.
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>> thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> nato secretary general is called russia's plan to modernized it's nuclear arsenal dangerous saber rattling. just outside moscow, vladimir putin told the crowd the new missiles would be with capable of piercing any system our nuclear forces will be supplied with more than 40 new rockets that will be able to overcome defense systems even the most technically advanced ones. >> the greek prime minister accusing them of trying to humiliate his government, he says calls for more cuts are politically motivated in return the president of the european commission accused the government of misleading voters, he says he has had no contact, because negotiations
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are going nowhere. shares on the greek stock market fell for a third day in a row as the struggle to find a solution to the financial crisis rumbled on. greeted with a force from the m.p.es when he arrived in parliament, he says he is still pushing for a deal, which could lead to greece leaving the euro zone. >> the time has come for europe to talk seriously, not just about greece's future but also the future of the euro zone do they want to pay the way for democracy and solidarity within it's territory one of the leading opposition figures has been sentenced to four years in jail, he was found guilty of inciting unrest in speeched made between 2012 and 2014. the secretary general of the political group was arrested in december last year he has
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rejected the verdict, and called for his release. >> one of the. >> laest rebel groups in the philippines has started handing over it's weapons. as part of a peace deal between the government earlier this year, now some of the mils fighters are prepares to make the transition to civilian life. from manila. >> voluntarily laying down it's weapons that's what the islamic liberation front wants people to sea that some some 40 years the group is serious about peace. it sign add peace deal with the government last year, and the president is determined to get skeptics on his side. >> our brothers and sisters made a commitment, and it is the concrete proof of their sincerity. our breath remember layed down their arm as despiting knowing there may still be
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violence from private arms groups this act is like saying brother, we no longer need to defend ourselves and m. i.l.s. sincerity were called into question earlier this year when fighter were with seen to be involved in the killing of dozens of police commandos. it was call admission taken encounter. but the incident reached a cease fire and brought on public outcry. many fears it would derail the peace. but both the government and the milf are egg tore move forward, along with the assault weapons 145 fighters will begin the transition to civilian life, receiving cash aid from the government, and health cards. what should be done here is to have everybody's help, so that our aspiration, and the octoberive of the peace process will be attained.
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hay say these are just the initial stages between full disarmament and lasting peace. >> it is very significant show that the m.i.l.f. is a partner, and that we need their serious -- in order they are walking the talk. >> as hopeful as both sides want to seem, congress has yet to ratify the basic law that will serve as a foundation for an expanded aton mouse region in the southern philippines. the president wants this done before his term ends. >> until recently, very few filipinos pays attention to what was long seen as the minority muslim brother, but they are paying attention now despite efforts mistrust remains high and public opinion is wided one thing everyone here seems to agree on is that peace is a shared goal. agreeing on a shared solution though, is still a struggle. >> al jazeera, manila.
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all right now great news for chocolate loverrers. eating up to 100-grams of chocolate a day could loor the risk of stroke and heart disease from london. >> so decadent, so delicious, and not so bad for us as we thought. it seemed eating chocolate every day is links to a loor risk of heart disease and stroke, looking at the eating habits of 21,000 people, researchers discovered those that eight more chocolate also weighed less, exercised more wereless obese and less likely to have type two diabeteses. they are not saying that eating chocolate makes you healthier, but there may be no need to give it up to protect your heart. >> eating chocolate seems to be safe in terms of cardiovascular, where we with have a little bit of reduction, in the events in
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this study. therefor we with can't say this is because of chocolate consumption. >> the study focused on british people, a nation of choke he hollicks. they understand the power of what they are selling. >> there's plenty of studies that suggest there's a big endorphin pay off when you have chocolate, and with the higher percentages you tend to get a bitter pay off. >> this is some of the highest quality chocolate you can buy. they were also eating the mas. produced bars like this, and they still had an 11% lesser risk of cardiovascular disease. >> the dietitians are warning people not to take off chocolate habit as a result of the findings. a healthy balance diet is fine, it is still high in saturated fat, calories and sugar, so certainly if you
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are watching your weight, a lot of chocolate won't be good for you. >> so before you reach for another bar, bear in mind, more research needs to be done. well let's speak now to dietitian and nutritionist. she is here in the studio, so is this the excuse we with have all been waiting for. if you gain weight and smoke we know that is a very high risk of heart disease. and cardiovascular disease. we know that, so when you look at chocolate if you have anything that will take you to the place where you are gaining weight, and becoming overweight, you know your risks will go up. so here we can can see that you will need to put common sense into place. this is an observational study, which means it cannot brew that the chocolate was giving this positive effect.
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but the question 12 years previously, back in the 90's and then they followed people and said what happened to those people they may have been people that had already a high risk of heart disease and they didn't eat the chocolate because they knew that's probably not sensible and it could be those that gave results were already loic, doing a lot of physical activity, so they aren't in the category you are basically del moishing this whole report? >> you are saying there's no causality between those with loor chances and them eating chocolate. >> i am saying this kind of study can't prove it. we know that chocolate does have good components. this study didn't find that corelation of the antioxidant factors but other studies have done, even those studies have said if you eat a lot of and it gain weight, that that will put you back into the risk category again. >> all right, so other than
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the antioxidants what can you say out of this that is scientifically proven now? what can i say to myself, they are even eating the commercially produced mass. >> which shows you more and more, that it is not the chocolate whatsoever. and it could have just been that section of people. that's what this kind of study really takes you to, you never really know with an observation, it is not the same as a study where you are feeding someone and then measuring levels and seeing what is happening so then you need to do that over a long period of time so we with can't can tell you too much this is the answer, i don't think can that chocolate is the answer, i mean do you if it is something. >> if you 8100-grams of chocolate, and you gain wait, and you did that every single day, you would gain 3 1/2 in a year. that doesn't sound too good does it. >> all right but if you did
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loads of activity, and you are burning it off and you are eating all the other rich foods vegetables and tigers and all over the things that make a healthy diet, then maybe chocolate added to that, of course, in moderation. it is probably going to be fine. what about the type of chocolate, i'm struggling here. >> you know what the high coco type. >> the high coco chocolates sometimes have been found to have more antioxidants. it is liely variable from the processing you can can have one which has exactly the same content as another but just how it is produced can change it. so there is no fix answer to say eat this exact amount and it will give you an effect but you know what, do enjoy a little bit of everything. and it is going to probably be all right. >> thank you for that bittersweet interview nonetheless. >> still to come on al jazeera, concerns some of nepal's former famous i should say temples and monuments are opening too
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soon after april's earthquake. and in sport we exam thening thats facing young femaleble foos we will have all the details coming up.
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>> damaged by april's earthquake. more than 700 monumented were damaged by the quake. 33 of them were here. on tuesday the square was declared we have to show our sites to them. >> tourism has come can to a standstill. >> large sections of this palace have been deemed unsafe p and have been quartenned off but the government says touristed should come to visit not only to see the monuments but also to learn about disasters. tourists have to may around 7-dollar evers to see the ruins and expect $117 million will be needed to rebuild the sites of the past.
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the rest of the area, we have to put on the helmets. kaczur vagues fist say that the government decision to reopen these marries may be premature. they issue add statement telling the public to be extra careful. art footballs are still being salvaged now open to the public. raising dangers from theft. >> the director general of department of archaeology is in the business community here. >> not much. it is our duty, also, 1 million maximum more than 1 million people are involved. and the people say.
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>> only 14 of the 75 districts have been effected by it. but overall tourism has decreased. the government hopes that opening these heritage sites would be a symbolic gesture to bring tourists back to nepal. al jazeera cat man due. >> very few people have access to the president and his sports. one president advised him in his campaign, he is not the official spokesman now but he said this week, he believes blatter may stay for a credible candidate doesn't emerge, and he joins me now thank you for joining us on al jazeera what is going on here? is the president going on. >> he is in very good shape.
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he is working from the mourning 7:00 can to late in the evening and he is preparing what he called new fifa, that means fifa ready for the next 20 years. why is he still there. >> he will stay president of fifa but he is expecting and waiting for the new candidate whose are able to take over the job potentially, and so he is waiting but until now we have no candidate. >> what was the exact moment that he decided to step down? on june the second, why did he step down? what pushed him over-the-edge? because he doesn't want to go, clearly. >> at this moment, the pressure from sources was very heavy and mostly from
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the u.s. and so for a short moment, he said lacking the good game, let's play the ball backwards to play it very fast again forward. did he take a call? was he warned by someone? sure there are many asking him to step back, indefinitely, but you must see that what is important there's a huge fight now going on fifa is something like a wonderful piece of a company, and if you see that the americans are fighting for understand nuance, together with the english to take over and there are the europeans with -- they also
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want to step in to claim fifa back to the old sources to the reach, corrupt, and the rich country cans and there are for sure the africans and the asians including the arabs, and president promised them to make them even stronger, when all his people, are deciding what he wants to decide it seems to me and many others that he is playing a game, he wants to test the water with you and see how long he can hang on to power. how often do you speak to him? has he cried. >> you esee, it's at the moment i'm -- i am rarely in contact with his personal office, and so i hear his opinion, and what kind of condition he is. and i have this two hours ago, it was told to me that
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he is preparing his message to all the stakeholders, he is just doing that at this moment, and i am sure it will be accomplished very soon. >> keep us in touch tell him we want to speak to him personally, we appreciate your time, thank you for coming on. >> thank you. >> well, staying with candle one of the most successful teams in baseball history the st. louis cardinals is being investigated for hacking into a rival team. the cardinals who have won the world series 11 times are accused of hacking into computer systems belonging to the houston astros. the cardinals are reportedly looking for information in which they discussed trades and details that's accord canning to the new york times. major league baseball has confirmed it's cooperated with the fbi and u.s. federal investigators. >> the city of chicago is is celebrating another success ice hockey team, the champion
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of the nhl 2-nil win for tampa bay lightening, in the best of seven finals series. they take the series 4-2. they scored goals celebrations across the third time in six years they have won the stanley cup but the first time since 1938, they have clenched it on home ice. >> great support over the years and it is winning here, it mean as lot. >> it is the greatest feeling in the world and once you do it once you can't wait to do it again and with special connection doing nit front of our own fans and the building was electric, the town has a buzz to it. >> nigeria are one of three teams competing in the women's world cup in canada, the u.s.a. in their final match on wednesday, to avoided elimination. and the charges facing them.
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>> they play for the capitol city football club. he is excited that the national team, the super falcons, are currently in can can da playing at the fifa women's world cup. but she and her teammates face major challenges developing their own careers. they say is women's football doesn't get enough support from nigeria's football federation, the nss. >> plays the ever the national team, at the world cup twice in the 1990's. and has coach canned the under 17 national squad. >> there's changes counts -- it is not what it is like when i was there, and now
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there's a big change, a great change. the part of it they are not taking care of the real football this a number of problems with promoting the women's game, the biggest challenge facing the development the the lack of sponsorship, many potential sponsors don't see the sport as profitable. >> so they don't invest and clubs have to rely heavily on funding from private donors to survive. the football federation says the government needs to spend at least $8 million a year on the women's game, but the total national budget for football is less than $10 million a year. >> as far as it is concerned.
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so it is not in confirmty. >> to the potential players to choose from is much smaller than it could be, but despite the obstacles they hope to continue her career, and one day play for the super falcons. the tournament he usually dominated is now suffers debite on grass. ranked 17 in the world. and that is all the sport for now. >> much more on these stories if you head over to our website. felizsy is is back in a
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