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>> hello there. i'm felicity barr. this is the news hour live from london. coming up mali's taureg rebels sign a peace deal with the government, but will it end decades of unrest? >> and entering a dangerous new era, the number of people displaced by war and persecution approaches 60 million. and tens of thousands take to the streets of london to protest against government austerity measures. >> we have the sports' news
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including more misery for brazil's football star. how a few moments of neymar mad news has neymar out of world cup america. >> hello, the long awaited peace deal between mali's government and taureg government has been signed. it will give greater representation to the rebels in the north and hopes to end decades ever ethnic unrest but it trails to give the amount of autonomy that the rebels wanted and persuading people to accept the deal will not be easy. we have more from the border of mali and mauritania. >> they said that their goal is an independent state. now they try to convince the people to accept much less than that. it's clear that it's leaders have a tough task on their
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hands. >> we think this is the most we can get with the current context, and with the communities level of readiness to accept demands. i think this is what is able to us for now. >> this is called the independent republic three years ago. several months later in burkina faso they signed a deal waiving their claim of independence in favor of self rule. the new treaty would allow the right to form local institutions in the north. more parliamentary institutions. a road in the region's security for armed movements more economic social development in the area. rebels have demanded the government spend 40% of the budget in the north. the current agreement is similar to previous agreements signed in 1992 and in 2006. most retalk to in this meeting are dissatisfied. >> it's clear that we've been
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been the to sign this agreement but i don't see a single point in this that serves our interest. it is not good for the people. it's not good for our leaders either. >> involving ten rounds of talks have been watched closely. however, it's estimated 50,000 population only a few thousand turned up to hear an explanation of the agreement. many stayed away in protests. others expressing their rejection. >> this document does not respond to our demands. if they want want final solution they should separate us from mali. let us remain here. >> the first refugees arrived here a quarter of a century ago. and an entire generation has never seen their homeland in northern mali. they're not expecting to return there any time soon. al jazeera. from the mali refugee camp. >> the fighting in mali has gone on for decades but escalated
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dramatically in recent years. fighting broke out in northern mali after a coup in 2012 when large areas of al-qaeda linked fighters. the tauregs continue to press their demands for separate states. in may talks brokered by the u.n. in algiers resulted in an agreement signed by armed group laws. but until now the main taureg alliance has refused. how likely that this pa peace deal will last and mutt an end to fighting in the north of mali? >> well, you know, to put it bluntly, a peace agreement is always better than the full fledge war. and obviously i do not share the feeling of euphoria. a sigh of relief, yes four for
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sure, and we know that it demanded sacrifices. as it says in the report we're far from the ideal of the other world militants. it is very far from independence. but the problem here is that you have seen in the northern part of the country you have terrorist cells acting against the u.n. forces, and you have also another handicap, which is the fragmentation of the tuareg movement. it is very hard to know exactly who is who and who is doing what. the lines are clearly blurred. another element is that as we're talking trafficking is still
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occurring and as published in a report about the so-called power-sharing agreements of rivals who in fact, when it comes to maintain the very juicy business of drug can find local arrangements. >> given there were many rebels who felt that full autonomy should have been granted to the north, and are not happy with this particular agreement, how much was it partly feared that al-qaeda linked fighters would return to the area? >> well, some how the jihadis have never left the area. obviously the french operations in early 2013 have given a big blow to the ambitious of conquering the capital. but still you have this very mobile small cells acting in the extreme northeast part of the country.
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and again the problem here is that on the other side you have also government on militia and the level of distrust between both camps is still very high. in fact, this process has been very hectic, lengthy and ambiguous. there are still a lot of second thoughts about that. you know, the problem to my mind here is that if you sign this agreement, but in the deep of your heart you believe that it is just a partial and temporary arrangement, and you're keeping in mind your ultimate goal it means that we've seen in a in history since the defensive we have witnessed half a dozen of peace agreements of cease-fires. so the reason why i think the skepticism is the right behavior to get in front of that.
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>> joining us live from paris. thank you very much, indeed. >> already, al jazeera arabic journalist has been detained in egypt. he has been sentenced. he's dismayed that germany is cooperating with what he says are unjust orders by the egyptian government. we'll bring you more on that story as we get it. the. the united nations is warning that we're entering a dangerous new era. by the end of 2014, 60 million people were forced to leave their homes to escape war and persecution. there are 19.5 million refugees worldwide. another 38.2 million people are
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displaced within their own country. 718million are seeking asylum, and there has been a huge rise in the number of people forced from their homes. syria's war is the world's single largest driver of displacement with with 7-point internally displaced people and 3.8 million refugees. many are seeking refuge in turkey. in the past week hundreds have crossed tal ayab as they fought isil for that town. >> the shade of a park tree and the blanket. that's what ahmed and his family have for shelter. the fighting in his hometown forced him out. they crossed the border into turkey seeking refugee but ahmed said that he is finding it difficult to feed thinks feed his children. >> we've suffered so much. it is impossible to find milk
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for my baby. there is no work for me. how am i to buy food for me and my kids. >> there are hundreds of families who are parked out in the border town. yet another addition to the millions of syrian who is have lost their homes because of the war. back in the town kurdish fighters say they're now in control of of the town. administrative buildings used by isil still have have signs on its entrances. this one reads islamic state offices. even though the group was welcomed by many there are reports that some kurdish fighters are now targeting arab residents in the area. two arabs were killed on friday and several homes have allegedly been looted. but the ypg said that these accusations are untrue. the situation in tal ayab is similar to that across syria.
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groups battle it out while homes continue to be destroyed and families displaced left to seek refugee in a foreign land not knowing when or if they'll return. al jazeera. >> and the united nations high commission for refugees said that the crisis has reached a tipping point. >> we've reached a moment of truce. world stability is falling apart and leaving the wake of displacements on an unprecedented scale. and the spreading global violence has threatened very foundations of our international system. and what is more drama as quickly that international community has failed twice this large number of refugees. failed first because it was not able to prevent conflict or timely involve solve them and then failed a second time because it is not providing the resources necessary to assist
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them to guarantee their human dignity, making them suffer a terrible second tragedy after the first tragedy of displacement. >> spokesperson for u.n. high commission for refugees and she deals with refugees from the east and north of africa. thank you for joining us us my row bynairobi. there is a lot of focus on the refugee situation in the middle east, but the refugee situation in africa is almost as bad. >> that is correct. in the rage i cover east and horn of africa and great lakes region at the end of 2014 we had 2.64 million refugees and each of the countries in the region had at least one neighboring refugee from at least one neighboring country and most of them have four or five nationalities of refugees in their countries.
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>> what i find quite staggering is that ethiopia is now the largest refugee-hosting country in africa. when you talk about ethiopia, we remember back in the 1980s when there was so much fundraising for those who were ethiopians and now ethiopia is hosting refugees in its country. >> yes south sudanese continue to seek refugee in ethiopia. it has holds refugees from sudan, ere erea and somalia. the burden is huge. kenya, where i am, sudan south sudan, they're all hosting refugees from neighboring countries. they arrive in areas that are
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often drought-stricken where the local communities are struggling to survive, and the burden of refugees arriving is immense. on the other hand, they don't have a choice in the matter. the refugees have nowhere to go. as the high commissioner said that they're fleeing violence, conflict. human rights violation persecution and it's a tragedy because you have refugees who have been in asylum for the last five decades. in the last few days i met women who have been there over 20 years. their children have been born and raised in these camps living with the stigma of being a refugee with the loss of opportunity, no expectation being able to move out of camp. it is a real strategy at the individual level. >> is africa able to deal with this crisis on its own? and if not how much pressure is being applied on the international community for help? >> as mr. gutierrez said what we're seeing now is perpetrators
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of these crimes against humanity, as it were, doing so with impunity so that we, the united nations are left to act like fire fighters we see people running across the border often who are women and children. we have children growing up exposed to violence, exposed to trauma, to being recruited assailed soldiers, and the phenomenon has become so common that you expect when there is an outbreak of conflict that this is going to happen. we need to think of it in terms of the impact on the individual human being and what it does to a young child to be exposed to this kind of violence time and again. children who fled sudden sudan 20 years ago are now adults, and their children are now going through the same experience. we talk about the statistics and they're mind boggling, but we need to think of it in terms of the human impact. what it does for the individual
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and the loss of opportunity, as i said. >> powerful situation on a personal level. thank you so much for your time. thank you. still to come on this news hour returning home to the ruins left by isil. families make the journey back to tikrit to start rebuilding their lives. afghanistan king of the north, we meet the man who is leading the fight against the taliban. and in sport, how when he stayed on the track lewis hamilton completed a year of qualifying domination. >> now a website has surfaced featuring a racist manifesto along with photos of the charleston shooting suspect. the pictures show 21-year-old dylann roof posing with a handgun, burning and spitting on u.s. flags and visiting a
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confederate systemry cemetery. he said he had no choice. roof was charged with the murder of nine black members of a church in south carolina. we'll get the latest from gabriel elizondo who joins us live from charleston. tell us more about this website. >> that's right. this manifesto is what everyone is talking about right now. this manifesto was posted to a website, and there are two important things about it. number one there are photographs of dylann roof on there, pictures of him posing with a gun and a confederate flag a controversial flag associated with racism here in the united states. the manifesto is a long document littered with racial epitaphs
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and long grievances against black people. but also what was very interesting is that it pointed out in the document apparently allegedly written by mr. roof that he chose this church behind me because it is here in charleston a city with traditionallyily high proportion of african-american community. and he chose this church according to this document because it does have such historical significance to the african-american community. now we have not been able to independently confirm that document was written by mr. roof. but we can tell you two important facts. number one, we were able to confirm that this website that this appeared on was registered by him. number one. and number two, a colleague of mine at al jazeera did speak to roof's father on the phone and the father would not confirm that his son wrote this. but either way investigators are going to be looking at this very
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closely because it again paints more of a picture about what could be a very very troubled young man and it follows suit with a lot of other anecdote tall evidence we've been hearing him talking about people in the last several days of someone who is very troubled as well. >> i guess people in charleston are still in shock about what happens at the church behind you, but the church it is is planning to reopen. >> that's right. you see the church hyped me. as you can tell days after the shooting people are still streaming out in front paying their respects to the nine people that were killed here. and a pastor did come out here in the last couple of hours. he said that they will be open tomorrow. tomorrow being sunday. he said sunday school they're hoping to have here at the church as well as normal church services for the parishioners. this is important because the community is really trying to grieve and heal. those are the key words we keep hearing over and over again. this church adds so much significance to this community
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not only here in charleston but in the broader region that pastors and the reverend want to get it open to parishioners can get back in there get past this shooting and move on. but it will take a very long time. clearly it will be a big day on sunday when parishioners are able to come back in and get back in to this church that means so much to the community here. >> absolutely. gabriel elizondo reporting live from charleston. thank you. dozen of rebels have been killed in fighting with isil in aleppo pro vince. eight isil are pleased to have died. rebel groups and the government are all battling for control of the province. residents of the iraqi city of tikrit have started to return home three months after pro government forces recaptured it
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from isil. the two sides were engaged in a month long battle and even though fighters were forced out much of the city has been left damaged and deserted. janejane arraff reports. >> there were few reasons to celebrate, but this trial home was one of them. families boarded the buses for tikrit, the first of what they hope is a wave. >> my children could not sleep because of joy of going back. we don't want anything from the government but stability and peace of mind. >> tikrit is 50 kilometers from samarra, but a journey that families have not been able to make for almost a year. iraqi forces and kurdish fighters recaptured it from isil
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fighters. there are no shops no bakeries, the family is the only one on their block to return so far. they admit its difficult. >> we couldn't stay on the. we spent an entire year not knowing where we would go. we need everyone to return. >> city works have restored electricity but it needs recon reconstruction. most won't return physical they're reassureed that isil won't come back again. it's not an easy promise to make. the front line has shifted time after time with isil retreating and then returning. near samarra these iraqi forces make a point of rehoisting a flag on a ridge captured from isil last week.
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with so much equipment seen by isil iraqi forces have started designing their own armored vehicle. this is is remote controlled rifle without putting a fighter in danger. these are the sons of tribes. they're not new to fighting but it's a different battle. >> we fought in the old army and then we fought al-qaeda in in 2006-07-08. we were victorious and we smashed them completely because we have the initiative, the weapons and support. nowadays isil is using armored vehicles filling them about explosives. how am i going to fight them? >> without the confidence that they can defeat isil, few iraqis will be taking the chance of
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going home. >> i want to return now to that developing story where reporter ahmed monsour has been depayne detained. >> i'm not in detention at berlin airport in germany. they detained me at the respect of the egyptian authorities despite the fact that i informed them that the global police has rejected egypt's request and i have a document proving that i'm not wanted on any charge. i willcharge.
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>> in afghanistan 18 people were killed and six others wounded when a vehicle struck a roadside bomb. the blast happened in helmand district. the victims were all from the same family. the man recorded as the most powerful politician outside of can bull hid his northern region is now a route for fighters who want to attack central asia. nicole johnston reports. >> the governor of the province some people call him the king of the north. walking through his photo
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gallery you can see why. he started out fighting with the mymujahideen against the soviet opposite progression. he then cut his beard. these men hope that he'll involve their problems. >> when go to the central government and it will take weeks and months to wait to take the time with the president and other senior officers with kabul. >> right now the biggest issue in northern the north is security.
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>> a knew geography of war has been created. new tactics. it's an obvious change. it's a obvious war. they try to be secure but there are threats in these new movements that are aimed at central asia. >> the governor has taken the security of the province into his own hands. he went with afghan security forces into the district to clear out the taliban. this is fortified the most important capital in the north. [ gunfire ] in may taliban fighters dressed in police uniform stormed the attorney general's office. 18 people were killed. it happened 500 meters from the governor's office. >> yes, we are worried. that's why i put on a military uniform and went to the front line and we started sending
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forces to clear the taliban. >> the war with the taliban has crossed the border. and many people here have begun to worry that there could be dark days ahead. nicole johnston,. >> still to come on the program a city underwater under two days of having rain. the people of mumbai are up to their knees in food floodwater water. >> under communism all churches. under pressure. but no longer. we'll be back to explain why some are not happy about it. >> and roger federer brings up the world's biggest server to reach the final.
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>> farm workers striking in mexico... >> all that tension is about what's happening right now. >> unlivable wages... >> you can work very hard and you will remain poor.
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>> what's the cost of harvesting america's food? >> do you see how it will be hard to get by on their salary? >> yeah >> fault lines al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> today they will be arrested... >> ground breaking... they're firing canisters of gas at us... emmy award winning investigative series... fault lines invisible hands only on al jazeera america >> shot dead and the government does nothing. >> they teach you how to eliminate people? >> ya. >> we've done it and that is why we are there. >> my life is in danger. >> anyone who talks about the islamic religion is killed. >> don't miss the exclusive al jazeera investigation. >> i can't allow you not to go into that because that is your job. >> only on al jazeera america. >> hello welcome back to the news hour. the long awaited peace deal between mali's government and
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taureg rebels have sign finely been signed. the united nations has warned of a dangerous new era of refugees. 16million people were forced to leave everything behind to escape persecution. syria's war was the single largest driver of displacement. reporter ahmed mansour has been detained in berlin. the islamic state in iraq and the levant said that it was behind an attack, the group said in a statement published on several twitter it is that it was targeting houthi fighters who often use the mosque. the u.n. is appealing for $1.6 billion to help millions of
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yemenis avoid humanitarian crisis in the country. >> this is yemen. we're supposed to feel joy says this man. to relax with our families. but look at us. the holy month began of ramadan. >> we're terrified. >> in geneva peace negotiations between government in exile and the houthis were supposed to yield a cease-fire. instead it resulted in successful. at the talks ended without an agreement to stop the fighting. the situation is so dire the u.n. launched an appeal for $1.6 billion to help civilians in yemen.
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i'm deliberately raising the alarm about the looming humanitarian catastrophe facing yemen. 80% of the country's population are in need of some form of aid to meet their basic needs. >> severe water food and medicine shortages are but a few of the many reasons that the country's health system is close to collapse. millions of families no longer have access to proper sanitation, which means that that recent outbreak of dengue fever could put more people at risk. union instead of said that 15.2 million people are in need of access to basic healthcare. yemenis had hoped they could observe their fasting and feasts in peace. [ gunfire ] now it seems even this holy month of ramadan is not enough to convince the warring factions to take a humanitarian pause. >> in india the number of people
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who died after drinking tainted alcohol has risen to 90. another 40 people are still in hospital. after they drank cheap alcohol in a poor area of mumbai on wednesday night. the police have have arrested several men in direction with the deaths which is the worst incident of its kind in a decade. unlicensed cheap alcohol is sometimes spiked with pesticides to give it more of a kick. and two days of heavy rains have brought mumbai to a standstill. millions of people have been strand in train stations because of flooded streets and there is more rain expected next week. >> this is how people in mumbai are traveling through the city. it's an improvement from friday. that's when 500 millimeters of rain that's 10% of the season's total fell on the city bringing cars trains, and people to a halt. commutes that would normally take 30 to 40 minutes took four to six hours as everything moved slowly through the water.
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the day after things are not much better. >> yesterday it was raining so heavily and i was not able to get to work. today is the at the same time, but i'm trying to go. >> limited public transport resumed on friday. officials are asking people to use trains for emergencies only and are advising them to stay indoors this weekend. the rain has let up, but much of the floodwater remains. making it another difficult day for people living here. >> there are no cars or taxis and even the buses are not stopping. how will we walk on those submerged in water? >> this street was flooded after a boulder fell and prevented a flood gate were closing and damaged new water pumping station added to the flooding. a high tide alert was issued by the city. they have asked the emergency teams and navy to be on stand by
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in case evacuation is needed. tens of thousands of people have rallied in london against plans of more austerity measures. neave barker was at the rally. >> it's the biggest and boldest challenge to the conservative government since winning the majority in last month's general election. a sea of banners and slogans. it's precisely the global banking system that these protesters blame, a system they believe is propped up by david cameron's government. >> people are here from every different cause. people campaigning for the health services, all these different things. what we're say something we want a different kind of society. we're terrified of what the
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government is planning to do and we're saying we want an alter in a titalternative. they plan further spending cuts to public services and welfare fair. >> there are many thousands of people gathered here in central london united by one key aim an end to austerity. >> there is so much wealth in this country a lot more can be done by the rich. >> many here feel the conservative government creates an unfair society broadening the
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gap between rich and poor. they want the economic recovery to be driven by cooperation instead of competition. >> at least three people have been killed and 34 injured after a man drove his van into a crowd in austria. the police have sealed off the crowded shopping streets where the isn't incident occurred. they don't believe terrorism motivated the attack. russia is a secular state by virtue of its constitution. but the orthodox church is wielding increasing power over the country's spiritual cultural and even political life. the church's conservative values appear a natural partner for president vladimir putin's stand against western liberalism and politics. rory challands reports from moscow.
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since 988 when vladimir baptized his people, the russian orthodox church has sometimes survived sometimes thrived. today it's thriving. the patient arch called the putin era the miracle from god. >> we need each other because patriarch gives putin additional authority, yes. and patriarchs and church needs state because of they participate in political life. >> the church has been flexing both hard and soft power using a recent law which criminalized "fending religious feelling
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orthodox leaders had a production banned for desecrating religious symbols. the theater's director was fired fired. an animation, a collaboration between russian culture and orthodox funds that tells the story of a young girl's spiritual conversion. and a powerful symbol of the unity of the orthodox christianity and the state. >> vladimir is a saint and baptizer of russia. on the other hand he is a prince collector of lands. he unified two lives, a spiritual life and a governmental military life. >> so a statue to to collector
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of lands who happened to be christened on crimea's rocky stores shores. >> a sign that he's returning russia to an age old model where kremlin and church work together to shore up state power. >> it is impossible to divide russia and orthodox christianty. i don't know what was the first but actually i think the whole basis of russian civilization ization orthodox religious tradition. >> czar nicholas i a country built on three core principles. orthodoxy, authority and
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nationality. >> the dominican republic is about to deport hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants to haiti. large number of migrants failed to sign up for residency which closed earlier this week. human rights say that the group is prejudice against haitians. we go to santa do to san domingo. >> little haiti. it's where many of haitian descent have settled. she came here 20 years ago to study. i asked why so many come here instead much stay in haiti. >> we came for university and work because there is nothing there. there is violence and insecurity. that's why we came here. >> an maria is the pastor's wife at the haitian baptist church here. she has ministered nearly 30 years in the community but still feels like an outsider.
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>> dominicans who can't find work see us as enemies. they treat us like trash. >> that's despite the fact that many of haitian descent were born here. 58-year-old andre joseph had lived in the dominican republic since he was ten. our team met him on the haitian side of the border after he was deported on thursday. >> i have nothing left. my life has collapsed. now the next chapter of my life will be determined by the authorities. >> on friday the country's foreign minister rather than focusing on deportations praised the registration of of of 290,000 people. >> we've done this in the dominican republic on a scale and level never before seen in this hemisphere. >> the department of may
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migration has modified school buses ready to take thousands of people over the border. but despite having spaces for all these people so far there has not been any major deportation order. more than 200,000 people by some estimates are still at risk of deportation. the international organization for migration is pushing the country to extend the deadline so more people can register to stay in the country. their local chief says regardless deportations are unlikely. >> it's much more complicated to go in and move a huge population that is some how contributing to the economy. >> but the threat remains every day individuals are being deported to haiti. others fear massive round up would rather make the journey before they're forced to. adam raney al jazeera, santa domingo. >> we have still more to come on the program including hands on with artists in myanmar who are
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using art to come to grips with the country's authoritarian past. and veteran who is are not letting their injuries get in the way of their golf.
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spiring. entertaining. talk to al jazeera. only on al jazeera america. >> the art scene it making a comeback in myanmar and artists are enjoying new found freedoms. we have reports where one man is creating art that recognizes the contribution of hundreds of political prisoners.
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>> gloves plaster powder and film. today he's meeting with ko ko g o ygy who spent 17 years in prison. >> there is no bitterness when he recounts his detention just acceptance and humaner. >> sometimes the prison authorities become friends. sometimes become foe. >> this process is part of an artwork by thein lin he himself a political prisoner. he makes a mold of their hand while recording their stories.
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>> this is why i wanted to create a kind of piece much work that is part of the history. it's like that. and then also other things it's important to increase. >> to date he has made nearly 500 models. he started in 2013, not long after the country started moving away from a military government to a semi civilian one. and then even then some were not sure if they should participate in his projects. but those fears are going away. the art of line of art and politics blurring. years ago no one would have displayed these pro traits of resistence to government. but some are wondering if the
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government is back sliding on promised reform. on saturday police violently dispersed a student demonstration. several people were arrested and nowifies trial. thein lin said that it's as if the government supports his project, because they continue to put people away. he's only joking, but he's' ahe may be right. >> from art to sport. >> thanks. he suffered heartbreak in his home world cup, and now it's not going going in copa america for neymar. he was suspended for four days. he was september off for kicking a ball at a colombian player and then alleged to head put an opponent. they will appeal neymar's ban.
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host nation chile number one, copa america. could this be their time. they finish top of group a. scoring first for the home side after three minutes. the star man arsenal's sánchez doubled their lead at halftime. what a player he is. now a couple of more after the break the break low live i can't eventually finds the back the net, but bolivia comes through as runners up. mexico lost to ecuador who were already eliminateed. both sides going home. the wimbledon tennis tournament just a week away, and the evergreen roger federer at the tournament in germany, which
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he has won seven times. he he would reach the finals. >> i'm so happy about that. i got a chance to defend my title, which i'm obviously pleased about. i feel like when you make it to the finals there is a sense of big occasion on match day and on the final day which i think is always very sweet sweet mercedes has started a full year. champion leader was .2 of a second from qualifying. the mercedes driver has now been
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in every race since last year's austria's grand prix. both >> it was quite a difficult qualifying condition because of the track conditions. yes, i was grateful that i got my third lap in on the first run in q 3 and i was pushing for that bit of extra in the next run, and just took the glisk in risk. >> pakistan are 182 behind in cricket. thethe lead much 117 lead, and
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pakistan picked up two. and sri lanka wickets sri lanka still trailed by 54 going into that fifth and final day. and england have won a thrillling international series against new zealand. they would take the series 3-2 with a high-scoring serious. series. england' reply adjusted to 192 an 26 over and got there with an over to spare. well, the world's best golfers are battling out at chambers bay. just a few kilometers way from a greater challenge. the friends of american veteran veteran's golf course design bid jack nicholas. if is for war veterans. >> the course looks good. >> i tried playing golf with my prosthetic leg.
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it doesn't go so smoothly. >> i love it. >> it stands me up so i can stand up and swing through. with one hand or two hands whatever works best. and then i can lower myself down. mier my name is jim martinson. he was an e-5 sergeant in the military and lost my legs in vietnam in 1968. >> i keep my head down, i swing nice and easy. >> my name is aaron i served in the united states army as an e-5 sergeant. i did two tours. one tour in iraq and then i served in afghanistan where i was hurt. i lost my right arm and my right leg and had severe damage to my left. >> we have blind golfers. we have amputee golfers. we have pair pa paraplegic golfers and ptsd golfers.
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jack nicholas designed this golf course the back niner for a grand total of zero dollars. he did it just because he wanted to help. it's rehabilitateing. it allows you to relate to life because in life you have challenges. i lost my leg. in golf you have challenges, not nearly as big-- >> we just had our second child a baby girl. i love my life. my injury didn't stop that. >> i'm nervous about having a girl man. >> oh, it's a piece of cake. >> is it easier than the boy? >> much easier. >> whether that's you having a job or whether that's you taking care of your family you keep moving. >> i hit that ball a long ways. >> yeah, you did. >> the american league golf course gives me hope. >> great great sport.
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>> finally as the prestigious meeting the big race was won by a horse owned by an american footballer. i can't believe he didn't make the trip over. next time. >> a british army parachuter has been saved by a quick-thinking teammate who caught him in midair after his chute failed to hope. the parachuters were performing on friday when the accident happened. the video filmed by pick taters shows one parachuter capturing another before they crash into the water. both men are safe and an investigation has been launched into the incident. that is one lucky parachutist. that's it from me and the news
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hour team. thanks so much for watching. maryam nemazee is up next. bye bye.
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