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the language long awaited peace deal has been find. it hopes to end decades of unrest but fails to give the autonomy that was wanted and persuading people to accept the deal has not been easy. >> they have repeat lid said their goal is an independent state. now they're here to convince their people to accept much less than that. it's leaders between and taureg rebels have a tough time ahead. >> these are the leaders who
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announced the independent republic three years ago. several months later in burkina faso they signeded deal waiving their claim of independence. but mali's government failed to even discuss the self-rule demand. it would only allow local leadership. most we talk to in this meeting are dissatisfied. >> it's clear that we've been forced to sign this agreement. but i don't see a single point in it that serves our interest. it is not good for the people. it's not good for our leaders either. the year-long negotiations involving ten rounds of talks
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have been watched closely in that camp. however, of its estimated 50,000 population only a few thousand turned up to hear an explanation. many stayed away in protest. others expressing their rejection. >> the document does not respond to our demands. if they want the 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 homelands in northern mali. some how they see the new deal they are not expecting to return there any time soon. al jazeera. >> so the fighting in mali has gone on for decades but he can he is laided dramatically in recent years. in 2012 large areas were seized by al-qaeda link fighters.fight
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ers. in may talks brokered resulted in an agreement signed by armed groups loyal to the government but until now the main taureg rebel reliance has refused to sign. vincent hugo is the editor in paris and said that while the deal is far from perfect it is better than further conflict. >> to put it buntly an i am perfectimperfect agreement is better than the fighting. is there a sigh of relief, yes for sure. we know that the demands and sacrifices as rightly said in the report we're far from the ideal of the militants. it's something of partial autonomy.
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as i said, it's far from independent. but the problem here is that you have still in the northern part of the country issues, you have still have cells acting and you also have another handicap, which is the fragmentation of the tuareg movement. ♪ >> an al jazeera arabic journalist has been detained in berlin at the request of egyptian authorities. ahmed monsour was sentenced. sentencsentence in ined
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inabsentia. >> i was detained by the germany authorities. i informed them that the global police organization has rejected egypt's respect "q" and i have this document from interpol to prove that i'm not wanted on any charge and that in all cases that were filed against me were fabricated but they insisted on holding me in their detention center for investigation and they told me they would send me to face an investigating judge. i refuse to sign the detention request until i meet with my lawyer who just got here. it's ludicrous that a country like germany would support a request by a dictatorship regime in egypt when interpol has cleared my name that i have in this document in my hands. >> by the end of of almost
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16 million people were forced to leave their homes to escape war and persecution. the u.n. said that there are now 19.5 million refugees worldwide and another 38.2 million people are displaced within their own countries. 1.8million people are seeking asylum and there has been a huge rise in the number of people forced from their homes. syria's war is the single largest driver of displacement with with 7.000000 internally displaced people and more than 3.8 million refugees. the united nations high commissioner for rafaels said that the crisis has reached a tipping point. >> we have reached a moment of truce. world stability is falling apart and leaving the wake of displacement on an unprecedented scale. and the spreading global violence has come to threaten the very foundations of our international system. and what is more dramatic is
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that international community has failed twice this large number of refugees. first because it was not able to prevent conflicts or to timely solve them, and failed a second time because it is not providing the resources necessary to assist them to guarantee their human dignity making them suffer as a terrible second tragedy after the first tragedy of displacement. >> well, many of those who have been forced to flee the fighting in syria are seeking refugee crass the border in turkey. hundreds of families have fled tal abyaded a kurdish fighters fought isil for control of that town. >> the shade of the park tree and blanket. that's what ahmed has for shelter. the fighting in tal abyad forced them out. they crossed the border into turkey for refugee but he's finding it difficult to feed his
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children. >> we suffered so much it's almost impossible to find milk for my baby. there is no work for me. how am i meant to buy food for me and my kids? >> there are hundreds of families like ahmed's who are now camped out in the streets and parks of the turkish board town. yet another addition to the millions of syrians who have lost their homes because of the war. back in the town kurdish fighters say that they're now in control after capturing it from isil. administrative buildings used by isil still have its signs on entrances. this one reads islamic state membership office. even though the route 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 been allegedly rooted. but the ypg the kurdish group that controls the area says
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these accusations are untrue. the situation is similar to that across syria. fightersers different groups together with the syrian army battle it out while homes continue to be destroyed and families displaced. left to seek refuge in a foreign land not knowing if or when they will return. al jazeera. >> a website has surfaced featuring a racist manifesto along with photographs 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 confederate cemetery. he said he had no choice. on thursday roof was charged with the murder of nine black members of a church in south carolina. let's get the latest now from gabriel elizondo who is in charleston for us. we may be getting a better idea of what might have motivated these killings.
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>> that's absolutely right miriam. behind me, emmanuel ame church, where people continue to stream in front of this church to pay respects to the nine people who lost their lives here. but similarly we're getting more information on what might have triggered this mass killing with this document that was posted online or this manifesto. there are two things with the manifesto. there were photographs, as you said. photographs that purport to show dylann roof that is partially burned and holding the confederate flag. the confederate flag in the south is often tied to racism. but it pales to the words that were written in this document.
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it's long with racial epitaphs and one important part of the document allegedly written by dylann roof, he said that he chose this church here in charleston primarily because it is of important symbol of african-american culture here in the state of south carolina. that's why he chose it. now it's important to know that we have not confirmed that these are actually the words written by dylann roof, but we can say two important things. al jazeera has been able to confirm that the website where this manifesto was published was registered by dylann roof. and secondly my colleague at al jazeera america did speak could roof's father briefly on the phone. he asked did your son write this, he said he didn't know anything about it. the investigators will be looking at this manifesto clearly to get an enter sense if this is linked to roof and
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perhaps motivation for why he allegedly committed this terrible massacre. >> several days after the shooting, gabe, the community must still be in shock. the people will continue to pay their respects to the victims of the attack just behind you. >> that's absolutely right. you can see it behind me. people have been streaming in here all day paying their respects laying flowers some have been singing songs. it's very, very hot out here but it's not stopping anyone were coming out here to pay their respects. we've seen white people, black people, people of all different age groups and racial makeup. and what we have heard in the last hour or so is one of the church leaders has come out and he said that they will be holding service here at this church tomorrow. tomorrow being sunday here. that's very important because this community is still grieving but also trying to move on. the fact that the church leader came out saying they'll try to
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hold sunday school here and on sunday opening up the church for a the first time since the shooting two parishioner to parishioners hope that this is a step to healing. something that everyone here wants. >> a significant develop. thank you very much. gabriel elizondo live for us in charleston. still to come in this half hour on al jazeera. a city underwater. after two days of heavy rain the people of mumbai are up to their knees in floodwater. plus... >> under the communists orthodox christianity like all russian religions were suppressed. no longer. now the revived union of conservative church and conservative state is gathering strength. i'm rory challands, and i'll be back later in the program to explain why some are not happy about this.
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is. >> you catch bomb exploded near a mosque in sanaa. the islamic state in iraq and the levant said it was behind the attack. the group said in a statement published on isil twitter accounts that they were targeting houthi fighters who often use the mosque. now the u.n. is appealing for $1.6 billion to help to avert a humanitarian disaster. >> suffering in place of celebration. this is in yemen. we're supposed to feel joy says this man to relax with our families, but look at us. the holy month began with a string of car bombs and dozens dead in sanaa. we're living in pure horror, we areter tied. >> in geneva peace negotiations
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were supposed to yield a cease-fire. instead, they resulted in scuff folds. the situation is so dire that the u.n. lost an appeal for $1.6 billion to help civilians in yemen. >> in the evidence of my own eyes i'm deliberately raising the alarm about the looming humanitarian catastrophe facing yemen, 80% of the country's population are in need am sophomore of aid to meet their basic needs. >> severe water food, fuel medical shortages brought areas to collapse. there is no longer proper sanitation which means that an outbreak of dengue fever could put people at risk.
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yemenis had hoped they could observe they are fasting and feasts in piece. feastfeastin peace. now it seems that it's not enough to convince the warring factions to take a humanitarian pause. >> the arrest in south africa earlier this week races questions about stability back home. omar al-bashir is wanted by the international criminal court for genocide war crimes and crimes against humanity in darfur. and the veteran leader is facing other challenges as well as we have reports from khartoum. >> he has been in power for 26 years and has just won another term in office. the strong man leading sudan has been a controversial figure throughout his tenure. when he came to power in a coup in 1989 he called it a revolution.
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one that was the overthrow of a democratically elected government. since then he has been seen as the only man in charge. however his party says that they're ready for when he goes. >> we're not an one-time party. we have proved we have all the means to rule the country when it comes to people. in fact, the president has always been nominateed for the job, and he's not after it. >> a job he is not after th after, but continues. >> the group that took over in 1989 from a mixed one. you have the politicians when split since then to different camps and you have the army that managed to stay as one since. but al-bashir uses both to keep running things. >> things he has been able to handle so far. his accusations of war crimes in
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darfur while the rest the region has been experiencing the arab spring, he has phased little political unrest which is why many think his power is better for the country. >> al bar sheer is a hopeless case. this is why we should sit and talk about our problems. we want to find solutions. >> it's not clear whether those problems can be solved. no matter how bashir ends his presidency his legacy will be a country he took as one and now is divided. despite his opponents are ready to fill any power vacuum. >> roads were blocked as protesters gather to voice their
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concerns. al jazeera's neave barker was at the rally. >> it's the biggest and boldest challenge to the conservative government since winning a surprise majority in last month's general election. in the heart of london's financial district a sea of banners and slogans. it's precisely the global banking system that these protesters blame for exploiting the society's most vulnerable. a system that they believe is propped up by prime minister david cameron's government. >> people are campaigning over all these different things. what we're saying we want a different kind of society. one to end austerity. and we're saying we want to move on with it. >> through the center of the city past downing street here to the very gates of parliament, the police on high alert for signs of trouble.
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conservative party plans further spending cuts to pensions, public services and social welfare has. the government said greater austerity is needed to stop britain were living beyond it's means and to help balance its books. >> civil rights groups, celebrities, there are many thousands of people who have gathered here in central london united by one key aim and end to ussterty. >> there is so much wealth in this country. a lot more could be done by the rich. >> many here feel the conservative government is create angle unfair society. broadening the gap between rich and poor. they want the economic recovery to be driven by cooperation instead of competition. neave barker, al jazeera, london. >> india's authorities have issued a high tied alert tide
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alert in mumbai. a deluge of rain has hit the city and residents are asked to stay inside. let's hear a little bit now from new delhi. >> flooding from the monsoon rains happens every year in mumbai but this year has been accepts excessive. 500 millimeters, more than two weeks of rain fell on the city on friday, turning the financial capital into a puddle of water. roads were impassable in many parts and the train system running north and south throughout the city was also off line because of flooding on the tracks stranding millions of people. many say a commute that usually took 30 to 40 minutes took anywhere from four to six hours because of this. critics say that although the monsoon comes every year the drainage system is always
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overwhelmed. along with the usual flooding that's been caused the excessive amount of rain the damaged pumping facility were all damaged yesterday making the flooding worse. everyone has been asked to stay inside as heavy rains are expected for mumbai every day for the next week. >> a british army parachutist had a lucky escape when his teammate caught him when his chute failed to open. video filmed by spectators show one parachuter catching another before they crash into the water. an investigation has been launched into the isn't. now, russia is a secular state according to to constitution, but the orthodox church is
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wielding increasing our over its spiritual and cultural and political life. >> in in 98 when vladimir baptized its people. through mongol invasions and communism the orthodox church sometimes survived, sometimes thrived. today it's thriving. like his predecessor they used orthodoxy fundamental as russian nation hood. the affection is mutual calling the putin era a miracle from god. >> they need each other because patriarch and church gives putin additional authority additional legitimatecy. yes. and under this patronage the
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church's influence is strengthening using recent law which is criminalized offending religious feeling orthodox leaders had an opera production banned for desecrating religious symbols. the theater's director was fired. >> this august seraphima's extraordinary journey hits russian cinemas. russian cinema. it tells the wartime story of of young girl's spiritual conversion. and then there is this, a statue taking shape in the workshop. a powerful church sponsored symbol of the unity of orthodox christianity in the state. >> principles vladimir combines two side. on one side he is a saint and baptizer of russia. on the other side he's' prince
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and collector of lands. he unified two lives, a spiritual life and governmental, military life. >> so a statue to a collector of lives who happennenned to be christened on crimea's rocky shores. putin thanks the orthodox church for boosting patriotism, a sign that's bringing 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 christianity. i don't know what was the first but actually i think the whole basis of russian civilization is orthodoxy tradition. >> it is defined as a country built on three core principles. orthodoxy, authority and nationality. now today it's very different from the russia of 1830s but
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