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place like this again. with the of ♪ >> hello there i'm felicity barr, and this is the news hour live from london. coming up midnight from greece. the bail out program has just expired and greece has one hour to pay $1.7 billion to the imf. bringing justice to the chief prosecutor's killing. a plane carrying military personnel and first theme crash
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into an indonesia neighborhood killing all on board. and adding just a second to the world's clock a little later could cause big problems. >> i'm lee wellings of the sports news. as the temperature rises in wimbledon the defending champion turns up the hate. >> the greek government has asked for a new two-year deal from the eurozone. the euro group said it's too late to extend the current bail out but they'll meet again on wednesday to discuss the new greek proposal. greece is now just an hour away from its deadline to pay back
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1in'to pay $1.8 million to the international monetary fund. it cannot afford to pay without an agreement with its lenders to free up billions more in bail out funds. the imf payment missing greece could be kicked out from the imf all together. from athens barnaby phillips reports. protesting. >> their country could slide out of the eurozone. they call themselves the pro europeans. they want a yes vote in sunday's referendum. there is much talk in last-minute negotiations. but perhaps the most important player in europe, the german chancellor has given nothing away. >> it's clear that we will not
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pull communication off until midnight tonight. otherwise we would not be the european union. that means that the door is open for talks. >> whatever the outcome many in athens see no good options ahead ahead. a typical 29-year-old greek unemployed, lives with his parents, and dismayed by growing divisions in society. >> i see a lot of people fighting should we vote yes should we vote no. should we make a deal with the creditors. i don't feel optimistic about it at all because if people turn against each other they're not going to get out of this. >> in this office margo counsels people and see 100 new clients
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this month alone. >> why this this is the big question, why. why is this happening to my country, my family, oftentimes the mother and the father are unemployed tempt and the depression. >> in this crowd many put the blame on the greece predicament on prime minister tsipras. they say he's playing a dangerous game. there are wildly different predictions of how greeks will vote in a referendum. all we know is that the divisions in this society are growing deeper and deeper. barnaby phillips, al jazeera, athens. >> how do people in europe's biggest economy germany feel about the prospect of greece falling out of the europe? dominic kane went to find out in frankfurt, home of the natural european bank. >> this is the heart of the business and banking district.
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in this part of the city these people are used to making financial decisions that have profound importance. if greece falls out of the eurozone it could cost the germans a great deal of money. we wanted to get a flavor of how much they were prepared to pay for german solidarity's solidarity with greece. >> you feel fooled as a taxpayer because i don't get the impression that greece has seen the light. that's why i see only one option, ex-glit i think it would be okay to spend more money on greece because you need to enforce solidarity. we need to show that they're important to us and we want to fight for them. >> how much will that fight cost the taxpayer, chance chance
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chancellor angela merkel. >> john in the last hour or so rumors are circulateing in greece that referendum to be held on sunday might be postponed. >> we heard that this rumor is attributeed to prime minister, we haven't been able to entirely verify that. but apparently this is an idea that is circulating in top government circles. why is this happening now when we're not entirely sure. i venture to guess that it has got something to do with the strength of the option to the no vote that has been demonstrated on the square here tonight and in previous days. i think the government is
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beginning to realize that public opinion is not on its side and it's advice to vote nottingham foster know is not going to work in its favor. it would be a yes vote that puts the government question in decision in question, and finance minister is trying again with a new offer to the creditors in brussels. he's trying to suggest a new mix, a new policy mix that apparently according to reports comes even closer to what creditors have suggested and even further away from initial greek positions. we are expecting to hear verification of this at tomorrow's euro group where i think if this often offer was made, i think there would be no discussion. but either way this would be under negotiation under the framework. it will now be new territory
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and how it establishes a new relationship with creditors if that's what this government really wants, it will have to be something that is discussed from scratch. >> such confusing times for the greek public. we've seen these protests taking place, how divided is greece over this? >> greece is very divides divided because society is being called on to decide that should have been decided by elected representatives in parliament. the debates have been always divisive. they have been the key ingredients, the key elements that has led to the shortening of lives of government here. a government that has meant the last four years has tended the last two. for the last two elected
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government. syriza looks like it will last less than that given the strength on the streets both for and against the latest austerity measures. even though who don't want the austerity measures. even those who want to vote know no are still frustrated by the fact that they're now in a worse position than when syriza was elected. the economy is banks are closed, 9 economy is staggering, and people are hoarding their money. they're feeling very insecured by the future. >> john in athens. thank you. >> now there have been protests across each demonstrators are
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demanding a return to democracy. security forces have been on alert around egypt in anticipation of demonstrations during the anniversary. well egypt's president will bring in tougher laws after it's chief prosecutor was killed. president el-sisi made the announcement on monday. president el-sisi said that trials of those suspected of federalter federal terrorism will be sped up. at least 700 muslim supporters will be killed in that square by the coup in 2013. >> we will not wait. we will change laws in order to allow us to implement law and justice. within days criminal laws will help face new developments
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should be presented. we face terrorism and we need the right laws in courts to deal with it and try the killers. they make orders from behind bars. their records get implemented immediately, but we wait to implement the law. earlier on tuesday amnesty international accused of crushing an entire generation. egypt is arresting thousands of people. activists say there have been a sharp rise in the number of people going missing. >> this was before the 2011 revolution. during the protest she was hit by a bullet and became paralyzed. but she stayed on with her studies and remained vocal. it's been a month and the 23 activist has not come home. >> she left around 5:00 p.m. and her female friends were in touch
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with her until 9:00 p.m. but she did not come home. what kind of hearts do athlete people have? she's only 23 years old. she's still a kid. i want them to tell me the whereabouts of my daughter and what did she do? >> she's among the 163 young people reported missing in egypt. some are liberals. some are anti-coup activists. all are critics of the government. amnesty international has released a report that it calls generation jail, egypt's youth goes from protest to prison. many are facing criminal charges since 2014. they say the crackdown is meant to restore security and stability. >> bold leaders are breaking the promises to stand by them. and instead we've seen egypt's partners make ready to sell new
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arms and equipment to the egyptian authorities ignoring gross violations like torture unlawful killing of protesters and forced disappearances. >> some missing students have been found but not alive. [ sobbing ] >> she has seen her son's body. she said it's broken in many places. human rights activists say that he was kidnapped in front of his class. there were security cameras at the time and they want to know why they can't be used to find his killers. >> victims of forced disappearance do not usually end up in prison. we have two more torous stories of people who have disappeared and turned up dead. some as a result of torture. it's been two years since tens of thousands of people marched in the streets against the first democratically elected
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government. many have been arrested. others have just gone missing. >> three people have died in a car bomb attack in the capital of cairo. it happened nuggets a police station. sources told al jazeera that two more explosions were heard in the area. separately a gunman who shot dead a policeman outside of a museum in the capital. al-qaeda suspects are among 1200 prisoners who have escaped from a jail in yemen. it happened in the western city of taiz amid fighting of rival militias. it's the third major jail break in yemen since a saudi-led in march of this year. we'll look at why turkey is
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so concerned about the rise of syria's kurdish forces. also we'll speak live with this pilot in the solar power plane who has passed the point of no return on the latest leg of its mission to fly around the world. on the courts, andy murray. we'll have all the details. >> first a military aircraft has crashed on the indonesia island of sumatra killing all 113 people on board. at least three others died when the jet hit the ground. military grounding all of its hercules plane until it finds out what caused the crash. >> it's a grim task. finding the dead among the pieces of this shattered
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military aircraft. the plane was carrying soldiers and their families in what should have been a routine trip. it had been in the air just a few minutes when it crashed. >> it was about 12:00 p.m. 9 flight appeared to have lost its power and started to descend. when it hit the residential area i was at home at the time and so the flight crashed. >> we're told shortly after take off the pilate the pilot called in stating that they needed to return to the airport but they never made it. the plane crashed on empty buildings otherwise the death toll would have been higher. by sunset on tuesday the air force announced that it will no longer call the hercules c 130 at least until they know why this crash happened. they're trying to figure out exactly what went wrong.
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it's not the first time that a military air military airline airplane crashed, and the investigation could take a couple of months. >> syrian government shelling has reportedly killed 35 people across the country. 23 died in a popular market in idlib in the north. another ten were killed at another market near damascus. meanwhile, syrian opposition forces set off explosives near the border with jordan killing at least 15 government troops. clashes have broken out in a strategic border town in what once the main route used by the islamic state in iraq and the levant to channel fighters across from turkey. kurdish forces recaptured tall aybad two weeks ago but more
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fighting has just erupt: forces ed. >> kurdish forces in syria have advanced against the islamic state in iraq and the levant and now control a 400 kilometer stretch. the banners have made turkey nervous as we have reports from the border town. >> turkey is concerned about the growing strength of its neighbor. the syrian kurdish ypg has made dramatic territorial gains in northeastern syria controlling the board in iraq to the town of kobane further west. airstrikes helped the kurds their only partner on the ground in syria capture territory.
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they believe the ypg which it considers a terrorist organization linked with the pkk has another agenda. >> the u.s.-led coalition is doing the ypg help. 80% of the boings help the kurds. and the ypg is a threat to all people. the arabs, they're trying to create a state and they're ethniccally cleansing areas. >> syrian kurds have pushed deep into the mainly arab province. the capture of the province's border crossing of tal abyad where isil brought in foreign fighter and supplies. by capturing they did not just close an isil supply route they opened a corridor between two administered districts this has raised concerns in turkey.
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president erdogan said that they would not accept any moves by syria's dozen create their own state. they believe the kurds' next target. it is the last isil-controlled crossing on the border with turkey and it's fighters are seen in the distance planting explosives. they'll likely cover a battle that would cover isil but they're questioning the motives of the u.s. and the kurds. >> the ypg is now at the door steps, and they countered in a crossing. they will then push south. and link it to. >> they want to stop the expansion but the military is reluctant to make such a controversial move. the pkk involved in an armed conflict with turkey for decades
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means that any such intervention would mean war. >> the tunisian government has confirmed that the man who gunned down 58 tourists spent time at a training camp in neighboring libya. it is confirmed fears that the isil-linked groups operating in libya are a direct threat to tunisia. >> tunisia is in the spotlight. the party is one of the organizations that the government accuses of promoting violence. the party's leaders say that the government is exploiting the attack on tourists despite side line conservatives. >> the president should take on those who kill terrorists. instead he's targeting parties the way his predecessor repressed his opponents.
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>> this is a gathering of in the square that was banned for decades. it calls for the re-establishment of the rule of islamic law. it rejects democracy as a western invention. >> we have a government in a has failed at all levels. those in power are a joke. that's why we say the only solution to our problems should be through embraces islam. >> the leaders insist they are determined to change the political reality. but despite all the challenges they face, the tunisian government seems determined to fight what it calls extremism and crackdown on religious organizations it accuses of spreading violent ideologies. officials say that they can only win if there is enough
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international support and backing. the government has ordered the closure of mosques. but many people are concerned. they say mosques like this one one of the oldest in tunisia could play a crucial role in promoting tolerance. they say the tunis is one of the most religious centers in the muslim world. >> this has been one of the greatest places promoting the true message of islam. islam calls for peace and unity. >> thousands of young tunisians have joined isil in iraq, libya and syria and there are hundreds more fighting against the government here. these are delicate times for a country that launched the arab spring four years ago. hashem ahelbarra al jazeera, tunis. >> now the solar-powered plane
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on the mission of flying around the world without using any fuel is on the longest leg so far. it is how on its way to hawai'i. the flight is expected to take five days, and organizers say that this trip over open water is one of the toughest stages. and to power that journey we can speak live to the pilot who is up there over the pacific ocean. and andre where are you right now, and how is this leg of the trip going? >> flying solo many days and many nice.
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nights the sun will recharge the battery and we'll proceed the following night. so you know, we save so much energy using this technology. we can fly with the sun. >> andre you're only allowed to sleep for 20 minutes at a time. just how tough is that? >> it is difficult. you're trained as a pilot
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. you use breathing techniques to re-energize and to keep the right spirit. >> this is probably the most dangerous part of the journey i guess, because if anything goes wrong with the plane, you have nowhere to land. you'll end up in the water. >> well, that was the decision should we fly? do we have the right weather? for everybody and the team it was extremely--you know, flying over head there is nothing but
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to land in the water. >> it is an extraordinary journey. andre, we wish you the best of luck for the rest of it. thank you very much indeed. and still to come this hour. >> in calais where thousands of migrants and refugees, this is the first time it has ever happened on french soil. >> also ahead, fears of a new humanitarian crisis in haiti as the neighboring dominican republic sense thousands of refugees back home. and in sport why sepp blatter won't be making his usual
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appearance in the women's world cup final. lee will have more later.
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>> welcome back. greece has just an half hour left to pay back $1.6 billion euros to the imf. >> after the assassination of egypt's prosecutor general president el-sisi has promised to accelerate trials of those who are suspected of terrorism. and a plane carrying middle personnel and their families has crashed in indonesia killing all 113 people on board. six major world powers and iran have agreed to extend talks on iran's nuclear program until tuesday to give themselves more time to reach an agreement. the announcement was made by the u.s. just hours before the self-imposed deadline expires.
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diplomatic editor james bays reports now from vienna. >> after a day of consultations in tehran the iranian foreign minute was back at the negotiating table. afterwards only a brief comment they said they're here to get a deal and i think we can. however earlier when spoke to iranian journalists they made it clear there was still more work to be done. >> i think that the negotiations have reached a very delicate stage. a lot of work needs to be done at this stage. >> also in vienna the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov also meeting mr. zariff, compared notes with secretary state kerry. when he spoke with reporters he gave one of the most positive assessments from any of the key players during these lengthy negotiations.
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>> we have all the grounds to suggest that the result is within reach. and we gave instruction to colleagues deputies that in the coming days the agreement would be reached. >> everybody says that progress has been made but there is a great deal of details to be ironed out because this is supposed to be the final deal. that's why the so-called. 5, plusso-so called p 5 plus 1 continued. >> many have thrown their hats in the ring and now they've been joined by new jersey governor chris christie. well, he was one considered a real contender thanks to his handling of super storm sandy his ability to connect with the voters. but has prospected look bleak
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following the bridge gate scandal. we see three of his former aides creating traffic jams to retaliate against a mayor who refused to endorse his re-election. >> there is only one indispensable force for good in the world and it is a strong unequivocal america that will lead the world and not be afraid to tell our friends we'll be with you no matter what, and tell our verdicts that are limit tots your conduct and american will force the limits to that conduct. >> haitian officials have warned that the threat of deportation from the dominican republic have forced thousands of its citizens back over the border. they say it's createing a humanitarian crisis in ratey. now the poorest nation in the americas is struggling to report. we have reports from the do hinn
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dominican-haitian border. >> some are deported. some head fog haiti before they're forced to. but some can't convince dominican officials of their right to stay in a country that they call home. >> the dominican can force you to leave even when you show them their legal papers. >> this is what is wait forgive many of them, and unconcern life and no guarantee of a place to live. more than that, many live in poverty and have no access to baseball services. living in a shanty town after the 2010 earthquake. she wonders where all those leaving the dominican republic will live. >> the depourees will complicate the situation even more. i saw many in the city center. it was sad to see them.
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there were small children among them. >> they warn that it could create a humanitarian crisis. for here at haiti's main northern border crossing they'll live where thousands live in tent cities. many of those left haiti for a richer life in the dominican republic, or their parents or grandparents did. life is better in the dominican republic than in haiti. the average income in the dominican republic is seven times of that haiti. haitian ministers in direct contact with the dominican republicken government say they're not getting what they need. >> proper information such as how many people will be deported. when exactly they will deport them and then on our side we want to receive them on two borders to mobilize our efforts
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in these two places. >> meanwhile, more and more people are coming. coming to a country that is struggling to feed and house the people already here. adam raney here on the dominican-haitian border. >> tests carried out on the body of a 17-year-old boy showed positive results of observe. observeresult ebola ebowl. >> fighting in the northern unity states in april. the reports are based on
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information given by witnesses. >> for our part the peacekeeping mission will continue to investigate the reports of human rights abuses. and we hope to gene unfettered access to the sites where these atrocities took place. it was a month before they were allowed to visit these sites. we managed to visit two more sites since the report was finalized. during the first four weeks of this offensive our human rights investigators were basicsly unable to move out of the state capital and then to investigate on the ground these allegations. >> pro testing ferry workers are trying to prevent job cuts after their company was sold to a
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danish firm earlier this. it's the second time they've shut the tunnel in less than a week causing chaos for trucking firms and holiday makers. a coalition of french charities has for the first type been supplying emergency food relief and medical aid on the french soil. they handed out parcels to migrants in the port of calais. they say they've been left with no choice to help because of an incompetent response to the migrants crisis by britain and france. >> what do you say about this sight of lines of men and women.
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insideinside the bag fruit business cuts and milk. they'll make it last. >> for four days. >> this was curtsy of the catholic charity. islamic relief and solidarity international. more used to emergency work in africa, this is the first time, the first day they've ever had to do this in france. >> that's the first time in 33 years of existence that they are working on the french territory. so for us it's the first to work on our own territory. >> much of this would be unnecessary if the u.k. would allow some of these people to seek asylum. that's the reason why they're stalk stuck if in calais. but. >> the government might express concern, offer some money to help them. but not here. not in calais.
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the reason why charities are having to do all of this for these people. the french nor the british government wants to lift a finger. >> many of the men here have foot injuries from jumping on to lorries they tried to stowaway inside to get to engine. this man is at risk much losing his foot from infection from conditions in of the camp. >> without treatment he would get gangrene 37 that's what you say about your foot. >> they help some of the to give to the dispossessed. listen to his thought. >> answer rights. you're unrights. black, white haitian whatever. you are equal and still not equal here.
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>> control by they meet with the migrants in terms of food, in terms of medical and in terms of as well. >> the police keep up on all of this while they create more and bigger. the dignity is in short supply here and they have this sense of life without heaps because men on both side of the inch channel channel, it would make it give to jump.
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internet service providers will not be able to favor some independent traffic over others. we have more on wimbledon's finals. plus... >> i'm in seoul. i'll be telling you how comic book magazines have changed from this to this, creating thousands of jobs and earning south korea millions of dollars.
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>> time will stand still as for a second. the second will be added to compensate for the speed of the earth's rotation. but it could disrupt the international market and computer programs. time we're often losing it, running out of t and we're actually gaining some. clocks around the world will have an extra second added to keep up in sync with the earth's own sense of time. time used to be measured by the earth's rotation. then atomic clocks were invented. they use the vibrations and atoms to measure time with super accuracy. atomic time is constant, but the earth' rotation is gradually
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slowing down. the two move out of sync by a fraction every day. but there are consequences of tinkering with time. many commuter systems are programmed to deal with the system and glitches could happen. in the asia pacific the time jump occurs during the working day and could affect transaction delays in their financial market. at the observatory in greenwich, the home of the time keeping precision time is key to society. >> so i'm saying it's important to any civilization. if you look back at the greeks egyptians, babylonians measuring time was very important for running an urban or agriculture civilization, and it still is today even more so. this is why this is an issue. that's why we need to know how to keep track of time. >> these years the earth runs bang on time and no adjustment is needed.
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and now the scientists will vote should this leap should be stopped. abolishing them would have no immediate effect, but over the millennia the clocks may say day when it's dark outside. >> thank you very much. the heat is rising in womenning done. the record temperature forecast for wednesday but they would keep their cool on day two. >> last year' champion is back on court.
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>> she won in just pa minutes. >> i think it was nice. it was a little bit quicker. my parents came. and so in the first 35 minutes. >> the seven-time champion said he's here to win the tournament again. federer threw in straight sets. over in court number one rafael nadal was cruising to a win over thomas bel uluchi.
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and he could be facing murray in semifinals. but backed by his enthusiastic support. the number three seed would win. two hours 13 minutes on court. al jazeera. >> defeat for last year's women final. that was not entirely unexpected. her latest lost to china's representative who shot 11th defeat in. >> sepp blatter has decided not to travel to vancouver on july july 5th. blatter or his general secretary already attending due to their
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current commitments in zurich. sepp blatter announced he was stepping down. and it will be the first time that blatter is not presenting the trophy cup to the winners since he became president in 1998. the women's world cup takes place in an hour's time. the two top teams facing each other in montreal. germany and the u.s. usa. the only two teams to have won the tournament twice. germ are the favorites, and they have been deadly in front of goal with 20 goals in five games so far. >> yes they showed how good they are. and both teams will want to make it the finals. i expect a very heated match a very fast match.
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>> still on course in copa america. the level one the old championship in the world they're now through the final in front of their own fans. there was a semifinal win in the capital. >> the first semifinal desperate to bring pride to their homeland as they line up against peru. but it did not start off well for the visitors, they would protest a call, and they were left with ten members. chile with would have capitalize.
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peru pulled one back in the second half, but it was by default. the story of equalizing proved to be short lived. the second goal of the night chile's coach still not happy though saying his side will have to play much better. if it is going to have any chance to win the copa america title. >> today we didn't crystallize the match and we ended up suffering. i believe this was the most organized match we have played in distribution around the pitch. >> if you go now to our dressing room it is a room in pain. that's how it should be. we wanted more. when you lose it hurts under any circumstances. >> peru now into a third place playoff match while chile at
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just 19 minutes away from making history and they take on the winner of tuesday's other semi finals between argentina and paraguay. >> european football governing body uefa has told the spanish lead to drop its protests of moving the date of the world cup. >> they were confirmed that they would easing the rules on financial play. the club's owners say their relationship has broken down. cricket officials in australia have been explaining how they
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hope to bring test cricket to a new audience with a first-ever test to be played in november. the mash between australia and new zealand will be using a special pink ball. there will be five-day test matches that have always been played in daylight. let's hope that the new matches will bring back crowds to the oldest form of the game. >> bringing the game into a time zone where more of our fans can watch the game. at the moment correct is played when kids are at school and parents are at work. we want to bring them in to the game. >> finally usain bolt has withdrawn from the paris diamond league. his doctor has diagnosed a blocked joint which is putting pressure on his knee and ankle
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which would explain his absence from the jamaica trials. that's all the sport for now. but there will be more later. >> lee, thank you. >> finally, south korean artists are bringing their country's favorite cartoons to life in a digital environment. comic books are being digitized and made into web toons. it had a prompted a new industry in the asian country. we have reports from seoul. >> his hobby is now his main income. the drawing was just a bit of fun whale avenues music journalist. now his cartoon sketches are not just in print but seen globally by the internet in a commercially growing market. >> intervention of the daily
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life is about things that happen around us. sometimes it could be interesting. others time not. depending on your perspective and from which angle you view it. >> comic sales have been falling for a while. the arrival of new technology has invigorated the industry. there was a time before the incident this was the only way you could get your weekly cartoons. while flicking through the pages has not lost its appeal, a new kind of page is created now at the touch of a button. basic web toons began as scans of original comic books and put on the net. now the original stories formatted for the laptop tablet and smart phone now it's all the rage. >> the government saw an
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opportunity to support entrepreneurship. it takes time to translate the cartoons in their languages and we're funding that. >> web toons are now transitions and being developed into tv dramas like this one. >> i will continue for as long as there are reeders who like my work. but war tons require lots of effort so i might not be able to keep up with demand. long turn if things change i thought about becoming a writer or novelist. >> he hopes that some of his new characters will remain global favorites for many years to come. al jazeera, seoul. >> now it's just about it for this news hour. join me again in a couple of minutes' time. we'll have much more news. the obama administration is due to announce its reach for cuba between the two countries to reopen atre.
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we'll see you then.
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>> despite seeking a last seeking a last-minute deal, the greece deadline has just expired. again i'm felicity barr. egypt's president vows to free the judicial panel to bring justice to the chief prosecutors prosecutors' killing. and an indonesian military plane crash noose a residential village killing