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>> announcer: this is al jazeera. welcome to the newshour from al jazeera's headquarters in doha. coming up in the show - the muslim brotherhood calls for an uprising in egypt after security forces killed 13 of its members. europe's leaders say there'll be no more negotiations with greece on the bailout plan until the referendum is over on sunday. the u.n. says it can't get aid into yemen. 21 million people in desperate need of help.
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most of them children. we'll have the story of the disappearing doctors in bangladesh's rural communities. let's begin in egypt where the muslim brotherhood is calling for an all of out revolt. 13 muslim brotherhood were killed in a cairo apartment. the government says their forces came under attack while victim's families say the muslim brotherhood were unarmed and had been custody earlier in the day. the human rights record was never known to have been strong. things deteriorated since abdul fatah al-sisi took power a year ago. many hoped his landslide victory would be quick, and a transmission to democracy. this never happened. there has been a clamp down on private and state media with
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independent and dissenting voices taken off the air. 44,000 political prisoners are in gaols, including 48 journalists the the judiciary handed out mass death sentence with hundreds on death row, including the ousted president mohamed mursi. a senior lecturer in the muslim world at kings college in london takes us through some of the details. what is proposed in the new law? >> there's a blank measure giving far extending forces backed up to what the judiciary can do. the government insists on establishing firm control over the situation in egypt and the sinai desert.
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the problem is whether one size fits all works. taking on the project in egypt is a different matter to trying to stamp out the differences of islamist jihadi movements like in the sinai desert. they are manifestations of islam, but differently structured and organised. the muslim brotherhood, in spite of its size is easier to take on because there's a recognisable structure, while organizations formerly and part of i.s. in the sinai desert like al-qaeda and i.s. in syria and iraq they operate like franchises without a recognisable command and control structure. whether the measures proposed now will be suitable it take care of the threats to the government that is currently ruling egypt remains to be
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scene. i think that the main concern and priority of this kind of a large-scale security operation is, indeed to create a degree of stability, and enable the government to deliver in term of improving living standards in egypt, and at present i think the democratizition programme has taken a back seat because terrorists - neither have the appetite among the population to come into uprising against the government, for probably the ability on the muslim brotherhood side to coordinate such a revolt. >> right now israel doesn't have a parliament to issue and monitor legislation, assuming president abdul fatah al-sisi will sign off on it. will there be much oversight to ensure legislation has provisions to protect human rights proven abuse, establish
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accountability and oversight? >> at present, these democratic structures are not in plays the way they were anticipated in the roadmap that was proposed in the proceeding two years. so presently egypt is indeed effectively run by presidential decree, as it has been during the many decades that egypt has been under the rule of people who used to wear a uniform. in that sense, that type of oversight is not there. the argument of the government will be that it is you know a matter of national security interest, and retaining a degree of stability that enables it to address what i think is still very much on the minds of the people, and, is indeed an improvement of their living circumstances. i get the impression that the appetite for drastic changes to the political system are really taking a back seat at the
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moment. >> the muslim brotherhood says it's renounced violence decades ago, and has been part of a political process. if this sort of law is targetting political groups and maybe beyond the muslim brotherhood, will that create stability or will it fuel more instability leading to more extreme groups like we see in the sinai desert. >> i think there is a danger indeed, that on the fringes people will indeed feel always a confirmation that violence is the only way to take on a government that is at present not exactly eager to fulfil the democratization process to its complete end, and with a muslim brotherhood that is legalist. there is a danger of that within organizations that sort of have chosen to operate within this system. there might be elements that sort of give up on the option
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and trade recourse to more extremist ways of introducing their political agendas. >> good to get your thoughts on that. >> european finance minister rented talks on a bailout for greece until after the national referendum on sunday. greeks will vote on whether to accept or reject a range of spending cuts and tax increases rendered by creditors. hundreds of pensioners have been lining up outside banks in athens to withdraw cash. there are strict controls pensions are only allowed to withdraw a certain bament. barnaby phillips says greeks are split on how to vote in the referred up. >> europe's leaders made it clear they will not deal with the greek government until after the referendum.
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there's no trust. and negotiations came to a stand still. it's an open secret that the majority of europe's leaders hope that the process will result in a yes vote, and the overthrow of the syriza government, the resignation of alexis tsipras. i don't know if they'll get their wish or not. public opinion in this country is split, and the political mood is very volatile. an opinion poll came out on thursday morning showing a narrow lead to the yes vote, but alexis tsipras and his government will campaign hard over the next 48 hours trying to convince the greek people to vote no. meanwhile, on thursday morning long queues of pensioners at the bank. these are the older people that don't necessary have bank cards and don't forget what an emotive issue pensions and pensioners are in the context of the whole greek crisis. these are not the kind of images that the greek government would want you to see on the tv screens in the days before a important referendum.
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the greek deputiy interior ministry joins us live from athens. good to have you with us. the greek government made a last minute offer in which you offered almost everything that creditors had been asking and that was rejected. do you feel european creditors are targetting the fall of the syriza government, not just getting the terms of the bailout. >> it is obvious, we wanted to strike a deal. they have made a number of important concessions. men of them painful for us. last monday they have said to us your proposals are a good basis for discussions, and then they presented us an alt mate um. not only that they refused to increase the liquidity of our banks, and pushed us to close the banks with holy day banks, and created by this way a climate of terror in greece.
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that does not allow the calm expression of the political will. this is psychological warfare. >> when you say syriza who do you blame. who do you say is trying to bring down your democratically elected government in greece? >> i am not referring to all of our european partners but it is very clear that there are political areas in europe that they don't go on to their political contagens of a left government expand to europe. >> are you talking about germany, the european commission? >> it is not - it is not nationalistic issue, i'm giving you an example. when we have chancellor of austria making a statement for us five minutes later the minister of finance, who belongs to the same coalition, he is a
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social democrat he is making an inflammatory statement. practically the subdivision is not national lines, it is along political lines a vision of social europe versus a vision of neoliberal. europe of austerity. in greece we are becoming the mirror of the future of europe because two different visions of europe oppose each other. we have a battle here it's not just a battle for greece but a battle for europe. >> why did the greek government capitulate at the last minute and agree to so many demands which you had long resisted in the weeks and months of negotiations? >> no, no that is not true. we have accepted exactly the same proposals. we have proposed on monday and we had exactly as we added on monday, an additional position
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na in order to strike a deal we need some sort of debt relief. now the debt is unsustainable, even... >> sorry for jumping in you crossed some of your red lines. when you were elected to power, there was red lines when it came to things like raising the value-added tax, and playing with pensions. >> yes yes, yes. >> that has been crossed in your latest offer. >> you are right. we have reported all our engagement related to pensions and salaries. we protected the income. but we made very important consensus in other issues. we wanted to strike a deal because we wanted to keep greece in the europe. but we insisted always that we propose this very hard measures only under the condition that we are going to regulate the debt. otherwise it will be an
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alternative of pretend. the usual proposals, to ignore the reality and postpone the moment of truth. >> thank you so much for talking to us. more still to come on the al jazeera newshour empty airports and vacant hotels. tunisia set to lose millions of tourist dollars, because of the massacre a lost child for for syrians in jordan. the responsibility for supporting the family falling on young shoulders. >> and japan in the women's world cup finals after defeating england. - details later in sport. to the wore in yemen now, and a warn from the world food program. it says badly needed aid is not
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getting through. a senior spokeswoman for the world food program in the middle east joins us from cairo. god to have you with us. we could clarify, first of all. is any aid getting in. are you able to get any aid into yemen right now. >> yes, on a daily basis we have ships arriving. as we speak now, the period between - to the 9 july we have seven ships arriving to yemen, carrying food and fuel aimed to feed millions of people in yemen, and also to supply the partners working on the ground. whether delivering food or for the hospitals to have the fuel that is needed. we have provided food assistance to 9.9 million, even though that's a fraction of the need that is currently in this
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country. >> are you facing difficulty when it comes to getting aid specifically into aden where the humanitarian situation seems to be more desperate? >> definitely. the sending of humanitarian aid is difficult. in and around aden it's very challenging, because either the roads are inactionable or because there's infrastructure damage. in addition to the insecurities and the fighting that is happening on the grounds. we attempted more than two or three times to send big ships carrying food and fuel to the port of aden but the security situation in the port area itself have forced the ships to back off and return to international waters. >> can you clarify, when you say you sent ships, but are forced to back off, can you confirm for example what yemen's information minister told us yesterday in a
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statement, and she said that aid is not getting through to yemen, and goes on to say that as we speak - this is yesterday - there is a w.f.p.ship prevented, in fact, attacked by houthis. is that, in fact what is going on, are the ships being attacked by houthis, and are they protecting your ships getting in. >> we don't know what exactly is happening when it comes to who is backing who. there are sounds of fire shots, and in the end the decisions of the capital, whether it's safe enough for the ship to dock and be able to off-load its supplies. it is not getting to aid. it is extremely difficult. you know all parties to the cabin, to provide humanitarian aid workers, and the ships being supplied to dock.
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we are trying to get around that in order to unload the cargo in the middle of the sea and take it to aden. it is not a solution we are talking about thousands of tonnes of food and equipment. it's not a permanent solution. we appeal to all parties on the ground to allow the aid to pass to the people of yemen. many are severely insecure. they are hungry. >> thank you for talking to us. u.n. raised the level placing it along iran iraq and syria. we have this report. >> reporter: this young girl is inconsolable. shocked by what happened to the homes in her neighbourhood, houses that hours ago were still standing.
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"why do they do this?" she asks through her tears. in yemen devastation is the norm. >> the situation in yemen is critical, especially for children who are the most vulnerable groups. >> a collective trauma, physical and emotional, that grows by the day. >> we don't have any protection environment to live in. they feel scared, really insecure. >> hundreds died since the start of the fighting. some from wounds, treatable if only they had access to better health care. the crisis here, says this nurse, is worse because of fuel shortage, because children do not have access to transportation and can't get to the hospital when they need. in this shelter for the displaced boys and girls recite
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the koran, praying for an end to a war bringing more misery upon them. like the shortage of water in a country running out of the precious resource. and a spike in child malnutrition rates for a population already without enough food. a situation so dire the u.n. warns yemen could be on the verge of a famine. the misery is difficult to see, and hard to miss. the pain in their eyes is easy to recognise as the bruises and burns on their bodies. then, there are the others. their youthful appearance hiding a suffering no one their age should endure. we can get more from the reporter that filed that report. the u.n. is calling this a level
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3 problem. what does that mean practically speaking. what has changed for people? >> this is a huge increase in the threat level as far as the u.n. is concerned, telling the world something needs to be done immediately. this is the highest threat level that a country can face according to misty upham rules. -- u.n. rules. when you speak to the people as i have been doing, they say it's been a dire situation for years. >> even before the crisis it wasn't a good day to grow up. >> on a good day in yemen, you had close to 1 million malnourished. this is a country that's been running out of water, known for years. it's difficult for children to get access to regular food safe drinking water and now, because of the conflict because it's so diff to getting medical aid in or aid workers, children are suffering on an unprecedented
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scale. in the past month thousands of children have been exposed to dengue fever something they were not exposed to before the conflict ratcheted it up. malnutrition which we talked about, they spiked over 150% in the past few weeks. it's dire it's grim. and they are traumatized in a way that they have never been before before. >> lack of water and aid. it sounds like the perfect storm for all sorts of diseases taking off. is that what you are hearing and seeing. >> not just that let me give you an example. shortly after the escalation of the conflicts, i had reports that a child in southern yemen had tonne sill itis went to the hospital, they didn't have the medicines that the child needed. that child died. we are talking about simply and preventible ailments that
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children should not die from in addition to the horrors visited upon them physical and psychological. right now the blame is on all sides. u.n.i.c.e.f. said that the houthis are to blame, but because of the aerial bombardment it is difficult to get aid to children in the hardest hit areas. >> to find a solution to that soon. >> an afghan appeals court overturned the death sentences given to four many for their part in a mob killing. they'll serve 20 years in prison. she was attacked near a foreign shrine falsely accused of burning a copy of the koran she was stoned to death, body run over by a scpar set on fire. the -- car and set on fire people have died after a ferry capsized happening a
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kilometre off the port. most have been rescued. margo has been following developments from mann ill e. >> reporter: ferry boats travel between the islands in of the philippines carrying hundreds of passengers. this stretch of water is known to have been rough. there has been similar accidents in the same area in the past. a survivor said the water were calm when they left port. when they were further out at sea, and away from the coastline, the boat suddenly tilted losing its balance and capsizing. authorities are doing all they can to help the survivors. the captain of the boat is in custody. and the coast guard will launch an investigation. >> 1,000 police me are patrolling popular tourist areas, part of security measures put in place following the killing of 38 people an a beach resort in sousse. tunisia is trying to stop the
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tourist industry crumbling. it is a major source of employment. in the year before the 2006 revolution, 7 million visited the country. it fell to 3 million a year later. before the attack on friday the sector flourished. the government earned 1.9 million. this year it is expected to lose $515 million. we have this report from the capital. >> reporter: more police men and soldiers are expected to patrol tunisia's beaches. their task is to prevent attacks on tourists like the one that killed 38 people in the coastal city of sousse. the worst in tunisia's modern history. but hotel owners and travel agents are already seeking a long-term impact of the attack. tourists have cancelled their holiday plans, and those already in the country are cutting their
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day short. >> tourism will face the crisis following an attack on the hotel. it creates 20,000 job opportunities, hotel businesses will not boom. now they'll suffer. >> reporter: the prime minister visited the island one of tunisia's top tourist destinations. his top priority is to win tourist's trusts and ordered the army to join the police in securing hotels and beaches. tourism generates almost $2 billion a year. >> the immediate impact will be strong. after the attacks we saw the decline in tourism industries tourists coming in tourism receipts by 20%. we reckon that another 30% decline is likely so that all together in terms of revenues
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you can see minus 50%, 2014 it's a shock to the industry, no doubt about it. >> that's about $1 billion in losses. tunisia is a poor country, rich in cultural sites and natural beauty. it relies heavily on its tourists. tunisians have been campaigning to reassure tourists that their country is a safe place to visit. after the attacks in sousse and here tunis, it's a difficult task now, everton is here to tell us about the weather. of course, we have a developing tropical storm. tell us about that. >> we have a system to the east of the philippine's sea, bringing in heavy showers. too far out at the moment to have had a direct impact on the weather across the philippines, particularly where the boat capsized. this is the position of the
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storm, 4,000km away from the eastern side of the philippines, making its way in a north-wester by direction in a run up to lausanne as we go up to the weekend. it's expected to make landfall to the north of the philippines. currently we have takened wins custodies of 80 k/hr by the tame it makes landfall it would have increased significantly, around 130 k/hr and higher gust. by that stage it is likely to be a typhoon, known as egay. we have it making its anorth-west arts not having a direct impact on the philippines, but you see the winds coming in from a steady west westerly direction, hence the rough waters seen for central parts of the philippines, likely to have contributed to the heavy sees here and the waves as well. swirling around the low pressure tropical depression
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becoming a tropical storm. rain setting in on sunday. >> thank you. more to come on the newshour. live in vienna where it was all smiles to the foreigners. still no sign of a breakthree at the iran nuclear talks. [ sings ] we are in miami to ask ex-pat cubans how they feel about renewed diplomatic ties. a sort offer on the cards at wimbledon. we look at thursday's action later in sport.
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we look at thursday's action later in sport. you are watching the al jazeera america, let's remind you of our top stories. the muslim brotherhood is calling for an all-out revolt. 13 members killed by a cairo apartment by security forces. the family say they were unarmed. european finance minister rejected talks on a bailout for greeks until after a referendum. greeks will vote on whether to accept or reject a range of spending cuts and tax heights which creditors recommended. >> the world food program is warning badly needed aid is not getting through to yemen. half the country is in need of food supplies. the level of emergency has been raised to the highest level by the u.n. to vienna where diplomats
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are trying to hammer out a deal with iran on its programme. james bays is following the talks. a lot of documents coming and going today. what does it all mean. >> the idea is to get fresh momentum. we expect them to gather at the end. we heard from the british foreign minister hammond. he talked about making progress but not at a break through moment. we saw on the balcony of the luxury hotel - income fact, it used to be a palace mohammad javad zarif was on the balcony, we believe recording a video message to be released on social media, through facebook and twitter. i shouted loud at him whether he was confident. he replied "i have to be hopeful
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itself, we heard a report that perhaps he'll go back to tehran for consolidations i shouted "are you return to tehran?" he played, "no." the i.a.e.a. chief is in tehran meeting senior officials, and we expect him to meet hassan rouhani. they are the u.n. agency that deals with nuclear matters, and would have to police deals, controversial aspects, but where they'd be able to go would they go to military sites, and the questions that i.a.e.a. is asking about the past nuclear programme, some here say if iran can't come clean about the past how can we trust them with the deals in the future the syrian observatory for human rights says more than 5,000 people have been killed in syria in the last month alone,
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the second highest monthly toll since the war began, according to the activist group. hundreds of civilians have been killed one in three by air strikes. dozens have been killed in residential areas. conflict in syria is pushing more children to the workforce, where they face exploitation and abuse. a report by u.n.i.c.e.f. and save the children show kids are contributing to family income in more than three-quarters of households. children as young as kids are working in lebanon, in jordan half of all syrian refugee children are the joint or sole earners, many working in dangerous conditions, the vulnerable involved in the sex trade, organised begging and child trafficking. many syrian children in jordyn are working instead of going to school. we have this report. >> reporter: this 15-year-old should be in the 10th
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grade. he has been working since the family fled. he was employed at a cafe before taking this job. he works 12 hours a day, six days a week. his salary of $170 a month is needed to pay his family's rent. >> translation: i dream of going back to school. living conditions are difficult. i come to work, support my family and learn a new skill. it's better than staying on the streets. >> reporter: he is one of tens of thousands of young syrians in jordan who are forced to take on more responsibilities. here in the northern province, working syrian children are everywhere. i worked to support my family, i would love to go back to school. i would love to go back. >> the minimum working age is 16.
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many employers are hiring younger children. child labour has become an essential coping mechanism for the survival of families because adults are generally not given work permits. aid agencies try to get the children out of work and back into school, by providing cash assistance for the family. there are centers like these providing classes for working children. some leave their jobs and return to formal schooling. others don't. most syriab families whose children work, say the cash assistance provided by agencies, to get their children to leave their jobs, is nowhere close to the money they earnt. >> a family received $42 a month for each child who left work and returned to school. that assistance has stopped because of international funding short falls. >> now that we are moving into a
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protracted crisis, we are moving beyond four years, donors, partners, are have trouble maintaining funding levels. required. meanwhile, the needs are increasing. we have a worst case scenario. >> many syrian children are living without the bare minimum of rights. those working say they may be miserable. they feel less of a burden on distressed families. the u.s. department of justice is investigating price fixing at some of the biggest u.s. airlines asking for information on seat numbers and other booking details, to see if there was collusion. american airlines, delta airlines united, continental holdings and south-west airlines control 80% of the domestic market. the u.s. pentagon does not anticipate giving up its naval base at guantanamo bay, despite wednesday's announcement of
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coping cuban embassies in each other capitals. closing guantanamo bay was a campaign problem. cuba's government insists it takes best to hand over the base to fully normalize relations. >> we'll find new ways to cooperate with cuba. i have been clear that we'll continue to have serious differences. including america's enduring support for universal values like freedom of speech and assembly the ability to access information. we will not hesitate to speak out when we see actions contradicting those values. >> greater travel is another obstacle. for decades cubans risked their lives, using rickety boats and rafts. andy gallagher report. >> the miami branch of the
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church westerly direction service began in '60. it was to aid those fleeing. over the decades they helped thousands to resettle hear. new arrivals spent months planning their journey, coming on boats. this man spent three months at see, and for many the driving forces are the same. >> i came because of economic situation. we are pure we don't receive a calorie or have a chance to better ourselves. there's no way to do that. >> those sentiments led as cuba's second city. generations of the cuban americans shaped south florida. few could have guessed the last few months would bring monumental change. >> when you speak to those making the perilous crossing
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many give you the same reasons as to why they did it. many have family here others have better job prospects and a better standard of living since the announcement, there's another reason as to why they are risking their lives to co to the united states. for years, migrants enjoyed privileges that gave them status as soon as they reach u.s. soil. case workers fear normalization could change that bringing to an end a dry foot policy. >> that's what they tell me. that they are under the idea that changes come that quickly here and they can lose their status, and they will not be welcome any more. for these many life altered dramatically. if they are aware of changes in cuba, most will not say. this man refuses to talk about change on the island. he has loved ones in cuba and will not risk the possibility of
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repercussions. >> officials investigating the transasia plane crash in taiwan say the pilot may have acted in haste. 43 died after the plane went down. an earlier investigation found the pilot shut off the remaining engine after one of them went idol. the ng was technically capable of providing power to the aircraft. sudan is a challenging environment for journalists - detentions confiscation of newspapers and fines are common. we have this report from khartoum. >> reporter: this veteran journalist has been in the business for more than 30 years, and says he's been harassed by the authorities, and his newspaper has been taken out of circulation six times.
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last year he was attacked by people he believes work for the government. >> a group of men armed with rifles stormed my office beat me on the head and went away. our newspapers have been confiscated and prevented from being disrupted. this happened regularly. >> in the past newspapers were checked before they were published by security operatives. journalists believe measures have been used to burden newspapers with losses. >> translation: these are hard times for the press. only this year we have seen over 40 confiscations. the other thing is that journalists have dealt with in front of criminal courts when it comes to news. new information laws are making journalists risk free the government boasts it increases transparency providing information. >> we dom a great level of
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freedom of information and transparency. in fact this law does not curb freedoms but organises and suppresses. >> the law has exceptions where information can be classified including personal information, information of national security policy and criminal procedure. many journalists use the law as an attempt by the government of withholding information, and censorship. >> with a history of censorship journal lifts are in fear of intimidation. others have been shoved down as something the government doesn't like, and many believe the regulations introduced will make things worse. >> still ahead in the news hair - "my fair lady", the exhibition deadgated to audrey hepburn hopes in london. >> and the basketball star who found the going tough on the
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golfing green. back in a moment.
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welcome back if you live in the remote area of bangladesh medical help - there's good news, the government built clinics it help. the only catch is most are empty because the doctors are not showing up. we have this report. the clinics are built, the medicine delivered. the patients are waiting. but the doctors refuse to arrive. in this village, patients have
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to make do with an assistant. there's supposed to be a government appointed doctor, but she didn't come the day or the day before and the day before that. >> translation: you'll be able to find her on an emergency assignment at a subdistrict hospital. >> villagers say the emergency assignment is a ruse to keep the doctor from having to show up in a hardship posting. >> translation: they send a notice saying the doctor is need the for someone else, and we have no choice but to accept it. that's how it works. the sub-district hospital has enough doctors, she is not needed there. we went to see if the doctor as within emergency duty, only to find an empty office. she's not here either. her colleagues say she's on holiday. we called and sent her a message, but were unable to meet
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-- reach her. >> the problem is that the district hospital asked for a few of her doctors. in order to function properly we need doctors on emergency assignment al jazeera contacted the health ministry several times. but did not receive a response. it was a chain of dereliction of duty. those posted to the villages tried to escape. the doctors proceed to go to the district capital and the doctors left. no doctors who spent years going through medical school want to end up in places like this. this, as you can believe it, is meant to be a sleeping quarters of the regiment doctor. it's abandoned and people from it's abandoned and people from the neighbourhood have completely filled it up with their trash. >> the clinics has barely any equipment. the assistant here cannot even
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check blood pressure. we asked to see medicine supplies, but the pharmacist has not shown up to work. it's enough to drive patients to despair. unfortunately for villagers at the bottom of the socioeconomic chain, it's a typical state of affairs. robin is here with the sport. time for the sport. >> reigning women's world cup champions japan are in the finals of the tournament in canada and need a slice of luck to get past england as richard palmer reports. >> reporter: england never got in far to the women's world cup, but faced a japanese team that is the reigning champions, they were behind in the semifinal after half an hour japan given a penalty when clair raf ety nudged into a player. a spot kick nudged in making it
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1-0. england got a penalty of their own. captain's steph howton stumbled over in a crowded box. the most capped player pharrrkell williams fired in an equalizer. in the second half tony was close putting scotland ahead. the effort hit the cross bar. the game appeared to head to extra time. england defender laura batted the ball into her own net. japan into the final with a 2-1 victory. >> every single member of my group is devastated. when that ball went over the line we were devastated. our first point of call is look after your own. laura is one of us, one of our team. we get around her, console her, we let her cry and tell her how proud we are of her. without her, we wouldn't be in the semifinal.
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>> translation: however we played, the fact is we are going to the final and i'd like to congratulate them for that. the final is what we play we should cher irk the moments. >> only the united states stands in the way of them retaining a title a rematch of the final from four years ago in germany between japan and the united states. japan won on penalty. team u.s.a. advanced in vancouver, beating them in their semi. it's been 16 years since the americans lifted the trophy. >> we got to hang out with friends and family and got back, and had to pack up and get ready for the travel day today. there wasn't much sleep last night to be honest. it's hard to sleep after games, you are on a high. but, you know we have things for a couple of days we can relax and get ready for sunday.
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>> tennis news. roger federer takes the center court in a little over an hour. the 7-time champion up against sam quairy. andy murray in action the 3-seeded scott takes on robin haas. rafael nadal plays. and petra kvitova continues her title defense with a second round match against a japanese. scorching textures at the all-england. wednesday was the hottest day. david garrett explains. wfferents weather forecasters predicted one of the hottest days it was not just the top players in danger. everyone had to take precautions against the heat. keeping cool was novak djokovic the number one seed and defending champion defeating jarkko niemenen.
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barely breaking a sweat. >> it wasn't as bad as i thought. people talking about it and predicting difficult conditions. i didn't find it as difficult as some thought it might be. >> stanislaw wawrinka is looking to add the wimbledon title on grass to the french title on grass, and plays fernando verdasco after a straight-sets win. women's french open champion serena williams is into the third. the world number one in control of her contest on center court. she'll next week heather watson the last british woman in the draw, who upset daniela hantuchova in straight sets. >> serena williams is a great player an amazing athlete and a great champion and the one to watch. the favourite for every tournament she plays. so i think she is one to beat in tournaments like this
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serena williams sister is into round 3, having it a little more difficult, going throe 7-6 6-4 against putinseva. maria sharapova, a winner into the last 32 losing four games. >> just the preparation and understanding that it will be warm not going for too much just because you want to make the points quicker than normal because of the heat and being a little smarter is important. >> as confirmed as the hottest day at wimbledon since records, ana ivanovic's wimbledon ended. an earlier holiday than expected for the number 7 they'd bethanie mattek-sands the world 158 was too hot for the player they resume efforts to turn around a golf game tiger woods has been struggling missing the cut at the us open and shooting
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his worst-ever round at the memorial. the world number 220 these days. they are warming up for the classic in west virginia aware if he misses the cut, it will be the first time in 21 years that he misses the cut in conservative tournaments. >> i have done this before. i have gone through stretches like this. if you look at what i did through the end of the '97 or '98, it was not good. i have top 10s, but i was not contending. trying to make cuts but eventually '99 was okay. and 2000. >> tell you what there has been struggles at the classic. american basketball star shaquille o'neal trying to tee off in the pro-am. 15-time nbn player nailing it on the third. much applause from the crowd. >> all the sports stories on the website aljazeera.com slash
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sport - there's wimbledon are, women's world cup, and the rest. aljazeera.com/sport. that's where we'll leave it for now, thank you for watching. >> thank you. now, a classic film such as "breakfast at tiffany's" and "my fair lady" made audrey hepburn a star she was a style icon and u.n. ambassador london's national portrait gallery is paying tribute to her. >> there's imitators, but on one audrey hepburn, the star that fashionable more than 60 years on. her life in photographs is on show in london until october. >> there's wonderful photographs of audrey hepburn in this show. more than 80 photographs, with her as a young child in belgium, on to the london stage and hollywood star dom. the show combines the intimate with the iconic images reproduced in so many posters and photographs.
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>> it's a very touching exhibition. she would be very touched and honoured to be at the national portrait gallery. >> audrey hepburn left the netherlands for the bright lights of london's west end when she was 19. a chorus girl and dancer, who stood out from the rest, even before having a smart haircut and significant style. it wasn't long before hollywood beckoned. >> all the things happen that you hope for... "roman holiday" ensured hepburn's status as a star. and the highest paid actress at the time. >> come along, share the gay and giddy holiday. advance ticket sales for the show have been brisk the the magic continues. >> so many bloggers, and they are all aged 16-22. they are all discovering her. all the generation that i'm from who remembers when they came down.
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she has transgenerational appeal. despite her fame, hepburn never succumbed to becoming a diva, she was never late on the film set and was polite to one and call. she focused the same professionalism in her final role as an ambassador for unicef. she visited sick and needy children in 25 countries, giving up only when he found she had inoperable cologne cancer. she died at the age of 63. more than any before her, she endures. the diminutive actress in the little black dress. the icon, the impressive audrey hepburn well that brings us to the end of the newshour we are back with a full bulletin of news in a couple of minutes, and there's always our website, updated around the clock. aljazeera.com is the name of the
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