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e at aljazeera.com. the muslim brotherhood calls for an uprising in egypt after several of its leaders are killed. hello there, i'm barbara sarah, you are watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up on the program . . . chaos, fighting and no one can help. aid deliveries are turned away from southern yemen. $18.7 billion, bp reaches a record settlement for its gulf of mexico oil spill. and the two women who have
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risked arrest in china to hold a wedding. ♪ hello there, thank you for joining us. the muslim brotherhood is calling for an uprising in egypt after 13 leaders were killed during a raise by security forces. while the banned organization demands action the president is poised to sign toughened anti-terrorism legislation. the new laws give prosecutors the right to wiretap and record private conversations held on the phone or online. anyone who leads, runs or gives money to a designated terrorist organization will face a death penalty or life in prison. while those found guilty of promoting the use of violence face five years behind bars. and finally security forces will be exempt from legal
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repercussions for their actions while enforcing the new law. our correspondent reports on the crackdown. >> reporter: as the dead were taken from this morgue in this cairo, the families say their loved ones were killed in cold blood. they say they have been taken into custody earlier in the day. >> translator: they fingerprinted them while they were alive. they were arrested alive and got killed later. the leaders were killed during the raid because they were fugitives plotting terrorist attacks, the government says. >> translator: i blame the killing on sisi and everyone who authorized and supported him. i hope they taste the same by losing their loved ones. >> since the military coup
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which toppled morsi two years ago, the muslim brotherhood was designated a terrorist organization. thousands of leaders, members and supporters have been killed jailed and sentenced to death. other oppen innocents have been arrested or gone missing. the go's intolerance is getting even harder. after the killing of the top public prosecutor on monday the egyptian cabinet approved new laws to face what president sisi calls terrorism. various anti-coup and opposition parties are blaming president sisi for the escalating in istanbul some opposition figures warned against pushing egypt towards civil war.
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>> groups as province and has sworn allegiance to isil. it is carried out the devastating attack on forces there on wednesday more than 100 people were reportedly killed. the egyptian military has an on going security operation with israel to create a buffer zone, and to end weapon smuggling. this has radded to claims from many that they are marginalized and treated as second class citizens. but uh it appears the governments policy is only getting caught up across the country. >> the egyptian army has launched air strikes against suspected fighters in the sinai peninsula. the military says at least 23 fighters have been killed on thursday. the peninsula has been the
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scene of intense fighting as we were just hearing after armed groups launched an attack on security services. >> and some news just coming into us from nigeria, where suspected members of boko haram have killed dozens of people. an official inquiry near lake chad said that the fighters attacked early on wednesday morning it thought as many as 97 people may have died. let's go to syria now with the observatory from human rights says more than 5,000 people were killed just last month. it is the second highest month since the war began. 1500 civilians are said to have been killed and around one in three were killed by air strikes. fighting is also intensified where activists say dozens have been killed in
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residential areas. well the u.n. and charities are calling it syria's lost generation, the children who are being increasingly exploited for labor. unicef and the save the children organization, say children are contributing to family incomes in three-quarters of syrian households. while sir isians as young as six have been put to work, where many families have sought refuge, also more and more children are employed in harmful working conditions especially those involved in armed conflict and sexual exploitation. reporting and the warnings some viewers may find some of these images disturbing. >> this girl justlor her parents when a barrel bomb hit their house. she is among the 14 million children effected by the war. the united nations says many more like her are not only facing death but also abuse and exploitation. it has verified that out of the 38 children detained by
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authorities nearly half of them were subjected to torture. the number could be much higher. >> it is also documented allegations of sexual say leans against forces and progovernment groups. and some believe children are targeted on purpose. most of the timed they are targeted. on one hand, of course, because they are very vulnerable, and on the other hand really to fragment and destroy the society. children are frequently arrested at check points and at schools. like this boy, who was picked up for a profreedom song on his mobile, he is questioned and beaten repeatedly. activists say this is a common practice in contested area. the u.n. including pro government groups of recruiting children and also using them as human shields. >> isil is believed to have
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child soldiers some as young as eight. it's abducted nearly 500, and uses them as suicide bombers and inforn't mas. it is reportedly established three child training camps and hundreds of boys are endocrine nateed. rights groups say it is in violation of humanitarian law. syrian children have also been forcefully taken to neighboring lebanon, turkey, and iraq many rah calling for urgent steps to stop the long term damage to millions before it becomes a regional threat. >> if they grow up in this violence then the danger that this violence will spread out in many different conflicts. if we with don't talk to people, those children cannot have a healthy life, and they cannot become healthy adults. both psychologic clay and physically, so it is urgent.
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>> but there is nothing urgent about the conflict, now in it's fifth year. where thousands of vulnerable children continue to bury their parents. and lose their homes and schools. al jazeera. >> there are warnings that greece will need another 50 billion euros over the next three years to stabilize it's finances even if it manages to do a bail out deal, with it's creditors. the i.m.f. worsening assessment came as greeks prepare to vote in a referendum to either accept or reject the conditions of further loans. jona hull reports. >> gas gasping for air, greece is being strangled by a stand off with international lenders that has forced the banks to close leaving people struggling to meet their daily needs. >> in this economy cash is king, and it has never been so scarce. there are a lot of people here, but few are buying. they can't afford to what do
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they want? why are they closed the banks? the banks shouldn't have closed because we are in euro europeans won and without greece there is no europe. >> day by day, the news isn't good, from bad to worse to true uhly terrifying. the headline they are talking about the possibility of losing between 20 with seven and 50 of the money you hold in the bank, in a diminishing economy, perhaps even a diminishing country, even the news papeser getting smaller there's an apology on the page here, that they are running out of paper ever to print it on. >> can this be the answer to greece's problems the first bit coin machine. with with some 150 new registrations each day this week, the virtual currency is being seen is by some, as a safe haren for their money out of the banks and beyond the reach of the country's creditors.
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it is something very new, i believe it is stable, and i believe it may catch on here. >> there may be less paper for newspapers, but there's paper enough for posters ahead of this weekend's referendum, no tomore austerity, yes to a future free of bank cues inside the union. the choice seems clear, but the politics are not. at a bus stop, there are angry words the politician are all corrupt, fascists shouts another. >> i am desperate, i have had enough. they are all dirty. all of them. >> particular anger is aimed at the politician of the euro zone, the architects of austerity. he has drunk your blood for five years says this, the message on sunday for germany's finance minister could well be no more. jona hull al jazeera. >> let's cross now and speak to al jazeera we saw in the
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report, just the anger, i mean totally understandably, that is felt on the streets. and the rest of greece, we have this referendum now on sunday, do you get the sense that the view of the people, is shifting in that now the fear of the possible reality of exiting the euro zone is going to make people perhaps play it safer and more likely to vote yes to accept the bail out? >> well we with have seen polls here. so it is very difficult now to predict which way it is going to go by the time we reach sunday. particularly since there is a coverage blackout on saturday, during which no calls may be published and no campaigning may take place so as you near an important decision greek law demands there may be nothing there that will change minds at the last minute, it is mandatory
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to give people a period to cool off and consider their options carefully. but the fact is if there is a yes vote, lit be difficult to stay in power, they may decide to invite opposition parties into a national unity government. in this case the people would probably be out of a job. and a different nonpolitical figure, would be the one heading the government for a period of a few months perhaps. and leaving the negotiations that would presumably then try to keep europe and greece within with the euro zone. if there is a no vote things will be difficult because he is no longer welcome and his creditors have made it clear that their doors are closed against him, he is going to have a uphill struggle coming back, trying to reenter the process, now that he has willingly gong past a deadline, during which the financial assistance program that greece was under has
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expired. so it is going to be difficult either way so it will definitely bedy. going for the greekser they are way. >> still a lot more to come, the center of talks involving some of the world's biggest powers so are we finally about to see a deal? and the attacks that's at the heart of one of the biggest industries how the country is set to lose millions in tourists.
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>> egypt's brotherhood is calling for a upration, after security forces killed 13. the u.n. has revealed more evidence that children in syria are being sexually abused tortured and forced to fight. until after the referendum on sunday. >> going to the war in yemen there are new warnings that aid can got be delivered to the people that desperately need it, because of the worsening security situation. mohamed reports.
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one of the most beautiful cities is ravaged by war. it's people in desperate need of help. but the aid uh isn't giving in. >> in addition to the insecurity and the constant fighting that is happening on the ground, we have attempted more than two or three times to send ships carrying fuel, and food to the port, but the security situation in the port area has forced them to back off into international waters. >> while supporters exchange bullets and blame medicine and nourishment are in very
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short supply two decision of the captain of the ship, whether it is safe enough for this ship to dock. >> unicef, the world food program, doctors without borders the world health organization. and many more ever all are calling for p. >> on the ground, to allow this aid to the people of yemen, many of them are -- that means they are hungry. more than hungry, yemen has one of the highest rates of malnutrition in the war. >> reneing out before this war, the situation is beyond
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dire. >> . >>the highest possible level. >> drying up every day and things seem to change. only for the worst. mohamed al jazeera. >> on the shores of the gulf of mexico, have reached an $18.7 billion settlement with b.p., over the 2010 deport horizon oil spill. it is the. >> laest settlement by a single company in u.s. history, and it's been agreed by the u.s. department of justice, and the five states effected swell local government bodies. well, al jazeera is is in miami, and obviously one of the states effected andy, just remind us what the settlement will mean for florida and the other states so badly effected by the oil spill. >> well remember when the
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deep water horizon rig exploited back in april in 2010 killing 11 workers president obama called it the worst vital disasner u.s. history, it did effect all of those five states, louisiana in particular, i spent much of that summer in those states, talking to the various fishing communities the tourist hot spots and the restaurant whose all saw deep effects from this. remember, 87 days worth of oil was pouring unabated from the deep water rig so this money means a great deal, the attorney general says this is a new chapter for the community, and the families of those effected. and it is being paid out over 18 years so a state like lose a that, they will get $700 million per year for the next 18 years. on reimburse uhing people, but scientists say the long term effects of so much oil
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are not known we have seen various effects on the marine light down here. so this money i think will go a long way towards helping those people, but as i say the long term effects are still not greatly known. >> with the latest from from miami, andy, thank you. >> let's go france now, where a court has rejected the suspension of the national front founder. he had been suspended by his caughter and the current party leader, she was unhappy that he described the holocaust as just a detail of history. she apounds this week she would be standing in regional elections in december. a deal has not been reached at iran talks but all parties agree there has been some progress. iran and sick six is world power gave themselves an extra week to reach an
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agreement in exchange for sanctions release. he came out for a brief time on to the balcony i asked him if he was confident, and he said you have to be hopeful. the e.u. foreign policy chief, the french foreign minister. but no break through but also the arrival of the chinese foreign minister, that perhaps gave more away when i asked him this can you uh get a deal before the 7th do you think? >> i think there is a high possibility, but i need to talk with my colleagues.
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>> meanwhile, important developments also taking place, where the head of the international atomic energy agency has been meeting senior iorainian officials. the i.e.a.e. is key in this, if there is a deal cone, they are the organization that will have to police it, and there is still controversy of exactly where in iran they will be allowed to independent, will they, for example, be allowed to go to military sites. >> in afghanistan, four men that stoned a woman to death and then burned the body, have had their death sentenced overturned. an appeals court has ruled that they will receive is 20 year jail sen is tenses instead, with one getting ten years. 278-year-old was with killed by the mob. after being falsely accused of bushing a copy of the koran. she was flown from a roof, run over by a car stoned, burned and her body was then thrown into a river. >> eight suspects are in
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custody following the attack in tunisian that killed 38 people. as the u.k. repatriotuated more of the victims they announced they detained seven men and one women suspected to have direct links to the mascaron the beach last friday, isil has claimed responsibility for the attack carries out by gunman, who was shot dead by police. >> meanwhile tunisia putter about 1,000 extra police officers on patrol to help visitors feel safe after the attacks. tourism is a big business there, and makes up 7% of the country's income, and provides a lot of jobs. the 2011 revolution had a devastating impact, cutting visitors numbers from 7 million to about 3 million the following year. there were promising signs of a come back in 2014, when the industry earned almost $2 billion. but this year, it's expected to lose about $515 million.
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more policeman are soldiers are expected to tour the beaches. their task to prevent attacks on tourists. the work in the modern history. but hotel owners and travel agents, are already seeing what could be the long term impact of the attack. >> tourists have canceled their holiday plans and those already in the country are cutting their stay short. tour lynch face a crisis following the attack on the hotel. tourism creates 20,000 job opportunities, hotel businesses won't boom any more restaurants won't even make profits now they will suffer. pine himster visited the island, one of tunisia's top tourist destinations. his top priority now is to
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win trust. he has ordered the army to join the police, in securing hotels and beaches. tourism generates nearly $2 million a year. >> we saw a decline in tourism, tourists coming in receipts by about 20% we would recommend another 30% decline, and all together for the whole year in terms of revenues we could see minus 50% is the 2014, so it is a big shot no doubt about it. >> that's about $1 billion in losses. tunisia is a poor country. but it is rich in cultural sites and natural beauty. it relies heavily on it's tourists. tunisians have been campaigning to assure tourists that their country is a safe place to visit.
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but after the recent attacks that's becoming a difficult task. al jazeera. >> two women in china have risked arrest by holding an unofficial wedding ceremony. the couple say they were motivated by last week's u.s. supreme court ruling. adrian brown reports now from beijing. >> in many countries, two girls in wedding dresses wouldn't normally turn heads. but in china it amounts to an open display of defiance. this was a publicity stunt inspired by last week's u.s. supreme court ruling. such unions are yet to be legalized here. but the coup uhle exchanged vows and put on wedding rings. it was a celebration rather than a ceremony. the setting was the back room of a beijing restaurant, such events have happened before, but the two prides say the timing of this, made it
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significant. in china they celebrate gay marriage, is legal in the u.s. but in china nothing. what may have been a deliberate move, there were no police to be seen. earlier this year she spent a month in detention for her activist on human rights. >> which is why it is just passed a law which many fear could lead to a renewed cut down in cyber space. >> china remain as difficult place to be gay. stigma continues but attitudes among the young are changing fast. so could gay marriage, one with day happen this china.
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maybe 30 or 50 years later who knows. >> but you will keep trying. >> yeah, keep trying, steps. >> this was not a historic day, but it was another milestone in the campaign for gay rights in china. adrian brown, al jazeera. ♪ ♪ thundershowers evacuated after a train derails that was carrying highly toxic materials and an early mourning false alarm at the naval yard in the nation's capitol, a shut down over reports of a shooter at the base where there was a massacre two yea