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this is al jazeera. hello there, this is the news hour. coming up in the next 60 minutes. the muslim brotherhood called for a uprising in egypt tortured abused and recruited to fight the shocking reality of life for the young victims of syria's war. five years after the oil disaster, b.p. reached a record settlement. >> with the sport including roger's record run continues.
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as federer reaches round three, i will have all the reaction from today's sport. >> hello there, thank you for joining us. the muslim brotherhood is calling for a uprising after some of the leaders were killed during a raid by security forces. it comes as president ceci prepares to sign tough new legislation. the new laws give prosecutors the right to wiretap and record private conversations held on the phone or online. also, anyone who leaves runs or gives money to a designated terrorist organization, will face the death penalty or life in prison. while those found guilty of promoting the use of violence, through social media, face five years behind bars. and finally security forces will be exempt from legal repercussions for their actions while enforcing the new law.
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omar reports now on the wider crack down, and the latest attack on the muslim brotherhood. >> as the families say their loved ones were killed in cold blood. they say they have been taken into custody earlier in the day. >> they fingerprinted them when they were alive, they were arrested alive and got killed later. they were hit in the head, chest, and side, with multiple bullets. >> the egyptian government says the muslim brotherhood leaders were killed during the raid because they were fugitives plotting terror attacks. the muslim brotherhood denied the account, and says that the leaders were members of a family support group. >> i lame the killing on ceci and everyone who authorized and supporting him. i hope they taste the same by losing their loved ones. >> saying the military coup which toppled two years ago
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and designate add terrorist organization. thousands of the leaders members and supporters have been killed arrests jailed and sentenced to death. this include moss hamed morsi. other government opponents have been arrested or gone missing. but the governments intolerance is getting even harder. the egyptian cabinet approved new laws to face what president ceci called terrorism, various opposition parties are blaming president ceci for the escalating violence meeting some position figures warned against pushing egypt towards civil war. we must keep the egyptian revolution peaceful, and we should meet the desire of the regime to drag egypt into internal fighting this is what the regime wants and we should expose it. one of egypt's biggest security threats is in the
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sigh may, a place that the prime minister has said is in a state of war. groups which later became known as province of sinai and has southern allegiance to isil. it is carried out a devastating attack on forces there on wednesday, more than 100 people were reportedly killed. the egyptian military has an on going security operation it has demolished hundreds of homes on the border with gaza and israel to create a buffer zone, and to end weapons smuggling. this has added to claims from many residents that they are marginalized and treated as second class citizens. but it appears the government policy is only getting tighter across the country. al jazeera. the egyptian army has launched air strikes against suspected fighters in the sigh may peninsula. the military says at least 23 fighters have been killed on thursday, the peninsula has been the scene of intense fighting over the past couple
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of days after armed groups launch add coordinated attack. well, the violence in sinai led egypt to request a et mooing of the arab league, the group has now called for the quick establishment of a united arab armed force to confront terrorism in the region. arab league leader also took into account the recent attacks. chairman of the british arab network, thank you for being with us here on al jazeera. first of all, this news we have ha quite recently that the league is now called for the establishment of a united arab armed forces in light of the attacks and the for the tourisms and in the mosque in kuwait. what do you make of the call and how realistic is it? that you think this will be formed. >> i feel it is very unrealistic, the arab legal is an ineffectual power.
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>> which countries would expect particularly egypt to have the largest military in the middle east, so i don't see what is the purpose of such a move. >> kay you mentioned the biggest military in the middle east of the countries and yet, they are having problems i guess tranquilizing the peninsula we are hearing of this new anti-terror laws being passed, what do you make of them, and what impact do you think they will have on tense relations between all the players. >> i think egypt passing through a very unique security situation but an extra situation needs unique law which is are fair, for everybody. but not used as a pretext to destroy opponents. and that is a worry particularly with the trackers of the current
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regime. 40,000 people in prison now, and as we know, the judiciary is quite good sized as we have seen from the leagues from the the evidence, so i think that there's a worry about such to be used as a pretext to stifle. >> which of course, the opponents has been the case for two years pretty much, since ceci took power, now we are hearing the muslim brotherhood, of course, what is interesting is that it seems like the government is fighting all sorts of fronts and they are pretty much taking or ramping up their bat with the muslim brotherhood, now we are hearing the brotherhood call for a uprising against the regime, what impact do you think that will have and what do you think that call is to. >> well, the call, i believe muslim brotherhood feel being victimized and particularly could say a couple of days
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ago, there's 13 people being killed. one was a senior judge and a senior doctor. so the situation is very is worries. >> those men were armed the brotherhood said that they weren't, what is interesting is that the u.s. secretary of state is making his way to egypt, i guess the west always looks or hopes for in the middle east is some kind of stability, egypt is such a key country, israel on one side, and a fractured libya on the other. what action do you think if any the west might take or should take? to try to calm the situation. >> the only country which can influence the egyptian politics is the united states. >> how in this case. >> having just sanctioned of the armored supply to the army bypassing the congress, so i think he will be having
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some form. >> you think they will continue to bolster the regime. >> i will say they will have influence on the politics of egypt, and probably some sense of what is going on. >> okay, chairman of the it frommish arab network, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> let's go the syria now the syrian observatory says more than 5,000 people were with killed there last month. it is the second highest monthly death toll since the war began. 1500 civilians are said to have is been killed and around one in three were killed by air strikes. fighting is also intensified where activists say dozens have been killed in residential areas. well the u.n. and charities are calling it syria's lost generation. the children are being increasedly exploited for labor. the save the children organization say children are contributing to family incomes in three-quarters of syrian households. while syrians as young as six
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have been put to work, where many families have sought refuge. ess specially those involved in armed conflict and sexual exploitation. the warning some viewers may find these images disturbing. this girl just lost 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 very fear verified that out of the children, nearly half of them were subjected to torture, and says the number could be much higher. >> it is also documented allegations by government forces and progovernment groups. and some believe children are targeted on purpose. >> most of the times they are
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targeted on one hand of course because they are very vulnerable, and really is to defragment and destroy the society. children are frequently addressed 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, the u.n. accuses pro government groups including hezbollah, of recruiting children and using them as children shields. isil is believed to have child soldiers some as young as eight years old. and uses them as suicide is bombers and informants. it is reportedly established three child training camps and hundreds of boys are endocrine nateed.
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rights group say it is in violation of humanitarian law. many are calling for urgent steps to millions of children, before it becomes a regional threat. >> if they grow up in this -- the advantage is this violence will spread out in many different conflicts if we don't don't. >> . >> thousands isn't to bury their parents and lose their homes and schools. >> al jazeera. >> breaking news uh now and that is a car bomb has gone
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off at a mosque, witnesses say there are many casualties. they said the blast occurred near the headquarters of the central bank but the target was the nearby mosque. let me repeat that for you again, we are getting breaking news that a car bomb has gone off near a mosque in yemen's capitol owe bring you more on that. and staying in yemen, there are new warnings that aid cannot be delivered to the people who need it, especially in the south because of the worsening security situation. as adults scattering from the fighting in an effort to survive, a child lying in the street, is carries away. >> this is now. one part junk card, one part graveyard, one of yemen's most beautiful cities is ravaged by war. >> its people in desperate
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need of help, but the aid isn't giving in. 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 have forced the ships to back off and return to international waters. >> while they exchange bullets and blame, medicine and nourishment are in short supply we with don't know what is happening when it comes to who is attacking who, what we know is there are sownes of bullets and fires shots and in the end the decision of the captain of the ship, whether it is safe enough to dock. >> unicef the world program
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the world health organization, and many more. >> all are calling for a cease fire, and demanding the creation of humanitarian corridor. to allow this aid to pass to the people of yemen many of them are secure, that means they are home living. >> more than hungry, yemen has one of the highest rates of malnutrition in the world. more than 100 people are malnourished. in a country that depends on food imports and where water was running out even before this war the situation is beyond dire. last week, the u.n. warned of a possible famine. this week, they have declared a level three humanitarian emergency, the highest possible level. more and more lifelines dry up every day and things seem
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to change only for the worse. >> at least seven people have been killed and 18 injured in iraq, when a car bomb exploded near the refinery city. it happened in the town about 18-kilometers northeast of beijing. the bomber was targeting forces and shia fighters based in the area, who are fighting against the islamic state of iraq. when while forces say they have recaptured the militias leading the campaign, say they hope to drive fighters from the nearby oil refinery within days. fighters first swept a year ago, and i's been a battleground ever since. new figures reveal nearly 1500 iraqis were killed by armed conflict in june alone. many were victims of sectarian violence, a city
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once famous for it's mixed communities. on the river bank, in modern day baghdad, an ancient ritual. these are members of iraq's dwindling minority. now there are fewer than 25,000. >> during 2006 and seven, a lot of us were forced to leave because of the random killings. one of the last of what were once hundreds of silver smiths in baghdad. but he too plans to leave the country. >> minorities are always afraid because they have no tribes to protect them, so they are always considering an easy target.
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the second biggest in the world for century was a magnet for minorities. the multicultural identity. and by attacking baghdad you are attacking the heart of the new iraq. the new iraq cannot survive without it's diversity. >> this is one of the oldest churches. built in 1843, the neighborhood is now part of a commercial district, known as the arab market, the church next to it is crumbling. these are traditional neighborhoods where you can still make a living selling cold water. he grew up here, her remembers the families by name. >> some muslims married jewish women, the children were our friends in this neighborhood there were
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muslims, uses, christians and there was no difference between us. most of the christians left for another neighborhood, and finally left the country he says. down the street, next to a former synagogue, hebrew letters now faded mark the entrance to a jewish school. >> this has been abandoned but it was used by the jewish community all the way up until the 1970's, and at 1 point, baghdad was almost one third jewish. that community has essentially disappeared. the number of christians as well, is rapidly dwindling. it is the same with other minorities the role here, in danger of becoming a memory, held by fewer and fewer iraqis. al jazeera. baghdad. >> stilt ahead iran's nuclear program has been the center of talks. so are we finally about to see a deal? plus the two women who have
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risked arrest in china to hold a wedding. plus, a slice of luck helps japan as the women's world cup details coming up in sports. the gulf of mexico have vied an $18.7 billion settlement it is the largest settlement by a single company in u.s. history and has been agreed be i the department of justice, and five states effected as well. andy gallagher is in miami for us, andy $18.7 billions is obviously a huge amount of money. considering how much damage was heaped on those five years ago, now.
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that's the worst state saying this is a new chapter for the families and communities that were effected remember back in 2010 when the rig exploded for 87 dales. oil poured unabated something like 3 million or so barrels of oil and scientists still don't really know what the long term damage is. i think this money will make a difference, remember, lit be paid over 18 years in a state like louisiana, will get hundreds of millions of dollars each year for the next 18 to work on restoration projects.
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so i think overall, i draws a line, because they have now settled with the u.s. government, and those five states, but they are consider the legal woes may not be over, there are some that opted out of the court case that went along with the federal government and decided to individually try and sue b.p. but certainly i this this money will help those communities in the five states that were decimated five years ago. >> andy gallagher with the latest from miami, thank you. >> 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 worsening assessment came as greeks prepare to vote in a referendum to either accept, or reject the conditions of further loans. jona hull reports. >> gasping for air, greece is
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being strangled by a stand off with international lenders. in this economy no one is giving credit, cash is king and it's never been so scarce. there are a lot of people here, but few are buying, they can't afford to. what do they want, the banks should haven't closed because they are in europe. that has no europe -- >> day by day.
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each day this week, the virtual country cansy is being seen by some as a safe haren for their money, out of the banks and beyond the reap of the creditors. it is something very new but i believe because it exists it is something stable, and i believe it may catch on here. yes to a future free of bank cues inside the european union. the choice seems clear but the politics are not. there are angry words the politician are all corrupter says this man fascist shouts another. i am desperate, i have had enough. they are all dirty all of them.
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>> the architects of austerity, he has drunk your blood for five years the message on sunday for germanys finance minister could well be no more. >> and we can cross live now and speak to john, john, good to see you so the attention now obviously turns to the referendum on sunday, just remind us what exactly is at stake for prime minister? what he doesn't want and a yes vote particularly a strong yes vote, because that would be a public sen sure to his government policies of confrontation, with greece's creditors. the yes vote largely consistent of people that want them to go p p it is not people who are in favor of austerity. in fact, the other night on the square, they were calling
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for the memorandum of austerity policies to be ripped up, they are just as much as against it as anyone else. but they no longer trust the government. the no vote consistent of the people that no longer trust the creditors and they feel that is now the governing majority. obviously it is voting overwhelmingly when they came to power but no that exiting the euro is becoming a possible reality now there's cues at cash points do you think that people are perhaps changing their mind in the lead up to sunday, and even those that would have voted to reject the bail out terms might end up saying yes. >> the fear of leaving is the driving factor, and people are very insecure, and now they see banks being closed it is the first time they have seen an effect on the real economy of the
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confrontation that has been going on. but they feel that right is on his side. because all along he has wanted to open up an negotiation, not on this year's figures and whether the budget performance will be quite what it was projected. but on whether the whole plan as it was conceived is in fact exec uteble, whether it is sustainable, and there's a document that now supports his view that it is not. the military fund has pub uh lished in the last few days a death sustainable analysis, which suggests that the entire program isn't viable. in it, the i.m.f. says they will need 52 billion euros more, and it calls on greece's european partners to provide it with 36 billion at a minimum and it wants the european union to double greece's grace period, in other words, the number of years that it has to start
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repaying the principles from eight years to 20, and it wants the greece to have much longer to repay that principle, not the original 20 years that the original 16 years that were projected but rather closer to 40 year period. this is what they have wanted all along, they have wanted the debt to be stretched out so that the annual load is lightening. and this address as fundamental question of viability, but this is the discussion that europe has not been willing to open or waythe conserve prime minister before him, and that is the driving force behind the no vote. >> with with the latest from greece. john, thank you, and we will have more analysis on the situation and the possible outcomes and what impact either of those results may have a little later in the program. and also still, to come on the program targeted for speaking out.
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disturbing new lifts. also new opportunities orrisky business the challenges facing investors in cuba, plus, in sport, home favorite andy murray has been in action in wimbeldon.
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>> you have kids here who've killed someone? >> award winning journalist soledad o'brien takes us inside the violent world of kids behind bars. will a new experimental program be their last chance? >> i have to do my 100 percent best so i don't end up in a place like this again.
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time now for a reminder of the top stories. calling for a uprising after security forces killed 13 of the group's leaders. the u.n. has revealed more evidence that children in syria are being sexually abused tortured and forced to fight, it says groups on both sides oof the war are guilty. in nigeria suspected members of boko haram have killed dozens of people in a town, and an official says the fighters attacked early on wednesday evening. we can get more on this story, now what else do we
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know about this attack. >> the details are a little bit sketchy because it is such an incredibly remote area. it happened as you said at 6:00 p.m. on wednesday, news only coming to light now because there's no mobile phone network in the area. he say that at least eight people were killed this was consistent with what news agencies have now reporting. as muslims in the area were breaking their fast, and they were gunned down as they were playing they say there is no security personnel meeting the military in the area. to protect people and civilians and to protect property now so far the
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security services that's the military and the misare not commented on these reports can neither have the emergency services said anything about the gravity of the stay of what may have gone on in this very remote town. as you said, details just emerging now of this attack that seemed to have happened on wednesday, i know you will be trying to dig out more details and keeping us up to date. thank you. suspected to have correct links to the massacre last friday isil has claimed responsibility for the attack carried out by governments, who were shot dead by police. the government says they are investigation is allowing them to discover the network behind the operation a deal
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has still not been reached as the iran nuclear talks but all parties agree there has been some progress. iran and sick is world powers gave themselves an extra week to reach an agreement aimed atishing the nuclear program in exchange for ever sanctions. it will take a hard line if sanctions are reimposed saying it has the right to go back to it's program as it wishes. our diplomatic editor filed this update from vienna. in a break in the intense negotiations the foreign minister appeared on the balcony of the hotel once a palace where the talks are being held. are you confident you can get a deal. >> i have to be hopeful where his words. >> there was a succession of motorcades as foreign
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ministers negotiating with iran headed back, all had a similar message. >> the work is continuing. >> we are moving forward we aren't there yet. i think there is a possibility, but still i need to conduct with my colleagues. >> you can still get a deal before the 7th of july. >> such deadlines are artificial, they say they will continue to negotiate until they had a good deal. james because, al jazeera. vienna. >> the euro zone group has
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said it will not hold further talks until after the country's referendum on sunday. the government is calling on people to reject that, something at odds with european officials. >> the main decision was that given the political situation, the rejection of the previous proposals the referendum, which will take place on sunday, and the no advisor of the greek government, we see no ground for further talks at this point. and documents the perspectives of young people in europe, he must have had a very busy couple of years.
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and let's analyze what would happen for the yes or the no vote, so let's say that greece does vote yes does the site stay in the euro, and to some of the bail out requests of the creditors can he remain as prime minister. >> it will all depend on the vote but let's say it is close, and there's a yes vote. he could potentially move toward as major reshuffling of the cabinet, instead of resigning. although as i said earlier today, in an article for al jazeera, it will put him in the awkward position where he may have to resign. of course that leads us to a
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very bizarre situation in which we will have elections in three weeks time, which may produce as a winner. it suggests that they will. and in that sense what will that be? will it be a series that runs on the same platform that brings us back to square one or will it be a series that has purged the far left, and is occupying the center ground. that's a scenario that we with don't know what will happen there. we are coming into manage austerity with a more humanitarian agenda, instead of looking to cause more taxation, and more harsh measures on the middle class and the working class they could come in, and start to legitimately butt forward the process to tax the rich, that have largely gone and the
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number of other reforms that they have a claim on and we know that the opposition is is in shambling. so i think that's where they will find himself on monday. it will be a decision whether to reshuffle and again purge certain parts or resign go to elections even if they try to lose them, i don't see how that will happen and we are seeing the beginning of something completely new. >> of course in all of this it is never just been about the people of greece, or greece as a country, it's been about setting an example to the other countries in the euro zone, a lot of other countries have needed bail outs and a lot of them who are teetering and certainly need to reform, what do you think is the message or the moral of the story?
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when it comes to electing let's call them far left that try to stand up to the euro zone, because we are seeing similar is parties in spain what do you think the final conclusion is of the cities ebbs peopler in greece. >> well, there's a number of lessons to draw from this. one is that europe will go far to crack down and try and break these movements. before they take root, and before they establish themselves within the state mechanism. but also, we are seeing that it's not necessarily working and some resistence from the political and negotiation level, exposes the cracks. so today we have had the i.m.f. basically breaking rank, and saying that greece's debt is unviable because they are essentially violating their own mandate.
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their own code. but if you look at what is happening in europe right now, you will see that everyone is is worried and today i think mariano actually offered to lower income tax in spain which can mean one thing early elections are similar, which means he is very afraid, that despite what is happening still comes in strong, to claim power in spain. i don't think this is the end of it, i don't think people have been scared by what is happening i think a lot of people's will has been made much much stronger. >> . >> we will have is to leave it there joining froes athens, founder of the europe project, thank you. still coming in from the election, as violence in the country continuers to escalate.
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they boycotted the election, and now say that the police are violently cracking down on critics of the president. has been to the scene of the latest bloodshed in the capitol, her report contains disturbing images. >> the police say a suspect started shooting at them, so they fired back in self-defense. in the chaos, other people were with killed. and the police say the suspect got away. >> witnesses don't want to be seen -- the police were fighting from outside the gate one jumped over the gate and opened it for others. then they started firing at everyone. >> there has been so much death and misery since president pierre announced he is running for an unconstitutional third term two months ago. you can see the bullet holes
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we are told when the shooting started a man and two children ran inside, and they closed the door, grenades were thrown inside, and they exploded. everyone was with killed. >> u.n. human rights officials have promised to investigate. the police say some of and more militant opposition supporters are being armed. >> we are disarming surveillance weapons that have been smuggled into the country. so far we have collected 302 bullets and 15 grenade meant for an attack. >> opposition leaders deny this, protests against the president have largely died down, because of a heavy security crack down, but the number being killed keeps rising. worsening women in china have
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risked arrest by holding an unofficial wedding ceremony. they say they were motivated by last week's u.s. supreme court ruling to validate gay marriage. >> in many countries, two girls in wedding dressed 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 couple 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 brides say the timing of this, made it significant. >> in china owl of the people are celebrating the different court in the u.s. yeah. they celebrate the gay marriage is legal in the u.s.
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but in china, what is going on nothing. >> lee was expecting trouble today, but in 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 activism on behalf of women's rights. >> china's government regards the campaign for same-sex marriage as just another unwanted foreign influence. which is why it is just passed a law which many fear could lead to a renewed clamp down in cyber space. >> china remain as difficult place to be gay, stigma and discrimination continue, but attitudes among the young are changing fast, so could gay marriage one with day happen in china. >> maybe several years later yeah maybe 30 years later 50 years later who knows. >> but you will keep trying. >> yeah, keep trying, yeah. >> this was not a historic day, but it was another milestone in the campaign for
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gay rights in china. despite better relations between the u.s. and cuba washington says lita uh the line as handing back guantanamo bay, it is being leased be i the united states since 1903 for use as a military base. cuba says regulars can't be completely normalized until the u.s. gives up that lease cuba opens up economically. >> it is stilled called the her i have train. the train that goes to and from the town named in 1916, after it's founder. milton hershey. around the giant sugar refinery. and the train took the sugar to the nearby ports to be sent off to the u.s. to make
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his famous chocolate bars. >> 88-year-old victor remembers that as a child he only spoke english his family had come to hershey from jamaica to cut cane, when sugar was king. >> now it is all over, there is no more sugar production. it closed the refinery, and when they did that, the town was finished. hershey is a shadow of it's former self, the refinery once the largest, is now being dismantled, but all that could change, with the eminent renewal of diplomatic ties between rav that and washington and the easing of economic sanctions cuba has suddenly become a magnet for visiting foreign visitors and foreign investors interested in possibly making all this come back to life.
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because the empire has blessed us many the name of the father, the son and is the holy ghost. >> and even taking cuba off the list of state sponsors of terror is not enough. >> that is legislative, and that elevateds the level of compliance and rink, so owhen you do that cost benefit analysis cuba is not quite there yet. >> and it is not just american companies that are cautious as the french president complained the
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helms burden act, pass bedty u.s. congress 19 years ago still sanctioned even foreign companies that can business with with cuba and the u.s. still there's consensus that it is only a matter of time, before these remanents of the cold war like so many other things in cuba, become a thing of the past.
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>> a big shock on day four. has just been knocked out by unseeded player dustin brown. nadal lost the opening set on a tie break, recovered to take the second set. ground has ranked 100 second in the world now in the third round. and the number two seed did exactly that on day four.
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those lucky enough to have a ticket, taking the liberty with that law. some fabulous shots at the master in straight sets against them. next will be samuel of australia, and set is two under an hour and a half, against robin they call that sending out a message to the rivals they will play andrew. thomas was with too strong for nick low. the runnerup into round three in strait sets. >> was another who got the work done in time for afternoon tea.
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>> care line's next world number one but her grand slam record is not as she would like she has never won one, she has never been past four, but she is comfort national round three this year. but another top 10 women with seed has gone, and katherine that seniored eight is knocked out in the first four days the russian lost in straight sets to max of slovak yeah. last time she faced an assist, she won with 6-1 6-love, in the cup. this time a little bit close but the result was the same. david garrett, al jazeera. >> over at the fifa women's world with cup england's coach is insisted that his team will bounce back from their semifinal defeat to japan, and become the strongest in the world a goal helps reigning
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championship reach the final of this year's tournament in canada. as richard parra explains. >> englands have never got this far before, they were facing a japanese team that is the reigning champions and they were behind in the semifinal after just half an hour, japan giving a penalty when clair nudged. knocked in the resulting spot kick, to make it 1-nil. england then got a penalty of their own. the captain tumbled over, in a crowded box. the country as most capped player, fired in the equalizer. in the second half, tony entertained close to pushing england ahead but her effort hit the cross bar the game appears to be headed to extra time, and in stoppage time, england defender turned the ball into her own net.
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japan into the final with two a 2-1 victory. >> every single member of my group is devastated. when that ball went over the line, we were devastated but our first point of call is look after your own. he is one of us, one of our team, we get around with her we console her we have a cry, and we tell how proud we are, because without her, we would point? the semifinal. >> the final however we played today, the fact is we are going to the final, and i'd like to congratulate the players for that. the final will be the last game we play here, and we should really cherish this moment. >> only the united states now stand in japan's way of retaining the title. al jazeera. >> spanish cyclist is expecting this year's tour de france to be the toughest of his career. the tour begins with a time trial on saturday on the outskirts to the netherlands but then becomens much more technical as it crosses into the border of france.
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contador who won the injury row detell yeah is aimed to become the next to hold both the jero and tour title ins the same season, only seven have ever achieved that in the history of both events. this is something new for me. i have been working with with this, absolutely focused on my bike, mentally i fight, i am feeling good, and i am motivated. that's all the sport for now more later. >> thank you see you then. >> and that's it for this news hour, remember you can find a lot more on our website, here it is.
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