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bosnia marks the 20th anniversary of the srebrenica massacre, europe's worst atrocity since world war ii. you're watching al jazeera, live from our hours in doha. also coming up a bomb blast near the italian consulate near egypt's capital kills one, several others injured. >> forced to leave or a vltry exodus. haiti accused of dumping people like dogs on a border
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we meet some of hong kong's urban farmers. 50,000 people expected at a memorial service in bosnia on the 20th anniversary of the srebrenica massacre. dozens of dignitaries, including bill clinton and others are at the memorial service. more than 8,000 muslim men and boys were killed. it's been called an international act of genocide. bosnians dispute the stription. -- description. we are crossing live to nadim baba. what can you tell us.
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>> you can probably see many thousands who arrived here at the cemetery they've been coming here for the last 24 hours. people have come by car, by bus and some on foot. there's something called the march for peace that arrived here, doing the route which took some of the srebrenica survivors from here to safety. to other parts of bosnia, 20 years ago. most of those people that escaped were either elderly or female. and there were at least 8,300 men and boys killed in the space of a few days. the latest victims to be identified, 136 of them in total are going to be buried later in the day. in the next few hours after speeches by foreign dignitaries, the former president bill clinton.
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and many other heads of government. for most people here, the 20th anniversary is important. it is bringing international attention, to the ongoing just that they feel, because there are many perpetrators of the massacre at large, and because of the refusal by some in the international community to accept the designation of what happened as a genocide. i think they do appreciate the fact that finally people are starting to ask questions about how much the world knew in advance, and, in fact as they see it how far they were let down and that - how far the atrocities could have been prevented. >> reporter: this woman lives in srebrenica, to call her determined is an understatement. her husband, two sons and
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brothers were killed in 1995. she told me how most of the streets are empty. most bosnia and others fled to other parts of the country. she returned years ago, despite knowing that people implicated in the massacre are at large. >> translation: if people like me wouldn't return it puts the question of bosnia into question. so i came back to my family home to live from my memories of my family and loved ones. >> her male relatives are among the thousands buried near her home. every year fresh graves are added to the huge burial site. it's not hard to find people living in the area who not only deny the crimes, but don't accept the term genocide. in the town where the bosnia are
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a minority. they fly next to the serb entity. the serb official says attending the anniversary attempts is out of the question. >> translation: i understand the feelings of everyone who hasn't found the remains of their loved one, there are families on both sides. i think large numbers are ready to look at the future and the problems that are having here come from outside. >> this bosnian academic agrees with him. there's too much attention on srebrenica. but for different reasons. >> srebrenicas use and mention as if it is a separate entity that is - that exists in a vacuum. genocide started in 1992 as the prosecution is proving in the trials of caro ditch and mel add
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itch. >> the latest victims are brought to their final resting place. the shared grief of thousands cutting across the generations is made worse by the pain of denial. >> you talk about international attention focused on srebrenica do some of the victim's families feel like international justice will ever be served. many feel it's slow coming if at all. beyond the international institutions and the further hunt for the perpetrators of the massacre. what hurts so many people in bosnia is the fact that there's so many victims to be identified, and there's an estimated 1200 srebrenica victims who have not been identified and given a burial. beyond that across bosnia from the war that ripped the former
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yugoslavia apart, there's an estimated 8,000 missing people. there'll be many years before many people can have anything close to what is called closure. >> all right. thank you very much for that update. nadim baba reporting for us. to mark the 20th anniversary of the srebrenica massacre. al jazeera launched an international website. you'll find picture galleries, maps videos and short stories in one interactive platform the address is srebrenica36.com. a car bomb kills one person in downtown cairo, injuring others. it struck outside the consulate in front of one. busiest sections. >> gerald tan has the latest.
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>> the roar of the explosion rippled across the diplomatic area. it happened outside the console ute damaging the building. within minutes, people gathered at thescene. >> i live in the neighbourhood. all the windows were broken. parts of the building fell on people. we stayed for 10 minutes until they were able to see the damage. it is unclear who is behind the attack which witnesses say was caused by a car bomb. the tactic is familiar. last monday the prosecutor general was assassinated, also in a car bomb also in cairo. the president abdul fatah al-sisi then pushed through tougher security laws in the face of terrorism. >> the military engaged in a heavy campaign.
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one in particular calls itself province of sinai, and swore allegiance to the islamic state of iraq and levant. it's been carrying out attacks and security. killing soldiers and police. the battles have killed 700 people this year alone. fighters soldiers and civilians. there is increasing concern. the groups are widening their reach beyond the sinai. the bombing in cairo adds to the fears the u.n. backed truce in yemen has been broken hours after it came in effect. there are reports of saudi-led air tricks in sanaa and the city of tiaz. there's fighting on the ground. the truce is supposed to last so aid can be delivered to civilians who need it. we have more. for thousands of people wounded
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in yemen, places like aden sadr, have been cut off for weeks. and aid agencies warn if humanitarian aid doesn't go through, 6 million people could face famine. >> we cannot survive without getting food assistance. we do not know where the next meal will come from. it's paramount that the homes and these families quickly would deal with humanitarian aid, supplies or the food. it can be moved into a difficult scenario. >> this is the city of tiaz with forces loyal to the government where they have been battling houthi fighters. in fact we don't have much hope for the truce to succeed. it's the experience with the previous truce.
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that's why it doesn't hold. because success is traditional on the regime and mercenaries. >> and the saudi-led coalition says it has little reason to hold fire. first of all before the coalition agrees to terms in a humanitarian truce. we ask the u.n. to verbally agree to the truce and stick to it. we need to know who mechanisms are in place to ensure they are not broken. they cannot last in the first place. >> in the hours leading up to the truce both sides expressed an equal lack of trust. it has happened before many expect a weak ceasefire to take place. >> no one expected the ceasefire to be complete as yemen is a lawless country controlled by militants. on the streets of yemen some showed cautious optimism and a
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desire for peace. we ask for the international community for the truce to be stronger. all are afraid the truce will not be expected by either side. >> a desperate 21 million yemenis hope to get help. hope that hinges on the penalty of a fragile truce here at al jazeera, still to come isolated in iraq we meet families cut off from foot water and medical supplies. i'm adam raney in haiti. the dominican republic insists it has not courted people and hundreds say they were forced to come here.
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top stories on al jazeera. 50,000 people are expected at a memorial service in bosnia at the 20th anniversary of the srebrenica massacre. more than 8,000 bosnian men and boys were killed in 1995. in egypt a bomb explosion outside cairo has caused the death of one person and injured seven people. there has been no claim of responsibility saudi-led air strikes are reported in sanaa, along with fighting in the city of taiz. the truce is supposed to lost for a week to allow aid to get in. >> haiti's foreign minister is
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accusing people of dumping people like dogs on the border. it's part of a dispute where hundreds have been forced to register. a controversial court ruling removed citizenship from haitian parents. about a quarter of a million people - there's a plan to legalize undocumented foreigners. 90% of those are from haiti. the dominican republic said 30,000 have been released voluntarily. it denied reporting anyone. al jazeera spoke to families of haitian dissent saying they've been forced to leave, and they are looking to start a new life on the border. adam raney reports. >> reporter: a camp is growing in the dry desolate landscape.
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in haiti, a few minutes from the bored. most people were living on the other side working, raising families, many feel they are in a foreign land one they know little about, where life is hard. for two months this has been home for this man and his wife. the dominican republic say it's not deporting people. >> i was born in the dominican republic, i was coming home from work. immigration authorities grabbed he and deported me. it's been two months since i last saw them. >> the couple lived a 3 hour drive from here. >> every day they are deporting a lot of people. they september them to the border. >> there are signs of expansion everywhere. people are staking out whatever land they cap. a pastor that lived in the area
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for years, showed me around the camp pointing out new arrivals. >> translation: in the first few days i made a list of 140 deportees that arrived. every day it grows. timely i stopped counting. a human contradiction. when told what we found, a dominican immigration official insisted not a single person has been deported. this man lived for 15 years in the dominican republic, working on farms. one of hundreds of thousands of migrant workers, whose labour helped power an economic boom. >> translation: this is an injustice from the dominicans. for years they've been working to build the economy, and suddenly they want many to leave. many are abandoned by the government. people say it's a struggle to meet the basic needs. there's no food or water, the
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closest river is half our walk away and the hatian government has been here once to deliver food. before we left, we lent our phone to this man to call his kids. he tells a man caring for his children "i'm alive, i'm alive." the signal dropped. a connection lost. who knows when he'll get a chance to speak to them again eurozone finance minister are due to meet in brussels to discuss the greek government's latest bailout. m.p.s in anthen backed -- athens backed the plan. they all say the reforms are a starting point for negotiations. a typhoon forced hundreds of thousands from their home. it may be the most powerful to hit the province in 60 years.
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winds of up to 173 k/hr are due to hit the coast soon. >> the lebanese government say an israeli drone crashed, going down in tripoli. fishermen saw it plunge into the sea. it's the third time a drone crashed in that area in three weeks. >> in iraq around 100 families have been allowed across the bridge which linked anbar province with baghdad. it was closed. it's the main escape root for iraqis escaping areas controlled by i.s.i.l. fighters. >> more than 3 million people have been displaced by fighting in iraq. many stuck in areas that are so remote that aid agencies can't reach them. >> jane arraf traved there to find out more. >> reporter: they have been waiting for hours.
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the first aid delivery in weeks. this one by the international committee of the red cross. the i.c.r.c. brought supplies for 250 families. most arriving from ramadi. they found temporary refuge here, a sunni area, 50km soth of baghdad. the packages contain a month's supply of food. the i.c.r.c. goes to places other international organizations will not go. it's sent a generator to the fallujah hospital under i.s.i.l. control. >> there's 3 million displaced iraqis. many do not have access to help. >> they need food assistance clean water, most importantly they need medical assistance. there's hospitals around the country that are not receiving the required medicine to operate.
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they have no electricity to operate the equipment. >> to minimise the risk. aid being diverted the i.c.r.c. oversees the distribution. like many aid commissions this one was delayed. between record numbers of displaced people this has been a crisis that no one is equipped to deal with. even the simplest of aid is difficult. there are hundreds of thousands of people that aid agencies can't get to. >> this woman lives in an abandoned shop with her grandchildren and children. three are blind. they left their home when the village aim under attack. >> translation: there were mortars and air strokes. everyone left. we were the only ones still there. >> a lot of women are here
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without husband and adult suns. this woman saw her son four months ago. she left three young children at home to see if she could get some help. >> she's not on the list. they wait. they at least have a hope of getting help. >> families of those killed in malaysia airlines flight was shot down over eastern ukraine. pro-russian rebels have been blamed russia is denying involvement the top phycological association admitted helping c.i.a. agents enter gait suspect. an association inquiry found
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ethical guidelines were issued after the 9/11 attacks. it included water boarding. and sleep depravation. >> more than $3.4 billion was pledged to those effected by the ebola epidemic. the money is to help the economies recover. kristen saloomey report. >> three heads of states each representing the country. liberia, guinea and sierra leone. they came to the united nations with a request for billion, and a warning. >> no, no no. the threat is never over. until we rebuild the health sector. >> the world today is more ever connected than ever before.
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and virus, diseases like terrorism no, no national boundaries. >> here in the west of guinea, near the border the village is still under quarantine. deaths are down from the height of the epidemic, which claimed more than 11,000 lives. throughout the region there's a dozen new cases a week of. >> response and recovery are so intertwined. you've got to get health services back in place again. if there's going to be trust among the people returning. and if lives and lively hoods are going to get back to normal. >> rebuilding the health care systems underfunded before the outbreak is the priority. >> since panic over ebola has largely gone away. the fear is that the world is complacent. countries have been stepping up to the microphone and making
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pledges. >> the u.n. says improving water, sanitation, roads and other infrastructure is key to recovery, and the fledgeling democracies have seen the g.d.p. plummet, with complaint about corruption, misspent aid money. transparency and accountability will be necessary. >> the path forward for recovery, like the fath forward, will have to -- path forward will have to involve the communities, getting citizens to weigh in complain when they are not getting services they deserve, and holding government donors and n.g.o.s available. >> for those in affected countries, it's a matter of life and death land is hard to come by in hong kong. most free spaces snapped up by
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developers. a small group of farmers are bucking that trend. wanting the reliance to be broken. in part two of food security in asia sarah clarke reports. >> reporter: nestled in the shadows of skyscrapers is farming plots. a third generation farmer who left rer job in the central financial district to return to her roots. >> i love this place, i was born and grow up here. we grow food for our community. we want to show that they can co-exist in the city. >> land like this is being snapped up by developers and farmers are being driven out. becky's family joined with three households to create a
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cooperative in a bid to help the urban sprawl. >> for our sustainable future we need farmers, food green areas. >> local production accounts for 2%. with nearly all food supplied imported. food scandals are causing more consumers to by local. >> one reason is fresh, it's more fresh and the taste is very good. >> there's around 4,000 farmers working here in hong kong. plots are small, and the amounts they produce is limited because of the land size. it's the next generation of farmers keen to see agriculture in the city grow. >> johnny is part of a research group in hong kong. see said the group can produce supply but the farming land
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left must be protected and targets should be set by the government. >> 85% of farmlands is not well suit lived. if we protect the farm lanes. our very much table for self sufficiency rise from 95% to 70%. >> reporter: the government is not convinced. >> at the end of the day it comes down to whether there's a market demand. and whether it can be decided. for now, young farmers like becky are relying on the security for support. >> this is our home. we want to stay there forever. >> each so her future on the farm is in doubt. here in al jazeera, we are marking the 20th anniversary of
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the srebrenica massacre, we launched an international website and it's part of our coverage including drone footage. srebrenica memorial. you'll find picture galleries, maps video and short storeys. you'll find it at srebrenica36.com. room for her at the school because less qualified applicants were given an edge during the admissions process. the supreme court has agreed to hear her case, a case that could end the consideration of race and ethnicity at public colleges and universities. the case has moved through the courts before, so why is i
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