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>> remembering the dead more than 100 newly identified victims of the srebrenica massacre was laid to rest as thousands gather to remember the 20th anniversary of the atrocity. >> hello, i'm maryam nemazee. this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up. ministers meet in brussels to discuss greece's latest plan and it's skepticism that it will deliver what it promises. a truce in yemen is breached just hours after coming in to effect.
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the saudi coalition said that it didn't get an official request to stop its airstrikes. and soil and sky scrapers, farming in the military of a metropolis. >> thousands have gathered in bosnia to remember more than 8,000 muslim men and boys killed by bosnian serb forces 20 years ago. in the season of srebrenica, under the united nations protection genocide took place in 1995. we have this report. [singing] >> prayers as attention fell on
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this cemetery of the victims of is he brethrensrebrenica. 136 just laid to rest. in some cases partial remains were found. this woman came and said today was a painful day for her. >> i feel better because i know where to come. i wish this never would have happened though, or at least that i would have the entire body. i only have three bones but now at least i can come and visit my brother. >> among the political figures invited on saturday, former u.s. president bill clinton in power at the time of the killings, and alexander vucic.
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>> this disregards the highest decisions of two international courts. it is for the victims. >> beyond the anger there is renewed grief as this cemetery fills up. the 20th anniversary has brought with it visits and speeches from leaders from around the world, but year in and year out what the events here really mean for the families of the victims is a chance to remember their loved ones. still there is an estimated 1200 srebrenica victims whose remains have not been identified. they're likely to begin digging fresh graves here for years to come. al jazeera. >> we've been following events, and 20 years later the pain of the srebrenica massacre still
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fresh in the minds of many people there. what has been happening today? >> well, the scene the place that you see behind me, the graveyard, which is over the road from the memorial center where the speeches were given this place was packed with families just a few hours ago. and they all joined in with those prayers just ahead of the burial of those 136 could have finishes. not all of them were from this area. although there were many families who did lose loved ones in srebrenica, many came, some arrived on foot, some here for the march for peace remembering the routes that people took to flee srebrenica in july 1995. some people arrived on bikes. some had come from other countries that were part of the
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former yugoslavia like croatia but the continued denial by some of the countries in the region and allies such as russia to recognize that there was a genocide that really rankles here. you saw how angry they were with the serbian prime minister. but on roads around this area coming in to srebrenica, you can see posters of vladimir putin the russian president russia, of course, vetoed an united nations security council resolution a couple of days ago which would have called the killings a genocide, and said enile of that would an barrier to reconciliation. that's really what people want to see politically. but on a human level they just want to know where the missing remains are. there are hundreds of people killed at srebrenica still to be identified and buried. across the country from the war of several years in the early
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1990s there are an estimated 8,000 people still missing. so obviously many families still yet to achieve anything like some kind of closure. >> and an emotional day there in srebrenica. thank you very much. >> the greek prime minister has won support of his parliament to introduce new financial reforms. the cash-strapped country now needs creditors to accept the revised plan in exchange for a financial lifeline. simon mcgregor wood reports. >> prime ministers arrive to pass judgment on greece's financial proposal. it has the backing of the greek parliament, but there are real concerns about the strength of the government.
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the greeks want a third bailout in turn for higher taxes spending cuts and economic reforms. but do the finance ministers believe the greeks can deliver? >> there is a major issue of trust. can the greek government be trusted to do what they're promising,. >> there have been no rallies or demonstrations. just nervous expectations. in bustling ship wards just miles away they've been waiting for good news for years. once the vital engine of greece's economy they now lie quiet. thousands have been laid off. they have everything here. but no ships to work on. >> the european union is trying to strangle us. maybe they're right because we owe them money but greece is not the place to conduct experiment experiments.
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>> if you're a greek ship owner these days, you take the ships to malta or turkey to be repaired. nearby suppliers and contractors it's the same story. this business is working at just 20% capacity. a small private yard damaged cruise ship was provided last-minute work for 100 skilled workers replaceing this bow section that has taken seven days of frantic work. >> you hear a lot of bad things. it's difficult for the business and for the people who work here because people are afraid of what will happen next.
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it makes a little bit sad. >> alexis tsipras back in athens and will worry about how he'll deal with the growing opposition within his own party. domestic politics could still torpedo this deal. simon mcgregor wood, al jazeera athens. >> let's get more on this now from al jazeera's jacky rowland who is standing by in brussels. jackie what is the general mood been like as that meeting gets under way ahead of what is expected to be difficult negotiations around this new greek plan. >> well, the finance ministers do a meeting in brussels and are broadly moved into two groups. there is germany the netherlands, the baltic states, largely northern europe who are skeptical of the greeks proposal, and who are also very resistant of the idea of giving
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greece more money, and some people feel it's a case of throwing good money after bad. and then second group of countries who are more conciliatory and more sympathetic. the french finance minister entering the meetings spoke about how there were positive aspects. he prays for the determination of alexis tsipras taking this package of proposal to the greek parliament to get a mandate. of course, as i said, those conciliatory members of the group very much offset by others including presidents of the euro group. the dutch finance minister. he came in basically saying there is a fundamental problem of trust and he and other colleagues need to be convinced there is the greeks talking about reforms what guarantees do their european partners have that actual reforms will be implemented. he said that a lot of work needs to be done in this respect.
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>> thank you very much. all the latest from brussels as the eurozone finance ministers ministers. >> the sawed joe government said it was not officially told that the week-long truce was not officially beginning and there have been reports of fighting on the ground. >> for thousands of people wounded in yemen medicines are running out. places like aden, saaada and others areas have been cut off for weeks. and aid agencies warn if the humanitarian aid does not go through, millions of people will suffer famine. >> they do not know where their next meal will come from, so it is paramount that we reach these homes and these families quickly with the humanitarian aid with
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supplies and food, or the situation will move into a much more difficult scenario. >> this is the city of taiz. the forces loyal to government have been battling houthi fighters. they have doubts on the u.n.-broker cease-fire even before it began. >> we don't believe it will succeed. that's why we don't think it will hold this time, because it's success is conditional on the commitment of the regime and their mercenaries. >> the saudi-led coalition said that it had little reason to hold fire. >> first of all we ask the u.n. to insure that houthis verbally agree to the truce and stick to it. secondly we need to know what mechanisms will nobody place. without these two terms the
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truce cannot last and there cannot be one in the first place. >> in the hours leading up to the truce both side express equal lack of trust but it has happened before, and many believe a weak cease-fire to take place with some violations. >> no one expects the cease-fire to be complete because yemen is a lawless country controlled by militants and not government. >> on the streets of yemen people showed cautious optimism and a strong desire for peace. >> we ask the international community for this truce to last longer. >> all yemenis are afraid that the truce will not be respected by either side. the only peace are for people who work and can move freely. >> a desperate 21 million yemenis hope of getting some hope. a hope that is based on the possibility of a fragile truce. >> still to come for you suffering on the streets of somalia.
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we meet the children that have nowhere to call home. >> i'm adam raney near the dominican border. the dominican government insists that it has not forced deportation of haiti haitian people.
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>> putting loved ones in a nursing home... hoping for the best. >> my father died because of the neglect. >> are they betraying your trust? >> it's a for-profit business. >> well back to al jazeera. let's take you to the top stories. thousands of people have gathered in bosnia to mark the 20th anniversary of the atrocity of srebrenica. 8,000 men and boys were murdered by bosnian serve troops.
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europe's finance ministers are in brussels to work out greece's bail out proposal. some developing news out of egypt, we hear that heavy fight something under way between the egyptian army and fighters from the group calling itself sinai province. the group said it is allied with the islamic state in iraq and the levant. >> well, moving on to syria now. airstrikes have killed at least 29 people. the strikes targeted a residential area leaving dozens of people injured. the area has been out of the control of isil since 2014. now burundi's presidential election has been postponeed for nearly a week. the limit of two terms for the president in burundi. the vote will take place on
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july 21st. to somalia where official people say in a ten people were killed in attacks on two hotels in mogadishu on friday. thethere was a fire fight with the gunmen. the group al-shabab has claimed responsibility for the attacks. decades of war and famine have left people living on the streets in mogadishu. thousands are children, and the government says it cannot afford to shelter them. >> these boys are all under the age of 13, and there is no one looking after them. the streets of the world's most dangerous cities are their home. >> the night is cold. there are explosions. you can hear gunshots. we have nowhere to hide. we would like somewhere to hide from the school, and we would like to go to school in the morning. >> no one knows if we're dead or alive. every day and night we spend our
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time thinking how we can better our lives. only god knows if we'll make it through tomorrow. anything can happen to us. >> years of conflict in somalia have orphaned thousands of children. many parents who are still alive are not able to support their families because they've lost everything. and an entire generation of young somali boys is growing up neglected. others are looked after by their extended families. it is just after 8:00 p.m. in mogadishu, and on almost every dark street corner on this road there are groups of young boys. most of them are under the age of 10. they're desperately trying to find shelter and safety in a city which has neither. >> morning brings more hardship. none of them ate dinner, so finding breakfast is a top priority. to do that they must find work. and that means wandering the streets of mogadishu. if there is no work there is begging, and beggars are not
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welcomed in this city. >> we beg. we go to the houses and ask if there is anything left over from the night before. if we are lucky we find cars to clean, and the little they pay us we buy food with the money. we're happy if we find one meal a day. >> the somali government say 5,000 young boys live on the streets ever mogadishu and it cannot afford to lack after them. >> we try to create centers to house these children, but we have no funds. we've been promised funds but we have not yet seen any. >> the boys have not had much food this days. as the city falls asleep the only guarantee is the next day won't be much different. al jazeera. mogadishu, somalia. >> haiti's foreign minister is accusing the dominican republic of dumping people like dogs on the border. the dominican government said that thousands of people have
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left voluntaryily since the registry on june 17th, it denies deporting anyone. but there are those who say they're forced to leave and now are trying to start a new life in makeshift camps. >> a camp is growing in this dry desolate landscape. haiti just a few minutes from the dominican border. most people were living on the other side until recently. working, raising families. many now feel they're in a foreign land one they know little about where live is hard. for two months this has been home for joanis and his wife. the dominican republic said it is not deporting people. joanis said that is not true. >> i was born in the dominican republic. i was coming home from work and immigration authorities grabbed me and deported me to haiti.
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my children are still on the other side. it's been two lost since we last saw them. >> every day in barona they're deporting last people. every day they send them to the border. >> there are signs of expansion everywhere. people are staking out whatever land they can, a pastor who has lived in this area for userrers showed me around the camp, pointing out all the new arrivals. >> in the first few days i made a list of 160 deportees who have arrived. every day the number has grown. so i stopped counting. >> a huge contradiction to the dominican republic government stance. when told what we found an immigration official insisted not a single person has been deported. this man said that he lived for 15 years in the dominican republic working on farms. one of hundreds of thousands of
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migrant workers whose labor helped to power an economic boom. >> this is an injust from the dominican. for years we'll be working to grow the economy and then suddenly they want all of us to leave. >> many also feel abandoned by haiti's government. the people have come hear saying it's a struggle just to meet their basic needs. there is no food or water here. the closest river is a half hour walk away, and the haitian government has only been here once in the past two months to deliver food. before we left we lent joanis his phone they say they're caring for his children. i'm alive. i'm alive. the signal dropped. and who knows when and if they'll be able to peek to them again. >> pope francis calls for more help for the poor on the last
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leg ever his latin america tour. the head of the catholic church is on an eight-day trip through bolivia uruguay and paraguay. in paraguay there have been issues of land distribution. >> like tens of thousands of paraguayen farm workers the mother of eight had no choice but to migrate to this inner city slum. >> we had no work. we made almost no money. only $4 a day. >> now as her husband breaks through rubbish in this ever expanding neighborhood where one man's waste is another man's meal ticket. in paraguay 2% of the people own
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80% of the lands. in recent years land owners have turned to highly mechanickized export crops that have put many people out of a job. >> many have ended up here. children, parents and grandparents livering in the rubbish and out of the rubbish the type of poverty that pope francis says is unacceptable. that's why the pope is coming here to show his support for the landless and the dispossessed. in a country where the churches are at odds. a fellow jesuit is one of many catholic priest who is work with the poor. >> the capitalism that the pope denounces so much has taken over
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here. i hope that pope francis criticizes our government. because there is un inequal distribution of wealth. >> paraguay has a long history of better attempts of better land distribution. which is why here people say that for the pope's visit to make a difference would truly take a miracle. lucia newman,. >> more than a million people have been evacuated from southern china as the typhoon hit the coast up to 160 kilometers per hour. the storm made landfall south of shanghai bringing with it more than ten centimeters of rain. 600 flights from canceled, and nearly 29,000 ships have been
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move. in hong kong farming is under threat, but some farmers are working to turn that around. in part two of food security in asia, here is sara clark. >> nestled in the shadows of the sky scrapers is a group of farming plots. becky is one of the enthusiastic producers. a third generation farmer who left her job in the financial direct to return to her roots. the we want to show that people
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can coexist. >> but farmers are being driven out. becky's family has joined with three other households to crete a cooperative in a bid to survive the encroaching urban sprawl. >> we need to farm, we need the food. we need the green arrest j. >> local production accounts for 2% of fresh vegetables in hong kong with nearly all of the city's supply imported from chain. but food scandals there are driving more consumers to buy local and organic produce. >> one reason is fresh, it's much more fresh and also the taste is very good. >> there are still around 4,000 farm whose are actively working here in hong kong, but the plots are small and the amounts they produce are limited because of the landslide. but it's the next generation of farmers who have come to see agriculture in this city grow.
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johnny lau is part of a research group at the chinese university reresearch in hong kong. he said that production targets should be set by the government. >> the fact is that 85% of farmlands is now abandoned. or not well utilized. if we can protect the farmlands and let our farmers utilize all of them, actually our vegetables for self-sufficiency rise to 27%. >> the government is not yet convinced. >> at the end of the day it comes down to whether there is a market demand for t and whether local farms are willing to do it or not. >> so now young farmers like becky are relying on the community for support. >> this is our home, and we want to stay here forever.
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>> even so her future on the farm remains in doubt. sara clark al jazeera, hong kong. >> well, remember you can get more on everything that we're covering right here on www.aljazeera.com. >> gang rape, among the most shocking of violent crime is stirring a global outrage. throughout asia, it is believed to be far more common than most people think. >> rape is a major problem in all countries across this region. >> women's experiences of violence are well documented but the motivations of men have been largely in the dark.

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