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>> >> this is al jazeera. ♪ >> hello there. i am felicity barr. this is the newshour live from london. coming up in the next 60 minutes, the eurozonepressions a lack of trust in greece. it needs to discuss whether the company can be saved from bankruptcy. a humanitarian truce is broken by yemen's warring sides hours after coming into effect. also ahead: serbia's prime minister is attacked as anger
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boils over as a memorial for the victims of europe's last atrocity in world war ii. >> plus the diminominican republic didblic accused of dumping people like dogs on its border. williams achieves the serena slam with her 6th single title at wimbledon. ♪ hello. there are still major trust issues between the greek government and its international creditors. those were the words of the eurogroup president as he and fellow finance ministers met to consider a last-ditch proposal from athens to avoid bankruptcy. let's look at the numbers. greece has asked for about $54,000,000,000 to cover the country's debt for the next
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three years. some experts believe greece will need much more than that. the new loan would come on top of the 240 billion euros in bail out money grease received in 2010 and 2012 and would add to its total debt mouthed of about 320 billion euros. we will have full coverage for you. we have a core respond event standing buy in brulsz and in athens. bssels and in athens. b. the day's developments so far. >> finance ministers arrived in brussels to pass judgment on greece's proposal. >> need to make a lot more progress. >> it has backing from the greek parliament with tsipras's party voting against it. the greeks want a third bail-out with spending cuts and comic reforms but do the finance ministers believe the greeks
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can? >> there is a major issue of trust. can the agreement government be trusted to actually do what they are promising to actually implement it in the coming weeks, months and years. >> in athens there have been no rallies or demonstrations. just nervous expectation. the once bustling chip yards a few miles away may be waiting for good news for years. once the vital engine increases the economy, these dry docs and fitting yards lie quiet. the helenic ship yard. 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 are right because we owe them money but greece is not the place to conduct experiments. >> no love lost here for the eu. this was accused of misusing government funds in 2010 and the eu invested it was almost shut down. the huge dry doc one of the biggest and best in the world
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has lane emptied. if you are a greek shipping owner these days take your vessels to malta ortie to be repaired. they are finishing off four submarines with the greek navy and the work runs out. nearby suppliers, it's the same story. this business is working at just 20% capacity. a small private yard a damaged cruise ship has provided last minute work for 100 skilled workers, replacing this bow section has taken just seven days of frantic work. >> everything struggle. you hear a lot of bad things. not only for my business. also for the people who are working here because everyone is afraid of what might happen next. it's made us a little bit sad. alexis tsipras can only wait back in athens and worry about how he will deal within the growing opposition in his party.
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domestic politics could still torpedo this deal. simon mcgregor wood al jazeera, athens. >> still talking of brussels let's take you there. it appears to be different europeans countries are making demands of greece. what are you hearing? >> that's right, felicity. we have had about six hours of talks. what we gather was a very awkward dinner still no sign of any cohesion or unity over how to respond to greece's latest proposal but there is common ground of perhaps three key areas. the first is complete distrust with the euroezone, across a number of countries and from greece's creditors. also perhaps the figures put forward by the greeks will not add up. that's the concern coming from wolfgang shurtle, the german finance minister, so the feeling
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greece could dig a little further into its pockets to make more savings to be able to pay back some of its creditors. some eurozone companies have been coming up with proposals of their own. ireland hinted greece perhaps needs to think about further banking reforms. other eurozone countries have talked about trade and the kinds of reforms to the public sector. but german put forward a paper of of its own with two key proposals: the first, perhaps greece needs to sell off some of its fixed assets to raise $55,000,000,000 worth of money to be able to pay off some of its major debts. the second and perhaps most controversial of the two is to be the possibility of a temporary five-year grexit, leaving euro zone remaining part of the european union but using that time to restructure the dent. the response among other euro
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zone countries has been mixed. the french, throughout the entire process have invisited that greece needs more money to be able to avoid bankruptcy and to be able to move forward. germans continue to insist that financial debt repay -- sorry repayment is only real way of securing further money from grease greece's european partners. >> german has been quite tough on greece but finland is also taking a hard line. >> absolutely right. in the last hour or so we have heard that finland is the first of the 19 euro zone countries to say it will not back greece's proposal. for the proposal to come into force, 18 -- sorry 15 of the 19 need to throw their weight behind it. 85% of euro zen countries need
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to back it. one down, 18 others to go. it doesn't look like we are seeing any further response bevels euro zone countries as yet. but who knows what could happen? the key reason for finland's response has largely been down to the way in which its political system is structured over in finland. the ruling government is made up of a coalition of far right and center right parties. the far right group basically said, look. if we back further greene greek bail-out, we will pull out of government causing essentially what would be the collapse of the government. this is how seriously what's happening in greece is affecting the rest of the continent. >> from the latest of the talks in brussels. from brussels to the greek capitol, athens mcgregor wood the problems are piling up for greece for demands for reform to become more of a reality. >> yes. that's right because
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you may remember on friday night, alexis tsipras has managed to persuade the majority of members of parliament to approve the latest proposals which are now being discussed by the euro group. but -- but, a significant number of his own party members, including two cabinet ministers voted against them. a number abstained and a number mysteriously said they couldn't be available to vote on that evening, and that notion of a rebellion within his own party has gained traction through the day here one scenario, felicity, being discussed here is that in a sense to prove the greekdz' willingness to complement some of these tough reforms the eu are. o group might ask the government to enact some legislation to show its willingness, if you like, as early as this week for the bail-out funds if there is a
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third bail out to be released. those behind me would be tasked with passing tough laws. the question is: if that is the case is the prime primary, alexits tsipras, now the leader of a government that can actually push through some of that very tough medicine? is he going to have to replace some of those disobedient members, or is he going to have to try to expand the coalition to include some of the opposition parties within it to get a better broader government that can deal with some of these very difficult decisions that are no doubt going to be forced upon him in the next few days if the finance ministers of the euro group feel that this proposal is worth working? so there is a great sense here of some very tough domestic politics to come in the days ahead. >> thank you. a senior iraqi mp said the
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christians in baghdad are suffering persian cushion. he says the christians are being kidnapped and having their homes seized buy out law malitias. he calls for swift action from the iraqi prime minister. the head of the christian parliament block in the parliament says gangs are threatening people. >> we are suffering too much especially these days. there is a very danger against the -- dangerous situation from people under the cover of this mobilization. but there are gangs and mafia for money, kidnapping rich people. we have even people two people killed within the last two weeks in baghdad and four cases of kidnapping for money. so today, the president and prime minister addressed a very strong speech against them. people are disappointed know
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enough the care of them until now. >> the government deploying 100,000 security personnel since the attack last month at a popular resort town. 38 people were killed when a gunman opened fire on june .26th. most of the yesterday from the u.k. and the british government has urged to leave. they have revealed a number of security officers assigned to protect has doubled. >> we understand the emotion that motivated this decision but we regret it at the same time. we have started emergency meyers to strengthen the security presence. we have 100,000 men deployed. >> a truce which the u.n. hoped would allow the delivery of desperately needed aid has failed to take hold in yeppen.
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fighting continues on the ground and the audi-led forces are targeting houthi positions from the air. natasha reports. >> reporter: people had conflicting opinions about whether a u.n.-brokered humanitarian truce would actually mean a lull in violence during the final days of the holy month of ramadan. >> there is no truce. we keep saying this. no one seemed to disagree about the population in the midst of what the u.n. secretary general has called a humanitarian catastrophe. >> we need gas, oil and security. that's what we need from this truce. >> 80% of yemen's population needs food and mid sin.
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fighting has prevented 5id groups from reaching the tired and sick. during the previous truce, aid groups were able to make deliveries to yemenis living in areas with even the worst fighting. they hope to do that again. as reports came in of airstrikes and fighting on the ground on the first day of the truce, the u.n. asked for restraint. >> there is actually a truce but it's come by slieingsdz here and there. the blood of yemenis is being shed. scan scan. >> both sides have expressed doubt about the truce. aid agencies say one thing should be clear: if they can't deliver supplies to critical cities soon more than 6 million yemenis could be facing famine. >> at least 15 people have been killed by a suicide bomber in chad's capitol. police say another 74 people
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were injured in the blast out of a business morgan market place. no one has yet taken responsibility for saturday's attack but boko haram has blamed it on police targets last month in which 34 people were killed. a terrorist dress nad berka tried to enter the central market. he was stopped by the defense and police forces in the market sum mon intrants who asked him to removeentrance who asked him to remove. the terrorist was over pound and gave up the charge he was carrying under his buka. >> could burundi see more scenes like this from back in may? a warning that more violence could be ahead. also one year on from the shooting down of malaysia airline flight 17, the country is still calling.
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in sport the defending motogp champion is back with a bang in germany. joel will have the details. the presidential election in burundi is being delayed by a week until july 21st. african leaders have been publicing for a delay because the protest against the president and his decision to run for a third term, which critics say is illegal. catherine soi reports now full-time from the capitol. >> her brother was killed on the night of july 1st, burundi's 53rd independence day. government forces. >> we are afraid because of what we have seen. we want the government to protect us but we don't trust them. >> it started in may. the government had increased
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from similar areas. this is how you will find many compounds in this township: abandoned people have run away. so many people blaming the government for intimidation. the government said its security agents are looking for weapons. >> young men such as this say that they are targeted in the government. they say they formed groups. they asked us to hide their identities for security reasons. >> they say we have the weapons, but don't. sometimes, they are the ones who plant the weapons. >> tension in burundi was one of the reasons why there was so much pressure for the government to postpone the presidential election. regional head of state recommended thely be delayed by two weeks. >> would allow talks between political parties, security situations media and the possibility of forming a
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government of national unity. the government officials say a 2-week delay will clash the constitution timeline. >> the government because outside, this goes beyond restraint, beyond what the constitution is saying to the situation of the political vacuum. >> opposition leaders say a week's delay will not solve the crisis, but they are still willing to sit and talk. >> i don't know the spirit of the government to force the way and not to comply with any advice from this. unfortunately, it is difficult for burundi in the coming days. >> so burundians wait a little
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longer for presidential elections that have polarized the country. ceremonies for victims at the sebernitza's massacre. paying re respect when a crowd through water bottles forcing him to flee. he has highlighted the emotions and anger still felt 20 years after more than 8,000 muslim men and boys were killed in a few days during the boss kneeian war. a report. prayers and attention fell on the cemetery for the victims. 136 more people were being laid to rest 20 years after they were killed. in many cases, just partial remains were found. this woman came to bury her brother. she said it's a painful day for her.
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>> i feel better because i know where to come. i wish this would never had or that i would have the entire body. i only have three bones but at least now i can come visit my brother. >> reporter: among the political figures saturday former u.s. president bill clinton, in power at the time of the killings. >> i am begging you not to let this monument to innocent boys and men become only a memory of a tragedy. >> the current soviet prime minister alexander vuchich. it was a gesture of reconciliation when he met a muslim woman who lost several male relatives in the massacre. he was later turned on by a small section of the crowd here they are angry he is consistently denied the genocide took place. >> this regards the highest
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judicial decision of two international courts. it is to the victims. >> beyond the anger, of course 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. 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 are a be estimated 1200 victims whose remains have still not been identified. they are likely to be digging fresh graves here for years to come. al jazeera. >> there were losses on all sides, putting estimates around 105,000 people. most of those killed 68,000 were boss kneeian muslims -- boss knee basnian muslims and
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orthodox were killed during the nearly 4 year war. about 9,000 croats died. almost 4,995 others were killed almost all were either muslim serb and croat and have not yet been identified. with me now is the bosnia journalist. that you for coming in to the al jazeera studio. doeth it was wise that the prime minister did attend today's ceremony? how significant was it? >> i think it was wise although he was faced with so many different voices around the position voices voices from mothers who supported his coming to serbiniza. as he said he has had a hand
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for conciliation for the whole process. >> oh, of course was an ultra nationalist but issued this open letter condemning the massacre the genocide as a horrible crime, but, of course serbia refuses to say the word genocide. it's going to be a long long time until they agree it was genocide? >> it is very much over shadowed by the resolution and the word genocide and it was very unfortunate basically that serbians were so staunchly against the resolution. it's provoked. some wounds trying to heal all of these 20 years. it was very unfortunate, but at least some hope was offered by his coming which ended up quite harshly. >> how far has the area now moved on? what is it now like 20 years
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after? >> i would say that it's unexpectedly going very very slowly, and economically, as well, very slow. many people are still coming out because people can't see economic progress being. it's very much political. it's very much religious. it's very much even in educational sense, you know, stopping years to at least to get children in the right direction. it's a policy of seven, eight days. as we know it is governed by a federation it is unfortunate, a agreement agreement. there are some defendanties how to arrange security around the
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event years after and that was the part of huge big confusion. >> it's good to here your thoughts 20 years on. appreciate your time for coming in. thank you. now, one year on from the shooting down of malaysian flight over ukraine action many countries are calling on the u.n. to investigation. 298 people were killed when their flight was brought down in ukraine's donetsk's region. a 1-year memorial service has been held to remember the dead. a report. >> reporter: the emotions are raw. those on board when it we want down in eastern ukraine last year at a memorial the prime minister tried to comfort the families of victims. >> it is absolutely right on.
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all of the next of kin can continue with their lives. therefore, the ultimate action of fighting who are responsible and bringing them to justice musting carried out. >> the plane was flying from amsterdam to kuala lumpur when it went down killing all 298 passengers and crew. many accused russian-backed fighters of firing a missile at the aircraft a claim rejected by moscow. friends and family are looking for answers. roger lost a close friend who worked as the head stewart. he said mohammed abgufar was like an older brother and he can't accept his death. >> what we want to know for him
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to -- the results of a dutch-led investigation are due to be released in october. but many countries are already calling for a u.n. tribunal to prosecute those responsible. russia has dismissed the proposal. >> justice, in terms of people going to jail for this or facing some kind of legal sentence i don't think so. i don't. this is so much really fraught politics involved in this. >> in malaysia families try to come to terms with that i loss there is little to console them. the fighting, families of victims don't know how or why their relatives die. all they can do is wait and hope that justice will be done.
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welcome back to the newshour. discussing the greek government's latest bail-out proposal. kidnapped and forced to leave homes, members of the christian community in baghdad are being persecuted. thousands of people have gathered in bosnia to mark the 20th anniversary of the massacre of those murdered.
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as that crucial euro zone meeting continues, we can speak to nina, an eu policy analyst who works for the think tank open europe. thank you for coming in. the problems with the talks, there is a huge lack of trust between greece and its creditors. secondly the euro zone countries discussing the proposal seem to be split on where to go from here. >> yes. there are two main camps. one camp led by germany and, indeed finland and the baltic countries are hard on greece saying we can't ease the conditions of austerity. france saying we should give them debt releaves. france has been pushing for looser fiscal targets in the euro zone as a whole because their economy has trouble as well. it's interesting to see how berlin and paris are lining up
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on this end. of course, that that has implications for the euro zone as well. >> france and german are on opposing sides. they lead the way. >> yes. the two main countries the founder of the european project as it exists. france send over some to greece to help put together this third bail-out package. merkel found out after it was reported in the press. there have been tensions there. we will say, however, most of the euro zone is on the side on this not just because they want to line up behind the principal pay master but they believe greece shouldn't have looser conditions. if you look at the baltic states austerity poster children, if you will, they went through reforms, through the hard structural reform that greece has notn't done yet. they think why should we loosen
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conditions for greece. more importantly after bail-out for greece greek debt has been shifted to the euro zone. if you give greece debt relief which it needs because its debt is unsustainable, taxpayers paying and that's illegal according to the law of how the euro has been structured and created. >> the legal situation is interesting because we have heard news out of germany that the german finance ministry did, indeed discuss the idea amongst itself. they discussed the idea of whether or not greece could exit for a limited time say five years. is that legally and economicly possible? >> we are entering uncharted territory here before the referendum was held when there were suggestions on the side of the euro zone that this referendum would be a vote on whether or not greece would remain in the euro, you know, the then finance ministry for
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greece was saying it's he willillegal. there are no conditions for a country leaving the euro zone. and that's wherefor political reasons. it was primarily a political one, the economic condition to make that single currency work as we are seeing now in greece were it in place. that's interesting. some of the german perspectives saying that grexit is going to happen. it's final. you are out. you can't join again. it's con tentious. by by saying are this is just a temporary thing. we will leave them outside for five years and perhaps they can join again once they have undergone the strucktualtural reform they need. >> thank you very much indeed. thank you. this economic crisis in greece is pushing many to seek opportunities elsewhere. one popular destination is australia, which has a historical connection to greece. andrew thomas reports now from
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sydney. >> reporter: neil kosmos is a greek language newspaper in melbourne. until a year ago, she lived in greece editing online magazines but her life there wasn't good. when advertisers stopped playing their bills add her paychecks stopped arriving on time she knew she had to leave. >> i miss greece, but i had to survive, and i am one of the lucky ones because i am an australia citizen. my mom is australian so i could come here and get a job. >> reporter: the greek exodus down under has a precedence. after the second world war, many bought a ticket for a ship to australia. melbourne was soon home to more than in all about two cities in greece. many returned home with
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australian born children. athens has more than 100,000 people with australian passports. the collapse has led to a change in the direction of migration again. more 10,000 have left greece for australia in the past five years. >> that's the biggest problem for greece in my opinion, the fact that the people that are productive, young, educated and in the right age to create the appropriate conditions for the country to go forward are not there to help them. >> it's not just young people. two years ago, tassos left not only his job but his wife and 3 children to come to australia. it's very hard very very hard but for me i hope for my family as well. but this is what we are doing at the moment. >> like other recent my grants, he is sending money home but the freeze on cash withdrawals on greece and uncertainty over deposits held by greek banks
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believes that is now on hold. he is instead thinking of bringing his whole family to australia where international airports are seeing a lot more greekdz coming than going. there are no direct flights between greece and australia but by connections greeks are arriving here every days coming than going. there are no direct flights between greece and australia but by connections, greeks are arriving here every day a growing number seem to have no plans to go home. sydney. >> the afghan intelligence a lot see says the leader of an isil group has been killed, said to have died in the country's eastern province on friday. in syria, airstrikes in the northern city have killed 29 people. the strikes targeted a residential area dozens of people were also injured. it has been under the control of isil for about 18 months. about 100 families have been allowed to use a key bridge to get away from fighting in iraq's
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anbar province. the bridge is the main route iraqis escape to baghdad. it was closed earlier this week. the government is worried that isil fighters are hiding among civilians. as that fighting continues in iraq aid agencies are finding it hard to reach people in remote areas. jane arraf traveled there to find out more. >> they have been waiting for hours. this is the first aid delivery here in weeks. this one by the international committee of the red cross. the icrc has broad supplies for 250 families it has previously registered. mrooefblt arrived from. they found the packages contain a month's supply of food as well as a kerosene stove and blankets they go to places other
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international organizations won't go. it's even sent a general r5i9or -- generator to the hospital. there are now 3 million displaced iraqis. many of them don't have access to help. >> they need food assistance, clean water. they need most importantly, they need medical assistance and there aretons tons of hospitals around the country that are not receiving the required medicine to operate. they have no electricity to operate their equipment. >> to minimize the risk of aid being diverted the icrc oversees the distribution, itself, step instead of through local partners. like many aid missions, this one was delayed when staff members were stopped at military checkpoints. >> between the record numbers, across the region and the ongoing fighting, this has been a defendant crisis that no one is equipped to deal with. even the simplest of aid missions is difficult. there are hundreds of thousands of people that aid agencies
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can't get to. >> this lady is a window who lives in an abandoned shop. three of her daughters are blind blind and disabled. she said they left their home when their village came under attack. >> there were floors and airstrikes. everyone left. we were the only ones still there. >> a lot of these women are here without their husbands and adult sons. bena says she last saw had he husband four months ago when security forces took him away. she has left three young children at home to see if she can get home. she is not on the list. a nurse tells her she can register for next time and let some of the women know they can wait to see if there is anything left over in the end. so they wait. they at least have a hope of getting help. jane arraf, al jazeera, iraq. >> the head of the catholic church inparaguay pope francis
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held service in the capitol attended by local dignityaries early on saturday, he was met by large crowds while visiting at a children's hospital in the city. haiti's foreign minister is accusing the dominican republic of dumping people like dogs on the border. the dominicans deny forcing anyone to leave since a crackdown on migrants. the families say they have been left to fend for themselves in makeshift camps. meeting some of them. >> growing in this diery ses lat landscape, a few minutes. working, racing families many now feel they are in a foreign land. one they know little about.
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it has been home for he and his wife. the dominican government says it's not deporting people. wani said it was not true. >> i was born in the republic. international authorities grabbed me and deported me to haiti t has been two months since i last saw my children. >> the couple lived in barona a 3-hour drive from here. >> every day, they are reporting -- deporting a lot of people. they send them to the border. >> there are signs of expansion everywhere. people are staking out whatever land thing. a past offer who lived in this area for years showed me around the carp pointing out all of the new rivals. in the first few days, i made a list of 160 deportees who had arrived. every day the number grew. finally, i stopped counting.
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>> a human contradiction to the dimincal gone's stanchion. when we told what we found answer immigration official said not a single person has been deported. this man said he lived for 15 years working on farms and hundreds of thousands of migrant workers who's labor helped power an economic boon. >> this is an injustice from the dimincal. for -- dominican. >> many also feel abandoned by haiti's government. the people have come here have struggled just to meet their basic needs. a half hour walk away. the sation government has om -- -- the haitian government has om been here once. >> we length wanis our phone to try to call his kids. he tells a friend caring for his
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children, i am alive. i am alive. the signal dropped. the connection lost. who knows when he will get a chance to speak to them again. adam raney, al jazeera, haiti. >> controversial u.s. presidential hopeful donald trump is expected to deliver more anti-immigration rhetoric in nevada. he has been heavily criticized in stating the mexican immigrants bring drugs and crime into the u.s. he is causing deep divisions within the right-leaning republican party trying to avoid alienating. this update from the trump rally. >> donald trump is best known as a businessman. it's being taken very seriously as a presidential candidate, not just in newspaper did like the "arizona republic" but in polls. one has him ranked number 1 among republican contenders. what has gotten him attention is
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his view on immigration. he said mexican immigrants are largely criminals, rapists. it has garnered a lot of attention, so much attention, in fact, he had originally booked the biltmore ballroom in arizona. so many people expressed interest in coming they had to expand that site and move it to the phoenix convention center here he said he has pushed other candidates including jeb bush to the right. the question is in the long-term, does he help or hurt the republican party and there is a lot of concern among republicans that that hars be view will alienate hispanics, the fastest growing segment in the united states. george george w. bush garnered more than 40% of hispanic votes when he ran both times but mitt romney gathered less than 30%. the concern here is if you don't get enough hispanic voters you don't win the presidential contest. donald trump is garnering an awful lot of attention in
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actions more sky scrapers than anywhere else. there are stunning areas of green life. rural life is under threat. some farmers are working to turn that around. sara collar reports now in the second part of our special series on food security in asia. in the shadow of sky scrapers farming plots. a third generation farmer, she left her job in hong kong central financial district to return to her roots. >> i love this place. i want to show people the rural and urban area can co-exist. >> as demand for housing rises, land like this is being snapped up by developers and farmers are being driven out a graduation to
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help the urban sprawl. we feed the green area. >> local production accounts for 2% of production with all imported nearly from china. they are driving more consumers to buy local and organic produce. >> it's fresh, more fresh and, also, good. >> around 4,000 farmers actively working here in hong kong but their plots are small. the amount they produce is limited because of the land size. it's the next generation of farmers who are changing the for agriculture in the city. >> joni lou says the city can boost the local supplies and the
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farming land that's left must be protected and production targets should be set by the government. >> 85% of farmers are not well utilized. if we can ofsolve the problem, our vegetables withcan rise from 1.9% to 27%. >> the government is not yet convinced. >> at the end -- 10 of the day, it comes down to whether it's supportive. >> now young farmers like becky are relying upon the community for support. >> this is our home, we want to ta here forever. >> even so her future on the farm remains in doubt. sarah clark, al jazeera, hong
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kong. arch busy saturday for sport. here is joe. >> serena williams has once again confirmed her place among the great women tennis by winning the wimbledon title. the worldnu 1 beat spain 6-4, 6-4 in the final. as stewart reports, it wasn't quite as straightforward it the result everybody expected for serena williams in a sixth wimbledon title. the facts don't tell the full story from the young spanish 20 seed playing a first grand slam final. she e volks seen a's serve in the first final. she had some form in this area. last year she handed serena her worst ever grand slam beating. for the wimbledon final, it's another thing completely. the number 1 seed fall back to take an exciting first set.
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it looked all over, seen a powered to a 5-1 lead in the second. already serve collapsed. : the delayed, no doubt about who is dominating women's tennis. serena now holds all four grand slam titles at the same time it's now called the serena slam the moment is still setting in a little bit. i am just really excited about it because i didn't want to talk about the serena slam and i honestly wouldn't have thought last year after winning the u.s. open i would win the serena slam at all. >> i don't think disappointment but you never know how many chances you are going to have to play a final in a grand slam. so i was like but, you know, if you have to choose who is to win
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or who to loose. i would choose serena. >> 33 years and 289 days, seen a's record of the watching martina navritalova as the oldest to win a grand! alarmly for her rivals she is slowing no sign of slowing down. al jazeera. >> so certain ena is the oldest woman to win in the professional era and she is only 33 years old. let's take a look at some of serena's steps. >> wimbledon title makes her the holder of all four grand slam titles at the same time. the last person to do that was serena in 2002, 2003. even when she clenched the australian open title. she had have to win in september to complete a calendar grand slam. that's a bit more tricky. only three players have accusehieved that in 193, margaret court followed 17 years later and
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stefi graph in 1988. >> the 21st grand slam title, she trails stefi graf by 1. the most successful player in the open era. roger federer will hoping to follow in serena's footsteps. the 3-year-old who swiss player takes on defendingly champion djokovic in a repeat of last year's final. djokovic admits he already has eight grand slam titles, you never have too many? >> i do have fun. i do enjoy playing tennis. i have to in order to keep myself going. that's the point. but when you are on the court and fighting for a trophy like this you want to win. >> i am just happy personally for myself to be back in the finals. whoever that was going to be against, that was a big occasion.
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it is novak, the world number 1, obviously as something extra. >> england's criticers are happy with a day to spare in the first ashes test. australia needing 412 wins to run, something no team has managed in the 133 year history of the ashes. despite a half century from david warner they never looked like getting there. three went each with josh haven, joe root to win the game by 169 runs. the teams meet again here in london for the second of 5 tests next week. and pakistan with a comfortable win with sri lanka, pakistan winning this game 28 balls to spare. real mad rid long's serving goalkeeper leaving after 16 seasons. john's former european champion
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he won three champions leagues titles and two to spain but recent performances saw him out of favor with fans at the club as he ended the season without a major piece of silverware. manchester united agree to. the german captains comes with a loaded resume. france is celebrating it's first home victory in this year's tour de france taking stage 8, the ag 2 r rider pulled away from the rivals in the final 500 meter stage in france. chris broom finished 8 and belinia's 11 seconds. that's it for sport now. thanks, joe. >> that's about it for this hour and the entire newshour team. more in a couple of minutes. i will see you then.
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>> this week on talk to aljazeera a rising star in the ballet world misty copeland >> it was the first time i had an identity, and ot was through being a dancer >> one of six children raised by a single mother - copeland had a difficult childhood. >> i never felt a connection to anything or anyone. and i was constantly just trying to fit in >> misty copeland stumbled on to ballet at 13 she had natural talent. >> as soon as i stepped into the ballet studio i started to realize that this is beaut
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