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ple who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target weeknights 10:30p et >> the u.n. says a break through deal is reached between rival factions in libya but not with the tripoli based government. hello i'm darren jordan live on doha. also on the program ending a 50 day hunger strike. released from jail. pledges warn of tough talks ahead. and donald trump takes an early lead among republican candidates, trying to become the next president of the united
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states. the u.n. says some of libya's warring factions have agreed on a framework for a peace deal. the agreement could pave the way for a traditional period and the establishment of a democratic state. osama ben javid reports. >> sixth meeting over a fourth draft. the u.n. envoy sees it as a break through towards a deal. >> i want to enhance this message. the door is open for those who are not present. they have also played a critical role in this text. as i have said many times there is no text that is entirely satisfactory to all parties and that responds to all the demands. i'm confident that in the weeks lady a key decision will be made that will address all sides and issues.
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>> representatives of municipal councils and tobruk government was there but tripoli was not there. >> we were a name-play in a dialogue. we have tried our best and have agreed to compromise on many issues. however the other party decided to stick to certain conditions and did not meet us halfway. support from the international community this is why we have not reached an agreement. the u.n. envoy and other parties try drag us into an agreement that does not fill the least of our demands. >> there is disagreement on one part of the agreements also recognizing the house of representatives located into tobruk. it also creates a national army called for the disarming of
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militias, implementation of a ceasefire and the drafting of a constitution. there is hope that a gnc delegation might return for consultation after the muslim holiday of eade. many libbans want politicians to end both the political hassle and the fighting on the ground. osama ben javid al jazeera. >> says the deal with it will not change the situation in libya. >> it is an optical illusion whether you cheer so loudly about this agreement. in reality, if you think about it, this has not changed anything on the ground. if the gnc in tripoli and their backers in mosrata the militias of libya dawn have refused to sign then we're really no better
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off than before. the question in my mind is, what are the next few days going to bring? there are two fundamental problems with this agreement. one is it is not clear who gets to enforce it. there is no clear mandate or commitment by the international community to provide for example, troops or some kind of peace keeping troops or so on to try to maintain that -- to implement the agreement on the ground. given that no party in libya including what is called the libyan army allied with the tobruk government is truly a neutral force. >> a palestinian prisoner on hunger strike in a libyan jail has been released. lasted 55 days, he had been under hiv detention a practice where israel holds palestinians
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without trial. >> sunday, mr. avnan who you rightly point out as being in israeli administrative detention as being in that detention since july 2014. and to explain to our viewers what israel administrative detension is, it basically means the israelis can hold a palestinian prisoner without charge for six months, and at the end of six months they can renew that detention effectively every six months renewing it. >> break down of trust saying there will be tough days ahead they have been considering greek spending cuts in return for a $50 billion euro bailout. simon mcgregor wood reports. >> after nine house they decided they would have enough. they would have another go on sunday. there was no particularly reason
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for optimism. >> the issue of credibility and trust was discussed and also, of course, financial issues involved. but we haven't concluded our discussion so we will continue at 11:00. it is still very difficult but work is still in progress. >> reporter: it was clear the greek proposals had not convinced everyone. some finance ministers want more up-front reforms. the germans even suggested some kind of temporary grexit. the finns say they will not support more bailouts. in athens nervous expectation. in the shipyards they have been waiting for good news for years. these dry docks and fitting yards lie quiet at the hellenic shipyard. they have everything here but no
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ships to work on. >> translator: the european union is trying to strangle us, maybe they're right because we owe them money but greece is not a place to conduct experiments on. >> they are finishing four submarines for greek navy then the work runs out. for contractors it is the same story. this business is working at just 20% capacity. at a small private yard a damaged cruise ship has provided work for 100 workers seven days of frantic work. >> every day struggle because you hear a lot of bad things. it is not sure a help not only for my business, also for people who are working here. because every people has prayed what happened next. this make you a little bit sad. >> reporter: in athens, prime minister alexis tsipras can only wait and ponder the prospect of even harsh he measures being
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imposed by his european creditors and how he might get them through his parliament. if greece's creditors are going to go ahead with this deal and that remains a big if, prime minister tsipras will have some tough choices. he will have to discipline his own party or widen his growing coalition so he can pass some really tough legislation. and he will have to do this all in the next several days. simon mcgregor wood, al jazeera, athens. >> in yemen a ceasefire has failed to hold. fighting continues on the ground and the saudi-led coalition is targeting houthi positions from the air. natasha guinane reports. >> whether a u.n. brokered humanitarian truce would mean a lull in violence during the final days of the holy month of
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ramadan. >> there is no truth they keep saying this but at the same time they keep shelling us. >> reporter: but no one seemed to disagree about the growing needs of a population in the midst of what the u.n. secretary-general has called a humanitarian catastrophe. >> translator: we need gas oil and also we need safety and security. that's all what we need from this truce. >> reporter: 80% of the yemen's population needs food and medicine. fighting has prevented aid groups from getting to the hungry and sick. they were able to make aid deliveries in the areas of the worst fighting. they hope to do that again. as reports came in of air strikes and fighting on the ground on the first day of the truce the u.n. asked for restraint. >> there's actually a truce but it is counted by some violations here and there.
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the blood of yemenis is still shedding in aden in dalia and in ta'izz. >> both sides of this conflict have expressed doubt about the truth. aid agencies have said one thing should be very clear. if they can't deliver supplies to critical areas soon, more than 60% of yemenis could be facing famine. natasha you guinane, al jazeera. the head of iran has are discussed what he calls as united states arrogance. the former saudi arabian minister serving as most senior diplomat for 40 years last died. he was the world's longest
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>> welcome back. the top stories here on al jazeera. some of libya's warring factions have agreed on a framework of a peace deal. the deal could pave the way to a establishment of a democratic state. a palestinian prisoner who had been on hunger strike in an israeli jail, under administrative detention has been released. european finance ministers blame greece of a break down of trust. tax hikes in return for a $54 billion euro bailout. 20th anniversary of the genocide at srebrenica. and a morale service has been held in the nearby town of
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potocari. the presence of one man. >> reporter: prayers at potocari, for the victims of srebrenica. 136 more people were being laid to rest 20 years after they were killed. in many cases just partial remains were found. nura sulic came to bury her brother nemet who was 33. it's a painful day for her. >> translator: i feel better because i know where to come. i wish this would never have happened though or at least that body. i only have three bones. but at least now i can come and visit my brother. >> reporter: among the political figures invited on 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 young boys and men only become a memory of a
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tragedy. >> aleksander vucic was later turned on by a small section of the crowd here. they're angry he's consistently denied a genocide has take place. >> denying a genocide is a factual misrepresentation. it is an insult to the victims. >> beyond the anger of course there's renewed grief as this cemetery fills up. the 20th anniversary has brought with it visits and speeches from around the world but year in and year out what the events at potocari means for families of the victims is a chance to remember the loved ones. still there's an estimated 1200 srebrenica victims whose remains
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still have not been identified. they are likely to be digging fresh graves here for years to come. nadim baba, al jazeera potocari. violence involved ukraine's right sector, police surrounded, and tried to negotiate a peaceful surrender. a suicide bomb attack has killed at least 17 people in chad's capital. police say another 74 were injured in the blast at the marketplace in jamaina. boko haram claimed responsibility for the attack. >> an attacker dress fled a berber tried to enter the market. he was stopped at the market's southern entrance, asked him to remove his veil. he was immediately apprehended
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and blew up the charge carried under his burka. >> african leaders have been pressing for a delay because of protests of burundi's president be pierre nkurunziza. >> reporter: burundi's 53rd independence day. blames this force that raided bujumbura. >> we are atrade of what we have seen. we want the government to protect us but we don't trust the police or the military. >> since the protests started in may, the government has increased surveillance. abandoned people have run away. they so much fear in path of bujumbura, many people blaming the government, the security agents are just looking for weapons they say.
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young men such as this say they are being targeted in the government raids they say they bombed groups to protect their neighborhoods. they asked us to hide their identity for security reasons. >> they say we have the weapons but we don't. sometime they are the ones who plant the weapons. >> reporter: tension in burundi was one of the reasons why there was so much pressure for government to postpone the election. regional officials recommended the elections be delayed two weeks, security situation media freedom and the possibility of forming a government of national unity, but two week delay will clash with constitution guidelines. >> the government has to ensure that this stays within constitution limits. otherwise if we go beyond, we
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stray beyond the day what the constitution says, in that being in a situation of political vacuum. >> opposition leaders say a week's delay will not solve the crisis but are still willing to sit and talk. >> i don't know the spirit of the government is to enforce the way, and not comply with any advice from this side or the other one. unfortunately it is -- it is harmful for burundi in the coming days. >> and so burundiians to wait a little bit longer for a presidential election that has poisonnized the country. catherine soy, al jazeera burundi. >> those in government jobs have decide in the past months, police say their death is under
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suspicious. fez jamil reports. >> warning the death of his son thousands accused in the so-called viappam scan, he was told his son died of a heart attack while in custody. but some suspect. >> once he was about to be released is when he died. he never had any health issues. that's why we think he was murdered. we're trying to find out how he did it, why he did it. >> goarmdomer's alleged involvement in thein the scam.
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since investigations began in 2013 students, state officials and politicians have been accused in the case, some that be have been accused causing natural causes or suicides for their death. the state's home minister says corruption is deeply rooted. >> it was a conspiracy for corruption involving bureau accuracy. it is sad the educated person applying for administration did not get in. some without got it, same for the government. >> activists accused the state negotiators of bias, requested the handing over of investigation, the cbi,. >> the same party is ruling in
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center and state. it is not proper to investigate that is only partial when yir will be be enacted under cba. >> meanwhile those like being kalashtomer, the number of deaths involved, the central bureau of investigation is expected to look into the death itself and family members' death. hope the truth will be revealed. fez jamil, al jazeera. >> cuban state media said to be taken on thursday, it shows the 88-year-old praising workers inform achievements in food production. if you can speak about the restoration of diplomatic ties between the u.s. and cuba.
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hayet's foreign minister is accusing people ofaccusing people of dumping ratification like dogs. adam rainey records. >> we're in haiti just a few minutes from the dominican border. most people working raising families, now feel they're in a foreign land, one they know little about where laif is hard. for two months this has been home for juanis bonis and his wife. the dominican public e-patrick says they have not been
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deporting people, that is not true. >> they grabbed me and deported me to hayet. my wife and our children are there, it is three months since have seen him. >> every every day they are sending them to the border. >> signs of expansion everywhere. people are checking out what they can. a pastor showed me the camp pointing all the rivals. >> in the first few days i maid a list of 160 deportees that arrived. every day the number has grown. finally i told without counting. >> reporter: a human contradiction, when told what we found, a dominican official insisted not a single person has been deported. this man says he lived for 15 years in the dominican republic
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working on farms one of hundreds of thousands of migrant workers whose labor helped power and economic boom. >> this is an injustice from the admin kansas. for years we have been working to grow the economy and suddenly they want all of us to leave. >> feel abandoned by haiti's government. people who come here say it's a struggle to meet just their basic needs. there is no food or water here, the river is half a mile away. and before we left we lent juanis our phone to try and call his kids. he tells a friend 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. adam rainey al jazeera haiti. >> a poll shows that american
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businessman donald trump is front runner among republicans vying for the u.s. president. john hendren reports from the state of arizona. >> for americans angry over immigration and there are a lot of them one candidate speaks clearer louder than rest. >> in donald trump. >> we have to stop illegal immigration. we have to we have to. they're killing us at the border and they're killing us in trade. they're killing us. >> for many the clarity of that message from a candidate known for his blundless resonates. >> no documentation. >> donald trump handy backed down from these comments. >> they're bringing drugs. they're bringing crime they're rapists. >> many flalts say that's likely to limit his candidacy his support from hispanics the
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fastest growing portion of the electorate. their voices were heard in phoenix. >> i wonder if the mexican government sent them over here, i think so. >> the renal party needs to do the opposite. they need to get more hispanic votes. i would not disregard his candidacy as something not serious. >> trump dwraw so much interest that he had to move his campaign here to the phoenix convention center which holds thousands more. >> he's got brains, he employs thousands of people. he can get us out of this hole that we are in. >> trump isn't shy about criticizing his rivals. >> hillary clinton was the worst secretary of state in the history of our country. >> the polls just came out said i'm tied with jeb bush, i can't
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be tied with this person he's terrible. and from macy's, thousands and thousands of people are cutting up their macy's credit cards comfortable i love it. >> the businessman and reality tv star will have to tone down the rhetoric to be taken seriously as a presidential contender. >> owe y especially when we get into the heavy presidential season he won't win. >> the packed convince hall in this immigration weary state on the mexican border, john hendren, al jazeera phoenix. >> more than 80 people living near a volcano in mexico, have been moved to a saver area. it continues to belch smoke and
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lava. it's caused officials to close the local airport. and a quick reminder. you can keep up to date with all the news on our website there it is on your screen, the address, aljazeera.com. that's aljazeera.com. >> 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
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