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>> saudi arabia arrests more than 400 people suspected to having links to isil. >> i'm maryam nemazee. this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up, arrogance and atrocious. iran's supreme leader keeps up his hard line-receipt lick against the u.s. after the nuclear deal. a scene of horror in iraq where a car bomb has killed 115 people. the sudanese scholars are trying to figure out what
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attracts recruits to armed groups. and in a world full of distracting technology, could a book at bedtime turn over a new leaf for families? >> saudi arabia said that it's foiled plan attacks by the islamic state in iraq and the levant while announcing the arrests of 431 people. some are accused of already carrying out bombings, including one in may which killed 21 people in the eastern village. >> with raids and seizures of guns money saudi officials have arrested 431 people they say are tied to the armed group. >> within the past few weeks we've put an end to isil in
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saudi arabia. >> they say the subjects are from across the middle east and africa. stewart forces say that they have foiled six other attacks being planned against saudi target. >> isil is trying to create a rift in the kingdom. >> with the arrests saudi arabia hopes to quash the ability of the group to recruit nor fighters. >> they say that the arrests are good news but more needs to be done. >> i would disagree with saying that we have brought an end to
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>> describing washington as arrogance khamenei said that iran will continue its allies. they also reiterateed the destruction of israel. the nuclear agreement signed on tuesday brings back our eighth automatic program. >> we'll never stop supporting our friends in the region even after this deal our policy towards the arrogant u.s. will not change. of course we don't welcome a war. we won't begin or preempt a war. if a war does happen here, the one who will exit the war in humiliation already be atrocious america. >> well, the nuclear deal is seen as a major success for
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president barack obama and one of a string of achievement that is will help to seal his legacy. >> you can even he see it in the way he walks. suddenly for u.s. president barack obama is fired up. that explains his mood in a radio interview. >> i know what i'm doing and i'm fearless. >> to many the president has had a picture perfect last few months. the supreme court kept his signature national insurance in place. he would re-establish diplomatic ties with cuba after five decades and now the international deal on iran's nuclear program. he has been defying what pundits have been saying for years. >> is obama a lame duck president. >> this is a lame duck president. >> is he already a lame duck? >> it seems that the president
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would disagree. he's even speaking out with more force in some of the most toxic political issues in the u.s. like gun control. >> i've had to make statements like this too many times. >> and on race ♪ amazing grace ♪ >> uniting a congregation in song after a racially motivated shooting. >> that's nonsense, and you should know better. >> his to do list is not done. it's possible he could get through criminal justice reforms reducing sentences for non-violent drug offenders and he's still working on finalizing the free trade agreement that would impact 40% of the economy. but often presidential legacyies are shaped outside of their control.
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>> everything is unpredictable. there is so much that is out of his control. what the world leaders do are out of his control. >> the president still faces challenges. the fight against isil. the rebuilding of iraq. the civil war in syria. the stand off in ukraine, and he needs to get the iran deal past congress and then figure out if he'll do more than just threaten israel with the possibility of supporting palestine at the united nations. this is a president who is realizing that the clock is ticking hoping he can tick off a few more accomplishments in the time he has left. >> in iraq a massive suicide-bomb has killed 115 people as they celebrated the end of ramadan. islamic state in iraq and the levant have claimed responsibility for the car bombing. imran khan reports from the capital. >> the governor at diyala province has called for three days of mourning after the
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attack there. becomes were detonateed during the eve of the celebration. >> why would anyone ever do this? this is terror on a day where everyone should be celebrating. >> as bodies were being pulled from the republic angry crowds destroyed property. social media accounts show isil claiming responsibility for the attack. isil said that the attack was revenge for the iraqi's government financing to campaign against its fighters. as three days of mourning are declared public areas have been closed to prevent other attacks. imran khan, al jazeera, baghdad. >> administrators at an university in sudan are trying
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to figure out how to prevent students were dropping their studies to join isil. >> since march 21 students are believed to have abandoned their futures as doctors to join isil. >> the students who join isil look normal in their first and second year at university. then there is a change in their lifestyle. then we hear that they've joined isil. we've seen a change in their personalities. >> the university is 19 years old and has around 1,000 students. isil has been recruiting on campus. >> security discovered a house being rented in the suburbs where they were giving lectures to students or whoever they have found to be keen to join isil or
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those with extreme ideology. >> now that they've identified the problem they're trying to understand why. >> this issues deserves investigation, and it's due to these injustice. >> some sudanese scholars believe the way to combat isil on campus is to promote an intellectual dialogue to show students that extremism is not the way forward. al jazeera. >> kenya's westgate shopping mall has reopened in nairobi two years after al-shabab gunmen killed 67 people there. they're hailing the reopening as a sign of a city in faith. president barack obama is due to visit nairobi in a week. over the past two years the armed group have killed more
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than 400 people in kenya including 148 at an university last april. in the west game mall when it was attack, this is nadia's own story in her own words. >> my name is that i can't and i'm from the fragrance lounge. we're ready to reopen at the westgate. i had run out in a very bad scene. it was the worst day ever. i had to come back to the mall after a few weeks to recover the stock. initially it was very hard for me to get back in, but we're ready to sell again. we feel comfortable and we invite people to over come.
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for people who are hesitant coming to the fall, i feel like we should come together as a community and support because as a country we're going through this as a country. we're not going through this as just westgate because it can happen anywhere at any time. it's not because it happened here. it's going to happen again. it's because because we've overcome it and we're ready to do what we have it to do. the security is yes, we have moved from where we are. we're much better than what we were two years back, but i think we have a long way to go. >> there is much more still ahead for you on the program. >> in the suburbs of west jerusalem where black israelis say they'll continue to protest against widespread racism and discrimination after earlier proests ended in violence. >> and a desperate jammable to safety. drivers in california run from
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a car bomb detonated at the end of ramadan. and iran's supreme leader said that it's policies towards the u.s. will not change after the nuclear deal was signed at the end of the week. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that racism must be eliminateed. many black israelis believe little will change. >> an anti-racism protest in the heart of israel's most liberal city. black israelis gather in tel aviv to call for an end of discrimination, something that they say is institutional "uizeed." >> we've been experiencing racism for years. we're demonstrating because we want equality in israel.
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>> prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that racism needs to be eliminateed from israeli society, and he has set up a government ministerial committee to aim to combat it but few here believe there will be change. a video went viral of a black israeli soldier being beaten by police. the rallies were peaceful until police fired tear gas and stun grenades towards protesters. >> in israel because of this huge amount of this divide and conquer that goes on there is a lot of racism that is legitimate. we should not be surprised when this racism towards palestinians that is always pushed by the government when it translates into racism to other groups. >> this is one of the wealthiest suburbs of west jerusalem. but within this suburb is a neglected neighborhood which is
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not just one of the poorest in the area but in all of israel. it's where we met somak born if ethiopia he immigrated to israel ten years ago. he shows me around his home, which is inside what. he tells me everyone in the israeli is black israeli and unemployment here is more than double the national average. most residents complain of frequent harassment by police. >> i thought life would be better in israel. in ethiopia we had our own way of life and could earn money. here we are nothing. >> black israelis have complained of discrimination for years. despite having being in israel since the 1980s rights groups say that they earn far lest than the general population and they're more likely to end up in prison. something that prime minister benjamin netanyahu has promised
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to change. but somak think it's too little too late, and he does not expect life to improve for him or other black israelis no matter what the government does. al jazeera tel aviv. >> now greek banks will reopen on monday with slightly flexible withdraw limits. meanwhile, the greek prime minister has sworn in new ministers of his cabinet. there were nine changes over all including the labor and energy ministers. the changes came after prime minister tsipras sacked ministers who were opposed to the austerity measures.
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two men have been arrested for accidently starting the fire near the capital. the other blaze destroyed 30 homes. firefighters are on alert for more flareups. well a wildfire has sent people fleeing from a major highway in california. hundreds of firefighters and aircraft have been battling the flames. >> fierce and fast moving, the flames caught motorists by surprise. as drivers abandon their car and scramble to safety. >> my husband just said get your stuff and go, and we did. >> all of a sudden huge fire just coming over the road burning all the cars. people were running up the hill.
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it was just a nightmare. >> the wildfires started in surrounding foothills before bearing down on the main highway linking southern california to las vegas. the area is a tinderbox vegetable is parched from prolonged drought. hot wind fans flames and several mountain communities nearby were evacuated. local tv stations filmed aircraft dropping water and fire retardant. on the ground 1,000 firefighters tried to fight the fire. vehicles have been destroyed but so far no injuries have been reported. >> well, the world of motor racing is mourning the death of jules bianchi who died after a crash in the japanese grand prix last october.
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now, an u.s. sailor has died of wounds sustained in a shooting this week in the southern state of tennessee. that takes the total number of people killed to six including the attacker himself. police have identified him as and mohammed yousef aziz. >> miners use the tools of their trade blowing up dynamite in the streets. four people were injured in friday's violence, well, venezuela's president is being accused of a political witch-hunt banning three oppositional members from public office. >> a career in politics was never one that would be easy.
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she now has been stripped of her right to hold public office for a year. >> the degree of fear, terror that he has towards citizens that are willing to fight and tell the truth. >> the charges against here include failing to declare assets like food. accused of attempting to killed nicolás maduro and betraying her country, she insists these allegations and the more recent ones are completely falls. she said that they're politically motivate motived and a clear indication that the government is trying to silent political dissent. >> this is not a political sanction but rather an
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administrative one that accounts for her failure of certain benefits she received while serving as a member of parliament. >> but she is not the only government detractor. two former mayors join her on the growing list. >> this is the systemic persecution of the opposition. we've seen the same measures apply to several political leaders. >> brazil's congress has rally ied in support. more international condemnation could further erode the legitimacy of the madero government. this recent move could see an increase of political tensions in a country already torn by polarization. >> nepal's massive earthquake in april left many mountain forces out of work, but now some are
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putting their skills to humanitarian use carrying food to people in villages. >> local porters have gathered for their day's work. they carry food to people in villages. a porter with the trekking agency before. >> my house was destroyed. we cannot afford to sit around. we need to work. >> more than 7,500 porters have been employed in this program. nepal's trekking agency association has been handling the logistics. >> we're trying to provide jobs for the 40,000 people, food delivering is the mission. we're just supporting the mission. >> these porters are going to
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walk for three days and cover a 3500-meter pass. they earn $15 a day to carry 30-kilos. from the air landslides appear like stars on the mountainside. the team has to fix the trail as they walk. most of the houses in this picturesque village have been damaged. the village has always had problems with food availability and now their main crop, maize has been decimated with some kind of an insect, which have made them completely reliant on food distribution. >> taking us to see the maize plantation. >> after the earthquake some kind of insect started eating it up. look at what it did. >> he tells me that they use fertilizers for some of the crops.
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the maize should have been ready by now he tells me. while the maize leaves are lush the cob is still not well formed. more than 200 metric tons of food and other items have been carried by porters to 83,000 people living in villages like these. for the people who are still recovering from the earthquake, the aid comes as a welcome relief. al jazeera nepal. >> now reading to children at bedtime has long been a tradition for many teams. but a british book charity said that young fathers are setting a bad example by spending too much time on their mobile phones. neave barker has the story. >> it's story time for the preston children. a regular ritual for their father, the award-winning author alex preston. it's a time to prepare young minds for sleep. a time when the imagination awakens. >> i think it's a beautiful thing at the end of the day for
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us all to sit down and read a story together. we ask questions about it. we talk about things. it's always a work that we--a word that we don't know, we look it up and it's just part of a wonderful routine. >> the book at bed time is a vital part of the day. the number of mothers reading to their children remains high, fewer and fewer young dads are willing to get involved. some children are picking up bad habits from their technology-obsessed fathers. [ cell phone ringing ] sorry, research suggests that 80% of fathers under the age of 24 do not like reading to their children. but when dads do stories well it can have a significant impact on their child's development. >> it makes a big difference to their health and well-being, to their confidence as readers and also how well they do in school. i think it's really important
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about dads reading to their children. particularly for boys they can see that reading is something that men do. we're not saying saying that technology isn't as important but mix it up. >> i meet phil earl, whose experience as being red to as a child launched him into his career. >> i was surrounded by stories. not just books but stories have a tradition in my family. if a book sparked my imagination, my dad would make up further stories and for me that was incredibly powerful. >> in a world of distracting technologies and busy scheduleds, the book at bed people may seem like a throwback to a bygone era but with children who are regularly read to by their parents and enjoying
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a 12-month head start on their classmates a traditional bedtime story may be more crucial than ever. >> it was in some way dangerous and powerful. >> neave barker, al jazeera, london. >> remember, you can find more on everything that we're covering right here. www.aljazeera.com. in india, a woman's fate can take a cruel twist when her husband dies. >> they would beat me, both my daughter in law and my son would beat me. my brother in law tried to rape me but i fought back. i got him beaten up.
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