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outbreaking of violence during a controversy presidential election. >> also coming up, greece and aingener turkey as the victims of a bombing are layed to rest. three tons of aid delivered to yemen by the u.n., plus. print add face, and head, and office the muscles and it was rising out of the powder. >> the printing technology that is adding a new
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dimensions to medical training. votes are being counted after an election that critics there and abroad have dismissed as having no credibility. president is trying to repain in power, despite already serving the maximum two materials allowed under the constitution. reports now the government accusing it's opposition rivals of provoking violent protests. >> after a night of gunfire and explosions in the capitol, the dead are being counted on voting day. this man was an opposition member no one here know whose killed him or why but it is frightening. >> we don't sleep all night we are here. we hear guns we don't know.
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>> people say he was killed somewhere else and then dumped here. it is anger as lot of people in the neighborhood there have boston celtics been a lot of protests and people are really concerned there could be violence after the election. >> the neighborhood has been tense ever since the president announced he was run thing ever a third term. the president voting in the hometown, and says he is impressed by the large voter turn out where he is popular. this mark as big achievement and shows the democracy in our country. this is an opportunity to allow all without exception to elect the best candidate someone they feel will encouraging development, of the country. >> but in the capitol things are different. some refuse to vote, those who did say they want to stay here. >> it is my right to vote.
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it is also good to vote so we can have a president that will govern this country. many parties boycotted the election saying conditions aren't right for a free and fair pole. they say they won't recognize the result. >> it is widely expected he will win his opponents say they won't stop trying to remove him from power. al jazeera. >> tens of thousands have crossed the border into rwanda to escape the violence. kathryn is in the refugee camp in the east, she spoke with the u.n. hmmc. about some of thening thats facing humanitarian workers. we are getting about 100 new arrival as day but it is fewer than expected fewer than it was the new arrive refugees are telling us that her having trouble traveling
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they are having trouble getting up to the border area, they are being stopped. their positions being confiscated. they are being threatened. and so they are not able to get across the boarder freely. and so we have the sense there's a large number of people who want to flee, but have not yet been able to get across the border to reach safety here in rwanda. >> still 70,000 people that's a big number, 34,000 here. this camp was set up just for this right this camp is 91 days old so there was nothing here 92 days ago now it is a small town, with all of the challenges. the number one priority is trying to race against time to prepare for more coming. we don't know when, so it makes it difficult to plan.
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for the refugees still here already, the number one priority is water. you know, more people die from bad water lack of water in refugee situationing than any other single cause. so clean water at adequate wattser important we have young people that refuse to go to school they say their clothes are too dirty. so there's a water shortage that is very serious we are trying to bring river watt fresh the nearby river into the camp. we are trucking watt fresh 60 miles away every day. we are drilling bore holes all of this has been a challenge. and so far the water is in short supply. watt. >> a suspect has been identified in an apparent
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suicide bombing which killed 32 people in the southeast. the explosion happened near the syrian border on monday. families of the victims have been laying their loved ones to rest. many are angry that more wasn't done to protect them. european minded under the most terrifying of circumstances. clutching the coffin he simply can't bear to let his loved one go. in southeast turkey, relatives and friends experience their darkest day. their grief is far too off to contain. later, where the bomb went off, one of the injured youth activists looked on in horror, and sadness. he was going to go with two of his best presents two friends that are now gone. it is clear his wounds are
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even more painful than his physical ones. just under the collective sadness anger bubbled up. he tells me he was at the scene of the explosion. >> we are in great pain here, but we will take our revenge. they say they haven't done enough to protect the population especially in areas like this, in the long border with syria. others say keeping the border safe is a shared duty. >> it is also our responsibility because we didn't take any precautions. this community is struggling just to come to terms with this reality. here at the site of the horrific attack, at this center, there is a deep sense of sadness, and behind me, there are folks that have
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gathered, they have left flowers they are also leaving children's toys. because the volunteers from this youth group had planned to go into kobane, they were going to take these to children there whose live have had been devastated by war. the youth group had planned to rebuild wrecked hospitals while reconstructioning shattered morale, no uh that spirit is lost. all that is left of these symbols of innocence. al jazeera turkey. >> the first u.n. hmm aid ship to arrive since the war in yemen began has docked at the southern port of adan. the world food program vessel is carrying enough to feed 180,000 people for a month. those supplies are needed by yes, ma'am then who have been cut off since the war began four months ago now. the flow of aid is expected to increase with the airport
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due to reopen within the next 24 hours. mohammad is the world football director for the middle east, he gave us a update on the situation in yemen, speaking via skype. >> it's been waiting outside for more than two weeks waiting for the right moment to come in, and now this morning we felt that the conditions are suitable for that vessel. it is carried onboard food, about 3,000 tons of food which is good enough to feed about 180,000 people for at least one month. but i would like to highlight here, but also on the 14th of july, we managed to get food for about 27,000 people from our hubs in other parts of the country. into adan as i said, we are happen by to see that we are also accessing adan through sea.
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>> a soldier from the united arab emirates has been killed in fighting. the general command of the armed forces says one of the soldiers was killed. the officeser the third to die in the conflict, although the u.a.e. has yet to confirm that it has deflowed ground forces. and there's also been fighting west of yemen's mountain region. army units backed by local resistence have launched attacks. there have been deaths although it is unclear how many at this stage. >> at least 15 people have been killed in the syrian city of aleppo by shelling which is said to have been carried out by the syrian army. which is an area controlled by opposition forces. several of the buildings in the area have collapsed. in iraq, u.s. led air strikes have killed five people, as the military continues it's campaign against the islamic
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state of the levant, the air strikes follow one of the deadliest car bombings on friday, in which 115 people were killed and more than 100 were injured. and met resident who is said they have been left to fend for themselves. >> this is where the bomb went off on friday during the've of the religious festival, the islamic state quickly claimed responsible for the explosion. mobs of angry young men in this shia town have been out on the streets since the attack. protesting what happened. no one what happened here, our boths han't even visited here even president obama has sent condolences no one cared. >> their anger isn't likely to go away any time soon, they blame the muslims of this town for allowing fighters in. and allegations used to say on camera because they fear
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revenge attacks. >> the people here have lost faith in the government to defend them. they say people don't attack like these they say they are the only ones that have the power that are able to take revenge, and that's what they want, revenge against the attacks. >> the local government is under pressure, as the representative of the government elected towards them. he is lying low. fearle of what is outside. >> we need more of everything to protect ourselves. more cameras more police, who know the area and can protect us. >> members of the militia groups have visited one of them have warned they will get revenge. >> which demonstrates they can attack and that has residents here scared and
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angry. >> al jazeera. the province. >> the property stricken region. >> the triple how muslims can divorce their wifes by simply saying a word three times.
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>> the top stories on al jazeera. turn out in the presidential
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election appears to be low after the opposition boycotted the vote. the day has been marred by violence with a police hahn and an opposition figure killed just as voting began. the first u.n. aid ship to arrive since the war began has docked at the southern port. it's carying enough food to feed 180,000 people for a month. >> the prime minister says the suspect has been identified and there may be links to isil. the u.s. defense secretary says ground troops are needed to defeat isil. at an air base, ashton carter thanked those taking part, but said this alone was not enough. we all know that the lasting defeat of isil is going to require not just air power
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but capable forces on the ground, and those forces have to be local. because after all the people who live there are local. >> and at the moment, we have tremendous air power and we do not have the ground power that we need in all places where isil is operating. >> touring the middle east to bring reassurance over regional security, a week after a deal was reached over iran's nuclear program. earlier he met israel's prime minister, and visit is perceived as an offer of reassurance in the wake of that deal, which netanyahu described as a big mistake. he has urged the congress to reject the agreement says it won't prevent their nuclear ambition. the countries foreign minister who helped broker
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the deal told parliament he did his best. >> we have never claimed that the deal is completely beneficial to iran i emphasize that negotiating is about giving and taking. and unless a significant level of the two sides demands a net no agreement can be reached in order to meet demands we have had certain flexibility concerning restrictions and monitoring. this flexibility has been goal oriented and well calculated. >> a new report has found the victims of female genital mutilation living in every part of england and whales and the highest prevalence are concentrating in london. the practice has been illegal since 1985, but as yet no one has been prosecuted. now the government is introducing measures to tackle the problem. it's been practiced for generations many some parts of the world is defined by the world health organization
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as fear revenge mall genital mutilation. new reports warning there are thousands of girls in britain forced to undergo in most cases being taken abroad by relatives. the report says girls are at risk in every part of england and whales. but this part of london has the highest prevalence with f gm 4.7% of girls the report also puts the rates of girls born here to mother whose had undergone it as high as 10.4%. and that's largely due to migration patterns. >> these estimated are based on the census, so it is looking at migration patterns and looking at countries of origin, and where women and girls have come from. if you look at somalia, or egypt, fgm being penalty formed on women and girls there, so the conclusion is those women and girls who are then migrated to the u.k., the likelihood is they have
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also undergone fgm. >> they are planning to make it illegal requirement to report cases to the police. and this month, protection orders were introduced meaning anyone fearing a girl is at risk can ask a court allow officials to seize her passport. but not everyone believes that will work. she has been campaigning for years somethings she underwent when she was seven. she worked with survivors in the u.k., where there are special refugees for girls at risk. something she says britain badly needs. it is a violence. so if you actually go and speak against young family, you are more likely to have to leave your family, so we need to create a supportive system for these young girls and women. >> the reports offer estimate there are 137,000 women living in england and whales
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who were born in countries where f gm is common place they hope their work can help stop a new generation from having to undergo it. al jazeera london. at least 24 smallians were killed in apparently what was an unprovoked attack. elders from the town told al jazeera that troops opened fire on unarmed residents. they say the soldiers drove armored vehicles to a sports ground, and then opened fire on boys playing football. at least 22 people were injured. earlier reports that they were responding to a grenade attack has been denied. >> the new president says he is confident that the armed group will be defeated within 18 months. mohammad who is on a three day visit has been meeting u.s. secretary of state he says a multinational african force will be in place within ten days to take on the group responsible for killing thousands and abducting
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hundreds of school girls. >> the knew for the defense and have agreed what each country needs. and they are to be in place by the end of this month. we believe for this effective, around boko haram base in nigeria. who certainly will be effected. in changing the situation. >> the beliefian government has agreed to meet miners from the south who have been on strike for two weeks. they say they won't go back to work until the president fulfills promises of jobs and investment. reports. two weeks on, and protestors the pressing demands. on monday they set off dynamite in the streets close
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to the presidential palace. listen to us how do you forget the promises you made. >> protestors say the city is underdeveloped and one of the poorest, they want the government to build hospitals roads and international airports and to preserve the emblematic silver mine, active among other demands. we have fair demands some professionals here are miners because there is no work but the mine, we want industry. morales says 98% of the issues have been resolved. he says $1.3 billion has been invested and there is a plan to invest $700 million more. critics say that's helping industry, but not the people. >> 58% of royalty goes to
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sea, thes a lot of money but only few profit from it, the development continues to be as it was 500 years ago. twenty-thirds of the people continue to live in poverty. and infrastructure projects have been delayed. several thousand people have come from the capitol among them miners, teeners and businessmen, they say they will stay here indefinitely, until they speak with the president face to face. but the interior minister says he won't meet protestors. health conditions troubling any scenario for dialog, the doors are open for talks but with state ministers. >> now with access roads block, they are isolated and paralyzes protestors say the city is running out of food, medicine money and petrol
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people have been demanding changes for more than five years they don't want that wait any longer. >> indian women as rights groups are campaigning for a ban on instant divorces by muslim men. they are able to end a marriage simply by repeating the word talaq three times. and it doesn't even need to be face to face. she has been looking for answers. her husband who was working in saudi arabia phoned her and said the word talaq three times. that was all it took for him to divorce her. >> it is not fair that men say talaq and it is all over. the wife should also have a say. ending a marriage by just saying talaq isn't right. >> the indian government recognizes it even if it comes from email or text from
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overseas. >> some groups say that needs to change. >> when you just say it abruptly then there is no possibility for any settlement. and any livelihood choices options for the men leave the women alone, single, it is a single right given to men that couldn't be worse than this system, where men can decide, choose, deliver, at their own choice. >> islamic scal lars differ on how it should be practiced some say there should be a waiting period before the divorce becomes final. groups say talaq should be dealt with at a community level. >> it should be discouraged at all costs but we cannot say that it is bad so it is the option of the girl, and the people from the girl's side, in fact, that can put up the conditions that talaq will not be pronounced or
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effected unless these things are being taken care of. >> civil law is open for interpretation many majority countries have banned are reformed the use as a method of divorce. so the government committee here has recommended abolishing it, many don't believe it will go much further than that, politics and religious sensitivity will stop any real change. al jazeera, new delhi. >> they are already prints everything from guns to shoes now believe d. printers are making reply calls of body parts. it is being pioneered by medical staff at a university in australia, andrew thomas explains. >> caked in h this proudser the latest invasion in 3 d printing. designed are based on scans
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of people that create a file to send to a believe d. 3 d printer. with each sweep the printer head injects solidified colors into just a tiny proportion of the powder. as the block is lowered a 10th of a millimeter for each sweep, a detailed limb formed within. >> we had a let we print add face and a head, and all the muscled and it was rising out of the powder. it was very eerie. but very amazing. >> the parts aren't suitable to implant in people, the compact needed for that is probably still many decades away. but accurate replicas can be useful for training doctors. tradition nally students learn from books. crude models or occasionally parts dissected from dead people's bodies. >> it is great having them there to have that 3 d aspect, i suppose or having
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the actual aspect. and request only the two hours you could arce it is less than what we would want. >> they are rare and expensive, and in some cultures they are taboo. >> there are some cultures and religions which frown upon the dissection or interference with a dead body. and i would like to think that the parts of the world where there are issues of teaching medical students with cadavers that this could fill a unique niche. >> the accuracy of these is what makes them special. >> in time the ambition is a fully dissectible body part. so far there hasn't been a complete body printed there isn't yet a machine big enough to do it. this is actually a mix of body parts based on scans of different people, a modern model frankenstein. so though this is didn't start of print something that
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could be given life, for science teaching it is a big footstep forward. asked drew thomas al jazeera. >> incredible. much more on everything else on our website aljazeera.com. investigates shrimp safety. >> seafood by nature is a high risk commodity. >> americans love their shrimp but most of it comes from countries that use extensive antibiotics that could make you ill. now, techknow goes inside the federal testing program... >> i'm makin' a shrimp powder. >> that's supposed to protect the food supply. dr. shini somara is a mechanical