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to a world in motion. ♪ ♪ welcome back, a recap of the top stores here on al jazerra. votes are being counted in a burundi's president lex, the president is seek a third term even though the stop since says it goes against the constitution the the united states says a senior al qaeda member has been called in an air trying in syria. he was a key figure in a syrian-based al qaeda off shoot the u.s. says an eight ship has arrived in aden. since saudi-led airstrikes began three months ago carrying
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three-tons of surprise, enough to feed 180 for you people for a month. more on the stop stories. the elections in burundi. almost half are now in rwanda of the people that fled. catherine soi send this report. >> reporter: she came from the capital on sunday she was trading selling clothes now she has to rely on lujan man terrien aid. she is far from home but is still afraid. >> translator: there are two checkpoints, one by police. if you are carrying luggage they stop from you crossing the border. if you are a man they accuse you of being a rebel and take you we had to pay bribes to get through. >> reporter: that group that she is talking about is rwanda's ruling party youth wing whose
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members have been accused of killing and intimidation. many of these people are following very keenly what is going on in their country, they want to go back home. but they say that a polarizing election on its own does not guarantee the safety, should they return. arriving in mae may with her six children, she told us thattal being in the camp provides many challenges but it's safer than being at home. >> translator: i can only go back if i see many people here doing so. for now it's impossible. >> there is still a lot of uncertainty. people are still being killed. >> reporter: aid agencies are worried that they could see more fleeing people if the political situation in burundi is not resolved. >> of course we briefs paid for any given stereo, but we hope those given scenarios will not take place, base any displacement is a tragedy for a
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person. >> reporter: but tack camp these teenagers catch up on their studies there are a thousand 400 children separated from their families here, also far away from the only home they know. cathery soi, al jazerra refugees camp in eastern rwanda. the african union mission no somalia has denied allegations of a mass shoot buying force on his tuesday. witnesses say 24 people were killed when african union troops opened fire without provocation but the mission in somalia has released a statement saying they category denounce this devious allegations especially as our troops were not involved in the alleged killing of civilians. in iraq, at least 32 people have been killed in a series of explosions across the country. the deadliest was in a show neighborhood in the capital baghdad, 14 people remember killed when a car bomb blew up outside a busy clothing store. anti-government protest have his continued in turkey
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following monday as suspected suicide attack. protesters say the government hasn't done enough to stop attacks by isil. 32 people were killed in an explosion in a town near turkey's border with syria. the prime minister says a suspect has now been identified. mohamed report. >> reporter: the tenderest of gestures under the most terrifying of circumstances. clutching and caressing the coffin he simply can't bear to let his loved one go. in southeast turkey, relatives and friends of the victims experience their darkest day. their grief is far too powerful to contain. later, where the bomb went off one of the injured youth active vives looks on in horror and sadness. he was going to go in to kobane, syria with two of his best friends, two friends who are now
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gone. traumatized to his core, it's clear his psych clog he logical wouldn't are everybody more painful than his physical ones. >> it is also our responsibilities because we didn't take any precautions, we should have taken more precautions. >> reporter: while investigators work to bring the perpetrators to justice this community is struggling just to come to terms with this reality. here at the site of the horrific attack, at this cultural center, there is a deep sense of sadness
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behind me there are folks that have gathered, they have left flowers, they are also leaving children's toys, why children's toys? because the volunteers from this youth group have planned to go in to kobane, going to take these toys, so children there whose lives have been devastated by war. the youth group planned to cross in to syria and rebuild wrecked hospitals why reconstructioning shattered morale. now that spirit is lost. all that's left are these symbols of innocence, in a region full of stretch are you. momohammed, al jazerra turkey. the u.s. defense secretary has assured co lint troops they will win the fight against isil. >> ashton carter was speaking near jordan's capital amman saying there needs to be more local support on the ground to defeat the armed group. >> we all know that the lasting defeat of isil, is going to
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require not just air power 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. >> earlier on tuesday carter met with the israeli prime minister to discuss last week's nuclear deal with iran. he's touring the middle east to reassure regional allies over the agreement. carters' next stop is saudi arabia. one consequence of the iranian nuclear deal may be a weapons buildup in the middle cease,. >> reporter: the u.s. defense second isn't just offering moral support, to allies in the region. he thought, according to several news reports to be bringing with him promises of billions of
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dollars of conventional weapons. the obama administration has broken records in its weapon sales to the middle east, it's significantly weakened arms expert controls, in fact one state department officials testified that it was a major preoccupation of all top u.s. foreign policy officials how to sell more weapon on his every continent. no matter how volatile the region. the obama administration has already sold $64 billion worth of weaponry to gulf cooperation council countries. >> this year kuwait is expected to buy $3 billion worth of weaponry. the e.u. a wants $2 billion worth of drone technology with $130 million of munitions in all also in the pipeline, lebanon wants $500 million worth of the weaponry. the u.s. and israel were in talks for what was described as a multi billion dollars weapons compensation package for the iranian dealing. saudi arabia sent an unvialed $80 billion on weaponry last year. it's waiting for some $2 billion in u.s. helicopters. the owe bomb administration the
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arms race isn't an unfortunate consequence of a nuke lag deal with iran but a separate policy decision, for articles pro lips raise analyst. the u.s. is preventing a nuke lahr weapons race not a conventional one. >> the united states has long been a supplier of weapons to many other states, the french, have, the british have and the russians have and there are buyers these are oil-rich countries not spend getting their money where they ought to, which is on the health and welfare of the people of that you are country fist you ask me for my opinion. >> reporter: where once this arms buildup in the gulf was seen in terms of deter deterrence, things have i think chads the weapons now being ewing used from yemen for bahrain to libya. even those of on the forefront of arms control policy find it difficult to concede of the u.s. deescalating the region, especially as it's a competitors continue to do business. >> it's not justify the united states that is selling arms. you can look at the u.n. register and see who is selling
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weapons. [ inaudible ] selling arms in these -- >> we have to make sure that we are not selling the types of weapons that can fuel these conflicts. >> reporter: and it has yet to be seen whether that is possible. al jazerra washington. ukraine's government and russian separatists in the east have agreed to extend the partial withdrawal of weapons. the preliminary deal reached with foreign mediators covers tanks and smaller weapons systems, those weapons should have already been pulled out under february's ceasefire but both sides have accused each other of continue to go use them. women's rights groups in india are calling for a ban on instant divorces by muslim men. currently men can divorce their wives simply by saying the word tala k three times and some even use facebook or skype to do it. faiz jamil reports from new delhi. >> reporter: she has been
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looking for answers, her husband who was working in saudi rain i can't phones her one night and said the word three times. that was all it took for him to divorce her. >> translator: it's not fair that men say it and it's all over. the wife should also have a say. end ago i marriage by just saying it. alak isn't right. >> reporter: the is let's i can civil loud is protected under the interim i can't understand constitution. so the indian government is working on them some indian women's groups say that needs to change. >> many, many such issues involved when you just do it abruptly. there is no possibilities for any settlement and any livelihood choices options for women who just are alone single, without any support system it's a single right given for men. it couldn't be worse than in this system where men can decide to choose, deliver at their own
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choice. >> reporter: islamic scholars did i have ore how it should be practiced. some say there should be a waiting period before such a divorce becomes becomes final whatever the interpretation, indian muslim groups say tala k should be dealt with at a community level. >> it should be discouraged at all costs but we cannot say it's banned it's the option of the girl and the people from the girl's side in fact they can put up the conditions that it will not be pronounced or not effective unless these things are taken care. >> reporter: it lamb i can civil law is open to interpretation which is lie issues like this are did he debate the within the community itself. many have banned the former very valuevalue divorce. though a government committee here has recommended abolishing it many don't believe it will go much feather than that. as politics burr bureaucracy or sensitivity will stop any real change, faiz gentleman kneel, al jazerra, new delhi.
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scientists say the earth experienced the hottest month of june since 1880. it's the fourth month this year to break temperature records. climate experts say 2015 is on the track to be the hottest year ever measured, scientists are blaming global warming for the higher temperatures. conservationists in ghana say it face a threat to its biodiversity from fisherman targeting sharks for slaughter. the gust university's marine unit says the sharks are being killed for their fins. a report from the ghana coast. >> reporter: this fishing boat has just returned from three days at sea. the prize catch say shark. fishermen in this western region of ghana say they sell the meet locally and cut off the fin to his sale to agents who export them.
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>> reporter: he says depending on the season he can catch up to 50 sharks in one month. and that he can get up to $50 a kilo for the fins. that's just a fraction of what they sell for internationally. in addition no these sharks, the fish american sometimes catch dolphin, which they use as bait for the sharks. conservationist say they are both supposed to be protected because they are migratory species. according to this leading ghanaian marine biology the killings of sharks and dolphin is his on the increase. >> these are fresh shark phins. but says conservation is not a government priority. >> there is no doubt that we know it's illegal. but because of the need for food food, so. [ inaudible ] in fact, the dolphins are even being used as food now directly.
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it is definitely not right. so the costs of food security is making it difficult to enforce these rules. >> reporter: the fisheries commission denies dolphins are being caught. as for sharks, the commission says the fishermen are flying with the convention because they are making use of the whole shark rather than just cutting off the fins than discarding the body at sea and it's a small percentage of fish american involved in these activities. >> we are talking about active fishing fleets, they are fishermen. [ inaudible ] if shark finning you know, is the creed, that is guilty money. we should just -- those countries that are buying should stop. >> reporter: fish stocks are declining, and fishermen say they are doing what they can do survive. conservationists fear that in the end it's not just fish, but
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