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>> turkey allow us the u.s. to launch airstrikes from its base against islamic state of iraq and the levant in syria. this is al jazeera live from london. >> we set out to dismantle their ability to be able to build a nuclear weapon, and we've achieved that. >> trying to convince the critics, john kerry sells the nuclear deal to congress. >> a defiant donald trump arrives on the u.s.-mexico border as he continues his
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aggression presidential campaign against immigration. >> trying to defeat deadly bacteria. >> turkey has joined forces with the united states to tackle the growing threat posed to its borders by the islamic state of iraq and the levant. they've agreed to allow u.s. led coalition war planes to use the air base that's in eastern turkey for airstrikes against the armed group. it follows phone discussions between turkey's president and barack obama earlier on thursday. that comes after a heavy firefight with isil on the turkey-syria border in which one turkish sole were was killed and another wounded. earlier, one policeman was shot in the mostly kurdish town in southern turkey. we have this update now.
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>> tensions very much on the riseual turkey's border with syria, a distressing incident as isil fighters fired into turkey from syria hit a turkish military convoy. one non-commissioned officer killed, two injured being treated now. turkey's army quickly deployed to the area, they fired upon those isil fighters. this is the first clash between turkish military and isil fighters. f16 fighter jets were scrambled to the area. officials say these are surveillance flights that happen regularly. another troubling incident earlier in the day. turkish officials saying that two police officers were investigating a traffic i understand when masked gunman
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shot at them. one officer was killed, another being treated at a local hospital. no one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but this underscoring all the tensions that are currently rising in turkey at a time when turkey is being drawn further into the syrian war. there's a spill over from the syrian conflict more and more spilling across the border. at this community center to the left of us here, very close to the border in which 32 people were killed. >> the turkey analyst spoke of the significance of turkey now actively taking on isil. >> this is the first time that the turkish military directly engages militarily with the islamic state leaving two carts on both sides. this is highly insignificant and we are seeing turkey more and more being dragged into the quagmire in syria and little
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spilling over the border into at your eitself. i think president erdogan has not yet formulated a clear and coherent policy to deal with the growing instability on the turkish border with syria. i think that president erdogan will need to demonstrate increasing flexibility to balance the interests and objective to say effectively deal with the instability in syria. i think that the instability will grow, that turkey will increasingly be dragged into the conflict with syria. we see in iraq, syria and turkey no longer respect the borders dividing those countries. i think that turkey increasingly will be dragged more and more into that conflict. >> dozens have been killed in fighting between iraqi shia popular mobilization forces and
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isil. it happened in northeastern fallujah. iraqi military sources say 73 have died, i'll isil say 113 troops were killed. >> islamic state of iraq and the levant released figures through social media sites that they used saying they've killed at least 113 popular mobilization force soldiers, the shia militias. that's been denied by the baghdad operations commander who said that they have lost iraqi security forces, including members this year. they say the figures are around 76. there is a propaganda war going on between the iraqis and isil. isil say they are mounting a fight back against the operation by the iraqi security forces to get rid of them and using car bombs to devastating effects. the iraqi security forces have said this will be a decisive
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operation to go after isil in anbar province and once the cities of ramadi and fallujah fall the whole province will be back you should government control. >> u.s. defense secretary ash carter is visiting iraq, meeting u.s. commanders and roc's prime minister al abadi to get a firsthand assessment of the fight against isil. they are preparing to take ramadi from the armed group. they've sent u.s. trained troops to the area. >> there have been fiery scenes at a u.s. senate committee where senior obama administration officials are trying to sell the iranian nuclear deal. the u.s. congress will review the deal where iran limits its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions. many lawmakers are still
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skeptical. >> preventing iran from developing nuclear weapons. the chair of the senate panel revealing the deal told obama administration officials he wasn't impressed. >> i believe that you have crossed a new threshold in u.s. foreign policy where now it is a policies of the united states to enable a state sponsor of terror to obtain sophisticate nuclear development program. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry said that wasn't true and called on congress to embrace the dole. >> if the u.s. congress moves to unilaterally reject that was agreed to in vienna, the result will be the united states of america walking away from every one of the restriction that is we have achieved. >> the anger largely from senate republicans couldn't be contained. >> i believe you've been fleeced.
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>> you guys have been bamboozled. >> this administration in my opinion has repeatedly capitulated. >> convince me this isn't just a big charade. >> they say the deal did not check iran's behavior, whether supporting hezbollah or hamas or backing the syrian government in civil war. that's when treasury secretary that the u.s. already has tools to hold iran to account. >> building on designations last month targeting the countries facilitators. we will not be removing sanctions on iran's guard core. >> one analyst said the administration needs to do a much better job of sell the deal politically. >> how can you deal with a country that's holding american hostages that supports
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terrorism? it's a very high risk strategy. >> kerry and his fellow secretaries return to congress tuesday to once again defend the iran nuclear deal. the real fight may come in september when legislators could pass a measure calling on the u.s. to reject the deal it just negotiated. >> in burundi, two have fallen victims to politically motivated murders. it is feared there will be more violence as people await the results of tuesday's presidential election. viewers may find some of the images disturbing. >> family members say gunman came to the house at night called him to come outside and shot him. he was an opposition member who
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took part in protest against burundi's president. more than 100 people have been killed since the political crisis began a few months ago. >> they fired twice. he was shot in the chest. the neighbors ran to see what was happening. >> families have been trying to protect themselves being indoors when it gets dark. that doesn't always work. >> a lot of killings happen at night on both sides. people say they are tired, angry and frustrated. >> the president is not opposed to sharing power with his rivals if it will bring peace. >> this nation is ours. we cannot let it get destroyed by some ambitious men just for that. after all, the crisis could last longer and longer. who will be suffering? it is the citizens of burundi. >> people are waiting for the
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results of the presidential election. many wonder if he will agree to share power with generals who tried to stage a coup in may. >> all those in exile must come back and be given amnesty. then power sharing can work. >> a unity government could ease tensions for a short time. many hope it ends the death and violence. it will take much more to solve the deep tensions here. >> the united nation aid chief steven o'brien warns that millions of people in so you had sudan are at risk of starvation following 19 months of civil war. 70% have the countries population are expected to go hungry this rainy season, an estimated 2.2 million have fled their homes with more than 600,000 now refugees in neighboring nations and another 166,000 civilians crammed into u.n. peacekeeping bases across the country many of them since
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the war began in december, 2013. >> people are doing their very, very best to be resilient and working hard to support each other, but they need a lot of support from the outside world with people who are here to give great humanitarian action and effect and impact. whether it's to have access to water, to have sufficient nutrition to show the children are given the necessary healthy start that they need to be protected from the diseases. >> pro government forces in yemen say they pushed houthi fighters out of their last remaining stronghold in aden. representatives of ali abdullah saleh are in talks with diplomatics from the u.s. hoping to end the four month conflict. >> still to come on the program more privacy concerned after
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launching flights. >> iraq military sources say 78 people have died on both sides. isil sources say one highway popular mobilization troops were killed. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry has defended the ran nuclear deal testifying in congress. he says it's the only way to monitor and control iran's nuclear ambitions. >> presidential hopeful donald trump provoked outrage when he called members can he be immigrants rapists and criminals. he now says he plans to sue the univision channel for $500 million. we have the latest from laredo. >> donald trump didn't come here to get a warm welcome from the people of laredo. he came to make a point about immigration. the union that represents border
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workers withdrew their invitation at the last minute. he talked to various officials. obviously what makes this a big story is the comments donald trump made about mexican immigrants calling them criminals. >> some say his remarks are completely disrespectful. his campaign that got a great deal of momentum now. the big question is can he keep that going through the primaries and win the nomination for the republican party. >> israel is expected to approve an business pangs of settlements in illegally occupied territory creating an additional 906 housing units. >> these are set to be
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demolished. the ruling is causing anger. the settlers have been protesting against the decision over the last week and far right politicians have joined in, saying prime minister benjamin netanyahu implemented what appears to be a construction freeze in the opened west bank. 900 units will be approved in various it willments including here. >> it is a minor move forward that is completely unsatisfactory. we will not stop fighting, as it's part of a larger struggle against the construction freeze. we think the announcement of new units is a good move forward but it's minor and to be honest, it's just meant to appease us. >> some say netanyahu is bowing to settler pressure, but those who document settlement policy say the notion of a construction freeze is wrong. >> we did not see any freeze since last year, actually, the
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beginning of 2015 saw an increase of construction on the ground. we see that this policy is destroying the possibility for a two-state solution and peace in this area. >> that's what palestinians say too, that settlement construction is one of the biggest obstacles to achieving a palestinian state. there are around 350,000 settlers in the occupied west bank and 200,000 here in occupied east jerusalem. >> national pressure forced it to slow down construction. whether or not that is true, the issue is making things difficult for the prime minister. >> he knows that he personally, his credibility and israel are vulnerable in the international arena as never before. if the ice under his feet were any thinner he'd be walking on water and he's afraid if he opens up the settler flood gates, the celing's going to come in on him. he's never been so vulnerable
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domestically because every neurotic members of his government can bring him down. >> this latest announcement will do little to convince them that netanyahu's government is serious about returning to negotiations. stephanie d.c.or, al jazeera in occupied east jerusalem. >> earlier this week, britain's prime minister called on muslim to say recognize what he called their britishness. lawrence lee went to find out how that message is being received in a talk about north of london. >> in england where multi-culturallism is apparent, the other week, an entire family headed off to go to syria. this week, two men from this rod were in court accused by police of a plan to blow up a military
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base. sitting with a coffee is a convert currently on that bail after distributes leaflets in central plan don supporting isil. what exactly is happening here? like many others, he takes his religious seriously. it's clear he and britain don't understand each other. >> the prime minister was saying a lot of muslims consider themselves as being british. >> we are. we get told by people here, you are not english, you are pakistani. >> >> this is a false claim.
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you go live in saudi arabia? >> why should we? we have a good life. we do have quite good here. >> you like living here? >> i was born here. >> the government's demand that muslims recognize their britishness, whatever that means, isn't going to work. neither side in this culture war shows any side of backing down. al jazeera. >> they're commonly called super bugs bacteria resistant to medication and they're posing a growing threat to our health. it's estimated the bugs kill a quarter million people every year. there are warnings the fatalities could jump if the word fails to develop new drugs. a team in southern england is trying to work out how to beat them.
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>> you might not realize it, but you're looking at a medical revolution. when it comes to diseases, researchers here aren't just interested in what strain of a back at her yum is the cause. they want to know the entire d.n.a. of the bug. they call it whole gee gnome convincing. developing ways of tracking super bugs which have been resistant to antibiotics, he liken the approach to creating a family tree of the beck at her. >> >> if i take bacteria from you and me, i can say how closely related they are how long ago they shared a common ancestor and how likely it is that you gave it to me or i gave it to
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you. >> they're working on malaria. >> they send us samples here, extracted out taken from a patient's arm blood from, infected blood. >> they analyze how the parasites are becoming resistant to anti malarial drugs. they are trying to discover how the mosquitoes become resistant to insecticides. >> to control malaria you want to get rid of the parasites and people of parasides particularly if they're ill. people should sleep under insecticide treated bug nets. we have to have effective insecticides to get rid of the mosquitoes and we are worried about it in mosquitoes. >> it's a major cause of death
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among children in parts of africa. experts worry that resistance to the front line treatment could be repeated in sub saharan nations. >> the death rate is very high already, despite the availability of effective drugs it's already high, so if the drugs are not working and there is no replacement drug handy then it's going to be a disaster. >> that disaster needn't ever happen, as long as the world can share the lessons from the genetic mutations that they're finding out about here. >> privacy concerns have been raised about google. owners of and droid phones may have been unaware that they're devices are reporting every stop they are making at all times. >> the camera's have been watching for years like it oh or not but it is the beacon in your pocket that maybe giving
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away more of your eek receipts. >> phones share our location. how are you going to check into facebook without g.p.s.? if you have an android phone where you've been may be more visible than you realized. >> it is the most common phone o.s. in the world. got a sum sung or h.d.c., chance are it's a droid. it may have been logging your location without you knowing. google launched this, called your time line. give away dots showing exactly where you've been, in some cases stretching back years. at home and abroad, where you came from, where you went, even where you stopped off for a quick sandwich. detailed nationals of you. >> as far as google is
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concerned, this is designed to enhance your life. only you can see this data, nobody else. you can delete it and crucially you have to have opted in in the first place. the question is you got to new phone, turn it on and it says to you do you agree to that, accept this accept that. half the time you press yes but do you recall know what it is you're agreeing to? >> what is it that google gets out of this? >> google makes most of its money by sell adverts. >> financially this makes perfect sense for google. it can understand you better than you might understand yourself and that is extremely powerful for marketing. >> if you recall don't like that google's you can disable location services in your phone settings to turn tracking off or alternatively, you could go old school. no maps, just annoying ring
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tones. at least you won't be giving off anymore unwanted signals. al jazeera london. >> scientists discovered a new earth like planet orbiting a distant star. nasa's telescope found the world 1400 light years away. it's orbiting a star that is the same temperature as the sun. the distant word is in the mill key way and about 60% bigger than earth. >> an astrong mer said the discovery is exciting, because the planet size suggests it could be rocky like earth. >> the orbital characteristics of the planet and characteristic of the star itself made the whole system very similar to the system between the sun and the earth. in the way of the amount of energy that this plan knelt gets from the star, how long it has been there it's a little bit older than our own solar system.
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little bigger than the sun but more or less the same. >> you can find more on our website at aljazeera.com. kost a. s grammain, tonight, cell phone secrets, how one tech company can tracked moves and what they intend to do with it. marita davison is specializes in ecology and evolution. tonight, it looks like chicken, but it's not. the new meat substitute cr
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