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>> turkey launches further airstrikes as the country gets drawn ever deeper in the battle against isil. this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up. after months of violence, burundi's president wins a controversial third term. barack obama arrives in the kenya capital the first ever trip by a sitting u.s. president. and a new treatment for malaria could save the lives of many children in sub sahara a.
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africa. >> turkey has been drawn into the conflict in the battle against the islamic state in iraq and the levant. turkey has launched airstrikes against isil targets reportedly entering syrian and iraqi air space to carry out those attacks. they carried out security raids across turkey more than 297 suspects are now in custody including some members of the outlawed kurdistan workers party and turkey said it will not draw a distinction between the groups. we have the latest information from the border town of kilis.
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>> these are local media reports that say that 16 fighter jets have taken off from an air base. the same base where the f-16s took off from last night in order to bomb isil tarts. nowist witnesses are telling local media that these planes possibly as many as 20, some are heading towards the border with syria. some towards northern iraq. if that proves to be true, then it would appear as though turkey would be launching more attacks on both isil and possibly pkk targets in northern iraq. as you mentioned in your lead in turkey today saying they will make no dysfunction to fight on terror. they will go after groups like isil as vigorously as they go after groups of kurdistan workers party. this has been a real
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game-changer of a day when it comes to turkey. there has been a lot of he escalation as far as their fight against isil. >> the turkish president urged his country to trust his country and his government. >> these are the steps against our national security. our state and government will take needed action against any attack no matter what it is. it is not only for last night. we'll take the necessary precautions for our nation's security and peace. last night was just the start of this. and we'll keep going on the same way. >> we're a different struggle for now on. we'll do whatever is needed in this struggle. our nation should trust their states. >> al jazeera's roslind jordan has this update from washington, d.c. >> the obama administration is welcoming turkey's decision to allow the military to use two air bases near the turkish
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border with syria. that's going to make it a lot easier for u.s. fighters to actually launch air attacks on isil targets in northern syria. right now they're having to fly from much farther distances in the gulf as well as from aircraft carriers outside of saudi arabia in order to reach those targets. they say this is going to make the efforts of trying to degrade isil targets and praises much easier. now what is not clear is what actually happened in the negotiations between the u.s. and the turkish authorities to allow these air bases to be used. the turks have wanted to try to create, for example, a buffer zone inside of northern syria in order to protect its territory from isil. it also wanted to establish a former no-fly zone, something that u.s. officials have also said would be problematic at best and probably extremely
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difficult to carry out at worse. and then there is a question of whether the u.s. is making any inducements or offering any inducements to the turkish government because the turks have apparently backed away from the demand that the fight against isil be expanded into an overall fight against the government of bashar al-assad, someone who the turkish government considers an enemy of their country. so for the moment the obama administration says that this is a shoring up of the forces, the coalition forces against isil, but it may come out in coming days just exactly what the turkish government is getting in exchange for allowing a key military installation to be used in this fight against isil.
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>> two planes from saudi arabia and uae have arrived to bring humanitarian relief to the city. aden has beenagely inac mandarin inaccessible to aid and it's determined that 13 million people are in need of food. top adviser to iran's supreme leaders say that international inspectors should not be allow access to military sites. this is in spite of the landmark nuclear deal signed on last tuesday. they told al jazeera that access to the sites will not be allowed. >> away from the interpretations of the 5 plus 1 countries i say clearly that access to military sites and inspections are not allowed. including the inspection atomic agency inspectors to sensitive
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sites, especially military sites will not be allowed. this "t" will not be allowed despite the cost. this is the final word. >> we have to sit at the same table. it does not mean than saudi arabia's policies will be identical to ours, but we have common points and we'll be able to sit together. let's agree that the it will be free from external attacks and our country must be protected from the zionist attacks. and we as muslim countries must be capable. we're ready to provide all of our expertise even on this.
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>> sue knee shah's parliament is debating the controversial anti-terrorism law. it will replace the 2003 terrorism law that is widely criticized it will allow them to detain people up to 15 days. they will also make public support of terror a jailable offense. tell us more about the debate and what is going on there. >> well, basically members of the parliament are debating the final provisions of the new anti-terrorism bill and expecting them to vote for the new bill any time soon.
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they have been saying with 38 tourists mainly britains were killed there that tunisia faces a huge problem and there needs to be a tough regulation to continue the fight human rights active of activists are concern concerned. it imposes a wide range of crimes that allows the prosecution to detain people for 15 days without access to a lawyer. but for the government this is the only way to fight extremists and radical groups. >> what do tunisians make of this? >> there are mixed reactions about the bill, but the general
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sentiment is that there needs to be something to be done to end to the violence and growing influence of armed groups. the government has been battling al-qaeda and the islamic state in iraq and the levant in different parts of the country. it has been on the offensive in this mountainous area on the border of al jazeera. it isal jazeera--alalgeria. people now are pretty concern about the situation. they have seen the attacks taking place in their country. tourism has been hit hard, the economy is crumbling, and they know that something needs to be done about it. but also at the same time they're talking about people who have come out after decades of oppression and saying they need to be very kill, they need to balance the need to fight radical groups.
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>> live in tunis for us, thank you, hashem ahelbarra. the death toll in the boating accident in egypt has risen to 43. it happened on wednesday in northern cairo. a party boat collided with a barge and capsized. the search for more bodies continues. >> critical sources say army shelling has caused casualty. this shows the aftermath battle between iraq's army. as feign as four civilians have been killed and 14 injured in fighting this week. 77 soldiers and mop bar mobilization fighters were killed in bomb attacks in the northeast of the city. the numbers go against the numbers released on isil accounts suggesting a higher death cool. still ahead on the program winning the war against polio, a
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year without any reported cases of the disease. and months on, we speak to nepalese who struggle to rebuild their lives after losing everything in that devastating earthquake.
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>> hello again and a reminder of the top stories. turkish fighter jets have launched airstrikes on targets in syria and northern iraq. they have carried out raids across turkey.
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iran's supreme leaders said that international inspectors should not have access to military sites. tunisia debates an anti-terror law. burundi's president pierre nkurunziza has been elected to a controversial third term. we have reports from burundi. >> it was an election. burundi's president pierre nkurunziza has won a third term. his critics say that that's a violation of the constitution. despite a boycott of the main opposition parties officials say that there was a massive turn out. >> the turn out of the has been
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73.44%. >> the african union and some organizations say they don't recognize the result. now people who wait and see what happens next. ordinaryordinary burundiens say they have to wait and see. a grenade was thrown into the house of a pro-government member. >> someone threw a grenade inside. four people were injured. the youngs was my youngest was my sister who is nine years old.
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al jazeera bujumbura. >> president barack obama has arrived in kenya he's expected to focus on economics during the visit. >> as he walked down air force one the first u.s. sitting president ever to visit kenya. and barack obama in the eyes of kenyans is finally coming home. strictly speaking it is his father's homeland, and more kenyans field that the world's first black president is like no other on earth. first a than shake by the head of state to be charged by the icc in the hague but later cleared. ahead of obama's arrivallers
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u.s. forces moved in. the americans have been monitoring all air space in kenya along with neighboring somalia. they may not seem like it, but last minute makeovers but kenya is experiencing a security operation like no other. any personal fulfillment president obama may have in being here will be tinged in the timeline of human loss in kenya. from al-qaeda's 1998 bombing of the u.s. embassy in nairobi it was 200 kenyans and 12 americans died, to al-shabab's attack on garissa university that killed 150 people, only three months ago. >> they'll be asking the counterpart we need more, more support, more presence of the u.s. we need more cleaning of our special forces so they can go in and do a better work.
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>> westgate mall has reopened. no memorials to the dead here. this is intended to be a defiant mood to show normality. but despite some improvements to security kenyans are skill skeptical about whether or not enough is being done to protect them. they'll be looking to an u.s. president with kenyan roots for help. he said he will talk bluntly with kenya's politicians. this is a state president not a personal one. he won't be travel to go west kenyan village where his father lived and died. but his relatives have traveled to nairobi including his grandmother, and also his half sister, wearing the white coat. she greeted him at the airport and then got into the back of his limousine to drive out. >> friday marks one year since the last case of polio was reported in nigeria. polio is still endemic in parts
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of pakistan and afghanistan but health workers feel they're winning the fight to irradicate the disease. >> paralysis is the main symptom of polio. these survivors contracted the virus as children probably from drinking dirty water or swallowing human ex-cement while playing. today they're receiving wheelchairs. a polio survivor himself makes and distributes the wheelchair. he's immensely happy that it's been a year since the last case of polio was reported. >> we have to give lots of credit to the government for the sustained. effort of polio eradication. >> these newborns are given
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doses of the polio vaccine in a clinic income abuja. it has taken years to give 111 million children the immunization to achieve this year's milestone and the change of religious attitudes. >> there has been fear in dealing with the explosion community. and, in fact makes them feel better. especially the women. >> the attitude appears to be changing but there is still a long way to go. >> analysts will have to analyze data until the end of september. if it's all clear nigeria will be taken off the list of polio polio-endemic countries leaving afghanistan and pakistan, but
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there must be no new cases of polio for my otheri can't to be declared polio free. >> we can't take our foot off that accelerator. we need to maintain the same level of resources. we need to insure full commitment of health workers during multiple campaigns. >> she's hoping that nigeria will become polio free in 2017. he said being paralyzed is the consequence of parents who do not vaccinate against the machine. his four children are proof that the vaccinations work. >> the vaccination by glaxosmithkline has developed the vaccine against malaria. >> the 20-month-old is suffering
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from malaria. she has been admitted to the children's ward in the hospital. >> we're concerned about our high mortality. it is important to most of the families are not aware of the developments in the area that might one day benefit them. they recognize the news that the agency has given it approval to a malaria vaccine developed by glaxosmithkline. >> we're happy but we know this is just the beginning. there is still more work to be done in terms of the development of the malaria, but this is the
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beginning. it's a good first step. >> the vaccine was tested in 11 different countries across africa. most of the half million children who die each year from malaria are in africa. this is peak season for malaria. so far this month there have been 64 cases. the "world health organization" still needs to review the review before making its policy recommendations. they say there are still many questions to be answered. >> this is starting to show its effect for the first time. a lot of questions of how much it will cost, how will it be delivered and how long will it last. >> this child's condition is improving but current malaria prevention methods are not good enough. that's why they say this vaccine is an important development. >> an explosion at a fireworks
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factory has killed four people. aircraft were called in to fight a fire that had spread to the nearby forest. the police say the cause has yet to be determined. three other people are missing. tie atlanta has charged 72 people with human trafficking. 15 of them are thai officials including a soldier and three officials. bodies are believed to be those of migrants. moments after airplane's earthquake tens of thousands of nepal lees nepalese are living in areas at risk of landslides.
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>> more than hundred people have camped out in a school ground. they're all from a village where all of them have lost their homes. landslides have destroyed most areas around the village this woman thought she had escaped the worst of it. >> we didn't have the money or the transportation to take her to the hospital. she would refuse to wear clothes, scream and hit me. she didn't remember how many children she had. now that she's on medication she's better. every time she takes the baseball she would almost strangle her. we were scared she would kill the baby. >> a local volunteer took her to the hospital, and now she's under psychiatric treatment.
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now her sister and her son have diarrhea. many have been suffering from stomach problems. it's been raining every day and the trains are rather poor, and there is only one functional toilet for more than 200 people living here. >> across kathmandu more than 2,000 people from the surrounding district are living in conditions similar to this. around 50,000 households have been told they would have to be temporarily relocated. the government has said that the process would start july 15th, but so far those who have moved have mostly moved on their own. people here are getting desperate as more villagers come to seek refuge.
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>> we've been told we are to go to our village to get the $150 to by tent sets. how can we go there? >> the government said that they have to return to access help. >> if you leave and come to kathmandu kathmandu is looking into its own problem, it's own population. >> people hearsay that they're afraid for their future, but they don't have time to talk. if these drains remain clogged for much longer their tents will be flooded. they've also run out of money. they heard that the government is clearing out some of the camps in kathmandu, now they ron der if their luck of finding a
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temporary home might also run out. >> two people have been killed and several ours have been injured in a shooting at a mall in u.s. state of louisiana. nine people were injured. his family said that he had a history of mental illness. a black woman found dead has revealed no evidence that she was killed by someone else. prosecutors say that the marks around the 28-year-old sandra bland's neck are consistent by hanging. bland was arrested by traffic police three days before she was found dead in her cell. the scenario video of her arrest from the officer's dash cam show her resistence to his orders.
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