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>> well,hello, welcome to another news hour on al jazeera. the announcement of a five-day cease-fire in yemen to ease humanitarian crisis. turkey launches more strikes on isil and kurdish positions in iraq. a show of unity the u.s. and kenyan president sign economic security agreements in nairobi, and three months after
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a huge earthquake shattered much of nepal thousands still wait for food and clean water. >> the saudi coalitions that has been bombing for months has declared a five-day truce. ten countries including those of the gcc egypt and pakistan join the coalition to try to restore the yemeni government's rule. the u.n. said that more than 80% of yemen's 25 million residents need humanitarian aid. well we heard earlier from the international committee of the red cross spokesman who welcomes the respite in the fighting. >> we hope that the truce will lead to a solution. there are yemen people who lack
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everything from food, water even medical supplies. so today it is really urgent to see this truce applied and we hope that it will help to cushion the political solution. >> how will your humanitarian organization use this pause? how will you deliver aid to people? >> whether there is a truce or not, we'll be on the ground delivering aid and food and whatever we can. we're always targeting the most vulnerable people in yemen. we'll go to work with all the parties to first insure that all the supplies that will enter the country, and then ensure that it will access people in need, and them them with that.
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>> turkey's government has carried out airstrikes on targets in syria and northern iraq. ankara has stepped up its attacks. the government said that 590 isil and pkk suspects have been taken into custody in the past two days. >> turkey is at war on two fronts. it's jets are now hitting across the border in iraq and syria. after beginning a air campaign against isil and syria turkish jets for the first time in years began hitting pkk in iraq's mountains. the pkk immediately declared the already strained 2013 cease-fire with turkey dead. turkish officials are not phased and talk about a long-term fight. >> whenever we see a decrease or vanishing of the threat, then of course we'll make a reattempt.
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the third wave of operations are part of this. >> this is a major shift in policy. >> for turkey isil declared war when it bombed a cultural center in the border town on monday. but many here believe that turkey's decision to actively engage in the fight against the armed group has a lot to do with the battlefield in northern syria. the government here is concerned about isil threatening syrian opposition groups in their strongholds in aleppo province. it is also worried about what it sees as the growing strength of syrian's kurds. syrian's kurds or the pyg linked to the pkk now control half of the 800 kilometers border with turkey. turkey said it would create a red line if it works with.
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>> turkey does not want the ypg to take mortar tore. the u.s. supported the kurds now it has withdrawn its support. but now they're working together to clear aleppo from isil. >> the fears that isil could drive out syrian opposition groups from aleppo and control the important board crossing of kilis. it is no coincidence that turkish jets turkey is hoping that it's long-time demand inside syria will emerge. >> our aim is to get rid of the isil threat in syria and even iraq. after that the safe sides will be formed naturally. >> but this may come at a price the peace the police have
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conducted raids against hundreds of suspected pkk and isil sympathizers. the government believes there could be attempts to destabilize turkey from within. >> let's go live now to kilis on the turkish-syrian border. we're following developments from there. on one hand you've got turkey's allies concentrating on the fight against isis, and the kurdish fighters are the good guys, and then you have turkey bombing the pkk. where does this leave the peace process in turkey? >> well, according to the folks on the board with syria they believe that peace is effectively over. they have stated un unequivocally that they believe that the bombing of the target
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in iraq they believe that truce is over. they have not said if they'll take action after that. they just believe that truce is now over. they are suggesting that there might be some hope for the peace process to continue. we might add that the peace process between the pkk and turkish government, this has been fraught with tension for quite some time. it has been strained beyond belief for many months, actually since the deal was initiated in 2013. already there were fears that this would crumble. now many people that we're speaking speaking with, they believe that that process is over and they are worried about what is going to happen about the days ahead. >> you say what is going to happen. how is the pkk likely to react to this? >> well, that's a big question
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mark right now. the pkk has not said definitively what actions they plan to take. now the prime minister earlier in the day said that he made a call to the president in northern iraq in kurdistan there, and he told them that as long as pkk continues to attack turkey turkey will continue to become target there is and protect turkey from the pkk. now turkey's actions are stemming from this attack also described in the report that happened this past wednesday. the ongoing pkk killed two police officers. they claimed that they killed those police officers as a result of those results cooperating with isil, saying they collaborated with isil and this is a line that pkk and other kurdish groups have taken. they believe that turkey has turned a blind eye.
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these are all accusations that turkey has denied which shows you just how complicated the situation is. turkey believes they're under direct threat. but they said that the peace process is over. >> syria's president has announced a amnesty for military deserters who violateed come pulsary conscription. the syrian's army is the region's largest but it has also been overstretched by the four-year long civil war. many men left the country or found ways to avoid serving in the armed forces. a co-edtier of the magazine. he's live in aman for us.
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what do you make of this? is this a sign of desperation for president assad? >> i don't really think that this is particularly significant. unless you believe that the damascus believes this will have an effect on the ground. they would into report and personally request the amnesty within 60 days. i think everyone recognizes the likelihood of that happening on a significant scale is virtually none existent. when you factor in that it's not really going to lead to significant enhancement of manpower of the syrian army, i don't, you know, it's difficult to see it as anything other really than the public relations stunt, that is not going to have
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an impact on the ground. and therefore also doesn't figurely reflect either desperation or overconfidence on the part of damascus. >> nonetheless, the syrian army was overstretched. four years of civil war have taken their toll, haven't they? >> of course, the syrian army is overstretched. it's been in constant conflict since 2011. and particularly 2012. it has suffered significant losses significant defections and the rest of it, and the grueling battles have obviously worn it down, the reports that it's over extended. that perhaps there are morale problems such as we saw recently recently and sway that in southern syria where people were basically saying they would no longer accept conscription and so forth.
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that's all true. the question is does this amnesty or was this amnesty crafted to address those challenges? and if you consider that it's extremely unlikely to have an impact, and to resolve those challenges my answer would be no. >> how loyal is the syrian army? they've been fighting for four years now. they say that there are morale problems. is there any danger of the syrian army collapsing or switching its allegiance? >> you know, these things can happen very suddenly for the most unexpected of reasons. but on the evidence that we have so far i think the answer is probably a clear no. it has for all the problems and for all its challenges it has faced i think it's demonstrateed that minimum level of coherence and command and control over the
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past four years and also managed to make use of allied militias of various sorts whether syrian or lebanese hezbollah or others. i think the prospect of a collapse of the syrian military is highly unlikely at present and it is also facing an opposition which if anything is more fragmented than the government forces. i think the likely scenario is a stalemate. when a significant victory here loses significant territory there i think we'll continue to see a stale mate.
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much more to come on this news hour. >> in london exploreing how computers are used to help people phase their darkest fears. fifa's sepp blatter meets one of his greatest allies. we'll tell you who that is later in sport. >> standing side by side the state house in nairobi barack obama commended president kenyatta for rooting out corruption. this is the first time an u.s. president has visited kenya. >> together we're confronting serious threats in kenyan
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prosperity. presidentkenyatta we'll give support as kenya increases transparency and fights corruption. >> and there was president kenyatta was keen to show solidarity with president obama. >> people of all faith, cultures live peacefully together with rights of individuals and minorities protected, and those in power hold to account--held to account by strong and inclusive institutions. i also expressed to president obama without building shared prosperity our vision of a secure africa and indeed, a stable world will remain a fragile dream. >> live now to nairobi andrew
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simmons is there for us. we have president obama patting president kenyatta for his fight against corruption. what will ordinary kenyans have made of that? j i think they would be hopeful but also pragmatic. kenyans want to hear that their lives will be safer. this was a day that started out in relaxed fashion with president obama. he was joking with a lot of people. he had been with his family the night before at dinner, his half sister and his grandma his step grandmother in reality but he calls her grandmother mama sir are a. then he got stuck in the entrepreneurship summit, really encouraging africans to do business announcing a number of enhancements to the program for
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bringing entrepreneurs into global work. $1billion u.s. fund, half of which goes to women and young people. he moved on from there to a series of other engagements and then this big meeting with kenyatta. someone he really didn't want to meet for diplomatic reasons years ago because of his own indictment in international criminal courts. kenyatta has been cleared later but this was really a thawing out of pretty icy relations. that commitment referred to in the clip you played, atrean, relates to ken yatta saying this
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was a wrong act and it must stop. he used the example of the united states, that the different organizations were encouraged to does problems over radicalization and so on, but the opposite was happening here. not only that legitimate organizations were being victimized and all that was dealt with. that was it would appear, some sort of agreement but on the corruption it remains to be seen what sort of deal is being done, how it will stick because at the moment kenyatta's record, although he talks the talk he does not do the walk in the since that there are no convictions of big players of corruption in his office. >> andrew simmons live in nairobi. it's been three months since the first of two earthquakes struck nepal, the massive shocks have had a devastating impact. nearly 9,000 people were killed,
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and 22,000 people injured. homes and businesses were destroyed. over 4,000 schools were damaged leaving many children without access to education. now so far more than $3.5 billion has been pledged to help the nepalese people rebuild their country. the donors include governments cooperations, charities and individuals. now tens of thousands are still in need of food and clean water there. the government has promised to relocate them, but that has not happened yet. >> just outside of nepal's capital kathmandu, more than 200 people have camped in a school ground. all of them have lost their homes. landslides have destroyed most areas around their village and the river has been eroding whatever remains of their land.
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>> my sister gave birth here in the tent. we didn't have the money or transport to take her to the hospital. but five days on she went mad. she would refuse to wear clothes clothes, scream, and hit me. she didn't remember how many children she had. now she's on medication she is better. every time she would pick up the baby we were scared she would kill the baby. >> a local volunteer took her to the hospital, and now she's under psychiatric treatment. will has been no psychological assessment of survivors of april's earthquakes which killed thousands and injured many more. now she and her son have diarrhea. many of these people have been suffering from stomach-related problems. >> it's been raining like this every day and some of the tents are barely waterproof. as you can see the drains are rather poor, and there is only one functional toilet for the more than 200 people living
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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 temperature rare letter relocated. the government has said that the process would start by 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. there is nowhere to go back to our village. yesterday two more families came here. we've been told they have to go to our village to get the $150 to get tent sets. how can we get there? >> but the government said that they have to return to access help. >> if you're asking for money in kathmandu because kathmandu has
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to look into its own problem it's own population. >> these people here are afraid for their future, but they don't have much time to talk. if these drains remain clogged for much longer their tents will be flooded. they'll also run out of money. they heard the government is clearing out some of the camps in kathmandu. now they wonder if their luck of finding a temporary home might also run out. al jazeera kathmandu. >> well, a lot of major challenge has been providing medical care to the rural population. we have reports now. >> he considered himself lucky. he injured his leg during the region's earthquake. he only returned to his village two weeks ago but then his leg
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became infected. >> i was having problems with my leg. this mobile team came to go to the district headquarters immediately for treatment. they said they were foreign doctors there, and it was closer than going all the way to kathmandu. >> but getting there was not easy. his family had to carry him for hours until they managed to get a vehicle to bring him the rest of the way. with the district hospital still damaged these tents provided by the red cross provide basic and surgeryical medical care for people near and far. >> we had one woman who walked from sunrise to sunset. >> they are still seeing earthquake-related cases but the number of people that come depends on the weather. >> when it rains heavily less people are coming. and them we see quite a huge peek.
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we saw a peek of 160 patients coming in to hospital in one day. >> that's because beyond the district headquarters proper medical care is hard to come by and harder to travel to. these windy and uneven roads are nag gate for vehicles and people aslide to get by. >> hours later we came to this picturesque village. the damage from april's quake still visible. this local medical post still stands but a close look inside shows why it's not useable forcing patients and the only doctor here to use donated tents. but medical care is still limited. >> it's not as safe as a
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hospital. we're using these tents. we refer most cases to headquarters. the upside is we're getting more medicine sent to us. >> the goal is to rebuild 60 of the 80 health posts damaged by the earthquake. but many of the rural districts across the country are in a similar state. and like here healthcare is just one of many things that need rebuilding. al jazeera nepal. >> of well, the vice-chairman of nepal's national planning committee. he said it's been hard to move people because of the land slips, flooding, and lack of funds. >> we have former committees from the department of geology and a few experts who have visited. now we have several areas
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because we want a proper attempt so that after the monsoon these people can be moved again. so because of the rainy city, and accessibility for those areas, and lotsing housing is being prepared and programs are being designed. we have delayed some implementation, but the government is doing its preparation. because there are several things that happen at the same time like the budget preparation, but now we'll move very fast to address the need of the people who are effected by the earthquake. >> well, we're approaching the midway point on this news hour. we'll look at accusations of
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government harassments in the philippines, and how it might be connected to the man at the very top. >> i'm reporting from hong kong on why the territory's area has deteriorated drasticcally.
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>> it's human trafficking. >> watch these and other episodes online now at aljazeera.com/faultlines. >> hello again. this is the news hour. good to have you with us. saudi-led coalition forces have announced a five-day humanitarian pause in yemen. it will start sunday to allow the delivery of aid and medical supplies. carrying out airstrikes against isil positions in syria. targeting camps belonging to the kurdistan workers party or the pkk. president obama signing economic goaltends with kenya.
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he has commended president kenyatta's attempts to root out corruption. one of our top stories turkey expanding it's airstrikes on isil in syria and on kurdish forces in iraq. we take a closer look why the growing influence of the kurds is making turkey's government nervous. >> since the advance of the islamic state in iraq and the levant turkey has increased military activity along it's border with syria. but that's not the only reason. syria's kurdish fighting force the ypg has been gaining territory from isil, and that worries the turkish government. >> the u.s.-led coalition is doing the ypg a lot of help. 80% of the coalition bombing help the kurds. and the ypg are a threat to all people. the arabs tuman they're trying to create a state. >> kurds with ethnic group
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distinct language, are roughly 30 million turkey has had a difficult relationship with its kurdish population who want greater autonomy. they founded the kurdistan workers party known as the pkk and it began applying guerrilla tactics. at least 35,000 people were killed in this conflict before a cease-fire was put in place two years ago. but it's been a strained truce. the turkish government still considers the pkk and it's off shoot in syria the ypg terrorist organizations. >> there is a peace process going. they're asking for greater political rights. the restriction on the language to be lifted. if turkey wanted to become a model in the region it needs to
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practice democracy at home. >> well, generations of underlying distrust resurface this week. the kurdish community said that the government is not doing enough to protect them, but turkey said that isil and the mkk are the only ones to blame for the attack. in response it has embarked in a two-prong bombing operation which is a significant shift in its stance against isil in particular, but some say the strikes could further strain turkey's relationship with the kurds. >> the iraqi army said that at least 77 soldiers in shia militiamen have been killed in anbar province. they were fighting isil for control of the city's of ramadi and fallujah. medical workers said four civilians were killed by army
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airstrikes and shelling. caroline malone reports. [ gunfire ] >> the iraqi army is on the attack in anbar province. it's fighting along side shia militias known as the popular mobilization force to push isil out. they have suffered significant casualties in the last few days. isil fighters are using suicide attacks to push them back. many soldiers were killed in two car bombs that hit northeast of the city. on friday the iraqi defense ministry said that the army killed a number of isil fighters and evacuated houses safely detonateing 70 bombs. two years since isil emerged in the religion, the armed group controls an behavior's province. the u.s. army said that coalition airstrikes in fallujah
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deliberately hit cars to detonate explosives that were hidden in inside, and they'll continue to help the iraqi security forces operation and to protect civilians. caroline malone,age. >> now to the final part of our series on drug resistant bacteria so-called superbugs. they're blamed for as many as 250,000 deaths each year. there are fears that that number could reach 10 million by 2050. one solution is to fight new drugs. but there have not been new antibiotics on the market for 50 years. >> the united states has a bug problem. multi drug resistant bacteria superbug that is have learned to slug off the antibiotics given to kill them. >> these organisms can spread. they can live on the skin and on the surfaces of a desk, bed or
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stethoscope. >> the problem is that it takes days to find out specifics about the resistant bacteria. dr. lee reilly has developed a grant to create a process to develop the right drugs to fight the bacteria in just minutes. >> if we can determine that before the patient leaves the office, then we can give the right drug and not worry about creating resistence. >> companies are not making new antibiotics. it's just too expensive and too hard. in part because they've tapped out the micro organisms that can be easily cultivated in a lab setting. the truth is there are enough micro organisms in this handful of dirt to pursue countless lines of new antibiotics. but it's only out here where those micro organisms can drive. as a result, researchers are
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limited to the number of organisms that grow in a petri dish. >> the gap is humongous. this dot this is how much we have cultivated. >> epstein's team has developed a device that can isolate cells in dirt to let them grow the way they do in nature. >> it's what nature provides in the necessary component in growth. once it forms a colony we can explore this coolfy. >> the hope is that a new crop of antibiotics used on bacteria that has been quickly and specifically identified could slow deadly infections around the world. infections that our food and our hospitals seem to have helped to create. jacob ward, al jazeera berkeley california. >> the philippines president
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came to power five years ago. he has received international praise for cutting corruption and improving human rights. but some government workers are not so impressed with him. >> taking the day off work to defend their rights. they're protesting against their employer the philippine government. they said government agencies have been threatening and harassing union members. this woman has worked for the national housing authority for 30 years. he received a letter saying he's being accused of being a leader for the insurgency. >> it's the obligation of the state to protect the rights and skills of its citizens. you can't take that line just to
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address limit rights. is it wrong to ask for minimum wage? >> minimum wage for these workers is partly around 200 u.s. a month. they're asking it to be raised to $350. they have been stopped and harassed. >> they're asking government officials to answer for and put a stop to alleged harassment of its union members. as far as these workers are concerned they projected righteousness is a farce. >> his approval ratings are lower than they were when he assumed office five years ago. he promised to improve the human rights and. >> many full beans have.
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>> some of them are concocting stories. we accept the fact that during the marshal areas yeast, we wouldlaw. despite working for the state these filipinos say they still feel unheard and unprotected. >> in the past five years there has been a small expansion in civil liberties in the asia pacific region. the watchdog group freedom house said that it's the only part of the world to show any improvement. it says that the asia pacific region has 4 billion people, but
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only 5% of those people have a free press. they including taiwan, jap, australia, and new zealand which also has uncensored internet action. china and vietnam are among the countries with tight restrictions. indonesia is making very improvements, but journalists still face violence, threats and intimidation. >> setting the agenda for the youngest online newspapers. they're trying to create an alternative voice in news. the project gained traction during last year's protests, which brought tens of thousands of people to the streets. it broke records in online
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campaigns but already it's facing hurdles. >> we have been hindered somewhat. >> it's a problem that's becoming more common. the 79 protest last year exposed the government's reluctance to engage the media and proved to be a risky time for journalists. >> not only are journalists blocked from their news sources not getting information but they were physically attacked in life-threatening attacks. >> thefreedom of expression is protected by law, but that doesn't stop the press freedom from decemberterateing particularly over the last few years. reporters without borders says that hong kong has hit a new low ranking 70th out of 180
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countries surveyed. when the index launched 13 years ago hong kong was among the top 20 for press dreams. hong kong as oldest television station will stop broadcasting next year. and the territory's only open pro-democracy outlets will be closing outlets. >> the real economic pressures and somebody has to try to find a way to survive. the internet is eating everyone's lunch but nobody knows how to get the internet to make lunch. >> the editors of free press say they're still finding their voice. but to survive the site will have to resonate with the public and soon. it only has enough funding to operate until the end of next year. al jazeera hong kong. >> a miner has been shot dead
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during a demonstration in chile. it is blamed on police. the strike against the state-owned copper company is now into its fourth day. meanwhile, miners in bolivia are demanding the release of their colleagues arrested during violent protests. they're refusing to end more than two weeks of demonstrations over lack of jobs and development in their home of potosi. >> they've been sleeping on the floor, eating in kitchens and waiting for answers. these protesters from potosi say they will not leave the capital until the president signs a promise to bring industrialization to their mining city. >> we're still strong, making a sacrifice for potosi's development, and we want the president to talk with us. >> for more than two weeks they
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fought with the police in the capital. the government offered them to talk with ministers. >> in a couple of years the most aggressive leader do not want a solution for the conflict. they're not from potosi but for public office. >> leaders reject this an say that the real problem is that it sees a place for exploitation and not industrialization. >> the government wants to say that this political. but the government is not investing to diversify our economy. the economy is solid. but when they slow the crisis mode. >> now they feel that their likelihoods will be effected as the prices in have slumped.
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>> back then people said if we have so much money let's change production. we asked for airport and other things but they never complied. >> if the prices of minerals continue to fall, they'll lose the resources they have to support their families. but above all they will have very few options to turn to. al jazeera la paz, bolivia. >> thousands of taxi drivers in brazil have staged a strike against the ride sharing application uber. ing taxi services say that they're not paying the same
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fares. now they've taken legal action to ban the use of the app. now just ahead here on the news hour computer scientists games developers and doctors are joining forces to help people with anxiety. we'll tell you all about it. now this year's tour de france champion has been decided. we'll be here shortly with more sports. >> i've been asked to keep my voice down cause we are so close to the isil position
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>> there are new virtual therapies. neav barker tried it out. >> deep in research lab at university college london, scientists are exploring the mysterious relationship between the brain and the body. for this experiment i'm the guinea pig. >> look at yourself in the mirror. say hello. i'm standing in front of a virtual mirror. you can see my reflection and the virtual version of me. i'm confronted bay crying child. what's wrong? are you feeling asked? i'm asked to do my best to console them. then the roles are reversed. i'm the child and a virtual grown up above me. >> my own voice consoling me from the viewpoint of being the child. that was a very unique experience.
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>> the experiment is to help people who suffer from hive levels of criticism, a major reason for anxiety and depression. now finally the technology is starting to match up with expectation. it's helping us to learn more about ourselves and the real world that we live in. one in every four people in the u.k. experience mental health problems etch year ranging from depression to phobias. hospitals have long waiting lists. private care is expensive and many never see treatment for problems that are widely seen as taboo. russell green is hoping to change things. he has spineed psychiatry into computer gaming to help people deal with there's or situations like public speaking in front of a hostile audience. >> there are hard to reach groups who don't tend to seek help like young men. maybe they feel more comfortable
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using software instead of going to an office. people with mobility problems. there >> some of the technologies now available as downloadable apps and help people to access simple psychiatric help at home. like this spider that progressively becomes more and more realistic. >> despite knowing that it's not there, a lot of people report the sense of being able to feel it beginning to crawl on your hands. >> as phobias and social anxieties become increasingly common new technology could revolutionize the way we treat very real problems. >> virtual reality here, she's the real deal. >> adrian, thanks. fifa president sepp blatter has assured vladimir putin that the the 2018 world cup will be held in russia. he met with the president in
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st. petersburg. the head of fifa told putt tin that they would have their full support to russia and administration. putin and blatter formal lies as putin is a critic to the u.s. investigation into fifa. rory, this is sepp blatter's first trip outside of swisser landof switzerland since may. >> there are regood reasons why the russians like accept blat sore much, that is because they have the 2018 world cup. it was awarded to them by fifa. russia does not really want to encourage anything that is going to rock that boat. so in the meeting that took place between sepp blatter and vladimir putin before this draw takes place putin came out and said afterwards that he was thankful for blatter for
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concentrating on sport despite what he said were all the developments going on around football. now what putin meant by that, of course, was ukraine and the stand off putin sees hosting big vents like the world cup and winter olympics as a way for russia to gain prestige on the international stage. he does have a friend in sepp blatter. as he said the support that blatter has assured russia for hosting the soul 2018 world cup. now those investigations are russia thinks, are western-invented events. >> the world cup has been tarnished by the investigations currently under way.
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what do the public think about the tournament there? >> well, honestly speaking football in russia at the moment is not in good health. attendance is club matches falling now in the russian premiere league. the average is around 10,100 people. not very high. now, there are various reasons for this. you could say that it's something to do with russian football union. it's practically bankrupt. you could say that it's due to the performance of the national team, which has been disastrous over the last few matches. maybe it had something to do with the those who have left. 73% of russians are indifferent and don't care about it. only 8% said that they watched it regularly. no, there isn't that much enthusiasm at the moment for the
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the 2018 world cup, at least not particularly visible on the streets. but we are some years off still and i would assume that over the next two years or so, as the event gets closer and closer we're going to start to see enthusiasm picking up. >> for now rollry rory challands, thank you. the country's failure to vote for sepp blatter in the presidential election cost them the a team in the gold final. they said that the match was fixed as punishment. the referee said that he made makes. panama will play united states later on saturday. top european football clubs are traveling the world on pre-season tours, but the visit has started badly.
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[ singing ] >> players have been denied entry into the country and been forced to fly home. players were refused entry. authorities say they didn't have visas. the trip home to rome takes more than 15 hours. we had an unfortunate situation at the airport. five of our players are not allowed in the country. they're on our way back to rome. that was frustrating for us. we'll obviously continue to make this a positive experience for the club. most importantly for indonesia and the indonesian fans. >> britain's chris froome will be crowned tour de france champion for the second time.
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he will be this year's winner. the final stage finishing in paris is usually not contested. therethe hungarian grand prix the driver who has been quickest in practice could in the be beat no one qualifying on saturday. his teammate will open second on the grid. it will be hamilton's fifth straight poll position. there is more sport on our website. check out www.aljazeera.com/sport. that's the sport for now. >> thanks. lauren taylor is standing by to update you on the day's top stories. thanks for watching. we'll see you again.
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