tv News Al Jazeera July 31, 2015 9:00am-10:01am EDT
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>> hello there welcome to the news hour from doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes: >> funeral for an 18-month-old palestinian baby burnt to death after an arson attack. the prime minister calls it be a act of terrorism. >> malaysia's civil aviation chief joins the investigation into a piece of debris that could belong to missing malaysia airlines flight 370.
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>> final stages in the in inquiry, the former spy killed by polonium. we have the latest, live. >> beijing. [ cheers and applause ] >> beijing becomes the first city to host both the summer and winter olympics. >> the funeral for an 18-month-old palestinian baby burned to death in an arson attack has taken place. israeli settlers are suspected of carrying out the attack on his family home in the opened west bank. we have this report. >> carried through the crowded streets of the occupied west bank the body of the in 18-month-old baby, a tiny grave
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for a young life cut short. the family home in the village of duma is a scene of devastation. the same blaze seriously injured his parents and 4-year-old brother. nearby relatives houses also burned, and scrawled on the wall in hebrew, the word revenge. as the injured family members are airlifted to israel for emergency treatment the israeli army has begun an investigation. they believe settlers are responsible for the arson attack. >> we saw at least two people, according to our preliminary investigation in the middle of the night come to two houses, spray graffiti in hebrew on the wall of two houses, then broke the window and hurled two fire bombs in with this tragic barbaric result and outcome. >> there are at least three
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illegal settlements close by. there have been 120 attacks since the start of the year. the vast majority of cases go unpunished. the israeli leadership has dough announced the violence. >> the government of israeli unequivocally condemns this act of terrorism. we will fight terrorism defeat terrorism new matter who the perpetrators are. >> president abbas accused the israelis of failing to stop the violence. >> they are encouraging settlers and encouraging these thugs to carry out these attacks. this is a war crime and a tragedy. where is america in all of this? they are not saying anything about these daily crimes. the style government and army wanted to prevent this crime they could have stopped the terrorists but chose not to. >> the palestinians urge the international community to take firm and practical steps to stop
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further attacks. >> stephanie decker is live at the family home. a truly horrific story and the funeral of that baby has now taken place. >> it has. many people not just from this village, but the surrounding areas came to bury the 18-month-old baby. there is a lot of shock here, i think, more than anger, they will tell you that these kind of attacks happen all the time from settlers. there i also more villages surrounded by illegal outposts and other various settlements so it's more shock really what people will tell you here. we're in the bedroom where of course that horrific attack took place. i'll just get joe to give you have a sense of the scene here. we know that in the early hours of the morning even from the israeli army spokesperson, they smashed the windows threw in a
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fire bomb and the family was all sleeping. it's a small room. they would have shared this. we know from witnesses that one man we spoke to heard the father screaming, came just outside this house and he said he saw two men standing above the bodies of the parents who managed to get out. they were lying on the floor the mother and father. he saw their clothes on fire and the two men were watching them. they saw him moved toward him and got away. when he got here, he maced to take out the 4-year-old to the leer but there was an explosion could have been from the kitchen. we can't confirm that and he said it was impossible to remove the baby. >> it's interesting that israel's government and the military have both been unusually strong in their condemnation of that attack, they called it an act of terrorism. >> that's right. they were very quick to respond to this. within an hour or so of hearing the news, we had a statement from the army. they called it a barbaric
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terrorist attack. they called whoever did this terrorists. we heard that from the prime minister from the minister of defense, from the leader of the jewish home bennett. a unified message out of israel that they will bring these perpetrators to justice. there is a gag order on the investigation at the moment, but people here will tell you something very different. they don't think justice will be done even the palestinian penalty abbas issued a statement where he holds israel responsible because of its policy of settlement expansion. he says that means flockion of settlers will be continuing to do this on a daily base. this is the story we are hearing, they are often attacked by settlers. they are armed, can be very violent, and that they don't believe that justice will be done but certainly this incident the most tragic that has happened here in an extremely long time. >> stephanie decker there at the
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family home in duma. >> in turkey, five people have been killed in two separate attacks blamed on the kurdistan workers party or p.k.k. authorities say p.k.k. fighters raided a play station in the southern province, killing two officers. two rebels died in that attack. in the eastern province, the p.k.k. shot and killed a railway worker. there's been a sharp rise intentions amid turkish air strikes on p.k.k. positions. >> malaysia's civil aviation chief has flown to france to join on investigation into debris that could belongs to the missing malaysia airlines flight 370. >> the object washed up on the french island of rue even east of madagascar. malaysian officials will join their french coulter parts where the debris is due to arrive on saturday. malaysia said it's almost certainly part of a bowing 777.
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we've got correspondents in reunion island, in france and in kuala lampur where malaysia air lines is headquartered. let's go to tanya in reunion first. tell us more about what wreck only was found and why it caused so much excitement. >> sure. well, i can tell you that in fact actually as we speak right now, that piece of wreckage is being wrapped in preparation for transportation at airport not far from where i'm standing. the number on the side indicates it is part of the wing flap from a bowing 777. it's got some barnacles on it which ocean graser's say it's been in the ocean about the right length of time for it to belong to malaysia airlines flight 370. it's caused a huge stir here on the island. we're on the beach where it was discovered. lots of people coming down here
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today. police here, helicopters the police helicopter buzzing overhead people hoping they, too, may find a part of this story of a new piece of evidence if you like. it's drawn many, many curious individuals. if it is confirmed to be a piece of malaysia airlines flight 370 it would be the single, the only piece of physical evidence that would have survived that crash. >> tanya thanks very much indeed for that. let's move on to kuala lampur. i'm sure there's a lot of hope among the malaysians that this piece of wreckage is in deed from malaysia airlines flight 370. >> yes hope and calm is what is requested by the government. they are saying from the prime minister to the transport minister that they want to try and have as little speculation as possible, try and get to the investigation as clearly and quickly as possible and give
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answers to the families waiting very patiently to hear whether that part of the plane is part of malaysia airlines flight 370. the national newspapers on that friday were clear answers will be announced within 72 hours. the star itself says that the answer will come in two days. the prime minister as well as the transport minister is hoping that they can give answers to the public. now the transport minister was in new york. he was trying to garner international support for a tribunal that bring those who brought down another malaysian airline over ukraine to justice. he will be making his way to front over the next 48 hours to join malaysia airlines and civil aviation authority and their french counterparts, because the plane was found on french soil, reunion island and the french will be able to help in that
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investigation. he said he wants piece in the larger jigsaw puzzle. the search continues with the makes, the chinese and the australians continuing to look for malaysia airlines flight 370 in the southern indian ocean. >> that piece of wing wreckage is on its way to france. >> that's right yes we're outside effective lip the defense ministry building here, where previous investigations of analysis disasters a big hub a lot of expectation here, as we wait for this piece of did he free to arrive. we expect it to arrive tomorrow morning. it's interesting talking and reading about what aviation experts say will be looked at
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here on that piece of debris. there's increasing confidence that a number that is on that piece of debris, described as a flapper arm could well be from a bowing 777. they will be looking at that in more detail. they will be looking at what is also called data tags here, not just serial numbers but bar codes, for example that are specific to particular planes trying to chase it through evidence like that. they will also look at things like the thick innings of the fabric and seemingly rudimentary things like the patterns of rivets on that piece of metal. they will also look at the barn kills which seem to give indication as to how long that has been in the water. some in the industry say those
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type of barnacles suggest that it's been fleeting for quite a long period of time. others say it suggest that is it was on the bottom for a long period of time and has ricin risen to the surface. ocean graphs say it could have floated 4,000 kilometers from where it's believed the flight came down, in that period of time since march eight when the many disappeared. a lot of anticipation here. one thing's for sure. they don't want to get it wrong this time. they've been wrong on a number of other occasions and got the hopes up of the loved ones who lost family members in this tragedy. there is no margin of error this time as we wait here for that debris to arrive. >> everyone looking for answers charles. thank you for that, charles stratford. >> three former executives of japan's tech co power company will be tried for their roles in
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the fukushima knack leer disaster. prosecutors decided earlier there wasn't enough evidence. >> a massive earthquake and tsunami con tam plated water food and air. we have this update from tokyo. >> this legal batting goes back to 2013, when thousands of fukushima residents tried to bring a legal action. it was decided there was insufficient evidence to bring a prosecution. the campaign group set up an independent judicial panel of civilians to adjudicate. they recommended that a prosecution should be brought against three executives, but again in january this year, prosecutors said it was unreasonable to expect those executives could have seen the kind of scale of tsunami that hit the power plant on march 11,
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2011. the water floods the basements of the building, cutting off coolants to the reactors, cutting off the electrical supply, as well. that civilian panel reconvened, assessed the case to overed the decision of the prosecutors. the court will ap.8 prosecutors outside of the tokyo prosecutor's office to have adjudicate bring this case against these three executives, including the chairman at the time of the disaster. they face charges of professional negligence leading to death or injury. >> coming up on the program sunni fighters allied with the government say they are not getting enough training or support to fight isil. >> this image of a poor fill teen know boy has led to a flood of donations. many others like him are desperate for help, too. >> we've got all the sport in 20
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minutes, including the story of a young north korean diver who's achieved a rare feat for her country. british workers have been sent to france to repair fences around the channel tunnel. for the past future nights, hundreds of migrants have scaled the barriers to jump on trains bound for britain. traffic through the tub necessarily has been disrupted. >> saying with britain an inquiry into lit convenient incope said two former russian agents poisoned him. he drank tea poisoned.
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>> we knew that alexander lit convenient anyone co hoop settled in the united kingdom and made allegation of corruption against the government of vladimir putin died from poisoning from polonium to 10. it was traced and matched exactly to the movement of two russians. evidence was offered to be given by video link earlier this week, but that didn't happen. lawyers for alex sander's
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litvenenko's widow gave testimony. it has been disputed by the kremlin, but many people who watched the proceedings over the last few weeks will have been surprised by the level of the forensic scientific evidence. my colleague paul brennan has been follow the hearings. >> doctors treated be alexander litvenenko were missified by his symptoms. when it was analyzed, the full enormity of his condition was revealed. he ingested the rare radioactive element polonium 210. the task of the inquiry has been to establish how and why he was poisoned with such a rare and specialized iso open to. he was a former k.g.b. man who had become a critic of vladimir putin's presidency. he was cooperating with the
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british intelligence service. evidence of international espionage and ve renting occurred. >> his public attacks on the regime and on that mr. putin in particular could have had any connection with his death. >> the evidence is focused on the involvement of these two russians. the pair traveled to london more than once to meet litvenenko. he met them and drank the fatal dose in a cup of tea. three weeks later, he was dead. one man was honored by the kremlin and now sits in the russian parliament. >> we suggest that the evidence is clear. alexander litvenenko was murdered by the ingestion of
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polonium 210 on the 16th of october, 2006, and the first of november, 2006. these two men poisoned him. >> the radioactive poisingen of alexander litvenenko was described in court as a miniature nuclear attack, using a substance which also endangered the lives of thousands of unwitting people and set the tone for the deteriorating relations between the west and russia ever since. >> litvenenko's widow welcomed the inquiry but is realistic. >> i believe putin will not change his decision not to extradite. it's something must happen in russia to change his decision on extradition. >> his radioactive body was buried in a lead-lined coffin.
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the final conclusions of the litvenenko inquiry will be published be later this year. paul brennan, al jazeera london. >> alexander litvenenko's with it dough said it is highly unlikely those suspects will be extra died to britain to stand trial. russia said it's against its constitution to do so and it's ordered the parliament member, who received a commend occasion from putin himself litvenenko's family said that shows there is a connection between the russian authorities and the parliament member. his widow said that she is satisfied that it's been proved,
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as her lawyers have said beyond a reasonable doubt who killed him and why. he fought corruption in the secret services in russia. it's been shown she says that he was killed on the orders of the kremlin. although she accepts that this immediate be the end of her quest for justice at least for now, she has seen the world actually hear exactly what happened to her husband. >> thank you for that from london there. >> now beijing has been awarded hosting rights for the 2022 winter olympic games. despite criticism of chain's human rights record, it's won support of the international olympic committee. >> beijing. [ cheers and applause ] >> this is how it feels to win the rights to host an olympics. it's something beijing has some experience in, just seven years after hosting the summer
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olympics it will become the first city to host a winder games, as well, in 2022. >> this is happy and grand news for all our chinese people. i'd like to thank the i.o.c. and friends in various field who have given the trust and support to china. >> there had been last minute lobbying of the 85 olympic voting members in kuala lampur. the cost of hosting the games had been a huge factor when four cities dropped out of the race that had hardly run its course. the oil rich nation of kazakhstan was left to fight it out with beijing. >> it was a vote that took place twice. faulty electronic tablets were replaced by a paper ballot. beijing prevailed by four votes. the chinese capital and surrounding regions have the
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infrastructure but not the natural winter weather you would need. that didn't seem to deter the international olympic committee. >> with the great experience of china in delivering great sport events i think it is really a safe choice. >> the decision was celebrate at the byrd's nest stadium the 2008 olympic venue will again host and opening and closing ceremony. >> i'm not surprised that beijing won the bid. we definitely came to win. we should be the host. >> i'm excited just really excited. >> asian cities will be home to the next olympic games. the concern over the movement will%. boston has pulled out of the running for the 2024 summer games, citing spiraling costs and little local support. the i.o.c. may have to jump
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through more rings to persuade cities of the benefits of hosting an olympic games. >> rob mcbride joins us live from hong kong. we saw the pictures from beijing, the delegates are over the moon at this victory but china was the favorite to win wasn't it? >> it was i think ultimately considered to be the safer pair of hands at the end of the day. it is shown in 2008 with the staging of the summer olympics what a nation and mobilize and motivated can achieve. we saw the evident at those games. chain 2345 has said it will do the same again with the 2022 winter olympics. beijing i guess not a natural winter sports location, but if china says there will be snow, you can belt there will be snow. they have committed themselves to putting in all of the infrastructure deluding the fake snow mans to make sure that the olympics go off without a
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hitch. more in practical terms as we heard there these were resources, the infrastructure will be spread over northeast china. because it's not a natural resort location, some facilities will be in downtown beijing some hill skiing facilities, a good couple of hundred kilometers outside of beijing and then to make it all work, of course we're going to see a huge amount of infrastructure put in place more high speed railings more road, facilities, facilities accessible because it is a populated part of china for hundreds of millions of people. that was a very persuasive argument. >> what about the thorny issues of human rights, the last time beijing was awarded olympics, forcing china to clean up its human rights record. did that happen? >> that is always an issue with olympics human rights and
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china. it was an issue 2008. it was generally felt there was a kind of an opening up. we did see more individual freedoms improving around 2008. i think that has largely been forgotten about now. critics of china argue that we have seen a reversal of the human rights record inside china. china itself dismisses those attacks, sake that the olympics should not be politicized. there could well be an opening up as china opens up its doors with the approach of the gave him. that is always the argument in favor of positive engagement. there will be people who will argue that the decision made tonight is merely rewarding a system that has a very dubious human rights record, awarding them with no intention of changing their ways. >> thank you rob mcbride in hong kong there. >> let's get the weather now with richard. that monsoon causing a problem across india and bangladesh.
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>> you name it, northwestern india, parts of pakistan, northeastern india bangladesh, myanmar, and also nepal all have got problems with monsoon rain. it happens with monsoon index slightly below average. it picked up in some places well in excess of average. >> it was tropical cyclone downgrade. rain was the main feature vast amountles of rain coming down day after day after day. should having up to a meter's worth of rain. >> these particular shots come from west bengal. you see the disruption it causes to people's lives. that particular system is weakening. in northwestern india specifically with these shots another area of low pressure gave an awful lot of flooding. it is the worst hit areas. we have problems moving into
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pakistan, as well. they are having monsoon rain pushing across nepal expected following the earthquake, and causing landslides. that flow coming into the bay of bengal will push heavy rain into myanmar over the next days, so the flooding situation is going to get much worse before it gets better. >> nigeria struggles to stop the illegal import of frozen chicken that's not fit to eat. >> in sport we'll give you the low down on brazil's dirty little secret as rio prepares for the 2016 olympic games.
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>> welcome back. the top news headlines the funeral for an 18-month-old palestinian baby burned to death in an arson attack has taken place. israeli settlers are suspected of carrying out the attack. israel condemned the attack, calling it an act of terrorism. >> malaysia's civil aviation chief is flying to france to join investigations into a piece of debris that could belong to the missing malaysia airlines flight 370 a piece of what looks like a wing flop washed up on reunion island earlier this week. >> beijing. [ cheers and applause ] >> chinese capital has won the bid for the 2022 winter
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olympics beijing will become the first city to host both the winter and summer games after beating the city of almati. >> let's go back to the arson attack that's killed a palestinian baby. a lawyer and human rights activist based in jerusalem joins us life now. good to have you on the program. the israeli military is suspecting jewish settlers were behind this. we know that there's been 120 attacks by settlers on palestinians and palestinian property since the start of this year. most go unpunished. do you expect the perpetrators of this attack to be brought to justice? >> i believe at this time the israeli authorities will do everything they can do to bring whoever committed this crime to
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justice to justify their settlement activities. it is the policy of settlement and the actions of the settlers, not just because they seek justice and want to show justice. this crime was done against the palestinian people and the against the humanity. it's very cruel action that was met, and the israeli authorities think this time they are serious in order to bring people into justice. >> do you think that's the reason they're using such unusually strong language to describe this act? across the israeli political spectrum they've been calling it an act of terrorism. >> yes the use of this expression by the israeli officials and all israeli politicians from the extreme right wing to the right wing of the israeli politics, i think it
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was instructed because of two things. first of all that this crime really is very extreme and was done in a very cruel way. the israeli government wants very much to distinct between actions of the settlers, the extreme settlers and the actions of the government itself by bringing these settlers to the west bank. they want to legitimize the settlement activity, and they want to criminalize the actions of the settlers. while we know that according to the international law that israel doesn't obey to the settlement activities itself is a crime that israel does every morning. >> the palestinian president abbas has said that he is going to ask the international criminal court to investigate this arson attack. speaking with your lawyer hat
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on, do you think that that is a move that is likely to succeed? >> i'm not sure that an international tribunal will establish a committee to examine it or to make investigation for one specific crime but it's worth investigating and establishing the committee in order to condemn and to bring all the people who are responsible for the settlers actions, and settlers moves in the west bank to the international criminal court. >> speaking to us from jerusalem, thank you very much indeed for that. >> now, 11 soldiers have been killed in iraq's western anbar province. an isil suicide bomber used a military vehicle to target an army and police convoy. it was en route to the region
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west of the city, which is under isil control. seven others were injured. >> the iraqi government insists that the town, home to its largest oil refinery is secure from isil, but battles are continuing against pockets of fighters in baiji. groups on the front line said it is not getting what it needs to launch a decisive strike against isil. >> pushing slowly, this group inches forward in baiji town. this isn't any ordinary militia. it's one of a a number of groups who have joined the popular mobilization forces from iraq's sunni muslim community to face isil. things aren't going according to plan. further south sunni groups complain they are not getting the training or support they need. >> we are not getting anything tangible from the authorities so far just empty promises. we want the weapons to fight on the front lines.
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we are not here just to stay of at these camps eatling and sleeping. >> for many abroad, sunni fighters may be the key to fighting isil in anbar. >> we didn't get useful weapons from the central government or the u.s. the americans have only trained 200 sunni recruits with live weapons so far. we need 20,000 well trained fighters to defeat isil. >> getting the sunni tribes to join in the fight has been tough. there is a lack of trust between the tribes and central government for a number of years now. >> there is a precedent to all of this. it was the american backed sunni tribal fighters that defeated al-qaeda in iraq. they say they can do the same again against isil in iraq. however, they do say that they need money weapons and training. money, weapons and training they say they are not getting from the u.s. or the central government. al jazeera baghdad.
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>> the saudi-led coalition says it wants yemen's port city of aden to be the seat of power once the conflict ends. houthi fighters were driven out of much of aden last week. a coalition spokesman said the government would return to sanna if peace talks were successful and it would force the houthis out if necessary. >> the united nations said none of the money pledged by saudi arabia for yemen has been handed over. they promised $274 million in may but is still negotiating the terms of the funding. yemenese are on the brink of starvation as the conflict heads into its fifth month. >> the chad army has killed 117 boko haram fighters. it carried out an operation against the armed group in lake chad along the border separating nigeria, chad and cameroon. chad is part of the regional
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offensive against boko haram. >> extra suicide bomber killed five injured many more in a northeastern city. boko haram has killed hundred it is in recent weeks. >> nigeria's military said it's rescued more than 70 hostages in the last 24 hours. meanwhile, the president muhari named a new general to fight boko haram. >> this open woodland shouldn't be much of a hideout not with a large army on your tail. it's in this area boko haram recruits envoy rape and starve victims. there are many more crimes we don't hear about. it's happening throughout borno state in the north. soldiers have just freed these hostages. women be a young girls and elderly men she giving
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testimonies. >> one woman was held for a year and was waiting to die. she might not have been found if nigeria's neighbors hasn't stepped in to help. >> foreign troops bombing boko haram fighters along the border, making it easier for nigerian soldiers to stage more raised like this bundle on home soil. fully equipped army units have been outgunned and outmaneuvered for years. new president said that's about to change. he and the governor of born nor state asked for support of cameroon this week. >> we find today that president muhari have a common enemy that has virtually taken a part of their territory. >> i'm sure immediately this should improve. >> at home, buhari has sacked the heads of the army, navy and air force and named a new
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general to lead a new multi-national force. >> a journalist said the new army chief the major general has a strong track record. >> he's a general. he's seasoned and he has foreign troops in the niger delta and he has handled multi-national exercises. >> this could be his toughest task yet. boko haram fighters blend into the population, use adult hostagion at snipers and child victims as suicide bombers. not a traditional war in any sense. al jazeera. >> the world health organization said a vaccine to stop ebola is close to becoming a reality. researchers say an experimental vaccine has proved to be 100% effective. it was tested on 4,000 people
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who had been in close contact with patients in new guinea. more than 4,000 died in west africa in the epidemic. >> the philippine penalty endorsed his interior secretary at his successor in anytime year's election. the president aquino said he is the best candidate to advance his anti poverty and anti corruption campaign. he shelved his own ambitions several years ago to give help to aquino. >> a boy has been flooded with donations around the world after a photo of him went viral on the internet. he isn't unique. we report on the plight of the many young children stuck in poverty in the philippines. >> it was an image of a poor young boy determined to fight for his education. under dim light of a mcdonald's
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in the philippines, he was photographed doing his homework on the pavement. the picture went viral massing thousands of shares on social media. donations of cash poured in for him from all over the world. his mother said his future is now secured. the story of daniel living in poverty is a story repeated millions of times over in this country. despite the philippines recent economic gains the number of children living in poverty continues to increase. more than 14 million children live in poverty according to government data. that number represents more than 40% of all filipino children and many live in slums like this one, with no access to decent shelter, education or medical care. >> they have five children and live in a makeshift tent. they rummage through garbage to all the way a living.
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she only makes $2 a day and can only afford to send one child to school. >> it is hard to see my children in this situation. in left the province thinking life would be better here in manila and now look at this, my children don't deserve this life but it feels so helpless. >> poverty forces millions of children to quit school. the country's vulnerability to natural disasters and failures to share economic growth benefits are expected to worsen their situation in the coming years. the country's population growth is also a problem. health sex education and family planning education law have been passed. the leaders of the church are opposed to it. their impact won't be felt for decades. >> the aquino administration is
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quite unprecedented in the sense that this is the first time in philippine history that we have invested so much money in social services. it's over 30% of the bucket goes into social services, and so really the money that's going to conditional cash transfers is really very large. >> some wonder if families like hers are a forgotten community. too poor to be heard, they are just living on the fringes of society. >> still to come here on the program, it was a family heirloom passed down for 150 years. now one of the oldest baseball cards in existence is sold at auction. >> in sport beijing's named host of the 2022 winter olympics and makes a bit of history along the way.
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the incredible journey continues. >> beyond the verdict and on the streets. >> there's been another teenager shot and killed by the police. >> a fault lines special >> nigeria launched a new effort to stop the illegal importation of frozen chicken. local producers say a decade long ban is poorly enforce road. a new study say the imported chicken is harming public health. we report from the border. >> it's 3:00 a.m. and we're with a team from nigeria customs on one of the roads that links to nigeria. they are on the count for frozen chicken smugglers. it's a trade they say is losing
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nigeria $3 billion a year in lost income. after four hours of waiting the smugglers appear. they spot customs officials and three into the bush, band donning the chicken and their vehicles. imported frozen chicken has been band to stimulate local production. a study in july found that the law is not enforced. imported frozen chicken that gets through is said to be unfit for human consumption. local producers are the worst affected. at his farm, he produces 250,000 chickens a year. if it stopped, he said he would produce 750,000. >> they bring in bad chickens which they can sex at much lower prices than i can and the public unfortunately at times do not recognize the difference. >> a locally produced chicken
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costs $8 per bird, a smuggled chicken $2. >> the custom service is did he destroying over a thousand boxes of smuggle would chicken they seized on wednesday night. it's a fraction of the chicken being smuggled in. >> part of the problem is the importation of these chickens is not banned and there's not enough local live produced chicken improving power supplies will increase production and improving the roads will help get products to customers. until then, they will continue
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trying to import the goods into nigeria. >> zimbabwe said environment minister said the american who killed cecil the lion should be extra dated to face charges of illegal poaching. he also says the bow and arrow used contravenes hunting laws. walter palmer admitted to killing cecil but said he hired a professional hunter and he thought it was legal. that hunter and a farmer have both appeared in court in zimbabwe. >> unfortunately, it was too late to apprehend the foreign poacher as he had already absconded to his country of origin. we are appealing to the responsible authorities for his extradition to zimbabwe so that he be made accountable for his illegal action. >> let's get all the sport now. >> as you've been getting
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earlier in the news hour, we now know who will host the 2022 winter olympics, the i.o.c. announcing on friday. >> beijing. [ cheers and applause ] >> these pictures from outside the birth's nest stadium in beijing with celebrations in full swing. two cities were left standing in the end for the right to host the games beijing and almati in kazakhstan. almati losing out this time. we are in the city with this report. >> there is disappointment here in almati when the people of kazakhstan found out their city wouldn't host the 2022 winter olympics. instead, it will go to beijing the first city to have hosted both the summer and winter olympics. here they believe their slogan keeping it real, the fact that they had real snow unlike beijing and the fact that it
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would have been a 30-mile radius for games would be enough to persuade officials but it wasn't enough. they'll still have plans for future sporting events. they're going to host the 2007 winter university games and their president has plans trying to get more visitors to casessing stan. he wants to increase the tourism from 6 million to 10 million. i wouldn't be surprised if kazakhstan bids for future sporting events in the coming years. >> the 2016 rio olympic games are a year away. the main sailing venue is a hazard with raw sewage. we explain. >> with the famous sugar loaf mountain in the background, this is the postcard image rio de janeiro wants. on closer inspection, the bay is
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anything but picture-perfect. rubbish and floating debris is strewn across the water. the stench is over powering. >> rubbish is the main problem. we have 15 million people flushing every single day with no treatment. it's serious. >> treatment plan exists to clean the water pouring in from 16 surrounding municipalities, but two aren't working. the rest run at half capacity due to political uncoordination between districts. >> rio pledged to clean up the bay by at least 80%. it now admits it will miss that mark by at least 50%. officials argue the fecal contamination in the bay meets international standards to be safe for competition. >> i don't think we should have a problem with that.
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it's nothing too bad that you're going to run away and not come back to it. i think no matter what, there's going to be races here. >> we have been on the water on the average 800 days, and so far, nobody got diarrhea or any infection from selling here on the bay. >> still eco boats have been dispatched to collect trash floating on the surface. the state admits the efforts of cosmetic. >> we need a policy that does more than just cleaning. a new policy needs to be implemented. >> we need to use the olympic game for change. if we do not the bay will be forgotten again. >> that may already be the case. the bay isn't cleaned up, discussion is underway to move some sailing races to the open sea.
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al jazeera, rio de janeiro. >> it does look like the third cricket test could be wrapped up. 265 in their second innings early friday, taking six wickets. they need two more runs to win and they are two up in the series. >> a north korean diver is the first ever world medalist. winning the 10-meter platform final in russia, she said it gave her great pleasure to meet the expectations of north korea's leader. >> one of the oldest baseball cards in existence has been sold at auction in the united states for nearly $180,000. it's from the time of president abraham lincoln and has been in
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the family's possession. >> florence and i are looking at ears on this ancient baseball card. trying to work out which one is archibald, a relative of florence's who played baseball in brooklyn when the game was in its in fancy. >> look for the big ears? >> could be him. he's got big ears. >> this card was given to florence by her mom. it's been in the family for 155 years. >> she kept it in my grandfather's antique dresser. >> florence is a fan of genealogy, not baseball, but her mom loved the game and told her stories about ancestors who played, like archibald, a founding member of the long forgotten brooklyn atlantes. >> i was jumping up and down. it said library of congress, worth 50,000 to $500,000 and it's a very rare card. >> very rare, indeed says baseball historian. >> this card was created before
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the first drop of blood shed in the civil war. it's very interesting and a piece of baseball history and american history. >> baseball was quite different then. they played barehanded without gloves and were champions. this modern day team attempts to revive their spirit every year. florence is hoping the sale of the card brings in enough for her to live debt free. >> there will be enough that i can take care of myself. i'll be 75 october 14. it takes a brick wall off your back, actually, i could do what i want. >> that's your sport. >> thanks, robin. stay with us. you will love this story. this is so cute. take a look at these little bundles of fur. oh, my goodness, lions with blue eyes white lions with blue eyes have been born in crimea. their parents carry a gene that causes their fur to be white. aren't they nice pictures to go off on the program? i'll see you in a couple of
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