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beijing. [ applause ] >> the chinese capitol becomes the first to host both the summer and winter olympics. ♪ the funeral for an 18-month-old palestinian baby after an attack. the palestinian health minister says the baby's pashs are in critical condition. >> reporter: carried through the crowded streets, the body of 18-month-old baby killed when his home was attacked and fire bombed. a tiny grave for a young life cut short. the family home in the village where the baby died is a scene of total devastation.
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the building charred and blackened by fire. the same blaze seriously injured his parents and four-year-old brother, a year relative's house is also burned. and scrawled on the wall in hebrew the word revenge. the israeli army has begun on an investigation. they believe settlers are responsible for the arson attack. >> we saw at least two masked people according to our preliminary investigation in the middle of the night come to two houses and spray graffiti in hebrew and then fire bombed the homes. >> reporter: there are at least three ill settlements close by.
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the israeli leadership has denounced the violence. >> the government of israel unequivocally condemns this heinous crime. this act of terrorism. we will fight terrorism and defeat terrorism, no matter who the perpetrators are. >> reporter: but the palestinian president has accused the israeli government of promoting the violence. >> translator: they are encouraging these thugs to carry out these attacks. where is america in all of this? they are not saying anything about these daily crimes. the israeli government and israeli army wanted to prevent this crime, they could have stopped the terrorists but chose not to. >> reporter: the palestinians have urged the international community to take firm and practical steps to stop further attacks. >> stephanie decker is in duma at the family home. >> reporter: there is a lot of
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shock here i think, more than anger. of course people are angered, but they will tell you that these kind of attacks happen all the time from settlers. this village is surrounded by three illegal outposts so it's more shock, really what people will tell you here. we're in the bedroom where the horrific attack took place. i'll get joe to give you a sense of what the scene is here and we know that in the early hours of the morning as we heard from the israeli army spokesperson they smashed the windows, through in a fire bomb. it's a small room. they would have shared this. one man heard the father screaming, and he said he saw two men standing above the bodies of the parents who had managed to get out. they were lying on floor.
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their clothes were on fire and they were watching them. when we got here he managed to take out the 4-year-old toddler, but he said it was impossible to remove the baby. malaysia's civil aviation chief has flown to france to investigation the debris found. malaysian officials will join the french counterparts where the piece of wreckage is due to arrive on saturday. malaysia has said it is almost certainly part of a boeing 777. charles stratford is in france where the wing part will be exam inned, and tell us what they are going to be looking at when the part arrives. >> reporter: there are a number of things they will really be focused on here in this analysis
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that is true to arrive here tomorrow morning. there's a lot of speculation already. we have spoken about these numbers that have been found apparently on this piece of metal. it is being said already by some that this might indicate a serial number others have said this could suggest a maintenance record from repairs that have been done. other pieces of evidence also what is being described a things like data tags bar codes, any kind of reference there that could trace this piece of debris to a boeing 777. and they will be looking at the level ofco core row shun and debate how long this piece of debris has been on the surface.
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some ocean org fers say the barnacles suggest it was on the ocean floor and it has floated up. ocean ing fers say it is conceivable it may well have floated from the site where it's believed the plane went down. so there's a lot that is going to be looked at here and what is important, of course is officials here aviation experts do not want in any way make the kinds of mistakes they have made previously when announcing that they had irrefutable evidence that mh 370 had gone down in that area. so there's a lot hanging on this investigation, and it all starts here basically tomorrow morning. >> and hopefully we'll have
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answer soon. charles thank you for that. three former executives of japan's tepco power company will be tried for their roles in the fukushima nuclear disaster. earlier prosecutors decided there wasn't enough evidence to try them. a massive earthquake destroyed the plant contaminating water, food and air. beijing has been awarded hosting rights for the 2022 olympic winter games. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: 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 olympics it will become the
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first city to host a winter games as well in 2022. >> translator: this is happy and grand news for all of our chinese people. i would like to thank the ioc, and friends in various fields who have given the trust and support to china. >> reporter: there has been a lot of last-minute lobbying of the 85 olympic voting members in koala koala -- it left out the oil rich nation of kazakhstan to fight it out with beijing. >> it's not a risk choice for 2022. in fact we are quite the opposite. >> reporter: it was a vote that took place twice. faulty electronic tablets replaced by a paper ballot. in the end beijing won by just four votes. they have the infrastructure
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but not the natural winter weather you would need for games like these. >> with the great experience of china in delivering great sport events i think it is -- it is really a safe choice. >> reporter: the decision was celebrated at the birds nest stadium in beijing, the 2008 olympic venue will host the winter venue as well. >> translator: i'm excited, just really excited. >> reporter: asia cities will be home to the next three olympic games. the concerns over the movement will persist. boston has already pulled out of the running for the 2024 summer games. citing spiralling costs and
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little public support. elise holman al jazeera. a british inquiry into the death of alexander, have been told that two russian agents poisoned the man. he died in 2006 after drinking tea laced with polonium. >> reporter: on friday on the last day of hearings the lawyer for the widow, told the court that president putin and those who support him are prepared for murder people who stand in their way. they believe the scientific evidence shows that there's no
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doubt that the two men suspected of murdering the man, did in fact do that at the behest of moscow. we know that alexander was poisoned by a fatal dose from a cup of tea that he drank in the presence of the two men in a hotel in london in november 2006. lawyers for the family and the metropolitan police here in the u.k. say they couldn't have gotten their hands on that substance and traveled with it without the knowledge and acquiescence of russian authorities. russia has refused demands by britain to extradite those two men. in fact one is a member of the lower house of parliament and received an award from president putin earlier this year. something the lawyer says proves
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the correction between the kremlin and this case. however, both the family and the metropolitan police have accepted that there is very little if any chance of prosecution of the russians accused of being involved in the killing, because russia says that its constitution prevents them from extraditing them and it rejects any connection between them and the killing back in 2006. coming up here on the program, sunni fighters allied with the iraqi government say they are not getting enough training or support to fight isil. plus the land swap between india and bangladesh could bring relief to thousands who are effectively stateless.
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♪ welcome back. the top stories on al jazeera, the funeral for an 18-month-old palestinian baby burned in an arson attack has taken place. israel has condemned the attack calling it an act of terrorism. malaysia's civil aviation chief is taking part in the investigation of the piece of debris that could be part of flight mh370. >> beijing. >> and beijing will become the
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first city to host both the winter and summer olympic games. renee is the director of the think tank. >> the unfortunately thing is that this nothing which is isolated. unfortunately i have been in the west bank for four years and seen attacks by israeli settlers on the civilian population on a continuous basis. in the past ten years over 1,000 palestinians have been injured. unfortunately this is something we see in west bank on a daily basis. there's no protection for the palestinian civilian population here. in this case yes, the israeli government condemned it strongly. they called it terrorism, which they usually don't. we have seen a debate.
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usually the israeli government and parliament do not refer to the settler environment as terrorism. we have a right-wing government in israel right now which is supporting this movement and almost on a weekly basis we see the support for new settlement construction and on a largely basis settlers are protected, and this is due to the israeli justice system and the israeli settlers under civilian law, and they are not held accountable for their crimes for injuring palestinian civilians, and this is a dire situation that needs to be address ur -- urgently. the world health organization says a vaccine that could help stop ma laya laya -- laya -- ma
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lair -- ebola is close to being approved. in nigeria a suicide bomb attack happened at a mall. it is the latest of suicide bombings blamed on boko haram. in neighboring chad the army says it has killed 117 boko haram fighters. it carried out on the operation near lake chad. chad is part of a regional offensive against boko haram. our correspondent has the latest from the nigerian capitol, abuja. >> reporter: the attack happened as the early-morning crowd gathered for early morning dues. nobody has claimed responsibility, but fingers are already pointing to boko haram. we have seen over the last few weeks have boko haram are stepped up their operations in
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terms of the use of suicide bombers and other devices. hundreds of people were killed by boko haram suicide bombers in other attacks. we have seen less and less attacks on the military and security personnel in the region an indication that boko haram's capability has been degraded seriously by the military operations in that area. currently a military is underway from the multinational joint task force, from countries like nigeria, chad niger, and cameroon, as well as [ inaudible ] which is also contributing a number of soldiers to help route boko haram from the northeast region. we have seen also how boko haram has continuously focused more attention on suicide bombers targeting civilians in particular. largely because people here believe that the capabilities of boko haram has been degraded.
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>> >> tunisia has declared a state of emergency for another two months. it happened earlier this month after a gunmen killed 38 tourists. an extra 3,000 police officers have also been deployed at tourist places. the state of emergency gives security forces more powers and restricts large public gatherings. 11 soldiers have been killed in iraq's anbar province. an isil suicide bomber used a military vehicle to target an army and police group. seven others were hurt. the iraqi government insists that the town home to its largest oil refinery is safe from isil but battles are continuing against pockets of fighters. one of the most effective groups on the front line says it is not getting the support it needs to mount a decisive strike. >> reporter: pushing slowly this militia group inches forward.
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but this is one of a number of groups who have joined the popular mobilization forces from iraq's sunni muslim community to fight isil. but things aren't going to plan. further south, sunni groups complain they are not getting the training or support they need. >> translator: we're not getting anything tangible from any authorities, so far just empty promises. we want weapons. we are not here just to stay at these camps eating and sleeping. >> reporter: for many sunni tribal fighters may be the key to fighting isil in anbar. >> translator: we didn't get any useful weapons from the central government nor from the u.s. the americans have only trained 200 sunni recruits with live weapons so far. we need at least 20,000 well-trained fighters to fight
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isil. >> reporter: there has been a lack of trust between the tribes and the central government for a number of years now. this was a precedent to all of this the american backed sunni tribal fighters defeated al-qaeda in iraq, and they say they can do the same against isil in iraq but they need weapons and training. the philippine president has endorsed its interior secretary as his successor in next year's election. the says he is the best candidate to advance his anti-poverty and anti-corruption campaign campaign. the election is set for may. the world's most complex border disputes is set to end on friday. more than 50,000 stateless
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people locked between india and bangladesh will finally have a state. the people of the enclaves couldn't use local schools, clinics, water, or electricity. it means 111 enclaves will be transferred to bangladesh control, and the rest will be india's responsibility. our correspondent reports from an indian enclave in bangladesh. >> reporter: for most of this man's life walking to work has meant breaking the law. as he passes this inonning wows-looking color that marks the end of his village, he is entering a foreign country. he is a resident of an india enclave deep inside bangladesh. >> translator: our children can't go to school unless they sneak into to bangladesh to
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study, and if there is [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: those inside the enclave have found themselves unable to leave their villages without coming illegal immigrants. things can get pretty surreal at the border. since, i'm standing inside a bangladesh enclave that's entirely surrounded by an indian one, that is an enclave within an enclave. buzz the anomalies are about to disappear. inc. dea and bangladesh have finally agreed to swap the enclave and these villagers have gathered to discuss whether to stay and become bangladeshi citizens or head to india. this is one of almost 1,000 people who are choosing to leave, while the rest are choosing to stay where they are. >> translator: we have a lot of family inside india.
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so it will be nice being with them. leaving makes sense for me. >> reporter: he is one of those who will stay back and as the official day of exchange approaches he and his fellow enclave residents are marking the occasion by lighting 68 candles, one for each year in limbo. zimbabwe's environment minister says the american who silled cecil the lion should be extradited to face charges of illegal poaching. the bow and arrow used to kill the lion is against hunting laws. the man says he thought it was legal. two men involved in organizing the hunt have already appeared in court. >> unfortunately it was too late to apprehend the foreign poacher has he had already absconded to
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his country of origin. we are therefore appealing for his extradition to zimbabwe so he be made accountable for his illegal action. a few years ago earthquakes were all but unheard of in the u.s. state of oklahoma then along came frac-ing. and last year it has nearly 600 earthquakes. and many people are worried about what could happen next. as heidi zhou castro has been founding out. >> why isn't any law out there to protect us? >> reporter: angela had hoped for a peaceful retirement in rural oklahoma. >> so this one just gets wider. >> reporter: but with oklahoma's earthquakes growing in number and intensity, she fears the next one could bring her home
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down. >> it takes your breath away in a sense, because there's -- you can literally describe usually how the house will roll north to south, east to west. >> reporter: before oklahoma frac-ing boom picked up in 2009 the state averaged less than two magnitude 3 earthquakes a year now the state sees two of them a day. >> we're having more magnitude 3 earthquakes here in oklahoma than say california. >> reporter: the explosion is both unprecedented and man made he says. >> clearly now when we're almost 600 times when we consider the normal background rate we have moved beyond what can be explained through a natural process. >> reporter: he says disposal wells are most likely to blame. in this part of the country, each barrel comes up with as many as 30 barrels of naturally
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occurring salt water. they dispose of the water by injecting it back into the ground under high pressure. if it hits a fault line it can trigger an earthquake. >> what is the worst case scenario? >> that we have many faults within oklahoma that are capable of producing a significant earthquake. even another 5.6, or mag ought to 6 earthquake would be quite significant. >> reporter: and that could happen here in oklahoma? >> absolutely. >> reporter: with one in three jobs in oklahoma linked to oil and gas, the tide of public opinion has been slow to turn towards corey williams call for a disposal well moratorium. he says the state's current restrictions on just 15% of the wells is not enough. >> it appears that we're waiting for a catastrophic loss of life or property and i just think it's a terrible way to be going
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all in the name of economic development. and you can keep up to date with all of today's news on our website, all of the top stories there, and you can find the latest on the sport as well. that's aljazeera.com. valuating the clues, airplane debris found on an island in the indian ocean is heading to france. a palestinian toddler dies when his family's home is set on fire. and zimbabwe demands that the american hunter who killed cecil the lion
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