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>> beyond the verdict and on the streets. >> there's been another teenager shot and killed by the police. >> a fault lines special investigation. >> there's a general distrust of firebomb - international outrage over an arson attack blamed on israeli settlers that kills a palestinian toddler. the fears of retaliation and more violence. stopping ebola. >> this is the first time that there is demonstration that the vaccine might be so effective. >> the new vak seek that could be -- vaccine that could be a game changer in the fight ape
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gains deadly violence ready for combat. the f-35 the controversial fighter jet is declared ready for action after years of delays and overruns. second chances. >> if it wasn't for education i would not be able to see the challenges a plan to have the inmates - giving them the chance to use federal money the chance to finance a college education behind bars good evening, i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. tensions are growing. a short time ago palestinian officials said two were shot and killed by israeli forces. the deaths coming hours after mourners buried a toddler burnt to death after an arson attack in the west bank. israeli and palestinian officials call it a hate crime carried out by jewish settlers. >> the family shared the only
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bedroom. they would have shared this space. that man heard screams and saw the attacker standing over the parents. he went to get help. when he came back the two men were gone. >> translation: smoke was coming out of the house. i saw the 4-year-old. i pulled him out. they told me another baby was inside. the flames were big. there was a huge blast and no way to save the baby. >> reporter: this is the room where the 18-month-old was found dead and we spoke to the ambulance worker that removed the body and what he described what was left of the baby was a lump of coal. relatives laid pictures of the boy on the burnt-out floor of the bedroom. he had not finished his milk. the neighbour's house was set on fire. no one was home. the attackers left a message "revenge", it said, in hebrew. ali's parents and 4-year-old brother has been taken to hospital. israel is quick to condemn the
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attack. >> the government of israel unequivocally condemns this heinous crime, the act of the terrorism. we'll fight and defeat terrorism, no matter who they are. >> reporter: the palestinianian president claims the israeli government for the attack. >> when the israeli government encourages settlements, when they build settlements in the west bank and jerusalem, they encourage blocks of settlements to go what they do every day. >> reporter: people say attacks happen often, but never with such an outcome. hundreds showed up for baby ali's funeral. the parents in too critical a condition to lay their son to rest. the israeli government says it will bring what it calls terrorists to justice. not many believe the promise of justice will come. >> there has been protests across the occupied west bank and occupied east jerusalem in response to what happened here,
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namely in hebron and occupied east jerusalem. we are not seeing huge numbers. people are shocked, but there's a sense that they are helpless to change things. certainly when it comes to trying to change this israeli government settlement policy which has been active over the last couple of years. attacks likes the one on the west bank have become more common. john terrett joins us mp. >> the israeli government calls them price tag attacks, hate crimes. they are perpetrated by a handful of individuals livering in israeli -- living in israeli settlements. >> reporter: in the occupied west bank olive trees are destroyed. he says the crops were burnt by ultra nationalist israeli
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settlers. these attacks are known as price tacks, as in the police paid for any perceived attack on the jewish settlement. in east jerusalem, golan heights and west bank the perpetrators spray paint the word price tag in hebrew. they range from the burning of crops to the destruction ever mosques and murder. >> violence of all koined. terrorism by settlers. this is what it can be called. >> reporter: although wide by condemned by most israelis some ultra nationalists say they are provoked by palestinians and are meant to send a message - stay out. >> jews got back after 10 years. we are back hotel. >> we stay. it's our home. >> reporter: according to the u.n. there has been 120 attacks
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by the israeli settlers and a report by the israeli human rights organization says 92% of the attacks on palestinians result in no charges being filed. the israeli government condemned the attacks and promised to use the military to find perpetrators. it provides little comfort to people like ibrahim wadih, left with charred crops and no income the pace of the attacks increased. the human rights group says little action has been taken by israeli forces to find the perpetrators earlier i spoke to a human rights attorney and asked her to put into context the price tag attacks. >> there has been approximately 11,000 attacks on bodies and
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land. these have grown. they can be held to account, and yet the problem is not the settlers, but what the israeli system sets out to go in the process of removing palestinians to replace them with settlers. baby ali was the fourth palestinian killed. two today, and three this week by the israeli army. within israel as well. this happens, it's not just about the settlers. there's israeli system dehumanizing palestinians and that's evidenced in death to hear about abs, and the system that dehumanizes them. >> a lot of this is by extremist in the jewish settler movement. this is condemned by it israeli parties. people across israel and, in fact most studies of this seem to show the jewish settlers
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oppose it. wouldn't is be in the israeli interests to put a top to it. >> a lot of things is in israel's best interests, but it doesn't do it. it has a blank czech to treat them as non-humans we are letting israel off the hook and looking at the wrong issue, this is about israeli society that dehumanizes palestinians. binyamin netanyahu decried this as a terrorist attack. during the tenure has not overseen the prosecution... >> she hopes that the incident will provoke the u.s. to pressure the israeli government to offer greater protection against future attacks. doctors say it could be a game changer in the fight against ebola, a vaccine developed in record time supports to work. jacob ward has more from san
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francisco. >> it's a canadian vaccine, funded by canada norway britain - an extraordinary international collaboration, the w.h.o. pushed this through. it was a coming together of nations and organizations for the betterment of humankind in the midst of a terrible crisis results have been extraordinary. not only have they managed to develop the vaccine where it should have taken over a decade. the results are extraordinary. of 2,041 given the vaccine, none of them developed symptoms after 10 days. essentially they developed an immunity. that is a 100% fictive result. that -- effective result. that is extraordinary, we never see it. imagine what this could have done. the early stages of the outbreak the first patient zero was a 2-year-old who passed it on to a grandmother, other
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family members, and left to another pre-februarying tur when a midwife and hospital worker were treated, and from there the outbreak claimed 11,000 lives in several countries. if huh given this vaccine to half of those people it could have broken up the transmission chains cut off the passage way for the virus and changed the outcome. this is it not a silver bullet. this vaccine works against a few strains of ebola. it's not an easy thing to stockpile. it requires a laboratory grade freezer at negative 80 degrees, and is not a sure-fire thing that will work for more than 3 weeks. they know it will work for three weeks. time goes by. it could change ebola mutate. they are not sure. certainly at this moment the results are promising and this is a public health victory in the midst of a terrible tragedy.
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>> jacob ward reporting. >> the coast guard called off a much search for two teenagers that went missing. last seen in june ter inlet -- jupiter inlet. their boat was found cap sizing. the coast guard checked from florida up the coast to south carolina. the boys' family say they'll carry on with a private effort a grand jury in ohio decided not to charge two officers at the scene when a third killed an unarmed black driver. bisi onile-ere has more from cincinnati. >> reporter: the howard county prosecutor announced two police officers on the scene when of sam dubose was shot would not be indicted. after the release of video camera who heard say that ray
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tensing was dragged. the officers sat down for official interviews they said they didn't see anything. right now the two officers are on paid administrative leave while the university conducts its own investigation. prosecutor joe d. >> -- released a statement saying he agreed with the decision. a grievance has been filed on behalf of ray tensing saying that the school fired him without just cause and he was not afforded due process. uv fired the cop after a grand jury indicted him for murder. he pleaded not guilty. he was released from gaol yesterday after posting 10% of a $1 million bond. the hamilton county coroner's office released preliminary results from dubose finding he died from a single gunshot wound to the temple.
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no bullet was recovered. >> the man charged in the charleston church shooting pleaded into accounty. dylann roof left the federal court house in charleston after the arraignment. he is accused of killing nine inside a south carolina church last month. his defense lawyer says dylann roof wants to plead guilty but will not let him do so until prosecutors say whether they'll sake the death penalty at federal judge issued an order against planned parenthood. videos had been released showing them negotiating prices for foetal tissues used in research produce. the center blocks the center from putting out video from the national abortion federation. after nearly two decades and hundreds of billions the first f-35 fighter jets have been cleared for combat. critics say they have concerns. pacific rim leaders hit
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stumbling blocks as they try to finalise the biggest trade deal history. history.
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the mar in corp announced the f-35 b is ready for combat. a milestone for the programme which has seen years of delays and cost run overruns. vicinity has more. >> pilots swear by if. critics swear at it. the f-35 is a stealthy fighter jet that was supposed to cut costs by making one plane with different models to be used by all the services. this is the pentagon so the plane turned out to be the most expensive weapon's programme, with the defense programme spending $400 million to develop and buy more than 2400 jets over the next 30 years. after 14 years in development. the fighter is said to be ready for trial time. at the sea trials the marine version of the jet is said to
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have passed all tests with flying colours. the first squadron of 10 will be based in arizona. because of its need to take off and land vertically the f-35b is the most expensive of three versions of the jet. price tag around $100,000 each. it is depending who you talk to one of the best jets or the biggest boon dogle. the reason the marines are putting it to the test is they have a version that doesn't have all the pieces. including a gun and a helmet. that led many to claim it was not ready for combat. it's been said the f-35 is back on electric triesing back so a miscalculation a permission to
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buy the plane whilst it was being designed and build jamie mcintyre in washington investigators made it to a remote island in the i don't suggest hoping to solve a mystery. debris that could be from missing malaysia airlines flight 370 was found. tania page is off the coast of madagascar, on reunion island where new its that may be from the plane have been found. this is a rocky beach, police walk its length and watch from the sky. perhaps there's more to find. workers discovered the deadly. he thinks the bottle made in indonesia could be a clue. he's taking it to the police. >> i have 30 workers, and every morning before we start we check the sea and if we find something we call the police. >> the discovery of wreckage
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made the small island in the indian ocean an important place in the search for the malaysia airlines flight mh370, which disappeared from radar while on root from quooum purr in march last year. they have seen the footage, showing codes on it say it's from the wing of the 777. >> the man who found it is relieved. >> if it's from the plane i'm happy from the for the families. >> while the wreckage is wrapped for transportation to france for investigators to examine it the deep sea search continues. it may not reveal why the plane changed course or anything about happened on board. but it confirms they are looking in the right place, thousands of kilometres to the east of reunion island. >> looking out at the vast indian ocean, it's something of
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a miracle that they could have made to this far. if it's proven to come from mh370, it could be the only part of it ever found. >> now the beach is attracting curious locals. watching and speculating. the wreckage may reveal some answers, the mystery is far from solved talks in hawaii to reach a transpacific partnership trade agreement ended without a deal. trade ministers and negotiators from 11 pacific nations and the united states wrapped up negotiations saying progress was made and that they'll stay in touch to find common ground on outstanding issues. >> in this last stage of negotiations, we are more confident than ever that t.p.p. is within reach, and will support jobs and economic growth. >> what we have agreed on what our leaders agreed on is commercially meaningful access. we can't look it up in a
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dictionary and find a definition it comes through the negotiation process. and that has not quite been achieved at this meeting much joop the obama administration was hoping for pa deal. details of the agreement are scarce. the big stumbling block were accessed to agricultural markets and protections for pharmaceutical companies. the president signed into law a short-term measure to fund highway projects. the senate joined the house, but at the signing the president criticized lawmakers for failing do reach a deal before starting the 5-week summer break. >> we can't keep on funding transportation, you know by the seat of our pants. three months at a time. it's not how the greatest country on earth should do its business. i guarantee this is not how china, germany, other countries
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around the world, other big powerful countries around the world handle the infrastructure. we can't have bridges collapsing and potholes not filled because congress can't come up with a plan to fund the infrastructure for more than three or five or six months at a time. >> the president urged congress to begin work on a new budget when workers returned in september. >> a batch of hillary clinton's emails released by the state department showed some exchanges now classified information. they were among 5,000 pages clinton -- 55,000 pages clinton handed over from a private network. some emails covered delicate deals between egypt and hamas, others related to the 2012 benghazi attack. clinton denied she sent or received information. >> google is facing a standoff with france over europe's right to be forgotten policy. the internet giant denied a
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french watchdog group's request to expand the programme to include non-european web addresses. requests to delist information apply to e.u. related domains. france says the decision should apply globally including delisting information, in the u.s. brazil india and canada. >> convicts could get help paying for college. some say it keeps people out of prison some say it puts criminals before law-abiding students. >> and officials in zimbabwe want to put the hunker who killed a famous lion on trial.
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zimbabwe has asked the united states to send back the american dentist who killed an iconic lion. the country's wildlife minister wants big game hunter walter james palmer extradited and tried in zimbabwe. the u.s. fish and wildlife service said it was kackth by a representative -- contacted by a representative to the dentist. palm palmer admitted to killing the lion but insists he was told by the guides it was legal fire fires in sacramento has burnt more than 20 square miles and is spreading. the fire has destroyed three homes.
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officials ordered 500 to evac upt. the education department announced a pilot programme to make some prison inmates eligible for grants. legislation was passed in 1994, to ban college aid to prisoners. critics and congress say the government prioritised criminals over law-abiding citizens. they talked to an inmate about the impact to higher education. >> i'm kind of overwhelmed with emotion right now. >> it's been 15 years since johnny perez was lasts here. at the age of 21, he robbed is convenience store. his daughter was two days old. >> my daughter had to go her life without me because i decided to go. >> reporter: arrested down the block, perez spent the next 13 years in prison. >> i'm tired of everything - the food the police the inmates, the fact that no one visits or writes me.
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the fact that i have seven years, and six more to go. it came from a place of you know desperation, ignorance. i had spent about 12 in different gaols and institutions. there was nothing else i knew how to do. i didn't have skills marketable skills or education, i had a gd and i got in rikers island in 1996. >> he said he found hope when he took courses behind bars. >> how did getting that education change you? >> it helped to understand myself actions within the context of the environment. >> today they work with the urban justice center as an advocate. >> if it wasn't for education, i would not have seen the stepping stones. all of a sudden the impossible became possible. >> they left prison with credits and worked towards the bachelor's degree paid for by a
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link a private programme offering courses in five prisons. they received a bachelor's degree as parts of the programme. he's hudson's executive director. >> we had 396 students graduate with a.a. and ba degrees. in our - going into our 15th year of programming we have a less than 2% recidivism. >> access to higher education makes a difference between returning to crime and building a better future. >> for me potentially, having been imprisoned for two decades, the idea that i'm now on the government's group for re-entry i'm a senior fellow an executive director here in charge of five sights and college programs it would not have happened if i didn't have the credentials to go behind the work initiative or drive.
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without the state funding the reach is limited. raising money is a challenge every day. having students ask me will there be a semester - it would be nice to plan out a year in advance, to think about what we could offer, how much what how many students we could serve. >> i'm proud of a man. i'm a father. successful. >> he'll celebrate two years of freedom and is planning to pursue a law degree. i believe in the power of education, i seen it work for me and others and for men and women present and incarcerated. >> roxana beijing will become the first city to host the summer and winter olympics. the chinese capital beat almati for the 2022 olympic games. they were sold as a safe bet. and it has most of the
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infrastructure from from if the 2008 olympics. a number of human rights groups criticized the decision. i'm antonio mora head to aljazeera.com. ray suarez is up next with "inside story". "inside story". [ ♪♪ ] after the scouts national leader former secretary of defense, robert gates, told the leadership barring gay adults from volunteering wouldn't work the organization voted to allow gay men and women to serve as leaders. thousands of gub packs and troops will have to adapt to a new world. will they do their best or prepare fo