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exclusive report from yemen as international aid arrived in the war torn city of aden. good to have you along. you are watching al jazeera. i am david foster. up in the next 30 minutes, iraq's kurdish letter said bkk fighters must withdraw from their northern position or more civilian lives will be lost in turkish airstrikes. a wing reaches expert's in france. new restrictions on hunting in zimbabwe after another lion
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is killed in a national park. >> yemen's vice president has visited parts of aden affected by the bar in that country. he is the most senior official to have been to the city since loyal -- local fighters drove the houthis out more than four weeks ago. the prime minister of the exile government was traveling with several members of the cabinet. his trip coincided with the world food program and desperatelied needed. government spoken to al jazeera about the severity of the situation in that port. >> what happened are inconceivable crimes. we will never forget these healthcare scenes or the level of the widespread destruction and from here and on behalf of the yemeni government, i renew
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the invitation to visit aden urgently to document such crimes. >> some people in aden like many across the entire country are in desperate need of basic items. on saturday, a plane full of supplies touched down in the city's international airport. al jazeera was on board and has this report. >> reporter: this is one of the first air lasts to take place since hadti recaptured the airport. from the houthis and allies. hundreds of topics delivered by the air force now being unloaded by locals here behind me to the right, now, you will see the passenger terminal of the international airport. when we arrived hear few months ago, the sign read enter in peace and security. two things millions of yemenis wish they had more than anything now. an impoverished country
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beleaguered by war means over 80% of the population in dire need of some sort of humanitarian aid. look at the control tower behind me of the airport. you can see the shear disstruction that has beg inflicted in the battle for this strategic city. around, we see the armed men. those fighters, like i say, loyal to the president, they are not in uniform. they are volunteers. many of them never picked up a gun before. there had been some. some sort of special forces which we have seen that we understand belong to the gtc coalition supporting the government by request of the hadi to try to establish some sort of security here in aden for the government to return with an ounce or two hopefully as far as they are concerned, spre spread the authority not only in
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aeen in the rest of the country. the situation is still fluid. it is still one of turbulence. that's why the aircraft come to deliver this aid is only staying on the ground for enough time to unload before it takes off again. there is some sort of shelling and mortar attacks that spore at clique take place. al jazeera. aden. >> turkey says it's going to look into reports of civilians who were killed in an operation targeting a pkk camp in the north of iraq. kurdish authorities have called on pkk fighters to leave their basis in the north of their country to save civilian lives. the reason, they say was to help reduced violence. it accused turkey of bombing civilian targets in air raids targeting the pkk. now, the kurdish regional
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government says the pkk and turkey need to resume peace talks. al jazeera's zeina khodr sends this. >> the president calling on the pkk to withdraw from the mountains saying if there were no bases in northern iraq, then turkey would not be bombing the area. linking for humanitarian regions, but, you know, this raises the question: what will happen on the front lines with isil? because the pkk had been helping at a time peshmerga, the kurdistan regional government. they sent troops to the border to help them hold a 1,000 kilometer front line against isil. it seems that the krg is now confident that they can pull this line by themselves. these two groups are unlikely alleys because they have a long
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history of conflict and unlike the pkk, the krg enjoys good ties with turkey. so, it's not only that. turksey an economic lifeline for the krg. so, maybe the krg would like to get rid of a force that really could challenge its authority. their official line is, we want to avoid northern iraq becoming a battlefield, but the pkk, like i said, has been a defendant thorn in their side. so all of these groups, fighting isil but no unity among them. and this is the front line in iraq. across the border in syria, opposition groups have taken up arms against each other. there has been even more infighting, threatening the u.s. program to train and equip a force to take on the islamic state of iraq and the levant. this is thought to be an airstrike carried out by the u.s. to support its alneys
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syria. it targeted positions of the nusra front in northern aleppo. it came too late. nusra fighters had attacked the base of a group called division 30 and abducted its commander and several of its men. it was a message to the u.s. and the syrians who cooperate with it. >> the 30 infantry division is a group trained by the u.s. they entered syria a few days ago. it is a national army that america is trying to create in syria. asknow, america classified nusra as a terrorist group. the infantry's main goal is to fight nusra. >> little information has been made public about division 30 until its men entered certain i can't. this new syrian group received training from the u.s. in turkey as part of a program to build a face to fight isil. it appears they didn't want to be filmed because working with the u.s. can easily create them
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enemies among the syrian opposition. >> saying, we are ready to coordinate with anyone fighting for the syrian people. i am announcing this through your channel right now. we will fight isil or anyone supporting them. iran or hezbollah. >> not what the u.s. train and equip well is about. it is about creating a force to fight isil, not the syrian government. the program has faced many difficulties since it was ane s aneoused. after months of delay, it was launched in may and the pentagon was planning to train more than 5,000 fighters in a year. but so far, it be trained 54 in turkey. it wasn't the first time those targeted opposition groups who have received support from the u.s. there has been a defendant movement in the syrian revolutionary front were both forced to disband.
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nusra's attacks -- the attack on division 30 is a setback. both nusra and division 30 are enemies of isil. it considers a terrorist organization. not a target of the u.s. coalitions campaign, the u.s. has hit the al-qaeda linked group believed to be under nusra's protection. nusra fields it is a target and seems to be taking pre-emptive measures to protect itself. at the same time, it has complicated the coalition's plan to fight i sil. southern turkey. >> thousands have taken to the streets in blistering heat in iraq to protest. iraq is in the grips of a maven heat wave, high temperatures pushing around 50 degrees celsius. a holiday because of this and cutting power angering
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residents. radiograph >> reporter: this is the second day of protests against corruption, unemployment, and crime. >> in my opinion, it has failed. that's the reason for the services. what is more strange is the that anyone who protests stays, an infiltrator or spy. the people in iraq say they have had enough of power outages amid searing heat. thousands protested. >> it's been 13 years with no water, no electricity, no services, no salaries. >> many accuse iraq's government of systemic failure to provide basic services. it was a heavy security presence. earlier this month, a protester was killed what demonstration against power shortages turned violent. >> we are demonstrating against the failed government, a government that has disappointed the people. they keep giving us false promises.
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we have no services. have they no shame? for years, we have been telling them they are failures. they are thiefs. they are corruptuieves. they are corrupt. people see the situation has worsened in recent years. temperatures have already crossed 50 degree celsius. the government declared a 4-day holiday after a heat wave was predicted between thursday and saturday. the prime minister held meetings with the minister of electricity and ordered power cuts at the homes of all government officials. people face woody electricity cuts came out in baghdad for relief. they are calling for the minister of power to resign. >> we are outside because of the heat and because there is no power. power comes for 10 minutes, and then it goes off. >> iraq's aging power plants cannot keep up with the surge in demand. the government says its invested billions of dollars to increase capacity that was badly damaged during the 2003 u.s. invasion.
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there have been some agreements with china for, but major gaps remain. last week, iran announced the construction of a $2.5 billion power plant, but it will take two years to be operational. for now, demonstlieksz these in major cities continue and the protesters say they won't go home unless the power cuts stop. investigators believe what could be from the missing flight 370 has arrived in toulouse. this fragment washed up on the island of reunion in the indian ocean. it's a breakthrough in a case that has baffled aviation experts for more than a year. it went missing in march of last year with 239 passengers and crew on board. here is charles stratford in toulous. >> reporter: this is the french
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ministry of defense establishment where the investigation is taking place. some of the buildings behind me, similar investigations have taken place in recent years. we are in the basic hub of the european aviation industry here now, it's believed that the focus of this investigation is really going to start to look at what's being reported as a serial number on this piece of day bre. the malaysian authorities saying this offers pretty conclusive proof it does actually come from a boeing 777. if that is the case, logically, one has to think it comes from mh-370 because therecism haven't been any disasters on that plane over oceans since the plane came in to circulation since the plane started to be flown. we also hear they are going to be looking at trying to establish how long the day bre has been in the water. oceanographers are saying it's not unlikely that this piece of debri may well have floated around 4,000 kilometers from the
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area where it's believed the plane went down to the coast of the island of reunion. whatever happens here, there is a lot of hope that this piece of debris could begin seriously to ask the questions for the hundreds of thousands of friends and families of the victims or mh 370. as to exactly what happened on that night, march the 8th last year. >> still to come on this program, the people demanding better treatment for migrants. not everybody is on the same side that they are property testers in england. plus >> i am terek basely in what could be the kitchen of the future where these robotic arms are whipping up a crab bisque.
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time on arizona to run through the global headlines. yemen's vice president, also the country's prime minister has made a symbolic visit after houthi rebels were driven out, to aden. leader of iraq's kurdish region is calling on kurdish pkk fighters to leave their basis so as to protect civilians. a number of people have been killed during air raids by turkey that are targeting pkk conditions in northern iraq. turkey said it will investigate reports of civilian death. debris that could be from the missing flight mh-370 for
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testing sent to a military unit in toulouse to be analyzed on wednesday. it was billed by many as perhaps the biggest trade deal ever. it's all come crashing down now as ministers from 12 countries involve what was called the tra trespassific partnership have failed to disagree on any way forward -- to disagree on any talk forward. on the hawaiian island of mau is this. >> reporter: this was supposed to be the biggest trade deal in history, the summit lasted four days. but overall, transpacific partnership negotiations have been going on for more than five years. the minister's claims of meaningful progress rang hollow. this was to be a make or break summit for these talks. disappointed that you are not able to announce a deal at least in principle? >> there are, of course, at the ends of the day, a limited
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number of difficult issues that require additional attention to be resolved. but i feel very gratified about the progress that's been made. >> each country had its own priorities. australia and new entry rack, ag culture. for vietnam, clothing. for japan and mexico, their motor industries. >> i am sure you are aware that the auto industry in mexico is the 7th largest producer in the world and the fourth lagest exporter. obviously, mexico has a deep interest. you can accuse me putting myself to the front to really push the interest of my country. >> with a deal as complex as this, deadlock in one area prevented progress in others. tearific reductions from areas exporting were in play alongside general discussions on common regulations, not just for trade but, also, for production, and that's where critics are concerned. ministers would concede on
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environmental standards or labor regulations if they got their way on tariff reductions but big business would be given more power over consumers. the proposed lengthening for medicines, banning generalerics concerned those who said the world's poorest couldn't pay higher costs. with no deal, campaigners are celebrating. >> for us, this is a victory. what we have seen is several countries, australia comes to mind, standing up and saying we are not going to trade away health this week no matter how hard you lien on us. >> makes a big difference for everyone. grad to see that outcome. >> the start of the u.s. campaign in an unofficial deadline for the tpp. any in principle deal needs to be ratified by national government by the u.s. congress before then. without president obama pushing it, it could disappear. >> no deal reached here in hawaii. undoubtedly some disappointment
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on the stage with the ministers. there is no date set yet either for further talks. but the ministers say they will go on. andrew thomas, al jazeera, maui. >> china, the biggest economy in asia, just wasn't part of this. the tpp seen as parts of u.s. president's barack pivot to asia to counter increasingly assertive economic moves by beijing. rob mcbride on ideal china will be happy it's gone wrong. >> the sense of chinese satisfaction, even glee is pal. for pay jing this has been about more than trade. it is the strategic signifcancer of a packet fashioned by the united states with their alleys on this side of the pacific seeming to stifle the ambitions of the world's second biggest economy in what it will consider to be its own backyard. as america struggles with its grand plan, so china has been busy with its own trade agreement, far less ambitious
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but agreements that have been signed and put into effect most recently with south korea and australia as the tpp is further delayed, it seems its very relevance is being brought into question. >> zimbabwe's fafk force says the brother of cecil the lion now also being killed. deaths have let me to tighter restrictions on hunting in areas surrounding the country's largest game reserve. hunters will need government permission to operate around huangi national park. let's hear from the chairm chairman of the task force giving reaction to these new restrictions. >> it's more than welcome because the -- a lot of these animals are becoming endangered. and we have to try and get these laws enforced and carried out. otherwise, these animals are going to disappear. if everybody plays their part
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sand the professional hunters get the code of conduct in place, i believe, it will work. and the other thing is that cecil didn't die any vain. it's because, you know, we would like to see some of these endangered animals changed to appendix 1, elephant, rhino. we have major problems and if we don't actually stop it now, they are going to be extinct within the next 15 years. >> professors in english are focused on demanding better treatment for thousands of my glants who have tried to get from england -- to england from northern france. some have died trying to make the crossing through the channel tunnel which links the two countries. simon mcgregor wood reports. >> reporter: it came from folkston united, a residence
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group campaigning for better treatment of migrants trying to reach the u.k. they say channel tunnel authorities and british politicians have to do more to save migrant lives. in particular, the lives of those trying to get through the channel tunnel from calais in france by clinging to cars and trucks. nine have died since june. >> there are a lot of people who feel the way that i do which is my graduates is a force of good and we need to treat fellow human beings? >> there needs to be a european initiative that sets up properly managed refugee camps where people can be properly fed and processed rather than left to live like animals in the jungle. >> reporter: a few yards away, protesters with an all-together different view, the english defense league i am plaquebly
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opposed to i am grant of any kind with an argument that resonates. >> we have enough here at the moment. our country is on its knees. we need to concentrate on our people here, our veterans, our homeless. allowing more and more people into this country is just going to deteriorate our system even more. >> a few hundred yards from the entrance to channel tunnel in what many people here might see as the front line in this country's struggle with the immigration issue. colorful and noisy those these demonstrators might be, they are from both extremes left and right of the political spectrum. it shows you how policy arizonaizing this issue has become. >> in this corner of england, migration is creating strength. in kent, more than 600 unacompanied children are seeking asylum. 400 migrants have made it across since june. relative to london, this is not a rich place.
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when there is trouble in calais, the aftershocks are felt here tunnel disruptions have led to traffic chaos and that's bad for business. the british prime minister has been forced to act, he speaks of problems lasting all summer. europe's migrant crisis has reached the u.k. shores and its politicians beginning to feel its effects. simon mcgregor wood, al jazeera, folkston. >> heavy rains in myanmar have left at least nine people dead. 18,000 have been moved to temporary shelters. 100,000 people have been affected. seven townships described as badly damaged. most of those month died were in a boat which capsized. the head of the failed bit coin exchange mount gawkes has been arrested in japan. he was detained in tokoyo tokyt
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it has been denied he denies any wrongdoing. he filed for. at one point it handled it handled 80% of all global bit coin transactions. >> if you can't stand the heat and want to get out of the kitchen, this might suit you, a team of robotics experts in london has developed what they say is the future of cooking, the world's first robotic kitchen. >> reporter: it's time for dinner, and the world's first robotic shift is hard at work. every time movement of its arms comes from a real chef p prerecorded as he made his speciality, crab bisque. the way these arms moving, graceful way in which cooking dinner behind me here seem to represent the way a normal chef
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would cook dinner, this is a prototype distillation, priced at $75,000 but the designers of this unit suggest that could come down substantially if the idea catches on. >> as futuristic as it may seem, the company images one day all kitchens will come fitted with robotic arms and the instructions of how to make each list will be brought online in the way books and magazines are sold today. >> you have success to their unlimited library of their recipes which is intellectual property of maybe 100,000 different chefs. at this case, you can join any kind of this dish potentially today because if you have the same ingredients they use for the cooking process. >> much of the robot's skills come from a leading uk robotics company. >> we have said let's replicate the capability in a machine. and so where we need to copy the
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human hand down to the last detail, we have done, but in other areas we have taken engineering compromises that give us the same performance but without the complications of things like knuckles. >> the company is looking at how the robot arms could be used at the food preparation stage. beyond serving meals, it could be put to other uses. >> this could have enormous social impact. if you thought about it as assistance for elderly or infirmed people in their own homes, we have a crisis of not having enough carriers in this country. and having a system like this that could prepare fresh and high quality meals for people in their own homes would be fannedastic. >> the making of the crab bisque goes without a hitch, an impressive technical achievement. what the robot serves up, we are told is almost exactly the same as the chef 's real dish. >> if widely adopted, the robot
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kitchen has the way to change t the way millions around the world prepare their dinner. >> the proof of any dish is in the tasting. very nice. >> terrek basley. >> does it do the washing up? after all much the news stories, the background, aljazeera.com. >> i'm russell beard in northern kenya where local hero martin wheeler is taking elephant conservation to new heights. >> i'm jasmeen qureshshi in monterey bay california where researchers have discovered that sea otters may play a key role

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