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into college. it's my last chance to get out of here. >> the incredible journey continues. >> hello this, is the news hour live from london. the nuclear deal, groups block it while barack obama makes his case forward. more migrants arrive in italy. new figures in the protests. >> the scandals and why there are big questions in the prime
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minister's bank account. >> a rare break in football relationship between israel and palestinian. >> a compromise and form the cornerstone of this foreign legacy. how president barack obama has a hard task of selling the iran nuclear deal back home, and he's starting that process by speaking directly to the american-jewish community. this is obama earlier but he has gone on to hold a private meeting with jewish leaders at the white house. it comes after an intense lobby lobbying campaign on capitol hill.
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in >> by keeping the deal, iran will become a threshold nuclear weapons power. the deal does make it hard for iran to produce one or two new nuclear notice short term, but it does so at a terrible price because the deal makes it far easier for iran to build dozens even hundreds of nuclear weapons in a little over a decade. >> al jazeera's kristin saloomey now with the two sides of this difficult issue. >> you can find jewish-american groups on both sides of the issue. but opponents have been more vocal and more active in voicing their opposition to the iran
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nuclear deal. iranthere have been those who urge people to call their congress members and vote it down. and then there are jewish-americans who favor the deal as much as 20%. we stopped outside of a jewish community center here in new york, a non-political organization where people come to exercise and swim, and we found opinions on both sides of the issue. >> i don't think it's a good idea to give them all that money, considering with some of the terrorists have come to. >> i figure if we're going to have peace in this country the world, people of my generation that people of your generation will do a better job than people of our generation because we can't seem to learn from the mistakes. >> members of congress are under pressure in the deal.
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there are lobbyists intensely as the ambassador from israel to the united states. he has met with 50 members of congress. one senator here in new york reports receiving calls from 10,000 people against the deal. he has not said how he will vote at this time. >> joining me live from boston, professor of international affairs. mr. waxman a very warm welcome to the program. can this feeling of discontent with the iran deal, can it change anything in reality? >> well, absolutely it could change if it was able to influence the opinions of democrats in congress and the senate who are making up their minds whether they're going to support the iran deal. one of the key things they're going to look at is the american-jewish community.
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most american juice are in favor as the polls show in the agreement. but if that begins to turn that will influence the opinion of congressmen. >> mr. waxman, do niece polls have any affect in reality? who pays attention to them? do the power players pay attention? >> well, politicians pay attention. i think the fact that jewish american jews are divided on this issue. they are hoping to recruit american views in their effort to persuade congress to overturn president obama's vetoes. by the white house those who are trying to make up their minds how to vote and those who are trying to undermine this nfl agreement.
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>> i don't think it's going to be influence in opinion. nothing that president netanyahu said in this web dress is anything different from what he said before in opposition to this deal. he's not really likely to change minds. i think he's really preach together wire, but it is important in terms of signaling to the government to challenge the obama administration and despite the fact that the odds of doing so are very slim. >> how much will his efforts at those at home in terms of low mess tick policies.
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>> there are going to be many upset with prime minister netanyahu with president obama's initiative. on the other hand this is only going to play well. netanyahu who has long counted himself as the bulwark to iranian expansion. he has made this a policy issue. he's standing up not only for israel but for the jewish people. at least those who support him. >> we heard from our colleagues who said that maybe your generation will do a better job. do you think perhaps there is an up swing in that feeling? that there is time for a different policy with iran clear clearly those polls show that people are the for are ready for
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a different policy? >> yes i absolutely do. most people for a long time, have been supportive of diplomat's outreach, and most american jews are also critical of israel when it comes to its policy. they favor diplomacy. there is a divide, and a deep and growing divide. hawkish elements represented in this case by apac. but before between a more liberal progressive element who support president obama and there are american jewish groups who represent that opinion increasingly. the american jewish community are not divided thon issue as on some other issues. >> joining me live from boston. thank you very much, sir. >> thank you. >> coming up later in the news
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hour. russia bids for official control for the arctic's vast resources. plus myanmar makes a call for help after the worst flooding in decades. and in sport we'll hear what the australian footballer has to say about his future. >> to afghanistan now where there appears to be growing tension within the taliban. and senior commander has told al jazeera that he rejects the new leader monsour. >> the reason we are not accepting monsour of our leader is because he's the cause of the disunity. they're not happy with him and they've left the taliban movement and the appointment
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was without consulment of any jihadi people, tribal elder. it should have been informed about the election about mohammed. he has chosen himself as leader. electing no happened shows he has been appointed by an outsider, and he wants to impose a monarchy. >> al jazeera's jennifer glasse sends us this update from kabul. >> well, he's considered as the third most taliban leader, and it shows how deep the split is here over the new taliban leadership. objecting to the election of mu lla monsour. he thinks that the outsiders dicker dictated that, and all of this comes as taliban peace talks were to be held.
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it was a prospect of taliban peace talks that started highlighting the division. and it was the group that started raising questions at the prospect of peace talks became evident asking where mullah omar was. and that prompted the announcement that he died, and not only that he died but he may have died two years ago. this has made the peace talks much more difficult. the afghan government would like to talk with an united taliban. a taliban with broad base support of fighters across the country. it comes at a difficult time of the fighting season. taliban fighters in the north south, east, taking quite a bit of land and taking afghan security forces quite a difficult fight. >> the number of people who died attempting to reach europe villa the mediterranean has now surpassed 2,000.
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that has not deterred others from trying, and 236 people arrived in italy after being rescued. that brings it to 1el 188,000 who have been rescued from the mediterranean this year. three thousand to five thousand migrants are squatting outside of calais hoping to make it to the u.k. >> you see more and more injured people in the camp these days. men, women and even some children who left their homeland months if not years ago. most say they're determined to take a final life-threatening risk to cut through or climb over bashed wire faces and cling to the side of a train to what they dream of is a better life. most like this group of men from darfur in sudan won't speak on camera.
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one of them says he injured his leg as he ran to leap to a train a few days ago. he describes what his life used to be like in darfur. >> he knows the risks he takes every night here in france. some people die. some broke their legs, their hands, sometimes you fall to the ground and hit your head. >> it's difficult to know exactly how many people are trying to cross every night. or even make it to the other side. the medics hearsay they're treating an increasing number of people for hand and leg injuries every day. we went to film patients being treated. this french charity said that doctors are treating 40 people a day for injuries they get trying to break through the fence.
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>> every night yes if is difficult. the health is not the first first--it's not the priority. it no priority. the priority is to cross. >> againsts on bridgesfences on bridges are meant to stop people . they will jump from above. >> the tunnel is 600 hectares. the migrants know that it's really difficult for police and security to patrol it. that's why they focus on the tunnel. that's why the site has become a flash point. >> a place like weather men and women like these return to every night. charles stratford al jazeera, calais. >> laurence lee is just over the
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english channel where they've been measuring sentiment towards the migrant crisis there. >> that's calais just over there. the lorries that come under the sea, on the ferries are watched by authorities increasingly determined to keep people out who might be hiding inside. egged on by a british media in a rage against all migrants the political class and popular opinion decided by and large the stowaways are always up to no good. you hear it every day. >> they would come if they could, and just for the free handouts, housing, whatever they can get really. but that's how i feel. they say they want to work, but i don't think that is the case. >> this country is for its people. it's only for the british. why should they be coming over in the first place.
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>> it's not mattering that most of it isn't true. the lorrie is stuck not by migrants but a strike in calais. those who try to explain to the british club that they're likely to be legitimate refugees, the polls have them drowned out. >> more army, more fences, that's just not going to work. it's based on the illusion that they're illegal migrants. the reality is that they're fleeing for their lives and the u.k. and the rest of europe does need to take responsibility for that. >> the prime minister has spoken of a swarm of migrants coming by the thousands. well the local double has a number for those unaccompanyied children they have to look after. in total it stands at 639. not this year, but ever. >> i met a young man whose mother and father were both murdered in front of him he kept running. i spoke to a young man who's
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village was attacked. he left and to this day he does not know if his family is still alive. these are people who have had traumatic experiences and really do need our help. >> i said where are they all? the taxi driver said that they're here. the only foreigners here are from slovakia, and they're free to live and work in the u.k. >> no, i couldn't blame the lady next door with eight kids and the person who came all the way from africa, who has risked their lives and with their kids. at the end of the day it's all a big mess. >> never mind all that, this, says the government, this is a land of milk and honey ripe for exploitation, and everyone agrees. even if much of what has been said is a ferryfer a fairy tale.
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>> migration and immigration has long been a fact in europe. why is it that we're finding it so difficult to get a collective grip on what is happening? >> well there, is this idea that you can stop migration. the more borders you have the more smugglers you have. >> does the tightening of the borders make it worse? >> for sure. they're pushing back. we have more migrants. it makes for little migrants but not less migrants. >> let's listen to another point of view, matthew just for a second. leonard doyle is spokesman. he describes how disunity is compounding this problem. >> they are arriving in the european union but you might as
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well call it the ununited union. the tie italians process them fingerprint them. those who are willing to be fingerprinted at least, and some say they turn a blind eye. they don't want them hanging around and being a burden on their system and they're dealing with vastly more numbers in other countries. so it's understandable. they try to get over the border to where they probably have family and maybe see a better welcome. >> is your e.u. doing enough? if doing the right things to bring the people to the table? it's only a collective solution that breaks this, right? >> they have just started to deal with the issue for many years it was considered as a member state national government issue, and national governments didn't want to relinquish the issue to the european union. they started to give away
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powers the european union three months ago but the policy is still not down to the task. >> have you surprised by the lack of solidarity there is for the countries who did take the lyon share the burden? i find it's shocking for a lack of solidarity. they think they can dump the problem to the next knew neighbor but it doesn't work that way. >> is it that they can be safe, is that part of the solution? they need to be safe for people to access europe? is that part of the solution. >> i agree. unless we have legal channels. >> thank you very much for joining us with your thoughts. thank you.
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now for some breaking news from india where there has been a train crash in the state. now there have been a number of crash is underwater. we'll bring you updates on that as soon as we have them. now at least 20 syrian soldiers have been killed in an attack near damascus countryside. the fighters have taken control of several buildings. meanwhile four people were killed after government forces dropped dozens of barrel bombs on the forces.
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turkish planes are scouring the area. the turkish suspects pkk fighters of an attack and it's continuing it's aerial bombardment against pkk positions in northern iraq. qatar's foreign minister said that it is turkey's right to defend its borders distancing itself from an arab league statement suggesting reservation about those strikes. >> speaking out on the death toll in a has risen to 2,000. but the fighting continues. the u.n.'s refugee agency said that 4,000 have fled just in the last four months.
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they have less than a fifth of the funds needed to cope with the needs. after full government forces recaptured the military bases we have these reports. >> it's now under the control of pro government forces. seized by from those loyal to former president ali abdullah saleh. >> they've been table manage themselves enough to in a semi military fashion to gain victory. >> anti-houthi fighters say this victory bring themselves closer.
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advances in the south avoid those in exile. as they're pushed in the defensive. >> without the implementation of u.n. security council illusions we cannot initiate a political process that will include houthi and saleh omissions after they've committed all these crimes. >> the sprawling military complex has been used by u.s. forces against al-qaeda as well. it's capture won't be the game changer the pro government fighters want it to be. it's these secession nighs who don't seem convinced to push further north. >> the resistence also adamant that they will not venture in northern territories. by north i mean north of the borders of 1990, which is upwards to sanaa.
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it is going to be a task for the yemeni government to actually raid some sort of resistence in these northern provinces from its own people. >> as the war continues, they have been struck request my food prices. they face shortages in food, fuel and power. many of the yemens are still stranded from intense fighting. >> in malaysia controversial surroundsma laymalaysia controversy surrounds the president's deposits. the origins of those deposits still remain unfear. unclear. >> the headquarters in kuala
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lumpur. it's all quiet since a ban on all its publications. it's been investigating a money trail. apparently funds from the finance ministry ended up in the bank account of the prime minister to the tune of $700 million. while the article demanding clarification by the government's decision. they filed for judicial review and was unable to comment at this time. it was the wall street journey that initially reported it's a clean document implicating the prime minister. he had been fighting the accusations aimed at him. but when vested he decided to fire them both in a major regional cabinet reshuffle. so much moves are drawing national concern. his critics in the handling of this investigation has now been barred from leaving the country.
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>> learly an act of desperation in an attempt to the victory the prime minister. >> the actions of the government are reminiscent to the 1980s when newspapers were shut down for a period. >> i think it's a serious indication in the healthy relationship between the states and it's citizens. >> the government are making their position clear. because of the nature of the allegations made, they could very well undermine the security of the nation and stability of the economy. we believe that the temporary suspension of the publication is the best way to go pending investigation both by the the thai government and also by domestic investigator and authorities here in malaysia. >> recent elections have seen both vote and opinion move
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towards opposition parties. malaysia has just over two years before the next general election enough time for the government to recover and restore faith in the public, but more issues like this will only reinforce opinion in a the partiesopinion that the party can no longer be trusted. >> proof that saddam's army has committed war crimes. and in sport england faces problems in the ashe test.
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>> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on not just in this country
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but around the world. getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target weeknights 10:30p et >> president obama has been meeting with jewish leaders in a bid to win support for the nuclear deal. a number of people have died trying to reach europe villa
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mediterranean this year now passes 2,000 people. and controversy over deposits made into the bank account of malaysia's prime minister. >> myanmar's government struggles to deal with the worst flooding to take place in decades. it has been hitting populated areas. >> this may look like a river but an area hitly floods. a stream overflowed in this region. villagers are dealing with the consequences without government support. >> this situation is not good for us. every day we need to pay for a boat just to get out of the house and buy groceries. >> a nearby monster has opened its doors. amongst are trying to support this group of mainly women and children with the open of donors
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donors civil societies and organizations. >> i'm very sad for the people because the government does nothing for them. government neglects flooded communities. it's not good. it's been the same for 11 years. and unless we get nor donations we will run out of supplies in ten days. >> government aircraft are dropping supplies in rahkine state it's hard to know how badly people have been effected hear as phone lines are down and roads are washed away. >> first we focus on food. we prepared boxes of rice, drinking water instant noodles. we have to drop off these rations two leaders above the ground. people have to collect and share them. >> people have been effected in 12 of 14 regions in myanmar. their homes are flooded and they cannot access normal services. and officials are worried that
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it there will be more people in need of help. >> this could be distress due to displacement. children have lost their routines the open areas. these are areas of high rates of malnutrition and the flooding could exacerbate those conditions. >> the government is best prepared to deal with this disaster than it was in 2008 when cyclone left 140,000 people dead or missing. but in this crisis some people say that they're not getting the government help they need. caroline ma m loan. al jazeera. >> the head of disaster and crisis management at the international federation of the red cross. he said that it's welcomed news that myanmar is changing political situations and the country is willing to open its borders and receive international help. >> it's something that i think was provisioned for planned for
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in the context of their national and regional disaster preparedness plans. it's pleasing the government recognize that the limited capacity that exists, the infrastructure challenges and the international good will and support that's available to myanmar can be called on to respond in a timely way. so we've been working very closely with the myanmar red cross and the government of the myanmar to make sure that when disaster strikes myanmar there is openness and fluid logistics to get life-saving relief to the people as quickly as possible. >> sudan as been accused of committing war crimes. survivors interviewed say that hundreds of civilians have been killed in deliberate attacks by the sudanese armies.
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prohibited weapons such as cluster bombs have been used. the focus of fighting since since 2011. and south you dan was pushing for independence. they link themselves to south you sudan. the rebel group was furious that both states were being isolated from the south. a quarter of a million people have now fled into neighboring south sudan and into ethiopia to escape that fighting. well amnesty said it's almost impossible to get humanitarian aid to the people who need it. >> this aerial bombardment has been carried out using fighter jets and they have been dropping cluster bombs and other indiscriminate weapons. it is a humanitarian law that hospitals and schools and other
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objects that do not serve military should be targeted. however the sudanese forces are not only targeting hospitals and schools but also bombing civilians in areas where they tried to hide in caves in foxholes very difficult to get aid in though these areas. for 1.2 million people in this area there are only two hospital it's available. >> a corruption case against south african poll africa politician has been thrown out of court. we were reports--we have reports now. >> welcome words for the judge hearing his trial for corruption racketeering and money laundering. laundering. the application and two
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businessmen were accused of illegally contracting and collected $2 million. the judge refused another postponement. >> i give you the option, why did they not use it? because they do not have a case against me. they want postponement. postponement after postponement so that i become a citizen in africa with a permanent dark claude over my head. >> state prosecutors are considering their options. >> malema supporters are concerned by legalities.
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they're just happy he's a free man. now that he's free from court malema is expected to return to parliament on the national assembly reconvenes. it's there he has been a thorn in the side of the anc party and it's leadership. >> with corruption charges out of the way malema will press on trying to force the president to answer corruption allegations they made against him. >> germany's most senior public prosecutor has been fired after he accused the justice ministry of interfering in the judicial process process of whether there was revealing of state secrets in reporting. the justice minister responded
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by sacking him and saying he no longer trusted him. police in london are investigating a former prime minister as part of inquiry in a historical child abuse claim. he led the conservative party for more than a decade. the police gave no details of alleged abuse but it's into a wide investigation into prominent names. heath died a decade ago. russia claims the arctic shelf. it's estimated to hold 5 billion tons of untapped oil and gas reserves. greenpeace describes the claim as ominous. it is expected to be reviewed later by the u.n. later this year. let's speak more about.
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john greenpeace is not happy. what is significant in this view. >> this claim is very important. it's part of a larger process where the arctic states are dividing the territory between them at this time when these claims could be solved in a peaceful and orderly manner. >> why is this territory important? what is it that russia or any other claimants want to do here? >> this is all about gas and oil resources. the facts is that there isn't probably that much oil. probably isn't that much gas. there probably aren't resources of that much significance. this is mainly hosts importance domestic politics in russia. important domestic politician in other active states.
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different governments want to resolve this behind closed doors where it can be ordered peacefully and without commotion. >> and how is it decided? who gets to carve up which bit how is that decided? >> now the different countries send in their claims of the adjustment. it will take about ten years before this is done. there is quite a bit of backlog but after the u.n. makes its reviews it goes back to the arctic countries. in the end it's a political question. whether russia, denmark, canada can sit down and agree. if the political continues as it is say, it won't be a problem. >> we have seen symbolic gestures before. russia in 2007 put a flag on the sea bed. is this political jostling.
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i know that you said they could figure it out in a friendly way. but does it end up like that in reality? >> well, that's a great example of how these things can play into domestic policies. that was a political force who stood behind that demonstration. it seems that the states could resolve this peacefully. russia has active been active. >> almost like if you beehive nicely here, we'll help you there? >> exactly. exactly. >> the entire region is structured in a way where all of the countries actually want to
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cooperate right now and the big threat is domestic politics in all three countries. >> which of the other countries have interests, may clash because canada has a play pending as well. and denmark? >> denmark made a claim. canada has a claim and russia, those three claims are overlapping. they don't have claims to this last territory. >> let's see what happens and whether they can be friendly about it. thank you. >> now a growing number of u.s. airlines have bound the transport of trophy hunts following global condemnation of the slaughter of a famous lion last month. delta was the first to announce that it would not transport african animals hunted as trophies. it covers animals lions elephants and rhinos. it comes after an u.s. dentist
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tracked and killed a much loved lion called cecil. released video showing a peace officer handcuffing a disabled elementary school student in the u.s. state much kentucky. [ child crying ] >> the video shows one of two incident where is the officer is an alleged to have have re-restrained students by their elbows because their wrists were too small aclu has filed a lawsuit against that father saying that it has inflicted trauma on those children. now fire crews in california have managed to build a bound buffer zone. over 30,000 people have been forced to leave their homes. the fire has quadrupled in size over the last few days.
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around 60,000 acres has been ruin: more land is expected to be left devastated. now debates over racism in the u.s. has reigniteed after confederate flag were stolen. the controversial flag has been retired in south carolina and alabama after nine african-americans were shot dead in a church. >> it's a granite monument over 800 feet high just just city of atlanta. the huge stone outcropping was the site of the rebirth of the klu klux klan in 1915 when several members of the then secret society gathered there and ignited a flaming cross to proclaim it's revival. ever since then many have seen the mountain as a symbol of racial hatred. >> the history is only related to white supremacy. >> the carving which took 50 years to complete depicts
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jefferson davis robert e. leaks and thomas stone wall jackson all leaders of the confederacy. it led a councilman michael bond to propose keeping the monument but adding jimmy carter and martin luther king jr. >> it is over 280 years old. yet the confederacy was only four years of that. so the confederacy seems to dominate the perception of what is historic georgia. that is very far from the days. >> the naacp has a very different approach. the group wants the monument completely removed. >> for people who claim this art, there are a lot of arthritis i can expressions but that art is not worth another black life. >> over the weekend hundreds rallied peacefully in what they call the pro confederate gathering at the base of stone
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mountain. >> are you offended? >> not at all. people can use it for bad. people can use it for good. it's just a symbol. >> others at the rally came with other intentions. >> sir, are you can the kkk. >> i am with the kkk and i'm very proud to stand up for my heritage. this "f" these people knew what the hell they were talking b they would know that the kk was started by six confederate soldiers. the. >> this klan member would not give al jazeera his name and people had him removed but it's scenes like this who are adding fuel to the debate over all symbols of the confederacy. >> let's return now to our breaking news from india where there has been a train crash. there are reports that as many as five coaches are underwater. the accident happened on a bridge above the river at around
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midnight local time. the bridge was partially submerged because of heavy rainfall. thethree release trains carrying medical personnel are on think wear to that scene. we'll keep you updated with more on that information. still to come, we'll hear from the kenyan run whose deny claims that they are involved in doping. more to come in sport.
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>> well back. now for all the day's sports.
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>> thank you julie. an attempted move to restore relations between israel and palestinian has taken place. a football team from the opened west bank has been allowed to travel through israel and into gaza for a game. >> rarely has a football team felt such a sense of achievement arriving in the right place for a game. for the first time in 15 years aside from the occupied west bank is in gaza to play a rival team after israel gave permission for them to travel across the territory. >> we're here for sports. i don't want to speak about politics but it is very important for us to come and show all the world that the united states are united and together. >> this is the first game for a long period. i hope that the possibility to meet and to play together, this is our--this is my dream.
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>> palestine has long accused israel of tripping fable between gaza and the west bank. earlier this year brian did drop its request for israel to be suspended from international football. amid hopes of greater cooperate. and while the team did arrive in gaza 24 hours later than planned for this palestine cup game, they are there at all is a sign of progress. >> we are happy and proud of this visit and it means a lot. it's the first for our west bank procedures. it's a victory for sport and we hope that the next unity is a political one. >> being in gaza is an achievement. it's a great honor to play. the match should an strong one. >> it is hoped that ten thousand fans will be in the stadium for
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thursday's game. and then comes the further test of this new spirited collaboration between the two football associations. a return to the palestine cup there are schedules to be played on the west bank. al jazeera. >> well, athletics world governing body has strongly rejected allegations of widespread doping within their sport. there are recent claims based on leaked medical data are sensational and misleading. they have done everything within its means to implement an effective blood testing program. the world anti-doping agency was well informed on the testing and never once questioned its competence. now kenya is one country accused much having a systemic doping program 73 the country's former marathon world record holder disputes that charge.
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they have dismissed it as a smear campaign but say that more can be done to protect young runners. it comes by creating. awareness, and many athletes are not fully aware what these drugs are. >> adam goode hass has returned to football. he took a few months often from the support after the booing. he said that the abuse is racially motivate: he is expected to return to the fields
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for swan's next game saturday. >> i think discussions needed to be had. i hope these discussions are behind us now and we can move on. people have had their opinions, they've spoken about the issues. hopefully now we can move forward and for me it's about going out there and playing football. >> mitchell johnson said that anderson's absence in england's up coming ashe test will hard. anderson has been pivotal for england's efforts so far and their wind in the third test. but injury will see him missing out. >> a massive loss, that's for sure. they'll have to bring somebody else in that will have to match him. it's going to be pretty difficult to do. you know, they will miss him
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but they're on a high as well. they'll keep running that high, i'm sure. >> i genuinely believe that he's confident of making the over all which he'll do everything he can to be right for that. but having him around he's obviously an integral part of the squad. >> dallas cowboys jerry jones said that he was happy to see two of his players fighting in training. have a look at this little slap-punch coming up. jones saying incidents like that are quite normal. they're clashing. bryant had just signed a five-year contract and he's well-known for his confrontational behavior. it was quarterback tony roma who stepped in to just about defuse the situation.
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tennis lawyer andy murray looking to put his wimbledon disappointment behind him. now those in washington for the city open and they're taking some time out to take a tour of the white house. he's just at home. just at home on the country's hard courts as that's where he won the u.s. open in 2012. >> i wanted to try and sort of stay in match mode over the last few months. i thought it would be good to try to keep that going. it's in very tough conditions, so it's good preparation for the rest of the american hard court. >> more sport from me later on, but that's it for now. >> thank you very much. now you can find much more on our website. the address for that is www.aljazeera.com. we'll see you a little bit later. bye bye.
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ss. >> israel's prime minister urges congress to block it while president barack obama makes his case for it. >> i'm julie mcdonald. this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up, more migrants arrive in italy. new figures reveal how many fail to make the dangerous mediterranean crossing. in the taliban a senior official speaks out against the group's new leader. and malaysia's corruption scandal, why there are big questions over