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>> very good to have your company for this al jazeera news hour coming to you live from london with me, david foster. here is what we will look at in the next 60. is. >> thousands more refugees arrive in greece as europe is called on to unit to help in the crisis. >> china's economy leave investors fearing for their life
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savings. >> in doha, i'll have all the sport, including being on course for a rematch in the 200 meters final at the world athletic championships. >> united nations is now saying that as many as 3,000 refugees are expected to enter macedonia alone every day for the next few months. it does say that europe can accommodate them if they're fairly distributed. most refugees have fled war in syria and iraq in what has become known as the western route that takes them overland through turkey and by sea to the greek mainland. jonah is in greece with a
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report. are we seeing an expansion of this tourist city? >> of athens, david, you know, truthfully, they don't spend a lot of time in athens, these people. they will have spent sometime sitting on the islands of lesbos and the aegean, sitting waiting for this ferry to pick them up. there are camps in lesbos and other islands where we are told on the phone today with the mayor's office that at least 10,000 people are sitting in lesbos at the moment, waiting to be collected by the ferry. it will continue daily shuttles for a few weeks, carrying 25,000 people in just a fort night from the islands of the aegean to
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athens, but the preference of people here is to get going. i've spoken to people at the macedonian border, on the islands, all at pints which stress on this route. they show that stress. they don't really want to talk. they're miserable, tired and hungry. at this point oh off that ferry, they were well rested, had 12 hours at sea. there was a sense that their expectation was that the journey was carrying on into the european union. destinations mentioned, belgium, sweden and of course the big favorite, germany. >> thank you very much indeed. we refer mostly to these people at refugees, but little undoubtedly a mass migration. in greece, the journey usually
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continues overland by bus up here in the north to macedonia and from there, there's a train across the border. in macedonia, the journey continues north to serbia. earlier this week, more than 2,000 crossing that border in one single night. our correspondent in serbia will tell us more about the problems that people arriving face once they get there. >> by the day, the numbers are harder to digest. here in what's called the one stop center, an entrance to serbia from macedonia, more than 10,000 people have passed through in less than five days. further up the line at serbia's border with hungary, an e.u. member state, more than 2,000 a day of arriving. the number registers in hungary so far this year has passed 100,000, compared with 43,000 in the whole of last year. the numbers are staggering, and
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so, too, is the inability of the european union to come up with a coherent strategy in sharing the responsibility of helping refugees. >> it's chaotic registration centers such as this one that are really worrying european leaders. very little in the way of security checks, only 72 hour visas i should and well, look at the numbers. they're extraordinary. >> it gets more complicated. germany predict it will deal with 800,000 asylum applications this year. it wants a fairer system which quotas for member states to take in refugees. what's more, the e.u. wants a tougher policy to turn back people who are categorized as economic migrants. in northern serbia, on the trail to try and cross into hungary, most of these people are refugees from syria. they're frightened about what's ahead.
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>> we need to do to hungary. we don't know what's happened in hungary. >> we are very worried, because we have heard a lot of the news that say peopling hungary are hitting people. >> hungary is going to become an even bigger pressure point. its government is criticizing the e.u. for not giving it enough money to cope with the record number of people intending to cross its border in serbia. andrew simmons, al jazeera, in serbia. >> crossing that border from serbia do hungary takes the refugees into what is known as the border area. from there, they take different routes further west, most of them, we understand appear to be aiming for germany.
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800,000 expected there as andrew mentioned, but there are all of these other countries, as well and across here further west, also. we'll stay in germany, a journalist has travel with some refugees. what is their future? >> i met these syrian refugees 12 days ago in cross island where they all arrived and we me four way to austria and germany. they want to stay in germany. they want to study here. they are afraid. all of them are from aleppo. they described aleppo like a hell to them. that's why they left the city.
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this trip was very dangerous for them, as well. we had very dangerous moments at the borders. we were attacked by criminals. there were problems with police in serbia, in hungary, so it's not easy for them to cross and that's actually what they make. they ask me why is there no e.u. policy to make it easier for them to come from the war to germany or other countries. >> let's go back and talk about the difficulties getting into, particularly hungary. it is building this 170-kilometer fence of largely razor wire. how did you make it across to border? >> the group i'm with, they're very well informed. they plan everything. everybody of them have a smart phone and they are in contact with special groups. they have what's app groups, chatting with each other about the right way.
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yesterday, we were directed by a group of syrians who south out exactly which way we should go, where we should wait, which fields to wait and to which station we should run. the people i was with were very well otherwise. otherwise behind us we heard later got attacked by the police, so i think it's different. there are migrants or refugees who are very well informed and organized and others just leaving and going and for them, i think they have the biggest problem. >> paul, are you seeing evidence, you talk about how well organized it is, are you seeing evidence of people who have made this journey several times and now effectively are sort of running this international operation, have you seen any evidence of people smugglers or is it just those people who have been abandoned on their own and they have to work it out themselves? >> i saw on my journey, smugglers, different smugglers on every occasion.
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there were smugglers we met in macedonia trying to get us over the serbia border. they declined to work with them. it is very dangerous. there are lots of criminals. i've even videos and i was with them 12 days and i heard the stories how they got attacked. they have no rides when they are there, the police, they don't care, and for example yesterday night, we were at a gasol station in hungary and this was otherwise by a well placed mafia. they were waition and the cabs got loaded of refugees and it was in hear hands. they asked them to play prices of 100 euro just to go to bod pest and organizers wanted 600 euro per person to smuggle them into germany. actually, they didn't make their way first to germany. in the morning, we arrived inous tree i can't and they were quite
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surprised that they are not in germany, so they had to go by tube to germany. >> do they have money? how do they get food? how do they live on the road? >> yeah, the guys i'm with, it's a group between five and 12, sometimes they split. they worked two or three years to make this happen, so theaves some money. one of the guys sold his car. what is very interesting, the money, they don't take all the main with them from aleppo. they take some money with them to turkey, because they are afraid that the smugglers there would take am the money. then they organize a special money transfer. this works a a code. their parents give money and a code to a guy and they give money with the coat at athens. they get new money to go to macedonia. the second station, place, is belgrade, my group waited for money two days. they were afraid that this money
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transfer didn't work out. they got upset. they were waiting for calls, the like that was off. it was really hard for them, but in the end, it's all organized, so they don't take thousands of euro with them. they try to otherwise themselves that if they got attacked, the smuggler doesn't get everything. >> what a fascinating insight and extraordinary journey, paul traveling with the refugees across europe. thank you. >> the red cross said it's going to suspend all of its aid operations in yemen's second city aden after gunman stormed its offices there. staff were held olt gunpoint but are said to be unharmed. equipment, money and vehicles were among that which was stolen. troops loyal to the exiled president and opposition
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fighters -- elsewhere in yemen, saudis have been killed at the border after reportedly coming under artillery fire from houthis. soldiers were killed along that border since the conflict kicked off in march. >> an arm vehicle is hit by a rocket. this is a southern saudi arabian province, along its border with yemen, where houthi fighters say they launched this attack to target saudi troops.
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fighting has also intensified in the south central city of taiz. this is where the fight for the control of yemen will likely be decided. houthi fighters have put up fierce resistance here, despite losing crucial districts elsewhere. as the fighting continues, more people are killed and buildings destroyed. >> look at this. they are destroyed buildings, killed children, women and old people. they are destroying taiz. >> taiz is on the main highway that links the south to the capital, sanna in the north. forces loyal to the exiled president adou rabbo mansour hadi retaking taiz is just a matter of time. >> i tell the yemenese that despite the on going attacks by the houthis using rockets and heavy weapons, they assure that taiz will be liberated soon. >> this is another front line in yemen's continuing conflict.
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pro-government forces fire at houthis in the oil rich province. yemeni soldiers trained in saudi arabia have been sent here with new weapons to recapture the city and secure oil and gas installations. this is what government forces are hoping to achieve, they are on the offensive to recapture the province. they also say they have fighters ready to retake taiz. if they succeed in getting control of taiz maarib, houthi forces would at vans to retake the capital and push houthi fighters and their allies to the north, their stronghold. that goal might not be easy. the houthis and forces loyal to former president ali abdullah saleh say they have deployed what they call an elite force in the mountains surrounding sanna to stop any advance by
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government troops. al jazeera. >> coming up later in this news hour, the images which claim to show isil destroying a 2000-year-old temple in syria. plus: >> singing while being sentenced, ukrainian filmmaker jailed for 20 years for what russia says is a terrorist attack. >> tribute to the indy car driver justin wilson who died after hit by debris during a race. >> the u.s. stock market appears to have bounced back after china cult its interest rate for the fifth time in nine months, china lowered the cost of bosch rowing, trying to steer its economy to what's described as a new normal. many people who bought shares with their life savings and threw them into the stock market
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are now worried about losing everything. adrien brown reports. >> struggling to understand what is happening to chinas economy, all he knows is that his shares are now worth 70% than what they were two months ago. he sells eggs at a market in east beijing. he tells me he invested $20,000, all of his savings, but he remakes hopeful when a recovery. >> i already put all my savings into the stock market. what i can do now is just wait for the index to come back. i won't buy or sell at this stage, just keep watching it. >> his story is now replicated in many places across china. >> when it comes to making investments, the options for most chinese are limited. property and shares, the problem now though is that the prices are both are falling. >> a falling stock market and economy that's slowing.
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the owner of this restaurant says his takes are half what they were in june when the stock market began to fall. he says the landlord won't reduce the rent, so he's closing next month. >> my business is not doing well, mainly because the stock market is fall. many companies in this area have gone bankrupt. >> it is an anxious time and not everyone wants to talk. many people blame foreigners for manipulating the chinese stock market. this room is filled with pensioners who were encourage would by the government oh to buy shares. >> i don't even bear to calculate how much i lost. the market keeps falling. yesterday, i lost 10%, today, another 10%. i don't know when this could end. >> the stock market is a sensitive issue now and these people know it. officials demanded to see our pictures, ordering us to delete several images before they
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returned our identity cards. the president unveiled the china dream, meaning making china more rich and powerful. some still believe that will happen. >> the china dream is our goal. that goal will be definitely achieved. if not, our country will go backwards. people's life are still getting better, day by day. >> china's leadership has engineered recovery before and the people it good morning still has faith it will do so again. al jazeera, beijing. >> professor of contemporary chinese studies from london joins us. it's fascinating to see inside chinese society in this way for those of us who don't see it very often and see that there is this large not entirely middle class share owning society that
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appears to be cash strapped right now. >> absolutely, for those chinese who bought into the stock market in the last 18 months, they are likely to be very badly burned and they will be very badly hurt, yes. >> but in a sense, what they did was they shared the capitalist dream, which is something that you wouldn't associate necessarily with china, because when they bought in, the market was very, very low. it went up by 140% and has come back by 40% to fist%. in many ways they have done well and they're crying because they have not done as well. >> that's absolutely right. they are in fact also encouraged by the government to get into the stock market and share that increasing wealth in the last 12-18 months and now they are very unhappy, because the same government that encouraged them
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to share that wealth has in fact imposed a huge financial penalty on them. we also plead to bear in mind the number of people who are dying shares in china in percentage terms i also tiny as to the rest of the chinese population. >> when we see somebody -- i don't know whether you can see the picture, but one of the people that adrien spoke to in his report sold eggs on a market store, the owner of a small restaurant. if you say the proportion of people doing it is small, who are they? >> well, you will have the normal people and so-called mom and pop share purchasers and those you have shown on essentially the mom and pop investors. these are the people who jumped in at the last stage of the stock market bubble, and therefore, they put all their investments, all their savings or a huge percentage of the
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savings into the stock market, expecting to make a quick and big profit and in the end, they may well lose most of their wealth. >> on a personal level, it must be appal for an awful lot of these people to see their savings dribbling away, but from the count rip's economy as a whole perspective, what will it mean if these people no longer have much spending power? >> well, if what we are seeing is limited to the stock market crash, then the impact is relatively small in the immediate short term, because there is not that much immediate relationship between the stock market which is a bubble to the real economy. if the stock market continues to stay low for a period of time like a year or two years, we are going to see a huge amount of liquidity removed from the chinese economy, and the amount
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of money available for investments will drop dramatically. for an investment driven economy, that is a very serious challenge. >> thank you for giving us insight into the thinking behind buying those shares and investing all that money in chinese society as a whole. appreciate it, thank you. >> 13 iraqi troops have been killed by a suicide car bomb in anbar province. the attack was in ramadi. >> isil has released images in syria purportedly showing the destruction of an ancient temple in palmyra. it shows explosives laid around the temple. it is one of the most important sites in the city. isil captured palmyra in may and
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began tearing down ancient ruins that it considered to be pagan and sacrilegious. stephanie from the university of the accident joins us. we tried to talk this time last night. we had to give up in the end and you were saling before you came into the studio, you were trying to hold back the tears. i know now that you've scene these pictures which you hadn't 24 hours ago and the effect must be shocking for you. >> it is quite shocking. this is a temple which no single islamic caliphate in the world even entered their mind to destroy it. that isil appointed themselves arbiter of this type of destruction is disturbing, yes. >> is it in many ways pagan, deemed sacrilegious to islam?
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>> well, i mean, i think isis has taken a rather radical interpretation of this notion. not a single islamic caliphate and there have been self of those in the history of islam has considered destroying monuments like this. islam has a historical relationship with its past and for the many, many peoples that had come before it. palmyra is an example of everything isil hates. it's a city that had been a great multi-cultural center, a melting pot of various civilizations. one of the reasons it became one of the most important cultural centers was because of its ownness, kind of its role in history in syria as a place where many cultures came together. >> for those people that haven't studied it as you have, would it be fair to equate in term of its
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size and nature of the preservation there with other ruins, such as the par they non? >> the temple that was destroyed was small but exquisitely beautiful example of influences representing the multi-cultural melting pot i membered a moment ago. this type of a site, it really is unprecedented almost anywhere in the world, i mean, even palmyra as this extraordinary ruin field that rises out of the desert in this kind of astonishing way, and even rome itself i think doesn't have the kind of extraordinary standing ruins that we see in palmyra.
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>> is there any chance, you may remember the buddhas in afghanistan that were blown up, and they made some attempt to rebuild them once the taliban no longer had control. is there any chance, any hope you have for this one day isil is no longer there that people could restore the glory of this place? >> absolutely, and i'm sure something like that will eventually happen. you know, but you have to realize, this temple has been reconstructed before. it was actually reconstructed by a french team in the 20t 20th century, and i think that, you know, that kind of rebuilding will certainly come, but, you know, i think a place like palmyra loses a little bit of its, you know, its presence and authenticity every time something like this happens. the loss to the people of syria is in calculable. syrians have that strong identification with the site of
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palmyra precisely because they themselves embrace this multicultural sense of self. i lived in syria for 12 years and if you ever asked a syrian which sect they belonged to or which group they belonged to religiously, they would always respond i am syrian. pal hirery represent that is diversity, the kind that isis would like eliminated. >> i'm so glad we got to talk to you properly this evening. stephanie mulder talking to us from the accident. thank you for coming on. >> thank you. thank you. >> the united nations says it will act if the president goes
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>> i'm date foster and these are the global headlines. thousands of people continue to cross the macedonian border on their way to the european union. united nations called on europe to tackle the refugee crisis or face failure. >> eight south african police officers found guilty of the murder of a taxi driver. >> thousands of years of history gone forever, isil releases picture showing the destruction of the ancient city palmyra. >> the u.s. and turkey have detailed plans of operations against isil in parts of northern syria. turkey said the plan is to flush the group known local i in some areas as daish out of the turkish border area.
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>> we have united to have better operation or joint operation against daish, and we signed a deal and technical talks have been concluded these days and yesterday and soon we will start this operation, operations against daish. >> france's president francois hollande called on key players such as saudi arabia and iran to find a solution to what is happening in syria. in paris. >> the final condition which will likely be decisive is that all the players involved need to find a solution. i'm also thinking of turkey. it needs to be involved in the fight against isil and needs to relaunch dialogue with the kurds. >> a man accused of attempting a
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terrorist plan on a train in france had planned his operation. french prosecutors say the man had watched what he described as an extremist video just before boarding a high speed train with weapons. french authorities have opened a terrorism investigation. >> we have decided to open an investigation for an attempted homicide. legally, this means this attempt to kill people concerns specifically all of the people who were in close proximity to him on the paris to amsterdam train. the carrying of weapons a and b., collaboration with a terrorist organization to commit murder. he is in custody. the investigations will now be carried out under the magistrates. >> 14 people have been arrested in morocco and spain recruiting fighters for isil in madrid and
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other places in morocco. >> two doctors without borders aid workers have been killed in south sudan. they were working in different villages in the conflict unity state. doctors without borders says the two were killed during separate attacks on two villages. the organizations said it's received little or no detail about the circumstances surrounding their death. violence playingion the area. staff was evacuated. >> south sudan's president agreed to a peace deal to end a 20 month civil war. he is expected to sign on wednesday at a meeting of regional leaders in juba but called for more negotiations on some of the key parts of that deal. the rebel leader signed on
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monday. u.s. security council said it will take action immediately if he refuses to sign. >> we expressed optimism that the president will follow through on his commitment to sign the agreement without reservation. we stressed the importance of full implementation of the agreement. council members underscored the need to remain engaged on this situation in the country. in this reward, they stressed readiness to act immediately if the president does not sign the agreement tomorrow, as he had undertaken. >> gabriel joins me from the united, the president of the security council will act and do
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what if he doesn't sign? >> that would be targeted sanctions and an arms embargo. that is what is being discussed. this is an important comment i about the president of the security council, because the meme they are sending is they are going to keep this proposed document essentially in their back pocket and they're going to wait to see what happens on wednesday if this document is signed or this agreement is reached or not, but they're basically going to keep this there and the threat of sanctions is still very much there. this was a resolution. it was first started by the united states the middle of last week and it has been circulated, but it's sort of been on hold while they wait to see if this agreement really is going to be signed and basically what the security council penalty is saying that it will wait and see is their words. security council did hear from
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the head of the u.n. mission in south sudan, who said that this is only going to be a first step in her words, if this is signed. she said peace, stability and prosperity will not come to south sudan overnight, so clearly there's a lot of wait and see and a lot of people saying there's going to be a lot of work to be done well after wednesday, no matter what happens. >> fascinating, isn't it? the man basically led a mutiny against his former boss is being brought back into the fold because the situation has got so bad. >> it has. the humanitarian situation on the ground is bad and it's gotten even worse. that's what we heard from steven o'brien, the head of humanitarian anniversary who just visited south sudan. he updated the council on trouble in connection. there are now more than 2 million people, 2.2 million to
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be exact, internally displaced people and over 200,000 south sudanese now living under the protection in the u.n. camps, very difficult more than 600,000 refugees have fled to neighboring countries, and steven o'brien gave some very troubling examples of what he saw there on the ground of innocent civilians really being caught in the crosshairs in the conflict zones. >> i am very concerned about the atrocities which continue to be reported. the scope and level of cruelty that has characterized the attacks against civilians suggests a deep depth of an tip thee that goes beyond political differences. allegations include killing, rape, looting, ash son and forced displacement and even such horrific acts of burning of people inside their own homes. >> the innocent civilians are
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bearing the brunt of this, but there's two other issues, as well. the u.n. said that aid workers are increasingly under threat, as well. we heard about a couple of aid workers that were recently killed, that information that you talked about coming out, but also overall, 29 aid workers have lost their lives since december, 2013 when this conflict began. also, we heard from the head of u.n. mission in south sudan, who reminded the council that the journalists are under constant threat. seven journalists have lost their lives in south sudan. >> thank you. >> eight south african police officers have been found guilty of killing a taxi driver in 2013. they handcuffed him to a police van and dragged him 200 meters through the streets before beating him in a police cell.
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tanya page was in court in pretoria. >> the judge called them murderers and liars. this mobile phone footage helped convict them. the judge said think acted with common purpose in handcuffing the man to his van and dragging him 200 meters. these i am manuals went viral and proved damning. >> the pathologist said i died of head injuries and in term bleeding. the judge said the police officers lied and submitted ridiculous versions of events in their defense. >> african police are often accused of excessive force. many don't trust them. although that's unlikely to change with this verdict, at least one family says it now
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that justice, but justice isn't enough for the family. >> we need compensation. he left behind four chirp and an elderly father who all need to be supported. >> there is a sense of relief over the guilty verdict. the public's been let down in efforts to hold police to account. six months before he was killed, police shot dead 34 striking miners. no one has ever been charged. a month after he died, seven police officers caught on camera shooting a protestor in the chest with rubber bullets were acquitted of his murder. the national prosecuting authority had this message. >> police are expected to protect the community. they are expected to prevent crime. they are expected to investigate crime within the framework of human rights. >> by the end of the verdict, the defendants had their heads
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bowed low. they are now in custody. the people who are supposed to protect are now convicted killers. tanya page, pretoria. >> the brazilian president rousseff said she will cut government ministries by a quarter. ten out of 29 ministries were closed, jobs cut and properties sold off. the move designed to demonstrate that the government is committed to meeting austerity targets, rousseff's popularity is at an all time low with brazil's economy in a downturn and a corruption scandal at the state run oil company. >> there have been confrontations between riot police and protestors in argentina after accusations of fraud in a region alex. police in the northern province fired tear gas at demonstrators who claimed the poll for governor was rigged. mansour supporters say the
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elections were fair and the protestors unhappy with the results. >> a russian court sentenced a ukrainian filmmaker to 20 years inries so far for what was described as terror attacks in crimea. he was arrested soon after the crimean peninsula was annexed in 2013. he said the charges were politically motivated. >> laughing in the face of a lengthy prison sentence, filmmaker ands his co accused sing the ukrainian national anthem in defiance of the russian court that handed them a combined 30 years in jail. they were found guilty of setting pro kremlin party officers on fire in crimea after it was seized by russia and for plotting further attacks. the men were tried as russians in the military court despite not having russian silt send ship. they pleaded not guilty and say the charges are politically
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driven. the trial has been condemned by the ukrainian president and the amnesty international said there are allegations of witnesses being tortured to produce testimony to implicate the pair. >> dozens of people gathered in front of the russian embassy in kiev to protest the court's decision. this is absurd. it's barbaric. this is an inquisition that shouldn't exist in the 21s 21st century. i'm at a loss for words. >> i'm sure that he will be released, because if we can't release him, the world will. we know how many famous film directors demand his release. our government or some other state will manage this. >> his lawyer it is he will appeal the sentence. al jazeera. >> take a look at these painters from the french island of reunion in the indian ocean.
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the peak of the furnace has blown its top since a series of eruptions since 2006. >> ghana has begun a crack down on the number of unlicensed psychic healers. the government says some have been practicing out any registration. we have a report from the volta region of ghana. >> on patrol for psychic healers, government inspectors are checking whether the psychics here are registered or not. they are often met with hostility. this man isn't registered and his community is trying to persuade him to comply rather than face arrest. >> we have to be sure that they have the relevant competency and skills.
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imagine these days of h.i.v. aids a practitioner using one shop. >> in ghana, islam and christianity exists alongside each other. psychics seek guidance from god before performing rituals. he often deals with patients with psychiatric problems, a stroke, snake bite or other poison. he is preparing an idol for this patient to use to care for his home. >> if a person is paying for my services, i have to make sure they are getting value for money and i serve them well. these people who are not registered are lowering confidence with the rest of us. >> the government is trying to find ways for traditional
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medicine to work alongside conventional medicine. it recognizes that ghanians use both. there's a huge gap between the two. the team have to strike a delicate balance between respecting local traditions and enforcing the regulations, because this is the kind of healing that most people believe in, so the team has to insure it's being practiced safely. >> it's also about making sure that vulnerable people are protected. there are thousands of traditional healers in ghana and trying to track and monitor them all is a major challenge. al jazeera, ghana. >> we travel to east africa after the break. we have sport. one of kenya's biggest stars is back on the podium with the championship. stay with us for that.
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>> we are off to east africa for sport. >> beijing is getting ready for another showdown between bolt and gatlin. bat came through the heat of the 200 meters on tuesday. sarah coats now reports. >> back for more, just two days after his incredible win in the 100 meters final, jamaica's bolt hardly looked like he was trying, limbering into the semis of the men's 200 meters. american justin gatlin through
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to that event, as well. another showdown should they both make it to the finals will give the chance to avenge his 100 meters loss. he remains unbeaten in the 200 since 2013. happy days for olympic champion and world record holder winning his second world title. the kenyan still recovering from a knee injury that cost him the chance to defend his word title in 2013, but he finished strongly. the brit well and truly finding his stride not long jump, hills fourth round leap of 8.41 meters securing his victory and a place in the history books becoming just the fifth british athlete to hold the titles at the same
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time. the thrower won gold, who had a rather large night celebrating but wound up to find his gold medal gone. he called police, who tracked it down. turns out he used the medal to pay a taxi driver for the fare. thankfully, the driver was good enough to give it back. >> formula one's governing body needs to carry out more tests on devices that could protect driver's heads from flying debris. it comes after the death of justin wilson killed after head injuries at a race in pennsylvania. the 37-year-old is the second indy car driver to die in four years. we have this report. >> like any high level motor sport, indy car is fast and dangerous. this crash in sunday's race in pennsylvania looked almost straightforward.
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debris that had probe off the damaged car struck british driver justin wilson in the head as he approached the accident site. he was airlifted from the track but succumbed to head injuries a day later. >> he passed away in the company of his family, his brothers, steven, his loving wife, wonderful wife, julia and hills parents, keith and lynn. justin's elite ability to drive a race car was matched by his unwavering kindness, character and humility, which made him one of the most respected members of the ha paddock. >> he completed during the 2003 formula one season contesting 16 races. he began competing in the united states in the following year. sunday's race was his 174t 174th start in indy car, herb raileds 17 victories.
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>> he was a great professional driver and extremely good at his craft. beyond that, you know, he was a great guy, you know, one of the few, if only guy that really was a friend among everyone in the paddock. >> open air racing is a treasured part of the sport. opponents against a protective cockpit argue it would affect the aerodynamicof the vehicle, as well as making it harder for the driver to exit in case of danger. >> most of the drivers already know that closed cockpits are on the way. it's a bit like the device that drivers didn't like, but after using it for about a year, and seeing the lives it had saved. everyone nowadays wouldn't race without it. that will be the same with the closed cock pit. >> the sixth man in contention for the championship title,
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that's a site that will no longer seem important. he is survived by his wife and two young daughters. >> wilson's death renewed the debate on that how to protect drivers in cars with open cockpits. this is the view a driver gets from inside an indy car or formula one car, but as you see, it does leave drivers exposed to debris coming towards them and the dangers have been highlighted in recent years. formula one jewels died after spending nine months in a coma following a massive head injury when he crashed into a recovery crane during the grand prix. another driver was killed when his head hit a pole in a fence during a crash. another driver died after hit in the helmet by a loose spring which fractured his skull.
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>> leading respective ties going into the second leg. in the asian's champion league, they're not quarter final stage. paulinho let flee with this kick. no chance for the goalkeeper. it helped them to a 3-1 win. >> taking over for just four games after former boss was sacked for allegedly punching a journalist. >> after receiving a suspension ban and fine, the australian was given a ban and fine of $25,000
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for making lewd remarks about a fellow player's girlfriend. he'll need to behave for the next six months to avoid those penalties. >> thank you. in india, a baby elephant was rescued which was stuck down a well. it is thought to have fallen down the hole after its herd wandered through the area at night. big crowds there, the villagers say they heard the cries. they got a bit of machinery, mechanical digger to make a french for it to run out. they are now trying to locate the herd so the little thing can go back to his mother. >> off we go with a trumpety trump. thank you for watching the news hour. thanks once again, felicity is
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>> the biggest migration of people sips the second world war. >> this is al jazeera live from london, where i'll be getting the very latest from the u.n. refugee agency in koz. >> a african judge convicts eight police of killing a taxi driver. >> ukrainian filmmaker facing 20 years in prison for russia is calling a