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>> a bomb attack in turkey kills at least ten police officers a day after the foreign minister threatens to wipen out the separatist pkk. hello. welcome to al jazeera live from doha. also to come on the program, the beginning of an exodus, the eu council president says the current influx of refugees could last for years. >> reporter: i'm at the train station in vienna where hundreds of refugees have arrived as they
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make their way toward germany. >> two british isil fighters are killed by the u.k. but first, breaking news coming out of turkey. at least ten police officers are dead in a bomb attack on a turkish police. the explosion happened in the eastern province. government officials are blaming the kurdish workers party or pkk for the attack. this is just the latest in the string of deadly attacks. on monday the prime minister vowed to wipe out the pkk. >> translator: those mansions will be cleared of the terrorist, whatever it takes, they will be cleared. our nation's should trust our government. i ask for your support.
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>> armed conflict between turkey and the pkk lasted for 30 years until a peace deal was struck two years ago. the jailed leader announced the cease fire as part of peace negotiations with the government. in april the pkk said fighters would begin to withdraw to turkey. in july 2015 a suicide bombing blamed on isil killed 32 people in the mainly kurdish town just inside the turkish border. they said the turkish government wasn't doing enough to stop isil operations. the pkk claimed responsibility for killing two policemen. turkey then launched air strikes against the pkk in iraq. at the same time, it's hitting isil in syria. in a statement the pkk said the
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strikes spelled the end of the peace process. we can now speak to to a military analyst. it does seem as though the gloves are off. this is the end of the peace process. >> yes, this is the end of the peace process. after the elections when the ruling party for the first time in 13 years lost its majority to set up a single party government, we understood than the peace process has been buried, replaced by the resumption of the riot. >> it has been pointed out that the turkish government when announcing that it was resuming military operations against the pkk as well as targets, isil targets in syria, many more
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operations were conducted against the pkk than isil. >> exactly. against isil, turkish air force staged unilaterally. one operation. since then turkey has been mainly targeting the pkk bases in northern iraq. and the presidents told cnn international the day before yesterday that pkk and pyd is the syrian kurdish group is the number one threat followed by isil against turkish security. >> and how do you see this benefiting perhaps on a political level, the incumbent, the president in particular and perhaps reversing the losses that he suffered in the last elections.
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>> just hard to stipulate. they reverse the situation achieve in june elections. and the elections scheduled in november, it is hardly questionable as the ruling party will again majority again. in june elections mothers and fathers are really upset, it can be understood from losing their sons and moms. but for their sons. in the meantime there is the possibility that if pkk declares a unilateral cease fire stopping responding to the turkish military attacks, then the pkk can spoil the political gains,
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plans by the government at this stage because the more people are dieing, there is also the risk that people may vote for the ruling party condemning the people's democratic party which is the main kurdish party. but if pkk declares a unilateral cease fire, that will serve for turkish peace and stability and will turn upside down the political calculations of the government. >> okay. thank you very much indeed for joining us live. now to other news. european governments are trying to deal with the hundreds of thousands of people that arrive in europe this year. the eu council president says the current increase of people
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could be the beginning of an exodus that could last for years. hundreds of asylum seekers broke through police lines. but many more are stranded in hungary in a camp. they are becoming increasingly frustrated. >> reporter: families following in the footsteps of thousands. they are coming across the border from serbia into hungary. any hope there will be another exodus are diminishing. nothing changes here. it's getting worse. hundredings have spent three days in this field guarded by police. waiting for buses to take them to a camp to be registered. the police are refusing to move. but there is real anger here. not just amongst the men, but frustration amongst the mothers, children have been here for three days.
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it's really cold at night. this man has brought his family from afghanistan. eventually they are lined up, preparing to board a bus. then this. >> stand off. go back. > >> excuse me. these are children. >> go back. >> what do you make of this? >> the situation, they are not good people, sir. they are not acting as a human. they are just doing like animal. this is not a human being. >> go, go, come on! >> nearby syrians are gathered. this man complaining he has been stuck here for two days. >> make faster, take us to another village or camp.
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>> scuffles break out after the people decide to protest. trying to break away from the assembly point. this woman says she was beaten with a baton. then a disturbing sight, a sick child in the arms of a syrian. the limp figure. he had passed out with heat exhaustion or fever. he's five years old and his mother fears the worst. yet the boy was revived. first by a doctor, and then paramedics put up a drip before taking him to hospital. not the first, nor the last casualty of this crisis. with no buses, the refugees are allowed to march to the registration camp. dozens ran away. some chased by police. there will be more scenes like
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this and hungary's government will be introducing new laws to clamp down harder on what it calls illegal migration. >> that's the scene affecting so many people who are still in hungary. but there are those that managed to get across the border into australia. our correspondent is there. he's at a station. and tell us about what you found there, how many are there and what do they have to do next? >> hundreds more refugees have arrived here just this morning in the last couple of hours. it's quiet ordinarily. it's a lovely reception. there are aid workers, volunteers that applaud for them, welcome them. there are people walking around, volunteers with signs they are wearing iwearing to make sure tt
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anybody has a question, it can be addressed. you see behind me, this area here on this platform. that's where they are taken once they come off the trains. most coming from platform in that direction. over there medical aid, blankets, sweaters. very ordinarily and the refugees most from syria really feel very well taken care of and are gratified to the austrian people for the treatment they have received. this is the sign, thanks. yesterday we were on one of those trains. there were hundreds of refugees aboard the train.
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they were fatigued but also relieved to be aboard the train. >> looking back on all they have survived. it's clear that trauma won't be easy to overcome. parents may have been the ones cradling their children, but the fathers and mothers here are in need of as much comfort and compassion as their sons and daughters. i took my family out of iraq because isil was getting closer. i wanted to protect them. how could i know we would be treated the way we were in hungary. as they depart, resilience slips away and reflection sets in. >> translator: we were in hell and now we are in heaven, he tells me. but it's the arab countries that are to blame. they slammed the door. they slammed their doors in the faces of all the syrians.
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he explains how he's never been treated worse than he was this past week. i swear to god, hungary humiliated us. the refugees, while relieved, are also thoroughly exhausted. all of the ones i have spoken with have said they never would have believed that their journey could have been so hard. for some, moving ahead allows them a moment or two to drop their guard. i didn't believe it at first when they told me we would get on the train. i didn't believe it would happen, but it did. my niece said it's the first time she has seen me smile in 15 days. she echos her uncle saying how happy she is.
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life got better. arriving in vienna, they know that true healing has yet to begin. but this is as good a start as any. today they may have reached their destination unobstructed, but this journey is far from over. >> a very heart-warming welcome that many people have received in austria. still, many people want to go on to germany. they don't want to stay in austria, is that the case? >> that is the case. if i can also just describe a little bit more of what's going on here, dozens of refugees now streaming past us, they are actually being led to another train. this is one of the special trains that will take them to their next destination. officials have not told us if it will head directly into germany.
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nonetheless, yes, all the refugees satisfy spoken with, while they are relieved to have gotten this far, they are concerned. there were remarks by officials here in austria, that austria must return back to normality. they don't know what that means. they are concerned the borders will be closed. although officials have told us the borders won't be closed. what will happen is there is more spot checks because they are going to try to prevent human trafficking. the other thing that's greatly concerning is with what's going to happen on the other side of the border. hungary, where so many folks said they received horrendous treatment. many still have family members making this journey. they are in serbia. many of them are still in hungary and not able to come
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into austria yet. a lot of concern and confusion as to what will happen next, where people will have to apply for asylum, when they will get to germany and when they will be reunited with family members. >> thank you very much. lots more to come on this program, including -- >> before coming here, i lost hope. doctors said there was no treatment. >> a charity hospital is helping war victims recover from severe injuries. the toxic effect, the south africaen gold mines that are choking a community.
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to a world in motion. >> hello again. you are with al jazeera and these are the top stories. within the last hour or so in turkey, at least ten police officers have been killed in a bomb attack on a policeman any bus. the explosion happened in the east. government officials are blaming the pkk or the kurdish workers party for the attacks. hundreds more refugees have crossed. they have been taken to a camp. there were chaotic scenes at the camp on monday when a group of refugees broke through police lines. refugees that made it to very even in a are being put on
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special trains. they will try to make their way to germany with 4,000 people arrived on monday. the u.k. says it's killed two british fighters from isil in syria. it is the first targeted drone strike against its own nationals. the government says the strikes were an act of self-defense under national law. >> reporter: when isil released a recruiting video, he spoke calmly. >> this is a message to the brothers to stay behind. what prevents you from coming to the land. >> reporter: he appeals for others to join him in syria. the 21-year-old is now dead. killed in a drone strike in syria. >> today i can inform the house in an act of self-defense and
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after meticulous planning, he was kill in a precision air strike by an r.a.f. remotely piloted aircraft while traveling in a vehicle in syria. in addition to kahn who was the target of the strike, two isil associates were killed. one has been identified as a u.k. national. >> reporter: the strike was approved by the attorney general, the main adviser to the u.k. in this first acknowledged strike on syrian soil by the british. britain has carried out 288 air strikes on iraq against isil fighters. it has also been known to use drones before. but two years ago britain's politicians narrowly voted against carrying out military action in syria. >> 272, the most to the left,
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285. >> since then isil's hold in iraq and syria has expanded. so, too, have the number of britains traveling to fight with the group. the strike on kahn will be seen as controversial, because of the gray area surrounding the legality of crossing the border and carrying out a strike in syria. the french president is calling for action to end the conflict in syria and iraq. he's just made an opening speech at the international conference being held in paris on minorities that are being targeted by isil. >> translator: today's conference must be useful, must lead to conclusions that go beyond speeches, that lead to an action plan, with humanitarian and judicial. we talk about urgency, what does that mean, when mass murders have been committed for three years, destruction, eliminations
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where men and women are persecuted because of their religion, yes, the situation is urgent. >> iraqi army shellings killed 11 civilians in fallujah. medical sources say four children, five women are among the dead. iraqi forces backed by she a yeah militia tried to retake the city from isil. the group has been in control since january last year. the aid group doctors without borders has issued a new hospital. plastic surgery is expensive, so the hospital is offering hope to its patients. >> reporter: there are more victims of conflict in the middle east that badly need treatment than ever. this is why the international charity, doctors without borders, set up its own
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specialized hospital. she is 24 and living with a terrible face injury caused by a mortar shell while there was fighting. >> translator: they removed bones from my pell vision to reconstruct my jaw. next is a transplant for a new nose and new teeth. doctors said there is no treatment for me. i never expected to improve. >> reporter: doctors without borders has been treating mohamed. he's had tens of operations for injuries he sustained in 2003. most of the 150 beds here are already occupied. the region's continuing conflict means the need for hospitals that can treat war injuries is immense. in syria alone, more than 1 million people have been hurt since the conflict start in 2011. according to the united nations. this old woman from iraq was
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injured at the start of the conflict in syria. but she couldn't get proper treatment until now. she's had two operations here and has one more in three weeks. >> translator: the motor shell hit our home, the whole wall crumbled on me. i stayed without treatment for a year and a half before coming here. >> reporter: and threaten her legs were injured in an israeli air strike last year. >> translator: i didn't expect to stay alive. everyone around me died in the attack. people perished and homes were leveled. i'm lucky to be alive. >> reporter: it sames to prevent permanent damage and allow them to recover some functionality of their limbs. >> there are so in wounded people, they will need in the long term this kind of reconstruction treatment.
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so we expect this project to last even if the war stops. >> although the hospital is a blessing, it is also a heart breaking testimony to the huge toll the region's conflicts are having on innocent civilians. dozens of flights on the german airline are to be canceled today because of a pilot strike. 84 of 1500 flights will be canceled. the strike will only affect lufthansa and german wings. they are frustrated over management and retirement. security forces have dragged chad's former president into court after he refused to take part in his trial on war crimes charges. he's accused of ordering the killing of 40,000 people during
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his rule in the 1990s. he's denounced the charges as being politically motivated and refused to recognize the proce proceedings. abandoned mines around south african's city are making people sick. we report from one community that's meters away from a dump site. >> reporter: rosalynn says her lungs are failing her. she relies on a machine for oxygen for 16 hour as day to keep her alive. >> it's difficult. you can't go anywhere at all. anywhere you have to go, you have to take the machine w this is my life, the rest of my life i have to be on this machine. sometimes i can't get up out of bed. >> she says the dust have made her and others in her community
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sick. decades of gold mining created the largest uranium basin. it's also created close to 300 mine residue deposits containing uranium which is toxic and radioactive. >> they are killing us with the scent. we hope somebody can do something for us, we haven't got a mouth, we haven't got anybody to represent us. >> this is a poor community with a high number of unemployed people and limited medical care. >> the community is surrounded by mine dumps. the closest meters away. many like her here have nowhere else to go. allan thompson as been living at a local retirement village. strong winds are a reminder of the hazards. >> in august it's ten times
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worse. you can carry on sweeping and wiping, whatever. the air is full of dust. >> 1.6 million people live near or on top of mine residue deposits. >> it's widely accepted that it causes lung cancer. there are also exposed to the inhalation and ingestion of radioactive and toxic dust fallout. >> the safety council has not completed studies on the risk of exposure to the dust, but some action has been taken. >> there are companies trying to reclaim minerals from the dust. i think that's the best way for it. it means the dumps are gone forever. but should those dumps not be removed, you try to minimize the exposure. >> reporter: until those plans are completed and the environment improves, rosalynn is worried that many more from
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