tv Weekend News Al Jazeera September 13, 2015 11:00am-12:01pm EDT
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the golden loy i don't know prize awarded to first time venezuelan director. >> at least 28 people have drowned off the greek coast after a fishing boat capsized near the island. 98 people have reportedly been rescued. we are on the island of lesbos. jonah, with what happened? >> jane, you know, with the rate of these small boats making this journey from turkey to the islands of the aegean increasing all the time, in fairly calm weather, the chance of accidents is always there. it's been a tragic week. the latest news of an incident from the early hours of sunday
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morning, a wooden boat from the coast guard, not the usual small rubber dingy capsized, probably 28 victims as you say, the latest count, half children. of those, we understand at least four are babies. coast guard divers discovered a number of the victims trapped in the hull of that vessel, and another grim toll, saturday morning, also in the early hours of the morning, another incident, similar, perhaps, probably in detail, four children missing there, divers are searching for their bodies. we understand that in the afternoon hours, they've called off that particular search. with all of this terrible news, there is perhaps a glimmer of hope for many of these people making that perilous journey in that here on the island of lesbos, the greek government, local authorities and aid agencies appear to have finally
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got their act together. they've laid on more resources, more man power on an island where just a week ago there were riots happening on this port where i'm standing. now, this island is able to give those people who make it here a better reception and a speedy one. here's my report. >> the pace of arrivals at the refugee camp in lesbos has not slowed, but something else has changed, the pace at which they are able to leave. under pressure from the u.n.'s refugee agency and the e.u., police reinforcements now register up to 2,000 people a day, that's almost the same number as though landing on the island from turkey every day. the chaos and disorder of recent days has turned to calm efficiency. >> do you know that two weeks
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ago, it was very difficult here? >> yeah, my friend who was calling me you don't have to come here, because it's really pressure, really, really pressure. >> now it's much better. >> i am surprised what he told me and what i saw now, it's a really big difference. >> the transformation in this camp is extraordinary. two weeks ago, this was a squalid, woeful place, thousands sleeping and living for days on end with virtually no assistance. now, there are decent sanitation facilities, there are proper tents, there are medical facilities and there's a feeding station, freely distributing food. i hate to think how this man would have coped before. he was shot through both legs in an isil attack at the university in raqqa in syria. he was studying biology. >> what does it mean to you to be here in europe, away from syria?
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>> i've made my way through struggle and hardship, taking great risk to seek medical treatment. in germany, there are specialists treating such conditions. >> the greek government is pushing ferry companies to provide more boats. people pay for their tickets, of course. >> it was 45, now they are saying it is 20. maybe one hour later, it shall be 80, so what shall we do? >> you have a long journey ahead. >> maybe five or six more countries we've got to go to get to germany. >> in just a few days, more than 30,000 refugees and migrants have left lesbos. good news for this island and for them, bad news for the already crowded road ahead that will get even busier. >> most evident syrians escaping the war registering at refugees.
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turkey has the largest number by far, hosting close to 2 million. more than a million people are in lebanon, many crammed in camps near the border, while jordan, iraq and egypt all have refugees in the hundreds of thousands. they have reports on the jordan-syria border. they came carrying only a few belongings, many fleeing for their lives. all were exhausted. >> life is destroyed in aleppo. our homes were demolished. we have nothing left buff got's mercy. we left only with the clothes we were wearing. >> the refugees had to walk several kilometers through the rugged no man's land between syria and jordan to get here. their journey inside syria was more agonizing, traveling from
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north to south fleeing isil in territory close to turkey. >> syria is miserable. we were escaping airstrikes, barrel bombs and isil. >> many left syria because they had no food. >> we ran away from hunger, fatigue and bombardment. >> we came to our brothers in jordan, because we could no longer find anything to eat. >> the jordanian army runs the operation at the border, it has spent $700 million on feeding, and transporting refugees before handing them over to humanitarian agencies. >> it has become harder for syrian refugees to make the journey to jordan. the number of areas where they can get into jordan has been reduced from 45 since the start of the conflict to only six now. >> the army has had to prioritize security over humanitarian gestures to prevent
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what it describes as terrorists from entering jordan by hiding among the refugees. >> refugees used to come from southern syria. now they are coming from areas in the north near the syrian-turkish border. why won't turkey opening its borders? yea is only jordan asked to do so. >> they will be taken to a security base where authorities run background checks. after cleared, they will be taken to a refugee camp. many will stay forkers years. after four years of war, these people say they feel violated, humiliated and destitute. they have nothing left. al jazeera on the jordan-syria border. >> canada has between in 2500 refugees, but the government said it won't be taking anymore for security reasons. instead, the country's offered to give $100 million to syrian refugee camps.
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joining us by skype is a canadian journalist. what is going on in canada, why the reluctance to take in refugees? what's the security concern? >> the government for the past 10 years has been putting up a kind of virtual razor wire fence around the country and it seems to be specifically aimed at keeping people from the middle east from coming in to this country, curtailing at much immigration as possible, and so, and then of course, it's part of the mission against isis, so it's all of this over-concern with terrorism, all kinds of anti terrorism legislation is being passed and proposed, and it really is all of the peace, as many canadians, they say the government placed the fear card in order to retain power and get
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elected in october. >> when we found there was a canadian connection to the family of the boy who lost his life on the beach, that picture that galvanized so many countries, where did that leave stephan harper? >> i think it caught him with his figurative pants down. i don't think he had any idea that this country, which he promised to change, he once said that you won't recognize canada when i'm done with it, it shocked people, and it galvanized the public be into saying oh, my, he really did change this country, this is not the canada we grew up with, the country that accepted refugees from 60,000 boat people in the wake of the vietnam war, tens and tens of thousands of refugees from hungary in 1956 from the ball kins in the 1990s.
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he has literally shut the gates. >> what do you think has changed when you find the legal constraints that he has imposed, the fact that he's kicking hundreds of thousands of people out of the country. what changed to bring in this scenario? >> well, of course, we had 9/11, and he did want, although he was not in power at the time, he did want canada to join the war, the coalition of the willing against iraq, and of course, he was stymied in that regard by the then prime minister. he has an obsession with security. we have seen his harsh treatment of various people, such as omar, the child soldier who was kept
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in guantanamo longer than any other western prisoner, and he has spent, the government spent tens of hundreds of thousands to keep him in prison, although he is now free or relatively free. what has changed is we have a very conservative government that is decidedly christian as in the evangelical sense and has lined up best friends literally with israeli, harper is up there with netanyahu, hugging all a the time. it's that kind of mindset. unfortunately, the rest of the country is not lined up with it. he won his government, his majority government with a minority of people, given our parliamentary system, and at least 60% of the country did does not agree with him, so when that little boy washed up on the
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beach, canadians suddenly woke up in a way that they had not been awoken before. >> thank you for giving us the canadian viewpoint. >> thank you, jane. >> much more coming up on the al jazeera news hour. clandestine campaigning, physical threats in campaigning are changing the face of the politics in r.b.i. >> in haiti, the american red cross is accused of mismanaging half a billion dollars raised after the earthquake. we'll be meeting with the organization leaders and finding out what really happened. >> in sport, roger federer bids to become the most successful player in modern u.s. open history. we look ahead to his final with djokovic. >> israeli police have fought with palestinians in jerusalem at a mosque. police say they entered the
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courtyard to arrest palestinians throwing stones. the palestinian president condemned what he says was an attack on worshipers at the site. it becomes before the start of the. >> issue new year. a spokesman for israeli police say officers had no choice but to intervene. you can see meyer works fired from inside the mosque, considered to be one of the holy sites, at our police officers who were outside. our police officers and that's our policy, only outdoors without entering the mosque, but our police units patrol the temple mount area to make sure it's safe, public order.
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order and because it's within such a close area of the western wall, there are hundreds of people operating on the other side, and in the western wall area, it's necessary for us to intervene. the heightened security taking place is a standard measure with the jewish festivals inside jerusalem and thousands of people will be visiting the old city and the different areas in order to celebrate. >> the secretary general of the palestinian national initiative says what happened was an act of aggression. >> the israeli police are lying. they have lied many times before and they are lying again. i think respectful t.v. stations would not listen to their lies. you should investigate objectively what happened. i believe an objective examination of the situation, as you can see, how can they throw tear gas bombs inside a mosque, inside a place where people pray peacefully. as you can see from the scenes, the army is using the fire bombs and tear gas and is the one practicing aggression. on the other hand, what israel is trying to do is impose a system of racism where jewish israelis are given privileges,
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not only at the eastern wall, but those who enter the mosque, the islamic site which is very holy to muslim people. will they allow me to go in and pray in the mosque, will they allow me to go and pray near the western wall, any palestinian? of course not. we are living through a system of apartheid, racial discrimination and when an israeli minister himself an illegal settler in the territories enters the mosques, they are provoking religious feelings and conflict and this is unacceptable. >> 10,000 soldiers are attempting to push out the rebel houthis. it is east of sanna. >> arab foreign ministers meeting in cairo expected to submit a draft resolution on the
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conflict in yemen, the plan to push for dialogue to review. humanitarian conditions are worsening. >> surviving is all using any means possible in yemen. this includes the old way of doing things. for five months, supplies have been scarce. where once there was plenty, these are difficult times. people are having a hard time fighting water. we walk for 50 kilometers a day to get supply to say villagers in rural areas. >> the tough conditions haven't stopped people from flocking to military camps. hundreds of people have come to this training ground, hoping to join the military, itself suffering from limited resources. >> we are training people in a way that makes them unable to secure the city and get them ready to defend it from possible attacks. >> the fighting ends a few weeks
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ago. a city that has produced three yemeni presidents, it also has a history of armed conflict. enough it's looking to its past to face the future. >> just want to bring you up to date on the latest development rewarding the refugee situation in europe. germany has stopped traffic coming in from austria. we are hearing how overwhelmed munich can be. our correspondent is in berlin and joins us live. talk us through this, rob. >> authorities in munich have been complaining for more than 24 hours now that they are basically completely saturated with refugees. there are so many that arrived, they no longer have places to put them and they are, the local authorities are calling upon other parts of germany to take up some of the burden.
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we are expecting the minute officer of the interior for germany to make a statement in about 20 minutes from now, explaining the situation. if these reports are true, that germany is halting trains from austria, as has been reported in some local publications and if it is further true that germany is reinstating passport checks at the border with austria, it would be a very dangerous development indeed, which would seem to be 100% about faith that germany in its heretofore open door policy for refugees, however, this could be merely a temporary measure to relieve some of the pressure on bavaria where refugees have been coming in on every train and reduced at this point many to sleeping in
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the rail station and not having really proper place to stay until they move on to another place. all of this really underscores the chaotic situation in europe, and the lack of coordination among european nations as to how to handle the rest of the in flux. >> it does indeed as you said, we may be hearing from the german interior minister about the situation. thanks, rob. >> less than 24 hours after what was described as the biggest upset in british politics in decades, several senior members of the labour party have resigned their post. they are opposed to the election of jeremy corbin as party leader. many senior labor figures think his socialist views will make it impossible for the party to be reelected to office, but many who support him think his policies will resonate with viewers, with voters disillusioned by economic austerity.
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paul brennan is following developments for us from london. >> 59.5%, nearly 60% of his party voted in support of his leadership, and the idea of some kind of civil war or even some kind of plot to out of the him at this early stage, i think is fanciful. this is an opposition party looking for its direction, for where it's going to go next and how it's going to effectively put its arguments forward, given the fact that it's going to be out of power for a minimum of four and a half years. the next journal election i guess not until 2020. as far as the right wing press or the general media here in the u.k., i can show you some of the newspapers. the left-leaning observer newspaper says corbin hails his huge mandate as he sets out his leftwing agenda. it does warn that principle is
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nothing without achieving political power at the end of it. the sunday telegraph, which is more right-leaning says the death of new labor as its headline. he wins by a landslide, leftwinger tom watson makes history, his deputy as unions take control of the party. we're going to hear a lot more about it i think as the months pass. the sunday times, corbin sparks labor civil war is the front page, picture of corbin there. the mail on sunday, the most critical of labor, a very conservative right leaning newspaper says red, red of course being the color of the socialist flag that jeremy corbin would ally himself under. region ales are taking place across russia. the government has succeeded in barring almost four opposition candidates from the poll. opposition groups say they've faced physical and political intimidation. peter sharp joined one candidate on the campaign trail.
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>> it's almost a clandestine affair, a handful of elderly people as he can included in their amounts gathered to meet the young opposition candidate. he'll have six of these meetings every day. a hulking bodyguard stands close. the level of political and physical intimidation of opposition parties has changed the very face of election campaigns in putin's authoritarian russia. >> you should realize that all the possible methods are used against our campaign. police have dispersed our campaigners, physically detained me and physically attacked my volunteers and tried to interrupt my meetings with the electorate. >> proof of that back in the campaign headquarters, three hours earlier, the party organizer was struck down with a blow from behind at a morning rally. he is still waiting for an ambulance. >> there were no emergency services. the police won't do anything. >> this regional election is
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taking place amid the worst economic crisis since putin came to power 15 years ago and the timing has the kremlin rattled. >> because of the very difficult economic situation and no improvements, no economic improvement in sight, of course the kremlin is concerned. >> under existing election laws, parties have to gather signatures to prove they can attract 3% of the electorate. the authorities have managed to disbar virtually all opposition parties by claiming their signatures were forged. under these conditions, it's little wonder the pro putin factions like these canvassing bears in united russian party are feeling optimistic about today's vote, the party telling us these are free and fair elections. the opposition would differ. >> there is an almost overwhelming sense of confidence among the pro kremlin candidates in this election that borders on complacency. many haven't bothered to
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campaign and some haven't filled in their election manifestos. the argument goes why bother? regional acting governors across the areas have already been validated and endorsed by president putin in an election like this. that's more than enough to secure victory on the day. >> we knew this would not be a walk in the park. they let us participate here, just to get us in a trap. for us to lose this election and for everyone to see it. we expected the challenge and are doing everything possible to get people's support and to win. >> five hours after he was assaulted, the ambulance shows up to take the young party organizer to hospital. he was diagnosed with a brain injury. peter sharp, al jazeera. >> still ahead, steeling himself for a struggle. why jobs in one of south africa's most lucrative metal industries are now in jeopardy. >> a painful day at the office
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>> hello again, you are watching the al jazeera news hour. dozens have been rescued off the boat they were in capsized off the greek coast. another 34 people drowned near the island. >> inerm knee is halting all trains traveling to and from austria. the city of mine nick is overwhelmed by the large number of refugees arriving. >> the israeli police fired tear gas and stun grenades at palestinians who they say were throwing stones. the palestinian president abbas has condemned the attack. >> returning to our top story on the refugee crise, the arrivals of refugees and migrants in italy has led to division both at a political and the community level, while some italian households have started to
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volunteer to take people in, one area in the north said asylum seekers will never be welcome. we have this report. >> it's a happy afternoon, two local ski instructors just got married, wish them with my as they build their future. for many in this town, the future feels like a foreign country. last month, 700 of its 2,000 residents protested against the housing of 20 mainly african asylum seekers in a hotel. more than a thousand signed a petition against the plan. this group of young men is driving the anti refugee action here with the help of a regional anti migrant movement. they doubt they are refugees. they point out there is no work for them here. >> what happens when they leave
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the center? they are close to a school here. >> the men who inspire such fears are just a few hundred meters up the road. when they arrived two weeks ago, they were greeted by a shower of stones, eggs and bananas against their windows. now under 24 hour police guard, they can't venture beyond the hotel. >> we are not a bad people. what we want is for them to have patience for yours and love us. >> when he talks about the most vehement opposition, they say life has gone on pretty much as it has before. they talk about fear, fear of future criminality, fear of the fall of tourism in connection and a grievance, the sense that these 20 young men have got it easy at the expense of the italian taxpayer while young people here struggle to make a
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living. >> what then are the pope's call last week for every one of italy's 25,000 parishes to host a family of refugees. the priest says it is not the right time. >> first, we need to educate people that the others aren't the enemy. we have to love and welcome them. they are people to respect. their idea for the future is the same as ours. >> for now, the men at the refugee center say their idea of the future is peace and a chance to work, but unlike other african migrants who have settled here, they have no chance to meet locals overcome initial hostility. isolated even within this isolated town, all they can do is wait. >> al jazeera, italy. >> syrians who fled fighting in their country have found refuge in south america, but a group of families now want to go back home. we went to meet them in the
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capital. >> they came from lebanon last year, five syrian families escaping war. the uruguayan government gave them asylum, but now some say they want to leave. muhammed is a widow with five children. her husband died in the syrian city of aleppo. she says life here is not what they expected. >> they promised us everything, but there's no future here for me or my children. everything is expensive here. i work, but it's not enough. >> uruguay received 42 people from syria. they were given financial assistance for two years, a home and a promise of a better life, but these people say that life is not what they expected. >> even though the government has given these refugees a home, they've been spending time in this warehouse. they say they want to go from here to the airport.
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here their children do not have a future. >> the government has provided them with i.d.'s and travel documents. not all countries recognize them and they deny them entry. this man was a farmer in aleppo. he said he is thankful for what he has been given but is afraid of what happens once the government help ends. >> i ask all the countries to help me give a living to my kids. uruguay is expensive, life is expensive. i can't live here. >> the human rights secretary here says those uncertainties are expected during the adaptation process. >> we believe that after two years, people are ready to fly on their own, that's why the state stops supporting them. after that, they can get everything a uruguayan citizen
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gets, health care and a house. we can't give them more than other people. >> they are is getting ready to receive 72 more refugees, but what is happening with the families already here has raised concerns, another example that escaping conflict is only the beginning of a difficult and long journey ahead. >> at least 16 people are still missing after severe floods in japan. 100,000 people have been displaced. the city was among the hardest-hit areas, wayne haye is there. >> moving quickly to try to repair the break along the river, officials are concerned that the typhoon season isn't over in japan and they need to plug that gap as quickly as possible before the we're level prizes. again, there had actually been a plan in place to fortify all the banks along the river so they could withstand the sort of
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rainfall that might occur once every 10 years. clearly that plan came too late for this disaster. there are still thousands of people in evacuation centers. clearly areas like this, too devastated or damaged for people to be able to return to just yet. still a lot of water lying around, infrastructure has been destroyed in places like this, so people simply can't come back to their homes, and some may not be able to return for quite some time. still a lot of water lying around. officials have brought in more pumps to try to lower the water level as quickly as possible. >> american red cross is accused of squandering money to rebuild haiti after the 2010 earthquake. the organization raised half a billions for aid and reconstruction. critics say there is very little to show for it as part of our give and take series about where money ends up. we have this report from port-au-prince.
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>> clinging to the steep ravines of port-au-prince, the neighborhood is slowly rebuilding. like many communities, it was devastated by the earthquake of 2010, but it's here that the american red cross and partners say they are doing some of their best work, new roads and bridges are being constructed by haitian trained workers and throughout the community, homes are being built and refurbished. she feels everyone here is now rich and that life is so much better now that they're no longer living in tents. >> we've had particular attention to the quality, also. >> the american red cross, which raised close to half a billion dollars is accused of letting the people of haiti down by squandering money and failing to deliver aid to those most in need. one of the most serious accusations is that they only built six new homes, something the red cross leaders here say is nothing short of a dangerous life. >> in that sense, i feel very
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sad about that, because those are lives that we will not be able to save in the future, if the population does not have that confidence that they should have, and that's because we are doing a great job. >> the charity tells us they face serious challenges with land rights but claim every dollar raised has been invested wisely. they did acknowledge that the months after the earthquake were chaotic and former employees criticizing aid efforts are understandable given the stress they were under. they point to their work here, investments in other parts of the country as examples of real progress. >> i've been coming to haiti since the earthquake and have watched many different communities trying to rebuild, but nothing on this scale or to these standards. if this is the red cross's flagship project, it certainly seems to be making big strides. >> they are doing good things, better things now, but at the time, it was a mess. >> the prime minister at the time of the earthquake and
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oversaw reconstruction efforts has been a vocal critic of the american red cross and other n.g.o.'s, claiming most are arrogant and ignore the haitian authorities in the crucial days after the quake. >> they have the same global attitude, we have the solution, we are going to do that and you don't have to tell me what to do with the money that i receive perhaps in your name, but i'm responsible for that money and responsible to give explanation, i don't have to give you explanation. >> the american red cross reputation is under scrutiny. the organization denied all accusations leveled. some feel foreign-based charities and n.g.o.'s need to involve haitians more so they can gain the independence they wanted for so long. andy gallagher, al jazeera, port-au-prince, haiti. >> a wildfire in california has forced nearly 2,000 people to leave their homes. the blaze began in lake county north of san francisco. four firefighters suffered burns trying to put out the flames.
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california has been experiencing a drought and hasn't had rainfall in months. >> nigeria's president is accused of marginalizing people from the southeast. he has made dozens of new appointments since elected in may, but the majority chosen from his own region in the north. we have this report. >> this is a meeting of activists on the national youth alliance. they represent the ethnic tribe from southeastern nigeria. they're angry the president hasn't given anyone in their region any of the 30 top jobs. he has given 24 out of 31 jobs to people from his own region, the north. >> the president has appointed
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and none come from the southeast. these appointments are the ones that control the policies of the government. >> among appointees are from his region. >> in the 1960s, people from the southeast tried to break away from nigeria, which led to years of civil war. many here feel that's the reason they are marginalized and excluded from getting top federal government jobs. >> nobody has proven that he ever made anti-government statements or sentiments. there are cabinet positions, according to the constitution,
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there must be one per state. there are ambassador positions, many ambassador positions. then there are board positions, do you know how many, 601 board positions. they will all gain from this. nobody should talk about marginalization, it is not real. >> people are demanding the president counsel some of those appointments. the activists say they will call for protests if people in the southeast are not represented in government. >> south africa's steel industry is in deep trouble. more than 30,000 jobs are at risk and many blame steel imports from china.
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>> this steelworker is spending his day off from work in his family. he's been a furnace operator at steel manufacturer, arcelor mittal, for years. >> we have affected by imports, because of the people that are cutting their order from our side of the country. because of that, we don't have orders. >> he is promised he will be moved to another plant, but he is worried. >> everyone is depending on me. when i look at the future of my kids, i don't see anything good about it. if i were to lose my job, they are the ones that will suffer more. >> south africa's steel sector employs 200,000 people, but the industry's in big trouble. >> he is just one of thousands of workers who could be laid off in the next few months. the steel sector is struggling to survive in tough market conditions. with more than 70% of this
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community alone dependent on the industry, businesses and unions are scrambling to save jobs. with a devalued currency and low manufacturing cost, chinese steel is flooding the market and threatening local jobs. steel imports have gone up by 20% in the last year. unions want government to protect the local industry by hiking tariffs and banning the exportation of scrap. >> we view this as nothing less than a national crisis. we think that for any person who has got a job supports five or six extended family. if you allow this industry to be destroyed, it will take more than 10 years to try and rebuild it. >> there may not be a clear-cut solution. >> the sting in the whole thing is that if you give protection at the beginning of the pipeline, everybody down the line will suffer from it. when you protect your economies,
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normally you get price escalation, you get lower growth, et cetera, so there is a danger that if we go too far to the other side with the pendulum that we will run into the same constraints. >> the union said the response from government appears to be positive, but with talks resuming weeks from now, he faces an anxious wait. al jazeera, johannesburg. >> ahead, all the sport, including an emotional victory for this 18-year-old golfer who continues to make history on the women's tour.
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>> some interesting developments as far as the refugees in europe are concerned. we've heard in the last couple of minutes or so at the german interior ministry announced they will impose border controls, specifically in relation to austria. they will be halting trains from austria. rob reynolds is in berlin, joining you guess live. >> it looks as if it's a case of germany having bitten off a lot more than it can chew. at the moment, in terms of accepting the swell of refugees, many of them from syria, who's preferred destination is germany. the interior minister said that germany will reinstate temporarily border controls along its borders particularly
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with austria. the aim is to limit the flow of refugees and to return to orderly procedures. now, munich train station, the first main stop after refugees flow through austria has been overwhelmed. the authorities in that part of the area say they can't take anymore. people are sleeping in the train stations. it's become a very organized, disorderly situation, so the german government is now saying that it's going to put the temporary measure into effect until it can get a handle on the situation, looking to return to orderly procedures, but it also says that the dublin accord that require refugees to register for refugee status and the first
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country that they touch land on in the european union should be respected. this somewhat contradictory, given that germany has given the green light over the past couple of weeks or the syrian refugees to come straight to germany, but this is the latest, germany now struggling with a slower server serious overcrowding situation in europe and of course on monday, the justice and interior ministers, all 28 european union states are going to meet to try to at least talk about an immigration or refugee policy and a lot of divisions there between different states as to who will take refugees and how many. james. >> thanks for that, rob. we're going to leave you there, but look at the pictures of these refugees getting on to a bus at the serbia, hungary border. you wonder now what's going to happen to them, considering germany has threatened to halt trains coming from austria and
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now saying that they need to be registered in the first country that they get to. let's get some sports news now. >> 18-year-old golfer has become the youngest woman's champion ever. the teenager won the championship in france by six shots on sunday. an eight under par final round of 63 meant she finished on 16 under par overall, six clear of her nearest challenger, american alexei thompson. >> i mean, it's pretty amazing. i didn't really know how this day would end up. i just tried to focus on my game and i didn't really know i would make my putt on 18 there, because it was my goal to par the 18th for the first time this week, but i failed, but no, i mean today was an awesome day. it's been such an unbelievable
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experience, and everybody won't ask me when i will win my first major, because it's done. >> now later on sunday, roger federer will take on djokovic in the final of the open at flushing head dose. federer playing in his first final in new york since 2009 will be going for his sixth u.s. open title. if he wins, h he will become the most successful player in the history of the open in the modern era. they've had quite a rivalry over the years. let's have a quick look at how they stack up. djokovic has nine grand slam titles compared to federer's 17. djokovic has just the one title, though, that came in 2011. in can frost, federer has won this tournament, owl won between 2004 and 2008. in terms of head-to-head clashes, the pair have met each other 41 times, federer holding the slightly uphand.
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in terms of grand slam finals, djokovic that the 2-1 advantage, most recently winning this year's final. >> the new women's champion, following her victory over her good friend in saturday's women's final, she was the oldest maiden grand slam final in the modern era and following her win, the 33-year-old announced her retirement from the game. >> these women have been friends since their childhood days. the were double partners, even roomers. now they were opponents in undoubtedly the biggest moment in their careers. both swept aside the top two seeds in this tournament en route to the finals. right from the start of this contest, it was clear this was not going to be easy. a tie break decided the first set at 7-6.
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she built more momentum in the second, winning that 6-2 and with it, her first major title. she just assured her place in tennis history books as the oldest grand slam champion. she celebrated her achievements with her tennis star boyfriend and then stunned the crowd. >> before i start this tournament, like one month ago, i make a big decision in my life and this is the way i would like to say goodbye to tennis. this one was my last match in the u.s. open and i couldn't think to finish another way. >> italy's prime minister looked a proud man. for now, the moment belongs to her for her success at flushing meadows. al jazeera. >> boxing american floyd mayweather, jr. insists he will retire following his record equaling 49th professional victory.
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the 38-year-old has pledged to help the next generation of boxers following his retirement. the world's welterweight champion won in a unanimous points decision on saturday in las vegas. he retires with a perfect 49-0 undefeated professional record, equaling that of the legendary heavyweight, rocky marciano. he had 43 knockouts in his 49 wins compared to mayweather's 26 knockouts. >> i faced all the tough guys in the sport of boxing. to be in the sport for 19 years and to be world champion 18 years, i had a remarkable career. i've accomplished everything in the sport, so now, it's time for me to help these young fighters break my record. i want to see my records broken. of course, i want to be a part of it.
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>> moto g.p. now, a dramatic race where a huge damage, marquez picked up his first victory at the circuit. lorenzo took an early lead. he crashed out, the spaniard managing to walk away with just an injured hand. it allow the mark marquez to take advantage. he went on to win the race, while valentino rossi's fifth place win means he's in the top spot. >> nice to be here again on the podium and the target was a victory, so we did and we are really happy. >> sebastien claimed his third consecutive world rally championship, winning the rally of australia sunday. some fast-moving wildlife around the course in new south wales,
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but no one was quicker than the frenchman who took over the race lead on saturday. it was a lead he never relinquished. >> once again, a very, very high one it was for sure. >> in major league baseball, david ortiz has become the newest member of the 500 club, hitting his way into history, smashing two home runs over the tampa bay rays. he becomes just the 27t 27th player in major league history to notch 500 round trips. >> attacked by a shark two months ago, the australia surfer is on the verge of claiming the
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world number one ranking after knocking out kelly slater. 11 time champion kelly slater managed to pull off this incredible move, but not even that was enough to see him advance to the quarter finals in california. he was up against fanning. he has gone from strength to strength after that attack by the great white shark in an event in africa. >> much more sport on other website. check out aljazeera.com/sport. we've got blogs and video clips from our correspondents around the world. >> brave man, right? >> he is. we'll have all your sport later on, including the final you are looking forward to. >> that is the end of this bulletin coming to you from doha. another coming up from london. thanks for watching. en
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