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>> as burkina faso's military converge on the capital ouagadougo, the coup leader says he will hand back power. you're watching al jazeera live from london. i'm david foster good to have your company. in the next 30 minutes, the greek prime minister alexis tsipras is sworn back in after winning his second election within a year. yemen, houthi rebels mark a year since they took power in the capital. volkswagen facing a u.s. criminal investigation into rigged emissions, as the inquiry
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spreads to europe. well, we begin with breaking news. within the last hour the leader of a coup in the central african country burkina faso has apologized and said he will turn over power to a transitional government. ample marched on the capital ouagadougo to remove the coup leader and resume the presidential guard. handing over power to legitimate authorities or the face the consequences. nicholas hak joins me on the phone from ouagadougo. the coup leader is giving up, what sign is this going to happen in the capital where you are? >> the presidential guards have cleared the streets, nowhere to
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be found, returned to their barracks. really this apology comes a day. the meeting in abuja where there was an greamed that the general said he would agree but none of the civil society wanted any of it. he was warned by the chief of staff of the military that if he continued to hold on power, if his men continued to shoot on civilians that he would take action and he did so today. >> reporter: nicholas does it mean that the president or the one who was in power until all this happened, will be detained or is there going to be a big chain. >> no michel kafondo, the president of the interim government is going to take back his position to hold these elections that are scheduled, obviously there may be delay on that. no one has mentioned the prime minister colonel azida, himself
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a member of the presidential guard. he released kafondo in detained them in house arrest but colonel zita the prime minister was still being held in the presidential palace. and we're hearing now that he's been released. >> is it that the coup leader felt he had achieved something at least which drawing attention what's going on or was he under enormous pressure that he really had no choice? >> well, general zendari has been involved in three cowps in burkina faso. this is someone who is pretty experienced in these matters, two of them successful. he is a key hostage negotiator foand he is a man who is very calculating. this coup it appears was something that he had well
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prepared. i think that what he was trying to achieve is to save the presidential guard. which was an army within the army. they were better equipped than the regular army. they were better paid. he was trying to save his unit. >> nick ras fonicolas, thank yoh indeed, recording from the capital of burkina faso. greece's prime minister alexis tsipras has again been sworn into office after winning sunday's presidential election. alexis tsipras withdrew after losing the majority after tough austerity measures. barnaby phillips is in athens. >> for second time alexis tsipras was sworn in as prime minister in a secular ceremony
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not the traditional religious ceremony that all his predecessors have gone through. he never wears a tie, not even at this important state event. but alexis tsipras has learned the art of compromise. in july, faced with the prospect of greece's expulsion from the eurozone, he agreed on a new bailout program and more austerity to the despair of many of his supporters. here at syriza headquarters there is great interest in the lineup of a new government. alexis tsipras has to please various domestic political constituencies. but his decisions are being watched closely across all of europe. european governments are hoping for a new greek administration which is genuinely committed to reform of the greek economy and state. this economist says alexis tsipras and syriza are in a strong position to implement
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difficult reforms if they really wish to. >> to have such a policy applied by left wing government increases its legitimacy. and binds more people to the broader cause of making sure that the country remains in the euro. >> but if you were looking for owoweomens in the weather. this may be it. barnaby phillips, athens. >> saudi led coalition began its exaim against the rebels in march and as hashem ahelbarra reports there is no sighup in all of this violence as all. >> caught in the cross fire.
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civilians seek safe shelters in the central city of ta'izz where fighting has flared over the last few days. government troops backed by coalition forces are on the offensive in the province of mareb but progress is slow. >> translator: the terrain isn't helpful at all, the houthis have mined most of the fields in this area so we are cautious. yemen's new army hasn't deployed all its units yet. >> reporter: a year after houthi rebels took over the capital saz nah their leaders remains confident. >> we are confident we will ultimately prevail. we will continue to fight until we liberate each and every inch of our country. >> reporter: the houthi leader seems to be willing to compromise. his group has freed three saudi
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hostages as well as two americans and a bruton with the help of oman. in oplan, a senior houthi official and close aid to former president ali abdullah saleh. oplan is trying to mediate a political settlement between yemen's warring factions. but a peace demay be a long away away. yemen's internationally recognized government says it will only join talks if the houthis hand over weapons and withdraw from cities they have captured. hashem ahelbarra, al jazeera. >> let's hear from paulo lembo, he's been saying that efforts to find diplomatic way out of the crisis are still going on. >> our position is that this conflict cannot be sofd as a solution, we are going to talk
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give it another trial in muskat, delegation of houthi as you just said has arrived yesterday muskat and we will try to convince the side that that is the moment to exercise more flexibility to restart syria's political process. >> at least 32 people have been killed by government air strike in the syrian city of aleppo. the attack targeting a popular neighborhood market. russia's foreign ministry has called for what it called concrete action after a shell landed in its compound in damascus on saturday. russia has formed an agreement with israel to coordinate in syria so not accidentally exchange fire. benjamin netanyahu is in moscow
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for talks with vladimir putin. concerns that russian weapons could end up in the hands of hezbollah. a criminal investigation has now been launched by the u.s. regulators found that some vw cars could manipulate certain emissions test. jonah hull reports. >> this was the international show in frankfurt. the volkswagen stand. a dark secret under the hood. volkswagen it says has been falsifying the data for years, to cover up the most prized
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turbodiesel tdi engine. >> it will cost vast amounts of money and there is a threat not just of fines but also collaboration lawsuit, what's also very important, volkswagen's image is severely damaged. >> the news for the makers of the people's car the beetle could be much worse. >> they are ordering volkswagen to recall half a million diesel powered vehicles, jetta, golfs and beetles primarily, built between 2009 and 2015 pap $18 billion which would be the highest levied against an auto maker. >> add to that the cost of half a million cars recalled in the u.s. that the epa says vw must
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return to proper functioning, and take into account that the german government has launched an inquiry, so the potential for total cat voa catastrophe for volkswagen. the very deem has been cast into doubt. >> the diesel has been found to produce large noxious gases, the viability of diesel will come into question for vw who has invested so much in clean diesel strategy has been a very hard below. >> it is colossally damaging for brand. what if anything was as reliable as the volkswagen, but today kerry was played to apologize for their brand.
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coup has apologize to the central african nation and says he will return power to the government. this after forces removed him from the capital. a year since saudis launched air strikes on yemen. and alexis tsipras has been again sworn into office after winning greece's elections. hungary has passed new laws allowing the army to join police at the country's borders. giving the country power to use weapons. hundreds of refugees have been trying to board trains to take them to croatia. victor orban has reiterated the stance for the countries in
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europe to work together. >> translator: until there is a united european stance, member states will have to protect themselves there this brutal threat. >> ads which appear in lebanese and jordanian papers warn people not to attempt to enter hungarian territory illegallily, anybody who enters will are punished. croatia has put up a temporary refugee camp close to the border with serbia. sense of the report any rivals s and then arrangeheir onward transport. claiming they could note cope with the influx of refugees have managed to move them more successfully, ports are
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emptying, on to slovenia and austria. here is lawrence lee in slovenia. >> as chaotic as this summer has been, it is clear that they can hope their journey will be a little quicker, a little less painful. northern slovenian town, they are on their way to austria and germany. are they happy about it. >> it is quicker because these countries are totally good. >> when do you think you'll go to austria you think? >> austria today maybe after lunch. >> on the train? >> yes on the train. >> slovenia is showing a sse of logistical awareness. they ar recognize that it's getg faster, on the most basic level
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europe is finally showing a bit more organization. >> it is true. we have 250 beds available here. the refugees change every day. as soon as 250 leave the next people arrive. >> so the next bus turns up. off they come and they're asked asked to go in. the reason why slovenia can deal with the influx of refugees is because the turn around of people is so fast. refugees we're told only spend about 12 hours here. have a rest, change, and move on. that in turn freeze up bed space for the next wave to come. but even staying a few hours was too much for this group. they refused to go in and said they just want to go to the railway station. after weeks, their patience had run out. >> thank you for the train station, thank you very much, thank you slovenia, train station or bus station, that's
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it. >> so as they walked into lines a few hundred meters down the road, what they didn't know was that you could actually get a train from here straight to the netherlands. but staff has been told refugees must go through yet another system in austria. it does demonstrate that something at least is working, not trying to keep people from where they want to go. a car bomb has gone off in somalia's presidential palace capital mogadishu, nobody has said they are behind the explosion. now a dispute over teachers pay as led to the closure of all public schools in kenya. the country's supreme court ruled the government give the teachers a pay raise but it says it can't afford that.
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croint reports. >> this shelter small and stuffy but with schools closed it is one of the places that will allow children to go. the shelter was started by a nonprofit organization years ago, to help children with their tuition. hundreds have been turning up not only to study but also a hot mug of fo porridge. many don't have adequate at hoax. >> we have to blame government. >> all schools under the kenya government has been closed indefinitely. no solution in sight. >> the government says paying them more is just not sustainable and it will hurt their economy. teachers on the other hand insists the government is not being sincere and all the while,
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children in schools like this one continue to lose out. >> the salary commission would have no choice would be forced to harmonize wages across the spiesh publispire publicentirep. our wages would rise to 62% of the public sector. >> analysts say that politics and emotion ves overshadowes ha. >> that notwithstanding we are a poor country. government must move all the milk money over varying needs.
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>> will these kids go bark to school soon? ruling on the legality of the strike 280,000 teachers say they'll listen to the courts but until then they say they won't back down. catherine soy, al jazeera, nairobi, kenya. >> millions of people have arrived in mecca in saudi arabia for the annual muslim hajj pilgrimage. to instill a sense of equality and brother hood. it presents a passive logistical challenge as omar al saleh explains. >> they need to maintain the safety of the pilgrims converging on mecca. more than 2 million people are expected to arrive in mecca to perform the hajj.
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they will go on tuesday to min minna, then moving on cmple there all the people all the pilgrims will converge and the fear is they will perform thei theirs rituals at one time, and the challenge is to make sure they keep moving without any stampede. ten days ago, a crane killed over 100 people and injured over 200, the grand mosque has surnd intturnedinto a large construct. the saudi authorities launched an investigation, it proclaimed
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the ways on heav it's causethe . >> canada has had trouble with insects. daniel lak has the story. >> only last year she learned from a california lab she had chronic lyme disease. frightening but welcome. she finally knew what's wrong with her. >> it's tough because you constantly feel like you're beating your head against a wall that no one is listening. and you know there's something wrong but you don't know why. >> reporter: it's no mystery how ticks carrying lyme disease get to canned.
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john scott is a scientist who began researching ticks after he and his wife got lyme disease 20 years ago. he scwints at the creatures that changed their lives. iefers watched lots of clouds through my bedroom with it trying to stay with it. but this has moache motivated m. >> some areas in canned could have tick populations that could carry lyme disease. even here in a public park, this is the perfect habitat for ticks. yet the question remains, why isn't this country taking the disease seriously enough? >> most doctors here don't believe in chronic lyme disease, just a short term version that requires early diagnosis.
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many lyme patients here go abroad. >> the patient started fining me. canadians would find me, i was working in a walk in cling. i left to form a practice which i didn't think was big but now i have over 1500 patients, some from canada. >> the science behind it hopes the government takes hi input seriously. >> long term chronic consequence. >> canada's parliament recently passed unanimously a bill calling for a national strategy on lyme disease. high profile cases like avrilril levine also concentrate the
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community's interest. daniel lak, al jazeera. >> the game of thrown has won many emmys along with voila daiferdavis. >> entertainment tv loves make history, 67th emmy wards honored the first black woman about standard actress in a tv series. >> let me tell you something, the only thing that separates a black woman from anything else is opportunity. >> game of thrones, including outstanding trawk series. drama series.
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show holds the record now for most nominations in one year, with west wing. >> thank you very much for this. >> outstanding comedic actress winner julia louis dreyfuss. >> to quote our political satire veep, what a great honor it must be for you to honor me tonight. oh wait oh god oh no no no no, i'm so sorry, donald trump said that, i'm so sorry. >> madmen's leading actor john hamm went home with his first trophy after eight noiltse nomis for the show. jon stewart also won after
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