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newshour. >> as burkina faso military converge on the capital, the coup leader says he will hand back power. good to have you with us, you're watching al jazeera. i'm david foster. also coming up in the next 30 minutes, a step towards resolving libya's conflict. houthis rebels mark a year since they took control of yemen's capital. and volkswagen launches an investigation as the inquiry
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spreads to europe. >> the leader of a coup in the central african country of burkina faso says he will hand back the government to the transitional government. he said it was doing this to remove the coup leaders and disarm his presidential guard. handing over power to legitimate authorities or as it put it, face consequences. our correspondent nicholas hak is in ouagadougo. this is what he told me. >> presidential forces returned to the capital. after avoiding a bloodbath
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because the chief of staff here warnlgd him if the presidential guards continued to file on the people he would take action and dez sending troops towards the capital, ouagadougo. meanwhile people are taking to the streets to the main square by the military headquarters celebrating. because to them the end of the coup could be the possibility of elections that are scheduled later this year. >> well i had a chance to talk to mange chetto, and also with general diande-ri really could stay in power at one stage. >> i don't know that he was really thinking that he could hold on to power. we had a report come out just before the coup that the presidential guards needed to be disbanded. it is clearly he was concerned that he could get -- he could essentially be put on trial and it's quite clear that he is probably using this as a
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negotiating chip for negotiating something for himself. >> we were going to see elections for whatever i saw here, we are going to see elections transition to democracy is that going to happen now? >> i think the question of elections this year is probably not on the table anymore. because even if we do get a transition to a civilian government, we're talking next election. >> after marathon negotiations what has described as a framework for resolving libya's situation has been released. are bernardino leon is speaking from morocco.
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>> what i am coming to say is we have finished our work. we have a text now a ienl text so our part otext.now it's up to react to this text. james bays is our dploim are editor. his side of the work is finished, it's up to the others, but it's the work of the others that could still prove to be the most difficult. >> yes, because the others are the competing parties in libya who have found it so hard to reach any agreement over really all the periods since the death of gadhafi and that's nearly four years ago that we've had problems and disputes and violence in libya. we know from the special
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representative bernard areino leon that the framework gets taken back to libya, the two main blocks in libya will look at that framework deal, vote on the framework deal and the plan is to move back to the united nations in new york. because coming up in the next few days we have leaders from all around the world gathering in new york, that week of the year where leaders are discussing all of the issues in the world. and then there will be a high level session in libya. i think if they get agreement from all sides, they won't actually sign it in new york, everyone has agreed that the signing should be a few days later, taking place on have libyan soil.
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>> what led to this major differences that effectively led to some kind of civil war? >> what you have to understand one of the positions there in libya, you do have this islamist nationalist divide, and revolutionary actors but particular, with the libyans they are built of grief, i'd love them lost brothers friends over the last 40 years, many kneel they rightly do so because they're able to find their grief over the last few years. colleagues in benghazi, very concrete positions that are out of grief, in some cases you find very, very little divides you but vch wants you to continue fighting. >> very obviously we have the governments in tripp liz and tow
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bruk, they say yeah, we could sort of two or the one dealing that you put out there. but also, that is the condition of i.s.i.l? how does that element ultimately come. >> it comes in war, you have a are tows bruk trich li and i.s.i.l, both sides, the political position he that have been played or taken during the last year of these negotiations are almost about trying to creatz a two dimensional gloft. the governments have been at best the sides that will come to the trickle. >> there are elements, proxies,
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and i.s.i.s. or i.s.i.l, and they're both talking about i.s.i.l. working as part of their aside, to dorn the acknowledgment of part of i.s.i.s. but. >> to try osum it all up in about 30 six is asking a bit much but help me with this one, will it work? >> i think many sides go back to tripoli andto brooke and try to negotiate from sides. we have to be clear names means ministries, the u.s. men's roam has to be something that plays the u.n.'s role, five years ten years, i don't know. >> wish i could given you a lot
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more time but appreciate it. it's been a year since yemen captured saada, marched 4 ½,000 people have lets they have jutd about given me recall they'r al. >> reporter: fighting has flared over the past few days. government troops backed by coalition force he are in the province of mogr rarvetionef, the houthis have miend most of the, units yet. >> a year after howgh after hous
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took over sanaa, their leader remains quft. our miex e-people have vaided have, and until we liberty each and every inch of our country. >> the houthi leader seems to be willing to compromise. his group tha has freed three si hostages, with the help of mono, a surs city foirnlt, fors our onman is trying oso reat that time imrail. the saudi led coalition is pounding areas in al baida, another houthi stronghold. yemen's soanl recognized
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governments she is they, hashem ahelbarra hashem ahelbarra, al jazeera. >> now from the u.n. he says diplomatic way deny out is still possible. >> our are belief is this conflict cannot be sofd. as we talk we are going to gif it another try in m urchghtscw a divestment as you just said, are it arrived yet once in muscat, that is the time too are be exefer owners is more are. >> do stay with us here, the greek prime minister alexis tsipras claimed a new mandate afer he has joants ire or our throig bac.a new cyberattack on.
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forcible negotiations, rival governments of libya in morocco. yemen's capital sanaa, air vieks from the saudi led coalition killing at least another 30 people. it's getting really serious for volkswagen. a criminal investigation is being launched in u.s., some veryvwmplets cars werew cars were manipulating emissions testing. more from jonah hull. >> this was the frankfurt international motor show on monday. a dark secret. volkswagen it says has been
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falsifying data for years to embellish the clean air credentials of its much prized turbodiesel tdi engine. in trading on monday the company's stock lost up to a quarter of its value. >> it will cost vast amounts.money and there's a threat not just of fines but also class action lawsuit. what's also very important, volkswagen's image is severely damaged. >> the news for the makers of the people's car, the famous beetle famously remade could get much worse. >> they're ordering volkswagen to recall half a million dollars mil jettak, golfs and beetles, a potential fine of $18 million which is the highest ever levied against an auto maker.
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>> add to that the cost of half a million vehicles recalled in the u.s. that the epa says very, very must return to proper functioning and then take into account that the german government has just announced an emissions inquiry into vehicles sold in europe and the potential for catastrophe for volkswagen gets bigger and bigger. nor does its stop there. vw has set its future on the clean diesel which is setz in doubt. >> the diesel is said to produce large number of noxious gases, the viability of diesel will come into question for vw ha vwt has invested so much in this clean diesel. >> it is colossally damaging for brand. what if everything in life was as reliable as a volkswagen,
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went the 1980s ad. preach of trust. jonah hull, london. >> greg archer is the leader of the clean diesel team, he reckons this is just the tip of the iceberg. >> i would be very surprised if this problem is limited to the u.s. and very surprised if other manufacturers were not using the same types of defeat devices that the vw has been caught by the u.s. environmental protection agency using. the reason for that is because we know that if you measure the amount of nitrogen oxides coming from diesel vehicles on the road, many models produce ten times more pollution than they're actually allowed to. and this is a pointer to the fact that there's something very strange happening in these laboratory tests where they're able to achieve much lower levels of pollution. so we really need the european authorities now to start to
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investigate this problem in the way that the u.s. authorities are doing. the liments are stricter in the u.s., 60 milligrams per kilometer, compared to 80 milligrams in europe. but in addition to that the testing system is much more rigorous overall, the u.s. authorities take the vehicles off the line, and they test them in their own laboratories. but in europe preproduction cars aring specially prepared for tests and not enough checks being done to make sure the cars people buy actually dheeive same performance. no be casualties there government air strikes in aleppo, attacks on a popular
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neighborhood market. now, israel and russia together have said that they will coordinate their military actions in syria. they want to they say accidentally trading fire. the announcement was made by the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, in russia talking to vladimir putin about security on the syrian border. on the border with the golan heights which israel seized from syria in 1967. a car bomb's exploded near somalia's presidential palace killing at least seven people. in the capital mogadishu. loud blast followed by gun fire. nobody yet says they were behind it. the armed group al shabaab says it's stepped upists attacks.
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alexis tsipras called a vote after losing his election in the syriza party, more from barnaby phillips who is in athens. >> not the traditional religious ceremony that all his predecessors have gone through and he never wears a tie. not even at this important state event. but alexis tsipras have learned the art of compromise. in july, face wednesday the prospect of greece's expulsion from the eurozone he agreed to 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 the new government.
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alexis tsipras has to pleas various political constituencies, but his action he are watched all across europe. european governments are hoping for a new administration that is genuinely committed to reform. alexis tsipras and syriza are. >> a strong position to implement controls if they really wish to. >> you have such a policy applied by left wing government increases its legitimacy and binds more people tod broader cause of making sure that the country remains in the euro. >> but if you are looking for owe men's in the weather this is the day after the election. turbulent times for grease to come. that seems like a safe
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prediction. barnaby phillips, al jazeera, athens. >> macedonian police, a key transit point for people trying to get into the european union. now human rights watch says police abused refugees at the macedonian border, people punched and kicked, forced to run through rows of police armed with batons. describes conditions there as inhumane and degrading, a center which last been shut down. macedonian government has star started disciplinary proceedings. facing corruption allegations in the united states.
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the 72-year-old is a key figure in the u.s. investigation into football's world governing body, alleged that south africa made a $10 million payment in 2008 to warren and other fifa executives for their support in the 2010 world cup bid. mr. warren denies the accusations. talk become a border dispute, also there the presidents of ecuador and uruguay. tensions along the colombian border to venezuela have been getting worse in the recent weeks. global weather event known as el nino. , water system causes the water to warm up. as mary ana reports, not only
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causing fish stock to disappear. there's. >> returned from here with what little co-get. >> the fish is running away from the warm current. and it's not good for us. >> the warm ocean current last been changing the ecosystem since march but now experts say heavy rains and floods are expected after november and will affect cities and farming areas. authorities say 1.2 million people are at risk. >> we still don't know 100% that the elz 19 yoa phenomenon will be extraordinary but our preliminary data tells us it will be between strong and extraordinary. >> left more than $3.5 billion, and happened here in the region which is usually the most affected by el nino.
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maria lives a 10 hectare dry lake that is one of the most vulnerable areas here. she has begun protecting her shack with bricks. >> i have filled the surroundings of my home with bricks. i don't want to live because this is all i have. >> reporter: authorities say people must evacuate because the area will be completely flooded. >> i don't know where to go. the newspaper says we will be relocated but no one has come to tell us where it's safe to go. >> governor renaldo is personally assisting cleaning systems to ensure high volumes of water. he says the government should have begun preparations two years ago. despite heavy el nino this
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region has never prepared for floods in our economy. we will not be able to stop the strong el nino's effects. >> reporter: el nino's help to refilling aquifers and deep sea fisherman are already profiting from tuna abundant in warm waters. people with nowhere to go and time is running out for them. marina sanchez, al jazeera, peru. apple hack, developers in china were tricked into using software that added malicious coding. first known large scale astack on iphone and ipad users and here to decipher all the code is tom ackerman.
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>> apple prides itself on safeguards to prevent mall irk actors of contaminating is uses for other apple devices. >> it's whether we've used all the technology at our disposal to create the most secure devices and the most secure seams that we can. >> but particularly in china many iphone users have taken to bypassing apple. a version of chinese we chat program, making it capable of sending fake alerts that steal data from phone users. apple says the infected apps have been roosked from the storr they are using the correct version to restore their apps. retail sale this week of the
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state-of-the-art iphone 6, also this week chinese president xi jinping makes his first state visit to washington with cyber security one of the foremost items under discussion. hackers charged with stealing from american businesses. the chinese have denied accusations and countered by suspending a bilateral dialogue on cyber security. but obama has signaled he is interested in a truce with the chinese. >> ultimately the goals should be to have some basic international framework that won't be perfect because there's still going to be a lot of non-state actors that -- and hackers who are very good and we're still going to have to have good defense. >> chinese officials say they are interested in an international code of conduct for cyber information sharing but haven't spelled out
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particulars, yet the incentive for cooperation may be more tempting than ever, toms tom ackerman, al jazeera. >> go to our website if you want to look at the headlines or the stories behind them. >> the u.s. constitution doesn't say much about the qualifications to be president. you have to be 35 years old. and a natural born american. and that's about it. but privately, how many american voters would admit there's an understood second set of qualifications they carry around in their heads? do lots of americans think a woman, a jew or as republican ca
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